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Character sheet for 2017's It and its 2019 sequel, It: Chapter Two. For the source material, see here. For the 1990 miniseries, see here.

Only spoilers from It: Chapter Two are whited out. Read at your own risk.

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IT

Pennywise

Leper

The Leper "Do you think this will help me, Eddie?" Portrayed by: Javier Botet "I-I saw a leper. He was like a walking infection." —Eddie Kaspbrak The form IT takes to scare Eddie. A diseased homeless man with leprosy. Adaptational Personality Change: In the novel, he offers Eddie a blowjob for a quarter ("Bobby does it for a dime") and doesn't really have leprosy, but advanced, untreated syphilis. In the movie he's simply a leper, and doesn't proposition poor Eddie.

Body Horror: Has untreated leprosy, and is covered with gangrenous sores all over his body.

Crazy Homeless People: He definitely has this mood going on when he harasses Eddie.

Eye Scream: One of his eyes is essentially rotted away.

Facial Horror: His face is just as deformed as the rest of him.

Guttural Growler: Speaks in a deep, raspy voice.

Lean and Mean: He's super scrawny and looks like he's about to fall apart when he chases Eddie.

Reality Is Unrealistic: His design was criticized as looking too zombie-like, when actual lepers really can get this bad, often losing eyes and noses.

The Noseless: Somewhat, the cartilage from his nose mostly rotted away, revealing his nasal cavity.

Zombie Puke Attack: Does this to Eddie during the final battle in Chapter One. However, because Eddie has already overcome his fear of disease, all this does is piss him off. Does it again in Chapter Two, as a last resort when Eddie nearly succeeds in killing him . To the tune of "Angel of the Morning", no less.



Judith

Headless Boy

Headless Boy Portrayed by: Carter Musselman The form IT takes to scare Ben. A headless victim of the Derry Ironworks explosion. Body Horror: His body has been burnt to a crisp, due to the explosion which blew him to bloody pieces. A close look shows his decapitated neck is smoking as the bloodied head landed in a tree.

Chekhov's Gunman: The Boy's head reappears in the final fight after only appearing as an image in Ben's history book.

Composite Character: He may have been inspired by Eddie Corcoran. Corcoran was a character from the novel and is a victim of IT during 1958 who was strangled and then decapitated while running from IT in a park. He is always Adapted Out, presumably due to time constraints as well as due to the graphic depiction of his death.

Off with His Head!: The form IT takes is based off one of his victims from the Derry Ironworks explosion, whose severed head was found in a tree. The severed head itself makes an appearance as one of IT's forms during the final battle.

The Voiceless: Justified, on account of him being headless.

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Fake Georgie

The Deadlights

Mrs. Kersh

Mrs. Kersh "No one who dies here ever really dies!" Portrayed by: Joan Gregson The form IT takes when confronting a now-adult Beverly upon her return to Derry. Body Horror: There are signs of decaying flesh on her chest when she talks to Beverly. And then she transforms into a giant, Judge Doom -esque monster with sharp teeth and bulging eyes

Evil Old Folks: She may act kind and sweet to visitors, but she is in fact another form of IT.

Fan Disservice: She is wearing no clothes when she attacks Beverly. As an old monstrous lady, mind you.

Full-Frontal Assault: Attacks Beverly while stark naked.

Final Form

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The Losers' Club

In General

Bill

Ben

Beverly

Eddie

Richie

Mike

Stan

The Bowers Gang

General

The Bowers Gang Left to right: Henry, Belch, Victor (in chair), Patrick (behind Vic) — Richie Tozier "Do you think they'll sign my yearbook? Dear Rich, sorry for taking a hot, steaming dump in your backpack." A gang of four bullies (seven in the novel and five in the miniseries) with a grudge against the Losers. Adaptational Attractiveness: Compared to how they are described in the novel. Especially Patrick.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Patrick and Henry. In the book Patrick murdered his baby brother and killed baby animals for fun and Henry killed Mike's dog, tried to rape Beverly, whitewashed Stan's face until he bleed and almost drowned Bill in a dunk tank. He was very clearly insane before It manipulated him. Here, none of Patrick's actions are seen and Henry goes murderous when It starts manipulating him and his hideous actions are toned down or removed and he even gives Bill a pass from his bullying due to Georgie going missing. He also shows care for his cousin.

Adaptational Sexuality: Patrick and possibly Henry were implied to be closeted bisexuals. In the book; there is a scene of Patrick giving Henry a handjob (though when Patrick offered a blowjob, Henry refused and struck Patrick for doing that queer stuff). Here, the handjob between Henry and Patrick is not seen. Patricks tendency to grope girls and get sexually aroused by seeing others in pain, as well as Henrys desire to rape Beverly are also removed. Instead Henry simply mocks Beverly about her perceived reputation and Patrick is merely seen licking his lips once when the Losers pass him in the hallway.

