History Film / ItChapterTwo

* GrandFinale

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Richie gives a speech like this to Eddie when he's freaking out in the sewers.

** Besides getting clubbed with a vase and Beverly leaving him, Tom Rogan gets away with his physical and sexual abuse towards Beverly in this adaptation. Even worse, seeing as she left him for Ben in such an abrupt fashion, there's a very good chance he took 100% ownership of their fashion empire.

* BadDreams: Beverly has these.

** Richie is called right before his performance as a stand-up comedian and is unable to shake the stress that came with the sudden onslaught of unpleasant memories, [[TheShowMustGoOn but his manager insists that he performs his act anyway]]. When it's finally time for him to take the stage, he makes a fool of himself by forgetting the punchline to his joke.

Twenty-seven years after the events of the first film, the members of the Losers' Club return to Derry to finally put an end to the malevolent force that terrorized them in their youths.

** Richie is called right before his performance as a stand-up comedian and is unable to shake the stress that came with the sudden onslaught of unpleasant memories, [[TheShowMustGoOn but his manager insists that he performs his act]]. When it's finally time for him to take the stage, he makes a fool of himself by forgetting the punchline to his joke.

** Richie is called right before his performance as a stand-up comedian and is unable to shake the stress that came with the sudden onslaught of unpleasant memories. When it's finally time for him to take the stage, he makes a fool of himself by forgetting the punchline to his joke.

** [[spoiler:'''Eddie:''']] (''to Richie'') [[ProfaneLastWords I fucked]] [[YourMom your mom]].
** [[spoiler:'''Victoria:''']] You're supposed to say three.

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Because the place is in danger of collapsing out, the rest of the Losers Club have no choice but to leave Eddie's dead body to be buried inside IT's lair.]]

The cast includes Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/JessicaChastain, Creator/BillHader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, Creator/JamesRansone, Andy Bean and Creator/BillSkarsgard as Pennywise, all in addition to the child actors playing the kids in the first film.

* CallBack: Immediately after [[spoiler:Stan's suicide]], the scene cuts to Beverly waking from a nightmare with blood dripping on her face, echoing the water splashing on Bill's drawing of her in [[Film/It2017 Chapter One]].

* LighterAndSofter: In a way. This movie is much less of an overt horror movie than the first, with even more jokes and a lot of BlackComedy. Even some moments that would otherwise be horrifying are PlayedForLaughs.

* AnimalisticAbomination: Pennywise, in IT's real form.

* AnyoneCanDie: Two of the seven main characters from the chapter one are killed, one within the first half hour.

* AscendedExtra: The kid on the skateboard. In the book, Bill gives him a quarter to ride his skateboard, then chickens out; he sees him one more time after they kill Pennywise and tells him everything is okay now. [[spoiler:In the film, he's a child named Dean who encounters the Losers in the restaurant and has moved into Bill's childhood home, and he's killed by Pennywise rubbing Bill's failure to protect either him or Georgie in his face.]].

** In Part 1, Bill and Richie come across the infamous Not Scary/Scary/Very Scary doors in the Neibolt house. Behind the Not Scary Door, they find Betty Ripsom's upper torso, having been cut in half at the waist. In Part 2, Richie and Eddie find the same doors. Behind the Very Scary door, they find [[spoiler:Betty Ripsom's legs, minus her torso.]]

** An adult Bill, after re-buying his childhood bike, Silver, mentions to the owner of the antique store that it could "outrun the Devil." The music builds dramatically ... and then cuts to Bill awkwardly pedaling his rusted-out bike that looks like it could fall apart any second.

'''Beverly:''' Nothing. It's just ... you haven't changed.

** [[spoiler:'''Pennywise:''']] Look at you... you're all grown up.

27 years after the events of the first film, the members of the Losers' Club return to Derry, Maine to finally put an end to the malevolent force that terrorized them in their youths.

* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler: Mike in the book and 1990 miniseries is badly injured by Henry Bowers and is not involved in the final battle due to being in the hospital. Here, he is not injured, save for a mild arm sprain that Ben quickly patches up, and actually does fight IT/Pennywise at the climax of the movie. He is even the one in this version to pull out IT/Pennywise's heart.]]
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: By the time he's back in Derry, Bill in the book has lost all his hair and is said to be much homelier than [[IWasQuiteALooker the cute teen he used to be]]. In the film he's played by Creator/JamesMcAvoy who has a full head of hair and, although he is dressed down slightly, still looks better than his book counterpart.
* AdaptationalBadass: Adrian Mellon in the book is genuinely intimidated by his attackers when they get serious and takes off the hat while begging to be left alone. Here he's DefiantToTheEnd, even insulting his attackers with his last words. The actor, who is gay, pushed for his character to show some LGBT pride rather than fear in the face of harassment.

* AffectionateNickname: The rest of the Losers call Richie "Trashmouth." Three guesses as to how he got that nickname.
* AGodAmI: Paired with BadassBoast, Pennywise invokes this in the final fight, in order to scare the Losers. [[spoiler:Having finally realized how to defeat him, it doesn't work.]]

* AndShowItToYou: [[spoiler: Pennywise is finally defeated for good at the hands of the Losers Club once It's heart is ripped out and crushed]].

* AnimalisticAbomination: A flashback that shows It terrorizing the ancient Native American population of Derry [[spoiler: depicts It transforming into a massive spider with multiple yellow eyes as well as a huge bird-like monster. For the FinalBattle, It assumes the form of a monstrous-sized arachnid with Pennywise's upper half attached to it]]. It's [[spoiler:Pomeranian form looks very cute and adorable at first glance, until it suddenly morphs into a hiddeous, fanged snarling monstrosity.]]
* AnxietyDreams: Due to having been exposed to the Deadlights as a child, Beverly has these growing up. [[spoiler: They stop once they finally defeat IT for good.]]

* AscendedExtra: The kid on the skateboard. In the book, Bill gives him a quarter to ride his skateboard, then chickens out; he sees him one more time after they kill Pennywise and tells him everything is okay now. [[spoiler: In the film, he's a child named Dean who encounters the Losers in the restaurant and has moved into Bill's home; and we are privy to his horrific demise in the funhouse. However, there's a hint that he might be another of Pennywise's disguises, to taunt Bill into a confrontation at the Neibolt house]].
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: IT attempts to unnerve Richie as an adult by having [[spoiler:Adrian]]’s rotting corpse hand him a flyer for his own funeral.
* AvengersAssemble: Blended with GondorCallsForAid. Almost everyone had moved on and forgotten their encounter with IT back in 1989, but when Mike calls the group they all knew they had to return.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Early in the film, Beverly takes a pretty vicious punch to the face from her husband, which results in nothing more than a barely visible small bruise on her cheek.

* BettyAndVeronica: Just like the TropeNamer, red-headed Beverly is the Archie for blonde [[{{NiceGuy}} Ben]] (Betty) and brunet [[{{ChildhoodFriendRomance}} Bill]] (Veronica). However, unlike most depictions of this trope, the movie doesn't really emphasize on this, seeing as [[spoiler:Bill is married to Audra.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Pennywise is dead for good (along with Henry) and his evil has been vanquished from Derry, but Eddie dies in the process of killing him, to Richie's grief, and Stanley killed himself in order to ensure that their plan works. Even more bitter is that Eddie had no idea that Richie had feelings for him due to already being married and since he's dead, he never will. Also, Adrian, Victoria and Dean were killed by Pennywise adding three more people to his (presumably high) body count and Bill and Richie will still have to cope with losing Georgie and Eddie respectively. Ben and Beverly end up together (which Bill accepts), Mike moves out of town, Bill becomes a better writer, and everyone finds success and happiness now that the threat of IT is no longer hanging over them. Unlike in the book, the Losers remember each other after splitting ways, and it's implied that they'll still be friends.]]

* BloodFromTheMouth: Happens to [[spoiler:Eddie]] twice: [[spoiler: when Bowers stabs him in the cheek, and when IT impales him fatally during the battle.]]

