Pennywise

"Ohhh, you're afraid of something, I bet. EVERYONE IS.~ Pennywise to Lord Claudius Ko'Al in The Return of IT.
Pennywise, real name Atlach-Nacha, is a malevolent, fear-feasting monster who is a reoccurring villain in the Terrachaoverse series.
Tier: Avatars vary from High 8-C to 4-B; Low 1-C in its true form
== Appearance ==
Pennywise has made itself recognized as a clown with fiery orange hair & dark makeup, with sunken black eyes, a red nose, & two red streaks running down its face, culminating into a sinister crimson smile. Apparently, these red lines are actually its lips. Pennywise's costume resembles 1600's styled clothing, indicating that it came from a different time. The outfit is gold in color, has a white frilled collar, white frilled sleeves, puffy shoulders, a flared skirt, bloomers, & three red pompoms, although one of them is hiding under the collar. Pennywise's eyes are brown in its clown form but are yellow in its true form. They also glow when it activates the Deadlights.
However, the Dancing Clown is only one of its many forms. Pennywise's true form has yet to be seen, but is known to resemble a colossal spider monster. Despite being a clown most of the time, this version of Pennywise has never been seen on-screen wearing clown shoes. It can also take on the form of whatever someone is afraid of, so its appearance can vary in an unlimited amount of ways. So far, Pennywise has taken on the forms of a creepy clown, Dan dressed as up as Pennywise, a smog monster, the Sun, & King Ziminiar.
== History ==
=== Feaster of Fears ===
Pennywise came into existence eons ago, created by the Emperor of Evil. At the time, however, Pennywise was known as Atlach-Nacha. It would reside in an area of the Multiverse classified as the Macroverse, which is where the gods lived before the mainstream universe was created. Atlach had a rivalry with its distant cousin, Maturin. 
For billions of years, Atlach would travel to the many worlds in the universe, eventually taking on a liking to manipulating other people's fears. It found that fear could make it stronger, feeding on phobias as a means of sustenance. Eventually, it would travel to Earth in a meteorite during prehistoric times, where it rested in a cave system inside Mount Voormithadreth alongside Ghatanothoa. During its time in there, it would begin spinning a world-ending web, building a bridge that connects the dream world to the waking world. It also met other Great Old Ones who made landfall on the planet. Their differing ideals led to conflict on a multiversal scale, turning the infinite multiverse into a finite multiverse by the Old Ones duking it out in their true forms. Cthulhu emerged as the victor in what became known as the Great Old War, earning the title of High Priest.
In the 1600's, it decided to create a humanoid avatar in the form of Robert Gray, or better known by his performer name, Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Because it liked this form so much, Pennywise would become its new identity. Since then, Pennywise has claimed victim after victim with no one ever finding out its' true identity.
In the year 2017, Pennywise became aware of the increasing supernautral activity going on planet Earth & decided to lurk about to see why that was the case. Pennywise would participate in a Super Land Bros. battle held at the Ledda Residence sometime in September, catching the attention of Almighty Tallest Daniel Ledda. Dan recognized Pennywise's immense power, & decided to add it to the roster. They would become minor allies afterwards.
=== Emerging from the Sewers ===
Pennywise would return on October 1st, when it was hiding in the storm drains of MVCC during the annual Uti-Con & met the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Nihilus. However, their encounter was brief, as Nihilus quickly left after seeing Pennywise. Is is possible that Pennywise scared Nihilus away.
On Halloween, Dan enlisted Pennywise to take his place at school for him, since Dan could sense that he would be needed to stay home in case the Deep Creeps were hatching another one of their evil plans again. Pennywise happily agreed & shapeshifted to look like Dan, but still dressed up as the Dancing Clown. It also met one of Dan's friends dressed up as Undyne while it was at MVCC. Despite that, Dan still kept a telepathic link intact in case Pennywise saw any of Dan's friends; therefore allowing himself to speak through Pennywise's shapeshifted body whenever necessary. So, in a way, they were one in the same for the time being. Pennywise would reappear later that night at the Ledda Residence to celebrate the beloved holiday with Dan & a few of his friends. Pennywise did its signature Dance of Doom to Dan's delight, laughing a maniacal laugh.
