Intro. Belch is one of the main antagonists of the Losers, alongside Henry Bowers and company. Here, due to being portrayed as a teenager, he drives a blue Trans-Am and serves as the driver of the Bowers Gang. However, while still stronger than the rest of his friends, Belch is more heavily built than earlier depictions and is dwarfed in terms of height by Patrick Hockstetter, contrary to the novel and miniseries in which he six feet tall and, therefore, dwarfing the rest of the Bowers Gang. Along with the rest of the gang though, he is given a more modern appearance and wears different varieties of 80s metal punk band shirts (Metallica and Anthrax's Among the Living) and even wears a baseball cap, similar to his depiction in the novel.
He first appears in the hallway scene at Derry High School when the bullies watch Bill, Richie, Eddie, and Stan pass them by at the end of the day. Whilst harassing them outside of the school, Belch opens belches in Eddie's face, being more disgusting than hi