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The Bowers Gang
Left to right: Henry, Belch, Victor (in chair), Patrick (behind Vic)
"Do you think they'll sign my yearbook? Dear Rich, sorry for taking a hot, steaming dump in your backpack."
— Richie Tozier
A gang of four bullies (seven in the novel and five in the miniseries) with a grudge against the Losers.
- Adapted Out: Moose Sadler, Peter Gordon, and Gard Jagermeyer are nowhere to be seen in the movie.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Compared to how they are described in the novel. Especially Patrick.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Patrick and Henry. In the book Patrick 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 manipulated him. Here, none of Patrick's 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 gives Bill a pass from his bullying due to Georgie going missing. He also shows care for his cousin and tries to “protect” him from Richie’s advances.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Patrick and possibly Henry were implied to be closeted bisexuals. In the book; there is a scene of Patrick giving Henry a handjob (though when Patrick offered a blowjob, Henry refused and struck Patrick for doing “that queer stuff”). Here, the handjob between Henry and Patrick is not seen. Patrick’s tendency to grope girls and get sexually aroused by seeing others in pain, as well as Henry’s desire to rape Beverly are also removed. Instead, Henry simply mocks Beverly about her perceived reputation and Patrick is merely seen licking his lips once when the Losers pass him in the hallway.
- Adaptational Wimp: In the novel, there were 9 members of the Bowers gang, one was merely associated with them. In the film, there are only 4-5 members (Henry Bowers, Reginald "Belch" Huggins, Victor "Vic" Criss, and Patrick Hockstetter) with Henry's cousin, Connor Bowers, being associated with the gang.
- Age Lift: In the novel, the bullies are 12 years old. In the movie, they are 15-16.
- Barbaric Bully: Their tactics go beyond general schoolyard bullying; they stalk, psychologically torture, and abuse their victims.
- Big, Thin, Short Trio: Henry's cronies - Belch is the most heavyset of the group, Patrick is the lankiest of the group and Victor is the shortest of the group.
- Carload of Cool Kids: They are not portrayed as "cool" Jerk Jock types, but they're older and tougher than the Losers and cruise around town in Belch's Trans Am.
- Delinquents: They have this reputation around town, and it's not undeserved.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the novel, Vic, Belch and Patrick are killed in varying ways by IT. In the movie, Patrick is still eaten by IT but it's under different circumstances. Whereas, Vic and Belch were never shown again after Henry received his switchblade from IT.
- Dirty Coward: Vic and Belch are well aware of Henry's psychopathy and are visibly and audibly disturbed by his actions, i.e carving his name into Ben and trying to shoot a cat. They seem to be on Henry's side because they believe they'll be spared from his wrath.
- Excrement Statement: Richie offhandedly mentions they once took a dump in his backpack.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- Belch is disturbed by Henry carving his name in Ben's stomach and is reluctant when Henry wants to shoot a cat. Victor and Belch are disturbed by Henry's dad abusing and Victor and Patrick don't bully Mike in the alley nor does Victor bully in the Losers outside of the school.
- Henry himself starts the film out with boundaries and limits (he gave Bill a free pass from his bullying because of Georgie and when he saw his dad watching he did not harm the Losers) though they go away as the film goes on.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Their implied M.O towards Mike.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Vic and Belch were killed in the book and both Vic and Belch were only shown dead in a deleted scene. Since the deleted scene was never integrated into the movies, their fates are never mentioned or confirmed in Chapter One or Chapter Two.
- Sympathy for the Devil: Vic and Belch are sympathetic to Henry due to his father's abuse and they do console him after his father humiliates him by shooting at his feet to make him cry. It's unknown if Patrick also pitied him because he was killed by IT, but
Word of Saint Paul states he wouldn't have. - Teens Are Monsters: Not as sadistic and cruel as the book but still very cruel. They take sadistic glee in assaulting people on a daily basis and are almost as bad as IT itself
- Uncertain Doom: Vic and Belch aren't seen in the climax, Henry arrives alone with more blood on his face and in Belch's car. Whether or not they died trying to stop Henry, were left unharmed, or escaped is unclear.
- Villainous Friendship: Zig-zagged, possible due to Henry's growing insanity. Nobody (except for Belch as shown in a deleted scene) seems to care for Patrick, but Belch and Vic seem to genuinely care about Henry, and the gang spends a lot of time together.
Henry
Henry Bowers
"You s-s-s-say something, B-B-B-Billy?"
Click here for Henry as an adult
Portrayed By: Nicholas Hamilton (child), Teach Grant (adult)
A violent older teenage bully who takes pleasure in taunting the Losers.
- Abusive Parents: Henry goes into terrified hysterics when he thinks he might incur the wrath of his father, Butch. At one point, a silently furious Butch fires his gun at Henry's feet, reducing him to tears and humiliating him in front of his friends. Shown by a deleted scene he also beats Henry at home.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Downplayed, in the novel, Henry was said to be so traumatised by the events of 1958 that his hair turned white prematurely. Since he never sees Pennywise in his Deadlight form in the movie, his hair remains the same colour. Even when comparing how he is described in the novel to how he looks like in the movie, he comes across as this.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the book he tried to rape Beverly, killed Mike's dog and tried to murder Mike with firecrackers, whitewashed Stan's face until he bleed and nearly drowned Bill in a dunk tank and was anti-semtic and sexist. These are before IT started manipulating him. Here, all of those actions are toned down (he merely tries to hit Mike with a rock which as opposed to firecrackers, mocks Beverly about her rumors and is never seen trying to rape her and he tries but fails to kill a cat as opposed to killing Mike's dog) or removed entirely. We don't see him established as an anti-semitic or sexist like he was in the book. He also gives Bill a free pass from his bullying due to Georgie dying whereas in the book he never shows any form of kindness to the Losers and in this adaptation he even has a cousin who he seems to care for and protect from Richie's advances.
- Ax-Crazy: He gets progressively more unhinged with each fresh humiliation. In Chapter Two, the time he spends in a mental institution has destroyed what little sanity he had left.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: He tries to shoot a live cat.
