Stranger Things premiered on Netflix in 2016, created by the Duffer Brothers, with Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, a girl with psychokinetic powers raised in Hawkins Lab. Staff called its director Dr. Martin Brenner Papa, and Eleven called him that too. Her line you are like papa became a pointed insult inside the story, meaning someone is as cruel and controlling as Brenner. Fans clipped the moment for edits and reaction posts, where it spread beyond the fandom as a serious way to call out manipulation.