Billy Hargrove

Character from Stranger Things by The Duffer Brothers

Max's volatile, abusive stepbrother — a golden-haired bully forged by his father's violence, consumed by the Mind Flayer, and redeemed in a single sacrificial moment at Starcourt Mall.

Also known as: Billy, Billy Hargrove, Hargrove

What They Know

• Was physically abused by his father Neil Hargrove throughout his childhood
• Became the Mind Flayer's primary human host after being Flayed at the Byers house
• Used as the Flayed's recruiter, luring Hawkins residents to be absorbed into the biomass
• Sacrificed himself at Starcourt Mall to protect Eleven from the Mind Flayer's physical form
• Worked as a lifeguard at the Hawkins Community Pool where he had access to many potential victims
• His death from guilt and trauma became the wound that Vecna later used to target Max
• Had a suppressed memory of his mother at the beach that Eleven used to reach his consciousness
• His relationship with Max was defined by cruelty that masked his own pain and self-hatred

Connections

• stepsister_of — max
• possessed_by — mind_flayer
• rival_of — steve
• located_at — hawkins

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