- Barbaric Bully: Even before Pennywise drives him crazy, Henry's idea of amusement include carving his name into the bellies of large kids with a switchblade, trying to hit Mike in the head with a rock and shooting helpless kittens with a 1911 pistol for target practice. Even his underlings think he's crazy, though Patrick seemed happy about it.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He's the biggest bully in Derry, but is a mere pawn in IT's schemes.
- Big Brother Instinct: He doesn't appreciate people making advances on his younger cousin. But given Henry's reputation, it's debatable how genuine this is.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: While normally he is a violently unstable bully, he never tried to kill or severely harm anybody at first and it's only under IT's influence that he truly turns deranged (although attempting to murder a cat is pretty deranged). First, when he attempts to carve his name in Ben, a car passes with a red balloon in the back seat. Then when he and his gang attempt to force Mike to eat raw meat and then smack him in the face with a rock, IT is right there in the bushes. Later IT gives him his knife back and pushes him to murder his father, before sending him to attack the Losers.
- Break the Haughty: He is on the receiving end of this from his father, who intimidates him to stop his bullying.
- The Bully: He's the most infamous bully in Derry.
- Bully Brutality: Oh yeah. One of his first scenes has trying to carve his name into Ben's stomach. He gets worse under IT's influence.
- Cop Killer: He kills his police officer father.
- Covered in Scars: As shown in a deleted scene, his back is covered in fresh wounds from his father's abuse.
- Demoted to Extra: He's more of a Plot-Irrelevant Villain than in either the source material or the miniseries.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the book, Eddie gouges his eyes out and stabs him with a broken bottle. In the movie, Richie kills him with a hatchet to the head.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He goes after the Losers in Neibolt Street under the influence of It, but Mike is able to neutralize him pretty quickly, and he only slows them down for five minutes.
- Disney Villain Death: A more violent version as when Mike pushes him down the old well, Henry hits the sides like a pinball on the way down, falls past the opening to the sewers, and disappears into the darkness with no sign of hitting the ground. Subverted, as he's revealed to be alive in the sequel, which establishes he was arrested and sent to an asylum.
- The Dragon: When Pennywise realizes how much of a threat the Losers pose, IT recruits Henry to kill them for it. Years later, he happily takes up the mantle again to get back at the Losers.
- '80s Hair: Henry has a mullet as opposed to a duck's-ass haircut. Lampshaded when Richie calls him a "mullet-wearing asshole".
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While he cowers in the face of his father, he at least seemed to care for his cousin in Chapter Two and tries to "protect" him from Richie's advances towards him.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He had enough humanity left to start the movie with multiple standards (giving Bill a free pass or not harming the Losers knowing his dad was watching) but it goes away starting from his scene with Ben onwards.
- Fat Bastard: He turns into one during the sequel, particularly after being admitted to a mental hospital due to his mental deterioration.
- Freudian Excuse: His father has no trouble firing a gun at his own son without so much as blinking just to terrify him and beats him at home, so it's clear he had a very abusive childhood. His father also being a police officer means he also didn't need to fear any consequences for his actions as long as they didn't have the potential to make Butch look bad.
- Humiliation Conga: The Losers' thwarting him, chucking rocks at him and his gang, and his father shooting a gun at him and making him cry in front of his friends pushes him over the edge.
- Kick the Dog: He tries to kill a stray cat with a Colt .45 pistol. His father intervenes.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He repeatedly bullies the Losers with homophobic slurs, and gets killed by Richie, who is gay.
- Laughing Mad: The influence of IT drives Henry way over the deep end; as he's arrested for murdering his father, he starts giggling psychotically, and quickly starts doing it again when Pennywise reaches out to him again as an adult.
- Made of Iron: When he tries to kill Mike, he gets stunned when Mike frees himself and then is pushed down the well where his head collides with the stone walls 3 times before plummeting. He survived all that.
- In the sequel, he got gutted into his stomach by the frightened Eddie when tried to ambush him, and survived. Only being axed to his head by Richie is the way he finally kicks the bucket.
- Mirror Scare: Does this to Eddie in Chapter Two.
- Missing Mom: His mother isn’t seen or mentioned at any point in the film.
- Morality Pet: His cousin in Chapter Two where he tries to protect him from Richie's advances. Also while he still does hate him Bill is the only member of the Losers he shows any form of compassion to shown by giving him a free pass in due to Georgie going missing in the first film.
- Paper Tiger: He's an older and taller bully backed up by loyal thugs, so he easily puts a scare into the Losers. However, after he tries to shoot a cat, his father intervenes by taking the gun and firing several rounds to humiliate him in front of his friends and demonstrate how quickly Henry will fold in the face of someone who's not already scared of him.Butch: Look at him now, boys. Nothing like a little fear to make a paper man crumble.
- Patricide: He kills his father under the influence of IT.
- Pet the Dog: A mild version of Even Evil Has Standards, but he gives Bill a "free pass" for the rest of the school year after Georgie goes missing.
- Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Despite being the biggest bully in Derry, Henry pales in comparison to IT, and isn't directly involved in the plot until Pennywise drives him over the edge. He only manages to slow the Losers down for a few minutes before being taken out. Henry doesn't fare much better in Chapter Two, either. Not only does he not impact or change the plot in any significant way in the sequel, he doesn't injure either Mike or Eddie to the extent he did in the novel. Once Henry is killed for good, he's quickly forgotten and never mentioned again.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: It isn't as explicit as in the book or miniseries (he doesn't drop any n-bombs in this version) but it's heavily implied he targets Mike exclusively for being black, yells racist comments while attacking Mike in the library in Chapter Two, and refers to several of the Losers as "faggots".
- Sanity Has Advantages: Due to his insanity, he's initially confused in Chapter Two when Eddie hides behind a shower curtain, allowing Eddie to stab him in the chest with his own knife.
- Sanity Slippage: Under the influence of IT, to the point where come the second film he thinks little of the corpse of his friend Patrick helping him escape from a mental institution.
- Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: In Chapter Two, he's still the same Barbaric Bully he was in high school, except even more unhinged due to spending time in an asylum.
