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Hawkins Junkyard

A **junkyard**, mainly filled with abandoned and broken down vehicles, was present in Hawkins, Indiana.

## History

### 1983

Mike, Eleven, Dustin and Lucas first discovered the junkyard when they were searching for the Gate with their compasses. As Eleven directed the compasses away from the Gate to protect them, Lucas believed her actions to be sabotage. Mike tried to defend Eleven and a fight between him and Lucas ensued. To protect Mike, Eleven telepathically flung Lucas off and knocked him over to a bus. As he recovered, he stormed away from Mike and Dustin out of the junkyard. However, Mike and Dustin also noticed that Eleven had gone missing too.

As Mike, Dustin and Eleven reunited, they had to escape back to the junkyard along with Lucas when the agents from Hawkins Lab were chasing them. At the junkyard, Lucas apologized to Eleven as she saved their lives and in turn, she too apologized for lying to them. Mike also apologized and they reconciled.

While they were discussing about Hawkins Lab, they noticed a helicopter overhead surveying the yard. The group then took refuge in an abandoned bus. When Nancy and Hopper began to contact them using Will's walkie-talkie, Mike, Dustin and Lucas debated over whether they should answer, fearing it could be a trap. Eventually, Mike answered their call and revealed their location. After the kids waited anxiously, they heard someone's arrival and scrambled to hide, only to find Hopper knocking the agents unconscious and taking them back.

### 1984

In order to set up a trap for Dart who has now grown to a Demodog, Dustin, after failing to contact his friends, met and showed Steve the old junkyard. The two then began laying a trail of meat chunks for Dart and were joined by Lucas and Max. After preparing the area, they waited for Dart to show up.

At night, Dart arrived but didn't fall for the bait, which caused Steve to go out to confront it. However, as Steve approached Dart, Lucas noticed more Demodogs approaching and warned Steve that they were cornering him. Dustin urged Steve to abort the mission, who resorted to taking shelter in the bus with the four of them. However, the Demodogs began attacking the bus. Just before a Demodog lunged at Steve, it was surprisingly called away along with the other Demodogs toward Hawkins lab.

## References

1. ↑ "The Flea and the Acrobat"
2. ↑ "The Bathtub"
3. ↑ "The Spy"
Lover's Lake

* Human world
* Upside Down

**Lover's Lake** was a lake in Hawkins, Indiana. The lake had a distinctive love-heart shape, which was probably the inspiration for the lake's name.

## History

### 1984

When noticing the maps drawn by Will Byers, Bob Newby noticed that the maps went around Lover's Lake, indicating it went around a body of water. This led to Bob creating the theory that Will was drawing tunnels as they couldn't go through a body of water. This was proved correct with the discovery of the Hawkins tunnel system.

### 1986

The lakeside house of "Reefer Rick" became vacant after Rick got busted for selling drugs. In March 1986, Eddie Munson used the vacant house as a hideout after being falsely assumed to be Chrissy Cunningham's killer.

Later, Eddie escaped Chrissy's erratic boyfriend, Jason Carver, and his friend Patrick McKinney, by rowing across the lake. Patrick, afflicted with Vecna's curse, was killed during the chase. As a result, an entrance to the Upside Down was created at the bottom of the lake. The entrance was later investigated by the Party and their allies, who nicknamed it "Watergate". Steve Harrington dove to the bottom of the lake to investigate, only to find himself pulled through the gate and into the Upside Down by a vine. After Steve was dragged under, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, and Eddie dove after him and through Watergate to save him.

Later, after Vecna (momentarily) killed Max Mayfield, the gate at Lover's Lake, along with the other three curse gates, expanded and converged on Hawkins town square, creating a destructive earthquake-like effect in the process.

## Biology

At least one species of fish inhabit Lover's Lake.

## Trivia

* On the map of Hawkins, Lover's Lake is shaped like a heart.

## References

1. ↑ Will's drawings in "Dig Dug"
2. ↑ Map of Hawkins (from *Worlds Turned Upside Down*)
Hopper's letter

On June 29, 1985, Jim Hopper wrote a **letter,** adding on to the **"heart to heart" speech** he was going to give to his adopted daughter Eleven and her boyfriend, Mike Wheeler after being concerned about their burgeoning intimate relationship and constant kissing. He completed the speech having reflected on his life with Eleven, then adding to the beginning (written by Joyce). However, Mike and El's disrespectful behavior towards him when he attempted to deliver the speech angered him, so he instead decided to threaten Mike into backing off of Eleven.

Three months after the apparent death of Hopper, while packing a number of his belongings, Joyce Byers discovered the letter within a pocket while folding his shirt. Following Eleven’s pausing at the room where Joyce had been packing, and a request asking, “Can I read?" Joyce gave the letter to Eleven for her to read. Reading it, she discovers that Hopper was afraid of losing her and still thought of her as a little girl who played with him all the time. He says that even though the changes in life can be painful and sad, the hurt from that should be embraced, saying that it means you're out of that "cave". He ends the note by asking El to do him a favor and to "keep the door open three inches". El chuckles but soon begins to cry. Joyce comes in and asks if she's okay, and El says yes through her tears. She then asks if it's time to leave, to which Joyce confirms. As El picks herself up, she folds Hopper's letter, places it in her shirt pocket and leaves.

## Letter

— Hopper's "Heart to Heart" speech, June 29, 1985}

## Gallery

Hopper's Letter Stranger Things 3 Netflix
Mark Steger

**Mark Donald Steger** (born January 16, 1962) is an American actor, performance artist, and choreographer. He portrays the Demogorgon in season one of Stranger Things.

