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The INSIDER Summary:

  • A viral tweet asked people "What would Pennywise have to say to get you to go down there with him?"
  • People are answering what they'd need to join the clown from "It" in the sewers.
  • It's a spin on an older meme that used Tim Curry's version of Pennywise from the 1990 "It" miniseries.


One thing you should definitely never do, no matter the circumstances, is accept an invitation from Pennywise the Dancing Clown to come into the sewers.

But with the release of the new "It" adaptation in theaters, starring verified hunk Bill Skarsgård, people on Twitter are finding all sorts of good reason to crawl down and join Stephen King's shapeshifting nightmare.

It all started when one user posted a screenshot from the movie of Pennywise looking from beneath the sewers and asked what it would take for people to join him there.

—amber (@MotherOfIncest) September 11, 2017

A lot of people had answers for him.

—alyssa #NH24PH (@narryisart) September 13, 2017—koby (@kobychill) September 13, 2017—André (@drefromjerz) September 13, 2017—👨🏾‍💻 (@sadboyyant) September 13, 2017—Adam (@RummHammm) September 13, 2017—bolu babalola. (@BeeBabs) September 13, 2017—Yung Bae (@yungestbae) September 14, 2017—Gray (@grayxstins) September 14, 2017

Even Chance the Rapper joined in.

—Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) September 14, 2017

A lot of the most popular posts were self-deprecating.

—educated shrimp (@yaperboi) September 13, 2017—ben 🎈 (@gutsnoglory) September 14, 2017

What's particularly interesting about this meme is that another version of it started years ago — using the 1990 "It" miniseries as an example. That one starred Tim Curry as Pennywise, and there's one particular famous scene where he tries to coax a kid named Georgie into the sewer.

That image has its own meme, also of Pennywise offering people good reasons to come into the sewer.

But with the new adaptation of Stephen King's book, the meme has evolved. Tim Curry's Pennywise is on the way out. It's all about Bill Skarsgård now.

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