- Tragic Villain: Henry was an Ax-Crazy bully, but he was nothing more than one of the many victims of Pennywise. His father was horribly abusive toward him, which made Henry terrified of the latter if he incurs his wrath, to which his father proceeds to shoot at his feet just to scare him into submission (granted Henry was trying to shoot at a cat, but even that line of discipline was way out of line). Chapter Two has Henry even more insane than before as a result of Pennywise's manipulations to kill the Loser Club members even after 27 years. Even when Pennywise is finally Killed Off for Real by Richie, none of the losers take any satisfaction from his death, with Richie even vomiting at the prospect of having to kill him to save Mike.
- Teens Are Monsters: Perhaps the most popular example.
- Uncertain Doom: Henry seems to die after being shoved into the well but he is confirmed to still be alive in Chapter Two when he gets washed out into the Barrens along with dead victims of IT.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In the second film he gets over the shock of seeing Patrick's corpse walking around and helping him escape the mental hospital within seconds.
- Villain Decay: His effective prominence is diminished in the sequel, having become a Plot-Irrelevant Villain.
Victor
Victor Criss
"You okay, Henry?"
Portrayed By: Logan Thompson
The second-in-command and smartest bully of Henry Bowers's gang.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Both incarnations of Vic are still bullies but in the novel, Vic is depicted as the Only Sane Man of the Bowers Gang who once approached the Losers with the initial attempt to join them but changed his mind and instead warned them of Henry's growing brutality. He is also one of the few people to notice Henry's eroding sanity and grew increasingly reluctant to stay friends with him. In the movie he is still unsettled by Henry's acts and still pities him but his better nature isn't shown that much. He also smiles when Henry cuts Ben compared to the book and miniseries where he tries to stop Henry.
- Adaptational Personality Change: While in the book Victor Criss is rebellious and prone to outbursts in class, it's implied that he will grow out of that behavior and he has some friendly interactions with the Losers Club. In the film Victor Criss is quiet and cruel and does a lot more glaring than shouting.
- Bright Is Not Good: Has platinum blond hair and is a bully.
- Death Glare: Frequently shooting these at people for intimidation purposes. He gives one to Butch Bowers of all people!
- The Drag-Along: Downplayed, but he (seems to) take less joy in bullying than his friends. He's also present but doesn't partake in the scene at the beginning where Henry, Patrick, and Belch harass the Losers Club outside of the school, or the one where they beat Mike in the alley.
- The Dragon: Victor is the Bowers Gang's second-in-command. Henry trusts him to find his switchblade, delegating chasing Ben to Belch and Patrick.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Disturbed by Butch Bowers firing a gun inches away from his son's feet.
- Green and Mean: Victor wears green clothes throughout most of the movie.
- Pet the Dog: Seems genuinely concerned after witnessing Henry being abused by his father. He's also noticeably unsettled when he sees a frantic Henry trying to find his switchblade in order to avoid his father's wrath.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: During the rock fight.
- Slasher Smile: When him and his friends are bullying Ben. He doesn't stop when Henry pulls out his switchblade.
- The Quiet One: He uses his Death Glare more than words to intimidate people. He's less boisterous than Belch, and less hammily evil than Henry and Patrick.
- The Stoic: More or less.
- Tranquil Fury: When he witnesses Butch Bowers abusing Henry. Just look at him, he just glares at him and has his fists clenched. He just looks like he wants to rip Butch's head off!
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The last scene of him and Belch is before Henry kills his father and his fate is never confirmed in the sequel.
- Villainous Friendship: His friendship with Henry seems to be the strongest out of the gang.
Belch
Reginald "Belch" Huggins
"Henry!"
Portrayed By: Jake Sim
The physically strongest bully in Henry Bowers's gang.
- Adaptational Jerkass: In both incarnations Belch is still a bully and the most loyal follower of Henry but in the novel he's more vocal about his dislike of Henry's father, even saying "I don't fuck with crazy people" to Vic.
- Adaptational Wimp: In the novel Belch is regarded as the strongest of Henry's gang due to his growth spurt enhancing his muscles. In the movie, Belch's strength isn't shown that much and since he's older than the losers, there's nothing unique about his strength.
- All There in the Manual: That his first name is Reginald.
- Boisterous Bruiser: A big guy with a bombastic personality.
- The Brute: Big and strong, though he is more stockily built than in the novel and his previous incarnation, both of which portraying him with a physical frame of six feet which dwarfed the rest of his friends.
- Cool Car: Belch drives a blue 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
- Dumb Muscle: Implied to be this, and is always taking direction from Henry. Even Patrick bosses him around during their brief scene together.
- Everyone Has Standards: Takes Victor's role of "Only one of Henry's friends with a functioning conscience." He and the others gladly help Henry beat up Ben, but when Henry pulls out his switchblade it can be noticed that Belch's smile fades to a look of shock, and when Henry carves an H into Ben, it's very obvious that Belch sees this as taking this too far. He's also very uncomfortable when Henry wants to shoot that poor cat.
- Fat Bastard: Is a bit obese in the 2017 version.
- Gasshole: Where he gets his nickname.
- Irony: During the rock fight with the Losers, "Antisocial" by Anthrax serves as the background music. During the same scene, Belch wore an Anthrax T-shirt, and the Losers won. Clearly, his favorite band was rooting against him.
- Metalhead: Belch's fashion choices, taste in music, and behavior indicate he's one.
- Pet the Dog: Is the only one concerned about Patrick’s disappearance.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: During the rock fight.
- This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Delivers a particularly memorable (and silly) example of this trope, during the rock fight.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The last scene of him and Victor is before Henry kills his father. Henry is also inexplicably driving Belch's car at the end of the film and Belch is never shown again after Henry regains his switchblade. His fate is never confirmed in the sequel either since IT only framed him for his victim..
Patrick
Patrick Hockstetter
"I'm gonna light his hair like Michael Jackson."
Portrayed By: Owen Teague
"I hear you, tits. Don't think you can stay down here all damn day."
