He also seems to “play” with Hank, reviving him when he died (and then murdering him again) several times throughout the Tricky arc, showing an extremely sadistic and vengeful way of thinking. He seems to like music and sometimes serves as a DJ. Starting off as an assassin, Tricky's mind became more and more warped as he drew more power from the Improbability Drive, leading him to become a vicious, malevolent, power-hungry, and powerful foe. Tricky's control of the Improbability Drive seems to have made him insane, or at least more twisted than he was originally. Tricky has killed four different characters in the series.Īs Krinkels was asked what the inspiration for Tricky was, he said that Tricky was an old meme on Newgrounds, then Krinkels asked himself what if Tricky were a super killer psychotic clown and he ended up taking that concept. He has been killed thirteen times (10 times by Hank, once by Jesus, once by Sanford and once by himself), has been resurrected as a zombie once after being pinned to the marshmallow by a streetsign and possesses the ability to warp the fabric of reality. Up until the end of Madness Combat 7: Consternation, Tricky used the power of the Improbability Drive in order to revive repeatedly, run and jump at extremely high speeds and gain superhuman hand-to-hand fighting skills which allowed him to render the mightiest of enemies helpless. He started out as an assassin hired by the Sheriff and later became the primary antagonist of the Tricky saga, after he was given the power of the Improbability Drive. Tricky the Clown is the central antagonist of the Madness Combat series. The zombified remains of a psychopathic assassin clown.