Demogorgon (Stranger Things)

## Affiliation Information

### Allies

Mind Flayer, Green Stripes, Demogorgon (D&D), Sawsaw, Ass Blaster, Comper Dragon

### Enemies

Eleven, Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin, Hopper, Joyce, Nancy, Johnathan, Steve, Barb, Humans, Kyana Reeves

## Appearance

### Last Appearance

Undertale: Hell Supreme

**The Demogorgon**, also known as **the Monster,** was one of the main antagonists of the first season of Stranger Things.

It was a predatory humanoid creature that entered Hawkins, Indiana in November 1983. The creature originated from the parallel dimension known as the Upside Down. When Eleven, a psychic test subject from Hawkins National Laboratory, made interdimensional contact with it, a gate between dimensions opened at the lab.

The creature passed through, terrorizing Hawkins for approximately a week. It abducted various residents and took them back to the Upside Down, usually killing them. The friends and family of Will Byers, one of the Demogorgon's victims, slowly began to uncover the truth about the creature, with the help of the escaped Eleven. The creature was finally defeated and destroyed by Eleven in a showdown at Hawkins Middle School.

The **Russian Demogorgon** is a sixth stage member of the Demogorgon species that is being held captive deep within the bowels of a Soviet Gulag in Kamchatka.

One was summon by Chimaura in Undertale: Master Reign to do his bidding and later bow down to Green Stripes in Undertale: Hell Supreme

## Name

**Demogorgon** is a deity or demon, associated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very **name** had been taboo. Although often ascribed to Greek mythology, the **name** probably arises from an unknown copyist's misreading of a commentary by a fourth-century scholar, Lactantius Placidus.

## Design

### Appearance

The Demogorgon is a tall and thin humanoid creature with elongated limbs. Its head seems to lack facial features until it unfurls the flesh like a flower to reveal "petals" lined with many sharp teeth, and a large open mouth. The Demogorgon's arms and digitigrade legs end in claws; its skin is slimy.

After being set on fire by Nancy, Jonathan, and Steve, the Demogorgon's body was covered in burns.

The physical presence of the Demogorgon is often preceded by the creature's guttural growls and shrieks, alongside all lights in the area rapidly flickering on and off.

The Russian Demogorgon is nearly identical to the Demogorgon from '83, the only discernible difference being that its skin appears paler in tone compared to its Western counterpart. While it's possible this is simply a unique trait of this particular Demogorgon, this may also be due to factors such as the environment or the Russians having washed or cleansed this Demogorgon for decontamination purposes. Like all members of its species, the Demogorgon's top “flower petal” mouthpart is smaller compared to the others and its skin appears to be coated in a slime-like substance.

### Roar

Both Demogorgons have a high, pitch screech as well as chitting and soft growling.

## Personality

Most knowledge on the Demogorgon is highly speculative - even Dr. Brenner admitted that he and his peers had a limited understanding of the creature. That being said, the behavior of the beast is "predictable" as Brenner remarked, comparing it to a typical predator. Nancy made similar associations: she compared the creature to nocturnal predators such as lions and coyotes.  She noted that the solitary nature of the creature was similar to that of a bear.

Nancy also theorized that the Demogorgon was attracted to blood, comparing it to a shark. This ability to detect blood appeared incredibly potent; it could be lured by even small quantities, even when separated by dimension. However, the creature was not exclusively drawn by blood; for example, both Joyce and Will Byers were attacked by the beast *despite* the absence of blood.  It is unknown whether the creature was attracted by other stimuli, though one distinct possibility is sound: when Nancy ventured into the Upside Down, the Demogorgon was unaware of her presence until she made noise. Since sound from the human dimension was faintly audible to human ears in the Upside Down, it is possible the Demogorgon could be attracted by sound.  In any event, like many predators, the Demogorgon simply took any opportunity to hunt and acquire prey, and generally preferred solitary or isolated victims.

Sometimes, the Demogorgon, instead of eating its prey, would capture them in an attempt to breed more Demogorgons, as it did to Will.

