This enforced apathy and lack of awareness also masks the anomalous murder spikes during its active phase. The librarian is the only person apart from ben who is moving. Its only goals are to eat and sleep. However, one must see through the illusion perfectly. Most often, his eyes are orange, but it can change them to appear more familiar. Her head and torso later appear behind a door in the neibolt street house. Encountered by richie outside of town. He described it as an endless, crawling hairy creature made of orange light. Its real name (if indeed, it has one) is unknown. It assumes thirty-two forms in the novel. They also are often looking in different directions. On close examination (possibly provoked by it), a child severeds head can be seen in a tree. •a swarm of winged leeches: Due to its pregnancy, it’s very possible that a male of the same species as it existed at one time. After claiming the young boy as his victim, frequently torments bill by taking georgies form. Hanscom •swampy skeleton •george denbrough • the mummy •werewolf •alvin marsh •gas station attendant •mrs. Although, several times in the novel, it calls itself by the name robert “bob” gray. This form scares eddie corcoran, a classmate of the children, when he is afraid to go home and show his dad his report card. Other evidence from this series suggests it is the creation of a separate omnipotent creator referred to as the other (who may be the entity gan). Although the children believe that they have destroyed it, they make a pact to reunite should the monster return. This form is as similar as it can get to how it truly looks before a human goes insane from looking at it. It sixteen forms in the 1990 miniseries. It also has limitations on its appearance depending on who is seeing it and how afraid they are. In addition, it is shown to use memories of its victims to lure them into a false sense of security (i. e. Eddie corcorans brother, who was murdered by his abusive stepfather for climbing on a ladder in their garage. • the deadlights: Pennywise wears a baggy silk suit of silver with orange pompoms and a collar ruff. Kersh living there. In zombie form later gives henry bowers a lift to the derry town house to murder the remaining losers club members in 1985. [note 3] •frankensteins monster from i was a teenage frankenstein: In the guise of pennywise , it can be disarming, charming and seemingly nice to the kids it hunts, usually to lure them into secluded spots before attacking. It underestimates and scorns all of mankind. • the crawling eye from the hugh beumont film: It will manipulate its prey by promising them what they want, but can also determine their psychological fears and utilize them to provoke or cow those it faces. It has psychic influence enough to keep the entire town of derry in a subtle, apathetic ignorance to its activities. In the 1990 film, it was a rottweiler instead of a doberman pinscher. Each awakening and return to hibernation is sometimes marked by. It took said form upon seeing a performer sometime in the 1800s using the alias and costume. Beverly marsh visits her former home and finds a woman named mrs. Almost immediately afterward, ben sees a smoking egg that leads him downstairs to the library basement. Given that it feeds on fear, it makes sense that courage and heart can overcome it. •appears as a truck in maximum overdrive. He has a white face and a bald head, with red hair on either side. When encountering henry bowers and his cronies, victor criss and belch huggins in the sewers under derry. It can detect emotions and memories of an individual, though apparently not thoughts, at least not from those who possess enough courage or willpower. During the loser clubs final encounter with it as children, it briefly takes the form of what appears to be a mummy wrapped in bandages, which uses them in an attempt to pull ben into its snapping mouth before being hit with a chain by bill. 27 years later, it awoke to start feeding again, believing that the club would no longer try to harm it as they were not his ideal prey. It is quite possible that some of his illusions are more akin to hallucinations that he telepathically plants in the minds of his victims using their fear, with the elaborate and apparently reality-bending visions (such as in it: When richie look at the coffin and his missing paper with the blood paint found, he pulls the body bag and sees a doll version of himself with bugs consuming it and closed the coffin until it came out. However, late in the novel, the characters come to realize that it is most likely female, due to its true form in the physical realm being that of a giant pregnant female spider. It appears as georgie to bill throughout each adaptation in various places. See full list on stephenking. fandom. com In the 2017 movie, pennywise returns to having a silver suit, similar to italian opera clowns, and orange hair. · pennywise the dancing clown returns in hbo’s ‘it: It is a shape-shifting creature known as a glamour, who is billions of years old. Eddie is frightened of crossing the stream because of the piranhas. He wears large white gloves and is usually carrying a bunch of balloons. • pennywise the dancing clown •mr. Also, it can make its illusions visible only by certain people. This ability is useful for, a) appearing as the targets loved ones or friends to manipulate them or lure them into a trap or b) appearing as the targets worst psychological fear. It eventually realised there was no natural food source there, instead of whatever it was given to eat at the other world it came from. Changing his eye color when meeting georgie to match his brother and mothers). One of