The Clown: DBD's Most Evil Killer | Dead by Daylight Lore Deep Dive

[@hermancrab1984]

I like this lore mostly because it doesn’t try to make him too sympathetic. You can definitely see why he does the things he does but he’s still a creepy jerk. I especially love the animation style used for his tome story.

[@Tavemanic]

Yeah, and the animation style is probably how he and survivors see stuff when they're intoxicated

[@vietbluecoeur]

@Riotdrop I do agree that oversympathetic stories for the Killers aren’t always fitting, but I’d definitely argue against Spirit being an example of this! She’s less a yurei (which are more benign ghosts) but much more an _onryō,_ and if I remember right their stories are _always_ that they are killed horribly and so come back as an unstoppable force seeking vengeance. Just like with the classical story of Oiwa, or even the more modern take with Kayako from _Ju-On/The Grudge,_ Spirit was a victim who got viciously murdered and so became something terrible in turn. It makes sense for her to have never killed before entering the Entity’s realm; Oiwa and Kayako never really hurt anyone either before they themselves were killed.

[@oireal7261]

@Riotdrop I wouldn't necessarily call all the Killers "villains", it's far too generic a term for the wide array of backgrounds in this game. Take the Plague for example. She believed wholly that some divine God would save her people from their illness, and when a God finally reached out to her, it was the wrong one being the Entity. Believing the Entity to be the divine power she so desperately needed, she committed to praising him and following his tasks under the guise of faith. Adiris is not an evil person because she kills Survivors and sacrifices them to the Entity, that's just what she's been tricked into believing is necessary to appease the God that reached out to her. The Wraith and Hillbilly are also examples of characters who've been forced to lead incredibly difficult lives and when given the opportunity to take vengeance on those that have wronged them, they took it. They aren't bad people because they took revenge, but it's how they took revenge through murder that paint them in a villain aesthetic. In comparison, Myers, Trickster or even Clown are truly evil figures who are selfish, murderous and purposely bring pain to those around them on any occasion they can for the sake of pleasure, enjoyment or even a twisted vengeance. Not all the Killers are villains, but many of them do villainous deeds.

[@playbetter7937]

Ah yes jerk is the word you use

[@Killer-Frost18x]

@Riotdrop she’s a vengeful spirit. All vengeful spirits endured the fate at the hands of people such as assholes like clown. They’re meant to die horrible unrightful deaths to become a spirit. You could just say you hate the vengeful spirit concept instead of attacking her character.

[@iheartblock3792]

I think a major difference between the Doctor and The Clown in their evils is that the Doctor is merely apathetic. He doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get what he wants, which is knowledge and power. The Clown is a sadistic person. He doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get what he wants; but what he wants IS to hurt people. Causing suffering brings him pleasure.

[@thethiccestboi7648]

Idk, im fairly certain doctor absolutely enjoys harming people

[@HawkOfKrypton]

Great way to put it!

[@CandyJackalope]

@@thethiccestboi7648 I think he enjoys while he does it, while Clown enjoys it before, during, and after, while doctor will think up his experiments and set them up he'll just get whoever is on hand while Clown specific plans out who he will go for, what he will go for, and how he will do it. You can also imagine it as killing and causing pain is Doctors JOB while it's Clown's HOBBY

[@assumedleaderofthenewworld8918]

@@thethiccestboi7648 zap

[@dylanfrayne2259]

@@thethiccestboi7648 What happened with him in the cabin definitely shows that, what he did there wasn't for the sake of knowledge but for the sake of pleasure, he like the clown enjoys having power over others

[@jinx1987]

The clown feels like the most realistic killer. I mean his backstory can be compared to most real life killers.

[@Tavemanic]

And he's the most realistically, well, realistic in his backstory, the abuse, violence, etc

[@radec4223]

To be fair, there could be a thing like it, its not too far fetched, considering there are some things like it, maybe not in a full cloud like fashion but somewhat simmiliar

[@MysteriumArcanum]

And let's not forget that the Clown was based on real life serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

[@mcmoral506]

Eh I think that ghostie is still more real 🀄

[@nrgbunni.]

