Stranger Things has officially come to an end, and while there will always be people who find things to complain about, the show's series finale has been met with lots of love and positivity.
🚨 Warning: Stranger Things finale spoilers ahead! 🚨

The Netflix series ended with the Hawkins crew defeating Henry/Vecna and the Mind Flayer. The younger kids graduated from high school, while the older kids were seen starting their new lives as adults.
Joyce and Hopper got engaged, and Eleven's fate was left open to interpretation. For the most part, people are incredibly happy with the show's end, but they're still coping with saying goodbye.
From emotional posts about the finale to silly little jokes, here are some of the best wholesome memes about the Stranger Things finale...
1. Thorowbacks

2. We all went a little crazy.

3. Growth

4. Ship wars never end.

5. Look familiar?

6. You have to laugh.

7. Derek the MVP
this took me out pic.twitter.com/eb9P3u9Iri
— mike wheelers bff (@wheelercoded) January 1, 2026
8. Where's the lie?

9. BRB, crying

10. Whoa!

11. Nancy is the ultimate badass
Nancy Wheeler, season 1 vs. season 5. pic.twitter.com/GTvtSw1pAg
— Creepy.org (@creepydotorg) January 2, 2026
12. Getting weird with it...
this fandom cannot be real pic.twitter.com/TZtUAclV9B
— hills (@moonsinfant) January 3, 2026
13. Mothers
just look at those divas pic.twitter.com/xFuxXVoM0K
— ? (@bowersthinker) January 1, 2026
14. "Make me happy, for one moment of my lifetime. I’d be there."
gonna tell my kids this was weezer pic.twitter.com/to8uSKQD7H
— ִֶָ (@bylairo) January 2, 2026
15. We're all gonna miss them.

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