I once had some Sims I hated. I moved them into a dumpy trailer and hung the Tragic Clown painting. It took awhile, but they died. And honestly, to this day the sheer trauma of it all makes it hard for me to even look at the painting in build/buy without guilt.
Tell me why I did the exact same and named the sims karen and Daren. Daren was a total slob meanwhile karen was evil and hated children, they would always fight and the trailer was a total fucking mess 💀
@@SageArdor The original blog post from when Sonny was added back into TS4 did state that you could randomly come across him wandering around the world if you patched your game. I've never seen it either.
An update on this!! In the growing together expansion pack, the rec center has a tragic clown painting hung, allowing for the clown to spawn around your world :)
Fun fact about the Sims 4 "Such Tragedy!" moodlet text- it's a reference to the famous aria "Vesti la giubba" (Put on the costume) from the opera Pagliacci (Players/Clowns)! The actual line goes, "Laugh, Clown, at your broken love! Laugh of the pain that poisons your heart!" and it's sung by a character who realizes his wife and traveling co-star was having an affair but must get into costume and entertain the crowd regardless.
@@AriVirtual Haha, a lot of opera houses today have surtitles above the stage / it helps to know the plot behind each song before you go in (most playbills provide outlines and even interesting historical context), if that's what you're into! Otherwise the music and acting is often so expressive that you can understand roughly, anyways.
If I recall, he also goes to the doctor because he falls into such a deep depression, and the doctor tells him to go see a famous clown that's in town, and that'll cheer him up. And he goes "But doctor, I AM Pagliacci!" Which just really hammers home the tragic/funny note. The singer Pavarotti does an amazing rendition, and watching him even now always makes me cry haha. He's SO emotive and has a stunning voice! I highly suggest it to anyone who sees these comments and is curious!
@@nobleglobug Actually, that joke is from the comic series Watchmen (though it appears an older version existed in the 19th century featuring "Grimaldi" rather than Pagliacci), not the Leoncavallo opera! If I recall correctly, these clown personas (Pagliaccio, Colombina, etc) are all stock characters in commedia dell'arte, which would account for the joke made in Watchmen. That said, I agree! Pavarotti's rendition is beautiful. I'm weirdly partial to Mario Lanza's rendition, too
I developed a fear in clowns when i was a little kid and a clown got so close to my face that I could see the cracks in his makeup. I had nightmares about it. I'm mostly okay now as long as they leave me alone.
When I first played Sims 3 ( I think I was 17?) I saw him in the graveyard and looked him up out of curiosity and felt so bad for him that I moved him in with me and tried to make ambrosia so I could revive him and make him happy. He really tugged at my ol' heartstrings and he deserves happiness!
11:53 closer to the game release, the sims team added "annotations" to the release trailer that led to unlisted "easter egg" videos. That's one of them! There's 24 of them :)
Just as Critical Role has a lorekeeper, you should be employed as the lorekeeper for The Sims!! I would love to see a continuation of lore for The Sims 5.
I think his appearance in making magic was my favorite. I loved going to the magic town and trying to cheer him up and watching him ride around on his coaster.
i absolutely adore clowns, my great uncle was a professional clown + I use to dress up as Pierrot and we’d put on a show at family reunions back when I was little. Man I miss that
As a kid, I also thought you had to burn the portrait to get rid of the clown. I accidentally killed Bella Goth in the fire. But I saved, because the Goths were mourning, but they were free.
I love this series! I also want to say that I've got a petition: could you do a kind of "spin off" series on sims that appeared on TS4? There are some interesting characters, even if the lore is non-existent. For instance, what's up with the Fangs in San Myshuno? 👀
This is my favorite series as well - is there any way you could do a food theme? Maybe Freezer Bunny/Grilled Cheese/etc. - idk if there's any solid lore there but it could be fun.
I mean, I'm not scared of clowns but also don't find them necessarily funny but when i saw actual proper clowns and how caring and loving they act with people/children Its actually really heartwarming to see. IT is not scary cause hes a clown but because of everything he does. You could put any monster there and it would be equally as disturbing tbh
I just legitimately am not scared of the movie IT. Pennywise irl would obviously be horrifying, but just watching the movie? Not at all. I've never seen an actual clown in person before but I'm sure they're actually really caring to their audiences, especially since they're usually small kids
Naw IT was fine to me tbh. I was actually more traumatized by clowns as kid naturally and i remember clearly i was in a shopping center on a holiday in Malaysia, they had a pair of clowns who are also miming, and i rmb the lady was dressed like Harlequinn in DC comics would, but full black and white, the man was red and white. My mom wanted me to take a photo with them and idk why their smiles and just not talking ( cuz they were miming) utterly terrifies me.
i've only seen tragic clown walk around randomly once outside the museum in willow creek, but i didn't know he was a loved character since i was a baby simmer, i remember him well because i was just like wtf is a clown doing out in the streets lol
That painting by Angelo in the sims 3 is also one you can make on the easel in the sims 4! It's a small painting but I cant remember the style it is! Really neat that its in the sims 4!
