Stranger Things Cast Answer The 50 Most Searched Stranger Things Questions

Is this in the time period-

This is getting a very complicated question, isn't it?

[Interviewer] Natalia, it feels like you know something.

I don't know.

There's some stuff I'm just always on the side of caution

of I don't know what.

We're trying not to get sued.

Hi, I'm Natalia Dyer.

I'm Joe Keery.

I'm Maya Hawke.

I'm Charlie Heaton.

And we are here to answer the most Googled questions

about Stranger Things.

All right, let's do this.

[group laugh]

[drum music]

Where was Stranger Things filmed?

Atlanta, Georgia. [ding sounds]

Yeah. And, also, where else?

[Natalia] Santa Fe.

Albuquerque.

And Albuquerque. Okay, good job.

Sorry, I made it harder than it had to be.

Oh, good call, good call.

[group laughs]

All right, we're going to use that.

Who made Stranger Things? We did.

The Duffers, and we did.

We did.

[group laughs]

Why did Vecna and let Nancy live?

Good question. I feel like I asked this question.

You did ask this question. Sort of a warning,

so you're the bearer of bad news.

Yeah, go back, and tell them what you've seen.

Exactly.

Let 'em know.

Yeah.

Will Stranger Things Season 5 be TV-MA?

I don't...

That's like a rating.

Mature audiences.

I think it has violence and some foul language.

I think it's the same as Season 4.

[buzzer bleeps]

Was Season 4 TV-MA?

It was. So it's not for kids, except it's also for kids.

Why did Jonathan beat up Steve?

Yeah, man, why did you?

Why did he?

I called you a pervert. I called-

[Maya] Amongst other things. But you were.

I was though, so you were right.

Yeah, but I said stuff about your mom.

My mom, my little brother.

Oh, you said mean stuff about the brother, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

What were Steve and Robin drugged with?

Something Russian. Some Russian-

Miraculous Russian truth-telling poison.

Yeah, exactly. [ding sounds]

Truth serum. Which doesn't exist really, or does exist?

I don't know.

I don't know. That's a-

Unknown.

Why is November 6th Stranger Things day?

Because that's when Will Byers went missing.

[ding sounds]

Because that's when we wear pink.

[Natalia laughs]

Who does Nancy love more, Steve or Jonathan?

Okay, I guess I'll leave this to you.

I-

Good luck.

[group laughs]

Why did Vecna target Chrissy?

[group laughs]

I don't know.

'Cause he is insecure and he hates beautiful women.

[buzzer bleeps]

Mm-hmm.

Why did Joyce leave Hawkins?

Because she'd had enough.

[group laughs]

[ding sounds]

There you go.

She got a great deal on a house.

[group laughs]

Is the Upside Down air toxic?

Probably.

Probably a little bit.

Yeah, for sure.

Probably no worse than Los Angeles.

You know, we've all survived going to the Upside Down.

We're okay.

We're okay.

Maybe it'll come out later.

Yeah, like in 30 years, it'll be going to the Upside Down.

What code phrase does Robin and Dustin

translate from the intercepted Russian transmission?

It's like the cat is something. The-

The cat...

I remember where I was standing.

I remember the whiteboard. I remember the ceiling.

But I don't remember the quote.

[buzzer bleeps]

I can't remember.

The pumpkin, I don't know.

Oh, it's about the clock.

The clock strikes, the mouse went up the clock.

Hickory Dickory Dock.

I don't remember.

Why is Vecna so obsessed with Will?

He's jealous.

Yeah.

He's jealous.

[buzzer bleeps]

He thinks that they have...

He has emotional feelings. He sees himself in Will.

Yeah.

They both have-

Vulnerable.

Vulnerability, pain.

What song do Dustin and his girlfriend

sing over the radio?

The Labyrinth song. Whatever that song is.

What song?

Neverending Story.

Neverending Story, not Labyrinth.

Why did Stranger Things Season 4 end?

Because it had to.

Because we had no money to-

How, not why. How, how, how.

Oh, how. How did it end?

[Maya laughs]

I was just like, why did it end? It had to.

Well, Joe Quinn dies.

The Earth split open.

The Earth split open.

Vecna died offscreen.

We all stand on a hill.

We lost Vecna.

We didn't make it to the hill.

You didn't get on the hill.

Where is Stranger Things set?

