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!!General Ozerov
->'''Played By:''' Misha Kuznetsov
A Russian General in charge of the Gate project.
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* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never mentioned in the show proper, being only known from promotional materials.
* BadBoss: Season 3 ''begins'' with a number of techs being vaporized by the device used to open a gate. Ozerov registers no interest or concern about it, beyond executing the head scientist for failure and warning his replacement that he has one year to succeed before he suffers the same fate.
* BigBadDuumvirate: He is ultimate the BigBad of the Soviet plot of season 3, and one of the main antagonists of the season along with the Mind Flayer.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After the Gate generator is destroyed and the US military starts moving in on the secret base, he vanishes into thin air along with all the surviving Soviet personnel.]]
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!!General Ozerov
->'''Played By:''' Misha Kuznetsov
A Russian General in charge of the Gate project.
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* BadBoss: Season 3 ''begins'' with a number of techs being vaporized by the device used to open a gate. Ozerov registers no interest or concern about it, beyond executing the head scientist for failure and warning his replacement that he has one year to succeed before he suffers the same fate.
* BigBadDuumvirate: He is ultimate the BigBad of the Soviet plot of season 3, and one of the main antagonists of the season along with the Mind Flayer.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After the Gate generator is destroyed and the US military starts moving in on the secret base, he vanishes into thin air along with all the surviving Soviet personnel.]]
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A Russian General in charge of the Gate project.
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* BadBoss: He has the lead scientist of the Gate project killed in 1984 for not being able to maintain it open from more than a few seconds.
* BigBadDuumvirate: He is ultimate the BigBad of the Soviet plot of season 3, and one of the main antagonists of the season along with the Mind Flayer.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After the Gate generator is destroyed and the US military starts moving in on the secret base, he vanishes into thin air along with all the surviving Soviet personnel.]]
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!!General Ozerov
->'''Played By:''' Misha Kuznetsov
A Russian General in charge of the Gate project.
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* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never mentioned in the show proper, being only known from promotional materials.
* BadBoss: He has the lead scientist of the Gate project killed in 1984 for not being able to maintain it open from more than a few seconds.
* BigBadDuumvirate: He is ultimate the BigBad of the Soviet plot of season 3, and one of the main antagonists of the season along with the Mind Flayer.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After the Gate generator is destroyed and the US military starts moving in on the secret base, he vanishes into thin air along with all the surviving Soviet personnel.]]
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!!General Ozerov
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A Russian General in charge of the Gate project.
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* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never mentioned in the show proper, being only known from promotional materials.
* BadBoss: He has the lead scientist of the Gate project killed in 1984 for not being able to maintain it open from more than a few seconds.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After the Gate generator is destroyed and the US military starts moving in on the secret base, he vanishes into thin air along with all the surviving Soviet personnel.]]
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!!General Ozerov
->'''Played By:''' Misha Kuznetsov
A Russian General in charge of the Gate project.
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* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never mentioned in the show proper, being only known from promotional materials.
* BadBoss: He has the lead scientist of the Gate project killed in 1984 for not being able to maintain it open from more than a few seconds.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After the Gate generator is destroyed and the US military starts moving in on the secret base, he vanishes into thin air along with all the surviving Soviet personnel.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: With The Mind Flayer in Season 3. While technically their plan to [[spoiler: open a gate]] means they’re fulfilling it’s its goals, the USSR never has any indication of being aware of it’s its existence and the two plot lines don’t really intersect until the finale.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In Season 3, the guards in the [[spoiler:secret Russian base beneath Starcourt Mall]] are hilariously inept, failing to regularly monitor or defend the one entrance to the facility, even when they know an intruder is loose with the keycard in hand. [[spoiler:Hopper manages to effortlessly gun down a whole group of them when they're left confused by Bauman's extremely thin attempt to pretend like they work at the facility.]]
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* WeirdHistoricalWar: [[The [[spoiler:The third season's SequelHook showcases that they have started to capture monsters from the Upside-Down with the full implication they will be used as a secret weapon in the Cold War.]]
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In spite of operating with similar goals regarding the Upsidedown, the Soviet Starcourt laboratory is pretty much the reverse of Hawkins Labs. They’re a more overtly military operation relying more thoroughly on RefugeInAudacity to conceal their operations, and can come off as much sloppier and louder than Hawkins Labs. The fact that Dustin, Steve, and Robin uncover their conspiracy is rather revealing to how poor their concealment was.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Subject Steve and Robin to beatings and injections of truth serum. When neither tactic gives the Soviets any answers, the interrogator just ups the ante and attempts to pull out Steve's fingernails.
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* {{Foil}}: To Steve. Steve is an American pretty-boy with little in the way of book smarts, while Alexei is a Russian scientist and isn't cool in a conventional sense. Both are captured by authority figures from enemy nations and interrogated, with contrasting results; Steve genuinely knows nothing, is understandably panicked during the whole ordeal and gets beaten and drugged despite his innocence, meanwhile Alexei does know what the Soviets are up to, stands his ground upon being questioned and ultimately manages to collaborate with his captors. Both also have an affiliation with ice; Steve sells ice-cream and Alexei enjoys slurpies.
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* {{Adorkable}}: As big of a nerd as Dustin. The two end up singing the theme to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' during the FinalBattle with the Mind Flayer and Grigori.
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* {{Adorkable}}: As big of a nerd as Dustin. The two end up singing the theme to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' during the FinalBattle with the Mind Flayer and Grigori.Flayer. When not dancing along while singing she is triumphantly posing.
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* DirtyCommunists: The show paints a rather unflattering and one-dimensional portrayal of the Soviet Union, Russians being depicted as [[AlwaysChaoticEvil almost universally as evil brutes]] and Russia itself implied to be Mordor with nice things not existing there. Worse, [[spoiler:it's implied that they want to, and have already begun to, tame and weaponize the inhabitants of the Upside Down.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Jonathan goes to his house to check for Will, Lonnie "greets" him by suddenly forcing him against the wall and then laughing about it. He tries to hug Jonathan, only for the latter to force him off. He treats all of Jonathan's concerns with either tasteless jokes or snipes at Joyce's parenting; he didn't even care enough to call Joyce back about Will not being at his house. The entire meeting, Jonathan is very cold with him, capping it off with giving him a poster of Will, "in case you forgot what he looks like".
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He ends up having a relatively fun time experiencing the joys of American life outside of his station and even considers defecting, which is unsurprising given what the U.S.S.R. is like. [[spoiler:Sadly, he's killed before he can really leave.]]
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He ends up having a relatively fun time experiencing the joys of American life outside of his station and even considers defecting, which is unsurprising given what the U.S.S.R. is like.defecting. [[spoiler:Sadly, he's killed before he can really leave.]]
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* HeelRealization: Kali is shown to be deeply upset when Eleven leaves her crew to return to Hawkins and save her friends. [[WordOfGod According to actress Linnea Berthelsen]], El's choice to protect those she loves makes her realize how empty her vengeance has been, and that as broken as she is El has found something meaningful in her life that Kali herself is missing.
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* HeelRealization: Kali is shown to be deeply upset when Eleven leaves her crew to return to Hawkins and save her friends. [[WordOfGod According to actress Linnea Berthelsen]], El's choice to protect those she loves makes her realize how empty her vengeance has been, and that as broken as she is El has found something meaningful in her life that Kali herself is missing.[[invoked]]
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The show paints a rather unflattering and one-dimensional portrayal of the Soviet Union, Russians being depicted as almost universally as evil brutes and Russia itself implied to be Mordor with nice things not existing there. Worse Worse, [[spoiler:it's implied that they don't even give a reason for [[spoiler:wanting to create a permanent gateway to want to, and have already begun to, tame and weaponize the inhabitants of the Upside Down.]]
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-> '''Played By:''' Brett Gelman
A former journalist turned private detective, Murray was hired by Barb's mother and father to locate their daughter and bring her home.
!!Murray Bauman
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-> '''Played By:''' Brett Gelman
A former journalist turned private detective, Murray was hired by Barb's mother and father to locate their daughter and bring her home.
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!!Suzie
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->'''Played By:'''
A former journalist turned private detective, Murray was hired by Barb's mother and father to locate their daughter and bring her home.
Dustin's Mormon-raised genius girlfriend from Utah whom he met at Science Camp.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Although not elaborated upon in the series, actor Brett Gelman revealed in the ''Beyond Stranger Things 2'' aftershow that Murray's journalism career and family were destroyed as a result of his efforts to expose what happened in Hawkins in the aftermath of season 1.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: An abrasive, sarcastic know-it-all with a Jewish name, a big beard, and a Chicago accent, who has an old anti-Nazi poster on his wall who is fluent in Russian. He's also played by a Jewish actor.