The Demogorgon was able to travel between dimensions at will, creating temporary portals or wounds in the fabric of reality. How or why the Demogorgon possessed this ability is unclear, though it only became aware of and started traveling to the human dimension after a moment of contact with Eleven. Mr. Clarke, the boys' science teacher, theorized that interdimensional travel would require "a massive amount of energy, more than humans are currently capable of creating"; by this logic, the Demogorgon must have wielded a great deal of energy while dimension-traveling. Nearby lights and electricity would constantly flicker on and off while the Demogorgon did so, which suggests that creating these portals did indeed involve huge volumes of energy.

The Demogorgon was hostile every time it was encountered, immediately pursuing anything which caught its attention. It generally used instinct and brute strength, rather than intelligence, to get through obstacles; the main exception to this being the use of telekinesis to unlock the Byers' front door (an act which was remarkably similar to Eleven's capabilities). The Demogorgon generally hunted in close proximity to Mirkwood.  The reasons for this are unclear, though this was potentially motivated by Mirkwood's close proximity to Hawkins Lab and the Gate, as well as the relatively isolated forest in between.  The furthest it ever traveled in pursuit of prey was Hawkins Middle School, lured by the large quantities of blood spilled in Eleven's final confrontation with Dr. Brenner and government agents.

Eleven first observed the Demogorgon hunkered over large, yellow eggs feeding off them. It’s not clear whether or not these were the creature’s offspring, or if they were even the same species.

It is unknown when, where, how, or why the Demogorgon was born or created. While it may have hatched from one of the aforementioned eggs, there is currently a lack of evidence to support this theory.

It is currently unknown if this individual Demogorgon was under the control of the Mind Flayer.

The creature has displayed typical predatory behavior, immediately attacking as soon as it sees its prey.

However, when one was summon by Chimaura as he stole the title once more, it followed Chimaura's command and then witness the battle as Green Stripes took the title back and bow down to him. Returning to its dimension later on.

## History

### Stranger Things Season 1

A test subject with psychic powers labeled Eleven was placed into a sensory deprivation tank as one of Hawkins National Laboratory's experiments; this allowed Eleven to delve into a deeper psychic state. Although she successfully eavesdropped on a Russian spy as instructed, she unwittingly came across the Monster. Eleven's instincts urged her to stay away from it; she panicked, and the experiment was aborted.

Dr. Martin Brenner was intrigued by the creature, repeating the experiment on November 6, 1983. This time, Brenner ordered Eleven to make contact. As Eleven psychically approached the Monster, she could see it feeding off an otherworldly egg. With great hesitancy, she made contact. In that exact moment, a gate to the Monster's dimension cracked open in the wall of the tank room, allowing the creature to pass through. Eleven managed to exit the tank and escape the lab amidst the ensuing chaos. An unnamed scientist was not so lucky; the Monster caught him as he tried to operate an elevator.

### 1983

The Monster had the ability to travel between dimensions on a whim, creating temporary portals in the fabric of reality. The Monster arrived at Mirkwood, a road near a local forest, where it stalked Will Byers on his way home. The Monster chased Will as he entered his house, forcing Will to run to his garden shed. Will hid in the shed, loading a rifle in self-defense, but the Monster simply appeared behind him, taking him into the Upside Down.

Once in the Upside Down, Will managed to evade the creature for almost a week and began attempting to communicate with his mother. Joyce and Will had some success, with Will manipulating the electricity in his home dimension, although these attempts would sometimes attract the monster. In an early attempt, Joyce saw her house wall become warped and distorted as the Monster started to break through, terrifying her. In a later attempt, the Monster broke clean through, although Joyce managed to outrun it.

Meanwhile, Will's friends Mike, Lucas, and Dustin began investigating Will's disappearance. Mike noted a strange coincidence linking the disappearance with a recent "Dungeons & Dragons" campaign. During the campaign, Will's player character was defeated by the fearsome Demogorgon; hours later, Will had vanished from real life. In addition, Eleven used the game piece representing the character to attempt to illustrate her vision of Will hiding from the creature in the other dimension.

The group began to hypothesize that the Monster may have really existed, and was responsible for Will's disappearance. From this point on, the group began referring to the creature as "the Demogorgon".