I'm pretty sure he's based on John Wayne gacy the real life clown serial killer that's why his story is so realistic

[@LeUnoriginal]

It's kind of ironic that one of the least popular killers is one who was able to get away with his killings largely because of how unwanted he was. Whatever investigation there was for Kenneth's murder in his hometown never caught up to him. His fellow circus employees, while amicable, never intervened with any of his other vices. You can't expect me to believe that Jeffery never showed up 15 minutes late and blitzed. And even when that one victim escapes, everybody is glad to just chase him off and hope he doesn't come back. It's true that the state of crime investigation was (is) a bad joke. But whenever the Clown ran away to avoid confrontation, he was simply allowed to. All of the hiding he did was in plain sight; he's a boogeyman not by his own prowess but simply because most people wouldn't give him the time of day.

[@klaykid117]

This makes a lot of sense as he was active during the 50s-70s prime serial killer era.

[@sludgy4468]

Makes him pathetic.

[@aclown2468]

@@sludgy4468 Makes us pathetic that we'd let such a dangerous person simply run away to torment others, so long as he's not our problem.

[@QuinnTheHunter]

Clown's lore can be best described as Clowning Around Chaotically.

[@joebobsonofbillyjoebob9618]

👉🏻🐽

[@Sean-ov4yo]

👉🏻🐽

[@treeizure7821]

We do a little clowning

[@poopcat7810]

we do a lil trolling

[@kingcreeper1388]

👉🏻🐽

[@kaijuslayer3334]

The animation of Clown’s tome honestly makes me hope that when they get to the Oni, they maybe do almost kind of like the style of traditional Japanese paintings, but in motion.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Could also pull from very early anime, which has actually been around since even before World War II. That or maybe a blend of the two: Mixing an old school anime look with a traditional Japanese painting aesthetic as a combination of the traditional and the new.

[@drink_your_water]

kinda like mononoke?

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@drink_your_water a little, I was thinking especially of the style you see in the painting cinematics of Shogun 2, especially the Rise of the Samurai opening.

[@Tavemanic]

Trapper: abusive manipulative father Billy: Abused emotionally and physically and psychologically for looking like a peice of cheese ran over by a truck 1000 times Both of these are simple and explainable lores, as in they're not deep, whereas clown and Deathslinger and ghostface have very interesting lore

[@editz175]

Ghostfaces lore is the most interesting to me, considering how he literally got away with dozens of murders, wrote about them, and literally talked to the family’s as a reporter and never cracked, and when he wanted to leave and even left a note they still couldn’t find him. It’s just very intriguing to me

[@Tavemanic]

@Miguel Messina they technically can because it's behaviour's property and character, don't know how they did for Bill though

[@tuggerjaegger2886]

@@Tavemanic i took interests in Ghostface because he can stalk like Myers, but he's one of the unique killers who is partly OG with his outfit and partly licensed because of his mask. i've never seen that in a character before

[@Tavemanic]

@@tuggerjaegger2886 they should've done that with leatherface, given how fucked the sequels are with continuity and Canon, and then having a skin for classic leatherface, not too different to scream when it's simplified a bit

[@editz175]

@Miguel Messina yea I’d love it, and BHVR can do what they want with it since Danny Johnson is their version of ghostface, so it would be a great tome

[@stumpedsuper2014]

The Clown reminds me of Jack from "The House that Jack built" in that both characters see themselves as master manipulators with sly tongues but in reality they come off as dumb and harmless to their victims. They're both so narcissistic that they have morphed their perception of the world to serve their ego

[@pizzapizza6722]

You’re so right !!

[@jamespaul6315]

Well the fact he got away with it does show hes far from dumb and helpless. Never underestimate people

[@ZombieBite1991]

“Do you really think anybody in the history of humanity will quake in fear at the face of the chicken man?” *Jacket has entered the chat.*

[@claypigeon7063]

I was _hoping_ I wasn’t þe only one who immediately þought of Jacket!

[@cthulhubecausewhynot1182]

“I don’t think that’s supposed to go there”

[@holyhot-chocolate]

@@claypigeon7063 I think it’s pretty cool you used that letter, thank you for reminding me it exists

[@morgansheepman2403]

"Do you know what time it is?"

[@callmeflores863]

Okay, this is pretty funny. I didn't think about payday when he said that till I read this XD

[@goroakechi6126]

Legion with a bazooka is how Legion was always meant to be.

[@diegoizaguirre3452]

If they make the 4 killers glitch a mode in dbd then the legion would be viable!