Mark is also known for his work on *I Am Legend* (2007), *Heroes: Going Postal* (2008), *American Horror Story* (2013), *Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension* (2015), and *The Last Witch Hunter* (2015).
Aimee Mullins

**Aimee Erin Mullins** (born July 20, 1976) is an American athlete, actress, and fashion model. She portrayed Terry Ives in the Netflix original series *Stranger Things*.

## Career

Aimee Mullins found her love of performance at an early age, and has defied conventional description ever since. Her first brought international attention as an athlete. She is a gold medalist Paralympic athlete and set several World Records (100-meter dash and long jump). In 2002, she starred in Matthew Barney's art film *Cremaster 3* as six different characters, including a cheetah woman. Her famous role is in *Stranger Things,* she played Terry Ives.

## Trivia

* She was born was born without fibular bones, and had both of her legs amputated below the knee when she was an infant.
* Her legs were amputated below the knee at age 1 due to her being born without fibulae.
* She is also a public speaker for TED Talk and she talks about her medical condition.
* She competed in the Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia in which she ran the T42-46 class 100-meter sprint in 17.01 seconds and jumped 3.14 meters in the F42-46 class long-jump.
* She grow up between Pennsylvania and County Clare, Ireland.
* She married a English actor Rupert Friend in 2016.
Into the Fire Issue 1

## *Into the Fire* #1

***Stranger Things: Into the Fire* #1** is the debut issue of *Stranger Things: Into the Fire*, the third *Stranger Things* comic series published by Dark Horse Comics. It was released on January 20, 2020.

## Synopsis

Years after escaping Hawkins Lab, two of Dr. Brenner's former subjects seek to live normal lives. When news reaches them that the lab was shut down, they go on a harrowing search for Nine, a powerful pyrokinetic whose shattered psyche threatens to burn them all to ashes if they can't find her and free her from her own malevolent imagination.

## Characters

* Marcy
* Ricky
* Jamie
* Francine (flashbacks)
* Kali Prasad
* Dottie
* Mick
* Axel
* Funshine
* Lois

## Variant covers

Variant cover by Jeremy WilsonVariant cover by Kyle Lambert
## External links

* Stranger Things: Into the Fire #1 on Dark Horse Comics

## References

1. ↑ Official listing on Dark Horse Comics
Dottie

**Dottie**, portrayed by Anna Jacoby-Heron, is a recurring character introduced in the second season of *Stranger Things*. Before Eleven, she was the last one to meet Kali and her friends and join them in seeking revenge for the injustice brought upon her.

## History

###  Background

Dottie had escaped from a psychiatric hospital before meeting Kali, Mick, Funshine, and Axel. She joined their gang, becoming their newest member. The gang would pursue and kill the people from their pasts who had wronged them.

### 1984

On October 29, 1984, the gang had traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After they successfully killed one of their targets, they were quickly pursued by the police. After entering a tunnel, Kali used her abilities to manipulate an officer into believing the tunnel had collapsed, allowing them to get away by causing a massive car crash. The gang then fled to Chicago, residing in an abandoned warehouse.

When Eleven came to the warehouse in search of Kali, Dottie told her to leave. When Eleven revealed the image of Kali she possessed, Dottie and the rest of the gang watched as Axel threatened her with a knife, demanding to know where she acquired it. He stopped when Kali made him see an illusion of a horde of spiders crawling on his arm. Dottie then handed the image over to Kali.

After speaking with Eleven, Kali decided that they should use Eleven’s powers to pursue another target. While Dottie supported this decision, Axel and Mick believed this was a bad idea, as they still needed to lay low from their recent crime in Pittsburgh. However, Kali didn’t listen to them.

The following day, Kali introduced Eleven to the gang, telling her of their goal in getting revenge on the people who had hurt them. Later, Dottie and the gang watched as Kali taught Eleven how to channel her anger in order to make her powers strong enough to move a train car. When she succeeded, Dottie, Mick, and Funshine cheered while Axel appeared somewhat apprehensive. They then took Eleven to a room where she identified an image of Ray Carroll as the one who had hurt her mother.

After the gang gave Eleven a makeover, they went to a gas station to stock up on supplies. While the clerk was distracted by one of Kali’s allusions, the gang began robbing the store. When the clerk discovered what they were doing, he pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot Kali. After Eleven rendered the clerk unconscious by throwing him against a wall, the gang escaped in their van.

When they arrived at Ray’s residence, Kali and Eleven interrogated him while Dottie and Axel began robbing the house. Upon entering a room, they discovered Ray’s daughters, who were calling the police. As the police began to arrive, the gang fled back to the warehouse.

However, the police soon found them, surrounding the warehouse. Kali was able to get the gang to their van using her abilities. It was then that Eleven decided to leave them in order to save her friends in Hawkins. As Eleven ran away, the gang managed to evade the police.
April

**April** is a side character in the comic one-shot *Stranger Things: Erica the Great.* She is one of Erica Sinclair's friends and a Bard in her D&D Party.

## History

April lived in Hawkins, Indiana with her unnamed mother. At some point, she became friends with Erica Sinclair, Tanya and Kelly. She is very excitable.

### 1985

Erica invites April, Tanya and Kelly to play D&D with her. The girls are confused by what it is, but April is persuaded to come with the promise of pizza. When they arrive for the sleepover, Erica gives them their own characters and throws them into the game, confusing the girls; Erica makes April into a Wizard, and while April is excited at the idea of doing magic, she is quickly unnerved by the challenging and frustrating run that Erica pushes them into so that she can play the hero.

Disgruntled, Tanya leaves and returns with her mother's prize-winning parakeet, Eliot; April seems to know him already, as she recognizes the cage before Tanya unveils it. Her and Kelly are fascinated by the bird and don't want to return to the game, assuming that Erica would probably kill their characters anyway. Tanya and Erica argue about this, accidentally releasing the bird from his cage. Eliot flies into Miss Dorothy's house across the street, and the girls quickly retreat upstairs. April declines to help Tanya, saying that her mother told her not to go into stranger's houses, and Miss Dorothy is certainly strange to her. April is then shocked when Erica escapes out the window, climbing down her tree in order to break into Miss Dorothy's house and fetch the bird.

Tanya follows after Erica, and after the two of them accidentally release Miss Dorothy's dog as well, they return to get April and Kelly's help. The girls are convinced after Erica admits that she can't do everything herself, and together the girls catch the bird and the dog. The four of them then go to Miss Dorothy's house, and Tanya tells her that all of them worked together to catch him.

Erica then lets her friends make their own characters for D&D, and April ends up playing as a Bard.

## Trivia

* While it is not certain, it is possible that April appeared in the third season as one of Erica's unnamed friends. The friend portrayed by Victoria Seay has similar features to Kelly, including her height in regards to the other girls. In both "The Mall Rats" and "The Case of the Missing Lifeguard," Seay's character can also be seen with a high ponytail very similar to April's.

## References

1. ↑ April is roughly the same age as Erica, who was born around 1975.
Joey Kim

**Joey Kim**, is a character who appears in *Stranger Things: Zombie Boys*. He is a Korean-American student at Hawkins Middle School who joins the Hawkins Middle AV Club and wants to make a horror film based on Will's drawings.

## History

Joey was born in 1971 in Hawkins, his family is of Korean descent. In 1984 Joey attends Hawkins High School, and meets Mike, Will, Dustin and Lucas and join AV Club.
Henderson family

The **Henderson family** consisted of three members: Claudia Henderson, Mr. Henderson and their son, Dustin. The family moved to Hawkins when Dustin was in fourth grade. Dustin and Claudia lived together in Hawkins, Indiana, though by 1984, Claudia and her husband appeared to have separated. Dustin's father attended the funeral of Will Byers with his wife and son on November 11, 1983, but was not seen nor spoken of since the funeral.

## Family members

 Dustin Henderson | Only child of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson.

## Family tree

*note: family trees are only visible on desktop.*
Hopper's trailer

A **lakeside trailer** in Hawkins, Indiana was the residence of local police chief Jim Hopper. Hopper lived in the trailer for four years until he began living with Eleven in his grandfather's old cabin.

## History

### Background

Sometime after moving back to Hawkins in 1979, Jim Hopper began residing in a lakeside trailer.

### 1983

After being sedated by an agent of Hawkins Lab, Hopper found himself back at his residence, his last memory being breaking into the lab. Hopper spent a relentless search through the trailer, breaking and ripping things apart, looking everywhere for a bug that the agents would use to eavesdrop on him, until he discovered it in a light.

Later on, he called his ex-wife Diane to check up on her and stated that he didn't regret the seven years they were together.

It is not exactly known what happened to Hopper's trailer after Hopper brought Eleven to his cabin in late winter of 1983 and began residing with her from then onwards.

## Trivia

* Lover's Lake might be the location of Hopper's trailer, though this is not confirmed.

## Behind the scenes

The filming location for the area was the lake of 2300 Daniel Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia.
Katinka

* Grounded
* In flight

**“Katinka”** is a *Kamov Ka-26* helicopter owned by Yuri Ismaylov. Yuri and Dmitri Antonov used the helicopter to retrieve Jim Hopper, Joyce Byers and Murray Bauman from a Soviet base in Kamchatka.

## Trivia

* The helicopter is named after Yuri Ismaylov's ex-lover.
* The NATO reporting name for a Ka-26 was "hoodlum".
* Depending on payload, it had a range of about 500 miles, meaning a flight from the Kamchatka Peninsula to Alaska (without refueling) would be impossible. It is not revealed whether Yuri had an ability to refuel, or if some other means was used to escape to Alaska.
Funeral of Will Byers

On November 11, 1983, a **funera**l was held for Will Byers after what appeared to be his body was found in the local quarry.

## Attendees

* Joyce Byers
* Lonnie Byers
* Jonathan Byers
* Karen Wheeler
* Ted Wheeler
* Nancy Wheeler
* Mike Wheeler
* Jennifer Hayes
* Scott Clarke
* Pastor Charles
* Charles Sinclair\*
* Sue Sinclair\*
* Erica Sinclair\*
* Lucas Sinclair
* Dustin Henderson
* Mr. Henderson
* Claudia Henderson\*

## Trivia

* Though Charles and Sue Sinclair, Lucas's sister, Erica, and Dustin's mother, Claudia, all appeared at the funeral, their actors were all recast in the second season when the Duffers decided to give them speaking roles. Lucas's sister also wasn't given the name "Erica" until the writing of season two.
Hawkins Community Pool

The **Hawkins Community Pool** is a swimming pool located in Hawkins, Indiana. Sometime, in 1985, Billy Hargrove and Heather Holloway began working there as lifeguards.

## History

### 1985

Some time in the summer of 1985, Billy and Heather got jobs at the community pool as lifeguards.

On June 29th, 1985, Billy and Heather were on lifeguard duty. He walks down the pool, passing Heather and some of the Hawkins moms, who had come down to the pool to flirt with him. Later that day, Billy goes up to Ms. Wheeler after watching her swim, and asks her on a date.

After getting Flayed the night before, a dazed Billy returns to the pool to do his job. The Mind Flayer urges him to kidnap someone at the pool to bring to the Brimborn Steel Works, and he nearly takes Ms. Wheeler when she tries to talk to him in the storage room minutes before his job. Billy resists the urge, but it eventually becomes to much for him and, when he gets the chance, knocks out and kidnaps his co-worker Heather.

When Max and Eleven are searching for Heather, they visit the community pool. Although the employees don't help them, El finds a picture of Heather there, which she uses to look for her in the void.

Later, when the Party (minus Dustin) suspects out that Billy is Flayed, they devise a plan to lure Billy into the pool's sauna after hours and test to see if he is possessed by the Mind Flayer. The plan is going well until they realize that they underestimated Flayed Billy's strength: He breaks out of the sauna and nearly chokes El to death before she is saved by Mike. Before a Flayed Billy could hurt Mike, El uses her powers to save him and she throws Billy completely through a brick wall, allowing him to escape.

## Description

The complex consisted of a reception room, an outside pool, a gym, changing rooms, showers and a sauna. A park was located behind the pool.

## Gallery

Stranger Things 3 Summer in Hawkins NetflixKaren's Hawkins Community Pool card
## Behind the scenes

The filming location of the pool was South Bend Pool, 2000 Lakewood Avenue SE, Atlanta Ga. The location is only about 1/2 mile from Screen Gems Studios, where most of the interior scenes of *Stranger Things* are filmed.

## References

1. ↑ Jason's list from "The Nina Project"
2. ↑ *Hawkins Memories: Vecna's Curse*
3. ↑ https://www.yellowpages.com/atlanta-ga/mip/south-bend-pool-464380425
Magic: The Gathering

***Magic: The Gathering*** is a collectible card game produced by Wizards of the Coast (currently a subsidiary of Hasbro.

The Duffer Brothers were fans of the game as youths in the 1990s, influencing The Party's love of *Dungeons & Dragons* in *Stranger Things*.

A series of *Stranger Things* crossover cards for the game were released in 2021 as its special "Secret Lair" series.

## External Links

* Secret Lair: Stranger Things on Geeked Week | MAGIC: THE GATHERING (wizards.com)
* Stranger Things is getting a companion podcast and Magic: The Gathering cards - The Verge
Hellscape

An **inter-dimensional environment**, or **"hellscape"**, existed between dimensions. The environment consisted of two parallel planes of cloud and mountainous terrain, with conjoining lightning leaping from plane to plane.

## History

On September 8, 1979, a fight broke out between Henry Creel and Eleven, following the former's massacre of the other psychokinetic child test subjects at Hawkins Lab. Eleven ultimately overpowered Creel, using her powers to pin Henry against the wall of the Rainbow Room and disintegrate his body; however, an interdimensional gate then appeared in the wall and transported Henry away, before sealing up and disappearing again.

Henry was sent careening through a strange inter-dimensional environment: the Hellscape. For an indeterminate period of time, he fell between the two parallel planes; he was constantly electrocuted by lightning leaping across the twin planes. The mutilation inflicted by the lightning strikes marked the beginning of a bodily transformation; from this point on, Henry slowly morphed into a form no longer recognizable as human.

Some time later, Henry exited the Hellscape and entered a parallel dimension.

## Behind the scenes

In the teleplays for "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab" and "The Piggyback", and in Michael Maher, Jr's concept art, the location is described both as a "Hellscape" and an "inter-dimensional environment".

According to Maher, the environment was meant to look otherworldly and terrifying. One of his unused concepts showed the floating tear between dimensions that Henry was sent through, and what seeing the Rainbow Room and Eleven might have looked like from Henry's perspective.

Art by Michael Maher, Jr.Art by Michael Maher, Jr.Art by Michael Maher, Jr.
A few days after the release of *Stranger Things 4, Volume 1*, the Hellscape scene was adjusted to give the setting a more brown-gold appearance.

## Notes

The Hellscape is distinct from the Upside Down and "Dimension X", which are described as alternate dimensions. Though the precise relationship between the Upside Down and "Dimension X" remains to be seen, and despite Dimension X and the Hellscape being visually similar, it can be assumed that the Hellscape is indeed an inter-dimensional space, rather than an alternate dimension.

The Hellscape also bears some resemblance to Vecna's Mind Lair. The original version of the Hellscape was red, just like the Mind Lair; however, the Hellscape's colours were later changed, likely to help viewers better distinguish between the two locations.

## References

1. ↑ The teleplay for "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 HELLSCAPE\_CPT on michaelmaherjr.com
Hopper's car

Hawkins Chief of Police Jim Hopper drove a **1980 Chevrolet K5 Blazer**, which was seemingly owned by the Hawkins Police Department. Hopper was apparently allowed not only to use this vehicle for official business, but for his personal everyday transport.

In July 1985, the vehicle partially exploded due to a malfunctioning engine, prompting Hopper to acquire another vehicle.

## History

### 1983

At some point prior to November 1983, the Hawkins Police Department acquired the car and Hopper began to use it.

When Will Byers, the son of Hopper's old friend Joyce, went missing, Hopper used the car throughout much of his investigation.

Following Will's rescue, Hopper often drived out to the woods, where he would leave sustenance in a hidden box, in the off-chance Eleven was still out there; the two would ultimately cross paths, and Hopper provided for Eleven at his cabin while hiding her from Hawkins Lab.

### 1984

Hopper continued to use the car when investigating a strange rot decimating crops, eventually discovering a hidden series of tunnels beneath the earth.

### 1985

In 1985, Hopper and Joyce investigated an alarming Russian presence in Hawkins. The pair travelled to Hess Farm in Hopper's car, where they discovered a Soviet scientist named Dr. Alexei; however, this moment of discovery was interrupted by the Soviet's military operative, Grigori. Hopper and Joyce escaped Grigori's wrath, taking Dr. Alexei as their hostage, but were shot at by Grigori as they drove away, severely damaging the car's engine.

