Pennywise the Dancing Clown

It Background information Feature films Stephen King's IT (1990 film) The Tommyknockers (cameo) IT (2017 film) Television programs Video games Park attractions Actor Tim Curry (1990 film) Bill Skarsgard (2017 film) Actress Animators Voice Performance model Designer Inspiration Awards Character information Other names It (sometimes spelled "IT"), Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the Clown, Robert Gray (also Bob Gray), Pennywise, the Wolfman, the Mummy, the Spider, the Giant Spider, The Devil, The Leper, Flute Lady, Headless Boy, Ms. Kersh, The Witch, The Monster Personality Evil, cruel, sadistic, murderous, intelligent, diabolical, tricky, fearsome, manipulative, scary, unstoppable, enigmatic, devious, psychopathic, ruthless, vengeful, horrific Appearance Giant spider who shape-shifts in several other forms Occupation Inter-dimensional Entity, Demonic force of nature, Personification of evil, Mass murderer, Child killer Affiliations Evil Goal Kill the Losers Home Friends Henry Bowers Enemies Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, Eddie Kasprak, Richie Tozier, Mike Hanlon, Stan Uris Minions Henry Bowers Likes Killing children, playing tricks on his victims, revenge, playing mind games with his enemies, scarring his enemies for life Dislikes The Losers Powers and abilities Weapons Fate Killed by the Losers when they pulled out its heart Quote "I'LL KILL YOU ALL! Ha ha! I'll drive you crazy, and I'll kill you all! I'm every nightmare you've ever had! I am your worst dream come true! I'm everything you ever were afraid of! RARGH!!!"

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Pennywise The Clown is the main antagonist of the novel and film IT. It was a demonic extra-dimensional entity who would almost always

disguise itself as a clown to attract children, so that it could capture and kill them as they were an easier target.

He is portrayed by Tim Curry.

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It was part of the disasters that occurred every 27 years in the Maine town of Derry.

IT was never against killing children. In fact, it actually preferred to kill children as they were an easier target. That was probably why it chose the form of a clown, a figure that both entertained and terrified many young children. It had razor sharp teeth that it could use to kill people.

As the film progressed, a group of children known as the Lucky Seven (also mockingly referred to as the "Losers' Club") banded together to kill Pennywise and end its murderous reign (after he had killed the brother of one of them) and apparently succeed after they tracked him down to its lair. However, Pennywise, being a lesser-aspect of a higher being, was not going to stay dead forever and it swore revenge on the gang for it's defeat before it vanished into nothingness.

27 years later, Pennywise kept his promise and came after members of the gang, who were all adults in the present day, to kill them. That prompted the gang to reform and battle Pennywise again in order to kill it yet again and save themselves from its wrath. At the end of the film, the gang did manage to defeat Pennywise again, but in that final battle, it took the form of a spider-like monster that was revealed to be his true form rather than the clown disguise (which it used for most of the film). It was killed when they pulled out his heart. After they killed it, the gang left its corpse to rot.