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As far asiconic fabricated monstersgo , there are very few in the world that arescarier , more reviled , and more venerable than Pennywise the Dancing Clown . Also known as the titulary beast inStephen King ’s smash hit novelIT , Pennywise is a monster that capitalize on concern to hunt his victim . The fact that he can transform into any frightening form the human brain can conceive makes him a villain that anyone can be afraid of .
Pennywise is one of Stephen King ’s most divine and singular characters , and it ’s gruelling to deny thatIT is the horror master ’s magnum piece of music of villain . However , there are elements of Pennywise ’s floor and characterization that just do n’t seem to make any sense . Some of them are mysteries about IT that are left unexplained , some of them are characteristic that contradict each other , and some of them are just sheer system of logic go . This list focuses on the latter , and it ’s been update to showcase a few more odd things about the fictitious character .
update on December 7th , 2020 by Derek Draven : As mentioned above , we ’ve add a few more logic turkey to this list of thing that just do n’t make common sense about Pennywise . Perhaps Stephen King will write a novel explaining some of these mysteries , or perhaps it ’s best leave to rooter speculation . Either mode , these are some on-key head - scratchers .
No Outside Scrutiny
Pennywise is able to cast a shadow of influence over the townsfolk of Derry which make its adult inhabitants look the other way when it comes to the disappearances of its small fry . It ’s an subtle equipment the brute apply to mask his trail and make mass forget what ’s really go on .
That influence does n’t extend alfresco of Derry , however . Missing person news report would still be filed , and eventually , someone would have noticed a disturbing vogue . It plausibly would n’t be long before the FBI was tasked on Derry to enquire , and it ’s dubious Pennywise would have the clip to indoctrinate these outsiders and make them go away .
Why Not Come In Through The Front Door?
Every minor has nightmares about the teras under the bottom , which makes it a perfect tool for Pennywise to exploit . Yet , such an attack never seems to pass . The tool does n’t infest children ’s homes at night whilst they slumber and snap them from their bed , nor does he hold back in the closet until the spark go out .
Pennywise appears force to attack his dupe by luring them away from their safe spaces long enough to pounce . This normally happen outdoors , which suggest that he can not assail children in their home . Yet , there have been illustration where Pennywise has engaged his quarry indoors , which urinate this conundrum all the more confusing .
Why Eat?
The creature ’s truthful manikin is largely unfathomable to human race , and the vapourous sight of its deadlight can run to utter madness . Clearly , humankind is not deal with an average monster , but something far beyond the scope of our corporate savvy .
This begs the question as to why Pennywise needs to eat at all . With such immense powers that border on the cosmic level , this creature should be inherently immortal and completely above the need for physical sustenance . Either his special brand of the munchies is recreational in nature , or the act of devouring prey give him a variety of abstractionist symbolic vigor in the same venous blood vessel as the Ritual of Chüd allows mere mortals to battle him and win .
Why Not Kill More Adults?
Pennywise never seems to discommode bump off the old folks in Derry , but he has take out onetime teenager and youthful grownup as well as child . It ’s established early on that Pennywise prefers the taste of children over other type of fair game , but such a diet would doubtless raise too many questions .
The creature ’s psychic influence over the adult in the township might have something to do with it , but it seems like an awful lot of energy to expend to go after a special fineness . With a town full of conditioned subjects , Pennywise would n’t need to be finicky .
Why A Clown?
While concern of clowns is ( interestingly ) one of the more common human phobia , it makes little sense for Pennywise to choose such a phase give that it does n’t seem to scare away very many nipper . For instance , Pennywise ready several killing throughout the novel and film that do not include " salt the meat , " a reference to spiking concern in children to make them taste better .
Young Georgie is the first object lesson of this when he forgather Pennywise at the first of the first film . Either the fauna was crave and wanted a quick meal , or he was n’t interested in wager the long game . This does n’t make sense given that Pennywise drop an over-the-top amount of fourth dimension build up fear within the Loser ’s Club .
His Survival On Earth
So something that really stick out about Pennywise as a fiber is that he has been on earth for millions , if not billions , of eld , but he ’s a character who feeds completely on world and their gumption of fear . However , if he ’s been on earth for even half as long as it seems like he has , how has he survived for this long ? His beingness on Earth seems like it might predate the cosmos of humankind all in all , so if his chief food source is people then what was he doing to keep himself alive for all of that time before ?
It ’s possible he find a way of life to fertilise off other lifeforms that predated humans , although it certainly could n’t have been in the same complex , emotionally - based fashion as humans were targeted . That suppose , a fauna of such immense power ca n’t be underestimated .
The Scope Of His Mind Control
One of the more curious aspects of Pennywise as a character is his mind ascendence . It ’s clear that his world power are quite forward-looking within Derry , but the factthat the Losers Club all draw a blank his existenceonce they leave the town suggests that it exists outside of Derry as well . That begs the interrogation - if Pennywise is powerful enough to control people ’s minds , no matter how far they are from him or how long they ’ve been forth , then why is n’t he hold the minds of hoi polloi around the domain ?
Perhaps Pennywise ca n’t shape the mind of those he has n’t encounter directly , thus limiting his control to those who ’ve live in or spent considerable time in Derry over the year . It ’s also potential controlling mind saps Pennywise ’s long suit , and he can only act upon a sure number of multitude at a give time .
Its Changing Limitations
Something that ’s very hard to discern about Pennywise inITis what his limitations are and how they seem to always change . It ’s actually reasonably good to assume that that ’s an intentionally puzzling aspect of his character because the fact that he can create magic trick that are indistinguishable from reality patently means that he can make his targets think he is or is n’t capable of whatever he want .
But the fact that he can take an iron ear through the head without pall in human form but is also most conk to death by Eddie in another human physical body seems very inconsistent . Considering how complex and unknown IT ’s biological science is , perhaps the monstrosity ’s vulnerability is also directly dissemble by the resistance displayed by a given target .
His Changing Weaknesses
One of Pennywise ’s main weaknesses as a character is that although his true figure is something dear to god than to human when he transform into a specific show then he takes on the weaknesses of the form that he is come out as . Obviously , he does n’t take on those weaknesses alone , but it ’s enough that it has a significant upshot on him .
take that into consideration , why is it that when Pennywise finds himself in any kind of lawful danger he does n’t just transform into something else that does n’t have the weaknesses that are presently being exploited and used against him ? It ’s possible Pennywise becomes subject to a kind of shape - shifter " mode lock , " in which once an meeting has been broach with prey in one form , Pennywise is confine by those limitation until there ’s been a break in the showdown .
The Forms That He Takes On In General
And in that same vein , if Pennywise needs to obey the law of whatever form he ’s inhabiting at the time , why does n’t he just take on the forms of something that is super substantial or nearly impossible to vote down ?
He ’s a maven at exploit other people ’s fear , so he undoubtedly can reckon out figure to take on that are n’t nearly as weak as something like a clown or Beverly Marsh ’s Father-God . Pennywise definitely seems more perdurable than the average soul even when he ’s in human shape , but if his safety machine or life is at post , why not transform into a more powerful form ? Perhaps IT ends up weigh the pro and con game of each particular transformation , respective to the fears level it would make in quarry . For personal reasons , Beverly is likely to hold a much deeper fear toward her Padre than a elephantine monster , and it ’s care that salts the meat , so to speak .
