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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was one the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was one of the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.



* AntiHero: Todd has a habit of lying, stealing and has a overall defeatist attitude towards life, but he has it in him to be a genuinely good man.
* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his hallucinate and have intense pain. [[spoiler:Or so he told his parents, see WebOfLies below.]]

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* AntiHero: Todd has a habit of lying, lying and stealing and has a overall defeatist attitude towards life, but he has it in him to be a genuinely good man.
* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his him hallucinate and have intense pain. [[spoiler:Or so he told his parents, see WebOfLies below.]]


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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A particularly dark example, although it does seem that a large number of her seemingly strange beliefs about the universe are in fact completely justified. Even with that in mind, she still qualifies.
* {{Expy}}: She shares more than a few similarities with ''Series/OrphanBlack''[='=]s Helena [[spoiler:before the latter's HeelFaceTurn]], including her WildHair, her unflinching assassinations, and her lack of social skills. [[spoiler:She also shares some similarities with post-HeelFaceTurn Helena in that apparently, everyone she has killed was a terrible person.]] Given that the series are both BBC America productions, this may not be entirely coincidental.
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* SacrificedBasicSkillsForAwesomeTraining: All of her killing prowess comes with a certain level of isolation and childlike obliviousness. She doesn't understand getting what she needs/wants from anything other than murder.

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* SacrificedBasicSkillsForAwesomeTraining: SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: All of her killing prowess comes with a certain level of isolation and childlike obliviousness. She doesn't understand getting what she needs/wants from anything other than murder.
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* SacrificedBasicSkillsForAwesomeTraining: All of her killing prowess comes with a certain level of isolation and childlike obliviousness. She doesn't understand getting what she needs/wants from anything other than murder.

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* WebOfLies: [[spoiler:He faked having pararibulitis in college so his parents would give him money, and flunked out of college due to spending all of his time with his band. Later he sold his band's instruments to pay off his apartment, told his bandmates that they were stolen, and pitted his family against his band so neither would SpotTheThread. When Amanda ''really'' contracted the disease, he faked being "cured" to stop the payments, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone but his parents had already gone broke without him realizing]]. Now he continues to claim he had it so Amanda will have hope for a cure.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Once he comes to terms with the existence of psychics, Todd believes he may have had a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone vision of the future]] back in the first episode. [[spoiler:TimeTravel is completely ignored as a possibility.]]

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* WebOfLies: [[spoiler:He faked having pararibulitis in college so his parents would give him money, and flunked out of college due to spending all of his time with his band. Later he sold his band's instruments to pay off his apartment, told his bandmates that they were stolen, and pitted his family against his band so neither would SpotTheThread. When Amanda ''really'' contracted the disease, he Todd faked being "cured" to stop the payments, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone but his parents had already gone broke without him realizing]]. Now he continues He continued to claim he had was cured of it so to give Amanda will have hope for a cure.her own condition.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Once he comes to terms with the existence of psychics, Todd believes he himself may have had a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone vision of the future]] back in the first episode. [[spoiler:TimeTravel [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop is completely ignored as a possibility.]]



* AffablyEvil: She is nice enough to Ken,despite being a serial killer who kills anyone else she encounters.

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* AffablyEvil: She is nice enough to Ken,despite Ken, despite being a serial killer who kills brutally murders anyone else she encounters.



* NighInvulnerability: The universe also won't allow her to be harmed, so for instance if she puts a gun to her head and pulls the trigger the gun will jam, then work perfectly well when she needs to use it to shoot somebody. [[spoiler:She suffers a BSOD when Farah manages to not only stop her from killing Dirk, but hand her her own ass.]]

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* NighInvulnerability: PayEvilUntoEvil: How she chooses her targets -- she has psychic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.
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The universe also [[NighInvulnerability won't allow her to be harmed, harmed]], so for instance if she puts a gun to her head and pulls the trigger the gun will jam, then work perfectly well when she needs to use it to shoot somebody. [[spoiler:She suffers a BSOD VillainousBreakdown when Farah manages to not only stop gives her from killing Dirk, a long-coming BeatDown, but hand her her own ass.]]even then, Ken notes that they still hadn't been ''caught'' all the way back to their hotel room.]]



* PayEvilUntoEvil: How she chooses her targets -- she has psychic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.


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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Once he gets on board with Bart, he's in charge of helping her navigate through civilization and making sure they don't get arrested.

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* [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: He realizes in Episode 5 that he's been having visions of the future.]]


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* WrongGenreSavvy: Once he comes to terms with the existence of psychics, Todd believes he may have had a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone vision of the future]] back in the first episode. [[spoiler:TimeTravel is completely ignored as a possibility.]]

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* BadassNormal: As much as she beats herself up about failing to protect the Springs, she is remarkably good at her job. [[spoiler:She even manages to take down ''Bart''.]]



* SpottingTheThread: Effortlessly dresses down a fake FBI agent who had been pestering Amanda.



* AffablyEvil: she is nice enough to Ken,despite being a serial killer who kills anyone else she encounters.

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* AffablyEvil: she She is nice enough to Ken,despite being a serial killer who kills anyone else she encounters.



* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Whoever she encounters is who she's supposed to kill
* NighInvulnerability: the universe won't allow her to be harmed, so for instance if she puts a gun to her head and pulls the trigger the gun will jam, then work perfectly well when she needs to use it to shoot somebody

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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Whoever she encounters is who she's supposed to kill
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Whether it's with a gun or a knife, she never misses; the universe guarantees that her targets will die, even if she didn't aim at them. [[spoiler:When she finally catches up to Dirk, he manages to dodge her bullets several times in a row, and her gun jams at point-blank.]]
* NighInvulnerability: the The universe also won't allow her to be harmed, so for instance if she puts a gun to her head and pulls the trigger the gun will jam, then work perfectly well when she needs to use it to shoot somebodysomebody. [[spoiler:She suffers a BSOD when Farah manages to not only stop her from killing Dirk, but hand her her own ass.]]
* ShadowArchetype: Shares Dirk's "everything is connected" philosophy. [[spoiler:They each realize this about the other when she finally catches up to him, which leaves her bewildered.]]
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* WebOfLies: [[spoiler:He faked having pararibulitis in college so his parents would give him money. When Amanda ''really'' contracted it, he faked getting better to stop the payments, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone but his parents had already gone broke without him realizing]]. Now he continues to claim he had it so Amanda will have hope for a cure.]]

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* WebOfLies: [[spoiler:He faked having pararibulitis in college so his parents would give him money. money, and flunked out of college due to spending all of his time with his band. Later he sold his band's instruments to pay off his apartment, told his bandmates that they were stolen, and pitted his family against his band so neither would SpotTheThread. When Amanda ''really'' contracted it, the disease, he faked getting better being "cured" to stop the payments, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone but his parents had already gone broke without him realizing]]. Now he continues to claim he had it so Amanda will have hope for a cure.]]

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* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his hallucinate and have intense pain. [[spoiler:Or so he told his parents, in order to get their money. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone And then Amanda really got it...]]]]

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* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his hallucinate and have intense pain. [[spoiler:Or so he told his parents, in order to get their money. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone And then Amanda really got it...]]]]see WebOfLies below.]]


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* WebOfLies: [[spoiler:He faked having pararibulitis in college so his parents would give him money. When Amanda ''really'' contracted it, he faked getting better to stop the payments, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone but his parents had already gone broke without him realizing]]. Now he continues to claim he had it so Amanda will have hope for a cure.]]
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* DarkandTroubledPast: Was one the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.

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* [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: He had a vision in the first episode, but didn't realize it was until Episode 5.]]

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* [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: He had a vision realizes in the first episode, but didn't realize it was until Episode 5.5 that he's been having visions of the future.]]



* [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Some of her hallucinations are actually visions of the future.]]

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* [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Some of After meeting the Rowdy Three, her hallucinations are actually start to include visions of the future.]]

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* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his hallucinate and have intense pain.

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* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his hallucinate and have intense pain. [[spoiler:Or so he told his parents, in order to get their money. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone And then Amanda really got it...]]]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: He had a vision in the first episode, but didn't realize it was until Episode 5.]]



* {{Hikikomori}}: She has resolved to just stay in her house.



* {{Hikikomori}}: She has resolved to just stay in her house.

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* {{Hikikomori}}: She has resolved to just stay in [[spoiler: PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Some of her house. hallucinations are actually visions of the future.]]
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* Dark andTroubledPast: Was one the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.

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* Dark andTroubledPast: DarkandTroubledPast: Was one the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.
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* DarkandTroubledPast: Was one the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.

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* NighInvulnerability: the universe won't allow her to be harmed, so for instance if she puts a gun to her head and pulls the trigger the gun will jam, then work perfectly well when she needs to use it to shoot somebody
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* AffablyEvil: she is nice enough to Ken,despite being a serial killer who kills anyone else she encounters.


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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Whoever she encounters is who she's supposed to kill
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* DarkandTroubledPast: Was one the child subjects of CIA Blackwing project.
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* CassandraTruth: Apparently he has physic abilities, but not even he believes it.

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* CassandraTruth: Apparently he has physic psychic abilities, but not even he believes it.



* PayEvilUntoEvil: How she chooses her targets- she has physic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: How she chooses her targets- targets -- she has physic psychic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/SamuelBarnett

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/SamuelBarnett
Samuel Barnett



* Adorkable: He is friendly and does show concern for others, but his social skills are a bit off. He's a bit off.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: He is friendly and does show concern for others, but his social skills are a bit off. He's a bit off.



->'''Played By:''' Creator/Hannah Marks
Todd's younger sister who suffers from Pararibulitis , the same illness that Todd had.

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/Hannah Hannah Marks
Todd's younger sister who suffers from Pararibulitis , Pararibulitis, the same illness that Todd had.



* Hikikomori: She has resolved to just stay in her house.

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* Hikikomori: {{Hikikomori}}: She has resolved to just stay in her house.



->'''Played By:''' Creator/Jade Eshete

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/Jade Jade Eshete



->'''Played By:''' Creator/Fiona Dourif

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/Fiona Fiona Dourif



* PayEviluntoEvil: How she chooses her targets- she has physic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.

