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4	[[caption-width-right:350: [[Creator/BillHader He]] [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct REALLY can act]].]]
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6	* Adrian Mellon's pummeling by homophobic teens and death at the hands of Pennywise, and how his boyfriend was {{forced to watch}}.
7	** Especially tragic in that Adrian and Don were two genuine [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]], but suffered due to how [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] of a town Derry is.
8	* A little girl named Victoria is lured in by Pennywise and devoured by him. What makes it especially sad is we get to know her briefly as a sweet young girl who feels self-conscious over a port-wine stain birthmark on her face, and while she immediately knows Pennywise is scary, he plays to her sympathy as 'having no friends' himself and promises to remove the birthmark, resulting in her trusting him and then her horrible death.
9	** Worse, Victoria was the same girl that Adrian gave the stuffed animal to and, like her, he became one of Pennywise's victims. She literally loses the one person who showed her some kindness.
10	* Stan's [[DrivenToSuicide fate]] hits harder with the added flashback of a young Beverly telling the Losers' Club that she saw their older selves back in the cistern. When Stan [[DramaticIrony asks what he looks like]], Bev just replies "Like now, but taller".
11	* We get a glimpse into the kids' adult lives. While their lives are by no means perfect, they seem to be doing better than how they were as kids, but then we get to Beverly. You think her life would be better off after escaping her abusive father and a town that [[SlutShaming slut-shamed her]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but it's not]]. She's trapped in a marriage to an extremely possessive husband who beats her. On top of that, she has suffered chronic nightmares for ''twenty-seven years'' due to being exposed to the Deadlights. Fortunately, things get better for her after the Losers defeat Pennywise and she now has a loving husband in Ben.
12	* A flashback shows young Mike talking about how he wants to move to Florida when he grows up, and the smile on his face is just heartbreaking. He had hopes and dreams, too, but he selflessly gave them up to stay in Derry and keep an eye on IT while his friends all moved away and forgot about him.
13	* The montage that plays during Stan's first monologue from his bar mitzvah shows the young Losers separated and at their lowest points: Beverly covering her drunken father with a blanket; Eddie going back to the Neibolt house to retrieve the placebos he threw away; Ben walking away crying as Bill and Beverly have their moment from the end of the first movie; Mike enduring whispers from the other townspeople implicating him in his parents' death; and Richie secretly carving his love for Eddie into the kissing bridge after enduring a homophobic attack. All while Stan rants in voice-over about how much GrowingUpSucks.
14	-->'''Stan:''' The things we wish we could leave behind, the whispers we wish we could silence, the nightmares we most want to wake up from, the memories we wish we could change, the secrets we feel like we have to keep...are the hardest to walk away from.
15	* The haunting, heartbreaking shot of Georgie's arms reaching out from the storm drain towards an adult Bill, who looks on with absolute emptiness.
16	** The full context behind that scene makes it even worse: Bill finds his way to the storm drain where Pennywise lured in Georgie and flashes back to his child self tearfully demanding to know why, out of all the children in Derry IT has to choose from, IT took Georgie. He doesn't get an answer until he turns to leave, and that's when IT decides to guilt trip Bill.
17	--->'''Pennywise''': Why? ''Because you weren't there, Billy''. ''[EvilLaugh]''
18	** Dean, a little boy who reminds Bill of Georgie, is lured inside a funhouse filled with mirrors with Bill in close pursuit. Eventually, Dean gets trapped in a glass box with Pennywise on one side and Bill on the other. While Bill desperately struggles to break down the glass and save the little boy, Pennywise draws out every last ounce of suspense and anticipation until he gets bored and goes right for the kill. The agony in Creator/JamesMcAvoy's performance is palpable.
19	--->'''Bill:''' No... Ple- Please... I'm here this time. [[TakeMeInstead Just take ME]].
