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 💀
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
@@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 :)
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!
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.
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? 👀
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 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)
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.
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'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
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 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...
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 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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
One cool thing I learned recently is that, in The Sims 2, a picture of the Tragic Clown appears on the side of one of the milk cartons when you're making breakfast. They make it look like he's a missing person (which I guess he is since he's not in the second game)
I, too, have been playing Sims from the beginning and 9 year old me was TERRIFIED of Sims 1 Sunny, specifically his Portrait (which honestly? still scared of it, 0/10 would delete again) Like when he showed up in Superstar I'd be fine watching him hang around. Regular clowns don't generally bother me, but clowns that are intended to be scary/creepy absolutely do (thanks "IT"...).
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.
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.
Would love to see history videos on any game-impacting reoccurring items in the games, like the Cow Plant or other haunted paintings. Also, what's up with the cultural lama obsession? Please explain Plumbella 🙏
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.
"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've always related to the sort of Pierrot type pantomime character so this is just further evidence of the representation that The Sims has always provided us compared to other games.
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tragic clown?! omg i cant believe jesse made a video about me 😭 this is such an honour luv xx
I fucking love your username
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Ur so quirky
social bunny is better at least hes helpful and hes not crying :P
i have that tragic clown painting on the back of my bathroom door so people don't notice until they're already on the toilet
stop it- BAHAHAHAHAH
Amazing
Don't give me ideas 😂😂
Now I can make real world mischief - love it!
thats hilarious and yes im stealing that idea
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.
They died?? How? The tragic clown can kill sims?
@@dressacsb Sims can die from any sustained extreme emotion 😅
@@dressacsb Yeah. Or rather, being locked in a house with him can. He made them miserable. Sleep and fun were the first to go.
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 💀
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.
That one Seinfeld episode makes more sense now
ohmygod thats crazy id so watch a movie on it (i cant understand opera how do audience do it??
@@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 would watch a sitcom all about the tragic clown, social bunny, and therapist honestly.
That sounds fun.
We gotta add the hula zombies into the mix too (and possibly the burglar)
@@justaperson4656 And the bigfoot as the slightly naïve, but wholesome character everyone loves.
@@dontdriveat88 agreed but it has to be the Bigfoot from Sims 2 ds
@@justaperson4656 I had to look that up. Oh gosh! Thanks for the nightmares :)
I've never randomly seen tragic clown walking around sims 4. It would be interesting though
that's because you need the Tragic Clown poster object in a build, and a sim has to interact with it.
I’ve only ever seen sims with the clown hair. Still tragic
@@caitlin8274 kind of a slay if you ask me
@@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 :)
Sunny is also seen as missing on some Milk cartons your sims take out of the fridge in The Sims 2
Right? Especially strange considering he's been dead for 20 years
this series inspired me to make a 25 slide power point about my favourite sims lore and then force my friend to sit through it for nearly an hour lmao
At first i read 25 hours instead of 25 slides and then I reread it and got disappointed.
@@anti-usernamesaltaccount3623 u have given me a new goal to strive for lol
@@Tee855 You better strive.
are u gonna share it with the class or
@@Tee855 share with the class?
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!
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.
I would love to see a history of the cowplant in the sims!
4:00 He’s actually not a mime from the looks of it, but a Pierrot, hence his last name. They usually have black-and-white coloring
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.
You can also get the tragic clown curse in The Sims 3 randomly, by travelling by LLLAMA, in the Supernatural expansion pack.
Really? I use LLAMA quite a bit and have never got origin of the tragic clown
@@justaperson4656 Yeah you'll basically get a 24 hour moodlet and your sim will be the clown, happened to me recently
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
0:27 clowns make me so sad bc they just wanna make kids happy and smile but they’re scared of them 😭 it genuinely breaks my heart HELP
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? 👀
the sims 4 townie lore is just what’s it in household descriptions lmao there’s not much else to it
@@dylandwhat Yeah, but I'm sure there are teories of connection between households or storylines played so often that they're accepted as "canon"
plumbella never fails us
She doesn't but Sims 4 does lol that's the real tragedy here
I love how the tragic clown in TS4 is supposed to show up randomly yet Judith Ward does a better job... or rather she _actually_ does the job.
the trauma I have of clowns is unreal. Inspire Joy?! Y’all have you watched IT?!
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.
my dumb ass first read that as ET & i was all like OMG there was a clown in ET ? was ET a clown ? i never knew that ! 😭
I've not watched IT and I never will, but I'm right there with you hating clowns.
On a similar note, I love that the sims 2s social bunny was replaced in the sims 3 with TALKING TO FURNITURE.
this video feels like a tribute to my entire existence and made to personally please me
"Bella Goth is NOT missing. RUDE. Get gone" 💀 can't stop laughing
12:38 this absolute KILLED ME omg at first the smash and suzie sounds like sim’s talking and each facial expression makes it all so much better
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)
My uncle had a side hussle as a clown, so I never grew a true fear of them.
I love clowns, I've never understood how people can be scared of them. Then again, I guess people could say the same for my fear of injections/needles
My parents were clowns on the side for fun when I was a kid, and I refuse to watch It because I don’t want them ruined for me
Because they’re scary looking.
