Clown from the Hellraiser comic series was originally a Saturday morning show host named Winky Dink who wound up becoming a Pseudo-Cenobite, charged with keeping the children who wind up in The Labyrinth occupied so they don't run amok, causing chaos.Viz has the character of "Roger Mellie, the Man on the Telly," a foul-mouthed alcoholic and perverted TV presenter who in several strips lands a job on kids' TV and inevitably reverts to type in front of the horrified audience.A lot", with such essay competitions as "In 1000 words or less, describe how Amy Sue Sturdfetzer looked much older than 12". Kyle Baker's The Cowboy Wally Show had a childrens' show hosted by Al Space, who "really, really really loved kids.At show's end he's on the phone with his wife, angrily admonishing her for letting their kids watch his show. Leonard, running a show featuring mindlessly violent cartoons and boot-licking sponsor worship. Mad Magazine did a typical kiddie show parody starring one Uncle Nutzy, physically based on rude stand-up comic Jack E.Not only was it totally unsuitable for the supposed target audience, but he was broadcasting to a society that mostly didn't have electricity. Becoming slightly unhinged, he developed a version of his show that was tailored to suit the borderline-apocalyptic ruins of the city. Another Batman story featured a kids' show presenter who was trapped in Gotham during No Man's Land.See the back of issue 3: "The Hazel and Cha-Cha Show: Who needs drugs when you have cookies and guns?" And really, with those big cartoon characters heads.? The two are basically what the hosts of a kids show created by Quentin Tarantino would be like. Hazel and Cha-Cha from The Umbrella Academy, sort of.He says we should slash our wrists now, and remember to slash down the wrist, boys and girls, not across the wrist." PLEASE STAND BY, We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Should we bake him a cake? And you want to tell me something else, do you Dino? We're all going to die. Gee, Dino! I didn't know it was Terry Pteranodon's birthday today. Sandman: "Hey kids, Dino the Dinosaur is trying to tell me something.This is the backstory for the modern incarnation of the Superman villain The Prankster.Surprisingly, not related to the Depraved Homosexual or Depraved Bisexual, although sometimes they overlap. In real life, they cause the show to be Undermined by Reality. May exist in a Subverted Kids Show, but most often they're villains in regular shows. He may also Hate the Job Love The Limelight. See also Nice Character, Mean Actor, Villain with Good Publicity. Fred Rogers would respectfully disagree this is generally not Truth in Television. For some reason, people just can't believe that a right-thinking adult would want to spend his life teaching kids manners and helping them grow as people. This is especially popular in Real Life Urban Legends, the insinuations of which can ruin someone's career. As such, it's related to Monster Clown and other like tropes. This trope plays on the irony of a jovial character who interacts with children actually being a horrible person. He smokes like a tilt, lashes out at techies, and absolutely hates kids. But in his down time, he (and it's usually a man) is a sex, drug and gambling addict who drinks, cavorts, and swears enough to make a sailor blush. Snuggles, happiest figure in Friendlytown. Unlike his zany-go-lucky cousin, who's excitable but alright, the Depraved Kids' Show Host is a Complete Monster, or at the very least a Jerkass. But beneath that shiny, happy façade lies the Depraved Kids Show Host, a character you would not, under any circumstances, want your children around. They laugh, they sing, they smile, they bring joy to children all over the world. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so. Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed.
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