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* WaxingLyrical: The end of Pennywise's first verse sees him combine "[[Music/{{Nena}} 99 Red Balloons]]", with "[[Music/JayZ 99 Problems]]"
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* WaxingLyrical: The end of Pennywise's first verse sees him combine "[[Music/{{Nena}} 99 Red Balloons]]", Balloons]]" with "[[Music/JayZ 99 Problems]]"Problems]]".
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* QuestionableCasting: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
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-->''If you want to kill a Batman, eat him when he's a boy!''
* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
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-->''If you want to kill a Batman, eat him when he's a boy!''
* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!boy!''
* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
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** He even finds time to throw a jab at another EldritchAbomination, IT's nemesis Maturin, for being a turtle but not a ninja one.
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** He even finds time to throw a jab at another EldritchAbomination, IT's nemesis Maturin, for being a turtle [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles but not a ninja one.one]].
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* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked; Pennywise mocks Joker's purple suit, saying that it makes him look like [[Series/FamilyFeud Steve Harvey]]. He also pokes fun at the Jared Leto portrayal's fashion sense as well as the Cesar Romero version's painted-over mustache.
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* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked; Pennywise mocks Joker's purple suit, saying that it makes him look like [[Series/FamilyFeud Steve Harvey]]. [[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDz_A-mdhSI A 2021 episode]] of ''Feud'' would see Harvey dress pretty close to the version of the Joker seen here[[/note]] He also pokes fun at the Jared Leto portrayal's fashion sense as well as the Cesar Romero version's painted-over mustache.
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* EvilVsEvil: Both the Joker and Pennywise are the poster boys for MonsterClown, and, suffice to say, are evil.
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* MediumBlending: The characters' surrounding backgrounds are quite varied in visual style and arrangement. The Joker's side features cel-shaded comic panels that the Clown Prince pops in and out of in an almost Deadpool-like fashion, while Pennywise's side features childlike cardboard cutouts of the sewers under Derry and the house on Neibolt Street that drop in and out in a very theater-like fashion, complete with stagelights, simulated fog machines and mechanical stage transitions.
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The battle between two evil clowns: ComicBook/TheJoker and [[Literature/{{It}} Pennywise]].
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!!Tropes
* ActorAllusion:
** Nearly every actor to play the Joker in a major production is mentioned in some way, shape or form.
--->'''Joker:''' I can't be killed; that's why they cast [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix a Phoenix]] [[Film/Joker2019 to play me]]!\\
'''Joker:''' And as far as Mr. King goes, I'm a [[Film/TheShining Shining]] man -- [[Creator/JackNicholson Wink!]]\\
'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson [[Film/Batman1989 played you just fine]], but lately the casting's declined\\
Creator/JaredLeto [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 came out trying to look like he was Tekashi 6ix9ine]]!\\
'''Joker:''' When I flow, I go Creator/{{Mark Ham|ill}} [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries with ill zingers]]!\\
'''Pennywise:''' No one's dying to play with Joker... [[Film/TheDarkKnight except for maybe]] Creator/HeathLedger!\\
'''Pennywise:''' Who needs guards when you couldn't escape Creator/CesarRomero's [[Series/Batman1966 mustache]]?
** Pennywise gets some of this as well:
--->'''The Joker:''' I'll shoo you down the drain so fast, they'll call you [[Creator/TimCurry Tim Scurry]]!\\
'''The Joker:''' I leave [[Creator/BillSkarsgard scars; guards]] in Arkham will admit
* AscendedMeme: One of Joker's lines is [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gamer-joker-gamers-rise-up-we-live-in-a-society "We live in a society."]] Humorously it's used in the context of Joker's occasional EvenEvilHasStandards moments to make it clear that he thinks it's one of the ''better'' parts of society rather than the meme's usual context of "society sucks".
* BadassBoast: Joker claims that he made the Justice League look weak, likely in reference to how he manipulated them in ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame''.
-->''I make the Justice League look like just a bunch of super-schlubs!''
* BerserkButton: Joker loses it when Pennywise threatens to eat Batman, so much so that the green comic book background briefly cuts to black as plumes of red smoke rise up from behind him.
