Is Pennywise able to be killed?

The short answer is: yes. At the end of the 1986 novel, the Losers descend back into Derry's sewers and, facing off against It in the form of a giant female spider, challenge it to the Ritual of Chüd (more on that in a second) and ultimately crush Its heart, destroying the creature once and for all.

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How killed Pennywise?

Twenty-seven years after their first showdown with the murderous clown, the now-grown members of the Losers' Club converged on Derry to defeat Pennywise forever. In their final battle, the Losers' Club was able to kill Pennywise by reducing him to a child-like form as they overcame their fears.

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Who could kill Pennywise?

As one of the mightiest anime characters of all time, Jotaro Kujo would easily defeat Pennywise with his indefensible Star Platinum standability. When using Star Platinum, Jotaro can freeze time and attack his enemies with devastating blows both from within and outside of the time stoppage.

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How is Pennywise immortal?

Immortality: Its earthly avatar has existed on Earth for thousands if not millions of years. Its true form has existed even longer in the Macroverse (a void outside of time and space that surrounds our own universe).

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Can Pennywise kill you if you're not afraid of him?

Yup! He's a demon and the general idea is if you are not scare, it will only be harder for Pennywise to kill you as he needs to bait you. He can kill you if he wants to anytime and doesn't care. Although, if you are not scared, he will either leave you be for a little while or just kill you in the instant .

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Why did Pennywise start killing adults?

It feasts on the flesh of humans simply because our fears are easy to manifest and they make us taste better. According to It, when humans got scared, "all the chemicals of fear flooded the body and salted the meat".

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How did kids beat Pennywise?

Film: At the house on Neibolt Street, the kids basically do a bunch of damage by impaling It with rods. It looks like they get these weapons from the rusty wrought-iron fence of the house itself. Down in the sewers, during their final encounter, it's much of the same.

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What is the weakness of Pennywise?

That is, when Pennywise morphs into a werewolf, he is subject to the same weaknesses as a werewolf, including silver slugs. In both the original novel and made-for-television adaptation, Pennywise is weakened using silver bullets melted down from earrings.

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How many years does Pennywise wake up?

It slept for millions of years, then, when humans appeared in the area, It awoke and began a feeding cycle lasting about a year, feeding on people's fears and frequently assuming the shape of whatever its prey feared the most. After feeding, It would resume hibernation for approximately 30 years before reappearing.

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How many years does Pennywise kill?

Pennywise's Kills Add Up Over Time

The number is then multiplied by the number of times Pennywise has awakened -- once every 27 years throughout the 270-year history of Derry, equaling ten times -- to come up with a final tally of between 12,000 and 18,000 dead.

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Do the kids kill Pennywise?

The spider-clown shrinks as the Losers hurl taunts at It, until it's tiny and weak enough that they pluck out its heart and squash it into nothingness. In the end, they defeat Pennywise by, uh, making him feel really bad about himself. It author Stephen King.

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Can Pennywise hurt adults?

Throughout the novel (and its adaptations), IT kills many, many people, mostly children as their fears are easier to represent (as explained in the novel, the fears of adults are more complex and abstract, making it more difficult for IT to take a specific shape), but it never got to the Losers (at least not when they ...

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What does Pennywise say before he died?

Image via Warner Bros. Finally, Pennywise is beaten into submission. He scurries away, utters the word "fear," and partially disintegrates before falling into the void. It's a powerful defeat of a powerful monster, and it's satisfaction enough were IT to remain a single film.

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How was Pennywise born?

In the novel, It's origins are nebulous. He took the form of a clown most frequently, Mr. Bob Gray or Pennywise, but his true form is an ancient eldritch entity from another universe who landed in the town that would become Derry by way of an asteroid and first awoke in 1715.

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Who is Pennywise's first victim?

The cinematic adaptation of Stephen King's It Chapter Two depicted the satisfying death of Pennywise while subtly hearkening back to Pennywise's first 1988 victim, Bill's brother Georgie.

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Why does Pennywise only come every 27 years?

IT thrives on chaos; an exact 27-year pattern is way too predictable for a being of pure evil. Rather, IT wakes up roughly every three decades, and stays away for a different period of time.

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When did Pennywise start killing?

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).

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How old is Pennywise true form?

The concept of clowns has been traced back to the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, but the modern circus clown developed in the 19th century, so by the time King's novel is set (the first part of it), Pennywise was around 200 years old.

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How evil is Pennywise?

It is a horrific and malevolent cosmic entity who is billions of years old and preys on Derry's people, especially children, feeding on their fears and using the writhing bright orange lights that comprised his own life essence known as "Deadlights", a dangerous and eldritch form of energy (which is used as a dark ...

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Why is Pennywise scared?

The turtle is a force of benevolence and is guided by compassion, whereas IT represents chaos, evil, and fear. They are diametrically opposed. Because they are both interdimensional entities with equal powers, the turtle could kill IT if it wanted to, therefore it's understandable that IT is terrified of it.

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Who is Pennywise's love interest?

He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.

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Who was Pennywise afraid of?

Stephen King's 'IT' introduced readers to a one-of-a-kind creature that can take any form, the most common one being Pennywise the Dancing Clown, and as menacing as it is, this creature has one big enemy it's truly scared of: Maturin, the turtle.

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How did Pennywise get to Earth?

Pennywise's origins are briefly explored in both the book and It: Chapter Two, where it's revealed that he is a being that crash-landed on Earth from another dimension hundreds of years ago.

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Did Pennywise get pregnant?

Throughout Stephen King's It, Pennywise is referred to as a male, but author Stephen King pulled a fast one on readers in the It book ending by revealing the creature's true form was a pregnant spider, implying that it is, in fact, biologically female.

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