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Stranger Things: Tales from '85

AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyMysteryAction & Adventure

Created by Eric Robles, Jennifer Muro

Winter. Hawkins. 1985. Welcome back to a town crawling with secrets, where beloved heroes are facing fresh mysteries... and an all-new breed of strange. From TMDB

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 61% approval rating based on 36 critic reviews, with an average of rated reviews of 5.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A nostalgic return to the world of Stranger Things paired with a fun animation style means Tales from '85 can steadily continue the story for a new set of younger viewers, while still appealing to the core fanbase." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 52 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average".

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  • Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.comBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    Rewatching S1 of Stranger Things and the metamorphosis of Steve Harrington is one of the stranger things in the aptly named show.

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    The kids in season 5 of Stranger Things

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  • Tail-Blazer @tail-blazer.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    I've not watched any of Stranger Things, but I assume this is show accurate.

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  • Princess Pretty Girl @princessprettygirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2025

    If I made a children's/horror/commercial tv show set in the 80s about a bunch of kids dealing with an otherworldly evil entity I wouldn't have called it Stranger Things I would have called it The Adventures of the Outrageous Mister Reagan and His Magnificent Central Intelligence Agency

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  • Astreia @redoubters.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2026

    Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show: What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    I simply do not think Stranger Things is a good enough show to be doing this nonsense

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  • 🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    Watched the last episode of Stranger Things 😭 Don’t have to be a fan of the show to appreciate David Harbour’s powerful acceptance speech at the 23rd annual SAG Awards🏆 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Pushing back against this regime—No notes…10/10

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  • Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    Stranger Things finale was pretty good imo. A nice send off. I think Stranger Things has always been a show haunted by the idea of what people think it could have been. But the last season was a great cap to the show that it actually was, and had been since like season 2.

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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    Our show Eerie, Indiana was Stranger Things 25 years early, sez here: dangerousminds.net/pop-culture/...

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    The cast of 'Stranger Things' watching the series finale

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  • Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    With "Stranger Things" finally over, can we finally get some '90s pastiches? In any medium? I don't even know what a '90s throwback show would look like

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  • Forbes @forbes.comBluesky · Jan 8, 2026

    Fans disappointed in the series' end to "Stranger Things” convinced themselves a secret, alternate finale was coming.

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  • 🔥shezcrafti devil🔥 @shezcrafti.comBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    Just finished Stranger Things and wasn’t prepared to feel so many emotions. What an incredible ending to an incredible show!

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    The Duffer Brothers confirm the ‘Stranger Things’ series finale is ~2 hours long It will also explain what the Upside Down is “This is a complete story. It’s done” (via Variety)

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    There's no secret episode of 'Stranger Things' releasing tonight • Many fans were so underwhelmed with the series finale that they made up a theory around a 9th episode • Theory went viral amassing millions of views on social media • Variety says it's not happening

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    Matthew Modine when asked if he liked the ‘STRANGER THINGS’ series finale: “Nope”

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  • The New York Times @nytimes.comBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    Almost immediately after the Netflix horror series “Stranger Things” premiered in 2016, it exploded in popularity, becoming streaming TV’s first true megahit. The young stars — all adults now — looked back on the show and how it shaped them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    New poster for the ‘STRANGER THINGS’ series finale.

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  • Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2024

    I got SO UPSET in the STRANGER THINGS season where the girl is introduced as a mysterious person who posted a high-score on DIG-DUG with the name "MADMAX." I was like, "The leaderboards on Dig-Dug were THREE LETTERS! This is BULLSHIT. Fuck this show."

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  • Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.comBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    I watched the Stranger Things series finale and I'll give it this: Stranger Things sure had a pretty good first season.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    Details on the live-action 'Stranger Things' spinoff 📺 • Doesn't involve the Upside Down • Has a completely different story, location, characters, and actors • It's set in a different decade • Duffer Bros are heavily involved • A scene in the series finale hints at what it will be

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  • Kilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2026

    Stranger Things I love fog as you might know. And hunting the different fog phenomena like halos. Today I show you a Brocken Specter w multiple Fog Bows during a hike in the Alps. One of the most intense displays I've witnessed. #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog

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  • Gizmoduck @burgundyblue.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    So many complaints about Stranger Things season five. Was it perfect? No. Was it as bad as I’ve seen people say it is? Absolutely not. Watch it again. Put your phone on silent and in another room. This show isn’t a dick around on your phone while you watch show. It’s a watch the tv kind of show.

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  • Jose Molina @josemolinatv.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    My new show, THE BOROUGHS, is out now on Netfilx! It’s produced by the Duffer Bros (Stranger Things) and stars Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman. Variety calls it: "delightful, heartbreaking, funny and endlessly fascinating." Please watch and smash the like button!

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    The 'Stranger Things' cast would show up for each other on their final day of filming 🎥🥺

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    The ‘STRANGER THINGS’ series finale will be 2 hours long. It will also explain what the Upside Down is. (Source: wp.me/pc8uak-1lGryT)

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  • ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2026

    If you're wondering how other parts of the internet are doing, they're also going crazy. A huge portion of the Stranger Things fandom thinks the series finale wasn't real and a secret real final episode will drop tomorrow. They're calling it "Conformity Gate".

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    First look at ‘STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ‘85’ The animated series follows the Hawkins group on an adventure set between Seasons 2 and 3 of the main show. Releasing in 2026 on Netflix.

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  • Pop Crave @popcrave.comBluesky · Jan 29, 2026

    ‘Bluey’ overtakes ‘Stranger Things 5’ as the most streamed show of 2025. The children’s series logged over 45.2 billion minutes viewed on Disney+.