** Pennywise murders [[spoiler:Dean, the little boy Bill had been trying to protect the entire film, by biting his head so hard, blood pretty much explodes all over the glass wall separating him and Bill.]]

** In the first film, Richie freaks out when a missing child poster of him is found in the Neibolt house, with the same day's date written on it. In this film, one of the ways IT torments the now adult Richie is by having a dead corpse ([[spoiler:Adrian Mellon's corpse, to boot]]) hand him a flyer for his own funeral.
** In the beginning of the movie, Adrian insults one of the bullies by comparing his hair to Meg Ryan. Later on in the movie when Richie goes to the abandoned Aladdin theatre, there is a poster of the Meg Ryan movie ''Film/YouveGotMail'' in the background.

* BuriedAlive: How Pennywise tries to kill [[spoiler:Ben]] in the finale. [[spoiler:Thankfully, it doesn't work.]]
* BuryYourGays: Adrian still dies as in the book, but [[spoiler:Richie is also gay in this continuity, allowing at least two LGBT characters to be alive at the end.]]

--> '''Waitress:''' (''walks in on Mike smashing the table'') Is everything alright?
--> (''the Losers pause, having realized that the monsters were figments of their imagination'')
--> '''Richie:''' We'll take the check. (''awkward smile'')

** [[spoiler:'''Pennywise:''']] Look at you ... you're all grown up.

* FanDisservice: The audience is treated to several long, loving shots of Ben's chiseled abs... as [[spoiler: Pennywise graphically carves the words '''''HOME AT LAST''''' into his stomach]].

--> [[spoiler:'''Pennywise, as Beverly:''' '''''YOUR HAIR IS WINTER FIRE, JANUARY EMBERS, MY HEART BURNS THERE, TOO!!!''''']]
* ForcedToWatch: Pennywise is a fan of this, seeing how IT does it [[RuleOfThree three]] times throughout the entire film: the first time, IT waits until Adrian Mellon's boyfriend is watching before he [[spoiler:kills the man]], the second time [[spoiler:IT murders a small child in front of Bill while they're in a hall of mirrors]], and the last time being [[spoiler: impaling Eddie with one of its CombatTentacles right in front of the Losers, much to their horror.]]

** Richie gushing over how hot Ben is and ribbing Eddie about his marriage during the reunion dinner subtly foreshadows TheReveal that [[spoiler: Richie is gay and in love with Eddie]].

** Something that actually occurred in ''[[Film/It2017 It: Chapter One]]'', that applies here. After the Losers made their blood pact to return to Derry if It comes back, the first two to leave are Stan and Eddie, [[spoiler:both of whom are the main casualties in this movie.]]
** Right before Stan [[spoiler: commits suicide]], he says, "I swear, Bill", remembering the pact that the Losers made to return to Derry if IT were to come back. It's revealed at the end that [[spoiler:Stan killed himself so he would be with the Losers in spirit, as he was too afraid to face Pennywise in person and thought this would give the rest of the Losers the best chance of success.]]
** During the flashback scene of the Losers' Club hanging out in their hideout, Stan gives them all shower caps to prevent spiders from crawling into their hair, which Richie finds it ridiculous as nobody should be afraid of spiders ([[InstantlyProvenWrong only to be proven wrong when he sees everyone else putting on those shower caps]]). [[spoiler:Later, one of IT's forms is the head of child Stan with hairy spider legs that attacks the adult Losers at Neibolt House. And during FinalBattle, IT assumes the form of a GiantSpider with Pennywise motif which the Losers could only defeat by treating IT as something to not be afraid of]].

* GiantSpider: Downplayed. Pennywise [[spoiler: transforms into a huge-sized version of himself with [[SpiderPeople the lower half of a spider]] for a more personal confrontation with the Losers, but played straight in the flashback which shows IT as a gargantuan spider with lots of yellow eyes haunting Derry in ancient times.]]

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Beverly smokes in order to calm her nerves from any Pennywise-related news, and is very much on the side of good.