Hawkins, Indiana, a made up small town.

[ding sounds]

A place in a real state.

Small town America.

When did Stranger Things first come out?

I think it was July, maybe 2016.

Oh, it was 2016.

It was like the summer of 2016.

I remember.

2016.

2016, the year I graduated high school.

Who dies in Stranger Things?

We got Bob, we got Barb, we got Billy.

Lots of Bs.

We got Benny and Joe Quinn.

Eddie, Betty.

Fred whose bones got-

A lot of Russians.

A lot of Russians.

Yeah.

Nice.

I thought it would be a cool new way. Not really.

Who's the main villain in Season 5?

[ding sounds]

Vecna.

Yeah. Good, old Veccy.

How did Henry become Vecna?

Millie exploded him,

and locked him inside the Upside Down, right?

Oh.

[ding sounds]

And then he...

'Cause he was the guy,

and then he became the monster

when he got trapped in the Underlayer.

Yeah.

What season do Mike and Eleven break up?

It's three, three, at the mall,

because they all break up at the same time.

And then, the girls, they go on their...

Yeah.

Is Henry Creel the Mind Flayer?

No. Right?

[ding sounds]

He controls the Mind Flayer,

but I don't think he is the Mind Flayer.

I think Vecna and the Mind Flayer are different.

Well, I think-

Are they all one?

Are we-

I think they are one.

Well, they become one,

but I don't think they're the same thing.

This is where I get like, what can we-

What is Eleven's favorite food?

[Natalia] Eggos.

Waffles.

Yeah. [ding sounds]

Sorry.

Was Barb's body ever found?

Yeah. Yes. [ding sounds]

No.

In the Upside Down, I think, yeah.

What do you mean found?

[Charlie] Like taken back?

Like returned back? No.

It was seen again.

What's the deal with Steve's hair?

You tell me, man. You tell me.

How did Eleven open the portal to the Upside Down?

Doesn't Vecna open portals by killing people?

How did Eleven open the portal?

Did she not open it when she pushed him through?

That's what I-

That's how she had opened-

But, also, she was in the tank, remember?

They were in the tank,

and she originally cracked open in the-

Yeah.

I will talk into my lapel. Hello.

[Maya laughs]

Where's your mic?

Yeah, you just talk into mine.

This seems like a really great plan.

What were Billy's last words in Stranger Things?

Who knows?

No.

No idea, okay. [buzzer bleeps]

[group laughs]

Dagger, he's Australian.

Who does Dustin say his girlfriend Susie is hotter than?

Oh, Phoebe Cates. Phoebe Cates.

[ding sounds]

Most famous line in Stranger Things?

Do you have a line that people yell at you on the street?

Is there something that you said that people yell at you?

Sometimes people, well, sometimes people-

What do they yell?

What do they yell?

They yell, No.

And it's a line that everyone gets you to sign.

Yeah. What do they make you sign?

You shouldn't like things just

because people tell you you're supposed to like them.

Which is always a long thing to write.

[buzzer bleeps]

That is a long thing to write.

[Charlie laughs]

Mine is, Ahoy, which is way easier.

[Maya laughs]

Nice.

Ahoy is like-

Have a nice day.

Why is Eleven called Jane?

Because that was her adopted name.

[buzzer bleeps]

Yeah.

That's her name.

Is that her given name?

It's like Jane Doe.

What's the name of the mall in Season 3?

Starcourt.

[ding sounds]

The Starcourt, yeah.

Are Lucas and Max dating?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Still.

Thank you.

Is Brenner Eleven's father? No.

[ding sounds]

No.

What college does Nancy choose in Season 4?

What colors?

College.

Emerson. [ding sounds]

College.

Emerson.

Emerson.

Why did the Russians beat up Steve,

and not Robin, when interrogating them?

Because-

Great point.

The Duffers don't like putting beat up makeup on ladies.

[buzzer bleeps]

There you go.

And they love to beat him up.

They love beating Joe up.

Definitely.

And maybe the Russian soldiers are misogynistic,

and they don't...

Is it misogynistic not to beat up women?

Probably not. That doesn't make any sense.

But somehow it works. Okay, never mind.

Is Robin from Stranger Things LGBTQ?

Yes. [ding sounds]

Why did Nancy break up with Steve?

I dunno. [buzzer bleeps]

I think they're just growing in different directions.