Age Lift: In the novel the bullies are 12 years old. In the movie they are 15-16.

Barbaric Bully: Their tactics go beyond general schoolyard bullying; they stalk, psychologically torture, and abuse their victims.

Carload of Cool Kids: They are not portrayed as "cool" Jerk Jock types, but they're older and tougher than the Losers and cruise around town in Belch's Trans Am.

Delinquents: They have this reputation around town, and it's not undeserved.

Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the novel, Vic, Belch and Patrick are killed in varying ways by IT. In the movie, Patrick is still eaten by IT but it's under different circumstances. Whereas, Vic and Belch were stabbed to death by Henry, who was driven insane by IT's influence, though this is only shown in a deleted scene.

Dirty Coward: Vic and Belch are well aware of Henry's psychopathy and are visibly and audibly disturbed by his actions, i.e carving his name into Ben and trying to shoot a cat. They seem to be on Henry's side because they believe they'll be spared from his wrath. This however lead them to their deaths as they were in the front row seats for Henry's murderous insanity when IT broke him.

Excrement Statement: Richie offhandedly mentions they once took a dump in his backpack.

Everyone Has Standards: Belch is disturbed by Henry carving his name in Ben's stomach and is reluctant when Henry wants to shoot a cat. Victor and Belch are disturbed by Henry's dad abusing and Victor and Patrick don't bully Mike in the alley nor does Victor bully in the Losers outside of the school. Henry himself starts the film out with boundaries and limits (he gave Bill a free pass from his bullying because of Georgie and when he saw his dad watching he did not harm the Losers) though they go away as the film goes on.

Politically Incorrect Villain: Their implied M.O towards Mike.

Sympathy for the Devil: Vic and Belch are sympathetic to Henry due to his father's abuse and they do console him after his father humiliates him by shooting at his feet to make him cry. It's unknown if Patrick also pitied him because he was killed by IT, but Word of Saint Paul states he wouldn't have.

Teens Are Monsters: Not as sadistic and cruel as the book but still very cruel. They take sadistic glee in assaulting people on a daily basis and are almost as bad as IT itself

Uncertain Doom: Vic and Belch aren't seen in the climax, Henry arrives alone with more blood on his face and in Belch's car. Whether or not they died trying to stop Henry or were left unharmed is unclear until a deleted scene shows that an insane Henry actually murdered them off camera by slitting their throats.

Villainous Friendship: Zig-zagged, possible due to Henry's growing insanity. Nobody (except for Belch as shown in a deleted scene) seems to care for Patrick, but Belch and Vic seem to genuinely care about Henry, and the gang spends a lot of time together.

Henry

Victor

Belch

Patrick

Derry Children

Georgie

Greta

Betty

Betty Ripsom Her zombie appearance. Portrayed by: Katie Lunman One of Derry's missing children. Ascended Extra: Sort of. She makes a couple of appearances in the movie (as opposed to the novel, where she's only mentioned). However, these are IT's illusions.

Half the Man He Used to Be: Bill and Richie find her mangled upper torso at the Neibolt House - though it's really just an illusion. The bottom half appears during the Neibolt House battle in Chapter Two.

Hope Spot: In Neibolt House, Bill and Richie open the door marked "Not Scary At All", and open up to a pitch black room where they hear Betty Ripsom's voice asking where her shoe is (they had found it earlier in the sewers). Thinking she is alive, they turn on the light, revealing her mangled torso. Obviously, she does not need shoes anymore.

Posthumous Character: She was killed by IT months before the main part of the movie begins. All her onscreen appearances in the movie are illusions created by IT.

Undead Child: IT assumes the form of a zombie Betty (along with several other of its victims) when hunting Patrick Hockstetter in the sewer.

Un-person: An in-universe case, in which mid-way through the movie the Derry authorities cover up Betty's missing posters with missing posters of Eddie Corcoran. Bill remarks that it's as if everyone is deliberately trying to forget all about her.

Dean

Dean Portrayed by: Luke Roessler A young boy encountered by the adult Losers when they return to Derry, who lives in Bill's old house. Ascended Extra: "Skateboard kid" in the book isn't given a name and is just a random kid who Bill encounters. Here, he's given a minor storyline and interacts with the Losers on multiple occasions.

Broken Pedestal: He's a fan of Richie's stand-up until Richie mistakes him for one of IT's disguise and subjects him to foul-mouthed threats. Richie: (realizing his mistake) You want a picture? Dean: I think I'm good.

Death of a Child: His death is shown in rather gruesome detail.

Eaten Alive: By Pennywise.

Replacement Goldfish: Bill comes to view him as a Georgie-surrogate and a chance to rectify the mistakes he made with Georgie. It doesn't work out.

