Does Pennywise have balls?

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So in a nutshell, Pennywise/It's true form is floating balls of light out in space, and if you look at them in their true form, your mind will live eternally in It's thrall (this is what happens to Bill's wife Audra in the book).
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Is Pennywise a boy or a girl?

Throughout Stephen King's It, Pennywise is referred to as a male, but author Stephen King pulled a fast one on readers in the book's ending by revealing the creature's true form was a pregnant spider, implying that it is, in fact, biologically female.
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Does Pennywise have a balloon?

One of the most defining characteristics of Pennywise is that he carries a bunch of balloons (of various colors in the novel, red in the adaptations), which according to a fan theory are more than just an illusion to catch his victims.
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What kind of creature is Pennywise?

IT is a shape-shifting creature known as a Glamour who is billions of years old. Although It lived on planet Earth for many years, IT originated in a void/dimension outside the regions of space known as the Macroverse.
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Why does Pennywise have a balloon?

While it possesses no harmful qualities of its own, it's still pretty unnerving to see a red balloon appear out of nowhere. According the the Wiki set up to explain It and his powers, the red balloon is an illusion — one of many — that can be created to lure It's victims to their deaths.
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What does the red ? mean?

With a balloon in hand, especially a red one, even the most depressed birthday clown will be grinning. So, sending a red balloon emoji is a definitive signal of your happiness with life, and that's like a totally scientifically proven fact.
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Do you want a balloon too Georgie?

Pennywise : I bet I can cheer him up! I'll give him a balloon. Do you want a balloon too, Georgie? Georgie : I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers.
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Can Pennywise shape shift?

Pennywise, also known simply as "It," is the quintessential shapeshifter, changing into whatever his prey fears the most.
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What is Pennywise's true form?

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.
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Is Pennywise scared of turtles?

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.
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Does Pennywise hold a red balloon?

If you haven't read “It” by Stephen King or seen the supernatural horror films based on the novel, the red balloon is a major symbol in the story. “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.
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Why does Pennywise hibernate for 27 years?

The rule isn't as hard in King's novels — which, knowing IT's character, makes sense. IT thrives on chaos; an exact 27-year pattern is way too predictable for a being of pure evil. Rather, IT wakes up roughly every three decades, and stays away for a different period of time. Talk about messed up circadian rhythms!
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What does Pennywise feed off of?

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".
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Will It 3 come?

Pennywise actor Bill Skarsgård confirmed in September 2019 that he'd spoken with Muschietti about what a third movie could be, teasing that it's not "quite what people expect" and that it would be "something different". "The first two stories are the book, and the second film is the end of that story.
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How old is Pennywise?

The concept of clowns has been traced back to the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, but the modern circus clown developed in the 19th century, so by the time King's novel is set (the first part of it), Pennywise was around 200 years old.
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Does Pennywise have a daughter?

Kersh is Pennywise's daughter. She says, "My father ... His name was Robert Gray, better known as Bob Gray, better known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown." This is also the name It uses to introduce itself to Georgie, Bill's brother, in the novel.
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Does Pennywise have powers?

IT has the power of mind control, too.

IT can cause amnesia and avert citizens' attention away from the carnage around them. They are prevented from putting together the dots. This is its most subtle power — but what has allowed IT to prey on Derry for centuries.
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What did Beverly see in its mouth?

In the book, the ritual takes readers on a psychic journey into King's macroverse, the realm in which It's true form — the Deadlights that transfixed Bev when she saw inside Pennywise's mouth in the first movie — coexists alongside a massive, benevolent turtle named Maturin who vomitted out the mainstream universe in ...
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Can Goku beat Pennywise?

Considered the most powerful warrior in the multiverse, Son Goku would handily defeat Pennywise in a tussle.
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How did Pennywise become evil?

When the town of Derry was built in 1715, IT awoke and began a cycle of feeding on the fears of the people of Derry and then resuming hibernation for cycles of 27 to 30 years. IT would prey on the children of Derry because children's fears are easier to harvest and then manipulate into physical form.
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Is Pennywise intelligent?

It is highly intelligent and is a clever and manipulative trickster, shown whilst in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown when It is more than capable of acting in a warm and friendly manner to give the prey (most notably Georgie) a false sense of security and manipulating Henry Bowers into murdering his father and ...
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How old is Georgie from It 2020?

Jackson Robert Scott (born September 18, 2008) is an American child actor known for playing Bode Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–) and Georgie Denbrough in the films It Chapter One (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).
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Is Pennywise real?

No. Pennywise is a fictional character.
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