Vickie Dunne is a recurring character in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016-2025), played by bi actress Amybeth McNulty. She is introduced during the fourth season as a student at Hawkins High and a member of the school marching band, making her debut on screen in Season 1, Episode 1, “The Hellfire Club”. Initially introduced as a background character, Vickie gradually plays a more significant role through her interactions with Robin Buckley, marking her as one of the few characters in the series whose bisexuality is established through canon relationships.
Vickie receives increased focus in Season 4, Episode 6, “The Dive,” during band practice scenes at Hawkins High. She is depicted as confident, outgoing, and socially at ease, serving as a sharp contrast to Robin’s anxious and self-conscious demeanor. Robin’s attraction to Vickie is portrayed through lingering looks, awkward attempts at conversation, and visible nervousness. During this period, Vickie is shown to be in a relationship with a boyfriend, a detail that later becomes significant in establishing her bisexuality through her romantic history.
The series confirms Vickie’s bisexuality through implication rather than on-screen exposition. Although Vickie never verbally comes out or mentions her sexuality, her transition from a relationship with a male partner in Season 4 to a romantic relationship with Robin in Season 5 places her clearly within bi representation.
By the start of Season 5, Vickie and Robin are established as a couple, with their relationship already underway following a year-and-a-half time jump at the start of the season. Their romance is treated as an existing dynamic rather than a developing storyline. In Season 5, Episode 3, “The Turnbow Trap,” Robin and Vickie share a kiss in a hospital room after Robin tells Vickie that she will take her on a proper date to Enzo’s, a moment that is accidentally seen by Will Byers through a partially open door. The moment is brief, confirming their relationship while shifting the emotional focus toward Will’s reaction rather than the couple themselves.
Throughout Season 5, Vickie appears intermittently alongside Robin across multiple episodes, though she remains sidelined to the season’s central “Upside-Down” dilemma. Her role continues to be closely tied to Robin’s arc, with little independent exploration of her personal life or perspective. While her bisexuality remains canon via her relationship history — including her earlier boyfriend in Season 4 and her relationship with Robin in Season 5 — it is not thematically explored in depth, nor is it given any more context within the social climate of 1980s Hawkins.
The series finale, Season 5, Episode 8, does not prominently feature Vickie, and she is absent from the final epilogue. A line of dialogue from Robin referencing romantic strain and “relationships that don’t survive the end of the world” suggests that the relationship may have ended, though this is neither shown nor confirmed on screen. As with much of Vickie’s arc, her narrative ending is implied rather than depicted.
Vickie’s role in Stranger Things ultimately reflects a form of bi representation that is present and canon but restrained. Her relationships across Seasons 4 and 5, first with a male partner and later with Robin, establish her bisexuality clearly through action rather than exposition. However, the series affords her limited character development beyond this, leaving her inner life, emotional stakes, and long-term arc unexplored. Vickie stands as a bi character whose existence is validated within the context, but whose story remains sidelined to the series’ broader conclusions.