Sweet Licks the Clown

Sweet Licks the Clown.Image from John Murdy on Twitter.

Sweet Licks was the main antagonist and mascot of the Halloween Horror Nights 2014 haunted maze attraction Clowns 3D: Music by Slash at Universal Studios Hollywood during their annual Halloween Horror Nights. He is the patriarch of his children Cutty and Bubba, and the leader of all the other clowns working in his factory.

History

Sweet Licks and his children were once ordinary people dressed as clowns running the Route 66 attraction and company Sweet Licks Family Fun Center and Ice Cream Emporium. However, after the negative portrayal of clowns through horror media, dressing up as clowns to entertain people became a difficult business practice, as no one wanted to shop or even visit their attraction anymore.

To make matters worse, the country developed a demand for low-calorie food, resulting in very little people being interested in Sweet Licks' products. The company fell on hard times, and Sweet Licks became so obsessed with working that he stayed inside the cold factory for years until parts of him became permanently frozen. Eventually, Sweet Licks snapped and began killing humans, turning them into "all natural, high protein" ice cream and eating and selling it to keep the business going. Along the way, his children Cutty and Bubba joined him, along with a handful of other clowns that came to aid him in his killings and ice cream production.

Personality

Sweet Licks is extremely mentally ill, and cares little to none about the lives and safety of others. Judging by the number of bodies in his factory (some of them being other clowns), the nature of his products, and his history, it can be assumed that Sweet Licks has directly or indirectly killed hundreds of people. And because of the clown corpses found in the attraction, it could be assumed that Sweet Licks simply kills any who oppose him and use them as ingredients like all the other victims.

Sweet Licks is shown to be sadistic and greedy, as he takes pleasure in the torture and murder of his victims and sells their altered remains for profit. It is also unknown if, though they work for him, Sweet Licks does however care about his children Cutty and Bubba. As shown by the other clown corpses, this is likely not the case it is likely that he would kill them if they opposed him.

Appearance

Sweet Licks is an elderly man with white face paint, with red around his eyes and blue around his mouth. His hair and beard are dyed red, and he wears a red rubber clown nose. He also wears a red and blue striped suit with a name tag on it and a matching scarf, blue jeans, red rubber gloves, and black shoes. His hair and the top of his head are frozen and dripping with icicles, and he is usually covered in blood. In the later part of the attraction, he wears a blue surgeon's outfit with red rubber gloves. His preferred weapon is an ice axe.

Appearances at Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

• Clowns 3D: Music by Slash (2014)

Pictures

Image from John Murdy on Twitter.

Image from @srissler21 on Instagram.

Image from @srissler21 on Instagram.

Image from John Murdy on Twitter.

Image from John Murdy on Twitter.

Image from Universal Studios Hollywood

Image from Universal Studios Hollywood

Image from makeupbyjacqie on Instagram