Dr. Martin Brenner

Dr. Martin Brenner, also known as Bad Guy, Dad and Papa, is one of the main characters from the Stranger Things series.
== Charactah Account ==
Dr. Martin Brenner is the mysterious lead researcher and owner of the Hawkins' "Department of Energy" research facility.
As a researcher and director of Hawkins National Laboratory, Dr. Brenner was highly manipulative, calculative, ruthless and ambitious. He was solely responsible for the abduction of Terry Ives's daughter, Eleven, to experiment on the child's dormant psychokinetic abilities. His atrocious nature was evident when he forced Eleven's mother to undergo electroshock therapy after she attempted to retrieve her daughter, frying Terry's brain and permanently damaging her mental state.
Dr. Brenner was shown to be vicious when Eleven disobeyed him as he used to put her through cruel psychological torture and forcefully kept her in solitary confinement, even though she was just a child. He would also encourage her to push the limits of her psychic abilities, caring little about the toil she had to suffer. However, if she performed well, Brenner would "reward" her with affection and endearment.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Stranger Things: SIX
=== TV Series ===
* Stranger Things
* Stranger Things Season 2
* Stranger Things Season 4
== Trivia ==
* One of the clippings at the police station, shown briefly in the epilogue of "The Upside Down", refers to a Dr. Richard Brenner as the head of the Narcotic Enforcement Division. The use of "Richard" instead of "Martin" is a probable error by the production team, though it can be viewed as an in-universe typo.
* Matthew Modine has said the Duffers had always intended to reveal Brenner’s survival following the events of "The Upside Down", but he himself began to doubt this would ever happen until they informed him of the character’s return in Stranger Things 4.
* Brenner is a German-language surname. It originates from the Middle High German term "brennen", which means to burn.
* In the fourth season, Brenner finally shares a shot with Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers and Will Byers, the only main characters Brenner never encountered in Stranger Things 1.
** Nancy shares a shot with Brenner while Vecna gives her a vision of his origins, in "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab".
** Jonathan and Will briefly share a shot with Brenner during the latter’s death in the Nevada desert, in "Papa".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Martin Brenner at Stranger Things Wiki
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