Matt and Ross Duffer appeared to tease the fate of Joe Keery’s Stranger Things character, Steve Harrington, during their appearance on the Wednesday, December 17, 2025, episode of The Tonight Show, using Funko Pops to hint at how the series might end.

Stranger Things fans are spiralling after the Duffer Brothers teased the show’s ending with Funko Pops on Jimmy Fallon. The playful segment sparked wild theories, which only intensified hours later when Netflix released the official Volume 2 teaser,

Matt and Ross Duffer, aka the Duffer brothers and creators of Stranger Things, have fans worried about one character in Stranger Things 5 after an appearance on

On the promo tour for Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 2, the creators of the show, Matt and Ross Duffer, gave some clues about how the show will end using toys from the Netflix series. Now, fans are convinced that Joe Keery's character Steve Harrington is a goner.

But now, the Duffer Brothers, who created the Netflix show, are giving their biggest hint yet. On Jimmy Fallon’s show, they teased the ending of Stranger Things by placing Funko Pops in various spots around a table.

Thanks to a recent interview that the Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer did with Jimmy Fallon, fans of the hit Netflix series have been spiraling, thinking about the possibility that the beloved Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) has a doomed fate awaiting him.

Fans are speculating about Steve Harrington's fate after the Duffer Brothers appeared to hint at his death during a recent Tonight Show appearance, sparking panic—and hope—across the fandom.

Really, how much can one poor Steve fan take? First, the Stranger Things 5, Volume 2 trailer was released, and in it, Steve and Dustin broached the subject of their own deaths. There was finally death talk on main, and it was Steve and Dustin saying ...

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