* GuiltComplex: Even as an adult, Bill still has one, due to [[spoiler: TheReveal that he had faked being sick on the day Georgie died, therefore leading him to believe that had he been there, he could've rescued his baby brother.]] This leads to Bill being quite protective of Dean, a young boy who resembles Georgie very much, and tries to prevent his death as much as he can. [[spoiler:He fails.]]

* {{Hunk}}: Adult Ben. Richie compares him to three Brazilian soccer players rolled up into one. We later get a look at his abs when [[spoiler:IT carves "HOME AT LAST" on his abdomen (though this qualifies more of FanDisservice, given how painful Ben seems to be).]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite having loved Beverly since they were kids, Ben never corrects her when she assumes that the postcard poem serving as her token was from Bill, especially when he sees how happy she is. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's Bill who gives way in the end, so Ben does end up with Beverly, after all.]]

* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: When Bill sees that [[spoiler:Ben and Bev]] have disappeared underwater, he smiles instead of freaking out over [[spoiler:Beverly not choosing him]], and gives the two some much-needed privacy.
* LeeroyJenkins: After being ForcedToWatch Pennywise devour Dean, Bill heads straight to the Neibolt house intending to take on It himself until the other Losers join him.

* LightIsNotGood: A relevant plot detail, as more than any other adaptation it is stressed how the deadlights are It's true form and how the Losers must "turn light into dark" [[spoiler:though this fails.]]

** Beverly is a fashion designer living in a beautiful house, but she's still trapped in the same cycle of abuse as her childhood and is married to a man who beats and rapes her. Adding insult to injury, thanks to being the only one of the group who experienced being trapped by the Deadlights, she is plagued by nightmares every time she sleeps.

** Averted with Mike, who became Derry's librarian and in general having little-no-issues with his private life, though he did have to postpone his dream of moving to Florida, dedicating his life to find a way to defeat IT instead. Another aversion is Stan, who seems to have been both HappilyMarried and reasonably well-off [[spoiler: which only serves to make his eventual suicide all the more tragic.]]

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Played straight with Ben and Beverly in childhood but averted in adulthood, seeing as how Beverly is a BrokenBird who works in the fashion industry, while Ben is a {{Hunk}} who no longer sports artistic abilities as he did during childhood.

* MockGuffin: [[spoiler:The above items and the ritual turn out to be of little use in stopping It; but, they do allow the Losers to regain their memories.]]

** Ben has the words 'HOME AT LAST' carved into his stomach by Pennywise, though the wounds disappear the minute Beverly smashes the mirror.

--->'''Mike:''' [''staring blankly''] I'm so sorry, you guys.
--->'''Bill:''' Mike! MIKEY! '''''Time to move, Mikey!''''' *''yanks him out of harm's way''*

* ShesAllGrownUp: Ben, known for being short and FormerlyFat, ends up being the tallest and most muscular of the adult Losers, with Richie even describing him as "three Brazilian soccer players rolled into one." Despite this, he is still quite insecure about being unloved and dying alone - a fear that Pennywise makes sure to exploit. [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]], when Pennywise's taunts revealed that Ben worked hard to achieve his present looks, as he was so afraid of dying alone and unloved.

--> [[spoiler:'''Richie:''' You wanna play ''Truth or Dare?'' Okay, here's a truth: you're a sloppy bitch! Yeah, that's right, let's dance! Yipee-ki-yay, mother- (''immediately gets assaulted by the Deadlights'')]]

'''Richie:''' [''beat''] Alright. Just trying to add some levity to this shit. I'll go fuck myself.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Doubles as both Awesome and {{Tearjerker}} since the spanner in question is Eddie. After [[spoiler: he's impaled in the chest and slowly dying, he starts to comment on how weak The Leper felt when he tried to fight back with him in the pharmacy basement. Though he seems to be trying to stay positive by talking up his bravery, it helps the others start to piece together clues they can use to kill Pennywise for good]].