* BefriendingTheEnemy: When Hopper and Joyce bring him a Russian scientist so he can translate for them, they become quite chummy, mainly because they talk about Hopper in Russian while he's right in front of them.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: He's a paranoid full-on ConspiracyTheorist but he's also very intelligent. He is right that something off is happening in Hawkins, just with interdimensional monsters and psychic children instead of aliens and Russian spies. He was also able to see Nancy's and Jonathan's obvious feelings for each other and their personalities.
* ConspiracyTheorist: ''Big'' time. He's certain ''something'' happened in Hawkins the government is now trying to cover up. Ironically, while he's right about that, he mistakenly believes it's connected to the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[DirtyCommies Russian agents]] operating on US soil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Delivers a ''lot'' of this in his scene with Jonathan and Nancy, particularly over their denial of their feelings for one another.
* DoubleEntendre: Drops the mother of them all the morning after Jonathan and Nancy do the deed. His complete shit-eating grin afterwards completely sells it.
-->'''Murray''': So how was the pull-out?
* EmbarrassingNickname: Given the callsign "Bald Eagle" by Dustin who takes some glee in forcing Murray to repeat it back during radio communication.
* EurekaMoment: Watering down his vodka gives him the inspiration for how to leak the truth about Hawkins Lab in a manner that people would actually ''believe'' it: Rather than expose the inter-dimensional shenanigans and eldritch abominations, instead leak that something ''did'' happen, but fudge the details into something more believable (in this case, experimental chemicals leaking into the environment and killing Barb).
* FreezeFrameBonus: The posters in Murray's house imply he might have participated in some anti-Vietnam protests-turned-riots in the late '60's.
* FunctionalAddict: Uses vodka to help him think, since it suppresses the central nervous system.
* OddFriendship: With Alexei the Russian scientist.
* SherlockScan: Murray demonstrates an aptitude for reading people, and thoroughly dissects both Jonathan's and Nancy's personalities after only a brief meeting. Even correctly deducing that they harbor more feelings for one another than anyone else would admit.
* ShipperOnDeck: He notices the clear attraction Nancy and Jonathan have for each other and points this out gleefully. Then he offers them to share his guest bedroom to let it work itself out. He then ribs Jonathan rather mercilessly when he insists on sleeping on the sofa instead, offers him to use the pull-out mattress, but suggests he take the bed with Nancy instead.
-->'''Murray:''' What's going on here? A lovers' quarrel?\\
'''Jonathan:''' No, no. I mean, we're just friends!\\
'''Nancy:''' ''(frantically)'' Friends! ''(chuckles nervously)''\\
'''Murray:''' ''(laughs in disbelief)'' You've told me a lot of shockers today, but ''that'', that is the first ''lie''.
** Again with Joyce and Hopper, at one point telling them to stop bickering and just screw already.
* StringTheory: He has a [[TheBigBoard big board]] in his home, with everything connected to the incident in Hawkins connected via strings.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hopper. They spend all of their time together bickering, but they seem to know each other well (Hopper knows off-hand that he's fluent in Russian and where to find him in a time of need) and there's a lot of implicit trust between them. Murray's pretty obviously devastated by Hop's apparent death.
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!!Suzie
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Dustin's Mormon-raised genius girlfriend from Utah whom he met at Science Camp.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: An abrasive, sarcastic know-it-all with a Jewish name, a big beard, and a Chicago accent, who has an old anti-Nazi poster on his wall who is fluent in Russian. He's also played by a Jewish actor.
* BefriendingTheEnemy: When Hopper and Joyce bring him a Russian scientist so he can translate for them, they become quite chummy, mainly because they talk about Hopper in Russian while he's right in front of them.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: He's a paranoid full-on ConspiracyTheorist but he's also very intelligent. He is right that something off is happening in Hawkins, just with interdimensional monsters and psychic children instead of aliens and Russian spies. He was also able to see Nancy's and Jonathan's obvious feelings for each other and their personalities.
* ConspiracyTheorist: ''Big'' time. He's certain ''something'' happened in Hawkins the government is now trying to cover up. Ironically, while he's right about that, he mistakenly believes it's connected to the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[DirtyCommies Russian agents]] operating on US soil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Delivers a ''lot'' of this in his scene with Jonathan and Nancy, particularly over their denial of their feelings for one another.
* DoubleEntendre: Drops the mother of them all the morning after Jonathan and Nancy do the deed. His complete shit-eating grin afterwards completely sells it.
-->'''Murray''': So how was the pull-out?
* EmbarrassingNickname: Given the callsign "Bald Eagle" by Dustin who takes some glee in forcing Murray to repeat it back during radio communication.
* EurekaMoment: Watering down his vodka gives him the inspiration for how to leak the truth about Hawkins Lab in a manner that people would actually ''believe'' it: Rather than expose the inter-dimensional shenanigans and eldritch abominations, instead leak that something ''did'' happen, but fudge the details into something more believable (in this case, experimental chemicals leaking into the environment and killing Barb).
* FreezeFrameBonus: The posters in Murray's house imply he might have participated in some anti-Vietnam protests-turned-riots in the late '60's.
* FunctionalAddict: Uses vodka to help him think, since it suppresses the central nervous system.
* OddFriendship: With Alexei the Russian scientist.
* SherlockScan: Murray demonstrates an aptitude for reading people, and thoroughly dissects both Jonathan's and Nancy's personalities after only a brief meeting. Even correctly deducing that they harbor more feelings for one another than anyone else would admit.
* ShipperOnDeck: He notices the clear attraction Nancy and Jonathan have for each other and points this out gleefully. Then he offers them to share his guest bedroom to let it work itself out. He then ribs Jonathan rather mercilessly when he insists on sleeping on the sofa instead, offers him to use the pull-out mattress, but suggests he take the bed with Nancy instead.
-->'''Murray:''' What's going on here? A lovers' quarrel?\\
'''Jonathan:''' No, no. I mean, we're just friends!\\
'''Nancy:''' ''(frantically)'' Friends! ''(chuckles nervously)''\\
'''Murray:''' ''(laughs in disbelief)'' You've told me a lot of shockers today, but ''that'', that is the first ''lie''.
** Again with Joyce and Hopper, at one point telling them to stop bickering and just screw already.
* StringTheory: He has a [[TheBigBoard big board]] in his home, with everything connected to the incident in Hawkins connected via strings.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hopper. They spend all of their time together bickering, but they seem to know each other well (Hopper knows off-hand that he's fluent in Russian and where to find him in a time of need) and there's a lot of implicit trust between them. Murray's pretty obviously devastated by Hop's apparent death.
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Dustin's Mormon-raised genius girlfriend from Utah whom he met at Science Camp.
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A former journalist turned private detective, Murray was hired by Barb's mother and father to locate their daughter and bring her home.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Although not elaborated upon in the series, actor Brett Gelman revealed in the ''Beyond Stranger Things 2'' aftershow that Murray's journalism career and family were destroyed as a result of his efforts to expose what happened in Hawkins in the aftermath of season 1.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: An abrasive, sarcastic know-it-all with a Jewish name, a big beard, and a Chicago accent, who has an old anti-Nazi poster on his wall who is fluent in Russian. He's also played by a Jewish actor.
* BefriendingTheEnemy: When Hopper and Joyce bring him a Russian scientist so he can translate for them, they become quite chummy, mainly because they talk about Hopper in Russian while he's right in front of them.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: He's a paranoid full-on ConspiracyTheorist but he's also very intelligent. He is right that something off is happening in Hawkins, just with interdimensional monsters and psychic children instead of aliens and Russian spies. He was also able to see Nancy's and Jonathan's obvious feelings for each other and their personalities.
* ConspiracyTheorist: ''Big'' time. He's certain ''something'' happened in Hawkins the government is now trying to cover up. Ironically, while he's right about that, he mistakenly believes it's connected to the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[DirtyCommies Russian agents]] operating on US soil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Delivers a ''lot'' of this in his scene with Jonathan and Nancy, particularly over their denial of their feelings for one another.
* DoubleEntendre: Drops the mother of them all the morning after Jonathan and Nancy do the deed. His complete shit-eating grin afterwards completely sells it.
-->'''Murray''': So how was the pull-out?
* EmbarrassingNickname: Given the callsign "Bald Eagle" by Dustin who takes some glee in forcing Murray to repeat it back during radio communication.
* EurekaMoment: Watering down his vodka gives him the inspiration for how to leak the truth about Hawkins Lab in a manner that people would actually ''believe'' it: Rather than expose the inter-dimensional shenanigans and eldritch abominations, instead leak that something ''did'' happen, but fudge the details into something more believable (in this case, experimental chemicals leaking into the environment and killing Barb).
* FreezeFrameBonus: The posters in Murray's house imply he might have participated in some anti-Vietnam protests-turned-riots in the late '60's.
* FunctionalAddict: Uses vodka to help him think, since it suppresses the central nervous system.
* OddFriendship: With Alexei the Russian scientist.
* SherlockScan: Murray demonstrates an aptitude for reading people, and thoroughly dissects both Jonathan's and Nancy's personalities after only a brief meeting. Even correctly deducing that they harbor more feelings for one another than anyone else would admit.
* ShipperOnDeck: He notices the clear attraction Nancy and Jonathan have for each other and points this out gleefully. Then he offers them to share his guest bedroom to let it work itself out. He then ribs Jonathan rather mercilessly when he insists on sleeping on the sofa instead, offers him to use the pull-out mattress, but suggests he take the bed with Nancy instead.
-->'''Murray:''' What's going on here? A lovers' quarrel?\\
'''Jonathan:''' No, no. I mean, we're just friends!\\
'''Nancy:''' ''(frantically)'' Friends! ''(chuckles nervously)''\\
'''Murray:''' ''(laughs in disbelief)'' You've told me a lot of shockers today, but ''that'', that is the first ''lie''.
** Again with Joyce and Hopper, at one point telling them to stop bickering and just screw already.
* StringTheory: He has a [[TheBigBoard big board]] in his home, with everything connected to the incident in Hawkins connected via strings.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hopper. They spend all of their time together bickering, but they seem to know each other well (Hopper knows off-hand that he's fluent in Russian and where to find him in a time of need) and there's a lot of implicit trust between them. Murray's pretty obviously devastated by Hop's apparent death.
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!!Suzie
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->'''Played By:''' Gabriella Pizzolo
Dustin's Mormon-raised genius girlfriend from Utah whom he met at Science Camp.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: An abrasive, sarcastic know-it-all with a Jewish name, a big beard, and a Chicago accent, who has an old anti-Nazi poster on his wall who is fluent in Russian. He's also played by a Jewish actor.
* BefriendingTheEnemy: When Hopper and Joyce bring him a Russian scientist so he can translate for them, they become quite chummy, mainly because they talk about Hopper in Russian while he's right in front of them.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: He's a paranoid full-on ConspiracyTheorist but he's also very intelligent. He is right that something off is happening in Hawkins, just with interdimensional monsters and psychic children instead of aliens and Russian spies. He was also able to see Nancy's and Jonathan's obvious feelings for each other and their personalities.
* ConspiracyTheorist: ''Big'' time. He's certain ''something'' happened in Hawkins the government is now trying to cover up. Ironically, while he's right about that, he mistakenly believes it's connected to the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[DirtyCommies Russian agents]] operating on US soil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Delivers a ''lot'' of this in his scene with Jonathan and Nancy, particularly over their denial of their feelings for one another.
* DoubleEntendre: Drops the mother of them all the morning after Jonathan and Nancy do the deed. His complete shit-eating grin afterwards completely sells it.
-->'''Murray''': So how was the pull-out?
* EmbarrassingNickname: Given the callsign "Bald Eagle" by Dustin who takes some glee in forcing Murray to repeat it back during radio communication.
* EurekaMoment: Watering down his vodka gives him the inspiration for how to leak the truth about Hawkins Lab in a manner that people would actually ''believe'' it: Rather than expose the inter-dimensional shenanigans and eldritch abominations, instead leak that something ''did'' happen, but fudge the details into something more believable (in this case, experimental chemicals leaking into the environment and killing Barb).
* FreezeFrameBonus: The posters in Murray's house imply he might have participated in some anti-Vietnam protests-turned-riots in the late '60's.
* FunctionalAddict: Uses vodka to help him think, since it suppresses the central nervous system.
* OddFriendship: With Alexei the Russian scientist.
* SherlockScan: Murray demonstrates an aptitude for reading people, and thoroughly dissects both Jonathan's and Nancy's personalities after only a brief meeting. Even correctly deducing that they harbor more feelings for one another than anyone else would admit.
* ShipperOnDeck: He notices the clear attraction Nancy and Jonathan have for each other and points this out gleefully. Then he offers them to share his guest bedroom to let it work itself out. He then ribs Jonathan rather mercilessly when he insists on sleeping on the sofa instead, offers him to use the pull-out mattress, but suggests he take the bed with Nancy instead.
-->'''Murray:''' What's going on here? A lovers' quarrel?\\
'''Jonathan:''' No, no. I mean, we're just friends!\\
'''Nancy:''' ''(frantically)'' Friends! ''(chuckles nervously)''\\
'''Murray:''' ''(laughs in disbelief)'' You've told me a lot of shockers today, but ''that'', that is the first ''lie''.
** Again with Joyce and Hopper, at one point telling them to stop bickering and just screw already.
* StringTheory: He has a [[TheBigBoard big board]] in his home, with everything connected to the incident in Hawkins connected via strings.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hopper. They spend all of their time together bickering, but they seem to know each other well (Hopper knows off-hand that he's fluent in Russian and where to find him in a time of need) and there's a lot of implicit trust between them. Murray's pretty obviously devastated by Hop's apparent death.
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->[[center:[[Characters/StrangerThings Character Sheet]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsMainCast Main Cast]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsHawkinsNationalLaboratory Hawkins National Laboratory]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsTheUpsideDown The Upside Down]] | '''Outsiders''' |[[Characters/StrangerThingsSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]]]
Characters in ''Series/StrangerThings'' who live outside Hawkins. Beware of spoilers.
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!Kali's Gang
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A criminal gang of various misfits and outcasts, led by Kali. They were originally based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before fleeing to Chicago, Illinois. They get by through robbing stores, and vengefully murdering people who they feel wronged them.
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* AntiHero: They strike back at people who have to varying degrees escaped justice, but are willing to do anything to take revenge.
* FiveManBand: One of many superhero tropes they play with is the five-person group dynamic. With Kali as their [[TheLeader leader]] and most significant member, the rest of the group are mainly characterized by the FiveManBand archetype they fit. Eleven even briefly steps in to fill the role of SixthRanger.
* FiveTokenBand: The group consists of an Indian, two Caucasians, and two African-Americans.
* FlatCharacter: Aside from Kali, they're all generally one-note archetypes meant to serve as {{satellite character}}s to her.
* PlotDetour: Incarnate. The main narrative of Season 2 is essentially paused in episode 7, whilst Eleven takes a trip to Chicago....and encounters these guys.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They are all outcasts for one reason or another.
* TattooedCrook: Most of Kali's gang are heavily inked.
* TrueCompanions: Kali found them and gave them a purpose, and they all see each other as some sort of found family.
* WackyWaysideTribe: Eleven encounters them on her trip to Chicago. They are an eclectic collection of quirky personalities who don't play much of a role in the series' main plot. Nonetheless, the encounter ''does'' have significance for El's development as a character, as well as expanding the scope of Hawkins Lab's experiments by confirming there are indeed other subjects out there. Additionally, the encounter lays the groundwork for future story developments in season 3 and beyond.
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!!Kali / Eight
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->'''Played By''': Linnea Berthelsen
-> ''"If you wanted to show mercy that is your choice. But don’t you ever take away mine."''
Another one of Dr. Brenner's test subjects, a British girl of Indian descent who became the leader of a nomadic street gang.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: To be fair, she ''was'' being as nice as she knows how to be and wasn't entirely all about the ulterior motive. The problem was... unlike Eleven, she's never really experienced genuine niceness, herself. This is where El could teach poor Kali a few tricks. If she ever works out how to let go, and how to let her little sis do that.
* BerserkButton: Having her freedom restricted in any way, as shown when Eleven knocks the gun out of her hand when she is about to shoot a PunchClockVillain. This is probably a response to growing up in a very restrictive environment and being used as a test subject.
* BigSisterInstinct: She still remembers Eleven and truly does think of her as a sister. She even cries when Eleven left to help her friends.
* BigSisterMentor: During her short time with Eleven, Kali instructs her on how to better control her powers.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Views anyone involved in Hawkins Lab as completely evil, even people who were just following orders or who were unaware of the organization's darker side.
* BrokenBird: Years of being used as a test subject and living on the run from the government has left her emotionally broken and paranoid. She believes that normal humans will always see her as a monster and refuses to trust anyone but her closest friends.
* CoolBigSis: She thinks of Eleven as her little sister and mentors her in how to control and strengthen her powers.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kali was kidnapped by her family and was forced to undergo painful training to heighten her abilities. At some point, she escaped and entered into a life of crime.
* DelinquentHair: Has an undercut dyed purple on top.
* EvilFeelsGood: While she claims to be out for justice, it is pretty clear that she actually hunts down the scientists who hurt her and Eleven in the past because it gives her emotional satisfaction.
