Tricky the Clown is the central antagonist of the Madness Combat series. 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. 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 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. Tricky has killed four different characters in the series.

As 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.