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Get ready to smile and laugh as we celebrate some of the most heartwarming and hilarious moments shared by the Stranger Things cast. From Finn Wolfhard’s spot-on Zac Efron impression to unexpected bromances, awkward polygraph tests, and unforgettable award show antics, these genuine snapshots reveal the fun and friendship behind the scenes of the beloved supernatural series. Join us for these charming and funny highlights that truly capture their off-screen chemistry!
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00:00I'm sorry. I was just like, oh, there's a camera on me.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:06And today, we're counting down our picks for the times that the Stranger Things cast made us smile and crack up over the years.
00:22Number 20, Finn Wolfhard's Zac Efron impression.
00:26Are you guys all real buddies in real life?
00:28No, we hate each other.
00:31But you did hang out. You did hang out. You did hang out Halloween night, though.
00:35Yeah, we did. We watched High School Musical.
00:38Finn Wolfhard surprised audiences on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon by launching into an enthusiastic impression of Troy Bolton, Zac Efron's breakout character from High School Musical.
00:50Rather than brushing it off as a joke, he committed fully, complete with vocal inflection and exaggerated earnestness.
00:57No, the reason why I played basketball was because of Zac Efron.
01:01It was Troy Bolton.
01:03Troy Bolton.
01:04Absolutely.
01:04Do you want to see my Zac Efron impression?
01:06Yeah, let me see.
01:07Sorry. Can I do this real quick?
01:09Please, please.
01:09Okay.
01:10Zac Efron in High School Musical.
01:11Okay, it's a lot of this. Ready?
01:12Yep.
01:16The moment escalated as his castmates joined in, revealing a shared affection for the mid-2000s Disney phenomenon.
01:24What made it work was the lack of irony.
01:26These were young actors from a prestige series, openly celebrating something nostalgic and uncool by design.
01:33The impression wasn't about mocking the movie.
01:36It was about shared memory, comfort viewing, and the kind of pop culture touchstones that bond people long before fame enters the picture.
01:44Yeah, that's a good impression.
01:46Sorry.
01:46It's more with this, like this.
01:48It's more like, because he's not actually grabbing his head.
01:50It's like, no, you don't want to mess up his hair.
01:52Yeah.
01:52So yeah, it's like, yeah, please.
01:53I got scenes to do.
01:54I got, I got dancing to do.
01:56Number 19.
01:57Winona Ryder reacts.
01:58This is unreal.
01:59This is unreal.
02:00I'm supposed to start talking.
02:02I'm sorry.
02:02I'm sick.
02:03On behalf of this fearless and talented cast, we would like to thank, oh, it's so heavy.
02:09We'd like to thank Netflix, Sean, Matt, Ross, and the amazing casting director, Carmen Cuba.
02:16Winona Ryder unintentionally became the breakout star of the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards,
02:23while standing behind David Harbour during Stranger Things' acceptance speech.
02:27As Harbour launched into an impassioned, anti-cynicism monologue,
02:32cameras caught Ryder cycling through a rapid-fire series of expressions.
02:36Confusion, delight, concern, admiration, and visible calculation,
02:41as if she were actively processing every word in real time.
02:44In light of all that's going on in the world today,
02:47it's difficult to celebrate the already celebrated Stranger Things.
02:50But this award from you, who take your craft seriously,
02:54and earnestly believe, like me, that great acting can change the world,
02:58is a call to arms from our fellow craftsmen and women to go deeper.
03:02Viewers debated whether she was worried, impressed, amused, or simply caught off guard,
03:07and the ambiguity only made it funnier.
03:10Ryder later acknowledged she hadn't known what Harbour was going to say,
03:14which explained her candid reactions.
03:16The moment became iconic because it was unfiltered, human, and completely unplanned.
03:21It was a great speech.
03:22I was just, like, in shock.
03:25And then I got so self-conscious when I heard that it had...
03:30No, it's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing.
03:32But also it was, like, really important because, like, yeah,
03:34my speech was, like, big and it had a lot of ideals.
03:37It was great.
03:37And I needed someone like that to undercut it for me
03:40because otherwise I would have been, like, just the biggest jerk in the world.