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@Miguel Messina Nemesis survived it.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@diegoizaguirre3452 shit man i just want my 2v8 mode

[@nicky7458]

That cartoon animation, despite being cartoony and cute, was utterly terrifying and absolutely genius in portraying what he did to the moustached man without actually showing a graphic human portrayal of it. My jaw dropped. And not because of a reverse bear trap 🐷

[@Youhadabadday2021]

Sentiments are shared here. In fact, I think the cartoony portrayal actually makes the grisly murder more terrifying. I mean, look at how terrifying the visual of the Moustache Man's face getting dissolved in acid is! If not even the cartoonish art-style can make that visual any less scary, I'm terrified to see what actually happened behind that significantly tamer lense.

[@oranbluethorn3956]

6:16 New buff for the Legion: an RPG. This is perfect, this is how we make.him a Meta killer! Jokes aside, grand video! I've always liked the oddity of the clown. The first killer that you nearly cannot be sympathetic to, the most vile killer around at the time and still to this day even. A lore I've oddly enjoyed even among all these other great killers

[@Tavemanic]

I've always said clown had a more disturbing and eerie feeling to him compared to the other killers

[@rats703]

As a legion main... I FECKING WISH!

[@vimtocat1741]

I honestly feel like a good survivor counterpart for the Clown could've been the woman that got away, this I feel would add an interesting parallel between the two and give that sinister sense of familiarity like in All-Kill. This could even give an interesting comparison between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode as the clown obsesses over this young woman, building himself up to do to her what he did to moustache except she escaped and pretty much blue balled his murder lust and could even show how in his mindset he sees her as the most corrupted of all the survivors as this irredeemable trollop simply because her escaping and alerting the circus would reinforce his everyone's out to get me mindset.

[@montycosmos1165]

It just occurred to me that even in the cartoon, the Clown is an unreliable narrator, even to himself. The cartoon shows Kenneth bouncing the bottle back with his stomach and hitting Mustache with the bottle, but this makes no physical sense. Then we look at Clown’s new outfit, which sports his face and back burnt down by acid. He never reflected the bottle, but he killed Mustache anyway, and a mixture of his narcissism and the hallucinatory gas allowed Kenneth to completely ignore the burns.

[@grandma650]

That’s actually very interesting good find

[@rafaelz6211]

Honestly, I really liked this lore for clown, it was good fun and brutal at times. Makes clown a lot more interesting as it is from his perspective, it’s honestly horrific how he sees everything so jokily

[@rafaelz6211]

Sorry about the edit, just wanted to add more to explain my point haha

[@Tavemanic]

@@rafaelz6211 I like to think that clown sees stuff in that animated filter whenever he's intoxicated or high from the bottles

[@Natesuki]

I can admit I got clowned on because I let my guard down around a clown. "He's bottom tier guys, we're perfectly fine!" "Look at this bozo bumble around the map throwing bottles of piss" Me and the boys had more fun clowning on him than a barrel of monkeys......Unfortunately when we all got hooked within the first 5 minutes of the game by a godly clown player we were all feeling like the REAL stars of the circus X.X

[@TheRedarm75]

"wolf in sheep's clothing" best describes the perception that allows nasty people to get far more close than is necessary

[@bob513993]

18:00 speak for yourself, I ain’t going down the dark alley that has that chicken man standing at the other end 🤷🏽

[@Tavemanic]

@Miguel Messina holy shit I remember now!

[@justanotherfool8896]

But yeah, at least his knfie flip recovery is simple, yet didn't aged at all since released

[@monsoon2974]

6:18 I laughed way to hard while looking at legion.

[@monsoon2974]

@Miguel Messina Legion has had enough of your shit.

[@P.H691]

All will fear my giant new gun

[@Crueltycretin]

What I find best about Kenneth and his lore is the irony that the most realistic and down-to-earth depiction of a serial killer in DbD is a morbidly obese bottle-throwing clown man who runs around at Mach 9 speeds having a coughing fit, and how much that all makes him stand out alongside the other killers.

[@gageowo9527]

It's strange how some characters get completely ruined, whether it's through a cosmetic description or through archives such as Susie or the nurse but other characters can be greatly elevated like Yui and Kate.. and then there are some like the clown. You get no surprises from their stories. Their character doesn't change. You know exactly who you're dealing with and they nail it. Dude gets erotic thrill from killing. It's as simple as that. His power is drugging his victims and his music sounds distorted. He enjoys licking fingers so he will take them by any means.. and worst of all his name is Kenneth...

