Only A True Fan Can Name These Stranger Things Characters

Netflix had a serious hit on their hands when the Duffer brothers offered them their show Stranger Things. The executives at the streaming giant were the only ones in the business with the foresight to see that a nostalgic show inspired by the Stephen King novels and John Carpenter movies of the ‘80s about a bunch of kids who encounter supernatural terrors in a small Indiana town would be a smash hit. Every other network turned the Duffers down – and they must be seriously kicking themselves now, because it has gone on to become one of the hottest properties in the current pop culture landscape. It is acclaimed by critics and widely beloved by audiences of all ages – it’s universally enjoyable. The characters from Stranger Things are among the most interesting and lovable on television. And millennials love the show, so the internet is crawling with memes about these characters. Every time one of them dies or gets hurt or finds themselves in danger or even slightly develops, ecstatic comments about it spread across social media like a wildfire. Do you consider yourself to be a big fan of Stranger Things? Prove it by naming all these characters from the show!

Question 1

Who is this kid?

This character didn’t play the biggest role in the first season of Stranger Things, but he did get a much bigger part in the second season as he befriended that lizard thing, Dart. The kid who plays this character on the show could not come back to rerecord any of his lines for the second season of the show when it was in post, because his voice had changed so much from the puberty. What is the name of this character?

Question 2

Who is this superpowered little girl?

The actress who plays this character, Millie Bobby Brown, is now one of the biggest celebrities in the world and she is able to charge $1 million just to be in one movie. She’ll look back on Stranger Things as the best thing that ever happened to her, in terms of her career. She will likely be one of those rare child actors who continues to have a steady and prosperous career with regular work as an adult. Who is this super powered bad girl?

Question 3

Who is Will’s mom?

This character is played by Winona Ryder, who had been out of work for a long time after becoming one of the biggest stars in the world when she was a kid with roles in Tim Burton movies like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. She had trouble breaking out as an adult actor after becoming known as a teen idol. But then the Duffer brothers gave her a comeback role in their Netflix show. What is the name of Will and Jonathan’s mom?

Question 4

Who is this cop?

This cop character has had to make a lot of sacrifices for the kids of Stranger Things over the course of the show’s two seasons. He looked after Eleven when she was on the run from the government, and while he lost his temper a lot, he did care about her deeply. David Harbour, who plays this character, will be next seen as Hellboy in a markedly darker and less Hollywood-y film adaptation than we’ve seen before. Who is the character?

Question 5

Who is this soccer mom?

After the second season of Stranger Things dropped on Netflix and everyone binged it as quickly as humanly possible, there started to be all these memes popping up all over the internet that pitched this character as a soccer mom. To be fair, he did spend the second half of the season taking care of all the kids and he realized that while he wasn't a very good boyfriend, he was a pretty darn good babysitter. There is also a theory that, due to his appearance and the fact that he lives in Indiana, this character is related in some way to Jean Ralphio from Parks and Recreation. Who is this Stranger Things character?

Question 6

Who is this kid?

Throughout the first season of Stranger Things, this character was pushed into the corner and only really served to fill the token black character quota. But in the second season, he got the chance to be more outspoken and express his emotions more clearly. Plus, he got his own story arc and even a love interest. This time around, he wasn’t just along for the ride – he got to actually contribute and develop his character. What is the character’s name?

Question 7

Who is this kid?

Stranger Things has a mostly ensemble cast with more or less equal screen time, but if you had to pick a main character, it would probably be this one. He is the kid who pulls everything together. He is Will’s best friend and the love interest of Eleven and the brother of Nancy, so all the disparate plot lines have the running thread of being close to this kid’s heart. What is the name of Finn Wolfhard’s character in Stranger Things?

Question 8

Who is Lucas’ love interest?

This character joined the show in the second season and very quickly became a fan favorite. She is cool and mysterious, just like all the best characters from Stranger Things. She became the subject of a love triangle with Dustin and Lucas as they both fell for her, but since the former was more interested in his new pet and the latter had more passion, the latter is the one who got the girl in the end. Who is Lucas’ love interest?

Question 9

Who is Mike’s sister?

The older sister of the Mike character has developed over the last two years as she went from the typical teenage girl who scoffs at guys like Jonathan and wouldn’t go anywhere near a kid like Dustin to being Jonathan’s girlfriend and dancing with Dustin at the school dance. It’ll be nice to see her develop even more over the course of the next few seasons before the show ends (they expect it to last four seasons). Who is Mike’s older sister?

Question 10

Who is this kid?

This is the kid that the whole show has revolved around. He was the one who went missing in the first place and then managed to escape from the Upside Down and then started coughing up black mucus and bugs and having visions of the Upside Down and a big monster thing and having “now memories” and got possessed by the bad guys and had to sweat it out. He’s been nothing but trouble since the beginning of this story. Who is he?

Question 11

Who is Joyce’s boyfriend?

Sean Astin is best known for playing the role of Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s iconic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, so it was hard to shake that at first when he began his stint on Stranger Things, but he settled into the role of the nerdy boyfriend of Joyce Byers pretty easily. The fans came to like him so much, so it was really sad to see him go after his moment of heroism. What is the name of this character?

Question 12

Who is this psycho?

This guy is a total psycho, right? Everybody thinks so. He is completely crazy. He’s always working out and threatening people – mostly his little sister – and beating people up and driving around town and causing trouble and hitting on other people’s moms. He doesn’t care what people think of him, which is somewhat of an admirable trait, but that just means he doesn’t care if they fear him or think he’s a psychopath. What is the name of this character?