I love how you do history on the characters in the Sims. I have only been playing the SIMS 4 for a little over a year and do not know the history of most of the townies. Thank you for showing us the history behind. Have a wonderful holiday and thank you for always entertaining us and sharing your stories as well.
while not as fun as Jesse's videos, the sims wiki is a pretty good place for info on townies throughout the series if you are ever curious and want an immediate answer/there isn't a video about them yet! it also shows you the characters in each iteration of the game they exist in (including the gameboy one and stuff)
I just wrote my BA dissertation on clowns and wanted to include this one, but couldn't find any research material that would work with me - I'm going to carry on writing and I'd love to include and reference your video! Amazing work, as always. Thank you for making life easier for me, I've been struggling with a relapse of illness lately. Lots of love hen x x x x
They are boring and scary looking. What is there to like? And the ones that arent boring are evil. Yes I had to go to therapy after seeing IT but I have never liked clowns. What kind of person wants to dress up all scary and scare children.
I still remember the tragic clown apearing a lot, when I was playing the sims 1 with my Sister. It took us quite long to understand that we had to get rid of his picture... it was terrifiing for me as a kid...
I just wanna say, i'm tuning in during one of my low depressive bouts, and holy moly I am getting a kick and good laughs in listening to you. I F*CKN LOVE YOUR HUMOR PLUMBELLA, giiiiirl the stuff that flies outta your mouth has me double taking and rewinding, giggling and chuckling as I'm customizing my townies :) !! Thank you for curing my symptoms in this sombersome period with lore of the Tragic Clown :) I have my queue set up with more content by you.
Sorry if this has already been commented but another way to get the "Tragic Clown" moodlet in the Sims 3 was by using the Lightning Leap Atomic Molecular Arranger (L.L.A.M.A for short) in supernatural too many times. After using the machine, there's a chance for your sim to come out dressed as a tragic clown, and gave nearby sims negative moodlets.
I am aware that it is not the point of this video BUT What if Johnny Zest is Malcolm Landgraab? We all know that in Sims 3 Nancy and Geoffrey had one kid called Malcolm but in the Sims 4 they have two and Malcolm is the youngest son. But what if they both are Malcolms? Like the first one wasn't "good enough" for family as he wanted to be a Joke Star. And Nancy really liked the name, so when they kicked out "Johnny" they literally made themselves a new Malcolm... I also recall that Malcolm in the Sims 3 is ambitious and good whereas in the Sims 4 his traits are snob and evil. And guess who is ambitious? Johnny Zest. He is also outgoing which is a little bit reminiscent of TS3 Malcolm being good. And imo they look more similar (hair colour, fashion choice and overall appearance) then TS3 and TS4 Malcolms. I do not think that the lore is that deep but it was just something that came to mind when Johnny was briefly mentioned in this video. Sorry if this is a popular theory and for my english as it is not my first language.
Have you done the Doe family and the theories about their connection to the Salas family in Midnight Hollow? Or even just Doe theories. I think there's a lot to dig into there.
I'd be curious if you could cover Claire Bear, since I'm not sure if there's much on her. But if there's more, it'd be cool to get an entire history of on her!
Love ya Jess! Allas I've never had the (dis)pleasure of running into the tragic clown, so a lot of this Iis really new and interesting! These always are some of my fav videos of yours! Also, you don't have to wear a "suit" to be a furry.
Aww, poor Sonny. I love this series! So, silly thing, but the heart bed... was it in every version? Being brought to 4 in the most grrrrr way. Fun stuff! Tyfs. Hope you had a nice weekend, best of wishes.
Well, other than burning the painting: Call the clown-catchers. It's a bit expensive though but not quite as much as burning your house! They will also remove the painting to keep him from coming back-- or make your sim happy. Not easy what with him constantly bothering you. He is good enough for social though. But-- blue potion with the chemistry kit, hot tub, happiness charm or a visit to a certain lady in yellow may well help.
"Sonny"? Was that a difference in the UK releases? The Tragic Clown's name has been "Sunny" in the editions I've played... edit @7:30 - Nah. Clowns were considered terrifying long before Stephen King managed to turn it into a meme back in the 80s (yes, I'm old enough to remember a time before "IT").
i love your sims history videos! i think although they aren't that special it would be fun to look at generic npcs throughout the sims history for example shop clerks in sims 2, specific sims 1 dlc npcs like the Shark in the Vacation Expansion pack and so on
I have coulrophobia. It's severe and traumatic. I was 5 years old when my dad accidentally left the SCI-FI channel one when he went to make dinner. I sat down, thinking my parents rented me a new movie from the library. There was something about the 90's Penny wise that was just that little bit more terrifying. To add insult to injury, I had a circus theme in my room because I was obsessed with the circus. I can't handle any clowns to this day.