The most disturbing bully in Henry Bowers's gang.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: In the book; he's described as a short, fat boy who resembles a lump of clay crudely molded to look like a human child. In the film; he's a lanky teenager with messy dark hair.
- Adaptational Distillation: 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.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Compared to the book. Here his worst act is scaring Ben with a flamethrower and he doesn't actually try to burn him as he backs off himself. He also doesn't bully Mike when they come across him in an alley. In the book he murders his baby brother and kills animals for fun.
- Adaptational Personality Change: 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.
- Adaptational Sexuality: In the novel, Patrick is depicted as perverted towards girls by trying to grope them. He was also suggested to be bisexual or bicurious towards Henry and got sexually aroused whenever someone was in pain. In the film, Patrick's sexuality isn't highlighted, all he does is make mockingly lewd gestures towards Richie but he is the first of the central cast to be killed despite his small amount of scenes.
- Adaptational Wimp: 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.
- Ax-Crazy: He's not nearly as bad as in the book (where he murders his infant brother and gets aroused by murdering small animals), but he's still pretty crazy. He nearly burns Ben's hair and he looks really excited when Henry tries to carve his name in Ben's stomach.
- Demoted to Extra: Compared to his literary counterpart, who got an entire POV chapter.
- Depraved Homosexual: Downplayed, but he does get in a few lecherous stares at Richie, complete with licking his lips.
- Facial Horror: He gets blood on his face while running after seeing the dead kids. It is unknown if the kids bit him or if he gets the blood from when he briefly falls in the sewer water but considering he most likely would have been killed by the kids if he got bit as well as the face IT was likely feeding down in that sewer (considering he has blood on his mouth) it is likely the latter.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: The other members of the Bowers Gang don't seem too concerned about his disappearance (though it's possible that it was a result of IT's influence as his missing poster was quickly replaced with that of Eddie Corcoran). Subverted as Belch does seem concerned for him in a deleted scene, informing Henry about his dad having not heard anything.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: While none of his friends seem to be concerned or mention him when he disappears, a deleted scene shows Belch telling Henry that he ran into Patrick's dad who has not heard anything. Although Henry cuts him off and says he doesn't care this was more likely out of his anger of being beaten by his father than his actual feelings.
- Giggling Villain: He giggles at stealing Stan's kippah and continues to smile all the way until he meets IT.
- Lean and Mean: Tall, gangly, and rail-thin, and the second cruelest behind Bowers himself.
- Mauve Shirt: In the novel, Patrick appeared later in the book and was the last of the Bowers Gang to be introduced (and the first to be 'shown' meeting his end) but in the movie, Patrick appears much earlier and is more toned down compared to his novel counterpart. This suggested that Patrick was going to have a larger role and be another negative influence on Henry due to his psychotic personality.
- Posthumous Character: Makes an appearance as an apparition of IT several times after his death, talking to Bev through the drain and appearing on the TV with Pennywise. He makes further appearances in Chapter Two, with Pennywise appearing as an undead Patrick to assist Henry in killing the Losers.
- Pyromaniac: Carries around a makeshift flamethrower (a spray can and a Zippo). Might be a Mythology Gag, considering the infamous scene with lighters in the junkyard from the novel.
- Sadist: He shows joy and excitement at seeing Henry carving his name in Ben's stomach.
- The Sociopath: Less so than in the book, but he's still a dyed-in-the-wool sadist and the film exchanges his sadism towards animals with another (less serve compared to the book) sociopathic trait, namely pyromania.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: Not that he's particularly witty, but he towers over everyone he shares the screen with (a role occupied by Belch in the novel and former adaptation) and has some interesting one-liners.
- We Hardly Knew You: Killed by It fairly early into the first movie.
- The Worf Effect: Patrick, a bully armed with a flamethrower and has extreme cruelty, is swiftly dispatched by Pennywise when he enters the sewers.
Derry Children
Georgie
George "Georgie" Denbrough
"I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers..."
Portrayed By: Jackson Robert Scott
Bill Denbrough's younger brother, who goes missing after an encounter with Pennywise in a storm drain.
- An Arm and a Leg: After convincing him to reach into the storm drain to retrieve the boat, Pennywise violently bites into and rips Georgie's arm off.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Entirely averted. He looked up to Bill, and they had a very loving relationship. Bill loves him so much that he refuses to believe that Georgie is dead, and gets the gang together to fight Pennywise.
- Big Brother Worship: Georgie absolutely adores Bill, being seen hugging him, sitting on his lap, and worries about how he'll react when he loses the paper boat he made for him. Also when he's dragged into the storm drain by Pennywise he calls out for Bill to save him rather than his mom or dad, implying that he saw Bill as his protector.
- Big "NO!": Georgie, when his paper boat is about to be washed down a storm drain.
- Children Are Innocent: Before his death, Georgie was a pretty innocent boy, admiring Bill to a high degree, having the usual stuff that any kid his age would have in his room, and going out in the rain to have fun.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Has his arm bitten off by Pennywise, allowed to suffer in pain and bleed out for awhile, then dragged into the sewers to his death. Made even more cruel in that his last words are him crying for his big brother to save him.
- The Cutie: His adorable innocence and politeness combined with his idolization and love for his older brother make Georgie a prime example of this.
- Dead All Along: Throughout the movie, his brother is under the impression that Georgie's just been kidnapped (or rather, he deludes himself into thinking this). But finally comes to accept Georgie's death after finding his torn raincoat among the pile of Pennywise's 'trophies'.
- Kill the Cutie: Georgie is introduced as an adorable, sweet-natured little boy who idolizes his big brother. Then he's brutally dismembered and eaten by Pennywise.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Although he is by no means the only child Pennywise has killed and eaten, his death results in Bill getting involved with the other Losers and them discovering the truth about Pennywise.
- Posthumous Character: He appears numerous times after his disappearance, but these are all Pennywise impersonating him to torment Bill.
- Small Role, Big Impact: His encounter with Pennywise kicks the entire plot into motion.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Bill's Manly Man.
