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* BulletProofVest: Grigori has one which helps him survive being shot by Hopper at the funhouse.

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* BulletProofVest: Grigori has one which that helps him survive being shot by Hopper at the funhouse.



* FailedASpotCheck: The Party don't notice a piece of the Mind Flayer having been left behind in the store they patch Eleven up in. Billy finds it and confirms that's where they last were. Justified, as it blended in with the blood from her wound, and they were hyper focused on getting Eleven healed, and also happened upon a potential solution to the Mind Flayer.

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* FailedASpotCheck: The Party don't doesn't notice a piece of the Mind Flayer having been left behind in the store they patch Eleven up in. Billy finds it and confirms that's where they last were. Justified, as it blended in with the blood from her wound, and they were hyper focused hyper-focused on getting Eleven healed, and also happened upon a potential solution to the Mind Flayer.



* OhCrap: Dustin and his friends have a collective reaction like this when they see a Soviet agent in the crowd filing out of the mall, before he spots them and goes after them.

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* OhCrap: Dustin and his friends have a collective reaction like this when they see a Soviet agent in the crowd filing out of the mall, mall before he spots them and goes after them.

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* AnkleDrag: The Mind Flayer monster does this to Eleven.

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* AnkleDrag: The Mind Flayer monster does this to Eleven.Eleven, latching onto her leg with a tentacle from its mouth. It takes multiple shotgun blasts from Nancy, then Lucas chopping it with an axe, to free her.
* AssholeVictim: Joyce decides to punch a guy in the jaw, then kick him in the balls. Her target? Mayor Kline, resident sleazy asshole in charge of Hawkins.



* CassandraTruth: While the rest of the Wheelers are at the top of the Ferris Wheel watching the fireworks, Holly notices the trees moving but her mom urges her to stop focusing on the trees.

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* CassandraTruth: While the rest of the Wheelers are at the top of the Ferris Wheel watching the fireworks, Holly notices the trees moving but her mom urges her to stop focusing on the trees. Turns out, that's because the Mind Flayer's avatar is smashing its way through the trees.



* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Grigori kills Alexei in the middle of a crowd, and manages to disappear like he was never there. Justified, as he had a silencer on his gun, plus he timed it with a popping saloon, so even with the noise, it wasn't loud enough to be immediately detected.



* GroinAttack: Joyce does this to Mayor Kline.

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* FailedASpotCheck: The Party don't notice a piece of the Mind Flayer having been left behind in the store they patch Eleven up in. Billy finds it and confirms that's where they last were. Justified, as it blended in with the blood from her wound, and they were hyper focused on getting Eleven healed, and also happened upon a potential solution to the Mind Flayer.
* GroinAttack: Joyce does this to Mayor Kline.Kline, after punching him in the jaw.
* {{Gorn}}: A particular moment during the Mind Flayer's attack. Eleven uses her psychic powers to literally rip its head in half vertically, giving her and her friends an opening to escape. It's very gruesome.



* IncompatibleOrientation: Steve is straight and attracted to Robin. Robin, however, turns out to be lesbian and only considers him a friend.

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* ImpededCommunication: Dustin tries to tell the rest of the party that the Russians are in Hawkins. Unfortunately, the low battery on his walkie-talkie garbles the transmission so much that Mike can't understand him.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Steve is straight and attracted to Robin. Robin, however, turns out to be lesbian and only considers him a friend. Luckily Steve's totally fine with it, only playfully roasting her on her choice of crush.
* InterestingSituationDuel: Hopper ends up facing off against Vasilev, and later Grigori, in the fun house, using the implements inside to his advantage.
* InternalReveal: The Party reunites and trades info on what they've discovered so far.



* LockAndLoadMontage: A montage shows the kids preparing weapons and blocking entrances to Hopper's cabin in anticipation of a Mind Flayer attack.

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* LockAndLoadMontage: A montage shows the kids preparing weapons and blocking entrances to Hopper's cabin in anticipation of a Mind Flayer attack. The latter doesn't work, as it sends tentacles to smash through the windows, then bursts through the ceiling.
* MushroomSamba: Steve and Robin are still in the middle of one in this episode, best exemplified when they take a moment outside the theater to look at the distorted ceiling of the mall... then rush into the bathroom to puke their guts out.
* OhCrap: Dustin and his friends have a collective reaction like this when they see a Soviet agent in the crowd filing out of the mall, before he spots them and goes after them.



