Richie Tozier

Name("Richie Tozier" + "Richie")

Sexuality("Bisexual")

Age("13")

Background("As a child, his closest friends were Bill Denbrough, Eddie Kaspbrak, Beverly Marsh, Stan Uris, Mike Hanlon, and Ben Hanscom. Like the others in the Losers' Club, he looked up to Bill and was cited as the one who 'understood Bill better than anyone'. He also thought Beverly was pretty, but perceived her as if she was the same as any other friend and even thought of her as “one of the boys”. He often teases the other Losers, especially Eddie and Bill, though it's generally mutual banter with Bill while he pokes fun at Eddie by referring to him as 'Eds', 'Eddie Spaghetti' and 'cute'. In the 2017/2019 adaptation, Richie is shown as the only one attending Stan’s bar mitzvah." + "He wore thick black glasses and had huge front buck teeth which earned him the name "Bucky Beaver" by others in his school, though he was later dubbed "Trashmouth" by the Losers due to his foul language and loud mouth that often got him into trouble. He hated wearing the glasses, but found comfort in that one of his idols, Buddy Holly, was famous and also wore thick glasses. The other Losers often used the phrase "Beep-beep" whenever they needed to silence him. Although Richie misbehaved a lot in school, he received good grades besides the grades in behavior. At some point in the book, Richie accidentally insults Henry Bowers and his gang out loud, resulting in him getting chased and almost beaten." + "Richie is known for his hobby of doing Voices and impersonations, although when he is younger most of them were awful and sounded the same.")

Family("Richie is shown to have had a positive upbringing. Richie's father, Wentworth, was an intelligent man with a career in dentistry who would happily indulge Richie's interest in 'voices', going so far as to use some of his son's phrases himself. Richie knew how to read his parents like 'well-worn and well-loved' books. While Richie's father did regard his son as a little silly, it's made clear that he cares about him and loves him dearly. Richie's mother, Maggie, was kind and attempted to understand her son, but experienced some difficulty due to Richie's gender. She goes so far as to wish Richie had been born a girl so he would be able to better understand some of the things he does, demonstrating her desire to be a good mother to him. While Richie's parents may falter on occasion, it is never nearly as severe as the other parents of Derry, who demonstrate great neglect and abuse toward their children")

Fears("One of Richie’s greatest fears, other than clowns and the teenage werewolf, seems to be going missing (i.e; the missing poster). It was already proven earlier that the children of Derry were forgotten weeks (or possibly days) after they disappear, and he seems to fear that he, too, will be forgotten if he were to go missing, though he could simply be afraid of the implications that going missing meant he would die. " + "Richie has a “fear” of clowns. A comparison can be made between the makeup or “mask” that clowns wear and the mask that Richie puts on to hide his sexuality.")

Trivia("Raised Catholic, and though as a child he's just as ready to make fun of his own religion as he is Stan's, he scoffs at the idea of eating meat on Fridays. However, earlier at one point he is briefly mentioned to be Methodist." + "He tends to throw up after traumatic events" + "