- Stupidity Is the Only Option: Like in the other adaptations, he refuses to take things from strangers, doesn't relax until Pennywise gives his name and an excuse for being in the sewers. While Pennywise shares a brief friendly chat and a giggle with Georgie, Georgie is otherwise very wary of Pennywise and but still reluctantly tries to retrieve the paper boat from the drooling, wall-eyed sewer clown.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Georgie adores Bill and is extremely cute in appearance and personality, and gets brutally killed and eaten by Pennywise.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Pennywise tempts him with popcorn.
Greta
Greta Keene
Portrayed By: Megan Charpentier (teenager), Juno Renaldi (adult)
"You in there by yourself, Beaver-ly? Or are half the boys in there as well, huh slut?"
A student at Derry High and a pharmacy assistant, as well as Beverly Marsh's main tormentor.
- Adaptational Villainy: Greta Bowie, the book character Greta Keene is based on is a snooty rich girl, but she merely ignores Beverly and doesn't bully her actively. She doesn't write "loser" on Eddie's cast either.
- Alpha Bitch: She seems to be the head one at Derry High. She at least has two girls trailing after her.
- Composite Character: With Marcia, who was the Alpha Bitch who bullied Bev in the book. This leaves the actual Marcia in the film as just a blank slate alongside Sally.
- Decomposite Character: Overlaps with Composite Character. In the book, it's Mr. Keene himself who tells Eddie that his medicines are placebos. In the movie she tells him.
- Establishing Character Moment: Her first scene is of her and her posse bullying Bev by dumping wet garbage on her, and even before that she rudely shoves one of the Losers out of the way.
- Future Loser: In Chapter Two, she's still working at her father's pharmacy and even wearing the same hairstyle and clothes, with an even more disinterested attitude about everything around her.
- Hate Sink: Every scene with Greta serves just to showcase what a snotty, nasty little witch she is. Most of the audience was just aching for IT to turn her into his next meal. Sadly, it never happens, as she becomes a Karma Houdini.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: In her first scene, she torments Bev and has her minions dump wet garbage on her. In the second, she seems to be a little nicer (if still abrasive) when she offers to sign Eddie's cast... only to write 'loser' on it.
- Karma Houdini: She is the only major Jerkass character in the entire film who doesn't suffer any dose of Laser-Guided Karma from the Losers Club or IT. Downplayed as never making it out of the small town she grew up in or having a real career, whilst all of her favorite victims grow up to become wealthy and successful, meant she didn't exactly win in the end.
- Little Miss Snarker: Seems incapable of talking to anyone without saying something sarcastic or insulting. It's a quality that she doesn't outgrow 27 years later, unfortunately.
- Mythology Gag: Eddie is excited when she signs his cast. In the book he has a crush on her.
- Pet the Dog: Greta liked to make small talk with Eddie whenever he visited her father's pharmacy when she was there too, one such instance including her telling Eddie about his "medication" his mom had him taking being placebos, even when she didn't need to. Even years later when they're both older, she opens the doors out of the pharmacy for Eddie when he's forgotten how to do so himself. Of course the generosity of both occasions are mitigated by her being a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk who calls Eddie a "loser" or "moron."
- The Resenter: It's implied that the reason she bullies Bev is because she's envious of her beauty and the attention she gets from the boys at school.
- Slut-Shaming: Does this to Bev constantly.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She only has a few scenes in the film, but her first scene not only introduces Bev, it also establishes her to be a victim of constant Slut-Shaming throughout Derry starting with Greta tormenting her, while her second pivotal scene- where she reveals to Eddie about the placebos- helped him realize how his own mother lied to him about his medication, pushing him to stand up to her.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the book, she dies in a horrific car crash at the age of eighteen, and Pennywise uses her corpse to torment Eddie. In the film, she's alive and well still working at her father's pharmacy to the present day. But Pennywise still uses her form of her younger self to torment Beverly in the climax.
- Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: She’s a rude, snooty Alpha Bitch and Flat Character while her rival, Beverly Marsh, is bold, adventurous, has Boyish Short Hair and one of the protagonists of the movie.
Betty
Betty Ripsom
Her zombie appearance.
Portrayed By: Katie Lunman
One of Derry's missing children.
- Ascended Extra: Sort of. She makes a couple of appearances in the movie (as opposed to the novel, where she's only mentioned). However, these are IT's illusions.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Bill and Richie find her mangled upper torso at the Neibolt House - though it's really just an illusion.
- The bottom half appears during the Neibolt House battle in Chapter Two.
- Hope Spot: In Neibolt House, Bill and Richie open the door marked "Not Scary At All", and open up to a pitch black room where they hear Betty Ripsom's voice asking where her shoe is (they had found it earlier in the sewers). Thinking she is alive, they turn on the light, revealing her mangled torso. Obviously, she does not need shoes anymore.
- Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Bill finds her shoe in the sewers, and Richie jokes how weird it must feel for her to be travelling through the tunnels without it. One of It's illusions of her asks where her shoe is.
- Posthumous Character: She was killed by IT months before the main part of the movie begins. All her onscreen appearances in the movie are illusions created by IT.
- Undead Child: IT assumes the form of a zombie Betty (along with several other of its victims) when hunting Patrick Hockstetter in the sewer.
- Un-person: An in-universe case, in which mid-way through the movie the Derry authorities cover up Betty's missing posters with missing posters of Eddie Corcoran. Bill remarks that it's as if everyone is deliberately trying to forget all about her.
Dean
Dean
Portrayed By: Luke Roessler
A young boy encountered by the adult Losers when they return to Derry, who lives in Bill's old house.
- Ascended Extra: "Skateboard kid" in the book isn't given a name and is just a random kid whom Bill encounters. Here, he's given a minor storyline and interacts with the Losers on multiple occasions.
- Broken Pedestal: He's a fan of Richie's stand-up but Richie mistakes him for one of IT's disguises and subjects him to foul-mouthed threats.Richie: (realizing his mistake) You want a picture?Dean: I think I'm good.
- Death of a Child: His death is shown in rather gruesome detail.
- Eaten Alive: By Pennywise.