On November 9th, while Imhotep was at MVCC with Mettaton, he mentioned that Pennywise no longer lives in the storm drains on the campus. Wherever Pennywise's current whereabouts were is unknown.
On Easter Sunday, 2018, Pennywise was visiting the Ledda Residence, attempting to write some poetry upstairs (as April is Poetry Month), but could only come up with "SAMPLE TEXT". However, It would no longer be distraught, as the alien wizard, Vendu would appear, asking for Pennywise to persuade a Tcho-Tcho named Riak to leave the premises. Considering that Pennywise is a Great Old One, Riak was sure to obey. After all, he was entertained by Pennywise's classic "Prince Albert in a Can" joke. Pennywise would then appear at the bottom of the basement stairs & convinced Riak to join the clown.
Pennywise would return on August 14th when he partook in an underwhelming dance number with Fallaballa & Creepy Dude. As they were dancing to the soundtrack of Doki Doki Literature Club!, Pennywise distorted the music & merged it with its own theme song. However, the two were unnerved by the distortion, so Pennywise undid the effects. For some reason, most likely just for a joke, It also offered penis enlargement pills, to which Creepy Dude accepted in a pinch. It would leave after making a weird noise at C.O.G. Commander Joshua Bunch.
Pennywise survived the End of the World on December 7th, along with some of its brethren who were also hibernating on Earth. After the planet was rebuilt thanks to the Infinity Gauntlet, Pennywise returned to its daily life.
During New Year's Eve, Pennywise engaged in a raving dance sequence with Sans, Ultraman, & Jack Jarren. When the clock struck 12:00, Pennywise grabbed Ultraman & jokingly asked him for a kiss. Ultraman was caught off guard by that & reacted in disgust. The Dancing Clown uttered a wicked cackle in response. It would return home soon afterwards.
=== Borrowing the Moon ===
Pennywise would not be seen again until September 13th, which was a Friday. Pennywise saw Michael Myers emerge from the cornfield at Dan's house, & spoke to him by projecting its face on the full moon. Pennywise noted that Michael finally found his way home (that being Earth), but that this wasn't a good place to start because Dan & his friends might know about the thorn symbol on his wrist. Pennywise was curious; what could the Boogeyman possibly fear? It tried to probe Michael for information, drooling at the mere thought of what this infamous killer was afraid of, but before it could get an answer, Mac Tonight appeared & pushed Pennywise out of the way, assuming control of the moon once again. Pennywise then left with an empty stomach.
=== A New Type of Fear ===
The Dancing Clown would make its triumphant return on Halloween, where it escaped from Mount Voormithadreth, danced across the Atlantic Ocean, & crawled its way into the sewers of Maine. Because the Ledda Residence was relatively close (only a few hours away), Pennywise decided to pay a visit to the Almighty Tallest & his friends. It tried to scare Jack, but he flew away before it could do any further harm. Back in the house, it spoke to Lord Claudius & explained why it was there. It noticed how unsteady Claudius' tone was, assuming him to be afraid of clowns, but Claudius denied that claim & went to the basement to talk with Juvenile Batman. Meanwhile outside, Pennywise saw that Dan came back home & taunted him with the knowledge of his "dirty little secret". What exactly this secret is remains unknown, though it most likely has to do with the End of the World & Dan's involvement with it & its cover-up. Dan tried to get Pennywise to go away, shouting that he wasn't afraid, but Pennywise jumpscared him & Dan went back inside to formulate a plan to get rid of the clown. Claudius, Batman, Darth Vader, & Heartman were visiting on that day, & each of them were to leave one by one so that Pennywise couldn't attack them all at once. Back outside, Pennywise was dancing around in Dan's front yard for the lulz.
Claudius journeyed into Zok Forest, where he saw that the river was polluted, so he tried using his Purification Spell on the water, but nothing happened. Suddenly, thundering footsteps could be heard as all the plants started to lose their color. Claudius was then assaulted by a wave of smog before seeing a giant monster made of pollution & sludge. Claudius was scared & tried to make a hasty getaway, but the smog monster breathed out more smog from a tube-like appendage & nearly suffocated Claudius. Pennywise revealed itself through the Deadlights as the monster in disguise, but Claudius' sheer willpower was able to force Pennywise away, shouting that it wasn't real. Suddenly, everything was back to normal. The water was clean, the plants were green, the air was breathable, & the Magic School Bus was still dead.
