Stranger Things may be one of Netflix’s hottest shows, and Eleven one of TV’s most beloved and popular characters of the moment, but people forget she wasn’t the first pop culture figure who happened to be a girl with mysterious telekinetic powers.
A tweeter with the handle @djrocklee recently asked who would win in a face-off between Matilda – the titular figure of the 1996 film based on Roald Dahl’s book – and Eleven, and the responses have been pretty divisive and very passionate.
Even Mara Wilson, the actress who plays Matilda, has sounded off – although her resolution is somewhat idealistic.
Who would win? Matilda vs Eleven. pic.twitter.com/DhQYoMzHr5
— 🤴ðŸÂÂÂ?¾Most Hon. DaddyLongStroke IIIðŸ' (@_djrocklee) December 7, 2017
Eleven can't even lift a piece of paper without her nose bleeding and passing out. Matilda would drag her. https://t.co/7AIsuBjSL5
— Marcuss (@DrugsMedia) December 9, 2017
Eleven has the neck snapping mastered AND fought a monster from a whole other dimension. And did yall forget she closed a whole portal? BY HERSELF. "MaTiLdA mAdE KiDs fLy" EL SAVED FIN WHEN HE JUMPED OFF A CLIFF. Matilda feeds herself with her eyes and steals chocolate. El Wins. https://t.co/QaEceBIfHt
— canelacurls😼 (@ch33rio_) December 10, 2017
Matilda did party tricks, Eleven snapped necks and made a kid pee hisself. Don’t let nostalgia fool you, Matilda wants ZERO PROBLEMS big fella https://t.co/e9HPLbgSGw
— Lawrence Williams (@LarryBoy922) December 9, 2017
eleven: i can throw cars and move trains and ive killed dozens of people
matilda: ok relax little miss lab rat do u even know how to spell “dozens”?
eleven: pic.twitter.com/iWWhBQtqVH— morgan (@rightintoplace) December 9, 2017
Let’s get one thing straight, Diane. Matilda defeated the Trunchbull, who would have picked up the Demogorgon by her pigtails and tossed her right to Hell. Therefore Miss Matilda would trounce Miss Eleven and snatch her weave like she snatched Danny Devito’s hair with glue. https://t.co/T24zzYM6TM
— Mike T (@majtague) December 9, 2017
ARE Y'ALL FORGETTING MATILDA WAS 6-1/2 AND EL WAS 12(season 1) AND 13(season 2)!??!!? MATILDA WAS HALF THE AGE AND STILL HAD MORE CONTROL THAN ELEVEN, AND SHE TAUGHT HERSELF! But seriously, if they were both the same age, Matilda would wipe the floor with Eleven.
— Salazar (@Salazar_mod) December 9, 2017
Matilda and Eleven would choose not to fight, and would instead become friends.
— Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) December 9, 2017
*plot twist* Matilda is Elevens mom.
— Jose Arredondo (@SportsGuyJose) December 9, 2017
*plot twist*Eleven is Matilda’s mom.
— Sister Kat♀ (@kathsantana92) December 9, 2017
Double plot twist: all the kids like Eleven and Kali are actually descendants from Matilda and that’s how Hawkins labs finds them. By tracing their bloodline and finding out if they’ve got the gene
— please do try to tell me more about MY religion (@queenb2407) December 10, 2017
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