** To a lesser extent, [[spoiler: Tom Rogan, since he has only has one scene and does not follow Bev to Derry like he did in the book.]]
** To an even lesser extent, [[spoiler: Mike manages to avoid getting hospitalized by Henry Bowers like he did in the book and miniseries, and is even involved in the final battle with IT/Pennywise.]]

%%* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: How the Losers defeat Pennywise.

** Beverly's abusive husband is never seen again after she escapes him. This is especially weird considering that [[spoiler: she starts a relationship with Ben at the end of the movie, so she needs to divorce him at some point (something that will most likely not end well for her considering her husband's anger issues), though the film makes a point to show her leaving her wedding ring before going back to Derry.]] In the book, Bev's husband actually follows her to Derry, where he is [[spoiler: killed by Pennywise.]]
** The gang that attacked Adrian Mellon also just disappears. Despite being set up as a threat much similar to Henry Bower’s gang, they just flee the scene and [[KarmaHoudini are not shown to have faced any comeuppance]].
** For that matter, Adrian’s partner also just disappears. Despite possibly being the only other adult character to see IT, he never shows up again or is even questioned by Mike.

* OldTimeyBathingSuit: In a more lighthearted scene between Ben and Bev, Beverly makes fun of the boys for swimming in their tighty-whiteys when they were kids. Ben sheepishly asks her if she can leave that memory in the past.

** [[spoiler:Richie loves Eddie]] since they were boys and still carries a torch for him. This is a tragic example as [[spoiler:Eddie dies before ever learning about Richie's feelings]].

** [[spoiler:Richie loves Eddie]] since they were boys and still carries a torch for him. This is a tragic example as not only is [[spoiler:Eddie]] by all accounts [[IncompatibleOrientation straight]], [[spoiler:he dies before ever learning about Richie's feelings]].

** In the beginning of the movie, Adrian insults one of the bullies by comparing his hair to Meg Ryan. Later on in the movie when Richie goes to the abandoned Aladdin theatre, there is a poster of the Meg Ryan movie ''Film/YouGotMail'' in the background.

* CharacterTics: Even in adulthood, Richie has a habit of adjusting his glasses.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ben and Beverly remember their love for each other and are shown happy together in the epilogue. [[spoiler:Tragically averted with Richie and Eddie, as Eddie dies without ever learning of Richie's feelings for him.]]

* CurseCutShort: Richie's awesome rant about Pennywise is cut short when IT [[spoiler:traps him in the Deadlights.]]

--> [[spoiler:'''Richie:''' Yipee-ki-yay, mother- (''goes limp as the Deadlights hit him'')]]

* DoNotTauntCthulhu:[[spoiler: In the climax Richie starts throwing rocks and trash talking Pennywise... and gets cut off mid-sentence with a blast of the Deadlights.]]

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:Adrian Mellon and Eddie Kaspbrak.]] On a much happier note, [[spoiler: Henry Bowers and Pennywise itself.]]

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Ben invokes this at the end, when [[spoiler: he and Beverly are separated by Pennywise's traps - Bev in a bathroom rapidly filling with blood, and Ben slowly being buried alive in the Loser's childhood clubhouse. It's especially touching, seeing as he uses his final moments to comfort her, to show her that she isn't alone, and that even if she dies, she will die loved by him.]]
* EldritchAbomination: Pennywise, in IT's real form.

* TheFilmOfTheBook

** [[spoiler:An elderly Mr. Keene (almost certainly IT assuming a disguise) pinches Eddie's cheek and rudely teases him that the "cancer" could be removed. Not long after, the escaped Henry Bowers stabs Eddie in the same spot]].
** Pennywise essentially ''gives'' [[spoiler: Bill the artifact (the paper boat he made with Georgie) he supposedly needs to complete the Ritual to destroy IT. Later, it's revealed that the Ritual of Chüd is useless, and that all the prior events in the movie were part of Pennywise's plan to lure the Losers into its lair so he could kill them all at once.]]
** [[spoiler: Something that actually occurred in ''[[Film/It2017 It: Chapter One]]'', that applies here. After the Losers made their blood pact to return to Derry if It comes back, the first two to leave are Stan and Eddie, both of whom are the main casualties in this movie.]]

