What are Pennywise's weaknesses?

It's weaknesses are courage and heart. For the sake of spoilers, I won't go too much into the Ritual of Chüd, but suffice it to say that if you want to defeat It, you've got to have the two traits listed above.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on bloody-disgusting.com

What is 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.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com

What kills Pennywise the Clown?

When does Fortnite Chapter 3 come out and Chapter 2 end? Accordingly, the gang force Pennywise to become small and weak, after which they're able to remove his still-beating heart and crush it in their hands, finally ending his reign of terror.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on radiotimes.com

What makes Pennywise evil?

The character is an ancient, trans-dimensional evil entity which preys upon the children (and sometimes adults) of Derry, Maine, roughly every 27 years, using a variety of powers that include the ability to shapeshift, manipulate reality, and go unnoticed by adults.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org

Can Pennywise be beaten?

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.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on bustle.com

10 Pennywise Weaknesses You Never Knew About (It Chapter 2)

35 related questions found

What does Pennywise do for 27 years?

Every 27 years, a shape-shifting entity known as IT crawls out of the sewers to prey on the children of Derry, Maine. IT plasters himself with an unnatural grin, takes on the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, and wreaks havoc.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on refinery29.com

Who is Pennywise's rival?

You've also probably read all of King's horror novels, including The Dark Tower series, which reveals that Pennywise's archenemy is The Turtle.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on yahoo.com

Who eats Pennywise?

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".

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on collider.com

Why does Pennywise have a red balloon?

“It” is an evil entity that usually takes the form of a clown named Pennywise (played by Bill Skarsgård) and returns to Derry, Maine every 27 years to terrorize the town. The red balloon is a harbinger that It is watching you.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on apartmenttherapy.com

How did kids defeat 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.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on esquire.com

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.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on hollywoodreporter.com

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.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on collider.com

Was Pennywise scared of the losers?

With Derry, Maine as the main setting, IT follows the Losers as they come across an evil entity living in the sewers which wakes up every 27 years to feed, and to make it worse, the creature feeds off the fear of its victims and it can take any shape it desires.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com

What are the IT kids afraid of?

Young kids fear "pretend" things.

They fear what might be under their bed or in the closet. Many are afraid of the dark and at bedtime. Some are afraid of scary dreams. Young kids may also be afraid of loud noises, like thunder or fireworks.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on kidshealth.org

How many kills do Pennywise have?

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.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cbr.com

Why do the kids float in Pennywise?

The simplest and most obvious interpretation is that all the talk of floating is a reference to the fact that Pennywise (aka the titular "It") murders his victims and drags them down to the town's sewer system where he dwells, which is full of water. And what do dead bodies do in water? That's right — they float.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on popsugar.com

What are the 3 lights in Pennywise mouth?

The Deadlights are orange writhing lights that exist in Todash Darkness. Pennywise uses its Deadlights to break a person's mind because one look at the Deadlights will make a person go insane due to it not being able to be comprehended by a human mind.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on darktower.fandom.com

What powers do Pennywise have?

Warner Bros. Pennywise's signature power is the ability to shift into any shape the mind can imagine. It is actually an entity from another world with a true form that is too complex for the human mind, a spider being the closest option.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on slashfilm.com

Who saw Pennywise first?

Though it is just before the next twenty-seven year IT cycle, this is our first glimpse of Pennywise in IT Chapter One. In the opening scene of the film, young Georgie Denbrough playing with a paper boat made for him by his brother Bill. He loses the boat down the sewer and faces Pennywise when he tries to get it back.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on collider.com

What are the losers scared of in IT?

In each adaptation, Pennywise attacks his victims by manifesting the thing they fear the most. For the boys in the Losers Club, that fear includes werewolves, mummies, lepers, evil paintings, and even giant birds.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on certifiedforgotten.com

Who are the losers in IT?

The Losers Club is the main protagonistic faction of Stephen King's novel It. They are a group of seven children, with six boys (later men) and one girl (later a woman) and they have unhappy lives which unite them. They are bullying victims of Henry Bowers and struggle to overcome the title antagonist.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on hero.fandom.com

What race is Pennywise?

According to the film's lore—a truncated version of what can be found in Stephen King's original novel—Pennywise is an alien who arrived on Earth long ago. The Native Americans he encountered performed a ceremony—the Ritual of Chüd—to trap Pennywise.

Takedown request   |   View complete answer on vanityfair.com