[@nomaidens5734]

Honestly I love curtain call as a whole, they paired the most evil, sadistic character with the most hopeful, kind character, kate and clown are like the ying and yang of dbd

[@KEK714]

When clown's story has more gore in it than in actual game lmao.

[@tadeuszmarkowski2087]

17:22 you're telling about clown having the only fursona in DbD, when there is literally huntress!

[@Tavemanic]

That's different

[@CreditR01]

A mask isn't a fursuit. Her outfits are camouflage and protection and she's not pretending to be an animal. Dumbass.

[@Spark-bw3ph]

@@CreditR01 Joke Your Head

[@purpledefaultpfp6233]

@@Spark-bw3ph everyone above you are deffo huntress mains

[@butters6795]

@@CreditR01 needa be so pissy over a joke?

[@RooseUK]

I've always loved playing The Clown, not only because of his gameplay and appearance, but his lore. I think most people can't remember what Clowns backstory is because it's complicated compared to other killers. As you have displayed in the video, he has no mercy compared to other characters. Not only that, his archive cutscene (which a segment of it plays on the Rift Trailer at the end) is quite disturbing, and this is coming from someone who write dark and adult stories for his side career. Good video as well!

[@gofig5179]

I think another interesting thing about that tome is the clowns face in the animation, if you look at it before it becomes a cartoon Kenneth is crying and when the cartoon faces are swirling it looks mad sad and confused, Kenneth himself doesn't even know what he wants he just knows that killing is the one thing that is his own sick joke and in his own control

[@mosura2695]

never disrespect murder men in chicken masks again, you have been warned. you have 24 hours.

[@mythos951]

What I like about the clown’s story is that he actually feels like a real serial killer. Most of the killers have bad backgrounds like he does, but they are always very dramatic in a way that doesn’t feel authentic. The clown’s actually does though because of how well he relates to the serial killers that have actually existed.

[@TarhosTheKnight]

Honestly love how the scene just went from reality to a macabre Cuphead style animation lmao. That's a Cut!

[@StyxDescension]

17:44 man really just said "lilbilolbilabbit"

[@laurenbastin8849]

“And Trickster was terrib- oh, wait, that hasn’t changed at all…” *cries in Trickster simp*

[@kordencaden5560]

"You get what you fuckin deserve!"

[@CasualHuntressMain]

I don't think he's bad i main him he's decent to be honest

[@retroknightnotlive6929]

@@CasualHuntressMain His lore is kinda all over the place though, like why did they give him a circus trick as a power and not a music based power? It feels like the knife throwing thing was just thrown in as an excuse to fit his power into the lore. He's wasted potential, since the name the "Trickster" doesn't really make any sense with his character, unless you count him tricking everyone into thinking he was a good guy soul survivor but even then that's a stretch.

[@howareyoumoreofaclownthanme]

If Trickster bad why hot? /j

[@TheCandyHole]

At least they care about him enough to adjust him *cries in Pig*

[@dungeonlessdm6914]

ok but hear me out... Imagine you've heard rumors about the guy who has the job of being the wearer of the mascot suit for a local fast food company. Sure the chicken suit was always a bit quirky and was probably the only reason your parents felt it was alright to leave you in his care while they went and had a much quieter lunch that was free of the normal headaches of the rampant populations of squealing children. However; you honestly felt a cold shudder of fear every time the chicken man looked at you to wave goodbye...something was not right about the thing under the mask. It wasn't until many years later while doing a project in criminal psycology that you realised how often and how narrowly dodged a pedophilic, psycopath who commited deeply disturbing and sadistic acts on numerous children over the course of the 10 years he worked for that fast food company...that is somehow strangely still in buisness, and the location in your town recently employed a very familiar looking mascot to stand guard over the children's play area... and you look out your window...only to quiver in horror to see the imposing, fat figure of that same man, in his grotesque chicken costume; standing outside your window, under the light of a flickering street lamp, playfully waving at you from across the darkened street. imagine that and then tell me that the chicken costume isn't scary as shit.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

its not that the costume is scary its the man wearing it and using its sillyness to make his victims let their guard down.

