Sony needed a mascot so they went with a mutant bandicoot in jorts, and fair play it worked.
Fun fact: Naughty Dog internally codenamed the project "Sonic's Ass Game" because the camera always showed Crash from behind.
A clown living in a sewer somehow made an entire generation afraid of storm drains.
Fun fact: Bill Skarsgård can naturally move his eyes independently, a trait that required no CGI for Pennywise.