* BoringInsult: The Joker accuses Pennywise's films -- and by proxy the creature itself -- of just taking too damned long, even looking at his watch for emphasis.
-->''I've seen your movies, so I know you don't hurry.''
* BorrowedCatchphrase:
** "Beep beep!" is something the Losers' Club [[PhraseCatcher says to Richie]] whenever he's crossing the line. Pennywise uses it early in his rap.
** Pennywise also borrows the Joker's memetic line from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', "Why so serious?"
* TheCameo: Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman make silent cameos during the Joker's first verse.
* CardCarryingVillain:
** Joker embraces his violent insanity and brags about his numerous atrocities.
** Pennywise proudly describes himself as a ruthless monster who haunts nightmares.
* ChekhovsGunman: Pennywise was obliquely mentioned by the Burger King earlier in the season.
* ChildEater: Pennywise eats human children.
* ColdHam: Pennywise is just as hammy as his opponent, but rarely raises his voice outside of [[SuddenlyShouting the moments where he]] [[ChewingTheScenery really ramps it up.]]
* CrowbarCombatant: Joker's seen wielding a crowbar in the background of one scene, in reference to how he killed Jason Todd.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Due to the Joker's opponent being an EldritchAbomination, his whole rap comes across as this. At one point, he even threatens to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu take it a step further]] when Pennywise presses his BerserkButton.
** He even finds time to throw a jab at another EldritchAbomination, IT's nemesis Maturin, for being a turtle but not a ninja one.
* DomesticAbuser: Pennywise brings up Joker's abuse of Harley Quinn, threatening to beat the Clown Prince just as badly.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Joker's initial manic energy deflates somewhat when Pennywise doesn't get a rather blatant cocaine joke, forcing him to do one of his least favorite things and explain the joke. In retaliation he takes a crack at [=IT=]s ForeheadOfDoom.
-->''You're a sewer troll that Creator/StephenKing wrote between his lines!\\
(Ha-ha-ha-ha!) It's like cocaine. You know what I said.\\
I don't know how any kind of joke could ever go over ''that'' head!''
* DoWrongRight: "If you wanna kill a Batman, eat him when he's a boy."
* EldritchAbomination: Pennywise is a shapeshifting "space demon" [[ToServeMan who feeds on human flesh]] [[EmotionEater and emotions]] and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm whose true form drives mortals to catatonic insanity just by direct exposure]].
* EmotionEater: As Pennywise boasts, "I feast on your fears!"
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Joker may be a sadistic CardCarryingVillain, but he is genuinely disgusted by the infamous child orgy scene from ''Literature/{{IT}}''.
-->''Tell your author for his next gang-bang scene,\\
How 'bout a little more PG, and a'' lot ''less 13?\\
Even I wouldn't stoop to that kind of impropriety\\
This is Earth, you space demon! WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY!''
* EvilerThanThou: Joker claims to be more evil than Pennywise:
-->''When I compare your antics to the fiendish schemes I revel in,\\
They pale like the moonlight you can dance with the devil in.''
* EvilRedhead: Joker calls Pennywise a "giggling sewer ginger."
* FangsAreEvil: Pennywise's teeth become fangs during his more manic verses.
* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked; Pennywise mocks Joker's purple suit, saying that it makes him look like [[Series/FamilyFeud Steve Harvey]]. He also pokes fun at the Jared Leto portrayal's fashion sense as well as the Cesar Romero version's painted-over mustache.
* FishEyes: Pennywise calls himself "the best wall-eyed rapper since Music/TheNotoriousBIG"
* ForeheadOfDoom: Pennywise's forehead is ''enormous'', and Joker wastes no times in mocking it.
* GlasgowGrin: Alluded to when Joker boasts, "I take smiles and I leave scars!"
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Joker makes fun of Pennywise for losing "to a herd of nerds who call ''themselves'' the Losers' Club." Pennywise later points out the Joker once lost to [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo the Scooby Gang]].
** Pennywise disses Joker for stealing the name "Arkham" from Creator/HPLovecraft, despite his own backstory and powers being heavily inspired by Lovecraft's work.
* InsanityImmunity: Pennywise exposes the Joker to his Deadlights, which drive normal people to madness just by proximity. Joker [[NoSell shows no signs of being affected]], most likely because ''he's already insane'', and he then proceeds to mock the Deadlights as "three nightlights in a cloud".