* EvilMentor: "Evil" is probably stretching it, but Kali helps to tutor Eleven in making the most of her powers, while also emotionally manipulating her into helping the gang take vengeance against former members of Hawkins Lab.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Again, not "evil", but as "The Lost Sister" progresses it becomes increasingly obvious that Kali's warm and genial personality is largely a front to hide the bitter, angry, manipulative, and violent person hiding underneath, having been twisted into what she is by years of living hell at Hawkins Lab.
* FingerlessGloves: Wears these almost constantly. They serve a dual purpose of hiding her [[YouAreNumberSix number tattoo]] and making it easier to wipe her {{Psychic Nosebleed}}s away.
* FlawedPrototype: In a sense. Compared to El, her illusionary powers are much less impressive then El's MindOverMatter and long ranged {{Telepathy}}. Although she ''can'' use her illusion powers on El, El appears to see through them much more easily than others.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Eleven -- They are both test subjects but while Eleven eventually finds people she loves who accept her, Kali is consumed by her hatred and turns to a life of crime for revenge. Their powers also contrast each other, with Eleven manipulating the physical world while Kali manipulates people's minds.
** To Nancy -- Both are teenage girls with a SugarAndIcePersonality who are out for revenge against Hawkins Lab, but while Nancy just wants to publicly expose their crimes Kali is out to murder each and every person involved in the organization.
* HeelRealization: Kali is shown to be deeply upset when Eleven leaves her crew to return to Hawkins and save her friends. [[WordOfGod According to actress Linnea Berthelsen]], El's choice to protect those she loves makes her realize how empty her vengeance has been, and that as broken as she is El has found something meaningful in her life that Kali herself is missing.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Kali is fueled solely by a desire for vengeance and the PowerOfHate. She's determined to kill everyone from Hawkins Lab who was in any way connected to what happened to her. To the point she was prepared to murder a PunchClockVillain who was JustFollowingOrders ''while his children were there''[[note]]though they were hiding in another room[[/note]] in cold blood.
* {{Invisibility}}: She can make herself and others invisible using her powers, but it's notably a lot more challenging to produce and maintain than some of the other illusions she creates.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: As much as many of the people at Hawkins Lab (''especially'' Brenner) might have it coming, Kali has become utterly ruthless in her pursuit of vengeance, and isn't much better now than those who tormented her.
* TheLeader: Despite her youth, she's clearly in charge and is the main decision maker.
* ManipulativeBitch: As much as she cares for Eleven, that does not put her above using Eleven as a tool to hunt down the people who worked at Hawkins Lab. She also repeatedly uses her powers to conjure illusions of people from her victim's past to BreakThemByTalking.
* MasterOfIllusion: She can cause powerful visual and auditory hallucinations in her victims.
* MeaningfulName: In Myth/HinduMythology, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali Kali]] is a fierce, terrifying goddess who focuses her power on destroying evil forces. Likewise, ''this'' Kali uses her psychic powers to kill the government agents who are responsible for the suffering she, Eleven, and countless others endured.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: At least [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity for a given definition of innocent]]. She notably avoids hurting bystanders if at all possible, trying to talk down a gas station attendant with a gun and warding off the police with illusions.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: A mild example, as Linnea Berthelsen's Danish accent isn't very strong, but she makes no attempt to cover it. The article that has her photo (that Eleven used to track her) mentions that she was abducted in London, which could say something about the reach of the conspiracy behind the Hawkins Lab.
* NotSoDifferent: Her ruthlessness and refusal to discriminate between the likes of Brenner and those JustFollowingOrders have made her this from the very same people who tormented her. Kali will stop at ''nothing'', even using her own "sister" as a weapon and manipulating her with her own powers if needs be, to carry out her goals.
* ThePowerOfHate: What she uses to fuel her powers.
* PsychicNosebleed: Not as badly as Eleven but she gets these if she uses her powers extensively.
* PsychicPowers: She can project powerful illusions into other people's minds. She also appears to have some degree of clairvoyance or precognition, as she was able to predict where to turn the van during the chase scene in "MADMAX".
* PsychologicalTormentZone: Kali can summon very convincing illusions to [[BreakThemByTalking psychologically]] [[MindRape torment people]].
* {{Revenge}}: Her sole reason for existence is hunting down and killing the people responsible for her suffering at Hawkins Lab.
* {{Seer}}: The car chase in "MADMAX" implies that she possesses something in the flavor of this trope, knowing exactly where to turn to evade the cops, though it's handled in a ShowDontTell fashion compared to her other powers.
* ShadowArchetype: Like Eleven, she's a psychic embittered by her experimentation at the hands of Hawkins, but unlike Eleven, she gave in to that bitterness and now only lives for revenge.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She genuinely cares for her sister and wants what's best for her, and she is also very protective of the members of her gang. However, she also has a cold and calculating side and has no sympathy for anyone involved with Hawkins Lab, no matter how minor their role in the organization was.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Again, not quite "evil," but Kali decided not long after her escape that normal people were never going to accept someone with extraordinary abilities like her, so she decided to become the "monster" they feared she'd be. . . channeled into specifically targeting people she believes deserves it.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: She manipulates Eleven into committing morally ambiguous deeds.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: According to WordOfGod, El's departure to save her loved ones has made Kali realize how little she ''truly'' has.
* WeakButSkilled: Her illusions can't match the raw power of Eleven's telekinesis, but she is skilled and savvy enough to use them effectively.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like the heroes, she wants to take down the organization responsible for the atrocities committed at Hawkins Lab. Unfortunately, she intends to do this by hunting down and killing everyone involved with the organization, [[PunchClockVillain no matter how minor their role]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was a young girl who was ruthlessly experimented by Brenner. Despite her ruthless, vindictive behavior, Kali is nothing but the result of pain, anger and desolation consumed.
* WouldntHurtAChild: She chastises Axel for threatening Eleven, a young girl, with a knife.
* YouAreNumberSix: Eight, in her case, as indicated by the tattoo on her wrist.
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!!Axel
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->'''Played By''': James Landry Hébert
One of Kali's gang.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite working for Kali and knowing full well about her powers, he initially refuses to believe Kali when she says Eleven is also psychic.
* AxCrazy: The most violent of the gang.
* BloodKnight: Seems to enjoy a good fight, [[spoiler:particularly near the end of "The Lost Sister" during his shootout with the cops.]]
* KnifeNut: Favors a switchblade that he can throw with a decent bit of accuracy.
* TheLancer: Axel often disagrees with Kali, but still shows enthusiasm to her cause (perhaps more so than the others.)
* LeanAndMean: He's a veritable beanpole, and the most antagonistic of Kali's gang.
* TheQuincyPunk: A textbook example, complete with wild mohawk, bad attitude, anarchic leanings, and a vigilante modus-operandi. He looks like a standard {{Mook}} from a late eighties / early nineties BeatEmUp videogame.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He is arachnophobic.
* WouldHurtAChild: He had no problem threatening Eleven with a knife, and would've probably followed through had Kali not stopped him.
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!!Dottie
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->'''Played By''': Anna Jacoby-Heron
The newest member of Kali's gang.
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* TheChick: Dottie is a quirky, feminine woman who exists to lighten the tone and check the more serious characters.
* CloudCuckooLander: She was in a mental institution until recently, and she is... off.
* MeaningfulName: "Dottie" is a slang term for crazy, and she was in a mental hospital until recently.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dyed all sorts of colors.
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!!Funshine
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->'''Played By''': Kai L. Greene
One of Kali's gang.
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* TheBigGuy: He's a huge guy who fills a door-frame and acts as the team muscle.
* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a rugged, intimidating gangster who serves as the gang's muscle. He's also named after a [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bear]].
* GentleGiant: He is a soft-spoken, personable guy (when not on the job), open with his gratitude towards Kali and calls Eleven "Miss Jane".
* ScaryBlackMan: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's the largest and strongest member of the gang and is quite intimidating when on the job, but is otherwise very friendly and laid back.
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!!Mick
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->'''Played By''': Gabrielle Maiden
One of Kali's gang.
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* GenderBlenderName: Mick is typically a man's nickname, yet she is a woman.
* GetawayDriver: Serves as the gang's wheelman.
* TheSmartGuy: She is practical, and too smart to play cards with Dottie and Funshine. Also, she's generally less "wacky" than the others and acts as the team's watcher and getaway driver.
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!The Soviet Union
[[folder:In General]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The show paints a rather unflattering and one-dimensional portrayal of the Soviet Union, Russians being depicted as almost universally as evil brutes and Russia itself implied to be Mordor with nice things not existing there. Worse they don't even give a reason for [[spoiler:wanting to create a permanent gateway to the Upside Down.]]
* RedScare: In full effect. The establishing shot showing the Soviet flag is depicted in the most ominous way possible and they've hidden their base beneath a shopping mall likely to exploit the consumer habits of Capitalist America.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The general in charge has Grigori kill the head scientist in the opening of the season for a half-succesful test to open the Upside Down.