- Replacement Goldfish: Bill comes to view him as a Georgie-surrogate and a chance to rectify the mistakes he made with Georgie. It doesn't work out.
- Sacrificial Lamb: A sweet, innocent kid whom the audience grows to like, he's ultimately killed off in order to motivate Bill into taking the fight to IT.
- Your Head Asplode: Pennywise bites into his head with such force that it explodes like a ripe melon, splattering blood all over the mirror.
Victoria
Victoria
Portrayed By: Ryan Kiera Armstrong
A girl who becomes one of ITs victims during the 2016 cycle
- Death of a Child: Brutally killed by Pennywise.
- Facial Markings: She's bullied for the port-wine birthmark on her cheek.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: "You're supposed to say thr-"
- Parental Neglect: Her mother coldly dismisses her when she interrupts the baseball game, and doesn't even notice when she wanders off.
- Too Dumb to Live: Averted; like Georgie, she's initially wary of Pennywise and outright calls him scary until he plays on her empathy and promises to get rid of her birthmark.
Derry Adults
Mr. Marsh
Alvin Marsh
"You worry me, Bevvie. You worry me a lot."
Portrayed By: Stephen Bogaert
Dubbed By: Bruno Choël (European French)
"I know what's in boys' minds when they look at you Bevvie. I know it all too well."
Beverly Marsh's single father, a janitor.
- Abusive Parents: He behaves lecherously towards Bev, his own daughter, to the point of openly lusting after her, and before the climax of the film, he tries to rape her.
- He also openly blames her for her mother's suicide, and uses this to bully her into furthering his incestuous desires.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Goes from being a Hot-Blooded Jerkass in the miniseries to a creepy Soft-Spoken Sadist in the movie.
- Adaptational Villainy: Alvin was no saint in the book nor the miniseries, and was actually much angrier and more prone to physical violence. However, he did seem to struggle with his desires (in the worst way possible) whereas here, he seems rather at ease with his incestuous longings. There were also moments in the book where he could be truly loving and kind to Beverly and the miniseries removes any of his incestuous feelings to him simply being overprotective. It could have something to do with his wife having died.
- Asshole Victim: Beverly knocks him out cold when he tries to rape her.
- Bus Crash: In Chapter Two, Mrs. Kersh tells Beverly that Alvin passed away in the 27 year Time Skip between the two films.
- Creepy Monotone: He speaks in a flat, creepily intimate voice that could draw a comparison to IT; both of them are predators.
- Groin Attack: Beverly kicks him in the groin when he tries to rape her.
- Hate Sink: Easily the most despicable adult in the entire film. He has little to no characterization outside of being a twisted, incestuous man.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: One of Beverly's flashbacks in Chapter Two shows him mourning over a picture of his late wife, a moment where Alvin becomes almost sympathetic... until he turns around and viciously blames Beverly for her mother's death, using it as an excuse to further abuse her.
- Parental Incest: He has sexual feelings towards his own daughter, looks through her underwear drawer, and may or may not have acted on them already. He tries to rape Beverly towards the end, but she escapes and bashes him over the head with a toilet lid.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Speaks with a Creepy Monotone while being an Abusive Dad towards Bev.
- Suddenly Shouting: Chapter Two finally shows him in a flashback raising his voice two times towards Beverly akin to that of Alvin in the miniseries in contrast to usually being a Soft-Spoken Sadist with a Creepy Monotone.
- Tranquil Fury: Towards the end of the movie when he confronts Bev about the poem Ben wrote her that she had stashed away in her underwear drawer, asking her if she's been doing "womanly things" with the boys. What makes it even scarier is that he not only sounds calm, but also like a jealous lover.
Mrs. Kaspbrak
Sonia Kaspbrak
"You know how bad your allergies get."
Portrayed By: Mollie Jane Atkinson
Eddie Kaspbrak's overprotective mother.
- Actually Pretty Funny: When she makes Eddie come and kiss her in her first scene, Richie asks if he can have one too as Eddie ushers him outside and she gives a small chuckle about it.
- Fat Bitch: Extremely overweight and rather unpleasant, keeping Eddie under her thumb and isolating him from his friends (at one point calling Beverly a dirty girl).
- Hate Sink: Downplayed, but she doesn't have a Freudian Excuse like in the book.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Whereas most of the other adults in Derry would rather forget about the child mortality rate (among the other horrors that go on in town), Mrs. Kaspbrak flips it to the other extreme and tries to keep her son as safe as possible, even if it's to his own detriment. The way she begs and pleads with Eddie to stay safe with her after he discovers all his medications are placebos, it seems that while she may not know exactly what's wrong with Derry, she definitely knows that something isn't right.
- My Beloved Smother: Keeps tabs on literally everything her son does, where he goes, and whom he hangs out with. While she doesn't seem to mind the other boys coming over to her home (the better to keep an eye on Eddie, after all), when Eddie does venture off with them she sends him off with a fanny pack filled with medications and first aid supplies. She also gives the stink eye to Bev when they bring an injured Eddie back home, calling her a "dirty girl" and mouthing off that "she knows what she gets up to with these boys".
- Münchausen Syndrome: Keeps Eddie under her thumb by tricking him into thinking he needs medicine, and giving him placebos instead.
- The Paranoiac: She is a delusional paranoiac who brings herself to 'protect her son from the world,' even it it means to trick him into thinking he needs medicine by taking placebos.
- Properly Paranoid: While her methods to protect Eddie are extreme, she isn't entirely wrong in wanting to protect him. The children of Derry go missing or are often found dead and she only isolates Eddie because she found him with a broken arm.
- Slut-Shaming: Does this to Beverly, calling her a "dirty girl" and believing what the kids around town, falsely, say about her.
- Villainous Breakdown: When Eddie finds out all his medicine is fake and stands up to her, she runs out of the house after him, screaming and sobbing for him to come back.
Officer Bowers
Officer Oscar "Butch" Bowers
Portrayed By: Stuart Hughes
"Look at him now boys. Nothing like a little fear to make a paper man crumble."
Henry Bowers father, an officer in the Derry P.D.
