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Pesky Clown

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“ Everybody is watching... it feels... so good... ”
— Pesky Clown[1]

Pesky Clown (嫌いやなピエロ, Iya-na Piero) is a Mysterious Being who appeared at the I-City Narinki Park. He was killed by Sweet Mask.

Appearance[]

Pesky Clown wears a frilled collar, puffed sleeves, and puffy pants cinched at the ankles, decorated with star patterns. He has wild spiky hair, a round clown nose, and white face paint with jagged red markings around his eyes and nose, along with a wide red smile. His shoes have bulbous tips marked with stars. He carries three balloons shaped like animal heads and wields a large mallet featuring a bold star on its head and a clown face design on the side.

As he gains more attention and grows stronger, Pesky Clown becomes larger and more monstrous.

In the webcomic, his appearance was somewhat different. His nose was not round, and red face paint covered his eyes, nose, and mouth, with the rest of his face painted white. His outfit featured numerous bow ties and polka dot patterns on the arms. In his final form before Sweet Mask defeated him, he had four arms, with a massive mouth and eyes embedded in his torso. This form towered over Sweet Mask, even in the hero's transformed state.

Personality[]

Pesky Clown enjoys attention and is sadistic. Since becoming a Mysterious Being, he wants to kill people to get more and more attention.

In the webcomic, once it was clear he had no chance against Sweet Mask, he begged for mercy, indicating a cowardly side to his personality.

History[]

Pesky Clown was once a human who had an extreme desire for attention. This obsessive craving eventually led him to monsterize. Sweet Mask suspects that he was a monster merged with his clown costume, suggesting a similarity to Phoenix Man.

Plot[]

Neo Heroes Saga[]

Supreme Hero Arc[]

Sweet Mask's first strike on Pesky Clown.

Sweet Mask's first strike on Pesky Clown.

Pesky Clown shows up at I-City Narinki Park, terrorizing visitors and taking down Sosshi, Sanshon, Chinpi, and Gomago, all four working as security guards. Just as he leaps to smash his mallet down on nearby civilians, Sweet Mask intercepts, catching the weapon mid-swing with one hand before shoving it back toward Pesky Clown's face with devastating force. The impact destroys his head, seemingly killing him, but one of the three balloons he carries pops, and he instantly heals. Surprised, Sweet Mask deduces that Pesky Clown can survive two more fatal blows, corresponding to the two balloons left.

Pesky Clown attacking Sweet Mask.

Pesky Clown attacking Sweet Mask.

Pesky Clown then brings forth a buzzsaw unicycle as if by magic and attacks Sweet Mask. The hero evades and counters with a strike, which Pesky Clown manages to block, surprising him again. Observing both his words and his growth during the battle, Sweet Mask concludes that he is a Mysterious Being who grows stronger the more attention he receives. As Sweet Mask shouts for bystanders to evacuate, Pesky Clown and the crowd recognize from his voice that the world's most popular celebrity is standing before them.

Pesky Clown evolves with the rapidly growing attention.

Pesky Clown evolves with the rapidly growing attention.

The fight continues with Sweet Mask still overpowering him and causing Pesky Clown to lose his remaining balloons. However, as the crowd begins recording and livestreaming the fight, the escalating attention triggers Pesky Clown's evolution into a much more powerful threat. He becomes strong enough to catch Sweet Mask's punch and crush his arm, turning the tide so the fight isn't one-sided anymore.

Pesky Clown sends Sweet Mask crashing into the Ferris wheel.

Pesky Clown sends Sweet Mask crashing into the Ferris wheel.

Fueled by the growing attention, Pesky Clown rapidly rises in disaster level, first to Demon and then to Dragon, as estimated by Sweet Mask. He overpowers the A-Class hero and sends him crashing into the Ferris wheel, forcing Sweet Mask to reveal his true form to contend with the surge in strength. The impact destabilizes the structure and causes part of its support beam to disconnect. Pesky Clown watches in amusement as the massive structure begins to collapse, but Sweet Mask, releasing his monster form, wedges himself between the two separated flanges and halts the progressive collapse by holding the upper section in place.

Pesky Clown killed by Sweet Mask.

Pesky Clown killed by Sweet Mask.

Pesky Clown proceeds to battle the transformed Sweet Mask but is swiftly overpowered. Shortly after, he gains another significant power boost and transforms into a larger, more monstrous form, fueled by the surge of worldwide attention following the revelation of Sweet Mask's true identity as a Mysterious Being. Despite this transformation, Pesky Clown is ultimately defeated and eliminated by the hero, his remains scattered across the area to the shock and horror of the watching crowd.

Abilities and Powers[]

Pesky Clown is a Mysterious Being with the ability to evolve through adaptability and the attention he receives. Although initially classified as a Wolf-level threat, Pesky Clown undergoes multiple power-ups during his battle with Sweet Mask, ultimately gaining enough strength to challenge him. Sweet Mask estimates his highest threat level to be Dragon.

Physical Abilities[]

Enhanced Strength: Pesky Clown easily took down several guards at I-City Narinki Park. He can also leap several meters into the air, which indicates enhanced leg strength, and is capable of swinging his large, heavy mallet at a decent speed with just one arm.

Enhanced Reflexes: At first, he was unable to react to Sweet Mask's attacks, but Pesky Clown quickly adapted and managed to block one of the hero's strikes with his mallet at close range, surprising him.

Enhanced Durability: Pesky Clown showed notable resilience and toughness. In the webcomic, it was suggested that he is bulletproof, as bullets did not stop him. However, he was unable to withstand Sweet Mask's attack, which would have killed him with a single strike if not for his unique ability to transfer damage to his balloons.

