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View submission: Legendary Joker concept: Pagliacci - the sad clown that makes others Negative
I really don’t want to be that guy, but the clown from *Pagliacci* is already in the game, his name in the opera is Canio…
edit: P.S. sick card tho
Comment by anderel96 at 28/01/2025 at 17:28 UTC
1187 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I didn't know that, thank you!
Comment by illegal_deagle at 28/01/2025 at 17:38 UTC
735 upvotes, 2 direct replies
“But doctor, I am Canio!”
“Good, now go see Pagliacci”
Comment by ikefalcon at 28/01/2025 at 17:51 UTC
145 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Yes, that’s right. “Pagliacci” literally means “the clowns.”
La commedia e finita!
Comment by Lancelot189 at 28/01/2025 at 18:22 UTC
68 upvotes, 2 direct replies
His name isn’t Pagliacci??? 🤯
Comment by Thehiddenllama at 28/01/2025 at 19:07 UTC
49 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Another famously sad jester you could put this on could be Stanczyk
Comment by mooys at 28/01/2025 at 18:20 UTC
30 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I mean… If you look at the card art, it kinda makes sense.
Comment by MysteryRadish at 28/01/2025 at 19:01 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That's a really common misunderstanding though, probably comes from the old song Mr. Sandman: "**Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci...**"
Most people haven't seen the opera, but almost everyone has heard that song a few times and thinks Pagliacci is the sad clown.
Comment by bulldozrex at 28/01/2025 at 17:41 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
wow love to learn
Comment by MyWar_B-Side at 29/01/2025 at 01:53 UTC*
11 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Lmao I read that the legendaries were based on real clowns/jesters in a reddit comment and googled each of them a couple days ago. I just watched a production of Pagliacci *today* because I thought the story behind Canio was cool. This thread is crazy timing for me lol
Comment by LyonsDrawsOnTwitter at 28/01/2025 at 18:36 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
With this in mind, may i offer the name "Pierrot"?
Comment by topinanbour-rex at 28/01/2025 at 20:58 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I really don’t want to be that guy,
"I'm that guy".
Comment by S145D145 at 28/01/2025 at 19:56 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Lol your comment made me instantly think of the "mom can we have X" "we already have X at home" meme
Comment by shinjirod at 28/01/2025 at 18:28 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Maybe he could retheme it to David Larible, and call it Maestro Mortale, sending all of them to the negative space, or some twist like that, and have a notable modern omission in the current lineup of legnds fixed!
Comment by NoahBogue at 28/01/2025 at 18:58 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Maybe Footit would be a better name, as he was part of the legendary duo Chocolat and Footit as a sad clown
Comment by Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 at 28/01/2025 at 19:11 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Name him Joe Devola then!
Comment by username_taken55 at 28/01/2025 at 19:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah but this is his negative alter ego
Comment by QDP2D at 28/01/2025 at 20:44 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If we want to stick to operas, why not rename him Rigoletto?
Comment by Freyja6 at 28/01/2025 at 21:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
til!
thank you!
Comment by ketura at 28/01/2025 at 21:45 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Krusty, then
Comment by ThatOneCactu at 28/01/2025 at 23:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Now I just need Arlecchino!
Comment by Inkshooter at 29/01/2025 at 03:50 UTC
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Just goes to show that nobody actually knows the opera, just the joke about it
Comment by everybodylovesrando at 29/01/2025 at 08:35 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So we just make it a real-life reference - with a Puddles Pity Party card!
Comment by biskutgoreng at 29/01/2025 at 09:07 UTC
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Canio at the doctor's be like:
Comment by zuxtheros at 29/01/2025 at 14:16 UTC
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Based on this, it would be cool if the only way you could unlock pagliacci in a soul gem is if you first got a canio and made it negative (achievement based unlock)
Comment by GloriousToothless at 29/01/2025 at 15:47 UTC
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The chordettes LIED??