- Abusive Parents: He shoots a gun at Henry's feet, terrifying him into tears and shown by a deleted scene beats his son at home.
- Adaptational Job Change: Goes from being a farmer in the book to a police officer in the 2017 film.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the novel, Butch was a racist, sexist, anti-semitic monster, who had a feud with the Hanlons. He also shows signs of being legitimately and dangerously insane and prone to outbursts of violent rage; beating his wife to near-death, attacking his son's friends and killing the Hanlons' farm animals. Furthermore, he seems to encourage Henry's own psychotic behavior to the point of rewarding him for killing Mike's dog. In the film, Butch is still a violent abuser and the cause of his son's actions but he doesn't express any bigoted attitudes nor does he seem mentally unstable, and for all his faults he seems to disapprove of his son's behavior.
- Asshole Victim: The deleted scene where he's shown to beat his son makes it hard to feel any sympathy for him when Henry murders him in his sleep.
- Cool Shades: He's seen with a pair of shades in the beginning of the movie.
- The Glasses Come Off: When Henry and his friends start bullying and threatening the Losers within his vicinity, he takes off his sunglasses, causing the Bowers gang to back off.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He intimidates Henry from a distance when he catches his son bullying while on-duty; and intervenes when Henry attempts to shoot a cat with his gun, and strongly disapproves of his son using a gun at all not to mention he is a police officer trying to help Derry citizens. Unfortunately, he relies on physical abuse and threatening his son with a gun rather than provide any decent parenting.
- Rabid Cop: While still in uniform, he catches Henry trying to shoot a cat with his M1911 pistol and punishes him by shooting at Henry's feet to frighten him into submission.
- Small Role, Big Impact:
- He doesn't do much in the movie, but his brutal death at his own son's hands proves to show how deep Henry is under the influence of IT.
- The way he punishes his son coupled with how he beats him shows he may be the cause of Henry's actions.
- Tranquil Fury: When he finds Henry using his gun, Butch only raises his voice once but is very clearly enraged. He proceeds to let his actions speak for him.
- We Hardly Knew You: Appears in two scenes, one without dialogue, before Henry kills him.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He seems to highly disprove of Henry's actions, intimidating him to leave Bill alone, and later firing several rounds at Henry (though missing on purpose) in order to make him look scared in front of his friends as punishment for taking his gun and trying to shoot a cat. All this does is drive Henry's psychopathy harder until Henry murders him in his sleep, before going to try and murder the Losers.
Mr. Keene
Norbert Keene
"Well how about that, you look just like Lois Lane."
Portrayed By: Joe Bostick
The local pharmacist.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Is a gruff but well-meaning pharmacist in the book and a creep in the movie.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the original book, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. In the movie he's a creep and an implied hebephile. Also, book Mr. Keene tells Eddie his medicine are placebos, whereas movie Mr. Keene seems content with keeping the lie going.
- Decomposite Character: His role in the book as telling Eddie his medicines are placebos is given to his pharmacy assistant and daughter, Greta.
- Dirty Old Man: Just look at the other examples.
- Fat Bastard: Notably well-fed, and a complete creep.
- Gonk: He has not aged well over the course of 27 years, and in Chapter Two is shown to be a tired old man with dried-up, cracked skin, and still with a gross personality to boot.
- Hate Sink: A liar, a creep and an overall bad man. Sadly he never gets any comeuppance, and he's still alive (assuming it isn't Pennywise taking his form) twenty-seven years later with his perverted nature utterly unchanged.
- Slimeball: He acts in a perverse manner toward Beverly. You can practically see the edges of the screen thicken with slime when he oozes into frame.
The Denbroughs
Zack & Sharon Denbrough
Portrayed By: Geoffrey Pounsett & Pip Dwyer
The parents of George and Bill.
- Blame Game: Focuses more on blaming Bill for Georgie's death than providing support for him.
- Demoted to Extra: They were hardly large characters in the original book, but here their role is diminished even further. Only Zack gets a speaking part.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Zack sternly tells Bill that Georgie's dead, despite Bill believing him to be still alive. However, given that Georgie was shown getting his arm torn off and bleeding profusely before being dragged off by Pennywise in the prologue, it is very practical that Georgie would not survive in a year without proper medical treatment. Bill did eventually realize Georgie was Dead All Along and that his father had been trying to convince him to accept it.
- No Sympathy: Their strategy for dealing with Bill obsessing over his disappeared brother is to chew him out for his delusion that Georgie is still alive. Zack's anger towards Bill likely stemmed from he and Sharon blaming him for Georgie's death and wanting him not only accept he's dead, but to accept responsibility as they see him thinking he's alive as a way to escape guilt. When's it's revealed in Chapter Two that Bill faked his illness at the time of Georgie's death, you cannot blame their parents being angry at Bill and emotionally distancing themselves from him afterwards.
Leroy Hanlon
Leroy Hanlon
"There are two places you can be in this world. You can be out here, like us, or you can be in there, like them."
Portrayed By: Steven Williams
The stern grandfather of Mike Hanlon, who runs a nearby abattoir.
- Hero of Another Story: Mike hints Leroy may have encountered IT in the past. He's even played by Creighton Duke.
- Jerkass Has a Point: His strangely stern lecture toward Mike (saying that you are either the sheep ready to be slaughtered and eaten, or you are the butcher ready to kill to survive without hesitation) comes to new light later when Mike mentions that Leroy is aware of IT's existence. Leroy was training Mike to kill to survive, in case IT targeted Mike. There's also the issue that they are black and Derry once had a racist cult that burned down a nightclub, so he may want his grandson to be able to defend himself against human threats as well.
- Outliving One's Offspring: His son (Mike's father) was burned to death in a house fire alongside his wife. His insistence that Mike learn to fight and defend himself likely stemmed from the possibility that the house fire was not merely an accident, but a deliberate act of arson done by local racists.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike most adults, Leroy is aware of IT's existence and wants to prepare Mike to fight IT, as well as human threats, such as the Bowers Gang.
- Retired Badass: Mike hints that Leroy is fully aware of IT's existence. Combined with Leroy teaching Mike to overcome his hesitation to kill if needed heavily implies that Leroy fought against IT in the past.
