Un essere diabolico minaccia periodicamente un paesino nel Maine, anche se nessuno crede alla sua esistenza. Nessuno, tranne un gruppetto di ragazzini sfigati che, dopo la morte del fratello di uno di loro, decide di affrontare il mostro, materializzato nella figura di Pennywise, un clown. Riescono a sconfiggerlo e a ricacciarlo nelle profondità della terra, ma quando arriva il suo momento, trent’anni dopo, Pennywise ritorna.

Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is forced to confront his past while working as a rodeo clown and competing with his siblings for his mother's approval and affection.

Bumba is a mischievous, but always cheerful clown in a circus full of sound and color full of staging tricks. He gets help from his best friends Bumbalu, the Kiwi bird, the bear Nanadu, the elephant Tumbi and many other brightly colored figures cheerfully join him.