--- title: MTV Movie Awards 2017: Get Out and Stranger Things Skit description: MTV Movie Awards host Adam Devine makes a convincing case that Get Out's Sunken Place and Stranger Thing's Upside Down are the same place. canonical: https://time.com/4770546/get-out-stranger-things-parody/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-08T15:27:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:24.979Z og:title: Stranger Things and Get Out Merged at the MTV Movie Awards og:description: Barb returns in Adam Devine's convincing case at the MTV Movie Awards og:url: https://time.com/4770546/get-out-stranger-things-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc7efd0539d3cf23/6988cc56ab6d7744d86ae01e/stanger-things-get-out-mashup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Netflix FYSEE Kick-Off Event - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stranger Things and Get Out Merged at the MTV Movie Awards twitter:description: Barb returns in Adam Devine's convincing case at the MTV Movie Awards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc7efd0539d3cf23/6988cc56ab6d7744d86ae01e/stanger-things-get-out-mashup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Hilarious Skit Shows That Get Out's Sunken Place and the Stranger Things' Upside Down Are Basically the Same Place > Sponsored content. 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Brown—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2017 3:27 PM UTC During the [2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards](http://time.com/4770417/emma-watson-mtv-movie-awards/) on Sunday night, host [Adam Devine](http://time.com/4517967/vice-president-joe-biden-and-adam-devine-crashed-a-college-party-for-an-important-mission/) made a compelling case that connects two of the most popular entertainment moments of the past year: the thriller film [_Get Out_](http://time.com/4680563/get-out-movie-review/) and science fiction series [_Stranger Things_](http://time.com/4770216/stranger-things-millie-bobby-brown-mtv/). In a hilarious skit, Devine gets hypnotized in true _Get Out_ style by star [Allison Williams](http://time.com/4698007/samuel-l-jackson-allison-williams-girls/) tapping a tea cup with a spoon, sending him into the Sunken Place. However, once Devine arrives at the Sunken Place, it appears to be the Upside Down from _Stranger Things_, complete with a grown-up Barb (played by Devine’s _Workaholics_ co-star Jillian Bell) who’s now in a relationship with the fearful Demogorgon. Barb then lets Devine know that the Upside Down is actually one level below the Sunken Place. Also on hand to greet Devine in the Upside Down? Trey Songz who channels Lucas and Aubrey Plaza, who makes a convincingly creepy Eleven, as well as Anders Holm and Hannibal Buress, who help to send Devine back to the his hosting duties. 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