* SkewedPriorities: While trying to hide from the Russians, Steve and Robin insist on watching ''Back to the Future'' in the theater, despite that being nowhere near as important as escaping with their lives. Justified, as they're still loopy from the TruthSerum.
** Lucas empties his backpack of random bits and bobs when trying to offer something to help with Eleven's leg wound. When told to get a washcloth and bowl, he and Will happen upon a fireworks stand and immediately get distracted. Eventually subverted, as it turns out that a powerful firework is a major help against the Mind Flayer.



* TroubledFetalPosition: Robin momentarily adopts one when she gears up to confess she's a lesbian to Steve. She's silent for long enough that Steve has to ask if she's okay.



* VomitDiscretionShot: Played with. When Steve and Robin run to the bathroom to puke their guts out, the scene is shown from above so the bulk of the vomit is hidden... except for the bits that miss the bowl and get smeared all over the toilet seats.

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* VomitDiscretionShot: Played with. When Steve and Robin run to the bathroom to puke their guts out, the scene is shown from above so the bulk of the vomit is hidden... except for the bits that miss the bowl and get smeared all over the toilet seats. There's also the moment before they flush it away where it's seen unobstructed.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Dustin calling the rest of the Party over the radio from the projection booth for ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' lets the dramatic moment use ''Back to the Future'''s bombastic score at exactly the right moment.

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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Dustin calling the rest of the Party over the radio from the projection booth for ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' lets the dramatic moment use ''Back to the Future'''s bombastic score at exactly the right moment.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One can probably chalk this up to the drugs, but Steve has a particularly hard time wrapping his head around the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One can probably chalk this up to the drugs, but Steve has a particularly hard time wrapping his head around the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.
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Corrected 'fare' to 'fair'


* CacophonyCoverUp: Grigori shoots Alexei with a silenced gun while a balloon bursts at the fare so no one ever heard the shot.

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* CacophonyCoverUp: Grigori shoots Alexei with a silenced gun while a balloon bursts at the fare fair so no one ever heard the shot.
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* CarFu: Eleven saves Dustin's group by flinging a display car in the Mall courtyard at the Russian {{Mooks}} threatening them.
* CassandraTruth: While the rest of the Wheelers are at the top of the Ferris Wheel watching the fireworks, Holly notices the trees moving but her Mom urges her to stop focusing on the trees.
* ComingOutStory: As they're coming down from the drugs they'd been injected with, Robin asks Steve if he's ever been in love, and after talking about Nancy, he admits that even though they've been bickering all summer long, he likes her and is interested in her romantically. Robin's realisation that he's talking about her makes her curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, and her actually coming out to Steve is tinged with how obviously terrified she is of how he'll react. Notably, even though this was the mid-'80s and homophobia was at high levels due to the AIDS scare, Steve doesn't treat her any differently after figuring it out; while he does seem a bit let down that she's not interested, he quickly gets over it to tease her about her crush on Tammy Thompson, assuring her he doesn't have a problem with her and still wants to be her friend.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: You can probably chalk this one up to the drugs, but Steve has a particularly hard time wrapping his head around the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
-->'''Steve''': (pauses his water fountain drinking) Wait, wait, the hot chick was [[Series/FamilyTies Alex P. Keaton]]'s mom?
-->'''Robin''': Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
-->'''Steve''': But they're the same age. (resumes drinking)
-->'''Robin''': No, but... he went back in time.
-->'''Steve''': (chokes down a mouthful of water; practically infuriated) ''Then why is it called "Back to the '''Future'''"?''
-->'''Robin''': He has to ''go'' [[TitleDrop back to the future]] because... [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble he's in the past, so the future is actually the present, which is his time.]]
-->'''Steve''': ... ... ...w-what?