* WeHaveReserves: Don't see a problem with losing half a dozen scientists rather then a test failing.
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[[folder:Grigori]]
!!Grigori
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->'''Played By:''' Andrey Ivchenko
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The leader of a group of Russian assassins.
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* TheAhnold: His character is an expy of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (specifically his role as Film/{{the Terminator}}), which is even lampshaded by Mayor Kline.
* AllThereInTheScript: His name is only given in the subtitles/transcript.
* BadassNormal: [[Film/TheTerminator Given whom he's based on]], it should come as no surprise that he's incredibly dangerous.
* TheBrute: A lumbering ogre of a man, he acts as the Russians' main muscle out and about in Hawkins.
* DeadlyRotaryFan: [[spoiler:Technically not a fan, but the machine he was thrown by Hopper was rotating so fast it still mulched him instantly]].
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He's defined by the immediate physical threat he poses to the heroes, but close to nothing is divulged about his character.
* NeckLift: Does this to the head scientist of the Soviet research program in the opening of the season.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem throwing Joyce around like a rag doll.
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!!Alexei
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->'''Played By:''' Alec Utgoff
A Russian scientist working on the Gate.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Enjoys watching ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and is really happy when he wins a ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' plush at the fair.
* ChummyCommies: Provided you don't treat him as harshly as Hopper did, he's pretty friendly even with people from an enemy nation.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:He succumbs to his bullet wound after Murray leaves him to get help.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: He seems to have been under the assumption that [[UnresolvedSexualTension Hopper and Joyce]] were already romantically and sexually involved and thinks it's hilarious that they aren't.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Hopper suspects that his superiors will want Alexei dead for being held captive for information, in addition to being seen as a traitor for giving up that information. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He considers defecting to the U.S., but is killed by Grigori before it can get off the ground.]]
* HopeSpot: When Hopper's interrogation of him goes nowhere, he kicks Alexei out of Murray's place and gives him the keys to the car and cuffs. [[BatmanGambit Hopper is betting on Alexei's predicted escape attempt to stop when he realises]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch he'll be killed for giving up information and he'll come crawling back to him]], and he's right -- Alexei tries to drive away, but stops partway through the gate.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He ends up having a relatively fun time experiencing the joys of American life outside of his station and even considers defecting, which is unsurprising given what the U.S.S.R. is like. [[spoiler:Sadly, he's killed before he can really leave.]]
* MundaneObjectAmazement: He finds 7-Eleven, slurpies (particularly cherry-flavored ones), and fairs amusing.
* OddFriendship: With Murray.
* PunchClockVillain: He may be a scientist for the Soviets, but he doesn't agree with their cruelty. He also doesn't seem to be aware of [[EldritchAbomination the side-effects of his work]].
* RussianGuySuffersMost: He's on the receiving end of Hopper's temper (which is [[SmugSnake not totally undeserved]]) and is threatened by his Soviet superiors to complete his work on the Gate or else. [[spoiler:Then, as he's coming to like his time on American soil, he's silenced by Grigori and ends up DyingAlone.]]
* ShooOutTheClowns: He gets fatally shot by a soviet guard right before the grim and action packed Season 3 finale.
* SmugSnake: Tells Hopper that he'll spill if he gets a cherry-flavored slurpie. When he gets a "shit" strawberry-flavored slurpie instead, he arrogantly refuses. Hopper isn't having any of it, but Alexei starts cooperating once Hopper [[BatmanGambit crushes]] his HopeSpot.
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Has to be bribed with burgers and slurpies before he'll talk. When Hopper obliges, Alexei just complains about the taste of the slurpie, which leads to an explosive argument that looks like it could end in a bloodbath any second. Over slurpies.
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! Others
[[folder:Lonnie Byers]]
!!Lonnie Byers
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->'''Played By:''' Ross Partridge
Joyce's ex-husband and Jonathan and Will's estranged father who lives in Indianapolis. A deeply selfish man and womanizer.
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* AbusiveParent: Of the emotionally abusive variety. It's clear he's been chipping away at both his sons' egos over the years. But, has focused mainly on Will. His comment about Jonathan having gotten stronger when the latter shoves Lonnie off of him also seems to imply that he may have pushed Jonathan around when he was younger as well.
* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:In episode 5, he comes back to Hawkins for Will's funeral. It seems like he really cares and is willing to make things right with his family. Then it's revealed that he is putting on an act, because he plans to cash in off of Will's death by suing for money.]]
* CoattailRidingRelative: He couldn't care less about Will's disappearance until [[spoiler:he sees a legal angle to it that he can exploit for money when the boy's body is found]]. He then tries to get all lovey-dovey with Joyce until she finds him out.
* DisappearedDad: To Will and Jonathan, who have given up on him.
* DomesticAbuse: Shades of; he does try [[spoiler: gaslighting both Joyce and Jonathan with a view to controlling their lives to hit an insurance jackpot]]. He also does almost the opposite of what anybody asks him to do. And, Joyce eventually kicked him out, with hints that he once tried calling her mad for suspecting he was sleeping around. And, Jonathan is always defensively confrontational when they meet. Join the dots.
* {{Gaslighting}}: OK, so he doesn't have to do an awful lot to make Joyce seem nuts. But, ask yourself this: if she hadn't already been as frazzled as much as she was... what would he have done to get her to that point (and/or convince others she was there)? [[spoiler: Because her being seen as out of it as an official excuse to take the reins ''was'' a rather important part of his hustle, particularly with Jonathan.]]
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:His reason for coming back for Will's funeral is to cash in on Will's disappearance. Joyce catches on immediately.]]
* HappyMarriageCharade: He attempts to mend his relationship with Joyce so that [[spoiler:if there's litigation made in regards to Will having been found at the gorge, he can be at the very least included in the lawsuit and cash in]].
* HateSink: He shows very little interest in either Jonathan or Will, except when it comes to making them do things they don't want to do (like forcing Jonathan to go hunting when he was younger) and only feigns concern when his son goes missing, not even bothering to return a panicked Joyce's calls. [[spoiler: He does turn up in time for Will's funeral, playing the role of a grieving father and helping Joyce through her grief. It's discovered that he only is trying to get back in Joyce's good graces to inherit the money from the wrongful death lawsuit he is planning to file to pay off his debts.]]
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: [[spoiler:The idiot brings lawsuit documents and advertising for litigation for wrongful death to Joyce's home. So he's not only an asshole, he's stupid too.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lonnie cares only about himself; he doesn't seem interested at all when his son goes missing. [[spoiler:When it appears that Will is dead, he reappears in Hawkins for the funeral, but it soon transpires that he only turned up so he could get in on the ground floor of a wrongful death lawsuit, so he could pay his debts. What a prick.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's deceitful, lazy, selfish, and neglectful. It's not only that he doesn't give a rat's ass about his sons, [[spoiler:but he also [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk tries to capitalize on Will's presumed death]].]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Problem is, whenever he does have a point, he twists it to get what he wants. [[spoiler: He's not wrong that Joyce's behaviour looks bonkers, and that she also could use a little help cleaning up. And, that some of the poster choices and the fairy lights are inappropriate in a household of mourning. But...]]
* JockDadNerdSon: It's implied that he disapproved of Will's nerdier habits and never engaged in activities with Will that his son would actually enjoy.
* ManipulativeBastard: Oh, he tries. Rather hard. Given Joyce's frustration and despair with and over him, on top of Jonathan's adamant obstruction of anything that comes out of his mouth... It's rather clear both have been burned by his schemes before. [[spoiler: He comes back and tries to convince Joyce that he's willing to help out, since he knows how stressful Will's death is, as well as for old time's sake, since he does care. He simultaneously tries to convince Jonathan that his mother is very definitely going around the twist and that the two of them need to stick together, even if they cannot stand it, for her sake. It's all to manipulate both into letting him call the shots so he can nick off with an insurance pay-out. It only fails because 1) he ''has'' played this game before, so they are both on different levels of alert and 2) because both are sure that Will isn't dead ''and'' that the spooky crap going on ''does'' actually exist.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: His current girlfriend is closer in age to his eldest son than to him. Joyce's dialogue implies he makes a habit of this.
* NeverMyFault: Lonnie refuses to accept any responsibility for any of his actions, past or present.
* ARealManIsAKiller: Thinks his boys should be hunting, shooting and fishing as part and parcel of becoming Real Men. Jonathan tolerated it (with emotional fallout) when it happened to him, but decided to not simply let him do this to Will without challenging this mind-set.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Joyce hands him one before throwing him out of her house.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He had a girlfriend he was living with (or, was living with her -- whichever). Did he just dump her to try getting back with Joyce? Or, did he get kicked out? [[spoiler: Or, is she in on the scheme?]] Dunno.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He thought swooping in and picking up where he left the various family relationships off in his daytime, cut-price heist drama would just... work. Unfortunately, the genre changed on him in a few critical ways.