Question 13

Who is this gone-but-not-forgotten character?

There was a huge kick off among the fan base of Stranger Things after the first season seemed to brush past this character’s death awfully quickly. It wasn’t even clear if she was dead or not. The Duffer brothers hadn’t anticipated what a strong impact the character would have on the audience, and so they built the second season around the investigation into her death and ended it with her funeral, so the fans did get some closure. Who is this character?

Question 14

Who is Will’s older brother?

Everyone needs to have a brother like this guy. He is always so sweet and understanding with Will and always makes him feel better about whatever is troubling him. He teaches his little brother all the right lessons, like how you shouldn’t bow down to peer pressure and how it’s a good thing to be different from everyone else – and he also immortalized that line about hating most of the people in the world. What is Will’s older brother’s name?

Question 15

Who is this scientist?

Paul Reiser was a huge name back in the day. He was a star of the standup comedy scene and also starred as Michael in the ‘80s sitcom My Two Dads and Paul Buchman in the ‘90s sitcom Mad About You. And then throughout the 2000s, he played himself as a good friend of Larry David’s (which is true of real life) in David’s semi autobiographical HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm. Who does he play in the Stranger Things universe?

Question 16

Who is Eleven’s biological mother?

The character of Eleven was always a very interesting and unusual and mysterious one, ever since she first showed up with a short haircut at that Hawkins diner in the first place. We always knew that her backstory would be incredible. We got a snippet of it in the first season, but they didn’t go into too much detail. In the second season, we got the whole darn thing – and it was tragic and heartbreaking and amazing. Who is Eleven’s biological mother?

Question 17

Who is this private eye?

This Stranger Things character is a private eye who is hired by Barb’s family to look into the shady situations surrounding her disappearance and possible death. Brett Gelman has appeared in a lot of comedy shows recently. He was the “pig parker” in the eighth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm and he played Mickey’s co-worker with whom she had a troubled relationship in Love, another critically adored Netflix original series. What is the name of his character in Stranger Things?

Question 18

Who is this mad scientist?

This guy was one of the main villains in the first season of Stranger Things, as he was the mad scientist guy who had taken Eleven from her birth mother and then experimented with her for her entire childhood until she was in touch with the Upside Down and had telekinetic powers and other cool stuff. He conditioned her to the point where she referred to him as “Papa” before he died. What is the name of this mad scientist character?

Question 19

Who is this rebellious test subject?

Much like Eleven, this girl was tested on by the mad scientist characters. But unlike Eleven, this character has rallied together a posse in search of vengeance against the scientists who tested on her. Eleven does join her at one point, but that was a controversial episode for coming in right after a giant cliffhanger ending that screwed everybody up. We didn’t get to see what happened until after this girl’s episode. Who is this rebellious test subject of the lab?

Question 20

Who is Mike and Nancy’s mom?

When we are watching Stranger Things, we are following the adventures of Mike and Nancy Wheeler, not their parents. It’s not a show about a family. This isn’t The Simpsons or All in the Family. But still, their parents are characters on the show. In fact, the mom character is developed enough for us to know that she has grown tired of her marriage and distant from her husband, so other guys hit on her. Who is Mike and Nancy’s mom?

Question 21

Who is Mike and Nancy’s dad?

Whenever we see Mike and Nancy’s dad, he’s either dozing on the couch with his hand in a bowl of popcorn or he’s ignoring his wife, and because of this (and the questionable political candidates who he endorses with the signs that he sticks in his front lawn), the internet hates him. Still, there have been some online pieces written by people that offer up their arguments “in defense of” him. What is the name of Mike and Nancy’s dad?

Question 22

Who is the kids’ teacher?

If the show was set in the modern day and not in the 1980s, then the kids’ parents would be quicker to question their teacher, who takes them into dark rooms to show them his cool, secret gadgets. But in the less suspicious times of the ‘80s, no one suspects a thing, no matter how creepy his mustache is. He played a bigger role in season 1 than season 2. What is the name of the kids’ cool teacher in Stranger Things?

Question 23

Who is Lucas’ younger sister?

Since Lucas didn’t get to play much of a major role in the first season of Stranger Things, instead appearing as a kind of token black character to pad out the diversity of the show, we didn’t get to meet his wider family in that season. But in season 2, he did play a bigger role in the story, and so we got to meet some of his family, particularly his sassy younger sister, who fans hope to see more of next year. Who is Lucas’ younger sister?

Question 24

Who is Dustin’s mom?

One of the biggest influences on Stranger Things was the classic Stephen King novel It (which, of course, was recently adapted for the big screen and became the highest grossing horror movie of all time) and an example of that influence is in Dustin’s mother, who is like the mom characters of the Losers Club in It in that she only shows up to try to prevent a main character from going on a dangerous journey. Who is Dustin’s mom?

Question 25

Who is Mike and Nancy’s little sister?

It is easy to forget that there are three Wheeler kids, because the story mostly focuses on Mike and Nancy, but there is a third one. We only really ever see her during family dinner scenes, because she’s only a toddler, so she can’t contribute much to the plot. Like all of the infant characters in film and television, this little one is played by two siblings, named Anniston and Tinsley Price. What is the name of Mike and Nancy’s little sister?

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