Scientists at Hawkins Lab began investigating the dimension, discovering exactly what it contained. One such scientist entered through the Gate, wearing a hazmat suit linked to a chain rope. The scientist was savaged and killed by the Demogorgon almost immediately after entering the dimension. The Demogorgon hunted and killed other people and creatures, being particularly lured by blood. Its victims included Barbara Holland, hunters Dale and Henry, and a wounded deer. After Nancy Wheeler entered the Upside Down through a temporary portal, she observed the Demogorgon as it feasted on the deer. The Demogorgon noticed her, chasing her until she returned through the portal.

Will eventually succumbed to exhaustion, lying in his makeshift fort. The Demogorgon found him, breaking through the fort wall and taking him to the Upside Down library.

Nancy and Jonathan Byers later exploited the Demogorgon's attraction to blood to ambush it. With the aid of Steve, they severely injured the beast, setting it alight - however, it survived and slipped into the Upside Down. The Demogorgon left the Byers house and headed to the library, leaving a trail of blood.

Eleven killed a large number of government agents at Hawkins Middle School, defending herself, along with Mike, Lucas, and Dustin. The Demogorgon was attracted by pools of spilled blood, breaking through the wall. The Demogorgon began a spree of violence, attacking Dr. Brenner as surviving agents opened gunfire.

For a while, the four kids outran and evaded the creature, hiding in their science teacher's classroom. Eventually, the Demogorgon found them, breaking into the room and attacking them. Eleven confronted the creature, pinning it against the blackboard with her mind. After wishing farewell to her friends, she proceeded to disintegrate the creature, vanishing as well in the process.

### Dimensional Rift the Series

In S1 Ep1, one appear before Kyana and attacked her as Dr Brenner came in and save her later on. Killing the beast. James and Spitter later on found the Demogorgon body and Spitter was eating bits of pieces off it as James was looking around at the scene of the crime.

### Stranger Things Season 3

After pulling a prisoner out of his cell, two Red Army Soldiers sacrificed a political prisoner to the beast.

### Undertale: Master Reign

The Demogorgon was one of the monsters that was summon by Chimaura after he stole the title.

### Undertale: Hell Supreme

The Demogorgon reappear again as it was eating a Unknown Monster's dead body in daylight. However, when the Demogorgon (D&D) showed its face, they battle it out. A few moments later, it was revealed that the Demogorgon (Stranger Things) won the battle against the other Demogorgon. When James and the rest travel back in time and lost the title again, Chimaura summon the monsters again but after that, Green Stripes used his alpha call to call the monsters to Mt. Ebott as Green Stripes battle Chimaura for the title again and wins. Demogorgon was the first creature to arrive to witness Green Stripes' win and the last to bow to the King of the Dimensions. It later on return to its' dimension.

## Abilities

The Demogorgon possessed several unique abilities:

* **Interdimensional travel** - The Demogorgon was able to move between dimensions.  It entered Hawkins repeatedly by creating temporary tears in space-time.  The resulting portals resembled necrotic wounds.  It used this ability to pull individuals, such as Will Byers and Barbara Holland, into the Upside Down.
* **Strength** - The Demogorgon was a creature with outstanding physical strength. It could break through solid walls and is able to easily overpower and carry a fully grown man.
* **Telekinesis -** The Demogorgon appeared to have had some form of telekinetic power. It unlocked the hatch on the Byers' front door while pursuing Will. It is also possible that it used this power to pull in the deer, and may contribute to its physical strength despite a visible lack of muscle. However, this has not been made entirely clear.
* **Blood detection** - The Demogorgon was strongly attracted to blood and could sense even small amounts from different dimensions.
* **Regenerative Healing** - After being trapped and set on fire, the Demogorgon appeared to have healed most of its injuries after a short period of time.
* **Durability** - With its durable skin and tough body, the Demogorgon could withstand massive amounts of bullets from multiple firearms and several beatings from a baseball bat with nails. However, it was unable to resist Eleven's power of biokinesis, which she uses to dissolve and kill the Demogorgon.