Henderhop

Henderhop is the het ship between Dustin Henderson and Eleven from the Stranger Things fandom.

Season 1
"She’s our friend and she’s crazy!"

- Dustin about El

Dustin and El first met in the woods on the night of November 7, 1983. El had run away from Hawkins National Laboratory, and happened upon Mike, Lucas, and Dustin, who were searching for their missing friend Will Byers. After the boys bring El back to Mike's basement, Dustin's first words to El were “Where’s your hair? Do you have cancer?”; Dustin was overall the most curious about her. Dustin and Lucas were both apprehensive about Mike letting a girl spend the night.

When El used her powers in front of the boys for the first time, Dustin said, “We never would’ve upset you if we knew you had superpowers.” Dustin spends the rest of the season being very impressed with El's powers; wondering if El’s powers were acquired or if she was born with them; as well as asking her to do tricks with her abilities.

Season 2
"You have teeth."

- El to Dustin

Dustin spent most of this season believing that El was dead; El spent most of this season with Hopper or on her own outside of Hawkins.

On November 5, 1984, El returns to Hawkins. Dustin and El reunite at the Byers' house; they share a group hug with Lucas.

Season 3
"You flung that thing like a Hot Wheel!"

- Dustin to El

On June 29, 1985, Dustin returns home from Camp Know Where. El and the rest of the Party welcome him home; El uses her powers to move Dustin's toys from his bedroom to the living room. Later in the day, Dustin shows off his inventions from summer camp, and shares the news that he has a girlfriend. El is surprised and goes with the others to set up Dustin's ham radio "Cerebro".

Season 4
The Piggyback Dustin and El reunite in the Wheelers' yard and share a group hug with Will.

Fanon
HenderHop is not a very popular ship, but it is gaining traction on Tumblr and on Twitter, where there are small circles of users who ship Henderhop and even believe that it will be canon; the general audience is not even aware of the existence of this ship.

El/Dustin is also known by the name "Superfreak", a portmanteau of "superhero" (El has been called this) and "freak" (Dustin has been called this). Another ship name for them is "Barge", although no one uses it; it is a portmanteau of "bard" (Dustin's D&D class) and "mage" (El's D&D class).

The first fanfiction featuring Henderhop was posted on AO3 in 2016. As of January 2023, there are currently 91 works for Henderhop on A03.

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