Later, the vehicle partially exploded due to the damaged engine, prompting Hopper, Joyce and Alexei to acquire another vehicle.
Fun Fair

The **Fun Fair**, also referred to as **Roane County Fair**, was an event held on 4 July, 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana in celebration of America's Independence Day.

## Attractions

### Rides

* Ferris Wheels
* Gravitron
* Merry-Go-Round
* Fun Slide
* Big Top
* Silver Streak

### Food Stalls

* Hot Dog stands
* Pretzel stand
* Corn Dog stand

## History

### Background

The Fun Fair was organized by Larry Kline so that the people of Hawkins would vote in his favor, following the protest at the City Hall that hurt his reputation.

### 1985

The carnival was inaugurated by Mayor Kline at the Hawkins Fairgrounds on the night of the 4th of July, 1985, with a musical performed by the Hawkins High Marching Band. It was followed by a 4th of July fireworks display, which Karen, Ted, and Holly Wheeler saw from the top of the Ferris Wheel.

Amidst the celebration, the Mind Flayer called back his hosts, including people from the fair, to the Brimborn Steel Works to congregate into a much larger incarnation and then proceeded to the Hopper cabin, unbeknownst to the attendees.

Afterwards, Hopper, Joyce arrived to the fair alongside Murray and Alexei, in order to search for the kids. Kline spotted Hopper looking through the fair, and called Grigori for backup to hunt him down. Unfortunately, Grigori saw Alexei while looking for Hopper and shot him down with a silencer. Murray, who witnessed the shooting, went to warn Hopper that the Russians were after him. Hopper requested Joyce to go with Murray to help Alexei while he led the assassins into the "Big Top". However, Alexei succumbed to death, much to Joyce and Murray's dismay. At the Hall of Mirrors in Big Top, Hopper was able to shoot Grigori after perceiving his reflection in the mirror. Grigori survived, due to his bullet-proof vest, but was unable to catch Hopper who fled with Joyce and Murray. Shortly afterwords Hopper, Joyce, and Murray, met up with the kids at Starcourt Mall.

## Trivia

* Before the release of the third season of *Stranger Things*, the Fun Fair made its debut at the Santa Monica pier and Coney Island.

## References

1. ↑ Twitter Post by official account of *Stranger Things*
2. ↑ https://attractionsmagazine.com/stranger-things-3-fun-fair-pop-up/
Kids Next Door

***Kids Next Door*** was the working title of a *Stranger Things* mobile game that was being developed by Night School Studios in cooperation with Telltale Games and Netflix. It would have served as a companion to the cancelled game that Telltale was developing. Following Telltale's closure, the game's development fell into "limbo" with no official word that the project was cancelled.

## References

1. ↑ "A Secret Stranger Things Game Died Before It Was Even Announced" *The Verge*. April 23, 2019
Florence

* 1985
* 1984
* 1983

**Florence,** usually referred to as **"Flo"**, portrayed by Susan Shalhoub Larkin, is a recurring character in the first, second, and third seasons of *Stranger Things*. She is the secretary of the Hawkins Police Station.

## History

### 1983

On the morning of November 7, Florence sarcastically greeted the Chief of Police Jim Hopper when he arrived late to work. She then proceeded to tell him about Joyce Byers' missing son, but he showed little concern.

After investigating the Byers' backyard shed, Hopper urged Callahan to call Flo to organize a search party.

While the police were searching at the quarry, Flo notified Hopper of a call from Benny's, urging him to head over to the diner.

After Jonathan's arrest, he and Nancy were taken to the police station. As Flo was getting her some ice, Nancy asked how long they would be there. She stated that Nancy would be released soon, but her "boyfriend" would stay a lot longer as he had assaulted a police officer. Nancy denied being in a relationship with Jonathan, to which Flo responded that she should tell Jonathan that, as "only love makes you that crazy sweetheart, and that damn stupid."

Flo was present when Troy and his mother arrived at the station to report his arm had been broken by another child. When Troy described the girl's appearance, Hopper took interest and asked for more information. Troy then described her abilities, and said that she was always with Mike, Lucas, and Dustin.

In December, Florence attended the Christmas party held at the police station. She wished Hopper a Merry Christmas.

### 1984

On the morning of October 30, Florence intervened a conversation between Hopper and Murray, informing Hopper about the contamination of Merrill's pumpkin field which gave him an excuse to get away from Murray.

On November 1st, Florence was working at her desk and gave Hopper the keys to his car after he realized the blight of the pumpkin fields and other local crops formed a series of concentric circles, centered at Hawkins Lab.

On November 2nd, Florence received eight calls from Joyce Byers, demanding to only see Hopper and no one else before asking Florence to let Hopper know. When Florence finally heard from Hopper, she told him of Joyce wanting to see him and begged him to deal with her so Florence would no longer have to hear from Joyce.

### 1985

On June 30th, Florence walks up to Hopper, handing him the summer button-up shirt he requested for his date tonight.

## Appearances

\*Flo's voice can be heard on the radio when she notifies Hopper.

## Memorable Quotes

* "Only love makes you that crazy, sweetheart. And that damn stupid."

## Trivia

* Florence was indirectly mentioned by Becky in the episode "The Lost Sister".
* The fourth season of the show is the only season where Florence does not appear in.

## References

1. ↑ "The Vanishing of Will Byers" script written by the Duffer Brothers
Hess Farm

**Hess Farm** was a property located at 27 Heraty Bridge Road, in East Hawkins.

## History

### 1984

Bernard G. Hess was the original owner of the farm. In 1984, Hess was approached by a mysterious international enterprise named Starcourt Industries, who were interested in purchasing the property. On November 30, 1984, Hess agreed to sell the property at a cost of $80,000.

