Listen up, because GREAT things are happening today. Stranger Things just released a teaser trailer for the upcoming fourth season, and it answers a *very* important question.
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In case you forgot, Season 3 ended with Hopper's apparent death after he sacrificed himself in order to close the gate to the Upside Down and save everyone he loved. But after seeing the teaser, we learn...
...Hopper is very much ALIVE!!!!!!!!
And people are flipping the fuck out:
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HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE HOPPER IS ALIVE #StrangerThings4
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stranger things cast reading the script and finding out hopper is still alive:
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Stranger things fandom after found out hopper still alive #StrangerThings4
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#StrangerThings4 Hopper be like
Some people knew he was alive all along:
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me pretending to be shocked that hopper’s still alive #StrangerThings
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me pretending like i didn’t already know hopper was going to be in s4 #StrangerThings
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Stranger Things: *shows Hopper* Everyone: #StrangerThings4
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me after st3: hopper is alive obvs also me after seeing the teaser for st4:
Others are theorizing about what might happen in Season 4:
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murray and joyce invading the soviet union to rescue hopper
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Ok but imagine el's reaction on seeing hopper alive and they run to each other and hug and cry and just ELEVEN HOPPER REUNION #StrangerThings4
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wha...what if...hopper was brainwashed and doesnt remember anything about himself or hawkins or eleven #StrangerThings4
And some think that this news coming on Valentine's Day is just a liiiiiiiiiiiittle bit more than a coincidence:
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Hopper is confirmed alive on Valentine's Day. Coincidence? I think not
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hmm.. its valentines day and stranger things released this clip that shows hopper is alive. hopper clearly likes joyce, and she likes him back too. jopper endgame confirmed.
But mostly, people are very, very, VERY happy:
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Hopper alive and not in the Upside Down
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@Stranger_Things Me when I saw Hopper
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#StrangerThings4 me: *knows Hopper was alive all along and that he was the American* also me when Hopper appears in Russia and he’s alive: