Season 1
This character goes missing in Episode 1, sparking the events of the season.
Who is Will Byers?
This large shadow entity looms over the Upside Down and possesses Will.
What is the Mind Flayer?
This mall becomes the central setting for the season.
What is Starcourt Mall?
This new villain from the Upside Down targets teens with traumatic pasts.
Who is Vecna?
This organization has Hawkins under strict lockdown at the start of Season 5.
This organization has Hawkins under strict lockdown at the start of Season 5.
This girl with a shaved head befriends Mike and has psychokinetic powers.
Who is Eleven?
Dustin adopts this mysterious creature he names Dart.
What is a baby Demogorgon / Demodog?
Robin and Steve work at this ice cream shop.
What is Scoops Ahoy?
Max listens to this song to stay grounded and escape Vecna’s curse.
What is “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush?
This new radio station becomes a safe hub and central location for the protagonists in Volume 1.
What is WSQK radio station?
This government laboratory is responsible for opening the gate to the Upside Down.
Answer: What is Hawkins National Laboratory?
The arcade game Max beats Dustin and Lucas at, causing them to be suspicious of her.
What is Dig Dug?
The Russians attempt to open this, hidden beneath the mall.
What is the Gate (to the Upside Down)?
Eddie Munson leads this Hawkins High extracurricular group.
What is the Hellfire Club?
This character, disguised as a friendly “imaginary friend,” tricks a kid and is later revealed to be the season’s antagonist.
Who is Mr. Whatsit (a disguise of Vecna/Henry Creel)?
This creature terrorizes Hawkins, known for hunting by sound and having no facial features.
What is the Demogorgon?
The name of the group Eleven briefly joins, led by Kali, another experiment subject.
What is the “Lost Sisters”?
Billy becomes possessed by this creature.
What is the Mind Flayer?
The Creel House belonged to this character before he became Vecna.
Who is Henry Creel?
At the end of Episode 4 (“Sorcerer”), this character unlocks new powers and protects the group by psychically controlling the monsters.
Who is Will Byers (Will the Sorcerer)?
This dimension Eleven accidentally opens a gateway to while using her powers during sensory deprivation experiments.
What is the Void?
Hopper communicates with Joyce using this method to show the expanding underground tunnels.
What is drawing maps made from crayon sketches?
This is the name of the coded Russian message Robin deciphers.
What is the “silver cat feeds” code?
The four locations in Hawkins where gates open simultaneously create this shape.
What is a giant cross or X-shaped fracture?
During the final confrontation in Episode 4, Will uses this method, drawing on these, to defeat the army of monsters attacking Hawkins.
What are his memories (happy memories like Castle Byers and his friendship with Mike)?