* JokerImmunity: Joker begins the battle boasting about his trope-naming history of cheating death.
-->''In my first appearance, the Bat was supposed to slay me,\\
But I can't be killed—that's why they cast [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix a Phoenix]] to play me!''
* JustEatHim: Pennywise's opinion on how to stop Batman, which serves to show just how ''twisted'' he is, is to eat him when he's still a child.
* KickTheDog: Pennywise makes fun of Creator/HeathLedger's death to take a shot at the Joker.
* KubrickStare: Pennywise does this a lot, bringing even more attention to his forehead. Interestingly, they mention how TropeNamer Stanley Kubrick directed a different Stephen King movie.
* LargeHam: Lampshaded when Joker boasts about "Going [[Creator/MarkHamill Mark Ham]]".
* LovecraftCountry: Not only is Pennywise an EldritchAbomination terrorizing a small town in Maine in a work created by New England native Creator/StephenKing, but it also name-drops Creator/HPLovecraft and references ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado''.
* MonsterClown:
** They don't call Joker the Clown Prince of Crime for nothing.
** Pennywise is a man-eating demon who takes on the form of a clown to lure in children. Pennywise even compares himself to John Wayne Gacy, a real-life SerialKiller who worked as a clown.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: In his first verse, Pennywise unhinges his jaw to reveal a LampreyMouth filled with rows upon rows of razor-sharp, nail-like teeth. Joker isn't intimidated, remarking that it will take him a whole week to knock them all out.
* MythologyGag: Joker references [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily his murder of Jason Todd]], emulates his pose on the cover of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', alludes to fighting [[ComicBook/BatmanTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles ninja turtles]] and Pennywise brings up him losing to the cast of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' (which happened more than once, amusingly enough).
-->''Ask Robin if I drop bars!''
* NoSell: Joker isn't remotely fazed by Pennywise's horrific shapeshifting. Even the Deadlights -- direct exposure to which makes ordinary people go insane or die of fright -- does absolutely nothing to the Joker at all.
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: As much as he hates the Joker, Pennywise admits that he liked Creator/JackNicholson's portrayal of the character.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Joker flips out when Pennywise threatens to eat Batman.
-->''Don't you lay a finger on my Bat, you little freak!\\
Or I will spend a whole week knocking out those prickle teeth!''
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: "The best walleyed rapper since Music/TheNotoriousBIG". Says it all, really.
* PlayingCardMotifs: As usual, Joker has playing cards as a subtle gimmick, even tossing a deck of cards away during his first verse. Pennywise, of course, flips this into a diss.
-->'''Pennywise:''' This battle's like poker -- the joker is useless!
* PresentAbsence: Stephen King is mentioned or alluded to several times, but never actually appears.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Joker's not above mocking his own creators.
-->''I steal the show like [[StealingTheCredit Bob Kane stole from Bill Finger]]!''
* RedBaron: Joker refers to his nicknames "Harlequin of Hate" and "Clown Prince of Crime".
* RegularlyScheduledEvil: Pennywise brags about being "the Derry, Maine attraction every 27 years."
* SadClown: Pennywise claims that, despite being a clown, the Joker isn't that funny.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Oh, [[Film/TheDarkKnight why so serious?]] You're supposed to be Film/{{the man who laughs}}\\
But those jokes are like [[Film/Joker2019 your new movie]]: mostly really sad.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Oh, and as far as Mr. King goes, I'm a ''[[Film/TheShining Shining]]'' man -- wink!"
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Both Joker's costume and backgrounds contain a ton of green and purple.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Pennywise openly mocks deceased Joker actors Cesar Romero and Heath Ledger, even directly joking about Ledger's passing as a dig against the Joker himself.
-->''Nobody's dying to play with Joker, except for maybe Heath Ledger!''
* SpiderPeople: Toward the end of the battle, Pennywise becomes a giant spider-monster.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Pennywise: "I've got 99 red balloons, bitch."
* ToiletHumor: Joker can't resist the low-hanging fruit that comes with Pennywise living in a sewer.
-->''You're renowned as the "if it's brown, flush it down" clown!''
* ToServeMan: Pennywise is a space creature who eats human flesh.