* GilliganCut: [[spoiler: Ben is relieved when he tells Beverly that he at least got Richie to stay. Cut to Richie carrying his suitcase and escaping from the townhouse.]]

* GoKartingWithBowser: When Richie meets Pennywise for the first time in 27 years, the latter jokingly suggest they should play ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.

* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Henry gives one to Mike]] in the library in order to incapacitate him.

* GrowingUpSucks: What Stan's Bar Mitzvah speech basically consists of.

* HasAType: Bill certainly seems to have a thing for blue-eyed redheads with short hair, if Beverly [[spoiler:and Audra, his wife]] are anything to go by.

* {{Hunk}}: Ben. And how!

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite having loved Beverly since they were kids, Ben never corrects her when she assumes that the postcard poem serving as her token was from Bill, especially when he sees how happy she is.
** Subverted later on when it's Bill who gives way.
* KarmaHoudini: Unlike the book, where they are all sent to prison, there is absolutely no indication that [[spoiler:Adrian Mellon's]] murderers are punished in any way after fleeing.
** Unfortunately in the book, it is implied that the older ones remain free as their case is tied up in legal proceedings. The only one to feel any remorse is the younger boy who moves away from Derry and IT's influence.

** Beverly is a fashion designer living in a beautiful house, but she's still trapped in the same cycle of abuse as her childhood and is married to a man who beats and rapes her.
** Ben is implied to be the most successful of the whole group but is utterly lonely despite his money and good looks.

** The only exceptions are Mike, who became a librarian after staying in Derry, and Stan, who seems to have been both HappilyMarried and reasonably well-off [[spoiler: which only serves to make his fate all the more tragic.]]
* LonelyRichKid: Lonely rich ''adult'' paired with LonelyBachelorPad, in Ben's case. Dying alone is outright stated to be one of his worst fears.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Eddie is this to Richie.]]

* LoveLetter: In a platonic way, [[spoiler:Stan's letter]] for the remaining Losers. He assures them that his [[spoiler:suicide]] was very much his final act of love for all of them, and that he truly believes that they can defeat Pennywise, even with [[spoiler:him only being there in spirit.]]
** PlayedStraight with Ben's iconic postcard poem for Beverly.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Downplayed in adulthood, seeing as Beverly is no longer that much of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and Ben's more artistic abilities aren't as on display as in the first film.

* MeetCute: When Beverly and Ben see each other again in front of the Chinese restaurant, Ben greets her with "You gonna let me by, or is there a password?"
** It also serves as a {{Callback}} to the first time they ever spoke to each other on their school's steps.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: While exploring Neibolt, Ben suddenly collapses to the ground in pain, with words seemingly being carved into his skin by nothing. When he, Bev, and Mike look into the mirror opposite them, it reveals Pennywise to be behind them, doing the carving with an expression that clearly relays how much he's enjoying the deed.

--> '''Eddie:''' [[spoiler:You should cut that fucking mullet. It's been, like, thirty years, man.]]

*** The "root" used [[spoiler: to cause the visions in the first place]] is referred to by the natives as "holy maturin". Maturin is the name later given to the Turtle in [[Franchise/TheDarkTower The Dark Tower]].
** The running gag of Bill's books having terrible endings is a likely SelfDeprecation joke about Stephen King's books not always having good endings. (Indeed, King himself mentions Bill's terrible endings during his cameo.)

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Eddie.]]
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:The Losers to Eddie.]]

* ObliviousToLove: For some reason, Bev can't seem to see all the loving looks Ben throws her way. [[spoiler:She wises up by the end of the film.]]

* TheOneThatGotAway: [[spoiler:Beverly]] is this to [[spoiler:Bill.]] However, they only share one kiss, and [[spoiler:Bill goes back to his wife, while Beverly ends up with Ben.]]

* OneTrueLove: Beverly is this to Ben, and vice-versa.

