The silver lining of Eddie's tragic death is that Pennywise, the patron saint of caked foundation and orange box dye, gets his in the end, too. The Losers successfully perform the Ritual of Chüd to weaken the clown, and are then able to destroy him for good when they declare they're no longer afraid of him. He's driven into a corner of his cave, until finally he's just a pathetic puddle of goop that turns to dust. Bye, bye, Pennywise.