It is a sunny morning and Buttercup McDumpling, the clown is performing in a park. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot get the attention of the pedestrians. When Emily, a young, dreamy girl, enters the park Buttercup falls deeply in love with her. He tries his best performance and clown tricks to win her over. Just as the clown seems to have caught Emily's heart, Jacques-Apollo du Beep, the mime cast an invisible rope to attract Emily to his show.