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| “ | Shit! | „ |
| ~ Dustin's catchphrase. |
| “ | You’re always trying to get get yourself killed and I can’t let it happen again! Stop being so selfish, please! If you go on there you’re gonna die and I can’t deal with it again! You can’t die cause I can’t deal with it again! Don’t let it happen again, please don’t let it happen again! Not you! [sobbing] I’m sorry... | „ |
| ~ Dustin saving Steve from falling to his death and apologizing for his behavior. |
| “ | Screw the school. Screw the system. Screw conformity. Screw everyone and everything trying to hold you back and tear us apart, because this, this is our year! | „ |
| ~ Dustin ending his valedictorian speech, honoring Eddie. |
Dustin Henderson is one of the main protagonists of the Stranger Things franchise.
He is one of the four original members of the Party, who decided to search for Will Byers themselves after his disappearance and discovering a superhuman girl, getting wrapped up in a shady and mysterious paranormal situation.
He is portrayed by Gaten Matarazzo.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Season 1[]
- He offers Nancy the leftover pizza that he and his friends ate.
- He becomes worried for Will upon noticing that his bike is not in school.
- He does not take violent action against Troy Walsh and James Dante when they mock him.
- He gives Hopper information on Will's possible whereabouts.
- He genuinely wants to help in the search for Will and is upset when Hopper denies his help.
- He and his friends go to search for Will against the Police Chief's orders.
- Upon finding Eleven in the forest, Dustin and the others bring her to Mike's house.
- He notices Mike is not in school the next day and worries for him.
- He is interested and curious about Eleven's powers and tries to help her control them.
- He is also the only one of the Party members that did not treat Eleven wrongly during the first season.
- He goes with Lucas, Mike and Eleven to search for Will despite being fully aware he may stumble upon a portal to the Upside Down.
- He is sad and heartbroken upon seeing Will's "body".
- He continues to try to find Will by using the radio in their school's AV Club.
- He attends Will's funeral, despite knowing he was not actually dead.
- He searches for Will yet again with his compass theory.
- He tries to get Lucas and Mike to stop fighting.
- He is worried for Lucas when Eleven tosses him through the air, however unlike Mike he doesn't react negatively towards Eleven.
- He worries for Eleven upon noticing she has disappeared from the scene.
- He tries to get Mike and Lucas to make amends.
- He goes to search for Eleven.
- He tries to attack Troy and James with a rock to protect himself and Mike.
- Despite having a blade to his throat, he still worries more about Mike than himself.
- He frantically tells Mike not to jump despite the other outcome being Troy cutting out his teeth.
- He is incredibly worried when Mike apparently jumps and perishes.
- He comforts and thanks Eleven afterwards for saving them from Troy and James.
- He helps Eleven escape from Brenner.
- He tries to prioritize the group's safety by telling Mike not to answer Nancy on the radio.
- He convinces Mr. Clarke to tell him how to build a sensory deprivation tank to help Eleven find Will and Barb.
- He obeys Joyce and Hopper's indications to stay in the school.
- He, Mike and Lucas try protecting Eleven from Dr. Brenner, all agreeing that he'd have to kill them first if they wanted her.
- He is incredibly happy to be reunited with Will.
Season 2[]
- He acts politely to Max upon their first meeting.
- He proposes inviting Max to the Party and is the first to ask her to join the Party alongside Lucas.
- He and Lucas ask Max to go Trick-or-treating with them.
- He is happy when Max actually joins them for Halloween.
- When Will has an episode, he instantly rushes to his side to make sure he's okay.
- He brings Dart into his home and provides him with shelter and food.
- He invites Max to come see Dart alongside the party.
- Even after finding out Dart is from the Upside Down, he refuses to believe he is evil and tries to see its positive side.
- He tells his friends not to hurt Dart.
- He is concerned when Will has another episode.
- He confronts and locks Dart up after realizing he is in fact dangerous.
- He helps Steve get back in the bus after he fights off the Demodogs.
- He mourns Bob's death despite barely knowing him.
- He helps Will with his coded message.
- He tries to convince Steve to let them go to the tunnels to help.
- He tries to protect Max from Billy.
- He treats Steve's injuries after his fight with Billy.
- He is able to distract Dart, allowing his friends to pass.
- He acknowledges Max and Lucas' relationship, abandoning his feeling for her, so they can be happy.
Season 3[]
- He attempts to decipher a secret Russian communication.
- He is happy for Steve when he beats the Russian Guard.
- He is concerned and worried for Steve and Robin when they stayed behind.