Back at the house, Vader was about to take his leave but his cybernetic suit started to overheat, which slowed him down to a complete halt. He looked at the Sun. The sky was a fiery orange & it spoke to him, asking if he was okay. Vader paused & was suddenly struck by a bolt of orange lightning, causing his control panel to short-circuit. Fire started to engulf his surroundings, reminding him of his time on Mustafar, & the Sun turned into the Deadlights. Vader resisted & refused to look, instead reciting a Sith mantra to himself before pressing the restart button on his control panel. Vader passed out & woke up seconds later, where everything was back to normal. To test if everything was truly real, he grabbed his lightsaber with the Force & walked away.
Inside the house, Heartman is about to leave, as well, but for some reason, nobody's around. Batman didn't leave yet but he was missing, & not even Dan was around. Alone by himself, Heartman made an attempt to leave through the Warp Zone, but was caught by Pennywise. Heartman was cornered & frightened as Pennywise taunted & insulted him. Heartman had only one weapon to defend himself; a mysterious golden dagger that fell from the sky last year. After convincing himself that it can kill monsters, he sliced off Pennywise's bladed hand & boasted that he wielded the "Dagger of the Gods". As he was about to strike at the clown once again, Pennywise used the Deadlights & put Heartman to a complete halt, forcing him to float to the top of the ceiling. However, Heartman would be rescued by Batman, who showed up out of nowhere with an explosive batarang, which he threw at Pennywise to stop Heartman from looking at the Deadlights. He fell to the floor as his body retreated into his biomass. Batman carried him away, but Pennywise tried to guilt Batman that he couldn't save everyone, but Batman was well aware of this, believing it to be the burden of all heroes. It didn't matter whether or not he saved one person or many people, as long as he tried to make a difference. He then left with a smoke grenade as Pennywise glared angrily at him.
Later that night, the notorious supervillain Doctor Doom came to the house in order to steal the Infinity Stones, but a firefly distracted him on his way to the door. The glowing bug was caught in a pair of white-gloved hands, & out from the shadows came Pennywise, who knew that Doom's name was Victor & tried to befriend him, but Doom did not care, calling him a fool as he was about to enter the house. Pennywise started to cry, which actually got Doom's attention. It claimed that people make fun of it because of its appearance, & Doom was able to sympathize with that notion, explaining his origin. Pennywise claimed that it could reverse Doom's deformities, & Doom believed it. However, Doom quickly realized this was all just a trick, which left Pennywise without anymore options, so it tried to bite him, but Doom countered with two Mystic Blasts. Pennywise then shapeshifted into King Ziminiar, the Demon who killed Doom's parents, & tried to scare him, but Doom knew that this was an illusion & nothing more. Pennywise reverted to its clown form & Doom retreated.
Moments later, Dan finally came out of the house & met up with Pennywise, who sat at the picnic table defeated & starving. They talked for a bit, with Dan explaining to Pennywise that it was through his & his friends' willpower that they weren't afraid of it. Though he was grateful for Pennywise scaring off Doctor Doom, Dan commanded the clown to return to its domain, but it had one more question, asking Dan if he'll be there "when the Ancient Ones rise", in reference to the Great Old Ones. Dan said he would, & Pennywise was about to leave, but in the quickest moment it tried to grab at least one small bite before its hibernation. Dan then used the Space Stone to summon Maturin, which scared Pennywise off, leaving while demanding that Dan would give him a "free meal" the next time they meet.
=== Nightmarish Glimpses ===
Pennywise remained asleep, but an avatar of his was spotted by Imhotep on February 27th, 2020. While he & Jack were at the house of Dan's sister, Imhotep was caught in Pennywise's Deadlights, but it would appear that Jack didn't see the clown at all. Imhotep woke up the next morning & dismissed it as a nightmare, though it felt so real to him.
Pennywise would make a brief interaction with Dan on January 1st, 2021, where it & King Hastur would alter his calendar to say December 32nd, 2020. Dan was startled by their interruption & was not ready for 2020 to continue any longer, so he took a pair of the 2020 Bros' glasses & tore it apart with his Infinity Gauntlet. Doing so corrected the calendar & 2021 could properly begin.
