It (Stephen King)

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## Evil-doer

* Novel
* 1990 miniseries

### Alias

It (sometimes capitalized as "IT")
Pennywise
The Dancing Clown
The Clown
Robert Gray (also Bob Gray)
Georgie Denbrough
The Wolfman
The Mummy
The Spider
The Giant Spider
The Devil
The Leper
Flute Lady
Lilith
Beverly Marsh
Judith
Imposter
Headless Boy
Dorsey Corcoran
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Victor Criss
Vic
Christine (Implied)
Tony Rivers
Stupid Mummy
Stupid Mime
Lonely Clown
Mrs. Kersh
The Witch
The Monster
Eater of Worlds
Eater of Children
The Derry Disease
The Eternal
The Taelus
Consumption

### Origin

It (sometimes known as Stephen King's *It*)

### Resources

Control over the Deadlights
High intellect
Mastery of disguises
Manipulation
Trickery
Cunning
Vast exceptional powers
Essokinesis
Shapeshifting
Mind control
Megethoskinesis
Immortality
Parafrosynkisnis
Possession
Somnipathy
Superhuman strength
Superhuman speed
Superhuman flexibility
Universal psychic powers
Regeneration
Teleportation
Partial invisibility
Chlorokinesis
Telekinesis
Telepathy
Near-invulnerability
Illusions
Lumokinesis
Nigh-omnipotence (book only)

### Hobby

Terrifying children.
Killing and devouring children.
Showing the Deadlights to Its victims and making them "float".
Playing tricks on Its victims.
Exacting revenge.
Playing mind games with Its victims.
Scarring Its enemies and victims for life.

### Goals

Kill Its eternal enemy Maturin the Turtle (indirectly succeeded).
Feed on the fears of the children of Derry and then devour them every twenty-seven years to fulfill Its hunger.
Control and expand Its influence over all of Derry to help It devour the town's children (both succeeded until 1985).
Get revenge on the Losers Club for Its defeat and suffering they caused It twenty-seven years ago and then return to Its usual role of killing and devouring the children of Derry after they're out of the way (succeeded with Eddie and Stanley; failed with the rest of everyone else).

### Crimes

Serial murder (mostly child murders)
Malefic
Identity theft
Mutilation
Child abuse
Torture
Kidnapping
Stalking
Terrorism
Aiding and abetting
Brainwashing
Vandalism
Trespassing
Crimes against humanity

### Type of Villain

Sadistic Bogeyman

**It** (sometimes capitalized as **IT**), also more commonly known by its favourite form as **Pennywise the Dancing Clown**, is the secondary antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse, serving as the titular main antagonist of Stephen King's 1986 coming-of-age horror novel *It* as well as its 1990 TV miniseries adaptation. It also appears as a minor antagonist in King’s 1987 novel, *The Tommyknockers* and his 2011 novel, *11/22/63*, and as a posthumous antagonist in King’s 2001 novel *Dreamcatcher*.

In the 1990 two-part miniseries, the Pennywise form of It was portrayed by Tim Curry.

## Other Portrayals

These are the actors/actresses who portrayed IT in it's many forms besides Pennywise the Clown

### 1990 miniseries

* While taking the form of Belch Huggins It was portrayed by Chris Eastman
* While taking the form of Stanley Uris's decapitated head It was portrayed by Richard Masur
* As Georgie Denbrough It was portrayed by Tony Dakota.
* As Ben's father It was portrayed by Steve Makaj.
* As Keen It was portrayed by Tom Heaton.
* As Kerche It was portrayed by Florence Paterson.
* As Alvin Marsh It was portrayed by Frank C. Turner.
* As Beverly Marsh It was portrayed by Annette O'Toole.

## Background

It is a horrific and malevolent cosmic entity that is billions of years old, spawned in the void of the Macroverse, which is also otherwise known as the Todash Darkness. An unknown number of centuries or even millennia ago, It came to planet Earth to feed. It lives in the sewers of the New England town Derry, awakening every twenty-seven years to prey on the town's children, feeding on their fears and using the writhing bright orange lights that comprised Its own life essence and is Its true form, known as "the Deadlights", a dangerous eldritch form of energy (which is used as a dark magical weapon by another monstrous Stephen King villain known as the Crimson King), to make them "float" before killing and devouring them.

This twisted extra-dimensional entity had a form a human could only comprehend as a giant spider, but It would almost always disguise Itself as a clown named "Pennywise the Dancing Clown" to attract children so that It could capture and kill them as they were an easier target. It could also morph into any form It wished, generally based on Its victim's fears.

Due to Its shapeshifting abilities, the true identity of the creature is never established. It seems to have no real name, gender, or identifiable species; thus the creature is only referred to as "It" by Its enemies.

It encounters a group of local Derry children collectively nicknamed the Losers' Club in 1956. It attempts to devour them, but they not only survive but manage to hurt, battle, and partially defeat It. The Losers Club grows into adults twenty-seven years later and returns to Derry after forgetting everything to battle It once again and presumably kill It. It is the sworn nemesis of Maturin the Turtle and the archenemy of Bill Denbrough.