20	** Worse is that Dean was also Richie's fan (turned ex-fan) from the Chinese restaurant that Richie had mistaken for Pennywise [[CreepyChild in disguise]], had lashed out at him to leave him and his friends alone, until he realized that he was actually a normal kid and even turned down Richie's offer to take a selfie with him as a way to take back what he did. Meaning that, after Pennywise killed Dean in front of Bill, Richie has really lost a young fan who was not only accidentally scared off by Richie, but is now dead and is forever unable to make amends with him for the incident back at the restaurant.
21	* Pennywise tormenting Young Ben with an image of Bev that calls him fat, ugly, and disgusting.
22	* The realization that Bill has blamed himself for Georgie's death for 27 years, as he exaggerated his illness since he didn't want to play outside that fateful day.
23	** Bill's vision in the basement only compounds this:
24	--->'''Fake Georgie:''' You lied and I died. [[SuddenlyShouting YOU LIED]]! [[WhatTheHellHero AND I DIED!]]
25	* Bill accidentally snaps at Eddie after the latter freezes up in Neibolt's kitchen, an action that almost gets Richie killed. A tearful Eddie doesn't even fight back; instead, he apologizes and asks Bill not to be mad at him, almost like a child who has disappointed their parents for the first time. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The look of instant regret]] on Bill's face just seals the deal.
26	-->'''Bill:''' He could've died! Is that what you want? He could've died!
27	-->'''Eddie:''' ''[pressing himself into the wall]'' No, no! Please...please don't be mad at me, Billy.
28	-->''[Bill's eyes widen as he realizes his mistake]''
29	-->'''Bill:''' ''[softer]'' That's what IT wants. For you to feel fear. D-d-don't let it, okay?
30	-->''[Eddie nods tearfully, still unable to look Bill in the eye]''
31	* Eddie, mortally wounded by Pennywise, dies with his friends by his side after he proves once and for all that he can be the bravest of them all. Even worse, Richie was in love with Eddie in this continuity, but never had the courage to tell him before it was too late.
32	** Richie's reaction is just ''devastating''. When Beverly tearfully tells him that Eddie is gone, he starts to hug Eddie's body, clearly in denial. When the others begin dragging him away, he refuses to leave Eddie's corpse behind and repeatedly says that he can still be saved. As Neibolt collapses upon their escape, he is ''screaming'' the entire time and has to be physically held back by ''both'' Ben and Mike to stop him from running back in. [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct The anguish in Hader's performance is very evident.]]
33	--->'''Beverly:''' Ritchie.
34	--->'''Bill:''' He's gone.
35	--->'''Richie:''' ''[disbelievingly]'' He's alright, no, he's just hurt, we gotta get him out of here, he's hurt. Ben... No, he's okay, we gotta get him out of here, Bev...
36	--->'''Beverly:''' ''[gently]'' Ritchie?
37	--->'''Richie:''' What?
38	--->'''Beverly:''' Honey... Honey, he's dead.
39	--->''[Neibolt starts to crumble around them]''
40	--->'''Beverly:''' We have to go, come on. Come on, Ritchie.
41	--->'''Bill:''' We gotta go!
42	--->'''Ben:''' C'mon, buddy.
43	--->'''Richie:''' Ah, fuck. Fuck. ''[He starts to cradle Eddie's corpse lovingly]''
44	--->'''Mike:''' We gotta go, man, let him go!
45	--->''[Ben and Bill pull him away, although both are visibly upset as well]''
46	--->'''Richie:''' We can still help him! Guys! '''We can still help him!''' '''''GUYS, WE CAN STILL HELP HIM!'''''
47	** It takes '''''two''''' grown men to drag Richie out of Neibolt. Let that sink in.
48	** If one listens closely, while Ritchie is first being dragged away, he's still calling out for Eddie.
49	** When Neibolt is fully destroyed, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of Richie simply falling to his knees in despair.
50	--->'''Richie:''' ''We gotta get in there and get him,'' '''''HE'S STILL IN THERE!''''' EDDIE! '''''EDDIE!!'''''
51	** Eddie's death scene is drawn out for a while, but the moment where he first gets impaled is particularly ''brutal'' as he's so caught up in his excitement over saving Richie that he turns his back on IT without checking to see if IT's really dead. He's also sitting on top of Richie as it happens, which means Richie quite literally gets ''showered in Eddie's blood''. The sad, scared way they say each other's names and the fact that Richie can only watch in horror as Eddie is dragged away from him doesn't help much, either.