Sacrificial Lamb: A sweet, innocent kid who the audience grows to like, he's ultimately killed off in order to motivate Bill into taking the fight to IT.

Your Head Asplode: Pennywise bites into his head with such force that it explodes like a ripe melon, splattering blood all over the mirror.

Victoria

Victoria Portrayed by: Ryan Kiera Armstrong A girl who becomes one of ITs victims during the 2016 cycle Death of a Child: Brutally killed by Pennywise.

Facial Markings: She's bullied for the port-wine birthmark on her cheek.

Killed Mid-Sentence: "You're supposed to say thr-"

Parental Neglect: Her mother coldly dismisses her when she interrupts the baseball game, and doesn't even notice when she wanders off.

Too Dumb to Live: Averted; like Georgie, she's initially wary of Pennywise and outright calls him scary until he plays on her empathy and promises to get rid of her birthmark.

Derry Adults

Mr. Marsh

Mrs. Kaspbrak

Sonia Kaspbrak "You know how bad your allergies get." Portrayed by: Mollie Jane Atkinson Eddie Kaspbrak's overprotective mother. Actually Pretty Funny: When she makes Eddie come and kiss her in her first scene, Richie asks if he can have one too as Eddie ushers him outside and she gives a small chuckle about it.

Fat Bitch: Extremely overweight and rather unpleasant, keeping Eddie under her thumb and isolating him from his friends (at one point calling Beverly a dirty girl).

Hate Sink: Downplayed, but she doesn't have a Freudian Excuse like in the book, so it kinda makes her come off as paranoid schizophrenic.

Jerkass Has a Point: Whereas most of the other adults in Derry would rather forget about the child mortality rate (among the other horrors that go on in town), Mrs. Kaspbrak flips it to the other extreme and tries to keep her son as safe as possible, even if it's to his own detriment. The way she begs and pleads with Eddie to stay safe with her after he discovers all his medications are placebos, it seems that while she may not know exactly what's wrong with Derry, she definitely knows that something isn't right.

My Beloved Smother: Keeps tabs on literally everything her son does, where he goes, and whom he hangs out with. While she doesn't seem to mind the other boys coming over to her home (the better to keep an eye on Eddie, after all), when Eddie does venture off with them she sends him off with a fanny pack filled with medications and first aid supplies. She also gives the stink eye to Bev when they bring an injured Eddie back home, calling her a "dirty girl" and mouthing off that "she knows what she gets up to with these boys".

Münchausen Syndrome: Keeps Eddie under her thumb by tricking him into thinking he needs medicine, and giving him placebos instead.

The Paranoiac: She is a delusional paranoiac who brings herself to 'protect her son from the world,' even it it means to trick him into thinking he needs medicine by taking placebos.

Slut-Shaming: Does this to Beverly, calling her a "dirty girl" and believing what the kids around town, falsely, say about her.

Villainous Breakdown: When Eddie finds out all his medicine is fake and stands up to her, she runs out of the house after him, screaming and sobbing for him to come back.

Officer Bowers

Mr. Keene

Norbert Keene "Well how about that, you look just like Lois Lane." Portrayed by: Joe Bostick The local pharmacist. Adaptational Personality Change: Is a gruff but well-meaning pharmacist in the book and a creep in the movie.

Adaptational Villainy: In the original book, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. In the movie he's a creep and an implied hebephile. Also, book Mr. Keene tells Eddie his medicine are placebos, whereas movie Mr. Keene seems content with keeping the lie going.

Decomposite Character: His role in the book as telling Eddie his medicines are placebos is given to his pharmacy assistant and daughter, Greta.

Dirty Old Man: Just look at the other examples.

Fat Bastard: Notably well-fed, and a complete creep.

Gonk: He has not aged well over the course of 27 years, and in Chapter Two is shown to be a tired old man with dried-up, cracked skin, and still with a gross personality to boot.

Hate Sink: A liar, a creep and an overall bad man. Sadly he never gets any comeuppance, and he's still alive (assuming it isn't Pennywise taking his form) twenty-seven years later with his perverted nature utterly unchanged.

Slimeball: He acts in a perverse manner toward Beverly. You can practically see the edges of the screen thicken with slime when he oozes into frame.

The Denbroughs

Zack & Sharon Denbrough Portrayed by: Geoffrey Pounsett & Pip Dwyer The parents of George and Bill. Blame Game: Focuses more on blaming Bill for Georgie's death than providing support for him.

Demoted to Extra: They were hardly large characters in the original book, but here their role is diminished even further. Only Zack gets a speaking part.

Jerkass Has a Point: Zack sternly tells Bill that Georgie's dead, despite Bill believing him to be still alive. However, given that Georgie was shown getting his arm torn off and bleeding profusely before being dragged off by Pennywise in the prologue, it is very practical that Georgie would not survive in a year without proper medical treatment. Bill did eventually realize Georgie was Dead All Along and that his father had been trying to convince him to accept it.

