Why does Pennywise make kids float?

A common interpretation of this phrase is that it refers to where the souls of IT's victims go after they die, as they wouldn't go to heaven nor hell, staying instead in the “deadlights”, which would be a sort of limbo, thus “floating” in that middle point for eternity.
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What does Pennywise do with the children?

Some fans consider Pennywise to be somewhat misunderstood instead of evil as it preys on children for survival. However this is false, as Pennywise bullies and torments his prey instead of just killing them.
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What does Pennywise mean by floating?

Why does Pennywise say you'll float? Near the end of the IT movie you can see Pennywise's previous victims piled up and floating above his lair under the sewers. He says “you'll float too” because when he captures the kids and feeds on them they'll end up like his victims, floating above his lair like a balloon.
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Was Georgie floating?

Why did georgie die and why does he like to float? He had his arm torn off by Pennywise and he was dragged into the sewer. The meaning of his floating is left ambigious in both the book and the film. In the film the floating seems to be the fate of most of It's victims.
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What did Pennywise do to Georgie?

Pennywise offers Georgie his boat back, but when Georgie attempts to reach out to it, Pennywise grabs Georgie's left arm and bites it off, leaving Georgie to bleed to death in the rain.in the miniseries Georgies right arm is ripped off In the theatrical film series, Georgie (instead of being left bleeding to death) is ...
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It Chapter 2: Pennywise’s Origin Explained

Why does Pennywise eat children?

In both the book and the films, It is an ancient alien creature, older than civilization, and in King's novel, older than our universe. It feasts on the flesh of humans simply because our fears are easy to manifest and they make us taste better.
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What kind of demon is Pennywise?

In IT, is Pennywise the clown a demon from hell? No, Pennywise is just a form that 'It' takes. 'It' is actually an ancient being that's been around since the creation of the Universe/Universes. These beings are mentioned in Stephen Kings 'The Dark Tower' series.
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Why do Pennywise's victims float?

As mentioned above, IT lives in the sewers of Derry, and that's where it takes most of the bodies of its victims. In the novel, “you'll float too” takes a very tragic and sinister meaning as it's literally a reference to how dead bodies float in the water in the sewers.
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Do they find Georgie's body?

Georgie is dead, but his death is not official because Pennywise dragged him in the sewer after it bit his arm of so his body wasn't found, unlike in the novel and mini series where he was left to die by the drain. That's sort of one of the main thoughts for Bill in the movie, finding his brother.
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Did Pennywise eat Georgie?

But Pennywise drags Georgie into the sewer and devours him as he calls Bill's name.
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What did Pennywise fear?

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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What is inside Pennywise's mouth?

The dead lights are what you are seeing in his mouth. While the book gets more meta-physical in the aspects of what the lights are, and what they represent. In the movie they are never named, nor given any significance. They are essentially what IT is.
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Why is Pennywise so creepy?

The Atlantic said of the character; "the scariest thing about Pennywise, though, is how he preys on children's deepest fears, manifesting the monsters they're most petrified by (something J. K. Rowling would later emulate with boggarts)." British scholar Mikita Brottman has also said of the miniseries version of ...
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Why can't adults see Pennywise?

They reach the conclusion that Pennywise has all of the adults under some sort of spell that prohibits them from seeing him. The adults of Derry are shown to be villainous in their own right as well. The adults of Derry are shown to be true villains of the story in the same way as Pennywise.
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How is Pennywise pregnant?

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

Red balloons are Pennywise's calling cards, and he often uses them as bait to kidnap children.
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What is Pennywise's true form?

Pennywise is an ancient, evil being that originated from the Macroverse and has a specific corner of the cosmic realm called the Deadlights. Pennywise takes the form of whatever its victims fear the most, but its true form has been described as an endless, crawling, hairy creature made of orange light.
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How did Bill know it wasn't Georgie?

While he comes close to presenting as the real Georgie, it was his fatal mistake of calling the boat “it” instead of “she” that caused Bill to acknowledge that it was Pennywise in disguise. Bill shoots the look-a-like, and the Losers have an all out brawl that defeats the creature for the time being.
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How old is Bill in It 1?

When George is killed by Pennywise the Dancing Clown, Bill is ten years old and a student at Derry Elementary School. After George's death, Bill's parents shut him out, which he internalizes as a sense that he is partly responsible for George's death and that they value him less than they did his younger brother.
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How does Pennywise pick his victims?

It feeds off of the fears of its victims, and it takes the shape of those fears in order to terrorize them. It's preferred shape is that of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, through which it haunts children, its preferred victims.
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What is Pennywise's worst fear?

The turtle is a force of benevolence and is guided by compassion, whereas IT represents chaos, evil, and fear. They are diametrically opposed. Because they are both interdimensional entities with equal powers, the turtle could kill IT if it wanted to, therefore it's understandable that IT is terrified of it.
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Why does Pennywise smile?

He explains to Conan how in his childhood, he used the demonic smile to frighten his little brother after learning his older brother Gustav was also able to point his lip.
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Who is Pennywise scared of?

At some point in the novel, King explained part of IT's backstory but left enough of it untold to raise many questions about it, and everything about IT's origins is a bit confusing, as it's connected to the macroverse and the turtle Maturin, who turns out to be the only being IT is afraid of.
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Who is Pennywise's daughter?

It says on the novel, Pennywise's daughter is Mrs Kersh. Mrs Kersh happened when Beverley Marsh visit her old home in Derry. Mrs kersh said : My father used to work in a circus. His name was Mr Robert Gray aka Mr Bob Gray aka Penywise the dancing clown.
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Is Pennywise just an alien?

Pennywise is just a mask, an act that It uses when convenient. It is the real monster behind the monster. If you want to get technical, It is an alien, but It's origin goes well beyond that. It is actually an ancient cosmic deity.
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