[@dungeonlessdm6914]

@@thedoomslayer5863 you got it. you got the message my friend. that is precisely the point of the clown and people like him in real life. The most evil people try to hide it with levity and fluff; like certain members of the furry community or the example given in the video and clown's inspiration in John Wayne Gacey

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@dungeonlessdm6914 though lets be real mr puddles > chicken costume any day

[@Lusius8879]

when you let your guard down, he will catch up and overwhelm you. both his lore and his gameplay. survivors may think they have the distance, but the clown can close that distance faster than most other killers. the chase with the moustache man... Kenneth tried to force him to go one way, but the man went somewhere else. this, however, made no difference, for kenneth still caught up with the man with very little effort. this, once again, matches his gameplay. he tries to corral survivors one way. however, even if survivors don't go the way you want them to go, you can still easily catch up to them. "let's play". To clown, all of this is just a fun game... and a game he always has controll over. this, once again, matches his gameplay. his bottles are nothing but small minigames. is it a yellow or a purple bottle? do I go through the gas and get slowed, or go around/somewhere else and possibly end up in a dead zone/disadvantageous situation? and no matter how survivors choose, clown ALWAYS has an answer to keep him in controll. there's a lot of little nuance in his lore/story that perfectly matches his gameplay, which very little killers really have. that is why I love his lore so much. (that and, ofcourse, cuz it's grounded in reality).

[@thedoomslayer5863]

until u get that 1 survivor who just holds W and pre drops pallets while the other 3 gen rush you into the next dimension then you remember "well fuck im clown and i cant do shit here"

[@Goofball86]

Michal Myers, the shape of evil: “am I a joke to you?”

[@yesman8503]

"You cant stop him (Victor)" Survivor kicking the little baby:

[@kennysalty6019]

Now, that animatic at the end is also designed so they don't have to animate a grizzly murder in a horrific scene under the guise of a hallucination. But imagine if it wasn't. You're hallucinating, trapped in a clown car, with a giant man who has strangled you, played the Knife Game with you, using your hand and mutilating you in the process, gouged your eye out which mutilates you further, thrown what is basically acid at you, stabbed you in the chest and stomach multiple times, and then just took your last remaining finger on one of your hands as a trophy while you bleed out and die. Doesn't quite seem so funny now does it? It uses the goofy animation to desensitize and distract you to watching someone be brutally murdered. "Not everyone out there is as harmless or as silly as they look" sticks even more when you think about it.

[@firelord_momo]

This went so in depth. Like i thoguht it was just gonna be "so yea he killed people" but it was so much more. Great video, definitely getting a like.

[@MellowedGrooves]

Thanks for making a video on one of my favorites killers in this series. I hope this helps make clown a little more loved in the community, cause I feel like most people just ignore his lore.

[@CalamityDiamond]

I've owned a bird before that would let me hold it, she was my baby who recently passed but I often thought like the Clown - they are so fragile and the trust she placed in me blew my mind - I could never trust anyone or anything like that. I miss her everyday. RIP Chicken, there will never be another like you.

[@themanthemyththemeatbag6764]

To be fair if that character in a chicken suit sped walked towards me in a dark alley I'd be fucking terrified.

[@killrcupcake2994]

I've been terrified of him since I saw the vhs p*rn and the sucking on fingers combined with the anesthetics I just KNOW he's done a lot of monstrous and unspeakable things just like the monster that serves as the main inspiration for his design but the developers simply don't want to cross that line of explicitly showing us

[@georgedawson5621]

The way I’d describe Kenneth is very simple; what a waste. He had so much potential, but unlike the doctor, who at least used his mind for SOMETHING (albeit a very effed up thing), the Clown never used his talents for much of anything. He had athleticism, but it withered away due to his hedonistic lifestyle. He was smart enough to make his concoctions, but he didn’t used them in very creative ways until he went to the realm of the entity. He could have reinvented himself, but he didn’t

[@anoukori316]

Ngl if a fat man in a clown costume threw bottles at me, I'd be lowkey fearing for my life. Lovely video as always. Keep up the great work ❤️ You picking the story apart really made me realize why I love it so much. By the way, I remember when the announcement for Clown as the next tome lore came out, I thought to myself "Hopefully, they'll do it like they did with Carter and let me look inside his head" - and that's precisely what they did.