its victims (in 1957), her voice is overheard by her parents through a drain. [note 2] •a giant bird: Perceived by stan uris as he enters the standpipe and remembers the tale of kids who drowned in the water towers reservoir. Adults are less inclined to care about the missing persons of the town and do not react in any intense manner when violence occurs even in front of them. While the losers are fighting off it, it attempts to scare beverly by transforming its head into her fathers, but she violently jams a rod down its throat in response. This suggests that either a) only those aware of its existence are able to see them when invisible or b) it can control who to appear visible by will. Dracula appears on a staircase in the derry public library to ben hanscom. Resembles a combination of a crow that attacked mike hanlon as a baby and rodan, a giant irradiated pteranodon which first appeared in a 1956 japanese monster movie of the same name. Bill comes dangerously close to seeing the deadlights and the shape behind the shape for a brief moment. About 300 years after coming to earth, it would devour georgie denbrough after dragging him into a flood grate. As the leper, it emits growling noises and creaks open the door as eddie walks past its residence, causing eddie to be distracted and drop his pills. But only if it can scare its prey before feasting on it. Leeches who attack patrick hockstetter. This form, a giant female spider, killed eddie kaspbrak before being finally overpowered by the losers. The creature implies that this enhances the flavor. When it was attacked by the losers, it became a leper once more and vomited on eddie, causing the latter to kick the former which resulted in it morphing into beverlys father. The woman later chased swiftly attacked stan in the sewer, briefly feasting on his face until it was scared off by his friends. The following moment, a red balloon appears in the place the librarian had been standing. It can transform into any kind of being, including forms that may not be physically possible or exist in reality. A female classmate of the losers who died in a car crash a few years after 1958, seen by eddie at the trucking depot in 1985. The form of a friendly and funny clown is the easiest to invoke a sense of safety and comfort without needing to know anything personal about the victim, thus why it uses this form so often. This revelation prompts audra denbrough to say, oh, dear jesus, it is female. this, however, is not its true form; It is able to make its prey experience hallucinations that are very hard to discern from reality. It will hunt and kill for a year, before entering a 27-year dormancy. After an iron rod is impaled into its head, it partly develops several werewolf characteristics, such as an elongated mouth and grin, as well as a monstrous hand. •leper version of reginald belch huggins: It manipulates the awareness and attention of the people in derry, both to mask its activities and isolate its victims. Welcome to derry’—here’s everything you need to know about the shapeshifting nightmare clown. His face has two red lines starting above his eyes, streaming down the cheeks, and ending at the corners of his mouth. No one knows the true form of it, since the creature first existed in an inter-dimensional realm referred to as deadlights. Additionally, changing form in this manner appears to exert energy, as when it is injured, it reverts to a giant spider. Also, it takes control of norbert keenes body to get eddie to leave derry. However, there are several moments when his influence over the people of derry is not total, like when in the miniseries, henry bowers threatens mike with a firecracker and a man nearby tells him to stop it instead of just being indifferent. Any living being that sees the deadlights goes insane almost instantly. It seems to have no limit to what illusions can be created, but primarily uses them to instill fear, which means they must be realistic enough to do so. Appears again as a jack-in- the -box when henry fights mike in the library. He may also get his first name from robert bob bell, the man who originally portrayed bozo the clown. •a paul bunyan statue (referred to as the giant): The headless child chases him through the maze of shelves, soon after morphing into pennywise. They broke its legs, beat in its head and killed the beast by tearing out its heart before crushing it, causing the creatures physical form to die and the deadlights to fade away. The novel opens with pennywise killing bill’s six-year-old brother, georgie. The text also suggests that it can erase memories or knowledge. (it is even wearing a derry high school blazer. ) •a leper/diseased vagrant: Stanley uris is afraid of a woman in a painting (credited as judith) in the office of his father, donald uris. In the neibolt street house, it appears to bill and richie as eddies head emerging through an old mattress. It can be taken by surprise and can be physically assaulted if the attacker demonstrates no fear of it. Due to this, it began to prey on human children every 27 years, malforming itself into their worst fears as it supposedly salts the meat and makes them taste far better. (a concept related to todash darkness from the dark tower novels. ) Stephen king based his appearance on ronald mcdonald, bozo the clown , clarabell the clown , and john wayne gacy. in the 1990 miniseries, the outfit is more colorful with orange pompoms, blue sleeves, and a yellow body. Most importantly, it desires to consume those it has made terrified of itself. It can also communicate through the mind, as seen with adult richie tozier (in the library) or adult henry bowers (at juniper