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[[folder:Suzie]]
!!Suzie
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->'''Played By:''' Gabriella Pizzolo
Dustin's Mormon-raised genius girlfriend from Utah whom he met at Science Camp.
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* {{Adorkable}}: As big of a nerd as Dustin. The two end up singing the theme to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' during the FinalBattle with the Mind Flayer and Grigori.
* AffectionateNickname: "Suzie-poo", courtesy of Dustin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced in name only at beginning of Season 3. Confirmed not only as real by the end of Season 3, but also the only character who knows the numerical code needed to save the world.
* ChildProdigy: Dustin's claims about her being a genius turn out to be 100% correct, in fact she is probably the smartest pre-adult character in the entire cast.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Gets protective when she hears Erica on the walkie with Dustin, unaware that Erica is more of an AnnoyingYoungerSibling.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: She is in a long-distance relationship with Dustin, however since he is not Mormon her parents will probably never approve.
* GirlfriendInCanada: PlayedWith, as for most of Season 3 just about everyone thought that Dustin made her up, but then she turns out to be real.
* InformedAttractiveness: According to Dustin, she's as attractive as [[Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh Phoebe Cates.]] She's definitely cute when the viewers get to see her in person, but in a more grounded, mundane way - her intelligence, on the other hand, is every bit as real as advertised.
* SkewedPriorities: Since she feels that Dustin blanked out on her for the past few days and is only now contacting her to ask her for a math equation, she threatens to hang up on him if he doesn't make up for it by singing the ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' theme with her, dismissing his claims about "saving the world" as one of his games. This happens all while the kids are being pursued by the Mind Flayer and the adults could be caught by the Soviets at any minute. Though this is {{Justified}} as "saving the world from Russians and monsters" is a [[{{understatement}} rather unlikely]] activity for a 14 year old from a small Midwestern town such as Dustin to be engaged in, and despite everyone being on that radio frequency no one thinks to chime in to explain that Dustin is being deadly serious.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She sports a large, round pair of spectacles, and is a ChildProdigy.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Is unknowingly this to both the [[BigBad Mind Flayer]] and the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion when Dustin contacts her for a crucial bit of information necessary to take down both, albeit temporarily (one wonders what she thought when she saw Starcourt on the news the next day).
* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that she turns out to be real is a spoiler in itself, which is to say nothing of the major role she plays in the final battle of Season 3.
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Characters in ''Series/StrangerThings'' who live outside Hawkins. Beware of spoilers.
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!Kali's Gang
[[folder:In General]]
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A criminal gang of various misfits and outcasts, led by Kali. They were originally based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before fleeing to Chicago, Illinois. They get by through robbing stores, and vengefully murdering people who they feel wronged them.
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* AntiHero: They strike back at people who have to varying degrees escaped justice, but are willing to do anything to take revenge.
* FiveManBand: One of many superhero tropes they play with is the five-person group dynamic. With Kali as their [[TheLeader leader]] and most significant member, the rest of the group are mainly characterized by the FiveManBand archetype they fit. Eleven even briefly steps in to fill the role of SixthRanger.
* FiveTokenBand: The group consists of an Indian, two Caucasians, and two African-Americans.
* FlatCharacter: Aside from Kali, they're all generally one-note archetypes meant to serve as {{satellite character}}s to her.
* PlotDetour: Incarnate. The main narrative of Season 2 is essentially paused in episode 7, whilst Eleven takes a trip to Chicago....and encounters these guys.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They are all outcasts for one reason or another.
* TattooedCrook: Most of Kali's gang are heavily inked.
* TrueCompanions: Kali found them and gave them a purpose, and they all see each other as some sort of found family.
* WackyWaysideTribe: Eleven encounters them on her trip to Chicago. They are an eclectic collection of quirky personalities who don't play much of a role in the series' main plot. Nonetheless, the encounter ''does'' have significance for El's development as a character, as well as expanding the scope of Hawkins Lab's experiments by confirming there are indeed other subjects out there. Additionally, the encounter lays the groundwork for future story developments in season 3 and beyond.
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[[folder:Kali]]
!!Kali / Eight
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->'''Played By''': Linnea Berthelsen
-> ''"If you wanted to show mercy that is your choice. But don’t you ever take away mine."''
Another one of Dr. Brenner's test subjects, a British girl of Indian descent who became the leader of a nomadic street gang.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: To be fair, she ''was'' being as nice as she knows how to be and wasn't entirely all about the ulterior motive. The problem was... unlike Eleven, she's never really experienced genuine niceness, herself. This is where El could teach poor Kali a few tricks. If she ever works out how to let go, and how to let her little sis do that.
* BerserkButton: Having her freedom restricted in any way, as shown when Eleven knocks the gun out of her hand when she is about to shoot a PunchClockVillain. This is probably a response to growing up in a very restrictive environment and being used as a test subject.
* BigSisterInstinct: She still remembers Eleven and truly does think of her as a sister. She even cries when Eleven left to help her friends.
* BigSisterMentor: During her short time with Eleven, Kali instructs her on how to better control her powers.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Views anyone involved in Hawkins Lab as completely evil, even people who were just following orders or who were unaware of the organization's darker side.
* BrokenBird: Years of being used as a test subject and living on the run from the government has left her emotionally broken and paranoid. She believes that normal humans will always see her as a monster and refuses to trust anyone but her closest friends.
* CoolBigSis: She thinks of Eleven as her little sister and mentors her in how to control and strengthen her powers.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kali was kidnapped by her family and was forced to undergo painful training to heighten her abilities. At some point, she escaped and entered into a life of crime.
* DelinquentHair: Has an undercut dyed purple on top.
* EvilFeelsGood: While she claims to be out for justice, it is pretty clear that she actually hunts down the scientists who hurt her and Eleven in the past because it gives her emotional satisfaction.
* EvilMentor: "Evil" is probably stretching it, but Kali helps to tutor Eleven in making the most of her powers, while also emotionally manipulating her into helping the gang take vengeance against former members of Hawkins Lab.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Again, not "evil", but as "The Lost Sister" progresses it becomes increasingly obvious that Kali's warm and genial personality is largely a front to hide the bitter, angry, manipulative, and violent person hiding underneath, having been twisted into what she is by years of living hell at Hawkins Lab.
* FingerlessGloves: Wears these almost constantly. They serve a dual purpose of hiding her [[YouAreNumberSix number tattoo]] and making it easier to wipe her {{Psychic Nosebleed}}s away.
* FlawedPrototype: In a sense. Compared to El, her illusionary powers are much less impressive then El's MindOverMatter and long ranged {{Telepathy}}. Although she ''can'' use her illusion powers on El, El appears to see through them much more easily than others.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Eleven -- They are both test subjects but while Eleven eventually finds people she loves who accept her, Kali is consumed by her hatred and turns to a life of crime for revenge. Their powers also contrast each other, with Eleven manipulating the physical world while Kali manipulates people's minds.
** To Nancy -- Both are teenage girls with a SugarAndIcePersonality who are out for revenge against Hawkins Lab, but while Nancy just wants to publicly expose their crimes Kali is out to murder each and every person involved in the organization.
* HeelRealization: Kali is shown to be deeply upset when Eleven leaves her crew to return to Hawkins and save her friends. [[WordOfGod According to actress Linnea Berthelsen]], El's choice to protect those she loves makes her realize how empty her vengeance has been, and that as broken as she is El has found something meaningful in her life that Kali herself is missing.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Kali is fueled solely by a desire for vengeance and the PowerOfHate. She's determined to kill everyone from Hawkins Lab who was in any way connected to what happened to her. To the point she was prepared to murder a PunchClockVillain who was JustFollowingOrders ''while his children were there''[[note]]though they were hiding in another room[[/note]] in cold blood.
* {{Invisibility}}: She can make herself and others invisible using her powers, but it's notably a lot more challenging to produce and maintain than some of the other illusions she creates.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: As much as many of the people at Hawkins Lab (''especially'' Brenner) might have it coming, Kali has become utterly ruthless in her pursuit of vengeance, and isn't much better now than those who tormented her.
* TheLeader: Despite her youth, she's clearly in charge and is the main decision maker.
* ManipulativeBitch: As much as she cares for Eleven, that does not put her above using Eleven as a tool to hunt down the people who worked at Hawkins Lab. She also repeatedly uses her powers to conjure illusions of people from her victim's past to BreakThemByTalking.
* MasterOfIllusion: She can cause powerful visual and auditory hallucinations in her victims.
