Pennywise the Dancing Clown

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antagonist cosmic entity demon-like being fictional character shapeshifter supernatural entity villain

Pennywise the Dancing Clown is a malevolent, shape-shifting entity that often appears as a clown to terrorize and prey upon children in Stephen King’s horror universe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pennywise the Dancing Clown canonical 14
Pennywise 8
Pennywise the Dancing Clown in It (1990 miniseries) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
cosmic entity ⓘ
demon-like being ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
shapeshifter ⓘ
supernatural entity ⓘ
villain ⓘ
ability illusion casting ⓘ
immortality (conditional) ⓘ
reality warping (localized) ⓘ
regeneration ⓘ
shape-shifting ⓘ
telepathy ⓘ
alias Bob Gray ⓘ
It ⓘ
The Dancing Clown ⓘ
The Eater of Worlds ⓘ
alignment malevolent ⓘ
appearsIn It (1990 miniseries) ⓘ
It (2017 film) ⓘ
It (novel) ⓘ
It Chapter Two (2019 film) ⓘ
archenemy Maturin the Turtle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States (publication context) ⓘ
linked to: US
createdBy Stephen King ⓘ
cycleOfActivity approximately every 27 years ⓘ
dwelling sewers of Derry ⓘ
enemyOf The Losers' Club ⓘ
linked to: Losers' Club (It film series)
feedsOn fear ⓘ
firstAppearance It (1986 novel) ⓘ
linked to: It (novel)
franchise It franchise ⓘ
gender male (primary clown form) ⓘ
homeDimension the Macroverse ⓘ
linked to: Macroverse
literaryGenre horror ⓘ
motivation to feed on fear and flesh ⓘ
notableEnemy Ben Hanscom ⓘ
Beverly Marsh ⓘ
Bill Denbrough ⓘ
Eddie Kaspbrak ⓘ
Mike Hanlon ⓘ
Richie Tozier ⓘ
Stanley Uris ⓘ
notableForm giant spider-like creature ⓘ
notableScene storm drain encounter with Georgie Denbrough ⓘ
originUniverse Stephen King multiverse ⓘ
portrayedBy Bill Skarsgård ⓘ
Tim Curry ⓘ
preferredVictims children ⓘ
primaryForm clown ⓘ
primaryLocation Derry, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
species otherworldly entity ⓘ
symbolism embodiment of childhood fears ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

It (novel) → featuresCharacter → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
subject linked to: It
It (novel) → antagonist → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
subject linked to: It
It (2017 film) → character → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
Jerry Finn → associatedAct → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Stan Uris → associatedWith → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
It (1990 miniseries) → mainCharacter → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
It (1990 miniseries) → antagonistAlias → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
It Chapter Two → featuresCharacter → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
subject linked to: It Chapter Two (2019 film)
It Chapter Two → antagonist → Pennywise ⓘ
subject linked to: It Chapter Two (2019 film)
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Bill Skarsgård → characterPortrayed → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
It film series → mainAntagonist → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
It film series → notableMonsterForm → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
It (Stephen King) → notableAlias → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
subject linked to: shape-shifting entity It
It (Stephen King) → preferredForm → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
subject linked to: shape-shifting entity It
Richie Tozier → associatedWith → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Bill Denbrough → enemyOf → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
Beverly Marsh → confronts → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
Eddie Kaspbrak → enemy → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
It (novel) → hasMainCharacter → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
Tim Curry → filmRole → Pennywise the Dancing Clown in It (1990 miniseries) ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Mike Hanlon → associatedWith → Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ
Ben Hanscom → enemy → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Stanley Uris → fears → Pennywise ⓘ
linked to: Pennywise the Dancing Clown