- Stern Teacher: His chiding Mike comes off as mean at first, until it's discovered he was only doing so to prepare Mike against IT.
Rabbi Uris
Rabbi Uris
Portrayed By: Ari Cohen
The father of Stanley Uris.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Implied, since the Spooky Painting he keeps in his office is his own son's deepest fear.
- Stern Teacher: Is this towards Stan while preparing him for his Bar Mitzvah. However, his perfectionism stems mostly from concern over how Stan's performance will reflect on him as a rabbi than from care for Stan.
Adrian Mellon
Adrian Mellon
Portrayed By: Xavier Dolan
A gay man and the victim of a brutal hate crime which kicks off the new cycle that brings back the Adult losers.
- Camp Gay: In contrast to Don, at least; he wears flamboyant clothing and has slightly camp mannerisms, which he exaggerates when mocking the bullies.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Savagely beaten by a gang of homophobic teens, then Eaten Alive by Pennywise.
- Deadpan Snarker: Almost every word out of his mouth is gloriously snarky, even while being attacked.
- Defiant to the End: Even when beaten to a pulp, he still mocks his attackers.
- Eaten Alive: His fate.
- Foil: To Eddie. Both are immature, snarky asthmatics who get attacked by violent thugs and ultimately killed by Pennywise while the man that loves them is Forced to Watch, but Adrian is openly and explicitly gay and in a committed relationship, while Eddie remains Ambiguously Gay and Oblivious to Love. Moreover, Adrian's asthma is presumably real, while Eddie's is psychosomatic.
- Manchild: Downplayed, but he's introduced enthusiastically beating a bunch of pre-teens at a carnival game.
- Nice Guy: Gives a toy he wins at the Derry Town Days festival to a young girl.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death prompts Mike to summon the rest of the Losers back to Derry.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Don's blue, as he's much more combative towards the bullies and openly mocks them even as they're beating the shit out of him.
- Sacrificial Lamb: His death is what brings the Losers back to Derry.
Don Hagarty
Don Hagarty
Portrayed By: Taylor Frey
Adrian's boyfriend, who witnesses his death at the hands of Pennywise.
- Foil: To Richie. Both are Straight Gay characters who are forced to watch as the man they love is killed by Pennywise, but Don is out and proud in a happy relationship while Richie is closeted and miserable.
- Forced to Watch: Pennywise deliberately waits until he's watching before taking a bite out of Adrian.
- Properly Paranoid: His protests that he wants to get out of Derry due to the town's toxic atmosphere aren't exactly unfounded, considering what happens next.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Adrian's red; he drags Adrian away from the bullies at first, and tries to defuse the situation on the bridge before it can escalate.
- Straight Gay: Compared to Adrian, at least, he doesn't have many outwardly camp mannerisms.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Isn't seen or even mentioned again after the opening, despite being one of the few adults other than the Losers aware of Pennywise.
People from outside Derry
Audra Denbrough
Audra Denbrough née Phillips
Portrayed By: Jess Weixler
A famous actress and model who is married to Bill Denbrough.
- Demoted to Extra: Her entire storyline from the book is cut, and as a result she appears in only one scene.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's an actress and a model who wears a very cleavagey outfit (although covered in fake blood for the film she’s shooting) in her only scene.
- Precision F-Strike: "Fuck you, Bill," when he asks her why she can't be the woman he wants her to be.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's not shown if Bill goes back to her after leaving Derry for good.
Tom Rogan
Tom Rogan
Portrayed By: Will Beinbrink
A fashion designer who is the abusive husband of Beverly.
- Control Freak: When Beverly tries to leave home, he grabs onto her and beats her.
- Demoted to Extra: His entire storyline from the book is cut, and as a result he appears in only one scene.
- Domestic Abuser: He beats Beverly.
- Faux Affably Evil: When Beverly gets ready to leave for Derry, he is gentle and seemingly understanding, saying he trusts her and kissing her. As she starts to leaves, he grips onto her hand, accuses her of lying, ignores her pleas and starts beating on her.
- Freudian Excuse: The book mentions that Tom was physically abused by his mother as a child.
- Generation Xerox: He's not dissimilar from Beverly's father.
- Hate Sink! With the little screentime there is nothing redeemable is shown about him … doesn’t help that he’s one of the few antagonistic characters that wasn’t under IT’s influence.
- The Paranoiac: Accuses Beverly of cheating on him when she tries to leave to meet her friends.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Compared to his book and miniseries counterparts, he is much quieter and more passive-aggressive towards Bev as opposed to shouty and belligerent.
- Spared By Adaptation: In the book, he bumbles over to Derry, gets one look at IT's real form and drops dead. Beverly clocks him over the head in the minseries and film, but he lives.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Well he's a fashion designer, an unusually feminine vocation for a thug with obvious issues regarding masculinity.
Myra Kaspbrak
Myra Kaspbrak
Portrayed By: Molly Atkinson
Eddie's domineering wife, who bears a striking resemblance to his mother.
- Adaptational Jerkass: In the novel, she's more of a pathetic figure, but she's portrayed as quite shrewish here, and berates Eddie into saying he loves her.
- Flat "What": Her reaction when Eddie says "I love you, Mommy" to him over the phone.
- Like Parent, Like Spouse: Takes the trope to its logical extreme, as she's played by the same actress as Eddie's mother.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: This can be inferred, although we never actually see them together on screen. At one point, Richie makes a crack about Eddie having married a woman "ten times his own body mass" that he doesn't refute.
Patty Uris
Patty Uris
Portrayed By: Martha Girvin
Stanley's wife.
- Demoted to Extra: Though she's not exactly a major player in the book, she gets her own POV chapter and some backstory. Here, she shows up in one scene, mostly in the background, and her reaction to Stan's suicide is cut.
- Nice Girl: From the little we see of their relationship it appears that she and Stan are genuinely Happily Married, in contrast to the other Losers. She's also understanding when Beverly phones her to confirm Stan's death, and takes the time to mail his letter out to the rest of the Losers.