* MeaningfulName: In Myth/HinduMythology, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali Kali]] is a fierce, terrifying goddess who focuses her power on destroying evil forces. Likewise, ''this'' Kali uses her psychic powers to kill the government agents who are responsible for the suffering she, Eleven, and countless others endured.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: At least [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity for a given definition of innocent]]. She notably avoids hurting bystanders if at all possible, trying to talk down a gas station attendant with a gun and warding off the police with illusions.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: A mild example, as Linnea Berthelsen's Danish accent isn't very strong, but she makes no attempt to cover it. The article that has her photo (that Eleven used to track her) mentions that she was abducted in London, which could say something about the reach of the conspiracy behind the Hawkins Lab.
* NotSoDifferent: Her ruthlessness and refusal to discriminate between the likes of Brenner and those JustFollowingOrders have made her this from the very same people who tormented her. Kali will stop at ''nothing'', even using her own "sister" as a weapon and manipulating her with her own powers if needs be, to carry out her goals.
* ThePowerOfHate: What she uses to fuel her powers.
* PsychicNosebleed: Not as badly as Eleven but she gets these if she uses her powers extensively.
* PsychicPowers: She can project powerful illusions into other people's minds. She also appears to have some degree of clairvoyance or precognition, as she was able to predict where to turn the van during the chase scene in "MADMAX".
* PsychologicalTormentZone: Kali can summon very convincing illusions to [[BreakThemByTalking psychologically]] [[MindRape torment people]].
* {{Revenge}}: Her sole reason for existence is hunting down and killing the people responsible for her suffering at Hawkins Lab.
* {{Seer}}: The car chase in "MADMAX" implies that she possesses something in the flavor of this trope, knowing exactly where to turn to evade the cops, though it's handled in a ShowDontTell fashion compared to her other powers.
* ShadowArchetype: Like Eleven, she's a psychic embittered by her experimentation at the hands of Hawkins, but unlike Eleven, she gave in to that bitterness and now only lives for revenge.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She genuinely cares for her sister and wants what's best for her, and she is also very protective of the members of her gang. However, she also has a cold and calculating side and has no sympathy for anyone involved with Hawkins Lab, no matter how minor their role in the organization was.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Again, not quite "evil," but Kali decided not long after her escape that normal people were never going to accept someone with extraordinary abilities like her, so she decided to become the "monster" they feared she'd be. . . channeled into specifically targeting people she believes deserves it.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: She manipulates Eleven into committing morally ambiguous deeds.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: According to WordOfGod, El's departure to save her loved ones has made Kali realize how little she ''truly'' has.
* WeakButSkilled: Her illusions can't match the raw power of Eleven's telekinesis, but she is skilled and savvy enough to use them effectively.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like the heroes, she wants to take down the organization responsible for the atrocities committed at Hawkins Lab. Unfortunately, she intends to do this by hunting down and killing everyone involved with the organization, [[PunchClockVillain no matter how minor their role]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was a young girl who was ruthlessly experimented by Brenner. Despite her ruthless, vindictive behavior, Kali is nothing but the result of pain, anger and desolation consumed.
* WouldntHurtAChild: She chastises Axel for threatening Eleven, a young girl, with a knife.
* YouAreNumberSix: Eight, in her case, as indicated by the tattoo on her wrist.
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[[folder:Axel]]
!!Axel
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->'''Played By''': James Landry Hébert
One of Kali's gang.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite working for Kali and knowing full well about her powers, he initially refuses to believe Kali when she says Eleven is also psychic.
* AxCrazy: The most violent of the gang.
* BloodKnight: Seems to enjoy a good fight, [[spoiler:particularly near the end of "The Lost Sister" during his shootout with the cops.]]
* KnifeNut: Favors a switchblade that he can throw with a decent bit of accuracy.
* TheLancer: Axel often disagrees with Kali, but still shows enthusiasm to her cause (perhaps more so than the others.)
* LeanAndMean: He's a veritable beanpole, and the most antagonistic of Kali's gang.
* TheQuincyPunk: A textbook example, complete with wild mohawk, bad attitude, anarchic leanings, and a vigilante modus-operandi. He looks like a standard {{Mook}} from a late eighties / early nineties BeatEmUp videogame.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He is arachnophobic.
* WouldHurtAChild: He had no problem threatening Eleven with a knife, and would've probably followed through had Kali not stopped him.
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[[folder:Dottie]]
!!Dottie
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->'''Played By''': Anna Jacoby-Heron
The newest member of Kali's gang.
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* TheChick: Dottie is a quirky, feminine woman who exists to lighten the tone and check the more serious characters.
* CloudCuckooLander: She was in a mental institution until recently, and she is... off.
* MeaningfulName: "Dottie" is a slang term for crazy, and she was in a mental hospital until recently.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dyed all sorts of colors.
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[[folder:Funshine]]
!!Funshine
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->'''Played By''': Kai L. Greene
One of Kali's gang.
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* TheBigGuy: He's a huge guy who fills a door-frame and acts as the team muscle.
* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a rugged, intimidating gangster who serves as the gang's muscle. He's also named after a [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bear]].
* GentleGiant: He is a soft-spoken, personable guy (when not on the job), open with his gratitude towards Kali and calls Eleven "Miss Jane".
* ScaryBlackMan: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's the largest and strongest member of the gang and is quite intimidating when on the job, but is otherwise very friendly and laid back.
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[[folder:Mick]]
!!Mick
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->'''Played By''': Gabrielle Maiden
One of Kali's gang.
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* GenderBlenderName: Mick is typically a man's nickname, yet she is a woman.
* GetawayDriver: Serves as the gang's wheelman.
* TheSmartGuy: She is practical, and too smart to play cards with Dottie and Funshine. Also, she's generally less "wacky" than the others and acts as the team's watcher and getaway driver.
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!The Soviet Union
[[folder:In General]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The show paints a rather unflattering and one-dimensional portrayal of the Soviet Union, Russians being depicted as almost universally as evil brutes and Russia itself implied to be Mordor with nice things not existing there. Worse they don't even give a reason for [[spoiler:wanting to create a permanent gateway to the Upside Down.]]
* RedScare: In full effect. The establishing shot showing the Soviet flag is depicted in the most ominous way possible and they've hidden their base beneath a shopping mall likely to exploit the consumer habits of Capitalist America.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The general in charge has Grigori kill the head scientist in the opening of the season for a half-succesful test to open the Upside Down.
* WeHaveReserves: Don't see a problem with losing half a dozen scientists rather then a test failing.
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[[folder:Grigori]]
!!Grigori
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The leader of a group of Russian assassins.
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* TheAhnold: His character is an expy of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (specifically his role as Film/{{the Terminator}}), which is even lampshaded by Mayor Kline.
* AllThereInTheScript: His name is only given in the subtitles/transcript.
* BadassNormal: [[Film/TheTerminator Given whom he's based on]], it should come as no surprise that he's incredibly dangerous.
* TheBrute: A lumbering ogre of a man, he acts as the Russians' main muscle out and about in Hawkins.
* DeadlyRotaryFan: [[spoiler:Technically not a fan, but the machine he was thrown by Hopper was rotating so fast it still mulched him instantly]].
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He's defined by the immediate physical threat he poses to the heroes, but close to nothing is divulged about his character.
* NeckLift: Does this to the head scientist of the Soviet research program in the opening of the season.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem throwing Joyce around like a rag doll.
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[[folder:Alexei]]
!!Alexei
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->'''Played By:''' Alec Utgoff
A Russian scientist working on the Gate.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Enjoys watching ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and is really happy when he wins a ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' plush at the fair.
* ChummyCommies: Provided you don't treat him as harshly as Hopper did, he's pretty friendly even with people from an enemy nation.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:He succumbs to his bullet wound after Murray leaves him to get help.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: He seems to have been under the assumption that [[UnresolvedSexualTension Hopper and Joyce]] were already romantically and sexually involved and thinks it's hilarious that they aren't.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Hopper suspects that his superiors will want Alexei dead for being held captive for information, in addition to being seen as a traitor for giving up that information. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He considers defecting to the U.S., but is killed by Grigori before it can get off the ground.]]
* HopeSpot: When Hopper's interrogation of him goes nowhere, he kicks Alexei out of Murray's place and gives him the keys to the car and cuffs. [[BatmanGambit Hopper is betting on Alexei's predicted escape attempt to stop when he realises]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch he'll be killed for giving up information and he'll come crawling back to him]], and he's right -- Alexei tries to drive away, but stops partway through the gate.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He ends up having a relatively fun time experiencing the joys of American life outside of his station and even considers defecting, which is unsurprising given what the U.S.S.R. is like. [[spoiler:Sadly, he's killed before he can really leave.]]
* MundaneObjectAmazement: He finds 7-Eleven, slurpies (particularly cherry-flavored ones), and fairs amusing.
