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Possible Pennywise reference (The Tommyknockers)
Possible Pennywise reference (The Tommyknockers) is recorded in 1 distinct story.
A clown in a Derry sewer has silver-dollar eyes, a white glove, and balloons. That combination strongly suggests Pennywise. The passage does not name Pennywise. Tommy’s altered state leaves the physical reality of the encounter uncertain.
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The Tommyknockers
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… Tommy had begun to hallucinate; as he drove up Wentworth Street, he thought he saw a clown grinning up at him from an open sewer manhole—a clown with shiny silver dollars for eyes and a clenched white glove filled with balloons. …
A clown in a Derry sewer has silver-dollar eyes, a white glove, and balloons. That combination strongly suggests Pennywise. The passage does not name Pennywise. Tommy’s altered state leaves the physical reality of the encounter uncertain.