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* CarFu: Eleven saves Dustin's group by flinging a display car in the Mall mall courtyard at the Russian {{Mooks}} {{mooks}} threatening them.
* CassandraTruth: While the rest of the Wheelers are at the top of the Ferris Wheel watching the fireworks, Holly notices the trees moving but her Mom mom urges her to stop focusing on the trees.
* ComingOutStory: As they're coming down from the drugs they'd been they were injected with, Robin asks Steve if he's ever been in love, and after talking about Nancy, he admits that even though they've been bickering all summer long, he likes her and is interested in her romantically. Robin's realisation that he's talking about her makes her curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, and her actually coming out to Steve is tinged with how obviously terrified she is of how he'll react. Notably, even though this was is the mid-'80s and homophobia was is at high levels due to the AIDS scare, Steve doesn't treat her any differently after figuring it out; while though he does seem a bit let down that she's not interested, he quickly gets over it to tease her about her crush on Tammy Thompson, assuring her he doesn't have a problem with her and still wants to be her friend.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: You One can probably chalk this one up to the drugs, but Steve has a particularly hard time wrapping his head around the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
-->'''Steve''': (pauses his water fountain drinking) Wait, wait, the hot chick was [[Series/FamilyTies Alex P. Keaton]]'s mom?
-->'''Robin''':
mom?\\
'''Robin''':
Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
-->'''Steve''':
sure.\\
'''Steve''':
But they're the same age. (resumes drinking)
-->'''Robin''':
drinking)\\
'''Robin''':
No, but... he went back in time.
-->'''Steve''':
time.\\
'''Steve''':
(chokes down a mouthful of water; practically infuriated) ''Then why is it called "Back to the '''Future'''"?''
-->'''Robin''':
'''Future'''"?''\\
'''Robin''':
He has to ''go'' [[TitleDrop back to the future]] because... [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble he's in the past, so the future is actually the present, which is his time.]]
-->'''Steve''': ...
]]\\
'''Steve''': ...
... ...w-what?



** It probably says something that even Ted and Karen Wheeler can see something going on with Hopper and Joyce, and they're so oblivious that they failed to realize their son hid his girlfriend in their basement for nearly a week, and only found out because they were told by the GovernmentConspiracy hunting her when she EscapedFromTheLab.

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** It probably says something that even Ted and Karen Wheeler can see something going on with Hopper and Joyce, and when they're so oblivious that they failed to realize their son hid his girlfriend in their basement for nearly a week, and only found out because they were told by the GovernmentConspiracy hunting her when she EscapedFromTheLab.



* IncompatibleOrientation: Steve is straight and attracted to Robin. Robin, however, turns out to be a lesbian and only considers him a friend.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: Steve is straight and attracted to Robin. Robin, however, turns out to be a lesbian and only considers him a friend.



* PresentDayPast: On the shelves of the grocery store is a sea of retro cereal boxes... and a singular box of modern day Millville Gluten-Free Cocoa Rice.

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* PresentDayPast: On the shelves of the grocery store is are a sea of retro cereal boxes... and a singular box of modern day modern-day Millville Gluten-Free Cocoa Rice.



* RecycledSoundtrack: For the ''Back To The Future'' scene mentioned above, the ST producers actually got the rights to use the BTTF score.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: For the ''Back To The to the Future'' scene mentioned above, the ST ''Stranger Things'' producers actually got the rights to use the BTTF [=BttF=] score.



* TemptingFate: Max ridicules Lucas' idea of assembling explosives because they have Eleven. Given the events of the next episode, it's a ''damn'' good thing he didn't listen to her.

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* TemptingFate: Max ridicules Lucas' idea of assembling explosives because they have Eleven. Given the events of the next episode, it's a ''damn'' good thing he didn't doesn't listen to her.
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* PresentDayPast: On the shelves of the grocery store is a sea of retro cereal boxes... and a singular box of modern day Millville Gluten-Free Cocoa Rice.
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* ComingOutStory: As they're coming down from the drugs they'd been injected with, Robin asks Steve if he's ever been in love, and after talking about Nancy, he admits that even though they've been bickering all summer long, he likes her and is interested in her romantically. Robin's realisation that he's talking about her makes her curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, and her actually coming out to Steve is tinged with how obviously terrified she is of how he'll react. Notably, even though this was the mid-'80s and homophobia was at high levels due to the AIDS scare, Steve doesn't treat her any differently after figuring it out; while he does seem a bit let down that she's not interested, though he quickly gets over it to tease her about her crush on Tammy Thompson, assuring her he doesn't have a problem with her and still wants to be her friend.