hill in the novel). Seen by eddie at the trucking depot in 1985. However, its favorite and most common form is that of a circus performer named pennywise the dancing clown , as most small children love a clown and generally, it seems that the people in derry happily accepted the presence of a stray circus performer. Kersh then transforms into the witch, revealing that she is actually it. The reasons behind it’s actions is that it eats for its own survival and satisfaction and then it goes dormant usually after a years worth of feeding. However, other books in the stephen king universe (such as dreamcatcher and hearts in atlantis) imply that it may still be alive at the end of the story. The womans head appeared one last time to frighten stan but was knocked back a few moments later. • the werewolf from the 1957 horror film i was a teenage werewolf: This ability is not restricted by space or uniformity, as it can appear in multiple places as multiple beings. This breed of dog is the animal the guard on duty fears the most, so it turns into an eight-foot-tall version. It is set to return in the miniseries welcome to derry, a prequel to the film adaptations. This appears to have a psychological effect that instills fear and enables it the inability to function properly in its physical form. Additionally, belief can affect it, such as the use of silver (which is a fictional weakness of supernatural entities) and an inhaler believed to contain battery acid. In many cases, it leaves an open escape route for victims and lets them run away. He asks them if they want to play loogie, then spews caustic blood before disappearing back inside. Who played pennywise in pennywise? • pennywise the dancing clown : This is demonstrated by affecting the minds of derry citizens (at least those with weaker wills) to make them indifferent about any terrible events that they see. Since its true identity is unclear, due to its shape-shifting abilities and being from another universe, its real name and species are also called deadlights, but few know this, which is why its referred to as it. Because eddies fear was infections, it became an incurable-stage leper. It is a deadly predator that primarily hunts for food. When appearing to henry bowers in juniper hills mental institution. · for many, the terror of pennywise the dancing clown began in 2017, when bill skarsgård donned the face paint and dragged poor georgie into the sewer in andy muschietti ‘s it. It takes this form during the encounter with richie and bill while in the mansion on 29 neibolt street. This may be an allusion to real-life child cannibal albert fish, who reportedly used the name robert gray as an alias. This allows them to form a psychic connection and send power to each other, even across distances. While ben hanscom is reading a book detailing the history of old derry, he sees a black and white photograph of the aftermath from kitchener ironworks explosion, where many children were killed during an easter egg hunt. It can control the minds and actions of a person or several people simultaneously. Originated in an undiscovered void containing and surrounding our entire universe, another far-off universe referred to as the macroverse. Eddie assumes the man has leprosy when it is, in fact, untreated syphilis. When eddie first encounters it under the porch of the house on 29 neibolt street. •a doberman pinscher: Although it lived on planet earth for many years, it originated in a void/dimension outside the regions of space known as the macroverse. The true form of the deadlights exists outside the physical realm. It is a predator of humans, and prefers children to adults. Chapter two, where bill relives his memories of first seeing it in the form of georgie in the basement of his old house, all while actually being submerged in underwater) having no true effect on the real world. While convincing henry bowers to do its dirty work. The form of a female spider seems to be its true physical form on earth (or at least that is the closest thing the human mind can comprehend), living deep below the fictional town of derry, maine. Georgies older brother, bill denbrough would form his own gang named the losers club. Dead and eaten, appears to one of the inmates at juniper hills. The novel states that it must obey the laws of its form. This means that it possesses the vulnerabilities of whatever form it takes, such as a vampires vulnerability to sunlight or winged leeches obeying physics of flight. This woman left the painting and frightened stan into leaving the office. The manager of a trucking depot which had a baseball field behind it during the losers childhood, seen by eddie at the trucking depot in 1985. His mouth has a red clown smile. Its just the closest representation of it in our universe and because is is the only form that humans can comprehend. Forms of it in the 1990 miniseries One of the librarians turns to stare at ben ominously while he reads the book detailing the history of old derry, appearing closer and closer until a few moments later. •victor vic criss: The vampire taunts ben about the deceased stan uris as parts of its face and blood are spewed down onto the library patrons below, unbeknownst to anyone but ben. What is the true form of pennywise? It manipulates its prey and the town through both mundane and psychic means. Full of white feathers inside mikes fridge. •jimmy donlins mother: •bruce from jaws: It can appear (usually as pennywise ) to only certain people and stay invisible (in both sight and sound) from others. Sometimes, when the victim sees through the illusion, they will cease to exist (although this may be the will of it). •decomposing