- He kills Dr. Zharkov to save his friends.
- He is worried upon noticing Steve and Robin have been drugged.
- He uses the Cerebro to contact Susie, to give Hopper and Joyce the code to shut down the gate.
Season 4[]
- He does try to get Eddie to move the campaign so he can go to Lucas' game.
- He knows Eddie is innocent and says so to Max.
- He protects Eddie from both the cops and Jason.
- He is concerned for Max and the possibility of her death.
- After being informed that Jason is hunting him, he doesn't care and keeps Max's wellbeing as his top priority.
- He helps save Max from Vecna by bringing her favorite song.
- He uses his compass theory once again to find Watergate.
- He lies to the police for Eddie's sake.
- He and the others run away on their bikes from their parents and the police to go help the older teens stuck in the Upside Down.
- He tries to find music to break Nancy free from Vecna's Curse.
- He goes into the Upside Down to take down Vecna.
- He helps Eddie set up the requirements to cause a distraction.
- He boards up the van and fights off some Demobats
- He jumps back in after Eddie, breaking his leg in the process.
- Even injured, he still goes out to try and help Eddie.
- Even when Eddie is inevitably dying, he still tries to help him.
- He visits the comatose Max in the hospital.
- He tells Wayne the truth about Eddie's heroic sacrifice.
- He gives donations to the people affected by the "Earthquake".
Season 5[]
- While he became increasingly more jerkish after Eddie's death, shutting down everyone's attempts to comfort or reach out to him and straining his friendship with Steve, this is only due to his grief over Eddie and he apologized to Steve for this behavior.
- He visits Eddie's grave and continues wearing the Hellfire Club shirt despite Andy and his friends trying to bully him into stopping, and wished to restart the club to care for others like Eddie did for him.
- He joins his friends for a crawl and intends to follow them through the MAC-Z gate to find Vecna only getting stopped by Andy and his goons who assaulted him when he visited Eddie's grave.
- He actively wishes to find and kill Vecna to enact justice for Eddie's death.
- After reuniting with Steve and Jonathan, he helps them operate the radio to track Hopper's signal in the Upside Down and locate him.
- He points out the holes in Will's plan to save Derek which allowed Mike to form a better plan altogether.
- He installs the Telemetry Tracker into Steve's car which allowed them to track the Demogorgon at greater speeds.
- He stands watch along Steve for when the Demogorgon attacked the Turnbow House and later tracked it to the barn the others where hiding in.
- After following the Demo into the Upside Down, he would track it's signal and lead the group into the wall.
- After crashing into the wall, he would radio Hopper to verify his safety and if he had found Eleven.
- Noticing a pattern with the wall, he would calculate it's radius and come to the realization that the wall surrounded the entire Upside Down and had it's epicenter as Hawkins Lab, incting the group to head there to investigate.
- After realizing that the "shield generator" inside Hawkins Lab was actually exotic matter, he rushes up to warn Nancy and Jonathan to try and save them.
- He saves Steve's life by stopping him from falling down the stairwell during his attempt to get up to the roof to save Nancy and Jonathan, and tearfully apologizes to him for all of his prior behavior, admitting that he didn't want to lose Steve like Eddie. Steve then hugs him, accepting his apology.
- He is extremely proud of Steve for coming up with his beanstalk plan, and adds to it by having bombs planted to destroy the Upside Down and the Abyss.
- He shows no hesitation in supporting Will's coming out, accepting him for who he is.
- He, alongside everyone else, helps Eleven defeat the Mind Flayer (and Vecna) by distracting it, shouting with Steve that it's "for Eddie".
- In the final episode, he gives a graduation speech about rejecting conformity and uniting to honor Eddie, which overall makes the Hawkins school a better place.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- He can be quite arrogant at times, also acting condescending to his friends which annoys them. However, this is usually only played for laughs, so it is a minor prevention.
- He is reckless and impulsive, often acting without clear judgment, causing serious consequences in the long run:
- In Season 2, he keeps Dart in his home despite his friends warning him that he's a creature from the Upside Down, indirectly resulting in his cat Mews' death. He also continues lying to Lucas and Max about Dart until Steve unwittingly calls it out.
- In Season 5, he plants his pet corn snake Jake in Andy's locker to scare him, which while deserved, leads to Andy killing the snake and assaulting Dustin. This keeps him from participating in the Crawl which then leads to the heroes losing contact with Eleven and Hopper in the Upside Down.
External Links[]
- Dustin Henderson on the Heroes Wiki
- Dustin Henderson on the Stranger Things Wiki
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