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  • The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    While Netflix pushes more Stranger Things on the world the series has been a graveyard of nostalgia and terrible writing. Now forever tarnished with actor abuse and the promotion of zionism from a network that won't let their workers unionize youtu.be/SkpnJmPTZdg?...

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Feb 10, 2026

    ‘STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW’ stage show will be professionally filmed for a Netflix release. (Source: collider.com/stranger-thi...)

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  • Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    “Stranger Things” should’ve been a one season mini-series. Or an anthology.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Apr 23, 2025

    The animated ‘STRANGER THINGS’ spin-off series is titled ‘STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM '85’ “We’ve always dreamed of an animated Stranger Things in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving” — The Duffer Brothers

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  • Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtfBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    People can criticize what they want, but I just think they could save a lot of time if they knew Stranger Things is a kids show

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  • Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    I *have* to think someone in the streaming services has noticed how easy it would be to sell an Animorphs show as "90s Stranger Things." Like that pitch writes itself.

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  • Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    Me: If streaming services are gonna show u ads they might as well advertise their own shows The monkey's paw: *clenches so hard it trembles* Every ad: We are Stranger Things actors referencing Stranger Things in order to sell you products that have no possible connection to Stranger Things lol

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    'Stranger Things 5' had 59.6M views in its first 5 days 📺 Biggest premiere ever for an English language Netflix show

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  • Tess Fowler Gutierrez @tessfowler.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    The Musician series, Stand Up series, Star Trek art, Stranger Things art and various commissions you all haven't seen yet will be posted here for some time to come. Since Tess is off social media she's been able to get the files and backlog into a sense of order I could not. Stay tuned! -Chris

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    Shawn Levy calls the ‘STRANGER THINGS’ series finale is a “masterpiece” He says the series will have outcomes that “are deeply satisfying, but many of which are completely surprising” (Source: people.com/stranger-thi...)

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  • James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    You can really see over the course of Stranger Things how it gradually turns from a TV Show into Content

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  • Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    I’ve started watching Stranger Things in the leadup to the series finale and. man. you guys have been doing this for 10 years? ok

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    The series finale of ‘STRANGER THINGS’ will actually be released in theaters. • Will happen on New Year’s Eve, same day as the Netflix release • Previously no plans to release in theaters but talks have evolved (Source: puck.news/newsletter_c...)

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  • The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.comBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    Of course, as soon as I saw the new Time cover dedicated to Stranger Things, I thought it was in honor of the anti-fascist sci-fi TV show V (1983-1985). 😂

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Feb 3, 2026

    Odessa A’zion has been cast in the ‘Stranger Things’ animated series ‘STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM '85’ Releasing April 23 on Netflix.

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  • lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2025

    In our heart of hearts we all know that Stranger Things had one good series ("season" for Americans) and its basically all been a bad idea ever since then.

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    Netflix’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria says the ‘STRANGER THINGS’ series finale will not be released in theaters. “A lot of people have watched ‘Stranger Things’ on Netflix... I think releasing it on Netflix is giving the fans what they want” (Source: wp.me/pc8uak-1lGryT)

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  • The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.netBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    Best thing about the last series of Stranger Things;

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  • michelle 😴 @ sleepy @waveoftheocean.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    9 years late to the party but i finally watched stranger things >< happy finale day, fingers crossed it's a good end to the show! 🤞 #strangerthings #byler

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  • Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    The upcoming Stranger Things cartoon inspired me to look back at the VERY weird history of animated spin-offs of live-action shows, and to suggest some new ones:

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  • Doc Wyatt @docwyattbeyond.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    Saturday Morning (well, afternoon) Cartoons AT THE MOVIE THEATER. On Sat, April 18th for ONE DAY ONLY you can see a 2-episode SNEAK PREVIEW of STRANGER THINGS: TALES OF 85 in AMC Theaters. Tix go on sale LATER TODAY-- www.amctheatres.com/movies/stran...

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  • Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.comBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    You know what, the last 20 mins of Stranger Things pretty much rescued the whole of the last series. Bittersweet, generally really lovely writing on childhood and ageing.

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  • Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    congrats to everyone who bet the long odds on the Late Show ending with a singalong to a 50-year-old Elvis Costello demo in the void from Stranger Things

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  • Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2026

    Stranger Things: Tales From '86 (Series, 2026)

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  • David Bowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    ‘HEROES’ IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS STREAM SONG NOW: bowie.lnk.to/Heroes HD REMASTERED 'HEROES' VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXgk... FULL PR: www.davidbowie.com/blog/2026/1/2/heroes-the-final-song-in-the-series-finale-of-netflixs-stranger-things #StrangerThings

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  • ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2025

    The live-action ‘Scooby-Doo’ series will start filming in 2026. The series is aiming for a ‘Stranger Things’ tone, with the lead characters being aged between 14 to 17.

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  • mothcub @mothcub.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    My granddad and I were watching a quiz show yesterday and one of the answers had to do with Stranger Things and he said "I've never heard of Stranger Things" and I thought hell yeah being in your 80s rocks

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  • James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2025

    I wrote about why "Stranger Things" may not be the *best* Netflix show but is definitely the *most* Netflix show. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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  • CNN @cnn.comBluesky · Jun 1, 2025

    Netflix announces premiere dates, plural, for the final season of "Stranger Things": cnn.it/43GGePS

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  • psudonym @psudonym.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2024

    Season One of Stranger Things was so good it helped ruin the entire TV show-making industry.

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  • Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.comBluesky · Dec 15, 2025

    I'm just saying a really good deus ex machina for Stranger Things would be to have Matilda show up to save the day right at the end

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