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Richie Tozier is a gay character from It.

Biography[]

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Appearance[]

Richie has dark brown, almost curly hair and brown eyes. He has a slim looking body, and is medium height. He wears thick glasses, and wears graphic or plain T-shirts, usually along with an unbuttoned hawaiian shirt on top. In It: Chapter two, Richie pretty much looks similar, but he is shown to be the tallest of the group.

Personality[]

Comical, wise-cracking, loud-mouthed, and also funny, Richie's loud mouth and foul language get him into trouble most of the time. He always seems to be a real chatterbox, thus some of his friends tend to say to him "Shut up, Richie." or “Beep-beep, Richie.” most of the time. As a result, he is, ironically, the class clown of the group

Sexuality[]

It was speculated by some fans that he was bisexual in both the book and the remake, and that has recently been given further confirmation by director Andres Muschietti's that the interpretation portrayed him as gay in IT: Chapter Two. It was confirmed in the 2019 movie that Richie has feelings for Eddie,. Richie is the most distraught of all the Losers when Eddie gets hurt in the 2017 adaptation, and when he dies in chapter 2, and is seen at the end carving their initials in the Kissing Bridge, which he did for the first time when they were children. Stephen King has firmly stated that he did not intend for the character to be gay. However, he is fine with director, Andy Muschietti, and fans' interpretation.

Reaction[]

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Relationships[]

Connor Bowers[]

In It: Chapter two Richie went to revisit the arcade, which was a place he used to hang out at a lot. He gets a flashback from when he was younger, in the flashback he’s playing street fighter on one of the arcade machines with another kid named Connor Bowers, which happens to be Henry Bowers’s little cousin.

Eddie Kaspbrak[]

In the both the novel and remake, Richie is very close to Eddie; in some cases, it's as if Richie and Eddie are dating. Richie enjoys teasing Eddie with jokes about his mother. In It: Chapter two, it is clear that Richie has feelings for Eddie, due to the ending scene where Richie carves in their initials (R+E) into the Kissing bridge after Eddie's death.

Tropes[]

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See Also[]

Richie Tozier

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GAY Adrian MellonDon HagartyRichie Tozier
BISEXUAL Henry BowersPatrick Hockstetter
QUEER Eddie Kaspbrak
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