Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Der Clown

 Der Clown
type
 TVTItem
 Der Clown
label
 Der Clown
 Der Clown
page
 DerClown
 Der Clown
comment
 Der Clown is a German superhero action series broadcast by RTL that aired from 1998 to 2001, with a film sequel, The Clown: Payday, released in 2005. The series stars Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenholfer, and Volkmar Kleinert.The series centers on Max Zander (Martinek), an agent of the World Intelligence Police Agency. When one of his colleagues is killed by a car bomb, he decides to fake his own death and fight crime as the Clown, assisted by journalist Claudia Diehl (Frank), pilot Tobias "Dobbs" Steiger (Anzenhofer), and lawyer Josef Ludowski (Kleinert).
 Der Clown
fetched
 2024-03-11T16:47:12Z
 Der Clown
parsed
 2024-03-11T16:47:12Z
 Der Clown
isPartOf
 DBTropes
 Der Clown / int_31a2a33c
type
 Stuff Blowing Up
 Der Clown / int_31a2a33c
comment
 How do the heroes defeat the remaining two villains in Payday? Bomb the two-engined cargo plane they're in with gold bars until it explodes in a huge fireball.
 Der Clown / int_31a2a33c
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_31a2a33c
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_31a2a33c
 Der Clown / int_61a35c24
type
 Improbable Piloting Skills
 Der Clown / int_61a35c24
comment
 Improbable Piloting Skills: Dobbs is an improbably skilled helicopter pilot. Payday takes his badass-ness to the max as he flies multiple loops with his helicopter only a few hundred feet above ground while successfully evading heat-seeking missiles.
 Der Clown / int_61a35c24
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_61a35c24
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_61a35c24
 Der Clown / int_6ec4232f
type
 Casting Gag
 Der Clown / int_6ec4232f
comment
 Casting Gag: In Payday, the heroine Leah is played by Eva Habermann, while the villain's henchwoman Mona is played by Xenia Seeberg, who succeeded Habermann in the role of Zev/Xev Bellringer on Lexx after the former left the series due to scheduling conflicts.
 Der Clown / int_6ec4232f
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_6ec4232f
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_6ec4232f
 Der Clown / int_8707260c
type
 Misguided Missile
 Der Clown / int_8707260c
comment
 Misguided Missile: Payday shows Dobbs as he sends a heat-seeking surface-to-air missile chasing his helicopter back into the SAM which is so glowing hot that it must emit more heat than the helicopter's gas turbines.
 Der Clown / int_8707260c
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_8707260c
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_8707260c
 Der Clown / int_8b606a51
type
 There Is No Kill Like Overkill
 Der Clown / int_8b606a51
comment
 There Is No Kill Like Overkill: How do the heroes defeat the remaining two villains in Payday? Bomb the two-engined cargo plane they're in with gold bars until it explodes in a huge fireball. In the pilot of the series, they're shooting bazookas at people during one shootout.
 Der Clown / int_8b606a51
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_8b606a51
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_8b606a51
 Der Clown / int_932da128
type
 Monster Clown
 Der Clown / int_932da128
comment
 Monster Clown: Totally subverted. The clown isn't a villain but rather the protagonist's secret identity; he is a vigilante wearing a clown mask to fight crime.
 Der Clown / int_932da128
featureApplicability
 -0.3
 Der Clown / int_932da128
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_932da128
 Der Clown / int_95713538
type
 Outside Ride
 Der Clown / int_95713538
comment
 Outside Ride: Once per Episode, Max jumps on the enemy's getaway car/truck on the highway from a helicopter. Even in the self-parodic time travel episode.
 Der Clown / int_95713538
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_95713538
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_95713538
 Der Clown / int_9f7769a2
type
 The Gunslinger
 Der Clown / int_9f7769a2
comment
 The Gunslinger: Mona in Payday seems to always carry a machine gun with her. And yes, she can shoot it better than any SWAT member. Subverted by Leah who tries and first fails to shoot the same type of gun. She even asks for a manual after she picked it up.
 Der Clown / int_9f7769a2
featureApplicability
 -0.3
 Der Clown / int_9f7769a2
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_9f7769a2
 Der Clown / int_afb088a5
type
 Impressive Pyrotechnics
 Der Clown / int_afb088a5
comment
 Impressive Pyrotechnics: The explosion of the aircraft at the end of Payday suggests that the plane was filled with fuel from wingtip to wingtip, including the entire fuselage behind the rear cockpit wall, so the fireball is unsurprisingly massive.
 Der Clown / int_afb088a5
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_afb088a5
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_afb088a5
 Der Clown / int_baab371c
type
 Chopper on Standby
 Der Clown / int_baab371c
comment
 Chopper on Standby: Once an Episode, Max goes to Dobbs and flies to the highway in the latter's helicopter, to drop on the bad guys' getaway truck.
 Der Clown / int_baab371c
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_baab371c
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_baab371c
 Der Clown / int_name
type
 ItemName
 Der Clown / int_name
comment
 Der Clown / int_name
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Der Clown / int_name
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Der Clown / int_name
 Der Clown / int_name
itemName
 Der Clown

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Chopper on Standby / int_6f53d713
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Clown Media / int_6f53d713
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Every Car Is a Pinto / int_6f53d713
 German Series
processingUnknown
 Der Clown
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Misguided Missile / int_6f53d713
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Outrun the Fireball / int_6f53d713
 Der Clown
hasFeature
 Series of the 2000s / int_6f53d713