Gas Clown (formerly Lem’s Mother) is the true main antagonist of the Summer Edition 8 saga and the posthumous overarching antagonist of the Variant Dynasty saga. She is also the matriarch of Lem’s family and the arch-nemesis of the Birthday Game No Way Home contestants.
History[]
Early Life[]
Not much was known about her early life but she married Lem’s father and gave birth to Lem and his little brother.
Succumbing to Shelby’s Deception[]
When her home is invaded by Chuck (an astronaut with the same name as the yellow bird), Shelby hired a scientist to remove the man’s brain and had Lem painted as a zombie thus sentencing him to the same fate. When Woodstock II is wrongfully accused of being a villain after some kind of weapon, the alien woman went insane and jumped to the conclusion that he is working with the Mastermind (who she thinks is planning an invasion on her planet). After committing a skyward scream, she pursues Woodstock II, the surviving Louds, Rintoo, HYDRA Stomper, Baby Shark, William, Hank, Spike and Yumyulack. Once she is in close proximity to Hank, she kills him in a delusional attempt to protect her loved ones. She also elects to kill Baby Shark to sever his friendship with William.
Erroneous Frog Hero[]
When Traveling Travis mistook Everest for a polar bear, the mother misinterpreted that and mistook Woodstock II for Gumball Watterson. She also tried to kill Ms. Chalice but was defeated by a redeeming Agent Maslow. After Humdinger tried to deceive Travis into believing there is a humsquatch in Foggy Bottom, Lem’s mother immediately mistook Ms. Chalice for Anais Watterson thus going after the chalice as well. She then approaches Spike the Dragon and William mistaking the dragon for Richard Watterson and the pilot fish for Darwin Watterson (due to looking similar to him) and tries to kill them when they witness Coach Niblick getting blown up in the exact same fashion as Tom Prinze from Scream 3 due to Shelby’s manipulation. Snapping, she becomes twisted and threatens to kill the two when Spider-Ham returns and faces the vengeful woman when she abandons her delusions of the Wattersons in exchange for mistakenly thinking the Myles Bots are a cult responsible for the crimes that Shelby Forthright committed over the years. At that moment, she succumbs to Shelby’s deceit and becomes the Duo-Franchise incarnation of Gas Clown as she becomes determined to destroy the Myles Bots and anyone affiliated with them.
Inciting A Riot[]
Now reborn as the Gas Clown, she reveals her delusions to a crowd and says one of Joker’s quotes setting her up as the true villain of the saga. She also intends to kill anyone affiliated with the Myles Bots like with the Cuphead Show gang. With an army at her disposal, she corrupts the cultists that actually believe in Unikitty into the Duo-Franchise incarnation of both the Gas Clown’s lackeys and the Jokerz. Meanwhile, Skales was spared in his slither pit fight with Woodstock II and pledges to become Spider-Ham’s pet dog Spider-Pup (aka Sugar). In doing so, Woodstock II and Spider-Ham reunite and the two join forces with the Cuphead Show gang with the latter intending to atone for the crimes he committed under Shelby Forthright’s control.
Appearance[]
She resembles her prime counterpart as Lem’s Mother and as the Gas Clown.
Personality[]
At first glance, she is just like any mother as she loves and cares for her family and even corrects her younger son for seeing a movie that isn’t appropriate for him. However, after her eldest son is believed to be a zombie and is taken to have his brain removed, she snaps and reveals her true nature as a deranged and evil villain with a vengeance. She also adopts Jason Carver’s delusional stance as she became convinced she is the hero while the Myles Bots are a criminal cult that is responsible for the crimes committed over the years (which was actually Shelby Forthright).
Trivia[]
- Given the popularity of Season 4 of Stranger Things due to Eddie Munson as well as Jason Carver’s misguided attempts to stop him, Agent Maslow was advertised to be both the main antagonist of the saga and the new generation’s Jason Carver. However, Agent Maslow was betrayed and akumatized thus becoming a redeemed villain while Lem’s mother was revealed to be the true Jason Carver due to her grief of losing the things she cared about. As a result, she becomes the true villain of the saga since she has bigger plans than anyone else combined while Shelby Forthright served as the overarching antagonist due to his involvement in the alien woman turning evil.