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** He also fairs much better in the final battle then either of his contemporary counterparts. In the book, he is easily knocked over, beaten, and killed by the losers out of rage after Eddie is killed. Here, he has the losers on the run for much of it until they get the idea of using YourMindMakesItReal against him. Hell, he even managed to separate them after the Ritual of Chudd works and would have added two more to his list of victims if it weren't for the ThePowerOfLove.

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** He also fairs much better in the final battle then either of his contemporary counterparts. In the book, he is easily knocked over, beaten, and killed by the losers Losers out of rage after Eddie is killed. Here, he has the losers Losers on the run for much of it until they get the idea of using YourMindMakesItReal against him. Hell, he even managed to separate them after the Ritual of Chudd works fails and would have added two more to his list of victims if it weren't for the ThePowerOfLove.
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** He also fairs much better in the final battle then either of his contemporary counterparts. In the book, he is easily knocked over, beaten, and killed by the losers out of rage after Eddie is killed. Here, he has the losers on the run for much of it until they get the idea of using YourMindMakesitReal against him. Hell, he even managed to separate them after the Ritual of Chudd works and would have added two more to his list of victims if it weren't for the ThePowerofLove.

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** He also fairs much better in the final battle then either of his contemporary counterparts. In the book, he is easily knocked over, beaten, and killed by the losers out of rage after Eddie is killed. Here, he has the losers on the run for much of it until they get the idea of using YourMindMakesitReal YourMindMakesItReal against him. Hell, he even managed to separate them after the Ritual of Chudd works and would have added two more to his list of victims if it weren't for the ThePowerofLove.ThePowerOfLove.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the novel, IT uses a lot of sexual euphemisms to scare his victims. Such as offering Eddie a blowjob in the form of a homeless man suffering from syphilis and IT preying on Beverly's fear of her own budding sexuality. In the movies, IT doesn't do this and the man with syphilis is replaced by a man with leprosy.]]

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* AdaptationalModesty: In the novel, IT uses a lot of sexual euphemisms to scare his victims. Such as offering Eddie a blowjob in the form of a homeless man suffering from syphilis and IT preying on Beverly's fear of her own budding sexuality. In the movies, IT doesn't do this and the man with syphilis is replaced by a man with leprosy.]]
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* FarmerAndTheViper: IT is a being that represents evil in its purest form and refuses to show mercy in any way.
** IT will use pity to lure in victims, as shown by how it lured in the girl with a birthmark by manipulating her sense of empathy before eating her alive.
** This is also shown by how IT behaves in disguise, IT appears to be out of place as if it never had to socialise with prey before and never developed the skills to hide in plain sight. In all pictures of IT, it sticks out like a sore thumb and most have pointed out how IT stands out with its behavior.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the novel, IT uses a lot of sexual euphemisms to scare his victims. Such as offering Eddie a blowjob in the form of a homeless man suffering from syphilis and IT preying on Beverly's fear of her own budding sexuality. In the movies, IT doesn't do this and the man with syphilis is replaced by a man with leprosy.]]
* AdaptationalSexuality: Downplayed, [[spoiler: In the novel, the losers are horrified to learn that IT has been laying eggs and it's never made clear if IT had a partner in this process or reproduced asexually. In the film, there are no eggs and IT shows no signs of pregnancy.]]

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* AdaptationalDistillation: This version is a lot simpler than his literary counterpart. In the book, he was a psychopath who collected and tortured animals, sexually harrassed girls, killed his brother, and believed he was the only being that existed in the universe. In the movie, he's still a member of the Bower's gang and the most enthusiastic about torturing weaker kids (in fact, he's the only one to enjoy watching Henry carve his name into Ben's stomach) but he isn't as complex as his book counterpart.



* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the book; Patrick was a solipsistic psychopath who murdered his baby brother and tortured and killed animals for fun. In the movie; he’s only a generic bully at best and gangly goon at worst. In the movie; his worst act is intimidating Ben with a makeshift flamethrower. In the novel, Patrick's solipsism actually affects IT's shapeshifting abilities because he believed he was the only thing that exists in the universe and was only afraid of leeches because they reminded him of his mortality. This resulted in Pennywise taking an indistinguishable form with a face that resembled melting wax as if IT couldn't find a form that would scare Patrick.

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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the book; Patrick was a solipsistic psychopath who murdered his baby brother and tortured and killed animals for fun. In the movie; he’s only a generic bully at best and gangly goon at worst. In the movie; his worst act is intimidating Ben with a makeshift flamethrower. In the novel, Patrick's solipsism actually affects IT's shapeshifting abilities because he believed he was the only thing that exists in the universe and was only afraid of leeches because they reminded him of his mortality. This resulted in Pennywise taking an indistinguishable form with a face that resembled melting wax as if IT couldn't find a form that would scare Patrick.


