Why Eleven Goes By Jane Now In Stranger Things Season 4

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Warning: Contains SPOILERS forStranger Things season 4, volume 1. 

Stranger Things season 4 has finally arrived on Netflix, but why is the series’ telekinetic superhero Eleven being called Jane by so many people? Since she escaped from Hawkins National Laboratory in Stranger Things season 1, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) has saved the world twice, and in the process, she has discovered new friends and family. She has loved, lost, and returned to the people she cares about all while trying to discover exactly who she is and what her place is in the world.

Following the events of Stranger Things season 2, Eleven was taken in by Police Chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour), remaining largely secluded from the world due to her powers. Following Hopper’s apparent death and the extinguishing of her powers by the Mind Flayer at the end of season 3, she relocated to California with Joyce (Winona Ryder), Jonathan (Charlie Heaton), and Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). The hope was for a fresh start and a normal life for all of them, but, as it turned out, Eleven was soon being bullied by other children at her new school.

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While the people who know her best still call her Eleven or El in Stranger Things season 4, the bullies, the teachers, and the police all refer to Eleven as Jane instead — and the reason for this is simple. Jane is Eleven's birth name, given to her by her biological mother, Terry Ives (Aimee Mullins). This was before Ives’ mind was destroyed by electroshock therapy performed on her by Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) at Hawkins Lab. At the End of Stranger Things season 2, Brenner’s successor at the lab, Dr. Owens (Paul Reiser), used his government