Tragic Clown

Sunny the Tragic Clown was introduced with The Sims: Livin' Large. Should a Sim have a painting of the Tragic Clown in their house and then look at the painting when they are in a bad mood, the Tragic Clown himself will appear to try and cheer the Sim up.

However, it doesn't help that the clown is also feeling miserable, so any tricks he attempts to do will fail, meaning he will probably make your Sims even more unhappy. He wanders around your house, crying and coughing, and although your Sims can interact with him, the only interaction that makes them happier is insulting him. The only way the Tragic Clown can leave is if the Sim cheers up (a hard feat to achieve when the Clown is constantly making matters worse), or if the painting of the clown catches fire; if this happens, the Tragic Clown himself will also go up in flames.

Maxis also offered a download called the Clown Catchers, which, when rung up, would come round and remove the Tragic Clown from the house.

The Sims 3
At the graveyard you can find Tragic Clown's tombstone.

Theories
Apparently, the Sunny the Tragic Clown is dead by the Sims 3, but he is still alive in The Sims. Post theories here.


 * The fact that he's been dead for such a long time may explain why he is magically linked to a painting. Think Beetlejuice.


 * Who really cares. It's not like he's Bella! He's not that important!


 * He is so much cooler then Bella!! I mean he makes you sad she doesn't.


 * I think one of two things happened. 1, Sunny was so depressed that he faked his own death to get away from everything. 2, Maxis forgot that The Sims 3 takes place before The Sims. I believe the Second one =P


 * I think the clown in the sims 3 is the dad of the clown in sims 1 he died and that why hes always crying


 * I think he came back from the dead :P


 * The third theory i believe Tragic means something bad happened to him and catching the painting on fire kills him so it is just a strange ghost he prolly killed himself from depression explaining why he tries the cheer others but fails horribly


 * Maybe he's just a ghost in The Sims 1.


 * Seriously you guys :(


 * The one that comes out of the painting is probably a ghost. What kind of person comes out of paintings?


 * I think that Tragic Clown doesn't actually exist, and like Social Bunnies, are the insanity/depression/hallucination of the Sims when they are lonely. --79.97.154.41 18:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Someone finally got fed up with him and killed him. I would've.


 * I don't think the creators would have made such a mistake with something like this, i think Sunny is simply a ghost or a hallucination. Either way, I'm just glad he's in some way back. Maybe it will be possible to resurrect him... if it is, I sure will. He was awesome.


 * Maybe he died by a fire. Then he feeds off of the sadness of Sims, and he can resurrect himself with their own pain.  His only weakness is fire because that's how he died.