--- title: Internet Tackles Stranger Things Neverending Story Challenge description: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and original Neverending Story cast are having fun canonical: https://time.com/5626543/stranger-things-3-neverending-story-challenge/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-16T15:14:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:34:00.000Z og:title: Internet Tackles Stranger Things Neverending Story Challenge og:description: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and original Neverending Story cast are having fun og:url: https://time.com/5626543/stranger-things-3-neverending-story-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5109409bc71338fe/6989feef8fd2ee6b7935fade/stranger-things-season-3-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: PHOTOS: Stranger Things 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Tackles Stranger Things Neverending Story Challenge twitter:description: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and original Neverending Story cast are having fun twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5109409bc71338fe/6989feef8fd2ee6b7935fade/stranger-things-season-3-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone and Their Mother Are Participating in the Endlessly Catchy _Stranger Things_ Neverending Story Challenge by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:34 PM UTCPublished: Jul 16, 2019 3:14 PM UTC  The kids of Stranger Things Season 3 The kids of Stranger Things Season 3Netflix by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:34 PM UTCPublished: Jul 16, 2019 3:14 PM UTC Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon are supposed to be rivals battling it out over late night talk show ratings, but something has united them—The[ _Stranger Things_](https://time.com/4466097/stranger-things-jean-ralphio-steve-james-corden/)_\-Neverending Story Challenge_. It’s not too much of a [_Stranger Things 3_ ](http://time.com/4380827/winona-ryder-stranger-things-johnny-depp/)spoiler to say that at one point the theme song to the 1980s cult classic film_The Neverending Story_ serves as a humorous and semi-critical plot point when it is sung by Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo). In the wake of the Netflix show’s release, star Millie Bobby Brown dropped her #NeverEndingChallenge on Instagram, asking fans to join in the fun by showing off their dance moves. On Monday night, Colbert and Fallon took up the gauntlet, recreating the moment to mark the return of both _The Tonight Show_ and _The Late Show_ after their summer breaks. The late night hosts pay faithful tribute to both the original track, performed in the film by British singer Limahl, and [_The Stranger Things_](https://time.com/5049857/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-natalia-dyer-dating-in-real-life-internet-reactions/?xid=homepage) rendition. They weren’t the only ones to take Brown up on the challenge, though. One member of _The Neverending Story_’s original cast also played along. Tami Stronach, who played the Childlike Empress in the 1984 film, posted her take on the challenge on Instagram. In the video, Stronach and her dog and two kids perform a routine to the tune, filling the hearts of ’80s kids and new fans everywhere. Here’s how other fans have been getting in on the fun: > [](https://twitter.com/Stranger%5FThings/status/1149049476893564928) > [](https://twitter.com/kerenswan/status/1149124350269898752) > [](https://twitter.com/Madelin15552022/status/1149338374567866369) > [](https://twitter.com/MrSamMac/status/1150296499395235840) > [](https://twitter.com/DialNforNicole/status/1149060789447397376) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5626543/stranger-things-3-neverending-story-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5626543/stranger-things-3-neverending-story-challenge/"},"headline":"Everyone and Their Mother Are Participating in the Endlessly Catchy Stranger Things Neverending Story Challenge","datePublished":"2019-07-16T15:14:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T22:34:00.000Z","description":"Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and original Neverending Story cast are having fun","url":"https://time.com/5626543/stranger-things-3-neverending-story-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Netflix","Internet","viral","Stranger Things","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5109409bc71338fe/6989feef8fd2ee6b7935fade/stranger-things-season-3-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5109409bc71338fe/6989feef8fd2ee6b7935fade/stranger-things-season-3-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PHOTOS: Stranger Things 3","caption":"Let's discuss answers to questions about Stranger Things 3","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5626543/stranger-things-3-neverending-story-challenge/","name":"Everyone and Their Mother Are Participating in the Endlessly Catchy Stranger Things Neverending Story Challenge"}}]}] ```