Zombie Clowns

The Zombie Clowns are new enemies introduced in Dark Deception: Unchecked Limitations. They are one of the many enemies introduced in Zone 3 of Crazy Carnevil

Appearance
The Zombie Clowns resemble larger version of the Clown Gremlins, being roughly Doug's height. They wear purple outfits, red makeup and have green skin. They have red eyes and sharp teeth.

Personality
Like the Clown Gremlins, the Zombie Clowns are pranksters and the mischievous as well as highly murderous and sadistic.

Powers
The Zombie Clowns have the same powers as the Clown Gremlins but also have higher physical strength due to size. Since they are zombies, they are immortal and fatal wounds come across to them as simple scratches. They also can use rotten tomatoes and jack-in-the-box traps as their primary methods of attacking the player.

Behaviour
The Zombie Clowns behave primarily like the Clown Gremlins and patrol the maze in groups. Unlike the Clown Gremlins, the Zombie Clowns can split up when hunting to cover more area, which can be dangerous since it allows them to ambush the player better and keep control of the situation.

Most of the Zombie Clowns are always found sleeping inside their coffins and funeral grave until provoked. If the player passes through their graves, they will immediately wake up from their slumber and start chasing the player down. If the Zombie Clowns get stunned by Primal Fear, they will simply disappear into confetti drops and immediately respawn inside their grave.

Additionally, the Zombie Clowns will occasionally throw tomato projectiles towards the player from a longer distance. These tomatoes will temporarily obscure the player' screen in red for about 4 seconds and reveal their location to every other enemy in the environment, therefore causing them to always know where the player is regardless of distance. The player's movement speed will also be reduced by half upon getting into contact with the Zombie Clowns' tomatoes. That being said, the Zombie Clowns walk slightly slower than the Clown Gremlins, but they also constantly make squeaking noises with their boots while running around to chase the player, which may attract the attention of nearby enemies within their surroundings.

Trivia

 * The Zombie Clowns are inspired by Tricky from Madness Combat, sharing the same colour scheme. One of Bierce quotes when dying to a Zombie Clown is: "OMFG Clown!", which references Tricky.
 * Zombie Clowns are created when normal Clown Gremlins die, but this requires either the ring piece's power or Malak manually doing it himself.
 * The death of the Goliath Clowns is going to lead to the creation of four Zombie Goliaths. The Zombie Goliaths will appear in a later level.
 * Their ability to attract surrounding enemies nearby with their squeaky clown shoes and leading them in a chase are clearly a reference to the Clown Infected from Left 4 Dead 2.
 * The Zombie Clowns' ability to mark the player for death by throwing tomatoes at them references the Rotten Tomato item from The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.