03:43So I'm actually really appreciative of that.
03:45Number 18. An Unexpected Bromance
03:48Wait. Can only Virgin see the stuff?
03:51Is this why I'm not seeing the s***?
03:53That is A. Matt Duffer
03:57B. Finn Wolfhard
04:03B. Gator Matarazzo
04:05C. Joe Geary
04:07Or D. Joseph Quinn
04:08Don't tell them!
04:11During the Season 4 press tour, Joseph Quinn and Jamie Campbell Bauer
04:15developed one of the most unexpectedly entertaining interview pairings.
04:19In multiple appearances, particularly Brazilian interviews,
04:23the two routinely derailed standard promotional questions with inside jokes,
04:28exaggerated reactions, and playful chaos.
04:31I love Vecna. He's amazing.
04:33I feel sorry for Vecna, to be honest.
04:34That's good.
04:35It's horrible what happened to him.
04:37I feel sorry for Eddie.
04:38Hey, look at this.
04:39Yeah.
04:40This is nice.
04:40Let's kiss.
04:41I keep trying to kiss.
04:44Their rapport felt truly spontaneous,
04:47a sharp contrast to the tightly managed nature of most press junkets.
04:51What made it especially amusing was that their characters barely intersected in the show,
04:56yet off-camera, they behaved like longtime friends.
04:59Fans latched on to the unpredictability.
05:01The voice.
05:02Yes.
05:02Is that your voice?
05:03Yes, predominantly my voice.
05:05Yeah.
05:05Oh, my God.
05:07No one knew where the interviews were going, including the interviewers.
05:21It turned routine publicity into must-watch content and made fans wonder if they had a new Joe
05:26Gaten on their hands.
05:28Oh, man.
05:29What do you think, Joe?
05:33I think it's Winona Ryder.
05:35I would agree.
05:36I think it's Winona Ryder, too.
05:40She just is yet to offer a second job.
05:42It was me.
05:43I said that.
05:44I said that in twilight.
05:45Number 17, a Hot Ones cameo.
05:48Do we have a little surprise here to open things up for Wing 1?
05:52We do have a surprise.
05:53Wow.
05:53Noah.
05:54Hello.
05:54Noah.
05:55I'm glad to be here.
05:57On the spot, giving us a little assist here for Wing 1.
06:00So this is the mild one?
06:02Mm-hmm.
06:02Yep.
06:03You lucked out.
06:04You picked a good time to come in.
06:05Cheers, Noah.
06:09Really no way.
06:09Millie Bobby Brown's appearance on Hot Ones took an unexpectedly wholesome turn
06:14when she brought Noah Schnapp out.
06:16Schnapp immediately slipped into a sibling-like role,
06:20encouraging her, teasing her, and laughing openly
06:23as the spice levels took their toll.
06:25I'm much better with spice.
06:26Well, they didn't invite you on the show.
06:30But I'm happy to be here for a cameo.
06:32It's not spicy, is it?
06:34All right.
06:34Now go watch me kill this.
06:36All right.
06:36There we go.
06:37I love you.
06:37Got the support.
06:38Hitting the milkshake.
06:40Great job, Noah.
06:41The dynamic felt effortless,
06:43rooted in years of shared history as opposed to press tour choreography.
06:48What made the moment resonate was how it stripped away the polished interview veneer.
06:52Brown didn't need to power through alone.
06:54And Schnapp wasn't there to promote anything.
06:56It was a quiet display of trust and camaraderie
06:59that reminded audiences how close the original cast remains off screen.
07:03It does get a little crazier in the back half,
07:05but you are crushing this.
07:07Okay, good.
07:07You're absolutely crushing this.
07:08I'm not saying that I'm not feeling it,
07:10but it's not making me want to cry like Tom Holland.
07:13Is that bad?
07:15Okay, good.
07:16We haven't even hit the milkshakes yet.
07:18I know.
07:19Can we, can I try it?
07:20Sure, sure.
07:20Number 16, Lie Detector Test.
07:23Natalia.
07:24Yes.