In truth, Starcourt Industries was a shell entity controlled by the Soviet Union. Various properties in East Hawkins, including Hess Farm, were near transformers and the town's local power plant. The Soviets hoped to use the properties to siphon off energy from the town's power grid as part of a greater scheme.

### 1985

Following the acquisition of Hess Farm, covert Soviet forces built a structure underneath the farm, which would allow their scientists to hack the power grid in secret.

Hopper and Joyce found the farm on July 1st, 1985, where they discovered Dr. Alexei for the first time. However, Grigori had arrived at the farm minutes after them. When they realized he was also in the farm, they quickly tied up the Russians, hid, and waited for Grigori to enter the basement so they could ambush him. This did not exactly go as planned, and Hopper and Grigori ended up in a gunfight. Hopper was able to wound him and they managed to escape, taking Alexei with them as a prisoner.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 OPTION\_TO\_BUY.doc on "Windows 1.11"
How to Survive in a Stranger Things World

***How to Survive in a Stranger Things World*** is a gift book by Matthew J. Gilbert based on *Stranger Things*, published by Penguin Random House. Intended for young readers, the book offers advice from the world of *Stranger Things*. The book was published on November 13, 2018.

## Description

Does life sometimes seem strange and a little upside down? If so, this hardcover collection of wisdom and warnings from Netflix's original series Stranger Things can help guide you through school, friendships, and your town's darkest secrets. Featuring full-color images from the series and quotes from Dustin, Steve, Eleven, and the others, it is sure to thrill fans of all ages.

## External links

* *How to Survive in a Stranger Things World* on Penguin Random House
* *How to Survive in a Stranger Things World* on Amazon
* *How to Survive in a Stranger Things World* on Amazon UK

## References

1. ↑ Official product listing on Penguin Random House
Into the Fire Issue 3

## *Into the Fire* #3

***Stranger Things: Into the Fire* #3** is the third debut issue of *Stranger Things: Into the Fire* and the fifth *Stranger Things* comic to be published by Dark Horse Comics. It was released on March 25, 2020.

## Synopsis

A former Hawkins Lab subject is closer than she's ever been to finding her estranged pyrokinetic twin sister after tracking down a scientist involved in Dr. Brenner's experiments and forcefully prying her location from him. Can she reach her powerful sister before her twin loses control of her powers and burns down her surroundings . . . again?

## Characters

* Marcy
* Ricky
* Jamie
* Martin Brenner (flashbacks)

## External Links

* [1]
* [2]

## References

1. ↑ https://digital.darkhorse.com/books/1c214248b34b48748878a9de3c9c440e/stranger-things-into-the-fire-3#:~:text=Stranger%20Things:%20Into%20the%20Fire,prying%20her%20location%20from%20him.
Matty Cardarople

**Matty Richard Cardarople** (born February 3, 1983) is an American actor and comedian, who portrayed Keith in the Netflix original television series *Stranger Things*.

## Career

Matty Cardarople has always wanted to be an entertainer by entertaining to his friends and family with his comedic skills. After moving to Los Angeles, he studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse and has been perfecting his craft studying with Lesly Kahn. As he started his acting career in 2004, he didn't have many roles in films and television. Ultimately he was discovered by Luke and Owen Wilson who gave him his career start with roles in the feature films Blonde Ambition and Drillbit Taylor.

## External Links

* **Instagram**
* **Twitter**

## Trivia

* He's also a director.
* He was born in the Year of the Pig.
* He was born and raised in Exeter, New Hampshire.
* He's a animal lover.
* He spends time drawing and writing poetry; his first self-published book of poems is titled Space Cadet.
* When not on set, he devotes his efforts to a number of worthy causes such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Salvation Army and local animal shelters.
* He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, cats and a rescue pomeranian named Azoun.
M.P. Guards

Various **military police guards** were posted at Hawkins National Laboratory and the Nina Project facility. The guards were the main personnel responsible for protecting the facilities from intruders, containing possible threats and, above all else, protecting and defending the scientists and other personnel from hostile activity.

The guards were presumably affiliated with the U.S. Military Police. However, many of the guards appeared unusually loyal to Dr. Martin Brenner. The guards had an unclear relationship to the Department of Energy, which itself was seemingly used as a 'cover' by one or more government agencies.

## Appearance

The military policemen wear nearly identical uniforms to each other. They wear an all-brown long sleeve duty shirt with an off-white undershirt and matching brown pants. Their shoes are dark black combat boots. Attached to their left arm, there is a large black pauldron with "MP" written on it in large white letters. On their right arm, they display their rank insignia (Corporal. Sergeant, etc.) Non-ranking personnel who do not have rank insignia leave this arm blank. On the top of their head, they wear a white service hat with a small gold insignia at the front of it.

They wear a gold badge just above their left shirt pocket. Below that, an ID badge is clipped to the pocket flap. Just above their right pocket is a gold-colored name plate that displays the guard's last name. Attached to their left shoulder epaulet is a wired radio transceiver that connects to the main radio unit attached to their duty belt.

Firmly attached to their hips are duty belts, which are standard for any law enforcement related occupation, including Military Police. On the belt, there are two pouches in the front, both of which hold 9mm magazines for the Beretta M9 that each guard carries in a holster on their left or right hip depending on their dominant hand. On the backside of the belt, they carry other common equipment such as handcuffs, flashlights and pepper spray, as well as a pouch for a wireless radio.

