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+ | |alias = Hockstetter |
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+ | |origin = ''It'' |
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+ | |occupation = [[Bowers Gang]] bully<br> |
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+ | Elementary-Middle school student <small>(in the novel)</small><br> |
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+ | High school student <small>(in the film)</small> |
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+ | |skills = Fearlessness <small>(except leeches)</small><br> |
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+ | Resilience to pain<br> |
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+ | Cleverness |
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+ | |hobby = Torturing and killing animals through the use of his fridge for his own amusement and sexual gratification.<br> |
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+ | Killing flies and keeping them in his pencil box.<br> |
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+ | Bullying other children.<br> |
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+ | Sexually assaulting female school students and doing other perverted things.<br>(all novel only)<br> |
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+ | Playing with lighters.<br>(movie only) |
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+ | |goals = Kill his baby brother so he can keep his position as "the only real human being" <small>(succeeded)</small>.<br> |
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+ | Cause chaos along with Henry Bowers <small>(succeeded until his death)</small>.<br> |
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+ | Kill the Losers Club including Ben Hanscom <small>(failed)</small>. |
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+ | |crimes = Animal cruelty <small>(novel only)</small><br> |
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+ | Stalking<br> |
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+ | Sexual assault <small>(novel only)</small><br> |
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+ | Assault<br> |
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+ | Fratricide/Infanticide <small>(novel only)</small><br> |
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+ | Child murder <small>(novel only)</small> |
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+ | |type of villain = Solipsistic Psychopath}} |
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+ | {{Quote|Let me light his hair, like {{w|Michael Jackson}}!|Patrick's most famous quote in the 2017 film.}} |
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+ | '''Patrick Hockstetter''' is a major antagonist in Stephen King's book ''It'' as well as the 2017-2019 film duology of the same name. He is a member of the [[Bowers Gang]] and is often cited as the most dangerous member of said group. |
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+ | He was portrayed by {{w|Owen Teague}} in the films. |
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− | '''Patrick Hockstetter''' is one of the villains from Stephen King's book ''It''. |
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+ | ==Biography== |
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− | Patrick was a very disturbed individual who had a solipistic view on the world and believes himself to be the only "real" being. As well as this, he is also Psychopathic and Solipsistic. He also shows sexual inteest such as tugging on girls' hair back at school. His report cads show him as being an apathetic student. He also kept a pencil boxof dead flies which he kills with his ruler that he shows as his own hunting trophies. |
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+ | ===Novel=== |
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+ | ====Background==== |
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+ | Patrick was a deeply disturbed young man who fell under the illusion that he was the only real human being in the world (solipsism). He expresses this delusion when he kills his baby brother, Avery, at the age of five out of the fear of being replaced. |
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+ | As a child, Patrick and his family go swimming in a lake, and he develops a fear of leeches after several of them attach themselves to him. |
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− | ==His Illusion == |
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+ | As a student attending Derry Elementary School, Patrick develops a reputation for being creepy due to his habit of keeping dead flies in his pencil box, and female students stop sitting in front of him due to his tendency of groping them. |
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− | The novel stated that Patrick had a dangerous illusion in which he thinks he is the only "real human being" in the world. He also thinks that his actions have no consequence, regadless of how much damage he causes. It's interesting to note that he shares this exact same theory with [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Pennywise IT]. |
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+ | ====Late 1957==== |
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− | ==Possible Replacement (Avery)== |
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+ | Patrick, deeply sadistic, kept the corpses of animals he killed in a refrigerator down at the junkyard, the animals being strays or pets stolen from people's homes that he starved to death in the fridge for both his own amusement and sexual gratification. |