52	* Richie quietly cleaning himself off in the quarry when he sees Eddie's blood on his glasses. He starts to cry for Eddie, which is followed by Bill, Ben, Bev, and Mike hugging him in a manner similar to the first film when the Losers consoled Bill after he found Georgie's raincoat.
53	** Although the others are mourning as well, Richie's grief is visibly on a whole different level, seeing as he has been in love with Eddie ever since they were kids. It's particularly somber to see [[ShooOutTheClowns the film's comic relief filled with such palpable anguish]].
54	* In a flashback, Richie actually has a good time playing an arcade game with Henry Bowers' cousin, only to then be turned against and accused of being a "fairy." Adult Richie's face after that flashback... you can't help but wanting to hug him.
55	** Made even sadder is that it didn't even come off as him hitting on Henry's cousin at all. He was just sheepishly asking him if he wanted to play again, almost as if he just has an adolescent crush on him, but the cousin turns around and not only embarrasses him in front of a group of kids but also made him Henry's personal rival for no other reason other than he likely feared his cousin thinking of him like that.
56	* In some ways, IT's death. Creator/BillSkarsgard had done such a phenomenal job with his take on the Dancing Clown, it's almost hard to watch him go.
57	** The BackgroundMusic as IT dies off is both somber and tense, giving a feeling of absolute despair. Even with this version of Pennywise being [[HateSink far more despicable]] than his previous incarnations in media, he was still largely seen as a LoveToHate character and pretty much stole the show in every scene he appeared. His fate is [[CatharsisFactor very, very richly deserved]] after all the shit he's pulled, but given his entertainment value and how amazingly well Skarsgard did, it can feel quite bittersweet.
58	** Pennywise's last words are also surprisingly poignant. After being reduced to the size and shape of an infant because [[NotAfraidOfYouAnyMore the Losers no longer fear him]], his heart is ripped out. But as he goes, he looks at his foes and chokes out "Look at you...you're all...grown...up..." It's a reminder of everything the group has lost and sacrificed to defeat IT, and even has hints of a PyrrhicVictory--Pennywise may die, but he dies knowing that he utterly tormented the heroes, killed Eddie (and thus broke Richie's heart) and, indirectly, Stan, and generally left the group emotional wrecks that can never recapture the happiness of their childhoods. All grown up indeed...
59	* Patricia Uris. She and Stan had just booked a trip and then Stan commits suicide that same evening. She will never know or understand why, even if the rest of the Losers try to explain to her. She sounds just so devastated and broken on the phone with Beverly that she can't even hold a conversation.
60	* After IT is defeated, the surviving Losers each receive a letter from Stan, explaining that he committed suicide because he was too scared to return to Derry and knew they would have a better chance without him. Bill visibly tears up while reading it and can only go so far before he breaks down.
61	-->''Dear Losers,\
62	I know what this must seem like, but this isn't [[DrivenToSuicide a suicide note]]. You're probably wondering why I did what I did. It's because I knew I was too scared to go back. And if we weren't together? If all of us, alive, weren't united? I knew we'd all die. So, I made the only logical move. [[HeroicSuicide I took myself]] [[ThanatosGambit off the board]]. Did it work? Well, if you're reading this... Then you know the answer. I lived my whole life afraid. Afraid of what I might leave behind. Don't be. [[BeYourself Be who you want to be]]. Be proud. [[OneTrueLove If you find someone worth holding on to? Never fucking let them go]]. Follow your own path, wherever that takes you. I know I told you this wasn't a suicide note, and it isn't. [[ThePromise It's a promise I'm asking you to make to me. To each other. An oath]]. The thing about being a loser is... you don't have anything to lose. So be true. Be brave. Stand. Believe. And don't ever forget...\
63	We're Losers. And we always will be.''
64	** It's worse when you look closely, Stan misspells "lose" as "loose". Way to go, Stan.

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