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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed, in the movie he's simply ambushed by IT after being lured into the sewers and he's killed quite quickly. In the book, IT actually struggled with Patrick as his solipsism affected IT's abilities. Patrick was only afraid of leeches, so there was no secondary form for IT to take and it resulted in IT's face resembling melting wax because IT couldn't find a form that would scare Patrick more than the leeches.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the HumanoidAbomination. Yes, Pennywise is an amorphous blob of pure unrelenting malevolence in a deformed human shape wielding unimaginable power, but that's pretty much all it's got going for it. IT's an immortal being that terrorizes Derry during it's spree-killings before retreating into hibernation for 20 years, and that routine has worked for centuries. It's never needed to reflect or expand on this strategy because IT never faced any problems from its food before. Therefor, It's utterly incapable of thinking beyond what's already been proven to work, so when its prey starts banding together and putting up an effective front, IT can only double-down on its limited arsenal. Just like Nyarlathotep of the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', [=IT=] is essentially an Outer God with a human sense of morality, making it the absolute ''[[HumansAreBastards worst]]'' of its kin because he has human sadism and cruelty. However, this also means it has a human sense of [[BondVillainStupidity overconfidence, pettiness, impatience, and anger-induced stupidity]]. Humans can die, but the fear of death allows them to adapt to survive, while Pennywise is totally blindsided by the prospect that it might actually lose.

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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the HumanoidAbomination. Yes, Pennywise is an amorphous blob of pure unrelenting malevolence in a deformed human shape wielding unimaginable power, but that's pretty much all it's got going for it. IT's an immortal being that terrorizes Derry during it's its spree-killings before retreating into hibernation for 20 years, and that routine has worked for centuries. It's never needed to reflect or expand on this strategy because IT never faced any problems from its food before. Therefor, It's utterly incapable of thinking beyond what's already been proven to work, so when its prey starts banding together and putting up an effective front, IT can only double-down on its limited arsenal. Just like Nyarlathotep of the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', [=IT=] is essentially an Outer God with a human sense of morality, making it the absolute ''[[HumansAreBastards worst]]'' of its kin because he has human sadism and cruelty. However, this also means it has a human sense of [[BondVillainStupidity overconfidence, pettiness, impatience, and anger-induced stupidity]]. Humans can die, but the fear of death allows them to adapt to survive, while Pennywise is totally blindsided by the prospect that it might actually lose.
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**He also fairs much better in the final battle then either of his contemporary counterparts. In the book, he is easily knocked over, beaten, and killed by the losers out of rage after Eddie is killed. Here, he has the losers on the run for much of it until they get the idea of using YourMindMakesitReal against him. Hell, he even managed to separate them after the Ritual of Chudd works and would have added two more to his list of victims if it weren't for the ThePowerofLove.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Patrick and Henry. In the book Patrick [[spoiler: murdered his baby brother and killed baby animals for fun and Henry killed Mike's dog, tried to rape Beverly, whitewashed Stan's face until he bled and almost drowned Bill in a dunk tank. He was very clearly insane before It manipulated him. Here, none of Patrick's actions are seen and Henry only goes murderous when IT starts manipulating him and his heinous actions are either toned down or removed entirely and he even [[PetTheDog gives Bill a pass from his bullying due to Georgie going missing]]. [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes He also shows care for his cousin and tries to “protect” him from Richie’s advances.]]

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Patrick and Henry. In the book Patrick [[spoiler: murdered his baby brother and killed baby animals for fun and Henry killed Mike's dog, tried to rape Beverly, whitewashed Stan's face until he bled and almost drowned Bill in a dunk tank. He was very clearly insane even before It IT manipulated him. Here, none of Patrick's actions crimes are seen and Henry only goes murderous when IT starts manipulating him and his heinous actions are either toned down or removed entirely and he even [[PetTheDog gives Bill a pass from his bullying due to Georgie going missing]]. [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes He also shows care for his cousin and tries to “protect” him from Richie’s advances.]]



* DepravedHomosexual: Downplayed, but he does get in a few lecherous stares at Richie, complete with licking his lips!

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* DepravedHomosexual: Downplayed, but he does get in a few lecherous stares at Richie, complete with licking his lips!lips.
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** The biggest reason why IT lost the first time is that the prey never fought back or banded together in a united front. IT never realised that its powers only work on individual kids, not a collective since not all kids share the same fears, causing IT to be completely unprepared in the final fight. IT also chose Henry Bowers' as an unwitting enforcer because of how The Losers feared him, not realising The Losers are now willing to stand up to Henry and how Henry is still just a teen who can be taken out by someone stronger than him.

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** The biggest reason why IT lost the first time is that the prey never fought back or banded together in a united front. IT never realised that its powers only work on individual kids, not a collective since not all kids share the same fears, causing IT to be completely unprepared in the final fight. IT also chose Henry Bowers' Bowers as an unwitting enforcer because of how The Losers feared him, not realising The Losers are now willing to stand up to Henry and how Henry is still just a teen who can be taken out by someone stronger than him.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Pennywise's flaw is that it underestimates the goodness of humanity and how Pennywise can only focus on one victim at a time with its powers. This is how the Losers gain the upper hand, Pennywise can't fight them all at the same time, even with Pennywise's powers since the Losers will back each other up when one of them is attacked. Pennywise also tries to negotiate with the Losers by telling them that it will go into a 27 year hibernation after only killing Bill but all this does is anger and motivate them more.
** Kidnapping Beverly has shades of this; at that point the Losers had fallen out, and probably would have been easy pickings. As soon as they heard that Beverly had been taken? [[BigBrotherInstinct All grudges forgotten]], and they were ready for a fight.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Pennywise's flaw is that it underestimates the goodness of humanity and how overestimates itself.
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Pennywise can only focus on one victim at a time with its powers. This powers and this is how the Losers gain the upper hand, hand in their first fight. Pennywise can't fight them all at the same time, even with Pennywise's IT's powers since the Losers will back each other up when one of them is attacked. Pennywise also tries to negotiate with the Losers by telling them that it will go into a 27 year 27-year hibernation after only killing Bill but all this does is anger and motivate them more.
** Kidnapping Beverly has shades of this; at that point point, the Losers had fallen out, and probably would have been easy pickings. As soon as they heard that Beverly had been taken? [[BigBrotherInstinct All grudges forgotten]], and they were ready for a fight.



* PowerfulButIncompetent: As a divine being able to read minds and shapeshift accordingly, IT never experienced struggle or a challenge and thus never learned to adapt or adopt a more effective strategy than "Scare them half to death and then eat them". The biggest reason why IT lost the first time is that the prey never fought back or banded together in a united front so IT was completely unprepared. IT never realised that its powers only work on individual kids, not a collective since not all kids share the same fears. In the sequel, IT still refuses to treat the Losers Club as a threat and is more concerned with reestablishing its sense of dominance since IT showed weakness for the first time in its life. However, IT still believes that its strategy worked well the first time and never bothered to tailor its strategy for now adult Losers Club.

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* PowerfulButIncompetent: As a divine being able to read minds and shapeshift accordingly, IT never experienced struggle or a challenge and thus never learned bothered to learn how to adapt or adopt a more effective strategy than "Scare them half to death and then eat them". them".
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The biggest reason why IT lost the first time is that the prey never fought back or banded together in a united front so IT was completely unprepared. front. IT never realised that its powers only work on individual kids, not a collective since not all kids share the same fears. fears, causing IT to be completely unprepared in the final fight. IT also chose Henry Bowers' as an unwitting enforcer because of how The Losers feared him, not realising The Losers are now willing to stand up to Henry and how Henry is still just a teen who can be taken out by someone stronger than him.
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In the sequel, IT still refuses to treat the Losers Club as a threat and is more concerned with reestablishing its sense of dominance since IT showed weakness for the first time in its life. However, IT still believes that its strategy worked well the first time and never bothered to tailor its strategy for the now adult Losers Club.
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* PowerfulButIncompetent: As a divine being able to read minds and shapeshift accordingly, IT never experienced struggle or a challenge and thus never learned to adapt or adopt a more effective strategy than "Scare them half to death and then eat them". The biggest reason why IT lost the first time is that the prey never fought back or banded together in a united front so IT was completely unprepared. IT never realised that its powers only work on individual kids, not a collective since not all kids share the same fears. In the sequel, IT still refuses to treat the Losers Club as a threat and is more concerned with reestablishing its sense of dominance since IT showed weakness for the first time in its life. However, IT still believes that its strategy worked well the first time and never bothered to tailor its strategy for now adult Losers Club.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: His major weakness is belief can be weaponized against him. A lack of fear and standing up to him can result in Pennywise believing himself powerless, which makes it so.

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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: His major weakness is belief belief, which can be weaponized against him. A lack of fear and standing up to him can result in Pennywise believing himself powerless, which makes it so.
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The form IT takes in an attempt to kill Richie.

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The form IT takes in an attempt to kill Richie.Richie, and one of the most destructive.


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The second form IT takes to scare or at least traumatise Ben.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first she seems like Beverly, but it turns out to be just another form of IT.
* HumanoidAbomination: Becomes this when her head lights itself on fire, showing that she's definitely not human.

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The last incarnation of IT, a half-Pennywise, half-spider hybrid.

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The last incarnation of IT, a half-Pennywise, half-spider hybrid.form IT takes in an attempt to kill Richie.




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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: One of the largest forms IT takes in either of the films.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Richie manages to survive this attack simply by believing it wasn't happening.
* LivingStatue: A rather dark interpretation of this trope.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Paul Bunyan of course, though this version is more monstrous than most.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: It's only (explicitly) female form IT has until the introduction of Mrs. Kresch in ''Chapter Two''.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: It's only (explicitly) female form IT has until the introduction of Mrs. Kresch Kersch in ''Chapter Two''.



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