Clown Applying Makeup
Use Clown Makeup to mock escalating bad arguments, mental gymnastics, or someone making themselves look increasingly foolish. Each panel should show worse reasoning than the last.
Dimensions: 750 × 798px
Format: Four panels showing progressive application of clown makeup, each captioned with increasingly absurd statements
📖 Origin Story
Source: YouTube tutorial "Male Clown Make-up Tutorial" by SmiffysFancyDress
Creator: Step-by-step clown makeup guide transformed into meme format, popularized on Facebook and Twitter
First appeared: Facebook - May 21, 2019 / Twitter viral spread - June 13, 2019
Putting on Clown Makeup (also called Clown Makeup Tutorial) uses a four-panel progression of someone applying clown makeup to illustrate increasingly foolish arguments or mental gymnastics. The format exploded in June 2019 as the perfect way to mock people making progressively worse arguments while doubling down on bad takes. Each panel represents another layer of clownery, culminating in full clown makeup representing peak foolishness.
🎯 How to Use This Template
Use Clown Makeup to mock escalating bad arguments, mental gymnastics, or someone making themselves look increasingly foolish. Each panel should show worse reasoning than the last.
Pro Tips:
- 💡Four panels: bare face, base makeup, partial clown, full clown
- 💡Arguments should get progressively worse/more ridiculous
- 💡Final panel is the most absurd statement or conclusion
- 💡Works great for political takes, fandom discourse, or self-roasting
😂 Example Ideas
One of the original viral versions - escalating bad takes
Self-deprecating relationship denial
Ignoring obvious relationship warning signs
💡 Did You Know?
- •The original makeup tutorial video from 2015 had under 6,000 views before becoming a meme
- •One of the first viral versions mocked communist nations apologists
- •The format is similar to Expanding Brain but specifically focused on foolishness
