2026-04-07 · 7 min read
Which Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Character Are You? Quiz Guide
On April 23, 2026, Netflix premieres Stranger Things: Tales from '85 — an animated spinoff set in the winter of 1985 Hawkins, Indiana, between the events of Seasons 2 and 3. It reunites the original Hawkins kids with a new face: Nikki Baxter, an outsider who joins the group and changes things in ways they didn't expect.
This quiz matches your personality to one of five characters from the animated series. Here's everything you need to know about each result.
The Characters
Eleven (Jane Hopper)
Eleven is still the most powerful thing in Hawkins — but power and self-knowledge aren't the same thing, and she's working out who she is beyond what she can do. She came from nothing: no name, no family, no ordinary childhood. Everything she has, she built herself or found in the people who chose her.
What makes Eleven extraordinary isn't her abilities. It's the intensity of her love. When she's yours, she is completely yours. She doesn't waste words. She acts when it counts. She is still becoming herself — and every version is stronger than the last.
You're Eleven if you lead with feelings over explanations, carry more than people know, and love with everything you have.
Dustin Henderson
Dustin is the reason the group doesn't fall apart. His enthusiasm is not an act — it's the most genuine thing about him. He's curious about everything: monsters, radio technology, interpersonal dynamics, the exact composition of whatever snack he's eating. He brings answers to places other people only bring panic.
He also makes people feel good. Dustin's presence lowers the temperature in any room. He's funnier than the situation warrants and smarter than he advertises. He makes friends with radio operators, creatures, and everyone in between, because he meets people with genuine openness and they feel it.
You're Dustin if you light up around things you love, always have a theory ready, and make hard situations feel manageable just by being yourself.
Will Byers
Will has been through the worst thing any of these kids has experienced — absorbed into the Upside Down, possessed, forced to carry something enormous while the world tried to pretend it wasn't happening. He came out the other side still himself. That's not nothing. That's everything.
He feels things more deeply than he shows, and he notices things no one else does. He draws. He listens. He's the kind of person who makes a group feel like a group by existing inside it — not by being loud or strategic, but by being fully, quietly present.
You're Will if your emotional life runs deep and private, your creative instincts are real and specific, and the people closest to you are your whole world.
Lucas Sinclair
Lucas is the one who stays honest when everyone else is getting swept up in the story they want to believe. He's not cynical — he's pragmatic. When the plan needs to happen, Lucas makes it happen. When someone needs to hear a hard truth, Lucas says it cleanly and without cruelty.
He is deeply loyal, but it's not automatic. He gives his loyalty carefully because he's learned that it costs something. The people who've earned it know exactly how to find him when it matters. He's also physically capable and decisive in ways the group relies on more than they acknowledge.
You're Lucas if you think on your feet, say what you mean, and show up for your people in concrete and reliable ways.
Nikki Baxter
Nikki is new to the Stranger Things universe and entirely her own creation. She joins the Hawkins kids from outside their established world — and that outsider status is actually her advantage. She's not caught up in the history or the hierarchy. She sees the group clearly and steps into exactly the space they need.
She is fearless in the way of someone who's had to figure things out for herself. Not reckless — confident. She knows who she is without needing the room to agree first. When she commits to the people around her, she commits completely, and the Hawkins kids are lucky she showed up.
You're Nikki if you've spent time as the new person, you trust yourself without needing external validation, and you earn belonging by showing up fully rather than waiting to be invited.
What Your Result Means
Your character result reflects how you move through uncertainty, what you're protecting, and how you make people feel when they're around you. The Tales from '85 setting — winter 1985, new monsters, a new face — strips everyone back to what they actually are when things get hard.
There are no bad results here. These are five people who, under the worst possible circumstances, chose to look out for each other. That's the whole point of Hawkins.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Stranger Things: Tales from '85? Stranger Things: Tales from '85 is an animated Netflix spinoff set between Seasons 2 and 3 of the original series. Set in winter 1985 Hawkins, it follows the core kids — Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Max — alongside new character Nikki Baxter as they face fresh threats from the Upside Down.
When does Tales from '85 premiere? Tales from '85 premieres on Netflix on April 23, 2026.
Who is Nikki Baxter? Nikki Baxter is a brand-new character introduced in the animated spinoff — an outsider who joins the Hawkins group and is not based on any existing Stranger Things character. She is described as bigger and bolder than the core group, fearless and big-hearted.
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