No Sympathy: Their strategy for dealing with Bill obsessing over his disappeared brother is to chew him out for his delusion that Georgie is still alive. Zack's anger towards Bill likely stemmed from he and Sharon blaming him for Georgie's death and wanting him not only accept he's dead, but to accept responsibility as they see him thinking he's alive as a way to escape guilt. When's it's revealed in Chapter Two that Bill faked his illness at the time of Georgie's death, you cannot blame their parents being angry at Bill and emotionally distancing themselves from him afterwards.

Leroy Hanlon

Leroy Hanlon "There are two places you can be in this world. You can be out here, like us, or you can be in there, like them." Portrayed by: Steven Williams The stern grandfather of Mike Hanlon, who runs a nearby abattoir. Hero of Another Story: Mike hints Leroy may have encountered IT in the past. He's even played by Creighton Duke.

Jerkass Has a Point: His strangely stern lecture toward Mike (saying that you are either the sheep ready to be slaughtered and eaten, or you are the butcher ready to kill to survive without hesitation) comes to new light later when Mike mentions that Leroy is aware of IT's existence. Leroy was training Mike to kill to survive, in case IT targeted Mike. There's also the issue that they are black and Derry once had a racist cult that burned down a nightclub, so he may want his grandson to be able to defend himself against human threats as well.

Outliving One's Offspring: His son (Mike's father) was burned to death in a house fire alongside his wife. His insistence that Mike learn to fight and defend himself likely stemmed from the possibility that the house fire was not merely an accident, but a deliberate act of arson done by local racists.

Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike most adults, Leroy is aware of IT's existence and wants to prepare Mike to fight IT, as well as human threats, such as the Bowers Gang.

Retired Badass: Mike hints that Leroy is fully aware of IT's existence. Combined with Leroy teaching Mike to overcome his hesitation to kill if needed heavily implies that Leroy fought against IT in the past.

Stern Teacher: His chiding Mike comes off as mean at first, until it's discovered he was only doing so to prepare Mike against IT.

Rabbi Uris

Rabbi Uris Portrayed by: Ari Cohen The father of Stanley Uris. Nightmare Fetishist: Implied, since the Spooky Painting he keeps in his office is his own son's deepest fear.

Stern Teacher: Is this towards Stan while preparing him for his Bar Mitzvah. However, his perfectionism stems mostly from concern over how Stan's performance will reflect on him as a rabbi than from care for Stan.

Adrian Mellon

Don Hagarty

Don Hagarty Portrayed by: Taylor Frey Adrian's boyfriend, who witnesses his death at the hands of Pennywise. Foil: To Richie. Both are somewhat Straight Gay characters forced to watch as the man they love is killed by Pennywise, but Don is out and proud in a happy relationship while Richie is closeted and miserable.

Forced to Watch: Pennywise deliberately waits until he's watching before taking a bite out of Adrian.

Properly Paranoid: His protests that he wants to get out of Derry due to the town's toxic atmosphere aren't exactly unfounded, considering what happens next.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Adrian's red; he drags Adrian away from the bullies at first, and tries to defuse the situation on the bridge before it can escalate.

Straight Gay: Compared to Adrian, at least, he doesn't have many outwardly camp mannerisms.

What Happened to the Mouse?: Isn't seen or even mentioned again after the opening, despite being one of the few adults other than the Losers aware of Pennywise.

People from outside Derry

Audra Denbrough

Audra Denbrough née Phillips Portrayed by: Jess Weixler A famous actress and model who is married to Bill Denbrough. Demoted to Extra: Her entire storyline from the book is cut, and as a result she appears in only one scene.

Ms. Fanservice: She's an actress and a model who wears a very cleavagey outfit in her only scene.

Precision F-Strike: "Fuck you, Bill," when he asks her why she can't be the woman he wants her to be.

What Happened to the Mouse?: It's not shown if Bill goes back to her after leaving Derry for good.

Tom Rogan

Myra Kaspbrak

Myra Kaspbrak Portrayed by: Molly Atkinson Eddie's domineering wife, who bears a striking resemblance to his mother. Adaptational Jerkass: In the novel, she's more of a pathetic figure, but she's portrayed as quite shrewish here, and berates Eddie into saying he loves her.

Flat "What": Her reaction when Eddie says "I love you, Mommy" to him over the phone.

Like Parent, Like Spouse: Takes the trope to its logical extreme, as she's played by the same actress as Eddie's mother.

Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: This can be inferred, although we never actually see them together on screen. At one point, Richie makes a crack about Eddie having married a woman "ten times his own body mass" that he doesn't refute.

Widow Woman: While she is never seen again, it's very likely she ended up as this following her husband Eddie's death .

Patty Uris