* UndignifiedDeath: Joker mocks Pennywise over his physical form being killed by a group of bullied teenagers who call themselves the "Losers' Club".
* VillainousFriendship: Pennywise claims to be close friends with {{Satan}}.
-->''Pennywise likes the devil; we have so much fun together!''
* VisualPun: Joker holds up a DeclarativeFinger while talking about Bill ''Finger''.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Pennywise changes form several times throughout the battle.
* WaxingLyrical: The end of Pennywise's first verse sees him combine "[[Music/{{Nena}} 99 Red Balloons]]", with "[[Music/JayZ 99 Problems]]"
-->''I've got 99 red balloons, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], and I dare you to take one!''
* WickedCultured: Pennywise is familiar with the works of Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Joker gleefully brings up how he killed teenager Jason Todd in ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''.
** Killing and eating children is an infamous part of Pennywise's MO, and here he actively encourages it.
-->''If you want to kill a Batman, eat him when he's a boy!''
* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
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!!Tropes
* ActorAllusion:
** Nearly every actor to play the Joker in a major production is mentioned in some way, shape or form.
--->'''Joker:''' I can't be killed; that's why they cast [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix a Phoenix]] [[Film/Joker2019 to play me]]!\\
'''Joker:''' And as far as Mr. King goes, I'm a [[Film/TheShining Shining]] man -- [[Creator/JackNicholson Wink!]]\\
'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson [[Film/Batman1989 played you just fine]], but lately the casting's declined\\
Creator/JaredLeto [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 came out trying to look like he was Tekashi 6ix9ine]]!\\
'''Joker:''' When I flow, I go Creator/{{Mark Ham|ill}} [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries with ill zingers]]!\\
'''Pennywise:''' No one's dying to play with Joker... [[Film/TheDarkKnight except for maybe]] Creator/HeathLedger!\\
'''Pennywise:''' Who needs guards when you couldn't escape Creator/CesarRomero's [[Series/Batman1966 mustache]]?
** Pennywise gets some of this as well:
--->'''The Joker:''' I'll shoo you down the drain so fast, they'll call you [[Creator/TimCurry Tim Scurry]]!\\
'''The Joker:''' I leave [[Creator/BillSkarsgard scars; guards]] in Arkham will admit
* AscendedMeme: One of Joker's lines is [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gamer-joker-gamers-rise-up-we-live-in-a-society "We live in a society."]] Humorously it's used in the context of Joker's occasional EvenEvilHasStandards moments to make it clear that he thinks it's one of the ''better'' parts of society rather than the meme's usual context of "society sucks".
* BadassBoast: Joker claims that he made the Justice League look weak, likely in reference to how he manipulated them in ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame''.
-->''I make the Justice League look like just a bunch of super-schlubs!''
* BerserkButton: Joker loses it when Pennywise threatens to eat Batman, so much so that the green comic book background briefly cuts to black as plumes of red smoke rise up from behind him.
* BoringInsult: The Joker accuses Pennywise's films -- and by proxy the creature itself -- of just taking too damned long, even looking at his watch for emphasis.
-->''I've seen your movies, so I know you don't hurry.''
* BorrowedCatchphrase:
** "Beep beep!" is something the Losers' Club [[PhraseCatcher says to Richie]] whenever he's crossing the line. Pennywise uses it early in his rap.
** Pennywise also borrows the Joker's memetic line from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', "Why so serious?"
* TheCameo: Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman make silent cameos during the Joker's first verse.
* CardCarryingVillain:
** Joker embraces his violent insanity and brags about his numerous atrocities.
** Pennywise proudly describes himself as a ruthless monster who haunts nightmares.
* ChekhovsGunman: Pennywise was obliquely mentioned by the Burger King earlier in the season.
* ChildEater: Pennywise eats human children.
* ColdHam: Pennywise is just as hammy as his opponent, but rarely raises his voice outside of [[SuddenlyShouting the moments where he]] [[ChewingTheScenery really ramps it up.]]
* CrowbarCombatant: Joker's seen wielding a crowbar in the background of one scene, in reference to how he killed Jason Todd.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Due to the Joker's opponent being an EldritchAbomination, his whole rap comes across as this. At one point, he even threatens to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu take it a step further]] when Pennywise presses his BerserkButton.
