Large, yellow eggs were present in the Upside Down, coated in some kind of webbing. The Demogorgon hunkered over these eggs, seemingly feeding off them. It is currently unknown what hatches out of these eggs.
History[]
Background[]
The Demogorgon was feeding off an egg in the moment before Eleven made psychic contact with it.[1]
1983[]
When Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper entered the Upside Down to search for Will Byers, Hopper found and briefly studied a broken eggshell near Castle Byers that appeared hatched; it was hollowed out and cracked open at the top.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Aaron Sims Creative created the concept art for the egg.[3] The company Fractured FX, who made the prosthetics for Will's fake body and Barbara's corpse, created the prosthetic for the egg as it was seen in "The Upside Down".[4]
In the closing moments of "The Flea and the Acrobat", Nancy enters the Upside Down and witnesses the Demogorgon hunched over something, appearing to feed off it. In an interview, visual effects artist Aaron Sims implies that the Demogorgon was feeding off an egg in this moment. Despite this, close inspection of the scene suggests that it was instead feeding on the wounded deer Nancy and Jonathan found earlier in the episode.[3]
Michael Maher, Jr's concept art for the second season shows clusters of eggs within the Hawkins tunnels.[5]
![Art by Michael Maher, Jr.[5]](/wiki/File:Tunnel_concept_1_-_Michael_Maher_Jr.jpg "Tunnel concept 1 - Michael Maher Jr.jpg (82 KB)")
![Art by Michael Maher, Jr.[5]](/wiki/File:Tunnel_concept_4_-_Michael_Maher_Jr.jpg "Tunnel concept 4 - Michael Maher Jr.jpg (160 KB)")
![Art by Michael Maher, Jr.[5]](/wiki/File:Giant_slug_concept_-_Michael_Maher_Jr.jpg "Giant slug concept - Michael Maher Jr.jpg (43 KB)")
In an interview with Wired, Ross Duffer described the egg as "the Demogorgon egg".[6]
References
- ↑ "The Monster"
- ↑ "The Upside Down"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Exclusive ‘Stranger Things’ Art Reveals ‘Upside Down’ Secrets and Barb’s Alternate End" ScreenCrush. August 22, 2016.
- ↑ "The Egg we created for STRANGER THINGS!" Facebook: Fractured FX. August 19, 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "The VFX Wizardry Behind Stranger Things 2 (NAB Show 2018) | Adobe Creative Cloud" The "Adobe Creative Cloud" YouTube channel. April 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Every Stranger Things Movie Reference Revealed by the Duffer Brothers (Seasons 1-3)" The Wired YouTube channel
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