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Henry Bowers is the secondary antagonist of the 2017-2019 film duology, IT. He is the local bully, leader of Bowers Gang and archrival of the Losers' club who later becomes a puppet of It.
His Evil Ranking[]
His Villainous Deeds[]
- He is a horrible bully towards the Losers Club, especially Mike for being black, who he racially tells to leave his town.
- Takes Ben away and cuts into him with his other bullies, then throws stones at the Losers for trying to interfere. He arrogantly sexualizes Beverly as a "whore" during this show-off then tries to chase after the Losers after they escape.
- In one of deleted scenes, he kills Belch and Vic, (by cutting their throats) his close allies, for unknown reasons. However, it's unknown if it's canon or not or it can be assumed he stopped becoming a bully instead he’s now a serial killer.
- Murdered his abusive father, Oscar, after being influenced by It. Although Butch deserved his fate.
- He apparently shows no genuine care about his gang as a deleted scene shows. He didn’t care about when Patrick was missing and yells at Belch for interrupting him carving into Ben's stomach and Victor watched and didn’t chase Ben at first.
- He broke out of the asylum by killing an asylum inmate and possibly an orderly to team up with It to try to kill the Losers. It is also implied he killed John Koontz too.
- He says he is sad every time he passes Mike's parents ashes. Not because he is sorry for him, but because he didn't murder then himself.
- He stabs Eddie in the cheek and laughs and uses It's words to him "time to float" and jumps out to window to escape his attempted murder.
- He tries to kill Mike a the library, only for Richie to throw a hatchet on his head and his death is well deserved for his murders, abuse and harassment although he is tragic from getting abused from his dad.
Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]
- He fails the Heinous Standard to It itself, who his crimes are mainly done in favor of, with the rest of his crimes amounting to generic abuse and harassment.
- He is tragic as he is severely abused by his father who even threatens him with a gun and eventually ends up becoming a pawn to It, viewing It as the closest thing he ever had to a parent.
- He is protective over his younger cousin, Connor, showing that he has a healthy family relationship with him.
External Links[]
- Henry Bowers on the Villains Wiki