** He even finds time to throw a jab at another EldritchAbomination, IT's nemesis Maturin, for being a turtle but not a ninja one.
* DomesticAbuser: Pennywise brings up Joker's abuse of Harley Quinn, threatening to beat the Clown Prince just as badly.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Joker's initial manic energy deflates somewhat when Pennywise doesn't get a rather blatant cocaine joke, forcing him to do one of his least favorite things and explain the joke. In retaliation he takes a crack at [=IT=]s ForeheadOfDoom.
-->''You're a sewer troll that Creator/StephenKing wrote between his lines!\\
(Ha-ha-ha-ha!) It's like cocaine. You know what I said.\\
I don't know how any kind of joke could ever go over ''that'' head!''
* DoWrongRight: "If you wanna kill a Batman, eat him when he's a boy."
* EldritchAbomination: Pennywise is a shapeshifting "space demon" [[ToServeMan who feeds on human flesh]] [[EmotionEater and emotions]] and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm whose true form drives mortals to catatonic insanity just by direct exposure]].
* EmotionEater: As Pennywise boasts, "I feast on your fears!"
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Joker may be a sadistic CardCarryingVillain, but he is genuinely disgusted by the infamous child orgy scene from ''Literature/{{IT}}''.
-->''Tell your author for his next gang-bang scene,\\
How 'bout a little more PG, and a'' lot ''less 13?\\
Even I wouldn't stoop to that kind of impropriety\\
This is Earth, you space demon! WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY!''
* EvilerThanThou: Joker claims to be more evil than Pennywise:
-->''When I compare your antics to the fiendish schemes I revel in,\\
They pale like the moonlight you can dance with the devil in.''
* EvilRedhead: Joker calls Pennywise a "giggling sewer ginger."
* FangsAreEvil: Pennywise's teeth become fangs during his more manic verses.
* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked; Pennywise mocks Joker's purple suit, saying that it makes him look like [[Series/FamilyFeud Steve Harvey]]. He also pokes fun at the Jared Leto portrayal's fashion sense as well as the Cesar Romero version's painted-over mustache.
* FishEyes: Pennywise calls himself "the best wall-eyed rapper since Music/TheNotoriousBIG"
* ForeheadOfDoom: Pennywise's forehead is ''enormous'', and Joker wastes no times in mocking it.
* GlasgowGrin: Alluded to when Joker boasts, "I take smiles and I leave scars!"
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Joker makes fun of Pennywise for losing "to a herd of nerds who call ''themselves'' the Losers' Club." Pennywise later points out the Joker once lost to [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo the Scooby Gang]].
** Pennywise disses Joker for stealing the name "Arkham" from Creator/HPLovecraft, despite his own backstory and powers being heavily inspired by Lovecraft's work.
* InsanityImmunity: Pennywise exposes the Joker to his Deadlights, which drive normal people to madness just by proximity. Joker [[NoSell shows no signs of being affected]], most likely because ''he's already insane'', and he then proceeds to mock the Deadlights as "three nightlights in a cloud".
* JokerImmunity: Joker begins the battle boasting about his trope-naming history of cheating death.
-->''In my first appearance, the Bat was supposed to slay me,\\
But I can't be killed—that's why they cast [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix a Phoenix]] to play me!''
* JustEatHim: Pennywise's opinion on how to stop Batman, which serves to show just how ''twisted'' he is, is to eat him when he's still a child.
* KickTheDog: Pennywise makes fun of Creator/HeathLedger's death to take a shot at the Joker.
* KubrickStare: Pennywise does this a lot, bringing even more attention to his forehead. Interestingly, they mention how TropeNamer Stanley Kubrick directed a different Stephen King movie.
* LargeHam: Lampshaded when Joker boasts about "Going [[Creator/MarkHamill Mark Ham]]".
* LovecraftCountry: Not only is Pennywise an EldritchAbomination terrorizing a small town in Maine in a work created by New England native Creator/StephenKing, but it also name-drops Creator/HPLovecraft and references ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado''.
