I just have to say that Cornelius looks like a possible partner in crime for KittyWise (and his minion Sparky).....


And because of your post, I went and added their villainous portrait.

Now that matterbandit has arrived with his wonderful character portraits, I was a bit inspired to try and use the Bing AI Image Creator and see what results it would kick out for my character. Here is what it did (see attachment).

Thank you for running the giveaway Doc, your continued generosity is unparalleled.

Moxie the Mischievous Monk will enrol in the clown school.

As a third son, Moxie was destined for the priesthood, but his inability to speak drew him to a monastery where muteness would not be out of place among the vows of silence.

Alas his passion for inflicting practical jokes on the fellow monks, soon brought him under the influence of the trickster god.. Moxie was finally cast out for placing an inflated calf bladder on the Abbott's seat during an important service. The thundering sound it made when the Abbott sat down led to much merriment on the part of the monks, to say nothing of the anger and embarrassment the Abbott felt.

The decision to join clown school came naturally to a skill-less disciple of the trickster god, for indeed there was nowhere else that would take him.

Edit: I'll try to flesh this out a bit more in the next day or so.

The Enigma's weaknesses are unknown even to The Engima. Is he male? Is she female? Is The Enigma above petty concepts of gender? The Enigma either can't or won't tell you. Regardless of if The Enigma wins or looses, their opponent can never tell you how it happened because that's how it is when The Enigma is around.

Still over a week to go before it starts.

I'm in!

My character is the always sleepy Countess Beth Bathoryond. She is a vampire who is (quite literally) tired of sneaking around in the night so instead she is aspiring to become a clown to gain popularity among the younger (less than 700 year old) people. With her dark circles around the eyes, pale skin and always blood-smeared mouth, she doesn't even need to bother painting her face. To appear more clown-like though, she is wearing a poorly fitting green afro wig over her long black hair and a purple suit like the Joker in Batman. She is also very clumsy and not funny, which is why she finds this whole clown business incredibly frustrating. Often, this leads to her throwing crazy temper tantrums, which tend to be very funny to the audience. Much funnier than her actual clown act.

I hope you do decide to join us (even with your limited schedule). The Enigma character would be such a creative addition to this clowning challenge. ;)


Very vicious minion. xD

I like it! :)

Thanks! I've updated his strengths/powers: "manages to look vicious despite taking orders from a cat "

My character is Giggles the blobfish whose one goal in life is to graduate from clown college and become a well-respected clown but because he's such a blobfish no one takes him seriously. But maybe with some hard work, a little luck, and some good old fashioned knock knock jokes he'll be able to ace his laffers, fling some custard, and graduate class clown at the end of the term.

Thanks for the opportunity, Doc!

I'd like to be in for this giveaway.

My character is Zombeat the Medic. He's a zombie who always brings a boombox wherever he goes. His boombox is the most precious thing that he owns and he will stop anyone who intends to even try to destroy or take it away from him. As a result, he's become quite capable at making sure that he doesn't drop anything that he carries, as Zombeat has been employed countless times by the Necromancer King to attack multiple human bases along with his zombie army, and there have been times when he had been tasked to carry medical supplies (in this case, extra limbs for any zombies that had fallen in the battlefield and required new limbs to replace the ones they had lost) while also humping his boombox. Furthermore, Zombeat is able to grow new limbs by listening to the songs he blasts from his boombox, which is why he's often referred to as "Zombeat the Medic" by his fellow brothers and sisters. Whenever he's running out of medical supplies, he would just gently places his boombox on the ground, detach his limbs (be it arms or legs, depending on which extra limbs are running low), let new limbs grow from his body, then repeat. Sometimes other zombies would find this amusing, and so Zombeat thought to himself, "You know what, I think I'll give this clown school a try."

This also shouldn't be a surprise, but one of Zombeat's weaknesses lies in his boombox's condition. If ever someone managed to destroy his boombox, he'd become furious, then agitated as he takes out his wallet and counts the cash he has left to see if it's enough to buy a new boombox, then leaves while saying, "I'm beat." with a sigh. He also likes making skeleton jokes, although not very good at it. And besides, who needs jokes when you can just juggle multiple limbs to humor other people? Oh and one more thing, Zombeat is also among one of the few zombies under the Necromancer King who's capable of absorbing the knowledge of the previous owner of the limb(s) that Zombeat attaches to his body. Therefore, if that limb belongs to a comedian, he gains access to the numerous jokes that the comedian had during their lifetime. That said, the effect of this ability only lasts for ten seconds, and after that, Zombeat will lose all those knowledge forever. Poor Zombeat, as he would occasionally have nothing to show for all the knowledge he managed to temporarily gain during those ten seconds as he would take too long looking for the smartest thing to say using the borrowed knowledge of the previous owner of the limbs he had attached to his body. v.v

Are we allowed to add more information to our characters as long as the clown school hasn't begun its orientation?

You can edit it as much as you want until the contest starts.

Got it, thanks Doc!

Thank you for this generous giveaway once again, Doc. I would like to join this new adventure.

My character is Thalassa. She is a member of an aquatic alien species and comes from a different galaxy, where aquatics are the norm and not the exception. She has dominated with her refreshing act the comedy stage of her home planet, and now wants to bring her waves of marine humour to the Milky Way with all the strength of her fins.

Thalassa's specialty is physical comedy and watery puns. Her biggest weakness is her difficulty to understand dry humour.