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+ | It is implied that [[It (Stephen King)|IT]] uses its powers to prevent people from discovering the fridge, as the day Patrick found it in the town junkyard was the day Georgie Denbrough was killed by It. |
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− | At the age of five, Patrick had a baby brother named Avery Hockstetter. Although Patrick initially had no problems with his parents having kids, He was only worried about whether or not that new child would "replace him" and become a "real mortal" like himself. Patrick eventually became delusional to the point where he murders his own baby brother. On one dark afternoon, Patrick had sneaked into Avery's room while the baby was still asleep. Patrick then smothered Avery to death with his pillow, being sexually thrilled as he does so. Later on that day when Patrick's mother had found Avery dead, she screamed her self to death while Patrick had ended up watching television the whole day, not showing any remorse in murdering Avery. |
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+ | Some time before the events of the July of 1958, [[Henry Bowers]] finds out about the fridge and the animals. |
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+ | ====Summer of 1958==== |
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+ | Patrick is present when Henry breaks Eddie Kaspbrak's arm, and he spits in the latter's face when he is on the ground in pain. |
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+ | Later, Patrick and the rest of the Bowers Gang wind up in the junkyard lighting their farts on fire for fun. After a while, Vic and Belch both leave to tend to different responsibilities, and shortly afterward, Patrick gives [[Henry Bowers]] a handjob and offers to give him oral sex, to which Henry replies by punching him in the face out of disgust and anger. |
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+ | Henry then threatens to tell the police about Patrick's animals if the latter tells anyone about their sexual encounter and leaves. |
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− | ==The Apocalyptic Rock-Fight== |
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− | <span style="font-size:14px;">On one July afternoon, Patrick, along with </span>[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Henry_Bowers Henry Bowers], [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Reginald_%22Belch%22_Huggins Belch]<span style="font-size:14px;">, Victor Criss, </span>[http://stephenking.wikia.com/wiki/Gard_Jagermeyer Gard Jagermeyer]<span style="font-size:14px;">, </span>[http://stephenking.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_Gordon Peter Gordon]<span style="font-size:14px;"> and </span>[http://stephenking.wikia.com/wiki/Moose_Sadler Moose Sadler]<span style="font-size:14px;"> chase a boy named Mike Hanlon. When they come across The Losers Club </span><span style="font-size:14px;">in the landfill, the two gangs engage in a rock fight. After Peter and Gard retreat, Patrick and Victor also leave quickly. Patrick was the third person to runaway from the fight.</span> |
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+ | Patrick, now spooked that Henry may really get the police after him, goes down to the fridge to dispose of the animals and clean it out, but is attacked by IT in the form of flying leeches once he opens the fridge, his worst (and likely only) fear. |
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− | ==The Junkyard (Death)== |
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− | <span style="font-size:14px;">On one hot summery day, Patrick, Henry, Victor and </span>[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Reginald_%22Belch%22_Huggins Belch] <span style="font-size:14px;">were down at a local junkyard, lighting their own farts with Henry's lighter. After a while, Vic and Belch leave after a short and brief dispute with Henry. After the two leave, Patrick gives Henry a hand-job, and even boldly offers him oral sex, to which Henry replies by punching him in the mouth. Worried that Patrick might tell his friends about the incident, Henry blackmails Patrick, threatening to tell the police about his "secret fridge" down at the Junkyard. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">After Henry leaves, Patrick heads down to the fridge to dispose the dead animals he kept in there, only to be attacked by </span>[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Pennywise IT] in the form of "flying leeches" (his worst fear). <span style="font-size:14px;">The parasites drink most of his blood and eventually drag away his unconscious body. By the time Patrick had awoken, It had already begun feeding on him.</span> |
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+ | Because of the attack, Patrick passes out from blood loss, and he wakes up in the sewers, the last thing he sees being Pennywise/IT eating him. |
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+ | When the Losers Club enters the sewers, they find what was left of Patrick's corpse. |
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− | ==The Sewers== |
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− | <span style="font-size:14px;">Patrick appears very briefly at one of the baseball fields in Trackers Brothers, as one of the manifestations of </span>[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Pennywise IT], while taunting Eddie Kaspbrak. |