## Personnel

* Miller † - Chief guard posted at Hawkins Lab, 1979 - killed by Henry Creel
* Selee † - posted at Hawkins Lab, 1979 - killed by Henry Creel
* Thacher † - posted at Hawkins Lab, 1979 - killed by Henry Creel
* Unnamed guard † - posted at Hawkins Lab, 1979 - killed by Henry Creel
* Patrick - posted at the perimeter of Hawkins Lab, 1983
* Unnamed guard 1 † - posted at Hawkins Lab, 1984 - killed by Demodogs
* Unnamed guard 2 † - posted at Hawkins Lab, 1984 - killed by Demodogs
* Lead lab guard † - posted at the Nina Project, 1986 - killed in a confrontation with Jack Sullivan's forces

## Gallery

Two guards walking down the hallway.M.P. Guard Patrick stopping Chief Hopper at the Hawkins Lab main gate.
Hawkins Memories: Vecna's Curse

***Stranger Things Hawkins Memories: Vecna's Curse*** is a *Stranger Things*-themed "Collector's Box" made by the company Doctor Collector. As described on the product's website, the box "contains over 50 unique items and memories collected by the heroes of Hawkins between 1983 and 1986, reminding us all that Strange Things happened there".

## Collector's Box contents

* 1983 Hawkins High School Envelope:
	+ AV Club pamphlet, Benny’s Burgers coaster
	+ Dr. Brenner’s pass
	+ Eleven photo
	+ “Have you seen me?” poster
	+ Hawkins town center map
	+ Mike’s player character sheet
	+ Science tournament photo
	+ Steve’s student ID
	+ Will’s drawing

* 1984 Hawkins National Laboratory envelope:
	+ Bob & Joyce photo
	+ Hawkins Middle Snow Ball ’84 flyer
	+ Hawkins National Laboratory blueprints
	+ Hopper’s rules
	+ Will’s drawing of the Shadow Monster
	+ Missing cat flyer
	+ Murray’s visiting card
	+ Palace Arcade button badge
	+ Zombie Boy clipping

* 1985 Starcourt Mall bag:
	+ Camp Know Where postcard
	+ Fun Fair ticket
	+ Hopper’s letter
	+ Karen Wheeler’s Hawkins Community Pool membership card
	+ Max & Eleven's "Flash Studio" photo strip
	+ Mayor Kline button badge
	+ Robin’s Scoops ahoy ID badge
	+ Russian code
	+ Scoops Ahoy menu
	+ Starcourt Mall blueprint map

* 1986 Surfer Boy Pizza bag:
	+ Eleven’s letter to Mike
	+ Hawkins High School pennant
	+ Hellfire Club wanted poster
	+ "Hop is alive" ransom note
	+ Pennhurst Mental Hospital visitor sticker
	+ Rink-O-Mania ticket
	+ Victor Creel newspaper clipping

* Hellfire Club envelope:
	+ Corroded Coffin flyer
	+ Corroded Coffin guitar pick
	+ Hellfire Club button badge
	+ Hellfire Club players wanted flyer
	+ Hellfire Club sticker
	+ Lady Applejack player character sheet

* Secret Russian envelope:
	+ Hopper's detention report
	+ The Key blueprint/map
	+ Yuri's pilot ID card
	+ Demogorgon necropsy

* Other
	+ "Welcome to Hell" sign
	+ The stained glass rose of the Creel House's front door, with secret compartment
	+ Virginia Creel locket necklace, with Creel siblings photos
	+ Dustin’s diary

## External Links

* https://doctorcollector.com/shop-by-brand/stranger-things-hawkins-memories-vecnas-curse-limited-edition/
Lenora Hills

**Lenora Hills**, also known simply as **Lenora**, is a small town located in the US state of California.

## History

### 1985

In the fall of 1985, the Byers family had relocated from Hawkins, Indiana with the help of Dr. Sam Owens.

### 1986

The town was noted to be small and quiet, though this changed when Jane Hopper assaulted Angela at the Rink-O-Mania and was arrested the day afterward. The Byers family also soon fled their house when it was raided by armed military personnel.

## Residents

### Known families

* The Byers Family (1985-1986):
	+ Joyce Byers (1985-1986)
	+ Jonathan Byers (1985-1986)
	+ Will Byers (1985-1986)
	+ Jane "Eleven" Hopper (1985-1986)

### Individuals

* Argyle (19??-)
* Angela (19??-)
* Chad (19??-)
* Jake (19??-)
* Mrs. Gracey (19??-)
* Stacy (19??-)

## Included and Nearby Locations

* Byers house
* Lenora Hills Airport
* Lenora Hills High School
* Lenora Hills Police Station
* Lenora Hills Treasurer
* Rink-O-Mania
* Surfer Boy Pizza
* Lenora junkyard

## Trivia

* Based on script pages, the original name for the town was Dover instead on Lenora Hills.
* Though it's set in California, the backdrop for Lenora Hills is actually Albuquerque and Los Lunas, New Mexico.
* The scene where Mike watches El being driven off in the prison van was filmed at 501 Luna Street in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

## References

1. ↑ Owens calls the town 'Lenora' in "The Monster and the Superhero".
Gabriella Pizzolo

**Gabriella Grace Pizzolo** (born March 10, 2003) is an American actress and singer known for her portrayal of the recurring character Suzie Bingham in the Netflix original sci-fi series *Stranger Things*.

