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Stranger Things Characters

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  1. 1. Red-haired girl who loves skateboarding and listening to Kate Bush
  2. 6. Hellfire Club dungeon master who plays Metallica on his electric guitar
  3. 7. Nancy's responsible best friend who vanishes from Steve's backyard pool
  4. 9. Humanoid predator from the Upside Down characterized by its petal-like face
  5. 11. Steve's coworker at Scoops Ahoy who decodes the secret Russian transmission
  6. 12. Aspiring investigative journalist and older sister of Mike
  7. 13. Popular Hawkins High cheerleader plagued by horrific visions in season four

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  1. 1. Leader of the core group of boys and devoted boyfriend of Eleven
  2. 2. Former popular high school jock who evolves into a trusted babysitter
  3. 3. Mike and Nancy's oblivious father who frequently falls asleep in his armchair
  4. 4. Joyce's kindhearted boyfriend who works at RadioShack and dies in Hawkins Lab
  5. 5. Charismatic Hawkins basketball star who incites a mob against Eddie
  6. 8. Sinister scientist who conducts experiments on gifted children and is called Papa
  7. 9. Curly-haired AV club member who adopts an unusual pet named Dart
  8. 10. Conspiracy theorist and former journalist who assists Joyce and Hopper

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Stranger Things Monsters and Villains

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  1. 1. Unwilling human vessel commandeered by the dark collective
  2. 5. Hawkins rodents whose liquefied remains built a horrific monstrosity
  3. 7. Pitch-black psychic plane where predators track their prey
  4. 8. Luminous tear between realities that Hawkins scientists failed to close
  5. 11. Flower-jawed apex stalker that dragged Will into the dark in 1983
  6. 13. Unified mind that coordinates every creature across the barrier
  7. 14. Hypnotic stupor preceding levitation and bone-snapping terror

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  1. 2. Middle school tormentor who forced a perilous leap at the quarry
  2. 3. Surname attached to the abandoned house at the center of the mystery
  3. 4. Total psychic takeover that turned Will into an unwitting spy
  4. 6. Towering, storm-cloaked silhouette that dominated Will's early visions
  5. 9. Foreign adversaries operating a subterranean drill under Starcourt Mall
  6. 10. Cold laboratory director who demanded to be called Papa
  7. 12. Supernatural affliction marked by severe migraines, nosebleeds, and visions

Stranger Things Season 4

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  1. 1. Fast-talking teen who poses as a graduate student to tour Pennhurst Asylum
  2. 5. Target of a telepathic curse whose favorite cassette becomes a lifeline
  3. 7. Babysitting hero who suffers a brutal Demobat bite in Lovers Lake
  4. 9. Flower-headed nightmare pitted against Siberian inmates for entertainment
  5. 13. Heavy metal titans whose guitar track echoes across the darkened alternate realm
  6. 14. Sunny California suburban enclave where the Byers relocated
  7. 15. Magnetic audio strip inside a Walkman that can sever a deadly trance

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  1. 2. Winged predators guarding the dark skies over the Nether
  2. 3. Singer Bush whose 1985 synth-pop anthem surged back onto the charts
  3. 4. Hawkins chief enduring harsh Siberian labor while planning a daring breakout
  4. 6. First name of Victor's sensitive son who resented human society
  5. 8. Numerical identity of the orderly who befriended young Eleven
  6. 10. Musical weapon of choice for a high-decibel diversion atop a trailer
  7. 11. Underground silo project designed to restore lost psychic abilities
  8. 12. Portal that opens at the precise coordinates of each psychic slaughter

Stranger Things Hawkins and the Upside Down

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  1. 1. Nougat-loving reptilian found in a trash can that quickly outgrew its terrarium
  2. 3. Hawkins police chief whose morning rule is strictly coffee and contemplation
  3. 6. Skater newcomer who toppled Dustin's leaderboard score on Dig Dug
  4. 8. Superhuman ability allowing Jane to flip vans and snap necks from afar
  5. 11. Glowing scar at the center of the subterranean rift between Hawkins and the nether realm
  6. 12. Acrobatic counterpart in Mr. Clarke's tightrope metaphor explaining hidden dimensions
  7. 14. Toxic floating particle filling the cold air of the decaying shadow realm
  8. 15. Steve modified this sporting good with nails for close-range defense

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  1. 2. Neon-lit Hawkins hangout where teenagers competed for high scores on Dragon's Lair
  2. 3. High school tabletop gaming club unfairly blamed for satanic panic
  3. 4. Frozen toaster treat famously filched from a grocery store by a runaway psychic
  4. 5. Basement campaign master and loyal friend stationed at the walkie-talkie
  5. 7. Cursed entity plotting Hawkins' destruction from his psychic domain within Creel House
  6. 9. Giant towering monster composed of storm and smoke that possessed Will
  7. 10. Reformed high school jock turned fiercely protective babysitter of the party
  8. 13. Fenced-off Department of Energy outpost masking sinister sensory-deprivation experiments

Stranger Things

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  1. 4. Brand of frozen waffles cherished by Eleven
  2. 5. Chiming grandfather timepiece that appears in Vecna's visions
  3. 6. Name Dustin gave to his pet pollywog creature
  4. 8. Tabletop gaming society led by Eddie at Hawkins High
  5. 12. Charismatic leader of the high school Dungeons and Dragons club
  6. 14. Mike's older sister who investigates mysteries with Jonathan
  7. 15. Former high school king known for his great hair and spiked bat

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  1. 1. Glowing tear in the fabric of reality leading to the Upside Down
  2. 2. Supernatural ability to move physical objects with the mind
  3. 3. Palace entertainment venue where the gang plays vintage coin-op video games
  4. 7. Chief of police in Hawkins who acts as a father figure to Eleven
  5. 9. Telepathic girl with a shaved head who loves frozen waffles
  6. 10. Hawkins National research facility where Eleven was raised
  7. 11. Steve's witty coworker at the Scoops Ahoy ice cream parlor
  8. 13. Numbered cubes rolled by the boys while playing tabletop games
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