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+ | ====Summer of 1985==== |
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+ | In 1985, Patrick Hockstetter appears as one of It's manifestations to frighten Eddie Kaspbrak. When the Losers Club enters the sewers again, they find Patrick's corpse for the second time. |
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+ | ===2017 Film=== |
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+ | In the 2017 film, Patrick Hockstetter's character is considerably changed from the source material. He is not nearly as malevolent as he is in the novel as we see none of his heinous actions. He also shows none of his bisexual tendencies except for licking his lips when the Losers walk by him in school. |
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+ | Patrick Hockstetter is seen harassing several of the Losers Club with the rest of the Bowers Gang, including throwing Stan Uris’ hat through the window of a moving bus. He is also present when the gang attempts to run Mike Hanlon over with Belch’s car (though plays no part in harassing Mike), and again when Henry attempts to carve his own name onto Ben Hanscom's stomach, intimidating the latter with a makeshift flamethrower. |
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+ | After Ben Hanscom escapes into the Barrens and the bullies give chase, Henry orders Patrick and Belch to go after him while Vic Criss helps him find his knife. During this time, Patrick orders Belch to search the forested area of the Barrens whilst he searches along the river. While still hunting for Ben, Patrick enters a sewer, thinking that Ben is in there. However, IT frightens Patrick in the form of zombie children. Causing Patrick to run. While running Patrick trips and falls into the sewer water, getting blood on his face but Patrick gets back up and keeps running. However, It, as Pennywise, traps Patrick in a dead-end of the sewers and eats him. A missing persons poster is seen for Patrick on a telephone pole in Derry shortly after as the Losers Club goes to Ben’s house. |
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+ | Sometime later, It uses Patrick's voice as one of the many voices calling up to Beverly Marsh from her apartment's bathroom sink. Patrick is mentioned in a deleted scene where Belch mentions Patrick's dad hasn't heard anything but Henry claims he doesn't care. |
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+ | ===2019 Film=== |
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+ | {{Quote|Hockstetter?!|Henry's surprise and relief upon seeing Patrick again for the first time in years.}}In the second part to the 2017 film duology Patrick makes a few appearances as one of It's forms. |
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+ | He appears first as IT summons him to a mental institution where an aged and now almost completely insane Henry Bowers is being held after being convicted for the murders of his father as well as Belch and Vic. Patrick appears as a decaying but still recognizable corpse of himself and presents himself before Henry who recognizes him quite quickly, he then gifts Henry with his old switchblade and helps him escape from the mental institution. |
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+ | After Henry successfully escaped Patrick came to his aid once again by driving him back to Derry and continued acting as a chauffeur of sorts towards him until the latter's death at the hands of Richie Tozier. |
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+ | Patrick made no further appearances in the film. |
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+ | ==Personality== |
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+ | Patrick was a very insane, deeply disturbed, and psychopathic person who had a solipsistic worldview and believed himself to be the only "real" being, considering everything except him to not be real, explaining why he does not feel any fear or pain. He was willing to kill his baby brother out of fear of being replaced, which clearly broadened Patrick's likeness for cruelty and murder. |
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+ | Despite thinking that "real" does not exist apart from himself, he does have a vague concept of the rules and breaking them. Although for Patrick, the only thing wrong about breaking the rules is getting caught while doing so. |
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+ | He is also a provocative and sexual sadist who draws excitation from torturing and killing animals and insects. Patrick would use his fridge to torture animals and strays all for the sake of his twisted gratification. He would also frequently attempt to grope his female peers, and in the novel, he performs perverted acts such as giving Henry a hand-job, and attempting to suck his penis. |
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+ | His report cards show him as being a temperamental, emotionless, and apathetic student, and though his IQ tests show him to have an intelligence slightly under the average, he is described as "far more clever than his lackluster IQ results indicated". Stephen King also takes note that Patrick's psychopathic behaviour would have been picked up on if he was born in a later era. |