* MonsterClown:
** They don't call Joker the Clown Prince of Crime for nothing.
** Pennywise is a man-eating demon who takes on the form of a clown to lure in children. Pennywise even compares himself to John Wayne Gacy, a real-life SerialKiller who worked as a clown.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: In his first verse, Pennywise unhinges his jaw to reveal a LampreyMouth filled with rows upon rows of razor-sharp, nail-like teeth. Joker isn't intimidated, remarking that it will take him a whole week to knock them all out.
* MythologyGag: Joker references [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily his murder of Jason Todd]], emulates his pose on the cover of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', alludes to fighting [[ComicBook/BatmanTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles ninja turtles]] and Pennywise brings up him losing to the cast of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' (which happened more than once, amusingly enough).
-->''Ask Robin if I drop bars!''
* NoSell: Joker isn't remotely fazed by Pennywise's horrific shapeshifting. Even the Deadlights -- direct exposure to which makes ordinary people go insane or die of fright -- does absolutely nothing to the Joker at all.
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: As much as he hates the Joker, Pennywise admits that he liked Creator/JackNicholson's portrayal of the character.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Joker flips out when Pennywise threatens to eat Batman.
-->''Don't you lay a finger on my Bat, you little freak!\\
Or I will spend a whole week knocking out those prickle teeth!''
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: "The best walleyed rapper since Music/TheNotoriousBIG". Says it all, really.
* PlayingCardMotifs: As usual, Joker has playing cards as a subtle gimmick, even tossing a deck of cards away during his first verse. Pennywise, of course, flips this into a diss.
-->'''Pennywise:''' This battle's like poker -- the joker is useless!
* PresentAbsence: Stephen King is mentioned or alluded to several times, but never actually appears.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Joker's not above mocking his own creators.
-->''I steal the show like [[StealingTheCredit Bob Kane stole from Bill Finger]]!''
* RedBaron: Joker refers to his nicknames "Harlequin of Hate" and "Clown Prince of Crime".
* RegularlyScheduledEvil: Pennywise brags about being "the Derry, Maine attraction every 27 years."
* SadClown: Pennywise claims that, despite being a clown, the Joker isn't that funny.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Oh, [[Film/TheDarkKnight why so serious?]] You're supposed to be Film/{{the man who laughs}}\\
But those jokes are like [[Film/Joker2019 your new movie]]: mostly really sad.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Oh, and as far as Mr. King goes, I'm a ''[[Film/TheShining Shining]]'' man -- wink!"
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Both Joker's costume and backgrounds contain a ton of green and purple.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Pennywise openly mocks deceased Joker actors Cesar Romero and Heath Ledger, even directly joking about Ledger's passing as a dig against the Joker himself.
-->''Nobody's dying to play with Joker, except for maybe Heath Ledger!''
* SpiderPeople: Toward the end of the battle, Pennywise becomes a giant spider-monster.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Pennywise: "I've got 99 red balloons, bitch."
* ToiletHumor: Joker can't resist the low-hanging fruit that comes with Pennywise living in a sewer.
-->''You're renowned as the "if it's brown, flush it down" clown!''
* ToServeMan: Pennywise is a space creature who eats human flesh.
* UndignifiedDeath: Joker mocks Pennywise over his physical form being killed by a group of bullied teenagers who call themselves the "Losers' Club".
* VillainousFriendship: Pennywise claims to be close friends with {{Satan}}.
-->''Pennywise likes the devil; we have so much fun together!''
* VisualPun: Joker holds up a DeclarativeFinger while talking about Bill ''Finger''.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Pennywise changes form several times throughout the battle.
* WaxingLyrical: The end of Pennywise's first verse sees him combine "[[Music/{{Nena}} 99 Red Balloons]]", with "[[Music/JayZ 99 Problems]]"
-->''I've got 99 red balloons, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], and I dare you to take one!''
* WickedCultured: Pennywise is familiar with the works of Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Joker gleefully brings up how he killed teenager Jason Todd in ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''.
** Killing and eating children is an infamous part of Pennywise's MO, and here he actively encourages it.
-->''If you want to kill a Batman, eat him when he's a boy!''
* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, Pennywise claims that the Joker is almost always miscast.
-->'''Pennywise:''' Jack Nicholson played you just fine, but lately the casting's declined\\
Jared Leto came out trying to look like he was Tekashi [=6ix9ine=]!
