History Film / ItChapterTwo

* RasputinianDeath: An innocent, gay man Adrian Mellon is brutally beaten up by homophobes, unable to reach his inhaler, which is kicked away by them, and thrown over the bridge into a river, where he almost drowns, until Pennywise saves him, only to viciously bite his heart out of his chest while his horrified lover watches. All of that happens in about three minutes and it is said to be one of the most disturbing scenes in the entire film.

* AllWomenLoveShoes: It's only shown ithn one scene, but adult Beverly has a closet filled with them. It's implied, however, that it's only because she is a successful fashion designer who would need a lot of good shoes for numerous events. Indeed, she is shown to skip over all of them when she packs for her return to Derry, opting for a sensible pair of sneakers instead.

* BloodBath: Pennywise gives [[spoiler:Beverly]] a literal example of the trope.

* EndingAversion: InUniverse, it's a RunningGag that Bill's books are considered good, but the endings all suck.

* OneOfTheBoys: Beverly, even in adulthood. {{Justified}} in that the film has an incredibly short time span.

* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: What happens to Bev and [[spoiler:Richie]] when they are caught in IT's Deadlights.

* LonelyRichKid: Lonely rich ''adult'' paired with LonelyBachelorPad, in Ben's case. His unrequited love with Beverly stays unrequited, seeing as how she is married to someone else and only remembers her crush at Bill among her memories in Derry. Dying alone is outright stated to be one of his worst fears.

* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler:Richie is revealed to be a closeted gay man,]] and he doesn't come out during the course of the film.

* CoolCar: Both Richie and Eddie have pretty sweet rides as adults, highlighting their success. Henry Bowers' blue Corvette also makes another appearance.

The cast includes Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/JessicaChastain, Creator/BillHader, Isaiah Mustafa, Creator/JayRyan, Creator/JamesRansone, Andy Bean and Creator/BillSkarsgard as Pennywise, all in addition to the child actors playing the kids in the first film (Creator/JaedenMartell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Creator/SophiaLillis, Creator/FinnWolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Creator/JackDylanGrazer).

** Pennywise performs a not-so-subtle reference of [[Film/TheShining "Here's]] [[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson Johnny!"]] [[spoiler:to Beverly in the climax]].

* ActionizedAdaption: The film is a lot more action oriented than either the novel or the miniseries, especially during the final battle. Whereas in the first two the climax is essentially "Go into It's lair, Eddie dies, knock over giant spider and rip its heart out", the movie has the fight with Pennywise be more drawn out, with the clown actively fighting back against them.

* FamousLastWords:
** [[spoiler:'''Stan:''']] I swear, Bill.
** [[spoiler:'''Pennywise:''']] Look at you... you're all... grown up.

* RealityEnsues:
** 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, and tries to back out, [[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.
** As it turns out, years of abuse and slut-shaming by an entire town has left Beverly as a miserable BrokenBird who is easily swayed by promises. Despite having become a successful fashion designer, she is stuck in an abusive relationship, no better than what she experienced as a teenager.
** [[spoiler:When Richie kills Henry, he attempts to make a joke... and promptly vomits in shock, clearly traumatized; when Eddie asks if he's okay, he angrily points out that no, he's not, because "I've just fucking killed a guy!"]]
** In an odd way, Eddie's individual fight with IT is this. [[spoiler:IT forgets that IT is bound to the limitations of whatever shape IT assumes, meaning that the fight is really between a relatively healthy adult man and a diseased, deformed leper. Eddie nearly manages to choke IT to death, and IT only escapes by vomiting all over Eddie as a distraction. Eddie recounting this in the climax causes the Losers to realize that they need to trap IT in a form they can kill.]]

* AllWomenLoveShoes: It's only shown in one scene, but adult Beverly has a closet filled with them. It's implied, however, that it's only because she is a successful fashion designer who would need a lot of good shoes for numerous events. Indeed, she is shown to skip over all of them when she packs for her return to Derry, opting for a sensible pair of sneakers instead.

* Rasputinian Death: An innocent, gay man Adrian Mellon is brutally beaten up by homophobes, unable to reach his inhaler, which is kicked away by them, and thrown over the bridge into a river, where he almost drowns, until Pennywise saves him, only to viciously bite his heart out of his chest while his horrified lover watches. All of that happens in about three minutes and it is said to be one of the most disturbing scenes in the entire film.

* BettyAndVeronica: Just like the TropeNamer, redheaded 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 place much emphasis on this, seeing as [[spoiler:Bill stays married to Audra]].

* SymbolicBaptism: The first thing the Losers do after [[spoiler:killing IT for good]] is going to the quarry and jumping into the river below, to clean themselves literally and spiritually.

* PrecisionFStrike: There are '''''tons''''' throughout the entire film.

** Understandably, many minor characters were cut from the adaptation. [[spoiler:But notably and thankfully, It hasn't laid any eggs in this continuity]].

* AGodAmI: Paired with BadassBoast, Pennywise invokes this in the final fight, in order to scare the Losers. [[spoiler:Yet it doesn't work - them having finally realized how to defeat him.]]

** When Eddie is struggling with the diseased leper form It takes, It vomits all over him while five seconds of "Angel in the Morning" plays.

* {{Mundanger}}: Adrian Mellon's attackers aren't directly shown or even implied to be under It's influence when they brutalize and throw him off a bridge.

** [[spoiler:Bill and Mike's vision of It's arrival shows him first taking the form of a giant bird, which was how It appeared to Mike in the novel.]]

** The scene where Ben goes to his old school shows a turtle on the desk. This is a clear reference to Maturin who in the book helped the Losers fight against IT. [[spoiler:The metal spike that Eddie throws at Pennywise glows green, and once It is killed a green light casts into It's collapsing lair, possibly suggesting Maturin's presence]].

** Understandably, many minor characters were cut from the adaptation. [[spoiler:But notably and thankfully, IT hasn't laid any eggs in this continuity]].

* AGodAmI: Paired with BadassBoast, Pennywise invokes this in the final fight, in order to scare the Losers. [[spoiler:However, having finally realized how to defeat him, it doesn't work.]]

* 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. Instead, ThePowerOfLove saves them both.]]

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 (Creator/JaedenMartell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Creator/SophiaLillis, Creator/FinnWolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Creator/JackDylanGrazer).

* CrushBlush: Meta-example: Ben's adult actor, Jay Ryan, tried to invoke this all throughout the film, having noticed that Jeremy Ray Taylor (Young Ben) could do this on cue in the first film whenever Beverly was around.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Averted. Jay Ryan's and Creator/JamesMcAvoy's accents barely slip throughout the entire film.

** 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.]]