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The Mind Flayer (also known as the Shadow Monster) is the main antagonist of Netflix's Stranger Things franchise.

It is a hive mind for the Demogorgon and the Demodogs, the master of Vecna, the arch-enemy of Will Byers, Eleven and the Party, as well as the ruler from the supernatural world called "The Upside Down." While its proxy form has been killed, the creature still lives within the Upside Down.

Trivia[]

  • The Mind Flayer was the overarching antagonist of Season 1, the main antagonist of Seasons 2 and 3 and Stranger Things: The First Shadow and a minor antagonist of Season 4.
Series
StrangerThingsTitle
Characters
Protagonists: ElevenMike WheelerJim HopperWill ByersJoyce ByersJonathan ByresLucas SinclairDustin HendersonMax MayfieldNancy WheelerSteve HarringtonMurray BaumanRobin BuckleyErica SinclairBob NewbySam OwensAlexeiEddie MunsonArgyleDmitri Antonov

Villains: Martin BrennerDemogorgonConnie FrazierLonnie ByersTroy and JamesTommy H. and Carol]] • Billy HargroveD'ArtagnanNeil HargroveGrigoriLarry KlineGeneral OzerovHeather HollowayTom HollowayBruce Lowe • Hospital CreatureVecnaJason CarverLt. Colonel Jack SullivanAngelaJakeYuri Ismaylov

Other: Karen WheelerTed WheelerHolly WheelerMr. Scott ClarkeTerry IvesBecky IvesKali PrasadClaudia HendersonSue SinclairCharles SinclairSusan HargroveSuzie BinghamChrissy CunninghamVickiePatrick McKinneyFred BensonEden Bingham

Locations
Universes: The Upside Down, Earth, Dimension X

Hawkins: Hawkins Middle School, Hawkins High School, Starcourt Mall, The Hawkins Post
Other Locations: Lenora Hills, The Nina Project

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