[@guidomista2570]

“Women who lead men on” neckbeard clown skin when

[@Bo4is]

"All it takes is one bad day" -The Clown Prince of Crime

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

Honestly your assessment of the clown...kinda blends into his game play...despite being botom tier , the clown is still a treat and ive seem countless teamates over estimate themselves because they believe clowns such a joke he cant possibly get them to death hook...and yet countless games ended in 4ks or a hatch escape , no ones afraid of the clown...until its to late

[@oxitape1563]

My favorite killers lore wise are killers like Doctor, Clown, Ghostace, and Trickster because I love the characters who are not tragically made evil by outside circumstances, but are instead evil monsters who were evil from the moment they were born. I love villains who fully embrace the villain role and give no fucks whatsoever they are just evil plain and simple.

[@iB0NKERS]

I thought it was pretty interesting that even some of his lore seems to be loosely based off some of the serial killer’s stories. Gacy was also abused and bullied by his own father, similar to Kenneth’s.

[@dabihwow5550]

I know I'm very late to the party, but I'll put my input on this. The Clown is a killer who seeks control. He is a combination of Gacy as well as Dahmer. Like Gacy he takes great joy out of torturing and killing his victims. But like Dahmer, he collects body parts as a keepsake, they also seem to enjoy human flesh. So I believe his whole reason for killing is not so he can serve the entity, but rather so he can he can feel in control. This is just a guess and Hopefully we receive more info about the clown. He is an interesting killer that should be explored upon.

[@user-ew9el6us8d]

ngl the only good part about my day was that pixel uploaded, and it’s 30 minutes long so this is going to be really good.

[@PixelBush]

Hope I can brighten things up for you friend!

[@user-ew9el6us8d]

@@PixelBush you did! i enjoyed the video a lot. you’re doing great.

[@ArianAlbert]

The day is almost over where I am rn so I hope your day has been alot better!

[@aidandrisgula3017]

Hope you guys are doing good!

[@santiagolesende88]

6:17 ah yes, the long awaited legion rework.

[@DungeonTracks]

Amazing stuff as always. I'm planning to finish the archives before I keep watching, to avoid spoilers. :) btw, you inspired me to unlock The Twins using Iri shards! Thanks again for all your work! You've inspired me to create more professional work on my channel. So far, I've shown off my musicianship and composition, but not arranging or producing. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

[@kingofthedepths3513]

The fight with chemicals explains why the clowns cosmetic for that tome has burn marks

[@KagekiriRenma]

I'm honestly kinda surprised they didn't save Nurse's mori for HIM. Hell, he starts off the tome animation with it (i'm aware that he was unsuccessful with it but still) it seems like it would fit him most as well with the whole using his weight to his advantage thing and it doesn't really seem to fit the teleport-y scrawny nurse lady as much anyway

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

You definitely need to have the straight up psychopaths in a Slasher killer game like this. You can't say all these murderers any crazy people are actually sympathetic and misguided. You need people who are just unapolagetically evil. A lot of the Licensed Killers do this well, where most of the originals are sympathetic.

[@austinollis7427]

Huh I never thought about throwing down the yellow bottle while picking up a survivor thanks for the new gameplay tip.

[@Memnto_Morii]

I watched your doctor video just last week and immediately loved the way you make your videos. So I'm excited to see this one. You do such a great job and you deserve more subs

[@rowmacnezumi8953]

6:17 I was NOT prepared to see Frank with a rocket launcher! Nearly woke up my parents with laughing!

[@LemonyRanpo]

Here to please the algorithms yet again! I've been waiting for this one :) especially after that leaked tome cutscene

[@weeby727]

Its genuinely scary that someone would actually hurt another human being like that

[@tadeuszmarkowski2087]

I love the precious theory, but this one for sure will be something! Edit: Definitely worth the wait! Love to see a serious lore dive for my main ^^

[@LoganSewell83]

Gacy used to manage his local KFC. Mr. Chase as a chicken makes a lot of sense. I wonder if he was Dwight's boss at a fastfood place at some point.

