Oscar Bowers

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Oscar "Butch" Bowers is a minor antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse. Serving as a supporting antagonist of the novel IT, and its 2017 film adaptation, a mentioned character in it's 1990 miniseries, and a posthumous antagonist of IT: Chapter Two. He is the abusive father of Henry Bowers and Evan Bowers. He is described as being "crazy". He "rewards" his son by giving him his first beer upon learning Henry had killed Mike Hanlon's dog. In 1956, Butch's wife eventually left him after he nearly beat her to death. A few years later began dating Rena Davenport. Butch carried on an unending feud with Will Hanlon, who's farm down the road was more successful than Bowers'. Bowers poisoned Hanlon's chickens and painted a Swastika on the side of their chicken coop. Butch was taken into custody by Sheriff Sullivan. Will didn't want to press charges but only wanted $200 in compensation for the dead chickens. Butch said "no jury in Maine would convict me." Sheriff Sullivan agreed but pointed out they would put him away for painting a Swastika on the door after he killed them. Butch realized he was right, and had his brother sell his prized Mercury to pay Will Hanlon.[1] Butch's feud with Will stopped after Will pointed a rifle to his throat and threatened to kill him. Butch was a Marine during WWII and fought in Tarawa. People said he was never right after he came back from the Pacific. Henry's friends try to avoid Butch because of his erratic behavior. He had once taken a length of stovewood to Victor Criss when he dropped a basket of tomatoes he was lugging out to the roadside stand. According to Henry's friends, the beating was bad enough but made worse because Butch, screaming hysterically, was enduring an episode of post-traumatic stress that made him think he was killing Japanese soldiers. Butch would sit on the back porch with a Japanese sword across his lap that he claimed to have taken off the body of a dying Japanese soldier on the island of Tarawa.

He is described as being "crazy". He "rewards" his son by giving him his first beer upon learning Henry had killed Mike Hanlon's dog. In 1956, Butch's wife eventually left him after he nearly beat her to death. A few years later began dating Rena Davenport. Butch carried on an unending feud with Will Hanlon, who's farm down the road was more successful than Bowers'. Bowers poisoned Hanlon's chickens and painted a Swastika on the side of their chicken coop. Butch was taken into custody by Sheriff Sullivan. Will didn't want to press charges but only wanted $200 in compensation for the dead chickens. Butch said "no jury in Maine would convict me." Sheriff Sullivan agreed but pointed out they would put him away for painting a Swastika on the door after he killed them. Butch realized he was right, and had his brother sell his prized Mercury to pay Will Hanlon.[1] Butch's feud with Will stopped after Will pointed a rifle to his throat and threatened to kill him. Butch was a Marine during WWII and fought in Tarawa. People said he was never right after he came back from the Pacific. Henry's friends try to avoid Butch because of his erratic behavior. He had once taken a length of stovewood to Victor Criss when he dropped a basket of tomatoes he was lugging out to the roadside stand. According to Henry's friends, the beating was bad enough but made worse because Butch, screaming hysterically, was enduring an episode of post-traumatic stress that made him think he was killing Japanese soldiers. Butch would sit on the back porch with a Japanese sword across his lap that he claimed to have taken off the body of a dying Japanese soldier on the island of Tarawa. He had actually traded six bottles of Budweiser and three "joysticks" for it in Honolulu. Butch was killed by his son, who stabbed him in the throat with a switchblade knife while he was sleeping. Henry confessed to Butch's murder as well as the rest of the recent murders.

Butch's dream had always been to own a 1958 Plymouth Fury

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Why don't you go get me another beer. BUTCH TO EVAN (DELETED SCENE) What the hell is going on here? [BUTCH TO HENRY WHEN USING HIS GUN] You're cleaning my gun, huh? [BUTCH TO HENRY WHEN USING HIS GUN] HEYY.