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+ | In the movie, Patrick is far less depraved and evil than he was in the novel. He appears to have a simple obssesion with pyromania and is also sadistic, as he laughed while watching Henry cut Ben's stomach. Although he doesn't harrass Mike in the alley and seems to get along with the gang better. Patrick isn't shown as perverted and makes no attempt to sexually assault female students or Henry. His film adaptation also doesn't appear to be as devoid of fear, as Patrick got scared by the undead children in the sewers, and also screamed at the sight of Pennywise just before the Derry Disease devoured him. |
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+ | == Relationships == |
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+ | === Henry Bowers === |
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+ | Henry Bowers was a childhood friend of Patrick's due to their sadistic personalities. The begin their friendship in 1958, with Beverly suspecting that he was Peter Gordon's replacement (he either left the gang or was killed by It). They are only seen together a couple of times, but Henry does seem to have an ounce of respect for Patrick. He encourages him to assault hypochondriac Eddie Kaspbrak and laughs when he spits on him, and later he's seen in the junkyard with Patrick lighting their farts on fire along with Vic and Belch. Patrick and Henry are implied to be attracted to each other, because Patrick then masturbates Henry, and Henry enjoys himself. However when Patrick offers to give him oral sex, Henry punches him and calls him several homophobic slurs and tries to blackmail Patrick. Later, Patrick is killed by It near the sewers. His disappearance and death are not mentioned by Henry or one of his friends, but Henry may have only done this out of anger and humiliation. |
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+ | In the movie, the two are closer and seem to get along much better, with Henry seeing Patrick as more of a friend than just some extra muscle. There is also no sexual encounter or fight between them. They are first seen together staring down Richie Tozier in the hallways, and then they beat him, Stan Uris, Eddie Kasbrak and Bill Denbrough a few minutes later. They also hunt down Mike Hanlon. Patrick is present when Henry assaults Ben, and he threatens to set his hair on fire. He watches Ben be cut by Henry with pleasure, but when he gets away Henry sends him to get him. Patrick is killed by It, and despite their closer friendship, Henry says that he doesn't care when Belch mentions his disappearance in a deleted scene. This may have been out of anger rather than Henry's actual feelings though. |
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+ | ==Appearance== |
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+ | ===Book=== |
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+ | In the book Patrick's physical appearance is not discussed in much detail, however, he is described as a chubby, ugly young man who reportedly barely even looks human. |
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+ | ===Film=== |
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+ | In the film adaptation, Patrick's appearance differed drastically from the book. |
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+ | He was a towering figure to everyone around him and had a slender physique with pale skin and thick, long dark hair flicked upwards. His moment prominent outfit in the film featured him wearing dark grey jeans tucked into black combat boots, a yellow T-shirt with red piping depicting the [[Tom the Cat|titular cat]] from ''Tom & Jerry'' sticking his tongue out and several studded bracelets on his left hand. |
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+ | ==Quotes== |
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+ | {{Quote|Nice frisbee flamer!|Patrick bullying Stanley Uris by throwing his yarmulke hat through an open school bus window.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|I hear you, tits. Don't think you can stay down here all damn day.|Patrick, looking for Ben Hascom in the Barrens.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|'''F-CK!'''|Patrick's last word before being cornered and killed by IT}} |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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+ | <gallery widths="300" bordercolor="crimson" captiontextcolor="crimson" position="center"> |
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+ | Patrick-It-Chapter-1.png|Patrick in the sewers. |
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+ | Hockstetter in the sewers.jpg|Patrick's reaction to the zombie kids. |
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+ | Patrick-Missing-Poster.jpg|Patrick's missing poster. |
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+ | PatrickITShot.png |
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+ | Patrick Hockstetter Full-Body.JPG |
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+ | PatrickHockstetter(2017).jpg |
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+ | Another Photovof Hockstetter .JPG |
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+ | Hockstetter.png |
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+ | Patrick Hockstetter ghost (Chapter Two).png|IT in the form of Zombie Patrick Hockstetter in ''It: Chapter Two''. |
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+ | Zombie-Patrick.jpg |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==Trivia== |
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+ | *Patrick Hockstetter is considered to be the most cruel and evil member of the [[Bowers Gang]]. Even [[Henry Bowers]], the gang's leader, who is already a murderous sociopath himself by the end of the story, has some moral standards as he is shown to have disgust for Patrick and his actions. He is even sometimes called "Pennywise Jr." by Stephen King fans. |
