It (character)

It
Stephen King character
Cosplay of Pennywise from the 2017-2019 cinematic version.
First appearance	It (1986)
Portrayed by	1990 miniseries: Tim Curry 2017 film and 2019 sequel: Bill Skarsgård
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Aliases	It (sometimes spelled "IT") Pennywise The Dancing Clown Robert Gray (also Bob Gray)

It, also known as Pennywise, and Pennywise the Dancing Clown, is the title character and main antagonist of Stephen King's 1980 horror novel It. The character is a demonic and scary supernatural entity that murders and eats the local children (and sometimes adults) of the fictional town of Derry, Maine about every twenty-seven years, using many powers that include the ability of shapeshifting and manipulation of reality. During the course of the story, It primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown. "The Losers Club" becomes aware of Pennywise's presence after it kills Bill Denbrough's little brother, Georgie.

King came up with the idea for Pennywise after asking himself what scared children "more than anything else in the world", which he felt was clowns.^[1] The character has been described as one of the scariest clowns in popular culture and is a global icon.

1. ↑ Radford, Benjamin (2016). Bad Clowns. UNM Press. pp. 29, 36, 67–69, 99–103. ISBN 9780826356673. Retrieved 1 May 2016.