07:24Charlie.
07:25Hello.
07:26We're going to be taking a lie detector test today.
07:29One of you will be hooked up to the machine,
07:31while the other asks questions.
07:32And then you'll switch.
07:35Who would like to go first?
07:37Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton's Vanity Fair segment
07:40delivered humor through discomfort, not spectacle.
07:44As a real-life couple known for guarding their privacy,
07:47the two navigated questions about habits,
07:49honesty, and their relationship with visible nervousness.
07:52Was it hard to perfect your American accent?
07:55No.
07:57Have you ever had a hard time understanding my accent?
08:02Sometimes.
08:09Fake.
08:10No.
08:10I'd say no.
08:11No, actually no.
08:12Awkward pauses, nervous laughter, and evasive answers
08:15became part of the appeal,
08:17especially as the polygraph results
08:19occasionally contradicted their responses.
08:21The test never felt exploitative
08:23because neither actor leaned into theatrics.
08:27Instead, the humor came from understatement and restraint.
08:30At any point during this interview,
08:31did you lie and we didn't get you?
08:35I don't know.
08:37I mean, I don't know if you caught me.
08:39Did he lie?
08:41He's not lying.
08:43Wow.
08:43Truth teller.
08:44Viewers responded to how human it felt.
08:47Two people trying to be polite,
08:48honest, and composed
08:50under an inherently strange premise.
08:52It stood out precisely because it resisted viral exaggeration.
08:56Do you remember your first impression of me?
09:00Yes.
09:01What was it?
09:03You were scared of bugs?
09:08You're a cool guy.
09:11You're a drummer in a band.
09:12Oh, man.
09:14Number 15.
09:15Settling for cereal.
09:17Joe Keery and Gaten Matarazzo's running Twitter gag
09:20about missing reservations at chain restaurants
09:22became unexpectedly iconic.
09:24Over a series of deadpan posts,
09:27the two lamented being late for Outback Steakhouse
09:29and IHOP reservations,
09:31treating the non-events with exaggerated seriousness.
09:34The bit escalated slowly,
09:36eventually ending with them settling for cereal at home.
09:39What made it so charming was how aggressively low stakes it was.
09:43There was no punchline being sold,
09:45no product tie-in,
09:46and no explanation for newcomers.
09:48Fans were simply invited to observe
09:50two friends amusing themselves online.
09:52In an era of heavily curated celebrity social media,
09:56the commitment to something so pointless
09:57felt refreshing and oddly intimate.
10:00Number 14.
10:01The Upside Downs Motown Group.
10:03They were in a Motown cover band
10:05with James Corden.
10:07That's right, that's right.
10:09There it is.
10:10Some people thought it was weird
10:11that James hung out with us because he's an adult,
10:13but we actually went to school with him.
10:15You know, he was held back a couple of years,
10:17but we were in the same grade.
10:20The boys and I, we have so much in common.
10:23When Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin,
10:25Finn Wolfhard, and Noah Schnapp
10:27appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden,
10:30few, and by few we mean no one,
10:32expected them to break into a polished Motown-style performance.
10:36Billed as a fictional group called The Upside Downs,
10:39the four launched into the Jackson 5's I Want You Back,
10:42committing fully to choreography, harmonies, and stage presence.
10:46When I had you to myself,
10:48I didn't want you around.
10:50Those pretty things did always make you stand out in a town.
10:55In someone I picked you from above,
10:57what the lens was all it took.
11:00Now it's much too late for me to take a second look.
11:04What started as a novelty bit quickly became impressive,
11:07especially given McLaughlin's standout vocals
11:10and the group's visible chemistry.
11:12The moment worked because it balanced irony with sincerity.
11:15They weren't mocking the format,
11:17they were embracing it.
11:18Watching the cast confidently perform together
11:21reinforced how close-knit the young actors had become
11:23after growing up on the same set.
11:25Ooh, darling, I was blind to let you go.
11:29Let you go, baby.
11:30And I'm since I see you in his own.
11:34I want you back.
11:35Number 13, Vecna Breaks a Smile.
11:38Guess we woke up Vecna.
