IT

## Origins

It originated in an undiscovered void containing and surrounding our entire Universe, another far off universe referred to as the "Macroverse." (A concept related to Todash Darkness from The Dark Tower Novels).

Other evidence from this series suggests It is the creation of a separate omnipotent creator referred to as "the Other" (who may be the entity Gan). This "Other" helps the defeat of it at the end, and may also be responsible for the creation of "The Turtle", who is It's natural enemy. In *It* the novel, the Turtle refers to It as his "brother".

It may be one of, or a Twinner of, the six greater demon elementals mentioned by Mia in *Song of Susannah* (as the Spider is not one of the Beam Guardians). It's possible that there are other creatures of the same species as It, due to the fact that It is revealed to be pregnant.

## History

It arrived on Earth in a massive cataclysmic event similar to an asteroid impact, landing in a location in North America that would eventually become Derry, Maine. Once people settled over this location, It adopted its usual pattern of a 27-30 year hibernation, waking to kill and eat. Each awakening and return to hibernation is sometimes marked by a violent and tragic act, such as a mass murder, suicide or weather event. In the period between, a series of child murders occurring in Derry are never taken too seriously or solved. It is outwardly explained that a series of murders, no matter how gruesome, don't get reported if they happen in the small town. However, the real reason is that the influence of It prevents anyone from investigating too deeply.

### Timeline (novel)

* 1715 – 1716: It painfully awakes.
* 1740 – 1743: It starts a three-year reign of terror that culminates in the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township (similar to the lost Roanoke Colony, which was founded as a logging town.)
* 1769 – 1770: It awakes again.
* 1851: IT awakes when a man named John Markson poisons his own family, then commits suicide by eating a white nightshade mushroom, causing an excruciating death.
* 1876 – 1879: It awakes, then returns to hibernation after murdering a group of lumberjacks who were later found near the Kenduskeag Stream.
* 1904: It awakes when a lumberjack named Claude Heroux murders a dozen men in a bar with just one axe. Heroux was promptly pursued by a mob of townsfolk and hanged. In 1985, when Mike asks a witness, if he saw anyone he didn't know that night or seemed out of place.  He remembered seeing "a comical sort of fella". He also said he had seen him a few more times since.
* 1906: It returns to hibernation when the Kitchener Ironworks explode, killing 108 people, 88 of whom were children at an Easter egg hunt.
* 1929: It awakes when a group of Derry citizens ambushes and kills the Bradley Gang, a group of robbers and murderers. The town, including its police chief, pretends it never happened. However, a witness later recounts the tale to Mike Hanlon, including seeing a clown in farmer's attire participating in the slaying.
* 1930: It returns to hibernation when the *Maine Legion of White Decency*, a Northern counterpart to the Ku Klux Klan, burns down "The Black Spot", a nightclub known to cater to African-Americans at the nearby army base. IT appears at the location as a giant bird with balloons on its wings, witnessed by Mike's father William Hanlon.
* 1957: It awakes when Dorsey Corcoran is beaten to death by his stepfather, Richard Macklin. In October, Georgie Denbrough dies from blood loss, when his arm is torn off by Pennywise. This prompts Bill Denbrough (Georgie's older brother) to investigate, leading to the discovery of IT. He, along with several other victims of IT's torment, performs the Ritual of Chüd, which wounds It and forces it to return to an early hibernation.
* 1984: It awakens when three bullies assault Adrian Mellon and Don Hagarty, a homosexual couple. The bullies throw Mellon off a bridge and IT, in the form of Pennywise, attacks and kills him.
* 1985: It is finally defeated and physically killed in another Ritual of Chüd by the adult Bill, Richie, Beverly, Eddie, and Ben.
* In the 1990 adaptation, events occur slightly later, with Georgie's disappearance occurring in 1960 and ITs death in 1990.

### Died

1985 (Novel)

1990 (Miniseries)

2016 (Films)

### Also known as

Pennywise the Dancing Clown

Robert "Bob" Gray

The Derry Disease

The Eater of Worlds

Librarian

Headless Child

Woman in Painting/Flute Lady/Judith/Lilith

Infected Leper

Charred Hands

Richie Tozier

Betty Ripsom

Eddie Kaspbrak

Werewolf

The Mummy

Alvin Marsh

Mrs. Kersh/The Witch

Georgie Denbrough

## Affiliation

### Home

The Macroverse, sewers of Derry, Maine, The Well House (2017 film)

## Movie info

### Portrayed by

**1990 miniseries**

Tim Curry

Annette O'Toole (Beverly)

Tony Dakota (Georgie)

Richard Masur (Stan)

Steve Makaj (Ben's Father)

Florence Paterson (Kersh)

Tom Heaton (Keene)

Frank C. Turner (Alvin Marsh).

**Films**

Bill Skarsgård (Pennywise)

Tatum Lee (Judith)

Javier Botet (The Hobo / Leper / The Witch)

Carter Musselman (Headless Boy)

Jackson Robert Scott ("Georgie")

Stephen Bogaert (Alvin Marsh)

Jack Dylan Grazer ("Eddie Kaspbrak")

Joan Gregson (Mrs. Kersh)

Owen Teague (Patrick Hockstetter)