In addition to Bob Newby’s death appearing the most on a “Stranger Things” subreddit thread about the saddest deaths, the character was also consistently mentioned on a r/AskReddit thread discussing the most emotional deaths of any media. Redditor u/princessdirtybunnyy shared, “Bob’s death in ‘Stranger Things’ absolutely gutted me.” Fan u/LinzAni21 took things a step further by observing, “Bob Newby in ‘Stranger Things.’ I refused to keep watching after that, I was so upset.”

On the show’s subreddit, the love for Bob Newby was also in plain sight. u/Puzzleheaded-Cold-33 stated how they missed the character even in the very first season, in which he did not appear. The impression he left throughout the second season was enough to garner him hero status in their eyes. But Joyce’s (Winona Ryder) love interest in the second season was not the only passing that viewers highlighted. Two deaths in Season 3 also scored high marks.