11:42No.
11:43Yes.
11:44No.
11:44No.
11:44Seeing Jamie Campbell Bauer laugh while fully suited up as Vecna
11:51was both hilarious and oddly reassuring.
11:54The season four bloopers captured the actor breaking character mid-take,
11:58his normal speaking voice and warm laugh clashing hard
12:01with the nightmarish prosthetics wrapped around him.
12:04After months of interviews emphasizing the physical and emotional toll
12:07of playing Stranger Things' most terrifying villain,
12:10the moment humanized the performance instantly.
12:13Do you ever think that you ever get to play a character like this
12:15with all this prosthetics?
12:17I mean...
12:17Absolutely not.
12:18I mean, I never even imagined I'd be on a show like this,
12:21let alone playing this thing.
12:23It showed how humor became a release valve for a role
12:26that required hours in makeup and intense psychological focus.
12:30Fans loved the contrast,
12:32the show's embodiment of evil undone by a simple laugh.
12:35It didn't diminish Vecna's menace on screen.
12:38If anything, it highlighted just how impressive
12:40the transformation really was.
12:42Once we had a live cast of Jamie,
12:44basically we want all the appliances,
12:46rather than having a rubber monster suit,
12:47we were designing it as a kind of a jigsaw puzzle,
12:50which gives us a lot more fluid sort of movement.
12:53We don't have much buckling,
12:55and it's like we have a really skin-tight sort of look.
12:58Well, I'm in love.
12:59Number 12.
13:01Maya Hawke and Joe Keery can't keep it together.
13:04Paused at 53 seconds, five.
13:0753 minutes and five seconds.
13:08There's something around that.
13:09You know who pauses fast times at 53 minutes, five seconds?
13:14There's someone who likes boobies.
13:15The season four blooper reel offered plenty of laughs,
13:18but few moments matched the simplicity and chaos of Maya Hawke and Joe Keery
13:23getting stuck on a single word.
13:25While filming a scene together,
13:27the two actors fell into a loop of repeating a certain,
13:30particularly juvenile word,
13:32each attempt to reset, only making things worse.
13:35This is gonna be nice and serious.
13:37Their shared inability to keep a straight face
13:39turned a throwaway mistake into a full-blown breakdown.
13:43The humor came from how low effort the joke was,
13:46contrasted with how completely it derailed them.
13:49By this point in the series,
13:50Hawke and Keery had developed such an easy rhythm
13:53that even nonsense could spiral into comedy.
13:56It was a reminder that their beloved on-screen chemistry
13:58is rooted in genuine comfort and playfulness.
14:01Can't wait for the mashup where they get us saying boobies 100 times.
14:05Boobies.
14:06Boobies.
14:07Boobies.
14:07Boobies.
14:08Boobies.
14:09Boobies.
14:09Boobies.
14:10Boobies.
14:11Boobies.
14:11Number 11.
14:13Is Joe pregnant?
14:14Are these actually the most serious?
14:16Oh my God.
14:18Okay, I'll take this one.
14:25Fan the boy.
14:26Yes, I'm pregnant.
14:29Is that even possible?
14:30No.
14:31During a wired autocomplete interview with Joe Keery,
14:35Gaten Matarazzo completely collapsed with laughter
14:37after reading the absurd search query,
14:40Is Joe pregnant?
14:41The moment spiraled instantly,
14:43with Gaten sliding out of his chair
14:44while Joe tried and failed to keep things together.
14:47Is Gaten Matarazzo now?
14:49That is so artistic.
14:52Is Gaten Matarazzo now?
14:54What's the answer to that question?
14:56Yeah.
14:57Yeah.
14:57He's hearing now.
14:58I'm hearing now.
14:59It went viral because it perfectly encapsulated their off-screen dynamic.
15:03Effortless, juvenile, and totally unforced.
15:06Nothing felt rehearsed.
15:07It was simply two friends cracking up at the internet being the internet.
15:11For fans, it cemented why the Dustin-Steve pairing works so well.
15:15Genuine affection, bad jokes, and zero self-consciousness.