It happens, you grow apart.

How did 001 get his powers as a kid?

You'd have to ask the Duffers that one.

I think they were given, just like a natural sorta-

[ding sounds]

Didn't he like-

A real superhero.

Didn't he start by killing animals?

Animals. Very serial killer style.

Yeah. And then that, obviously...

Yeah.

Why did they use Kate Bush in Stranger Things?

'Cause she's great. [buzzer bleeps]

Yeah.

Wow, you really are certainly throwing them right on back.

Will Stranger Things have a spin-off?

Yeah, I think so.

[ding sounds]

I don't know if we're allowed to talk about it.

Yeah.

What is Will's DND name?

Is it The Wizard? Will the Wise.

Will the Wise. Yeah.

I have a question.

How long did you guys think, if ever, that it was D and D?

Oh.

Never?

Never.

Cool.

I'm sorry.

Did the Upside Down always exist?

No.

Is this also anything that we can't really talk about?

I think, no.

It was created when she touched the Demogorgon.

[buzzer sounds]

Yeah.

The Upside...

Yeah.

When she-

Because it's-

Is this in the time period question-

This is getting a very complicated question.

[Interviewer] Natalia, I feel like you know something?

I don't know.

There's some stuff I'm just always on the side of caution

of I don't know what.

We're trying not to get sued.

Why is the Upside Down stuck in 1983?

I'm not saying that. I'm not answering that.

Wait, I think that's allowed, that's available.

You're allowed to answer that.

It got stuck when it was made.

[ding sounds]

[Joe] I guess you can say that.

Where does Argyle work as a delivery guy?

Pizza.

Mm-hmm.

What's the pizza place?

Surfer Pizza.

Surfer Boy?

Surfer Boy Pizza.

Surfer Boy Pizza.

What is the name of the lab where Eleven was held?

Hawkins Lab, right?

Dr. Brenner's Evil Child Emporium.

The lab is the-

I think it was like the Nina Project.

Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

No, but that's...

No, that's in Santa Fe or in Albuquerque.

What's it called?

Electrical Hawkins-

[buzzer bleeps]

National Laboratory.

Oh, okay.

Okay, yeah, we were close.

Laboratory?

[Charlie] Yeah.

Sounds a little closer than the made up ones

than I thought it would.

Why did Dr. Brenner experiment on kids?

I have no idea.

'Cause kids make for good television.

[buzzer bleeps]

They're good heroes.

They're malleable.

How did Dr. Brenner recreate 001?

Well, he was doing all these experiments on these children

to bring out the same sort of-

[ding sounds]

Qualities that he saw in 001.

A lot of...

Yeah, manipulation.

Through a lot of tests.

Through tests and some scientific-

[Maya] Science. Science.

What two things did Hopper say that mornings are for?

Coffee and contemplation. [ding sounds]

But coffee first.

Classic.

[group laughs]

Who was Eddie Munson based off of?

Joe Quinn.

[group laughs]

[buzzer bleeps]

I don't know who the...

You mean the character he's based off of?

Yeah, who's he based off?

Were we all based off of someone?

[Joe] I don't know.

Kind of.

Are you Nancy Drew?

I was told Nancy

like Nancy from Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy,

a little bit or something.

Is D'Artagnan a baby Demogorgon?

Yes. [ding sounds]

What drink does the Russian scientist love in Season 3?

It's a Slurpee or slushie. It's like a cherry slushie.

[ding sounds]

It's a white Russian disguised as a cherry slushie.

Oo, what is the Hawkins High mascot?

Tigers.

Tigers. Go Tigers.

Why did Eleven lose her powers?

Yeah, tell us, man.

[Maya laughs]

She lost them when she got attacked by that-

She got that thing in her leg.

Yeah, she got the leg stinger in her leg

from the monster. But I dunno.

And that thing took her powers away?

I guess so, yeah.

It was also a confidence thing.

She overdid it. Did she overdo it.

Right?

Yeah. A confidence thing.

[ding sounds]

[group laugh]

We need to rewatch the show, man.

I haven't seen it in a while.

It was a confidence thing.

[Maya laughs]

I'll just see myself out.

[group laughs]

[hand slaps]

Perfect.

Okay. Wow, that was a lot of questions.

Thanks for watching.

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[Natalia laughs]

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