## Career

Pizzolo appeared in several regional productions before making her Broadway debut as the title character in *Matilda the Musical*. She had auditioned for the original cast of *Matilda* and received several callbacks but was not cast. She auditioned again and was successful, giving her first performance of the role on December 22, 2013. She made several public appearances as Matilda, such as Broadway at Bryant Park and a Ralph Lauren Fashion Show. Her final performance in the role was on September 13, 2014. In March 2015, Pizzolo was cast as the understudy for the roles of Small Alison, Christian and John in the musical Fun Home. After the departure of Sydney Lucas in October 2015, Pizzolo assumed the role of Small Alison. During her tenure in the role, she performed "Ring of Keys" at several events, including the 20th SAGE Awards and the White House. Pizzolo played the role until the production closed on September 10, 2016.

In October 2016, Pizzolo performed in the concert version of Sunday in the Park with George at New York City Center. From January 2017, she played Opal in the new musical Because of Winn Dixie at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She is set to play the title role in the 2018 series Butterbean's Café.

In 2019, Pizzolo got the role for Suzie in Season 3 of *Stranger Things*.

### Stage

 2015-16
 2016
 2017

### Television

 2017
 2018
 2019–

## Trivia

* She's also a voice actress.
* She played Matilda Wormwood in the *Matilda the Musical* on Broadway in 2013-14.
* She also has appeared in other Broadway shows include *Fun Home* in 2015-16, *Sunday in the Park with George* in 2016*,* and *Because of Winn Dixie* in 2017
* Other stage productions she has appeared in include Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Sound of Music.
* She's performed at the White House with Former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama and she got to sing the song "Ring of Keys" from Fun Home back in 2015.
* She has a younger sister, Gillian.
* She lives in upstate New York with her parents and younger sister.
* Her mom, Natalie, is a teacher who homeschooled her since she was in the *Matilda the Musical*.
* Her nickname is Gabby.
* She is from Schenectady, New York.
* She was born in the Year of the Goat.
* Pizzolo is non-binary, using she/they pronouns, and pansexual.
Lenora Hills High School

**Lenora Hills High School** is the high school located in the town of Lenora Hills, California.

## History

### 1986

Eleven, Will Byers and Jonathan Byers have begun attending Lenora Hills High School, with El and Will being freshmen and Jonathan being a senior alongside Argyle. Jake and Angela are also students there.

## Known students

Class of 1986:

* Argyle
* Jonathan Byers (1985-)

Class of 1989:

* Angela (1985-)
* Will Byers (1985-)
* Jane Hopper (1985-)
* Jake (1985-)
* Stacy (1985-)
* Chad (1985-)

## Staff

* Mrs. Gracey - History Teacher
* Math Teacher

## Behind the scenes

Lenora High was filmed at El Dorado High School, located at 11300 Montgomery Boulevard NE, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

While seeking out sets for Lenora High in advance of the fourth season's production, Trujillo was inspired by an "amazing coffered ceiling" with "recessed fluorescent squares" in the administration building of a school in New Mexico. While the ceiling was not at all appropriate for Lenora High, the production team realised it was perfect for the season's new version of the Rainbow Room.

## References

1. ↑ "Chris Trujillo ('Stranger Things' production designer): Designing 'the quintessential haunted house'" The *GoldDerby* channel on *YouTube*. August 2, 2022.
Kamchatka

* Labor camp
* Kyrzran

The **Kamchatka Peninsula** is a peninsula located in eastern Russia, across the Bering Strait from Alaska and on the Pacific Coast of Siberia. The region is prone to snowfall due to being part of the wider Russian Far East. The prison camp which housed Jim Hopper was located here, as well as the village of Kyrzran.

## History

### Background

At some point, the former Russian war hero, Yuri Ismaylov, began smuggling American goods into the Soviet Union, becoming the infamous "Peanut Butter Smuggler". Yuri would fly from his base of operations in Nome, Alaska to his church-turned-warehouse in Kyrzran.

### 1985

Meanwhile, several adolescent Demogorgons called Demodogs and a fragment of the Mind Flayer were transported from Hawkins, Indiana to a facility in Kamchatka. One Demodog was fed political prisoners while the others were cryogenically frozen. It soon became a full-fledged adult Demogorgon.

It was decided that the captured Jim Hopper was to be taken to Kamchatka and forced to work at the facility, which also doubled as a gulag.

Later that year, Soviet soldiers fed a prisoner to the adult Demogorgon, although they chose against feeding Hopper to the creature.

### 1986

In March of 1986, prison guard Dmitri "Enzo" Antonov conspired with Yuri to break Hopper out of jail and get him back to the United States. However, the plan failed due to Yuri betraying Dmitri, Hopper, and Hopper's friends Joyce Byers and Murray Bauman. Hopper escaped the gulag, but was recaptured, and Dmitri became a prisoner as well. Eventually, Yuri, Joyce and Murray crashed into Kamchatka, where Murray overpowered Yuri. Hopper, Dmitri and the other prisoners soon faced the adult Demogorgon. Hopper managed to save himself and Dmitri by warding off the Demogorgon with fire. Then, Joyce, Murray and Yuri reunited with Hopper and Dmitri. Unwittingly, Joyce had let the Demogorgon loose in the gulag. They all successfully escaped the facility.

Gunfire shattered the tanks holding the Mind Flayer fragment and the frozen Demodogs, and the Demodogs were possessed by the Mind Flayer. Together, the adult Demogorgon and Demodogs slaughtered the entire facility. Hopper, Joyce and Murray once again returned to the facility to kill the Mind Flayer fragment. Upon learning what had happened from a dying Warden Melnikov, Murray burned the Demodogs and the adult Demgorgon, killing the Demodogs and weakening the Demogorgon. Finally, Hopper beheaded the adult Demogorgon with a sword, before Yuri and Dmitri arrived in Yuri's helicopter Katinka to rescue Hopper, Joyce and Murray. Hopper, Joyce, and presumably Murray reached the United States unscathed.

## Locations

* Kamchatka Facility
* Kyrzran