History Franchise / StrangerThings

* {{Retcon}}: The villain of the show's season 4, [[spoiler:Vecna, is speculated by Dustin to be the Mind Flayer's general but is stated by Eleven to be the one controlling the Mind Flayer--Henry Creel having sculpted it into its spider-like form, with his all-consuming hatred and malice driving it. The ''Stranger Things: The First Shadow'' stage play retcons this and reveals that Dustin was right all along--the Mind Flayer having infected Henry Creel with its essence as a child, slowly corrupting him into the nihilistic sociopath he was when he first met Eleven]].

** ''Lucas On The Line'' is a ComingOfAgeStory where Lucas works to discover himself as a black teenager and interests outside of DnD.

* ''[[Theatre/StrangerThingsTheFirstShadow Stranger Things: The First Shadow]]'': A stage play prequel following young versions of Hopper, Joyce, Bob, and Victor Creel in 1959 Hawkins. Kate Trefry writes the script based on a story by herself, the Duffers, and Jack Thorne (''Film/EnolaHolmes''). Stephen Daldry (''Film/BillyElliot'') directs. Currently set to premiere at the Phoenix Theatre of London’s West End in late 2023.
* ''Stranger Things: The Experience'' (2022-), another immersive experience that involved pre-recorded appearances from the leads and live actors in other roles. So far this has been in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta and London.

** ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesXStrangerThings'' (2023): A {{Crossover}} with [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the original Mirage incarnations]] of the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. In New York, the Party meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

** ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesXStrangerThings (2023): A {{Crossover}} with ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. In New York, the Party meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

* A theatrical adaptation in the form of a Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights house at the Ride/UniversalStudios parks in 2018 and 2019.

''Stranger Things'' is an [[TheEighties 80s classics]] inspired SciFiHorror-drama franchise centred around the mysterious fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. It spun out of the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/StrangerThings'', created in 2016.

* “[[https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1544731810273247232?s=21&t=5UKvdsDoTSK7sORusuVJXw A new stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things]]”, produced by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Friedman Sonia Friedman]] and [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Daldry Stephen Daldry]] (who will also direct).

''Stranger Things'' is an [[TheEighties 80's classics]] inspired SciFiHorror-drama franchise centred around the mysterious fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. It spun out of the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/StrangerThings'', created in 2016.

* ''Beyond Stranger Things''[[/index]]: A CompanionShow hosted by Creator/JimRash which discussed the various developments of the second season with the Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy & various members of the cast.

** “Suspicious Minds” is one for Terry Ives and Dr. Brenner, “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” is one for Hopper, and “Runaway Max” is one for Max herself, alongside Billy, her mother Susan and her stepfather/Billy’s father Neil. “Rebel Robin” is one for Robin Buckley.

** The novel ''Stranger Things: Rebel Robin'' is a fairly mundane ComingOutStory wiht no supernatural elements.

** Books: “Suspicious Minds” and “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” are both straight prequels, with the former focused on the origins of Eleven’s mother and Dr. Brenner, and the latter is a story about Hopper’s time as a NYPD detective in The 70’s. “Runaway Max” is partly this, as some chapters show her time in San Diego and shows her relationship with Billy, what happened to her dad and the events that led to the family moving to Hawkins. “Rebel Robin” is one to Season 3 from Robin’s point of view.

* ''VideoGame/StrangerThingsPuzzleTales'' (2020) A free-to-play 80s cartoon-inspired location-based puzzle role-playing mobile game developed by Next Games.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: The main purpose of the comics and books:
** “Suspicious Minds” is one for Terry Ives and Dr. Brenner, “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” is one for Hopper, and “Runaway Max” is one for Max herself, alongside Billy, her mother Susan and her stepfather/Billy’s father Neil. “Rebel Robin” is one for Robin Buckley.
** “The Game Master” is from Will’s POV during Season 1, “Six” and its sequel “Into The Fire” are from the perspectives of other kids in Dr. Brenner’s experiments, “Zombie Boys” is from Lucas’s POV, “The Bully” spotlights on Troy and James from the first season, and “Science Camp” is about Dustin and Suzie in Camp Know-Where.

* ''Literature/StrangerThingsDarknessOnTheEdgeOfTown'' (2019): Another novel delving into Jim Hopper's backstory. It mostly deals with a case he works on in the summer of 1977 in New York City, while his daughter Sarah was alive and marriage to Diane was happy.

* A drive through show in Los Angeles called Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience from 2020-2021.