* PuppyDogEyes: Adult Ben is a master of this, especially when it's directed at Beverly.

* ReunionKiss: [[spoiler:Bill and Beverly share one, despite both of them being married.]] However, it doesn't lead to anything.

-->'''Pennywise:''' '''''TIME TO FLOAT!'''''
-->'''Mike:''' [''staring blankly''] I'm so sorry, you guys.
-->'''Bill:''' Mike! MIKEY! '''''Time to move, Mikey!''''' *''yanks him out of harm's way''*

* ScarsAreForever: The slashes on the Losers' palms from when they made their BloodOath haven't faded, even in adulthood.

** Ben still has the 'H' scar from when Henry Bowers tried to carve his name onto his stomach.

* SealedEvilInACan: The Losers attempt to do this to IT with the Ritual. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]
* SecurityCling: Even as adults, Eddie still has a tendency to hang onto Richie whenever he gets scared.

* ShesAllGrownUp: Ben, known for being FormerlyFat, ends up being the tallest and most muscular of the adult Losers, with Richie even describing him as "three Brazilian soccer players rolled into one." Despite this, he is still quite insecure about being unloved and dying alone - a fear that Pennywise makes sure to exploit.
** [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]], when Pennywise's taunts revealed that Ben worked hard to achieve his present looks, as he was so afraid of dying alone and unloved.

-->'''Richie:''' You gotta be fucking kidding!

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Ben Hanscom, ever so much.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Richie Tozier.

* TimeShiftedActor: The Losers are adults 27 years later, and portrayed by adult actors accordingly. To show off SeparatedAtBirthCasting, there are a number of {{Match Cut}}s to highlight it. Eddie even gets a literal, direct overlay.
* TragicBromance: [[spoiler:Eddie and Richie.]]

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Bill to Beverly, and Richie to Eddie]].

** Ben never got over his childhood crush on Bev, and despite his adulthood success and good looks, he's completely lonely. [[spoiler:[[VictoriousChildhoodFriend She eventually reciprocates.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Richie loved Eddie]] since they were boys and still carries a torch for him. This is a tragic example as not only is [[spoiler:Eddie]] by all accounts [[IncompatibleOrientation straight]], [[spoiler:he dies before ever learning about Richie's feelings]].

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Twice with Richie. Once after receiving Mike’s call (with the added bonus of [[NauseaFuel the camera being right under the flow]]) and again after [[spoiler:killing Henry Bowers]]. Pennywise gets one himself as the Leper and vomits on Eddie as a power move when Eddie nearly strangles It to death.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Stanley Uris.]]

** Beverly's abusive husband is never seen again after she escapes him. This is especially weird considering that [[spoiler: she starts a relationship with Ben at the end of the movie, so she needs to divorce him at some point (something that will most likely not end well for her considering her husband's anger issues).]] In the book, Bev's husband actually follows her to Derry, where he is [[spoiler: killed by Pennywise.]]

* YouAreNotAlone: Beverly reminds Bill of this fact when he attempts to launch a OneManAttack on Pennywise out of anger for [[spoiler:killing Dean.]]
* YouCantFightFate: Upon remembering that Pennywise only emerges every 27 years, Richie suggests just waiting another few decades and dealing with IT then. [[spoiler: He's reminded by Eddie that they'd be in their seventies by that point, while Beverly says that, in her visions, they'll all be dead anyway before another twenty years pass if they don't end the fight now.]]

** Besides getting clubbed with a vase and Beverly leaving him, Tom Rogan gets away with his abuse towards Beverly in this adaptation. Even worse, seeing as she left him for Ben in such an abrupt fashion, there's a very good chance he took 100% ownership of their fashion empire.

The cast includes Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/JessicaChastain, Creator/BillHader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean and Creator/BillSkarsgard as Pennywise, all in addition to the child actors playing the kids in the first film.

* OldTimeyBathingSuit: In a more lighthearted scene between Ben and Bev, Beverly makes fun of the boys for swimming in their tighty-whities when they were kids. Ben sheepishly asks her if she can leave that memory in the past.