[@thekonq6799]

15:28 Police: so he told me that you are torturing him? Gacy: Nah we just like to FUCK

[@jedidragonking5070]

I like the ominous warning at the end, Pixel. Quite a way to close out the video. Don't know how you feel about guns, but I have a couple and a couple swords to keep at bay the monsters of this world, so I will take your warning and run with it. As for the breakdown, it is top tier as usual. I like how the Clown has been fleshed out as a character. It takes into account his own backstory as well as his reputation in the game to make him into a clumsy and goofy figure, but also a dangerous and evil bastard. It truly highlights how proper parenting is crucial in a child's life. I almost felt bad for Kenneth....until he continued his evil ways even after getting a new life. Because of who he's based on, I especially loath him. As I said on Twitter, I love Kate. She has a special place in my heart, and knowing that Kenneth probably has.....fantasies surrounding women evidenced by his general desire to dominate as well as the VHS porn makes me absolutely disgusted that he is her associated Killer. I know what he would do to her, and it makes me want to unleash certain violent acts on him in turn. That aside, I like how the Tome portrays him as evil but goofy at the same time. It truly does explain why people wouldn't be threatened by him, which makes him all the more dangerous. He's insidious, and possessed of a very evil mind. And speaking of the law sometimes lacking when it comes to catching these monsters, it makes me understand why some would want to go vigilante and take matters into their own hands. I know I would be highly tempted if I encountered someone like Kenneth. My own inner thoughts aside, this is a great video, Pixel. I look forward to how you destroy the Trickster 🤣

[@AnshuSingh-oq9go]

Theory:Clown is on anesthetics, because he always laughs, even when he's hurt by a pallet

[@AnshuSingh-oq9go]

@Jarod even Blight does drugs

[@AnshuSingh-oq9go]

@Jarod ik bruh

[@TrueAuthenticSweets]

6:22 Entity: Kenneth, why did you kill the bird? Clown: Peer pressure. I’m far too sensitive.

[@content439]

That last clip was so good. Showing what the clown imagines himself as a cartoon character and hes the protagonist against a world of bad guys.

[@dirkechoes1377]

As my friends and I surmised... Just like Michael is the embodiment of Evil, Clown is the embodiment of reckless gluttony

[@poslednisoud]

I heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Life seems harsh, and cruel. Says he feels all alone in threatening world. Doctor says: "Treatment is simple. The great clown - Pagliacci - is in town. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. "But doctor..." he says "I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laughs.

[@PhantomHalf]

What the fuck, I did not expect that clip at 18:34 that was actual gold. Good job.

[@lipae438]

Dude is what got me into dbd, best boy has a place in my heart but also hatred for making me play that game

[@dingusdan1208]

Same and also pig

[@madhackfleisch8652]

I very much enjoy those lore videos. Thx for making them ! Keep up the good work :)

[@mr.bubbles6682]

Amazing video as always, keep up the great content!

[@leafofyume]

there is nothing like a fresh start when you are already possessed. he just didint had a reason to stop

[@vermilionrose9560]

I love this video, the Clown is my favorite character from this game for a reason. And you summed it up well. Despite the way he is seen by the game’s community, I take him seriously. They would if they found themselves in his caravan 😂 But he resembles every qualm I have about the world that we live in. He’s just so well written and colorful and he doesn’t get the credit he deserves as a character.

[@breadley5159]

Micheal Myers who is literally the shape of evil: *Am I a joke to you*

[@doodoodaadoo1]

I really liked the Clown’s original story! A powerful statement on having so much power with no repercussions. It’s just, the way he looked and how he worked in the game did not match his story. I’m glad they changed him to make him seem more comical, but the dreadful idea of a killer in disguise would be so much cooler.

[@CreditR01]

6:20 - AH SHIT, LEGION'S PACKING. Another great video, though. Playing against Clown always gives me the fucking creeps, as much as Blight does.

[@spacemunki3871]

13:32 I'm not usually one for semantics, but I think it's important here not to call it an "homage" to a serial killer. An "homage" would imply a deep respect for the subject, like honoring their memory... John Wayne Gacy is unsurprisingly, not someone who deserves to be honored or respected. "Reference to" is more applicable here.

[@Walrus-nd9bv]

I think the whole cartoon archive was actually showing the torture of the mustache man first Kenneth takes all his fingers except for one then he takes out his eye and burns his face with acid.

[@fathleen3441]

Idk why but your voice gives me David Attenborough vibes lol I love it! Awesome video! I’ve been looking for good killer lore videos

[@theCreamyCrusher]

Man i just commented asking for a short summery of what you thought. This is more than i could have asked, clown is a sick and i love it.

[@bkgaming1662]

I really wish you would make a tier list for all archive story's or all tombs.

[@PixelTrainer.]