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+ | *Patrick had a smaller role and is far less malevolent in the 2017 film. |
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+ | *Patrick did not appear in the 1990 miniseries (although the character [[Victor "Vic" Criss|Victor Criss]], another bully, is mistakenly named "Patrick" in the credits), but he appears in the 2017 film adaptation. In spite of that, however, his role is drastically reduced in the film. This is likely because of the controversial and mature nature of Patrick's actions throughout the novel which likely would be met with criticism if shown on screen. |
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+ | **Henry Bowers' sociopathy is the result of [[Butch Bowers|his father]]'s abuse and violent personality. He is also driven by rage rather than cruelty. Patrick Hockstetter, on the other hand, is a psychopathic sexual sadist who enjoys causing chaos for absolutely no reason other than his own amusement and pleasure. |
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+ | *When [[It (Stephen King)|It]] is attacking Patrick Hockstetter in the form of flying leeches, a humanoid figure (also It) appears, and the face of the creature is constantly bubbling and morphing, as if deciding what it wanted to be. This suggests that due to Patrick's solipsistic worldview, he has little to no experience with fear and thus would not have many forms that It could take to feed off of him. |
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+ | *A character of the same name appears in another Stephen King story, namely ''Firestarter''. However, both Patricks are not the same due to Patrick Hockstetter in ''It'' dying as a child in 1958, so the name is just recycled. |
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+ | *Patrick Hockstetter seems to fit two of the three criteria of the Macdonald triad (three traits shared by 95% of all serial killers), "cruelty to animals" being the most obvious and "arson" is implied when Patrick seems to be hypnotized by the flame of a lighter. |
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+ | **In the same chapter that explores the character of Patrick Hockstetter, Beverly Marsh, who is hiding in a car, is tortured by her bladder. Ironically "Enuresis" is the third criteria of the triad. |
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− | *He is the fourth Non Disney villain who is thought to be the hunter who killed Bambi's mother the other three being [[Shaw]], [[Victor Quartermaine]], [[Jack Merridew]] and [[Roger (Lord of the Flies)|Roger.]] |
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“ | Let me light his hair, like Michael Jackson! | „ |
~ Patrick's most famous quote in the 2017 film. |
Patrick Hockstetter is a major antagonist in Stephen King's book It as well as the 2017-2019 film duology of the same name. He is a member of the Bowers Gang and is often cited as the most dangerous member of said group.
He was portrayed by Owen Teague in the films.
Biography
Novel
Background
Patrick was a deeply disturbed young man who fell under the illusion that he was the only real human being in the world (solipsism). He expresses this delusion when he kills his baby brother, Avery, at the age of five out of the fear of being replaced.
As a child, Patrick and his family go swimming in a lake, and he develops a fear of leeches after several of them attach themselves to him.
As a student attending Derry Elementary School, Patrick develops a reputation for being creepy due to his habit of keeping dead flies in his pencil box, and female students stop sitting in front of him due to his tendency of groping them.
Late 1957
Patrick, deeply sadistic, kept the corpses of animals he killed in a refrigerator down at the junkyard, the animals being strays or pets stolen from people's homes that he starved to death in the fridge for both his own amusement and sexual gratification.
It is implied that IT uses its powers to prevent people from discovering the fridge, as the day Patrick found it in the town junkyard was the day Georgie Denbrough was killed by It.
Some time before the events of the July of 1958, Henry Bowers finds out about the fridge and the animals.
Summer of 1958
Patrick is present when Henry breaks Eddie Kaspbrak's arm, and he spits in the latter's face when he is on the ground in pain.
Later, Patrick and the rest of the Bowers Gang wind up in the junkyard lighting their farts on fire for fun. After a while, Vic and Belch both leave to tend to different responsibilities, and shortly afterward, Patrick gives Henry Bowers a handjob and offers to give him oral sex, to which Henry replies by punching him in the face out of disgust and anger.
Henry then threatens to tell the police about Patrick's animals if the latter tells anyone about their sexual encounter and leaves.
Patrick, now spooked that Henry may really get the police after him, goes down to the fridge to dispose of the animals and clean it out, but is attacked by IT in the form of flying leeches once he opens the fridge, his worst (and likely only) fear.
Because of the attack, Patrick passes out from blood loss, and he wakes up in the sewers, the last thing he sees being Pennywise/IT eating him.
When the Losers Club enters the sewers, they find what was left of Patrick's corpse.
Summer of 1985
In 1985, Patrick Hockstetter appears as one of It's manifestations to frighten Eddie Kaspbrak. When the Losers Club enters the sewers again, they find Patrick's corpse for the second time.
