That 'Neverending Story' Scene in 'Stranger Things 3' Was Extremely Controversial

Warning: Spoilers for Stranger Things 3 ahead.

The finale for Stranger Things 3 has a lot going on, and if you didn’t catch everything that happened, well, you wouldn’t be alone. But one moment that everyone definitely noticed is that Dustin/Suzie rendition of the Neverending Story theme song.

How could we forget? It comes at the most inopportune time: Hopper and Joyce are waiting underground in a secret Russian bunker, desperately in need of the code that will help them get through a locked gate so they can turn off the giant laser machine that’s keeping the portal to the Upside Down open.

There’s one small problem: The code is Planck’s constant, a number that Murray thought he knew and wrote down for the bunker team—but it’s wrong. Nobody else knows what the number is…except for, potentially, Dustin’s mysterious Camp Know Where girlfriend Suzie. All along, everyone thought she was made up, but along she comes, over the radio waves from Salt Lake City. When Dustin gets in touch with her via his giant Cerebro contraption, she’s delighted to hear from her “Dusty-Bun.” (Ew.)

But.

She won’t give the number to him—who cares if the world, and Hopper and Joyce particularly, is waiting—unless he sings Limahl’s “Never Ending Story” (you know, from the movie) with her.

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Cue a lot of disbelieving grimaces from the rest of the Stranger Things crew, who are hearing this would-be-sweet-if-it-weren’t-an-emergency duet over the radio:

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Finally, after the admittedly beautiful song (Gaten Matarazzo, who plays Dustin, and Gabriella Pizzolo, who plays Suzie, sing in perfect harmony), Suzie gives Dustin the digits of Planck’s constant, which allows Hopper and Joyce to finally open the gate. Phew!

People on Twitter were quite polarized by the whole thing. Some loved it:

Dustin and Suzie singing Never Ending Story was too precious ❤️😂 #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/Xw8ifm2bXv

I don’t want to be dramatic but Suzie and Dustin singing Neverending Story is the best moment in cinematic history#StrangerThings3 #strangerthings pic.twitter.com/RZlIVXBK5i

Me listening to Dustin sing Never Ending Story #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/dpWGKv8aUb

TURN AROUND
LOOK AT WHAT YOU SEE
IM HER FACE
THE MIRROR OF YOUR DREAMS

MAKE BELIVE I’M EVERYWHERE
GIVEN IN THE LIGHT
WRITTEN ON THE PAGES
IS THE ANSWER TO A NEVER ENDING STORY

AHHHHHHHHHH#StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/5cITIOxLEd

Name a more iconic duo. I’ll wait. #StrangersThings #strangerthings3 #neverendingstory pic.twitter.com/DycNR5kclO

you can say anything you want but that “never ending story” scene was the best ever. pic.twitter.com/pSqAYQdh5G

Others, not so much, pointing out that it wasn’t exactly a great time to fly their fantasyyyyyyyyyyyy:

Dustin and Suzie : start singing “never ending story”

Everyone else on the walkies: pic.twitter.com/POuTO6u7WU

everyone when dustin and suzie started singing the neverending story song #StrangersThings3pic.twitter.com/E0cWlUo3kk

Everyone is dying
The world is ending
Suzie & Dustin :#StrangerThings #neverendingstory pic.twitter.com/gS2cZaiZqU

Dustin and Suzie
singing never
ending story: Everyone in the car:#StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/cIqsAVGZ0Z

At least Eleven liked it:

Never Ending Story…❤️🎤🎶 #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/sNHPDEMjD2

Okay, Mr. Clarke liked it, too:

Yes I’m listening to that song from Neverending Story again I DO WHAT I WANT

If you want to relive the glory of Dustin and Suzie’s romantic moment, you can listen to it on Spotify:

And if you’d like to karaoke along yourself, here’s the original music video for “Never Ending Story.”

From: ELLE US

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