In deathly sleep, Pennywise remains slumbering underground beneath the sewers of Maine, waiting for the time when it shall rise again.
== Personality ==
Pennywise is sinister & bloodthirsty, hunting down the weak to make itself stronger. It devours those who can succumb to its fearmongering abilities, taking delight in "salting the meat" before feasting on its prey. It can be mean, it can be cruel, it can be gluttonous, but ever since it took on the form of Pennywise, it has found itself to find a liking to being cheerful & funny. As a clown, Pennywise is inclined to act goofy in some way, shape, or form, and it likes being a clown, even appearing friendly at times, too. But besides that, Pennywise only cares about those who can provide food for it.
== Powers & Abilities ==
=== Physical Abilities ===
Godlike Strength: As a Great Old One, Pennywise is capable of amazing strength, able to tear off limbs & heads with ease. Its strength fluctuates due to its shapeshifting nature, but in its true form it's comparable to the stronger Great Old Ones. Throughout The Return of IT, Pennywise would make its avatars stronger & stronger with each person it scared in an attempt to overcome them, though it would expend more of its power by doing so. In its last two avatars, it could critically injure Darth Vader & contend with Doctor Doom. Scaling from other members of its kind, its true form is unfathomably stronger, with them all being the reason why the Multiverse is no longer infinite.
* Dance of Doom: Since its signature dance involves kicking motions, it can use its dance as a means of attack.
Godlike Speed: Pennywise is incredibly quick, ranging from faster than an express train to faster than light. Not to mention, the Deadlights themselves are a light-based attack. Its speed fluctuates due to its shapeshifting nature, but the highest speed calculated for it is when it struck a lightning bolt at Vader from the Sun, which clocks in at 334,640,903,505.67 miles per hour, 499 times lightspeed. However, it should be even faster than that given it was able to fight Doctor Doom. Its true form can move at immeasurable speeds.
Invulnerability: Pennywise is almost invincible, but can still be susceptible to harm if its current form has a weakness. In its clown form, it can recover from Batarang explosions pretty quickly, show little harm when having a body part severed, & recover from Doctor Doom's mystic blasts within seconds. It can also combat other Great Old Ones like Maturin. Its maximum durability varies from avatar to avatar but is megaversal in its true form.
Immortality: Pennywise cannot be killed, as it would simply revert to its most simplest form & wait until it could be reformed. It can also live for as long as it wants & is unbound by conventional life & death.
Invisibility: Usually being selective with this ability, Pennywise can turn invisible.
Shapeshifting: One of its most famous tricks, this clown can take on any form, even if it's of something that doesn't exist yet. Its most famous form is a clown monster, but its true form resembles a giant, hideous, spider-like creature.
Regeneration: Pennywise can heal its wounds rather quickly, depending on its form, even recovering its hand from being cut off by the Dagger of the Gods. In its true form, it can recover from complete spiritual destruction like the rest of its brethren.
=== Special Powers ===
Higher Dimensional Manipulation: According to Batman, Pennywise is a 6-dimensional being.
*Temporal Window: Pennywise can see in 6 dimensions, allowing him to see the Multiverse as his playground.
*Acausality: It is immune to time paradoxes & can break free of time loops.
*Teleportation: Pennywise can instantly disappear & reappear in a different place, here in a flash & gone without a trace.
**Dimensional Travel: As a Great Old One, it can go to other universes if it needs to diversify its palette.
*Avatar Creation: Pennywise can shapeshift, sure, but it can also make itself appear in multiple places at once. By occupying our 3-dimensional space in multiple places simultaneously, it can be anywhere at anytime. However, its avatars are relatively weak & can be willed out of existence if someone doesn't believe that they're real. So far, It has been seen transforming into a creepy clown, a smog monster, Ziminiar, & even the Sun.
Nigh-Omniscience: The Great Old Ones were said to have known everything in the universe before going into hibernation, & it's this level of knowledge that could be the reason why Pennywise knows exactly what someone's fear is, regardless of how well it knows someone.
Deadlights: Pennywise's source of power is its Deadlights; an eldritch type of energy that composes its body. It's possible that the rest of the Great Old Ones' bodies are made of the Deadlights, or that could just be what Pennywise calls it. It activates this power by making its eyes & mouth glow a blinding yellow light that is impossible to dodge unless you can move faster than light.
