Doink the Clown

Doink the Clown was a gimmick used by several professional wrestlers during the 1990s. The Doink character wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

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Gimmick - Professional wrestlers - 1990s - World Wrestling Federation

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The Doink wrestling persona was that of a circus clown. He wrestled in a clown costume, complete with face paint, makeup, and bright green hair. His diminutive sidekick, Dink the Clown (who was approximately three feet tall) wore a similar clown costume.

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Circus - Clown - Sidekick - Dink the Clown

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The Doink character wrestled as both a heel and a face in the WWF. As a heel, Doink played cruel jokes on faces in order to amuse himself and put them off guard. As a face, Doink was more of a comic relief character, but continued to play jokes on other wrestlers, mostly heels. These jokes were considerably less cruel while Doink was a face, however.

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Heel - Face - Comic relief

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Some wrestling purists criticized the WWF for creating the Doink character; others thought that Doink was appropriate given professional wrestling's carny origins.

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