* OddFriendship: With Murray.
* PunchClockVillain: He may be a scientist for the Soviets, but he doesn't agree with their cruelty. He also doesn't seem to be aware of [[EldritchAbomination the side-effects of his work]].
* RussianGuySuffersMost: He's on the receiving end of Hopper's temper (which is [[SmugSnake not totally undeserved]]) and is threatened by his Soviet superiors to complete his work on the Gate or else. [[spoiler:Then, as he's coming to like his time on American soil, he's silenced by Grigori and ends up DyingAlone.]]
* ShooOutTheClowns: He gets fatally shot by a soviet guard right before the grim and action packed Season 3 finale.
* SmugSnake: Tells Hopper that he'll spill if he gets a cherry-flavored slurpie. When he gets a "shit" strawberry-flavored slurpie instead, he arrogantly refuses. Hopper isn't having any of it, but Alexei starts cooperating once Hopper [[BatmanGambit crushes]] his HopeSpot.
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Has to be bribed with burgers and slurpies before he'll talk. When Hopper obliges, Alexei just complains about the taste of the slurpie, which leads to an explosive argument that looks like it could end in a bloodbath any second. Over slurpies.
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[[folder:Lonnie Byers]]
!!Lonnie Byers
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->'''Played By:''' Ross Partridge
Joyce's ex-husband and Jonathan and Will's estranged father who lives in Indianapolis. A deeply selfish man and womanizer.
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* AbusiveParent: Of the emotionally abusive variety. It's clear he's been chipping away at both his sons' egos over the years. But, has focused mainly on Will. His comment about Jonathan having gotten stronger when the latter shoves Lonnie off of him also seems to imply that he may have pushed Jonathan around when he was younger as well.
* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:In episode 5, he comes back to Hawkins for Will's funeral. It seems like he really cares and is willing to make things right with his family. Then it's revealed that he is putting on an act, because he plans to cash in off of Will's death by suing for money.]]
* CoattailRidingRelative: He couldn't care less about Will's disappearance until [[spoiler:he sees a legal angle to it that he can exploit for money when the boy's body is found]]. He then tries to get all lovey-dovey with Joyce until she finds him out.
* DisappearedDad: To Will and Jonathan, who have given up on him.
* DomesticAbuse: Shades of; he does try [[spoiler: gaslighting both Joyce and Jonathan with a view to controlling their lives to hit an insurance jackpot]]. He also does almost the opposite of what anybody asks him to do. And, Joyce eventually kicked him out, with hints that he once tried calling her mad for suspecting he was sleeping around. And, Jonathan is always defensively confrontational when they meet. Join the dots.
* {{Gaslighting}}: OK, so he doesn't have to do an awful lot to make Joyce seem nuts. But, ask yourself this: if she hadn't already been as frazzled as much as she was... what would he have done to get her to that point (and/or convince others she was there)? [[spoiler: Because her being seen as out of it as an official excuse to take the reins ''was'' a rather important part of his hustle, particularly with Jonathan.]]
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:His reason for coming back for Will's funeral is to cash in on Will's disappearance. Joyce catches on immediately.]]
* HappyMarriageCharade: He attempts to mend his relationship with Joyce so that [[spoiler:if there's litigation made in regards to Will having been found at the gorge, he can be at the very least included in the lawsuit and cash in]].
* HateSink: He shows very little interest in either Jonathan or Will, except when it comes to making them do things they don't want to do (like forcing Jonathan to go hunting when he was younger) and only feigns concern when his son goes missing, not even bothering to return a panicked Joyce's calls. [[spoiler: He does turn up in time for Will's funeral, playing the role of a grieving father and helping Joyce through her grief. It's discovered that he only is trying to get back in Joyce's good graces to inherit the money from the wrongful death lawsuit he is planning to file to pay off his debts.]]
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: [[spoiler:The idiot brings lawsuit documents and advertising for litigation for wrongful death to Joyce's home. So he's not only an asshole, he's stupid too.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lonnie cares only about himself; he doesn't seem interested at all when his son goes missing. [[spoiler:When it appears that Will is dead, he reappears in Hawkins for the funeral, but it soon transpires that he only turned up so he could get in on the ground floor of a wrongful death lawsuit, so he could pay his debts. What a prick.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's deceitful, lazy, selfish, and neglectful. It's not only that he doesn't give a rat's ass about his sons, [[spoiler:but he also [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk tries to capitalize on Will's presumed death]].]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Problem is, whenever he does have a point, he twists it to get what he wants. [[spoiler: He's not wrong that Joyce's behaviour looks bonkers, and that she also could use a little help cleaning up. And, that some of the poster choices and the fairy lights are inappropriate in a household of mourning. But...]]
* JockDadNerdSon: It's implied that he disapproved of Will's nerdier habits and never engaged in activities with Will that his son would actually enjoy.
* ManipulativeBastard: Oh, he tries. Rather hard. Given Joyce's frustration and despair with and over him, on top of Jonathan's adamant obstruction of anything that comes out of his mouth... It's rather clear both have been burned by his schemes before. [[spoiler: He comes back and tries to convince Joyce that he's willing to help out, since he knows how stressful Will's death is, as well as for old time's sake, since he does care. He simultaneously tries to convince Jonathan that his mother is very definitely going around the twist and that the two of them need to stick together, even if they cannot stand it, for her sake. It's all to manipulate both into letting him call the shots so he can nick off with an insurance pay-out. It only fails because 1) he ''has'' played this game before, so they are both on different levels of alert and 2) because both are sure that Will isn't dead ''and'' that the spooky crap going on ''does'' actually exist.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: His current girlfriend is closer in age to his eldest son than to him. Joyce's dialogue implies he makes a habit of this.
* NeverMyFault: Lonnie refuses to accept any responsibility for any of his actions, past or present.
* ARealManIsAKiller: Thinks his boys should be hunting, shooting and fishing as part and parcel of becoming Real Men. Jonathan tolerated it (with emotional fallout) when it happened to him, but decided to not simply let him do this to Will without challenging this mind-set.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Joyce hands him one before throwing him out of her house.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He had a girlfriend he was living with (or, was living with her -- whichever). Did he just dump her to try getting back with Joyce? Or, did he get kicked out? [[spoiler: Or, is she in on the scheme?]] Dunno.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He thought swooping in and picking up where he left the various family relationships off in his daytime, cut-price heist drama would just... work. Unfortunately, the genre changed on him in a few critical ways.
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[[folder:Suzie]]
!!Suzie
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->'''Played By:''' Gabriella Pizzolo
Dustin's Mormon-raised genius girlfriend from Utah whom he met at Science Camp.
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* {{Adorkable}}: As big of a nerd as Dustin. The two end up singing the theme to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' during the FinalBattle with the Mind Flayer and Grigori.
* AffectionateNickname: "Suzie-poo", courtesy of Dustin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced in name only at beginning of Season 3. Confirmed not only as real by the end of Season 3, but also the only character who knows the numerical code needed to save the world.
* ChildProdigy: Dustin's claims about her being a genius turn out to be 100% correct, in fact she is probably the smartest pre-adult character in the entire cast.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Gets protective when she hears Erica on the walkie with Dustin, unaware that Erica is more of an AnnoyingYoungerSibling.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: She is in a long-distance relationship with Dustin, however since he is not Mormon her parents will probably never approve.
* GirlfriendInCanada: PlayedWith, as for most of Season 3 just about everyone thought that Dustin made her up, but then she turns out to be real.
* InformedAttractiveness: According to Dustin, she's as attractive as [[Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh Phoebe Cates.]] She's definitely cute when the viewers get to see her in person, but in a more grounded, mundane way - her intelligence, on the other hand, is every bit as real as advertised.
* SkewedPriorities: Since she feels that Dustin blanked out on her for the past few days and is only now contacting her to ask her for a math equation, she threatens to hang up on him if he doesn't make up for it by singing the ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' theme with her, dismissing his claims about "saving the world" as one of his games. This happens all while the kids are being pursued by the Mind Flayer and the adults could be caught by the Soviets at any minute. Though this is {{Justified}} as "saving the world from Russians and monsters" is a [[{{understatement}} rather unlikely]] activity for a 14 year old from a small Midwestern town such as Dustin to be engaged in, and despite everyone being on that radio frequency no one thinks to chime in to explain that Dustin is being deadly serious.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She sports a large, round pair of spectacles, and is a ChildProdigy.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Is unknowingly this to both the [[BigBad Mind Flayer]] and the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion when Dustin contacts her for a crucial bit of information necessary to take down both, albeit temporarily (one wonders what she thought when she saw Starcourt on the news the next day).
* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that she turns out to be real is a spoiler in itself, which is to say nothing of the major role she plays in the final battle of Season 3.
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