Georgie Denbrough

George Elmer Denbrough is a fictional character created by Stephen King from his 1986 horror novel, It. Georgie is the younger brother of Bill Denbrough, who falls prey to Pennywise the Dancing Clown. He is used by Pennywise to taunt Bill throughout the novel. Georgie is portrayed by Tony Dakota in the 1990 miniseries adaptation and by Jackson Robert Scott in the 2017 re-adaptation and reprises his role in the 2019 sequel. Dakota also reprised his role for a short film titled Georgiewhich shows a "What If" scenario if Georgie had survived his encounter with Pennywise.

Fictional character biography
George Elmer "Georgie" Denbrough was born September 18, 1951 (1953 in the miniseries and 1981 in the film adaptation) to Zach and Sharon Denbrough, and is the younger brother of Bill Denbrough. Georgie has a very positive relationship with his brother, considering him to be his best friend.

Encounter with Pennywise
On one October night in 1957, (1960 in the miniseries and 1988 in the film series), Georgie makes a paper boat with his brother on a rainy day. Bill is too sick to accompany Georgie outside, so he helps him make the boat and sends him on his way. The boat ends up falling down a storm drain, much to Georgie's dismay. Georgie then encounters Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the storm drain, who offers him a balloon, and tells him about how "we all float down here" ("down here" meaning the sewers.) The Clown offers Georgie his boat back, but when Georgie attempts to reach out to it, Pennywise grabs Georgie's arm and bites it off, leaving Georgie to bleed to death in the rain as Pennywise chants "You'll float too" (In the film series, Georgie instead of being left bleeding to death, is dragged down the sewer by the monster, after his arm is dismembered by the latter as he desperately tries to cling to his life calling Bill's name as no one hears).

Being used by Pennywise
Not long after his death, Georgie's ghost would be utilised by Pennywise to taunt Bill. Constantly using Georgie as a way of getting to Bill emotionally. This is best exemplified in the 2017 film adaptation. Georgie appears to Bill several times throughout the movie and the sequel.

1990 miniseries
Georgie was portrayed by Tony Dakota in the 1990 miniseries adaptation. This iteration remains faithful to the source material, however, Georgie is killed by Pennywise off-screen.

Film series
See also: It (film series)

Georgie was portrayed by Jackson Robert Scott in the 2017 re-adaptation of King's novel as well as its 2019 sequel. This adaptation of the character features the onscreen demise of Georgie, as well as showing more of Pennywise using Georgie to affect Bill psychologically. Behind the scenes of the film, the young actor stated that he was not afraid of Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise, and in fact formed a bond with the actor. Scott's performance as Georgie was acclaimed by fans and critics.

Death and controversy
The violent nature of Georgie's death in It received a polarising response from some critics. While most felt that the graphic nature of Georgie's death was necessary to show the danger of Pennywise, some viewers felt that Pennywise ripping a child's arm off and watching Georgie attempt to crawl away was seen by some as being "downright disturbing" and "too graphic".

Short film
Main article: Georgie (film)

Georgie is the main character of a 2019 short film titled Georgie directed by Ryan Grulich with Tony Dakota reprising his role. This short film shows an undead adult Georgie resurrected via drawing. This is the only adaptation to show Georgie as an adult.