2017 Film
In the 2017 film, Patrick Hockstetter's character is considerably changed from the source material. He is not nearly as malevolent as he is in the novel as we see none of his heinous actions. He also shows none of his bisexual tendencies except for licking his lips when the Losers walk by him in school.
Patrick Hockstetter is seen harassing several of the Losers Club with the rest of the Bowers Gang, including throwing Stan Uris’ hat through the window of a moving bus. He is also present when the gang attempts to run Mike Hanlon over with Belch’s car (though plays no part in harassing Mike), and again when Henry attempts to carve his own name onto Ben Hanscom's stomach, intimidating the latter with a makeshift flamethrower.
After Ben Hanscom escapes into the Barrens and the bullies give chase, Henry orders Patrick and Belch to go after him while Vic Criss helps him find his knife. During this time, Patrick orders Belch to search the forested area of the Barrens whilst he searches along the river. While still hunting for Ben, Patrick enters a sewer, thinking that Ben is in there. However, IT frightens Patrick in the form of zombie children. Causing Patrick to run. While running Patrick trips and falls into the sewer water, getting blood on his face but Patrick gets back up and keeps running. However, It, as Pennywise, traps Patrick in a dead-end of the sewers and eats him. A missing persons poster is seen for Patrick on a telephone pole in Derry shortly after as the Losers Club goes to Ben’s house.
Sometime later, It uses Patrick's voice as one of the many voices calling up to Beverly Marsh from her apartment's bathroom sink. Patrick is mentioned in a deleted scene where Belch mentions Patrick's dad hasn't heard anything but Henry claims he doesn't care.
2019 Film
“ | Hockstetter?! | „ |
~ Henry's surprise and relief upon seeing Patrick again for the first time in years. |
In the second part to the 2017 film duology Patrick makes a few appearances as one of It's forms.
He appears first as IT summons him to a mental institution where an aged and now almost completely insane Henry Bowers is being held after being convicted for the murders of his father as well as Belch and Vic. Patrick appears as a decaying but still recognizable corpse of himself and presents himself before Henry who recognizes him quite quickly, he then gifts Henry with his old switchblade and helps him escape from the mental institution.
After Henry successfully escaped Patrick came to his aid once again by driving him back to Derry and continued acting as a chauffeur of sorts towards him until the latter's death at the hands of Richie Tozier.
Patrick made no further appearances in the film.
Personality
Patrick was a very insane, deeply disturbed, and psychopathic person who had a solipsistic worldview and believed himself to be the only "real" being, considering everything except him to not be real, explaining why he does not feel any fear or pain. He was willing to kill his baby brother out of fear of being replaced, which clearly broadened Patrick's likeness for cruelty and murder.
Despite thinking that "real" does not exist apart from himself, he does have a vague concept of the rules and breaking them. Although for Patrick, the only thing wrong about breaking the rules is getting caught while doing so.
He is also a provocative and sexual sadist who draws excitation from torturing and killing animals and insects. Patrick would use his fridge to torture animals and strays all for the sake of his twisted gratification. He would also frequently attempt to grope his female peers, and in the novel, he performs perverted acts such as giving Henry a hand-job, and attempting to suck his penis.
His report cards show him as being a temperamental, emotionless, and apathetic student, and though his IQ tests show him to have an intelligence slightly under the average, he is described as "far more clever than his lackluster IQ results indicated". Stephen King also takes note that Patrick's psychopathic behaviour would have been picked up on if he was born in a later era.
In the movie, Patrick is far less depraved and evil than he was in the novel. He appears to have a simple obssesion with pyromania and is also sadistic, as he laughed while watching Henry cut Ben's stomach. Although he doesn't harrass Mike in the alley and seems to get along with the gang better. Patrick isn't shown as perverted and makes no attempt to sexually assault female students or Henry. His film adaptation also doesn't appear to be as devoid of fear, as Patrick got scared by the undead children in the sewers, and also screamed at the sight of Pennywise just before the Derry Disease devoured him.