childrens corpses: To convince henry bowers to help it. Is pennywise the clown a new movie? He is merciless, cruel and uncaring in his quest to feed. Because of this narcissism, it makes mistakes and does illogical things. Later, while under neibolt house, it uses georgies form again in an attempt to trick bill into lowering his guard, but the ruse fails and bill shoots it in the head, forcing it to return to ts pennywise form. Ben hanscom recalls seeing a mummy in pennywise s clown costume walking towards him on the frozen canal, carrying balloons that float counter to the wind. The crawling eye encounters the children under the city. It can morph into any human, animal, or object (including combinations thereof). • pennywise the dancing clown •georgie denbrough: Evidence suggests that this control does not extend beyond derry. Its preference for children prey may be due to how they taste, but also may be due to the fact that children are easier to scare. It assumes thirteen forms in the 2017 film. •dracula (resembling kurt barlow from salems lot): However, this form is only the closest the human mind can understand to its true one and not exactly what the children see. In the most grand sense, it uses its power to maintain the prosperity of derry despite the gruesome murders that regularly occur there, thus securing its food supply. When it helps henry bowers escape juniper hill, one of henrys cellmates and a guard witnessed pennywise being next to him. Once the losers are united, their strong shared will and love for each other successfully overpowers it. • the head of stan uris: · the tv prequel explains that pennywise has lived in the woods since before any humans came to derry, but that he only took on the form of the dancing clown after killing bob gray in 1908. Kersh/witch from hansel & gretel: Throughout the novel, it is generally referred to as male. The true physical form of it on earth. It has an immense amount of power with only maturin being its equal and gan its only superior. The vampire has a mouth filled with gillette razor blades positioned at odd angles that slash bits of its flesh every time it speaks. It did this mainly by running around in a yellow raincoat, but at one point meets him face-to-face in the denbrough basement with his face deteriorating. Bill denbrough comes close to see the deadlights, but defeats it before this happens. Mike hanlon sees the charred hands of his burning parents and other fire victims attempting to escape from behind a padlocked door. At the same time, many people are afraid of clowns, making them an easy fear to exploit. In the novel it, an entity known as the turtle refers to it as his brother. The presence of courage and heart are its main weaknesses. This other helps in the defeat of it at the end, and may also be responsible for the creation of the turtle, who is its natural enemy. • the mummy from the 1932 boris karloff film: In the novel, when transitioning forms, its body becomes an orange amorphous goo. · the creature attacks every 27 years, taking on a variety of terrifying guises—predominantly that of the clown pennywise —and committing appalling acts. Beverlys abusive father. For example, when bill and richie enter the house on neibolt street, richie sees it as a werewolf while bill sees it as pennywise , instantly realizing that this is the clown that killed georgie. •patrick hockstetters decomposing corpse: The main and favorite form that the creature takes. The leper later caused eddie to fall onto a table and break his arm when inside the neibolt street house. •a school of piranhas: It uses this ability to exploit fears, but also to implant thoughts. Once people settled over this location, it adopted its usual pattern of a 25-28 year hibernation, waking to kill and eat. This is seen in a few instances, like when adult beverly encounters pennywise at her former home or when adult ben hanscom encounters it in the public library. A victim of it, betty ripsoms zombified corpse attacks patrick hockstetter in the sewers. The club returned however, wanting to destroy it once and for all. · according to stephen kings novel it, pennywise the dancing clown is a alien who comes from a void that surrounds the universe. When henry bowers and the losers encounter it. It is a supernatural alien creature who landed on earth roughly in the 16th century. •richie tozier (doll): Forms of it in the 2017 film His nose is not genuine but painted red. Seen by a boy named tommy vicananza in the derry canal in 1985. When he hears footsteps coming downstairs, he sees the body of a burnt child with no head. As he reaches to pick up the last one off of the pavement, the leper takes it and asks if it will help him, proceeding to chase eddie around the corner of the house and into the back yard. Mike sees stans head before it changes to belchs head, while henry sees victors head. It arrived on earth in a massive cataclysmic event similar to an asteroid impact, landing in a location in north america that would eventually become derry, maine. After being unable to stop its killing spree, the club finally fought pennywise in his true form. Its true form is never known or seen, but it mainly takes the form of a clown named pennywise , due to the general universal fear of clowns, and its own preference. During times of hibernation or healing, it may be vulnerable to surprise attacks. The woman, depicted in the style of italian painter, amedeo modigliani, is rendered with an elongated face and fingers. This is as close to its truest form as can be explained. This group would eventually fight pennywise , beating it so violently and severely it retreated to go into slumber.