Mind Manipulation: Pennywise can control other people's minds, typically through the Deadlights, usually to manipulate them into doing its bidding. All it takes is one look into its eyes & you're locked in. 
* Telepathy: Pennywise can communicate with others with his mind. It can use this power to tap into someone's head & find out what they're afraid of if it can't figure it out. It can also create telepathic links with other people (like Dan) to establish a bridge between their minds.Fear Manipulation: Pennywise's favorite power is the ability to affect other people's phobias. Fear makes it stronger, as well as giving itself a new form based on what its victim's afraid of. A collective fear of Pennywise can make it even more powerful.
* Madness Manipulation: The side effects of looking at the Deadlights range from insanity to death.
Reality Warping: Pennywise is high up there on the list of the most powerful Great Old Ones. It has also been recognized as one of the most powerful villains on the show. Pennywise does not operate on our level of existence. It can warp reality in several different ways, usually (& almost exclusively) to make things scarier.
*Illusions: Because of its methods of scaring people, Pennywise can conjure a seemingly infinite amount of illusions. It appears to have no limit on what illusions can be created, like giving imaginary things realistic qualities, altering its surroundings, etc. Alongside Hastur, it was even able to alter Dan's calendar so that it would say December 32nd, 2020.
*Cosmic Projection: Pennywise can make its image appear on celestial bodies like the Moon or the Sun. It did this when speaking to Michael Myers & Jason Voorhees, but made sure that those two & Dan were the only ones who could hear its voice. It also used this technique to make itself appear as the Sun to Vader.
*Weather Manipulation: Pennywise can affect the weather to an extent. For instance, it can cause thunderstorms. It used this to attack Darth Vader, or at least, to make him believe he was being attacked.
*Auditory Distortion: Pennywise can alter sound & music by making it distorted & uncomfortable to listen to. It can also mimic other people's voices. This is a fear tactic it likes to use from time to time.
*Telekinesis: A master of the mind, Pennywise can manipulate objects without touching them.
== Weaknesses ==
As powerful as it is, Pennywise's powers are limited to whatever physical form it takes. This would mean that it would still bleed and take damage, regardless of whether it was a clown, a werewolf, a mummy, or a giant spider. Should it be physically destroyed in any of its forms, its essence would return to wherever its true form may reside.
Also, Pennywise is weak to mental strengths such as courage & love. This is apparent due to its fearmongering nature, as someone who isn't afraid cannot succumb to its power. Should Pennywise encounter such a problem, it would begin to starve & most likely make a hasty getaway. Its powers can only work successfully if its victims are afraid, but if they know what Pennywise is afraid of, It will lose.
== Trivia ==
* It is based off of the Stephen King character of the same name. The Terrachaoversian Pennywise is somewhat of a mixture between both the 1990 Pennywise & the 2017-2019 Pennywise in both character & personality. Despite that, it's more like the 2017-2019 version overall.
* It's true name, Atlach-Nacha is also the name of a Great Old One from the Cthulhu Mythos.
* In The Return of IT, Pennywise's smog monster form is the 2004 version of Hedorah from the Godzilla franchise.
* In that same film, Pennywise makes a reference to Michael Jackson's song, "Smooth Criminal" by asking Vader "Ani, are you okay?" This makes sense, considering Ani is short for Anakin.
* Despite existing before the humans' invention of the calendar, Pennywise has a birthday listed as it would've corresponded with what date it would've been if a calendar did exist during its birth.
== Filmography ==
# Darth Nihilus’s Trip to Uti-Con (off-screen)
# The Beast Who Threatens All 
# Imhotep & Mettaton’s Random Adventure at MVCC (stock footage; off-screen)
# The Third Weirdest Easter Special Ever 
# R4ND0MN355 Shorts: Fallaballa Discovers Doki Doki 
# The Second Weirdest New Year’s Special Ever 
# Light Shines Brightest in Despair 
# The Return of IT 
# A Dark Mystery Unveiled (stock footage)
# A Week in the Life 
# It’s Been One (Literal) Hell of a Year (voice only)
# HEY 🅱ETER: THE 🅱EQUEL 
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