I'm only scared of clowns cause of john wayne gacy.
@@katelynb5838 honestly you should watch it! Pennywise wasn’t scary as a clown, but because of his actions.
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.
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'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
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.
The imaginary friends in ts3 were the creepiest for me. And the gnomes. But mostly the imaginary friends. 😅
God i hate the imaginary friends, especially the fact that you can't even opt out of them 😭
And if your sim wears the tragic clown suit, they get a sad moodlet
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...
Christmas came early, a Sims history video!
There is a lot in Downtown (Hot Date) called Wrensday's that has the Tragic Clown painting in what I can only call a containment room.
Have you done an Entire History Of the wild animals in the Sims? Raccoons, skunks, deer, wild horses, etc? That would be fun, if not.
I conquered my fear of clowns for this video omg
i would love to see an iceberg style video from you on the sims! i think itd be a cool way to cover a lot of sims lore in one video
id love to see a circus family challenge where you have to romance sunny and have a family that succeeds in entertainment or something
Oh my gosh core memory unlocked! The Chile catchers from chatty chatty bang bang! 😳
Sonny the Tragic Clown is a Daedric Prince who's been mantled by many individuals throughout the years...
I wonder what would happen if a sim had a baby with the tragic clown
There is a video about this by the Whiny Brit, if you're interested
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.
12:39 had me in literal tears. you're nothing like sonny, you make me laugh so much and give me so much joy. lov ya hen
When I was a kid I was absolutely terrified that The Tragic Clown would somehow show up at my house
EHO is my favorite series!!!
Thank you Nerdbella!
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
Oh I've been WAITING for this one!! Let's freaking go hens!! :D
I'm scared of clowns for two reasons: John Wayne gacy, and all the clown stuff that happened in America in 2016
the guides having stories in them made the early sims games so the forums showing that just took me back !!
The House of Fallen Trees, Sims 2 Downtown and the graveyard there on the lot. Tricou family has some lore
There's nothing better than Sims Lore.
lmao the intro XD happy to enjoy any content you wanna make Plumbella
excuse you sadness is the main emotion i feel whenever i see a clown thank u very much
Love these histories! Will buy the book when you put it out hahaha
Honestly got my sim pregnant with tragic clown and then I see you post this
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.
Btw, we're both fellow Jesse's :)
So glad to see someone else scared of the child catcher finally, that sod is terrifying but my siblings never agreed
Hold up gotta grab my lovely Clown doll so we can watch this together
chitty chitty bang bang was absolutely traumatising pls
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!
A"history of" video? I must have made it onto Santa's nice list because my Christmas wish has come true 🥰
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.
I waited for this one for so long! I love the tragic clown.
i love this character! so happy you decided to make a video about him❤
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.
OMG THE CHILD CATCHER FROM CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG WAS TRAYMATIXING FINALLY SOMEON WHO UNDERSTANDS
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 really wish they have Oliver spector and the doe family in Sims 5
One cool thing I learned recently is that, in The Sims 2, a picture of the Tragic Clown appears on the side of one of the milk cartons when you're making breakfast. They make it look like he's a missing person (which I guess he is since he's not in the second game)
I love when you do the history of different sims things. Thank you!
Babe wake up new the entire history of just dropped
Didn't Sonny appear on the milk carton in The Sims 2? Love your videos
I, too, have been playing Sims from the beginning and 9 year old me was TERRIFIED of Sims 1 Sunny, specifically his Portrait (which honestly? still scared of it, 0/10 would delete again) Like when he showed up in Superstar I'd be fine watching him hang around. Regular clowns don't generally bother me, but clowns that are intended to be scary/creepy absolutely do (thanks "IT"...).
i love the lore videos so much omg
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.
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.
I'm a simple person. I see a new plumbella video, I click
My favorite series from you Jess!
Yeeeeees! I have been waitin for this! Thank you bestie
I remember that one sims 1 CC that was a little doll of sunny that turns into actual sonny and then starts setting your house on fire. horrific.
Your lore videos always make my whole week
I remember the Tragic clown Creepypasta story it creeped me out as a child but it is still a very good story
This is by far my favorite series too! 💖
You do need to write that book on Sims Lore...Your So good!
Chitty chitty bang bang was the only movie as a kid that scared the bejesus out of me
HEY HENS!! can't wait love lore! 👋
Would love to see history videos on any game-impacting reoccurring items in the games, like the Cow Plant or other haunted paintings. Also, what's up with the cultural lama obsession? Please explain Plumbella 🙏
I admit it. I wish Sunny was in Sims 2 -- the summoned NPCs have my whole heart.
I loved Plumbella as a red head but I love this hair color even more. The rusty brown is perfect. 😍
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.
YESSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SUNNY FOR YEARSSSSSS!! SUNNY MY BELOVED
We’ve been waiting for this 🤍
That CAMS line absolutely killed me 😂
"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").
Same
Geriatric simmers unite lol
Honestly IT traumatised me, I cannot stand clowns anymore
Me with a phobia of clowns: ... it's plumbella I'll be okay...
Didn't plan on starting my day with a horror film and here we are
I've always related to the sort of Pierrot type pantomime character so this is just further evidence of the representation that The Sims has always provided us compared to other games.