The 20 Strangest Things From The 'Stranger Things' Show Bible
Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?
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Stranger Things has stayed remarkably true to the pitch doc (or "show bible") the Duffer brothers used to pitch the idea. It was always going to be a star studded homage to the '80s, but a few of the details have changed along the way. Take Hopper: instead of David Harbour's gruff, small town drunk, we almost had Sam Rockwell living in a shanty down by the sea.
Okay, maybe a lot has changed. See for yourself!
Okay, maybe a lot has changed. See for yourself!
![The original title was Montauk. SIGNET.451-E9964-$3.950 MONTAUK An epic tale of sci fi horror CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/2/4/746924.jpg?v=1)
![It took place on Long Island, not B Indiana. Montauk Ultimately, they felt they could get away with more sci-fi shenanignas in a fictional town.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/1/746941.jpg?v=1)
![Hawkins National Laboratory is based on Camp Hero. Camp Hero HNL It was a mysterious WWII defense base, disguised as a fishing village. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/9/746939.jpg?v=1)
![The story is rooted in an actual conspiracy theory: VIGILANCE. i STt D3RD AADAR SOUADRON THE MONTAUK PROJECT CONSPIRACY In 1942, as World War IL rag](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/6/746946.jpg?v=1)
![The final title and logo are a cross between two Stephen King novels: STEPHEN KING STEPHEN FIRE- KING STAKIER A Novel bytheAuthorof THEDEADZONE NeEDFU](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/8/746938.jpg?v=1)
![They saw Hopper being played by Ewan MCGregor. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/2/8/746928.jpg?v=1)
![...OR Sam Rockwell.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/2/7/746927.jpg?v=1)
![They saw Joyce being played by Naomi Watts...](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/1/746931.jpg?v=1)
![...Or Marisa Tomei.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/2/2/746922.jpg?v=1)
![They were leaning heavily on nostalgia from the start. ATRCENONTIC Since Montauk is set in the fall of 1980, the show will feature many period details](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/5/746935.jpg?v=1)
![The horror is rooted in reality. HORROR The horror in Montauk is supernatural - - buT rooted in science. Dark matter, black holes, worm holes, alterna](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/2/9/746929.jpg?v=1)
![Mike used to have a birthmark, and definitely never smooched. FIRST AID GAUZE PADS MIKE WHEELER is twelve. He is cute kid, but a birthmark on his left](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/6/746936.jpg?v=1)
![Will is bullied for his 'sexual identity issues. WILL BYERS, twelve, is a sweet, sensitive kid with sexual identity issues. He only recently came to](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/5/746945.jpg?v=1)
![Dustin is the alpha nerd. DUSTIN HENDERSON, twelve, is the King Geek. He is overweight and wears oversized glasses. His supportive parents are nerds](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/2/5/746925.jpg?v=1)
![Eleven E.T. THE OUTSIDER ELEVEN was orphan with telekinesis. Her preternatural abilities have been linked an to genetic mutations caused by her mother](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/4/746944.jpg?v=1)
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![Hopper was a drug-addicted beach bum. JIM HOP HOPPER, early 40s, is the Chief of the Montauk police. He grew up in Montauk but moved to the city imm](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/3/746943.jpg?v=1)
![Joyce sounded like she was on Mob Wives. I R JOYCE BYERS, early 40s, is the single mother ofWill and Jonathan. She struggles to raise them while holdi](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/3/746933.jpg?v=1)
![Mr. Clarke was the Indiana Jones of Hawkins Middle School. MR. CLARKE, 35, is the rock star of the local middle school. Charismatic, charming, handsom](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/2/746942.jpg?v=1)
![There's a lost character: TERRY IVES, 40, mentioned only passingly in the pilot, will play an important role in episodes to come. An -social hermit an](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/7/746937.jpg?v=1)