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* PayEviluntoEvil: PayEvilUntoEvil: How she chooses her targets- she has physic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/Ja

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/JaCreator/Jade Eshete
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*IllGirl: She currently suffers from pararibulitis, an illness that makes her hallucinate and have intense pain.
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*MotorMouth: Dirk cannot stop talking.
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HANNAH MARKS

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HANNAH MARKSCreator/Hannah Marks



->'''Played By:''' Creator/JADE ESHETE

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/FIONA DOURIF

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/MPHO KOAHO

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/MPHO KOAHOMpho Koaho

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A nerdy, friendly-faced tech trapped in increasingly difficult and bloody circumstances, Ken’s side job as a hacker lands him face-to-face with some odious characters, including Bart, a self-identified holistic assassin.

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!! Ken

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MPHO KOAHO
A nerdy, friendly-faced tech trapped in increasingly difficult and bloody circumstances, Ken’s side job as a hacker lands him face-to-face with some odious characters, including Bart, a self-identified holistic assassin.assassin.
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* BlackAndNerdy: His first scene was of him doing a job on his laptop.
*OnlySaneMan: To be fair, anyone would look sane next to Bart.
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A nerdy, friendly-faced tech trapped in increasingly difficult and bloody circumstances, Ken’s side job as a hacker lands him face-to-face with some odious characters, including Bart, a self-identified holistic assassin.
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[[folder: Bartine "Bart" Curlish]]
!! Bartine "Bart" Curlish

->'''Played By:''' Creator/FIONA DOURIF
A holistic assassin who's on her way to kill Dirk Gently.

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* AxCrazy: She's introduced by getting out of her car and stabbing a man to death.
* PayEviluntoEvil: How she chooses her targets- she has physic abilities that lead her to people who harm others.

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* AntiHero: Todd has a habit of lying, stealing and has a overall defeatist attitude towards life.

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* AntiHero: Todd has a habit of lying, stealing and has a overall defeatist attitude towards life.life, but he has it in him to be a genuinely good man.


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*Hikikomori: She has resolved to just stay in her house.
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[[folder: Farah Black]]
!! Farah Black

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JADE ESHETE
A neurotic, bad-ass security officer to a millionaire, Farah has brooding, nervous energy and an easy snarl that’s triggered at the slightest provocation. A tactical prodigy, Farah is a dominant figure who is also a bit odd… much more than she's prepared to accept. She subconsciously talks to herself and if provoked, unleashes a biting deadpan sarcasm. After her boss is killed and his daughter kidnapped, Farah is determined to solve the case alongside Dirk and Todd without the help of police. She makes every attempt to keep the group safe, even if she herself isn’t so sure she’s capable of doing so.

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* DefiantCaptive: She spends the whole first episode trying to escape her captor's apartment.

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!!Dirk GEntly
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* CassandraTruth: Apparently he has physic abilities, but not even he believes it.



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AntiHero: Todd has a habit of lying, stealing and has a overall defeatist attitude towards life.
* IllBoy: Suffered from an illness back in college that made his hallucinate and have intense pain.
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[[folder: Amanda Brotzman]]
!!Amanda Brotzman

->'''Played By:''' Creator/HANNAH MARKS
Todd's younger sister who suffers from Pararibulitis , the same illness that Todd had.

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* MoralityPet: Todd would do anything for her.

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!!Joyce Byers
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A divorced supermarket cashier and Will and Jonathan's single mother.

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!!Joyce Byers
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!!Dirk GEntly
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/WinonaRyder

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A divorced supermarket cashier and Will and Jonathan's single mother.
“holistic detective,” a term that reflects his belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. However, his abilities have condemned him to a lonely life devoid of human connection.




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[[folder:Jim Hopper]]
!!Chief James "Jim" Hopper / "Hop" / "The Chief"
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarbour

The town of Hawkins' Police Chief and main investigator of Will's disappearance. A divorced former law enforcer in an undisclosed big city, whose daughter died of cancer. He struggles with alcoholism and substance abuse to cope with his losses.

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!!Chief James "Jim" Hopper / "Hop" / "The Chief"
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[[folder: Todd Brotzman]]
!!Todd Brotzman
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarbour

The town
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An out
of Hawkins' Police Chief work bellhop who stumbles into a bizarre murder scene, and main investigator of Will's disappearance. A divorced former law enforcer everything in an undisclosed big city, whose daughter died of cancer. He struggles his life drastically changes. A random encounter with alcoholism and substance abuse to cope with the eccentric detective, Dirk Gently, draws him into a web against his losses.
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[[folder:Joyce Byers]]
!!Joyce Byers
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/WinonaRyder

A divorced supermarket cashier and Will and Jonathan's single mother.

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[[folder:Jim Hopper]]
!!Chief James "Jim" Hopper / "Hop" / "The Chief"
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarbour

The town of Hawkins' Police Chief and main investigator of Will's disappearance. A divorced former law enforcer in an undisclosed big city, whose daughter died of cancer. He struggles with alcoholism and substance abuse to cope with his losses.

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