15:18Are the rest of it worth it?
15:20Yeah.
15:21Yeah, I am.
15:22Do they mean like worth watching the show,
15:24or is it like, is he even worth being on this planet?
15:26Oh, don't.
15:27Oh, no, I'm just kidding.
15:28No, I'm just kidding.
15:30Okay.
15:30Number 10.
15:31Making a burrito with Stephen Colbert.
15:33Eleven's favorite snack food might be Eggo waffles,
15:36but in this sketch on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from September of 2016,
15:41Millie Bobby Brown helps the host cook up a meal of his own.
15:43Just stay focused in here.
15:47In a spoof of the scenes from the show that take place in the Hawkins laboratory before Eleven escaped,
15:52Millie uses her telekinetic abilities to heat up a burrito for Colbert,
15:56and deliver it to his plate.
16:02Yes.
16:04Very good.
16:06Colbert plays the role of Eleven's creepy papa,
16:08and manages to bring light to a situation which would otherwise be totally sinister.
16:13Number 9.
16:14Chocolate Daddy Meme
16:15These kids sure know how to have fun together.
16:18In a September 2016 interview with E!,
16:21Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, and Gaten Matarazzo
16:24are discussing their newfound internet fame.
16:27Yesterday, a kid came up to me and was like,
16:29you're Caleb McLaughlin.
16:30Said my full name.
16:32And he was like, you are such a great actor.
16:35They touch on what it has been like to receive attention from some of their favorite celebrities,
16:40but also get into a discussion on meme culture.
16:43Caleb at one point brings up the Chocolate Daddy Meme that was created in his honor.
16:48He admits that he perpetuated it himself,
16:50and that Chocolate Daddy is a nickname he gave himself.
16:53When the other two chime in with him,
16:55it's almost too cute to handle.
16:58Lucas C, a.k.a.
17:00Jokely Daddy
17:01Number 8.
17:04MTV Movie Awards and TV Awards Speech
17:07We love this show.
17:10Stranger Things!
17:12At the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards,
17:16Stranger Things was honored with one of the biggest awards of the night,
17:19Show of the Year.
17:21Earlier in the evening, Millie Bobby Brown had already taken home the statue for Best Actor
17:26in a Show, but this time, the whole cast was able to take the stage to receive the accolade
17:30together.
17:31Hi!
17:31Okay.
17:32Hi!
17:33Here we're going.
17:34Hi.
17:34All right, well, we want to thank everyone so much.
17:37You can tell the kids have a nervous energy about them when they each take a turn with
17:40the mic, making sure to thank the Duffer Brothers, Netflix, and of course their parents,
17:45who are watching them from the crowd.
17:47Number 7.
17:48Reacting to VR
17:50Considering the scary nature of Stranger Things and the tender age of the primary cast
17:55members, it should come as no surprise that people want to freak them out.
17:58While they're acting, they don't get the full experience of seeing the CGI and special
18:02effects, so Netflix gave them VR headsets so they could fully immerse themselves in the
18:07horrifying world of Hawkins.
18:09Even though we can't see what they are seeing, it's hilarious to watch their reactions to
18:18whatever it is that's happening, and this isn't the only time we've gotten a laugh
18:22at their expense.
18:24Number 6.
18:25Stranger Strings
18:26When the cast appeared on Jimmy Fallon in 2016, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb
18:32McLaughlin, and Finn Wolfhard made it quite the memorable episode.
18:36They started off by discussing the kiss between Eleven and Mike, which the two participating
18:40actors had quite different experiences with.
18:43Millie, it was your first kiss, is that right?
18:45Yep.
18:45It was what?
18:48No, no, no, no.
18:49No, it was right.
18:50I'm not saying, I'm just, yeah.
18:51Then they went on to play a game called Stranger Strings, where they were each armed with a
18:55can of Silly String, and had to reveal embarrassing facts about themselves.
19:00Millie Bobby Brown was the star of the show, as always, when she regaled the crowd with her
19:05Nicki Minaj impression.