Relationships
Henry Bowers
Henry Bowers was a childhood friend of Patrick's due to their sadistic personalities. The begin their friendship in 1958, with Beverly suspecting that he was Peter Gordon's replacement (he either left the gang or was killed by It). They are only seen together a couple of times, but Henry does seem to have an ounce of respect for Patrick. He encourages him to assault hypochondriac Eddie Kaspbrak and laughs when he spits on him, and later he's seen in the junkyard with Patrick lighting their farts on fire along with Vic and Belch. Patrick and Henry are implied to be attracted to each other, because Patrick then masturbates Henry, and Henry enjoys himself. However when Patrick offers to give him oral sex, Henry punches him and calls him several homophobic slurs and tries to blackmail Patrick. Later, Patrick is killed by It near the sewers. His disappearance and death are not mentioned by Henry or one of his friends, but Henry may have only done this out of anger and humiliation.
In the movie, the two are closer and seem to get along much better, with Henry seeing Patrick as more of a friend than just some extra muscle. There is also no sexual encounter or fight between them. They are first seen together staring down Richie Tozier in the hallways, and then they beat him, Stan Uris, Eddie Kasbrak and Bill Denbrough a few minutes later. They also hunt down Mike Hanlon. Patrick is present when Henry assaults Ben, and he threatens to set his hair on fire. He watches Ben be cut by Henry with pleasure, but when he gets away Henry sends him to get him. Patrick is killed by It, and despite their closer friendship, Henry says that he doesn't care when Belch mentions his disappearance in a deleted scene. This may have been out of anger rather than Henry's actual feelings though.
Appearance
Book
In the book Patrick's physical appearance is not discussed in much detail, however, he is described as a chubby, ugly young man who reportedly barely even looks human.
Film
In the film adaptation, Patrick's appearance differed drastically from the book.
He was a towering figure to everyone around him and had a slender physique with pale skin and thick, long dark hair flicked upwards. His moment prominent outfit in the film featured him wearing dark grey jeans tucked into black combat boots, a yellow T-shirt with red piping depicting the titular cat from Tom & Jerry sticking his tongue out and several studded bracelets on his left hand.
Quotes
“ | Nice frisbee flamer! | „ |
~ Patrick bullying Stanley Uris by throwing his yarmulke hat through an open school bus window. |
“ | I hear you, tits. Don't think you can stay down here all damn day. | „ |
~ Patrick, looking for Ben Hascom in the Barrens. |
“ | F-CK! | „ |
~ Patrick's last word before being cornered and killed by IT |
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Trivia
- Patrick Hockstetter is considered to be the most cruel and evil member of the Bowers Gang. Even Henry Bowers, the gang's leader, who is already a murderous sociopath himself by the end of the story, has some moral standards as he is shown to have disgust for Patrick and his actions. He is even sometimes called "Pennywise Jr." by Stephen King fans.
- Patrick had a smaller role and is far less malevolent in the 2017 film.
- Patrick did not appear in the 1990 miniseries (although the character Victor Criss, another bully, is mistakenly named "Patrick" in the credits), but he appears in the 2017 film adaptation. In spite of that, however, his role is drastically reduced in the film. This is likely because of the controversial and mature nature of Patrick's actions throughout the novel which likely would be met with criticism if shown on screen.
- Henry Bowers' sociopathy is the result of his father's abuse and violent personality. He is also driven by rage rather than cruelty. Patrick Hockstetter, on the other hand, is a psychopathic sexual sadist who enjoys causing chaos for absolutely no reason other than his own amusement and pleasure.
- When It is attacking Patrick Hockstetter in the form of flying leeches, a humanoid figure (also It) appears, and the face of the creature is constantly bubbling and morphing, as if deciding what it wanted to be. This suggests that due to Patrick's solipsistic worldview, he has little to no experience with fear and thus would not have many forms that It could take to feed off of him.
- A character of the same name appears in another Stephen King story, namely Firestarter. However, both Patricks are not the same due to Patrick Hockstetter in It dying as a child in 1958, so the name is just recycled.
- Patrick Hockstetter seems to fit two of the three criteria of the Macdonald triad (three traits shared by 95% of all serial killers), "cruelty to animals" being the most obvious and "arson" is implied when Patrick seems to be hypnotized by the flame of a lighter.
- In the same chapter that explores the character of Patrick Hockstetter, Beverly Marsh, who is hiding in a car, is tortured by her bladder. Ironically "Enuresis" is the third criteria of the triad.
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