"But don't feel bad, son. You get copy new audiobook. And all and started with a basketball." -Richie Tozier's bad Henry Bowers.
Richie Tozier is a main protagonist from the It book, written by Stephen King. The book was adapted to a miniseries in 1990 and two films in 2017 and 2019. In the miniseries he was portrayed by Seth Green (child) and the late Harry Anderson (adult), in the films by Finn Wolfhard (child) and Bill Hader (adult).
Biography[]
Richie is one of the 7 members of The Losers Club. He is the comedian of the group and likes to disguise his voice. As an adult, he is a stand-up comedian at " The Voice with Richie Tozier " and is more reluctant than the others to face IT again. He eventually helps the remaining Losers kill IT once and for all.
It (1990)[]
Richie appeaers on Bill's younger brother's funeral with Eddie Kaspbrak and others. He's next seen in class looking at Belch Huggins post the latter burping while Henry Bowers bullies the new kid Ben Hanscom during Richie's detention. He and Stanley Uris meet Beverly Marsh with fellow misfits Bill, Ben and Eddie. They play in the lake prior to Beverly having Ben and Bill walk her home. Richie's next seen watching I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) with his friends, Eddie of whom, accidentally kicks his popcorn onto The Bowers Gang. Richie taunts them and foolishly provokes The Bowers Gang via pouring pop on them. This leads Henry and his friends to confront Stan and Richie in the cafeteria the next day and Henry bullies Richie, leading Richie to fight back and near get beat up by the furious bullies. The incident leads all 4 guys into detention. Richie makes a fool of himself via telling everyone there's a werewolf in the basement post seeing It (character) as a werewolf. Mike Hanlon's Chased by Henry, who now has his whole gang with him and Mike retreats to his future teammates who Henry refers to as "The Losers Club". He plans to spare the 6 of them in exchange for Mike, leading to a rock fight which a now deranged and defeated Henry vows revenge for. Mike shows his pic book and Richie spots Pennywise the dancing clown. Pennywise makes the same vows Henry made and an emotional Bill's comforted by his friends. Once Beverly bests the boys in slingshot usage, the 7 friends head into the sewers to avenge Georgie, unknowing Henry's watching them. IT in the form of the deadlights murders Henry's friend Victor Criss just prior to Belch helping Henry kidnap Stan. Henry near murders Stan and Stan's friends hear a pipe burst. Henry And Stan watch in horror as Belch's devoured by IT and Stan runs back to the group as Henry's hair goes white from seeing IT's true form. Stan runs back to the group and they hold hands to fight their fears and IT's illusions. Stan's near fatally bitten by Pennywise, who Eddie stops with battery acid. Beverly severely harms IT with silver and forces the clown to retreat. The friends hug each other and vow to return if IT's not dead. Richie's now a successful comedian and gets a call from Mike Hanlon, leading Richie to have a debate with 1 of his staff members and have flashbacks to his childhood. While returning to Derry, he sees the outside of a film theatre saying rest in peace Richie Tozier, mentioning his birth year and death year. Pennywise then has a comical moment with Richie in the library to scare Richie out of the haunted town and a nervous and shaky Richie joins his friends for dinner. They have an initially lighthearted supper, though Richie brings up Henry Bowers, who was sent to Juniper Hills Mental Hospital for life for falsely confessing to IT's murders in 1960. Pennywise Wakes Henry from his sleep to remind him of how he helped him once and near succeeded, manipulating the poorly aged patricide to go back to Derry to murder the 6 remaining losers. Back at dinner, the group has a debate and IT's evil magic's seen to be in the 6 fortune cookies the friends ordered. They leave the restaurant for the library and have some jokes just prior to Mike learning from Stan's widow he cut his wrists in the tub. They find Stan's head in the fridge and IT taunts the group prior to them fighting the evil magic once more. They head for their hotel and Pennywise disguises as Belch to hand Henry his knife back. The guard of the hospital comes to stop Henry, but is killed by IT as a doberman pinscher. In the hotel, the losers have a talk about their pasts, Derry's history and how other than Mike, they all left Derry and had huge success in life etc. Mike, Eddie And Ben go upstairs, where an unlucky Mike has Henry stab him. Henry accidentally stabs himself in the chest and Mike's sent to the hospital, leading to a debate about what to do next. Richie and Eddie are apprehensive with Stan's suicide and Henry's near murder of Mike. Eventually, they go to the sewers and find Bill's wife Audra Phillips was kidnapped. Pennywise gives them 1 last chance to leave Derry, taunting them how they'll never see him and lose their minds to his deadlights like everyone else prior to fading away with laughter. As Bill heads to rescue Audra, he finds IT's true form, a massive spider which terrifies the five friends. Beverly misses with her slingshot and she's forced to run to get the silver to rescue her paralyzed friends. She succeeds in weakening IT, though Eddie, who went to save his friends and destroy IT, dies from IT crushing his ribcage and the impact of the fall he took. Bill Avenges Georgie and holds IT's heart with his friends as the spider dies. Bill Rescues Audra and the friends go on to forget each other, with Richie now back in acting and having partner who looks and acts lots like Eddie. Ben And Bev are married and break another curse via pregnancy while the miniseries ends with Bill breaking Audra out of her catatonic state and they share a kiss in the middle of the street, with Pennywise's laughter coming 1 last time as the screen fades to black.
It (2017)[]
It: Chapter Two[]
Trivia[]
- In It: Chapter Two, he is revealed to be gay and is suggested to be in love with Eddie Kaspbrak. He was very devastated when Eddie died during the final fight against Pennywise.
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