6:16 Excuse me, but exactly what kind of animal abuse is Frank going to commit with that bazooka? Lmao

[@wilmagregg3131]

i also noticed this when reading up and the lore of the killers every single one of them besides the clown and legion had some extreme backstory and unfornate events that lead them into becoming monsters EXCEPT the clown and the legion. freedy kreugar and Micheal myers leatherface and hillbilly all grew up in abosive households were they were hated and never taught to be normal the gunslinger was shatte on his entire life no matter what he did or tried to do simply for being "forgin" the wraith was a innocent man whos sanity shatterd to pieces as he realised hed been unkowingly killing dozens of innocent people the nurse similer was a innocent person whos mind shatterd from the horror they witnessed the huntress is literally a wild woman who never was taught anything involving what it is to be human the demogorgon and nemisis were created by outside forces to be monsters the oni the pig and the doctor were normal people whos grizzly professions with high ideals slowly threw time twisted them into abominations the spirit and hag were innocents who awefull deaths created phantoms of vegance barely resembling who they once were etc etc but the legion and the clown are like the majority of real life serial killers the clown a example of a killer who kills simply to satisfy a desire for power and a complete lack of caring for humanity and the legion examples of pure childishness of the kind of killers who kill for stupid petty reasons out of nothing but uncontrolled blind acts of emotion.

[@tjsquibbofficial]

Is it actually canon that Michael Myers was abused (whether it is in this universe, or in the movies, excluding those remakes made by Rob Zombie).

[@SimpleeCynical]

Ghostface? That man kills people purely for fun, leaves the families a taunting note and then writes about his killings in the newspaper

[@IWasaTeenageTeenWolf]

You'd have to go into the 1978 Halloween novelization to see it but apparently Michael's father was the guy that was caring on the outside but an absolute monster when the doors closed. Apparently Michael inherited his madness in some part from his father and his dad refused to get him help (there may have even been domestic physical abuse as well.) Ironically Michael's father was as evil and depraved as the Clown. Only difference is he wore a suit.

[@MellowedGrooves]

1:17 "Look Gary there I am!" *Points to the top right corner*

[@Andy-iq6rk]

Actually the Clown is my favorite killer, I mostly play him with standard look. I also use Bamboozle and trying to get the best chase perks I can to just be a menacing never stopping killer that will catch up, no matter the pallet, no matter the window cause I'll go faster than you expected and laugh at you in the deep laughter of the Clown and his dying lungs.

[@aidanarmstrong4348]

Great video man, the quality of your videos doesn’t show in your sub count 20k is no small number but you deserve a lot more

[@georgedawson5621]

17:30 actually, you could count Julie of the Legion since she has the year of the rat cosmetic and the Silent Hill rabbit suit

[@dootslayer1411]

Evil doesn't wear a painted smile, it wears a white William Shatner mask

[@shikatsu]

One of the things that are interesting about the clown is that his body shows him trying to find new outlets for his need to kill. Food, drink, and well the other activities, were him trying to self-medicate and it ending poorly, plus going to a psychologist when that dirt poor in the 30s in America was less likely than now by a country mile.

[@punnyguy7072]

27:12 this whole scene was probably so so brutal without the tonic

[@dxrkyn1604]

I would've love the animation to go back to the realistic art style after the ending screen. While he was looking all serious and realistic instead of cartoonish and smiley

[@tgm4650]

I love Clown He is the killer with most personality by himself Is sad that he is simply horrible

[@mathlete855]

Yes! I've been waiting for this.

[@deputyrook6232]

why do you hurt people? doctor: "for power and knowledge about the human mind." wraith: "because i'm tired of people hurting me." legion: "because they hurt my friend." deathslinger: "because they used and betrayed me." clown: "because why not? their finger taste gud."

[@rasmusdegn9690]

One might even say it taste's "Finger lickin' gud"

[@Somocho]

@@rasmusdegn9690 *weezy clown laugh*

[@Dubious_Neon]

This is my favourite video of yours. Because man does it just display the IRL horror of the clown; very clearly based on a number of real killers, and horrifyingly, like them, he turns away from his second chances to commit more horrendous acts. And unlike them, he gets a free pass to keep DOING IT. FOREVER. Horrifying. Utterly appalling

[@kingofthedepths3513]

My favorite backstory is deathslinger because of the detail

[@duckfann1496]

Clown gameplay: Haha funny drug bottles Clown lore: