History Literature / IT

* DeadlyDoctor: Mark Lamonica (coincidentally, the younger brother of one of It's 1958 victims, Cheryl), a nurse who is [[spoiler:possessed/influenced by It to try and kill Mike Hanlon when Mike is in hospital from his attack by Henry.]]

* CollapsingLair: On a rather large scale. [[spoiler:Throughout Derry, the weather goes crazy, the river turns into a flash flood and much of the city collapses into the ground. This seems to start when the Loser's Club begins to battle with It, and the destruction peaks at It's death... but trails off rapidly. It seems that the act of actually ''defying'' It was enough to unbalance things on a big scale.]]

* DaylightHorror: This trope is present in spades -- both attacks by It itself and the "mundane", man-made horror of, for example, Beverly's father and other less savory residents of Derry occur just as often during daylight hours as during the night - arguably, some of the most revolting scenes happen in broad daylight (such as the demise of [[spoiler:Patrick Hockstetter at the hands of Leech!It, for instance]]). In fact, all of the protagonists have their first encounter with It (as kids) during the day or early evening. [[spoiler:Both showdowns with It occur during the night, though.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: Discussed. The Losers are much more capable of dealing with all the supernatural horror as children than they are as adults; after defeating IT in the sewers, Bill goes home: "After a block or two he begins to walk faster, thinking of supper... and a block or two after that, he begins to whistle."

--> Richie: When did you change your mind about bringing kids into this shitty world?
--> Sandy: When I finally met a man who wasn't a shit.

* EmpathicEnvironment: The ''apolcalyptic'' (and highly localized) storm that takes place in Derry when [[spoiler:the Losers kill It in 1985.]]

* DeusSexMachina: [[spoiler:[[{{Squick}} Bev has sex in the sewer with the other members of the Losers Club]]. Apparently it's supposed to be a metaphor for moving from childhood to adulthood.]] Another level of irony also exists here, when you contrast this with another scene in the book. Bev's father is portrayed as an abusive, overprotective, borderline psychopath. When he learns that she's been playing with boys, he insists — violently — on ''physically'' checking to see if she's still a virgin. [[spoiler:Fortunately, she escapes him.]] At this point, she still is, and the scene plays out like an attempted rape. The real irony of the matter is that Beverly is inspired to [[spoiler:have sex with the boys]] ''because'' of what her father did. He put the idea in her head.

** Averted in Stan's experience. When he gets married, he and his wife Patricia moved to rural Georgia and later Atlanta. Patricia is a bit worried that two Jewish Yankees may face some discrimination (both she and Stan had been victims of it in the past) but nothing like that ever happens to them[[note]]This may be partly due to the Turtle's influence; when looking for jobs, Patricia is looking over the possibilities, and Stan nonchalantly points to one and says "That one," but can't explain why. Moving to take that one starts them on their successful life, so some of the magic probably helped guide them to a place that would welcome them]]/note]].

** Averted in Stan's experience. When he gets married, he and his wife Patricia moved to rural Georgia and later Atlanta. Patricia is a bit worried that two Jewish Yankees may face some discrimination (both she and Stan had been victims of it in the past) but nothing like that ever happens to them.

** There's also one from Bill's taxi driver, "Pardon my French if you're a religious man."

* AmbiguouslyGay: Many fans believe Eddie Kaspbrak to be gay as he is frequently coded that way and seems to have no interest in his wife. His relationship with Richie and [[spoiler:his death]] seem to push this point further.