Accelerated Development: The longer Pesky Clown fights against a superior opponent, the more he adapts and evolves to match them. Sweet Mask identifies such creatures as "Rapid Growing" types.

Supernatural Abilities[]

Balloon Damage Transfer: By unknown means, Pesky Clown can transfer the damage he sustains to the three balloons he carries. Each balloon pops after reaching its damage threshold. After receiving a fatal blow to the head from Sweet Mask, one balloon popped and the fatal injury was immediately healed. Based on this, the hero deduced that Pesky Clown could survive two more fatal attacks. After all three balloons were used up, Sweet Mask was able to kill him.

Circus Object Conjuration: Pesky Clown can seemingly summon or manifest circus-themed objects as if by magic.[10] Unless he is physically concealing something like a buzzsaw unicycle within his body, it is presumed he brings forth these objects via supernatural means. In one instance, he covered himself with a cloth like a magician's act and then revealed himself riding a buzzsaw unicycle, which he used both as transportation and as a weapon against Sweet Mask.[11]

Attention Empowerment: Pesky Clown possesses a rare ability that allows him to grow stronger with the attention he receives. The more people focus on him, the more power he gains. Though initially overwhelmed by Sweet Mask in a one-sided battle, he eventually grew strong enough that the latter could no longer overpower him in his human form. With enough spectators, he gained enough strength to overwhelm Sweet Mask, the top A-Class hero with S-Class capabilities. Sweet Mask ultimately declared that Pesky Clown had become too strong for him to defeat in his human form.

However, after transforming into his monster form, Sweet Mask prevailed, despite Pesky Clown receiving a significant boost from worldwide attention.

  • Transformation: His appearance also becomes more monstrous as his abilities and strength rise.
  • Augmented Strength: Initially outmatched by Sweet Mask, Pesky Clown's physical prowess increased as attention grew. He eventually became strong enough to overwhelm the hero with relative ease and exceeded what Sweet Mask could handle in his human form. One of his punches sent the hero crashing into a Ferris wheel, with the impact destabilizing the colossal structure, which would have collapsed had Sweet Mask not intervened.
  • Augmented Durability: Empowered by the escalating attention, Pesky Clown became tough and resilient enough to endure Sweet Mask's attacks much more effectively. Despite this, he was eventually overwhelmed and defeated by Sweet Mask in his fully transformed state.
  • Augmented Speed and Reflexes: With increasing attention, Pesky Clown became much faster in combat. He completely overwhelmed Sweet Mask in his human form, forcing the hero to reveal his true form. In his final transformation in the webcomic, before being defeated, Pesky Clown briefly fought back, evading a strike and landing several blows on the hero.
  • Regeneration: As he transformed and grew stronger with the attention he received, Pesky Clown's injuries inflicted by Sweet Mask healed. This includes his caved-in face, torn flesh from his leg, and even his ripped left ear, all of which were shown to have fully regenerated as he ascended to his final form. However, this regeneration has limits, as he ultimately died after being crushed and destroyed by Sweet Mask, leaving his remains scattered around the area.

Fighting Style[]

Melee Combatant: Pesky Clown employs circus-themed weapons such as a large mallet and a buzzsaw unicycle. He engages his opponents primarily at close range.

After being disarmed, he engaged in combat with Sweet Mask bare-handed much like a brawler, relying on raw strength and aggression rather than technique.

Equipment[]

Mallet: Pesky Clown wields a large mallet for offense and defense. It features a bold star on its head and a clown face design on the side. The mallet is quite durable, sinking into solid ground without noticeable damage. It also blocked and withstood a spear-hand thrust from Sweet Mask while sustaining minimal damage. It was not completely bisected when struck by Pesky Clown's buzzsaw unicycle, managing to stop the deadly blade in its tracks, though it was penetrated halfway through.

Balloons: Pesky Clown has three balloons that allow him to absorb damage without dying. When a balloon's threshold is exceeded, it pops and restores him to his original state.[12] All three balloons were eventually popped by Sweet Mask's attacks.

Saw-Blade Unicycle: Seemingly conjured out of nowhere, Pesky Clown rides a unicycle fitted with massive circular saw blades in place of wheels. As it rolls, the spinning blades carve gouges into the pavement, making the unicycle both a weapon and a vehicle. The unicycle is sharp enough to pierce halfway into his durable mallet before being brought to a stop.

Major Battles[]

Participants Chapter(s) Episode(s) Result
Pesky Clown vs. Sweet Mask 212 (Online), 213 (Online), 214 (Online), 215 (Online), 216 (Online), 217 (Online) None Loss

Trivia[]

  • In the webcomic, Pesky Clown wields his mallet with his left hand and his balloons with the other, while in the manga it is the opposite.
  • Pesky Clown is the only Mysterious Being to have four disaster levels so far, going from Wolf (his official disaster level) to powering up to Tiger, then Demon and eventually Dragon.
  • Pesky Clown is the first Dragon-level threat eliminated by an A-Class hero, though that hero was the highest-ranked in A-Class and capable of moving to S-Class if he wished, other than Saitama in the story.

References[]

  1. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 212 (Online), page 12-13
  2. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 215 (Online), page 13
  3. ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 121, page 22
  4. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 215 (Online), page 6
  5. ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 121, page 15
  6. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 213 (Online), page 11
  7. ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 121, page 6
  8. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 215 (Online), page 3
  9. ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 121, page 14
  10. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 213 (Online)
  11. ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 213 (Online), page 4
  12. ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 121

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