19:06Pull up in a monster automobile gangster
19:08With a bad bitch that came from Sri Lanka
19:11Yeah, I'm in a tonka color of Willy Wonka
19:13You can be the king, but watch the queen counter
19:16Number 5.
19:17Handing out PB&J
19:18At the 2016 Primetime Emmys, Jimmy Kimmel was playing host, and decided to involve the
19:24kids of Stranger Things in the most appropriate fashion.
19:27Knowing the attendees would be hungry, he organized for his mom to make just about 7,000 peanut
19:33butter and jelly sandwiches, so that the guests could have a little snack partway through the
19:37night.
19:37Let's bring in the kids from Stranger Things to pass the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
19:42out.
19:42Who better to ask to make the deliveries than the young Stranger Things cast members?
19:46But wait, shouldn't they have been handing out Eggos?
19:49I'll be distributing some too, because we have a lot of stuff to hand out.
19:54There you go.
19:55Very good to see you, Jane.
19:56Number 4.
19:57Barb's Return
19:58Well, well, well.
19:59What's up, little dude?
19:59Jimmy Fallon clearly loves Stranger Things, because he has taken the opportunity to involve
20:04the show in several different skits.
20:06In this one, he puts together a recreation of a scene from Stranger Things, but adds a hilarious
20:11twist.
20:12Come on down!
20:25Hey, guys.
20:27Barb was the unsung hero of the series, a minor character who ended up with a serious following.
20:33In this sketch, Tonight Show writer A.D. Miles plays her in a faux-deleted scene, where she
20:38comes back from the upside-down to give hell to the kids who left her there.
20:41I guess no one could find you.
20:43It was pretty dark down there.
20:44Yeah, yeah.
20:45Good point.
20:45You know, I don't have a very distinctive look.
20:47I don't have bright red Ronna McDonald hair, old granny glasses, and a librarian's wife!
20:54All right.
20:54Hey, Barb.
20:55Now, come on.
20:55All right.
20:56Calm down.
20:56Number 3.
20:57Lip Sync Battle
20:58For any young actor these days, participating in a lip sync battle is practically a rite
21:09of passage.
21:10While Millie Bobby Brown wasn't present for this one, all four boys took part in a competition
21:15to see who could impress the audience.
21:17Each of their performances was distinct, and each seemed better than the last.
21:21Watching the other cast members look on as one of them performed showed just how tight
21:30this crew is.
21:34Caleb McLaughlin was declared the winner, but in the end, it really felt like they were
21:38all in it together.
21:40And seeing Chrissy Teigen dressed as Barb was enough to put this episode over the edge.
21:45Number 2.
21:46Dancing at the Emmys
21:47Stranger Things may not have taken home any actual awards at the 2016 Primetime Emmys,
21:53but the cast definitely won for most charming live performance.
21:56This one's for the mood girls and mood girls great masterpieces.
22:01Starlin' it, wildin' it, living it up in the city.
22:04Before the broadcast actually began, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, and Gaten Matarazzo
22:10performed their own rendition of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' hit song, Uptown Funk.
22:15The song wasn't initially televised, but luckily, several versions hit the web not long afterwards.
22:29What do you think our odds are of getting a Stranger Things musical episode?
22:33These kids clearly have enough talent to carry it.
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22:56The 74th Annual Golden Globes Opening
22:59When Jimmy Fallon hosted the Golden Globe Awards in early 2017, his opening number was
23:04one of the most memorable in recent years.
23:06We're all waiting to get in, but everyone's stuck behind that white Ford Bronco.
23:12The whole piece was La La Land themed, with stars from all of the year's biggest TV and
23:17movie hits making appearances.
23:19The highlight, though, was definitely when the back of a truck opened up, and the Stranger
23:23Things kids were inside, in what looked like the set of the show, and Millie Bobby Brown
23:28gave a rap performance about her character.
23:30Okay, my name is Eleven, I'm 24-7, I mean, I go wild, I'm five to pound.
23:34I got an act to rap with that stranger, six to heaven, inside the upside down.
23:38Can someone give this girl a musical career already?
23:41Did we miss your favorite Stranger Things cast moment?
23:43Let us know in the comments.
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