History Characters / It1990

->'''Portrayed By:''' Richard Masur (Ben Heller as Young Stan Uris)

* LargeHam: Most of the Library scene can feel like Creator/TimCurry is improving most of the scene.

* LargeHam: Feels like Creator/TimCurrey is just making shit up once he started making jokes in the Library scene, not even ''trying'' to be scary anymore.

* LargeHam: "Excuse me, sir? Do you have Prince Albert in a can? You do? Well, you better let the poor guy out! WAHA! WAHA! WAHA!"

* ShesAllGrownUp: The Losers' Club members as adults, but especially [[HelloNurse Beverly Marsh]] and Ben Hanscom.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Beverly is the only girl in the seven man band.

* HelloNurse: It's constantly mentioned that Beverly is very beautiful. The reason that she isn't part of the popular girl's clique is that she's poor and can't afford nice clothes, and she doesn't act very ladylike (hanging out exclusively with boys). Also, the richer girls are rather annoyed that they are getting upstaged in terms of looks by someone who's working-class and from the poor side of town.

* StraightMan: He makes few jokes, and it's usually only in response to another character's ribbing (when Richie jokes that Stan, being a Jew, killed Christ, Stan responds, "I think that must have been my father."). He's the most serious-minded of the Losers.

** HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed by his own switchblade.

Known as "Trashmouth", Richie is the Losers' most lighthearted member, always cracking jokes and doing impersonations or "Voices", which prove very powerful weapons against It. He is "too intelligent for his own good" and channels his boredom in hyper-active wisecracking, to the point of getting into trouble. His flippant remark to Henry Bowers leads to almost getting beaten up by Henry and his friends. He is the most devoted to keeping the group together as he sees seven as a magical number and believes the group should have no more, no less. In adulthood, he is a successful disc jockey in Los Angeles.

* PluckyComicRelief: Never fails to bring a life, no matter how dire things get.
* ResignedToTheCall: As an adult, he's the most vocal in resisting facing IT again. He continues to voice his opposition, as he heads down into the sewers with the others.

* MommasBoy: Ben loves his mother dearly, but fortunately for him she's nowhere near as overbearing as Eddie's mother.
* IAmBigBoned : Much of Arlene Hanscom's personal security comes from keeping her son well-fed. When a teenaged Ben confronts her about it, she tells him he's not fat, he just has big bones. A compromise is reached when she starts cooking healthier meals so Ben can still eat a lot but not gain weight.
* InSeriesNickname: Richie nicknames him "Haystack" after the wrestler Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun.

[[caption-width-right:320:''"It's an evil being that can read our minds...And take the shape of things we're afraid of."'']] [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abgtit2_1.png]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Cheats on Audra, his wife, with Beverly Marsh after they meet again as adults. ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"You killed my brother Georgie, you bastard! Let's see you know."'']]

* WhiteGloves: To be expected from a clown. They also hide it's spider-like WolverineClaws

-->'''Pennywise (on the moon):''' "''Henry. Henry Bowers.'' (Henry looks around in a daze as Pennywise rolls its eyes) ''Up here, sharp stuff.''

A monstrous, demonic extradimensional, entity which has been preying on the town of Derry for at least 200 years. Every 30 years, it comes out of hibernation to cause a series of murders with children being the prime target. It tends to assume the form of it's victims worst fears as it improves their flavour, targetting children more often than adults. Most often, though, it will present itself as a freindly circus performer known as "Pennywise the dancing clown" to disarm children and lure them into its clutches before revealing its true colours and devouring them.

* {{Expy}}: Of ''Film/TeenWolf''.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Bill and his wife Audra (in the book, where he's bald).

A monstrous, demonic extradimensional, entity which has been preying on the town of Derry for at least 200 years. Every 30 years, it comes out of hibernation to cause a series of murders with children being the prime target. It tends to asume the form of it's victims worst fears as it improves their flavour, targetting children more often than adults. Most often, though, it will present itself as a freindly circus performer known as "Pennywise the dancing clown" to disarm children and lure them into its clutches before revealing its true colours and devouring them.

The closest thing the human mind can fathom of it's true from, an interdimensonal predatory spider.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm every nightmare you've ever had. I'm your worst dream come true. I'm everything you ever were afraid of!"]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"You killed my brother Georgie, you bastard! Let's see you know."]]

[[caption-width-right:320:"It's an evil being that can read our minds...And take the shape of things we're afraid of."]] [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abgtit2_1.png]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"I looked right into It’s Deadlights..."]]

[[caption-width-right:210:"...and I wanted to be there."]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"I'll kill you all!"]]

-> ''"Come on, don't really cut him."''

A monstrous, demonic extradimensional entity which has been preying on the town of Derry for at least 200 years. Every 30 years, it comes out of hibernation to cause a series of murders with children being the prime target. It tends to asume the form of it's victims worst fears as it improves their flavour, targetting children more often than adults. Most often, though, it will present itself as a freindly circus performer known as "Pennywise the dancing clown" to disarm children and lure them into its clutches before revealing its true colours and devouring them.

A monstrous, demonic entity which has been preying on the town of Derry for at least 200 years. Every 30 years, it comes out of hibernation to cause a series of murders with children being the prime target. It tends to asume the form of it's victims worst fears as it improves their flavour, targetting children more often than adults. Most often, though, it will present itself as a freindly circus performer known as "Pennywise the dancing clown" to disarm children and lure them into its clutches before revealing its true colours and devouring them.

* {{Expy}}: Of ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf''.

* AncientEvil: Existed since time began.

* MindRape: Does this to Audrey Denbrough in part 2.

* VocalDissonance: She appears as an elderly female, and sounds like one initially, but after she decomposes she starts to sound like Beverly's father.

* {{Expy}}: Of Teenwolf.

* VocalDissonance:She appears as an elderly female, and sounds like one initially, but after she decomposes she starts to sound like Beverly's father.

* DoggedNiceGuy: to Beverly Marsh.

A monstrous, demonic entity which has been preying on the town of Derry for at least 200 years. Every 30 years, it comes out of hibernation to cause a series of murders with children being the prime target. It tends to asume the form of it's victims worst fears as it improves their flavour, targetting children more often than adults. Most often, though, it will present itself as a freindly circus performer known as "Pennywise the dancing clown" to disarm children and lure them into It's clutches before revealing It's true colours and devouring them.

->'''Portrayed By:''' John Ritter (Brandon Crane as Young Ben Hanscom)