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* ComingOutStory: As they're coming down from the drugs they'd been injected with, Robin asks Steve if he's ever been in love, and after talking about Nancy, he admits that even though they've been bickering all summer long, he likes her and is interested in her romantically. Robin's realisation that he's talking about her makes her curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, and her actually coming out to Steve is tinged with how obviously terrified she is of how he'll react. Notably, even though this was the mid-'80s and homophobia was at high levels due to the AIDS scare, Steve doesn't treat her any differently after figuring it out; while he does seem a bit let down that she's not interested, though interested, he quickly gets over it to tease her about her crush on Tammy Thompson, assuring her he doesn't have a problem with her and still wants to be her friend.
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* ComingOutStory: As they're coming down from the drugs they'd been injected with, Robin asks Steve if he's ever been in love, and after talking about Nancy, he admits that even though they've been bickering all summer long, he likes her and is interested in her romantically. Robin's realisation that he's talking about her makes her curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, and her actually coming out to Steve is tinged with how obviously terrified she is of how he'll react. Notably, even though this was the mid-'80s and homophobia was at high levels due to the AIDS scare, Steve doesn't treat her any differently after figuring it out, though he does seem a bit let down that she's not interested, though he quickly gets over it to tease her about her crush on Tammy Thompson, assuring her he doesn't have a problem with her and still wants to be her friend.

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* ComingOutStory: As they're coming down from the drugs they'd been injected with, Robin asks Steve if he's ever been in love, and after talking about Nancy, he admits that even though they've been bickering all summer long, he likes her and is interested in her romantically. Robin's realisation that he's talking about her makes her curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, and her actually coming out to Steve is tinged with how obviously terrified she is of how he'll react. Notably, even though this was the mid-'80s and homophobia was at high levels due to the AIDS scare, Steve doesn't treat her any differently after figuring it out, though out; while he does seem a bit let down that she's not interested, though he quickly gets over it to tease her about her crush on Tammy Thompson, assuring her he doesn't have a problem with her and still wants to be her friend.
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* ParentalObliviousness: Hopper and Joyce just find out how useless Ted and Karen can be.

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* ParentalObliviousness: Hopper and Joyce just find out just how useless Ted and Karen can be.
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* CacophonyCoverUp: Grigori shoots Alexei with a silenced gun while a balloon bursts at the fare so no-one ever heard the shot.

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* CacophonyCoverUp: Grigori shoots Alexei with a silenced gun while a balloon bursts at the fare so no-one no one ever heard the shot.



* CassandraTruth: While the rest of the Wheelers are at the top of the Ferris Wheel watching the fireworks, Holly notices the trees moving but her Mom urges to stop focusing on the trees.

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* CassandraTruth: While the rest of the Wheelers are at the top of the Ferris Wheel watching the fireworks, Holly notices the trees moving but her Mom urges her to stop focusing on the trees.



* TemptingFate: Max ridicule's Lucas' idea of assembling explosives because they have Eleven. Given the events of the next episode, it's a ''damn'' good thing he didn't listen to her.

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* TemptingFate: Max ridicule's ridicules Lucas' idea of assembling explosives because they have Eleven. Given the events of the next episode, it's a ''damn'' good thing he didn't listen to her.



* VomitDiscretionShot: Played with. When Steve an Robin run to the bathroom to puke their guts out, the scene is shown from above so the bulk of the vomit is hidden... except for the bits that miss the bowl and get smeared all over the toilet seats.

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* VomitDiscretionShot: Played with. When Steve an and Robin run to the bathroom to puke their guts out, the scene is shown from above so the bulk of the vomit is hidden... except for the bits that miss the bowl and get smeared all over the toilet seats.
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* TemptingFate: Max ridicule's Lucas' idea of assembling explosives because they have Eleven. Given the events of the next episode, it's a ''damn'' good thing he didn't listen to her.
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-->'''Robin''': He has to ''go'' [[TitleDrop back to the future]] because... he's in the past, so the future is actually the present, which is his time.

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-->'''Robin''': He has to ''go'' [[TitleDrop back to the future]] because... [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble he's in the past, so the future is actually the present, which is his time.]]
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Fixed a typo (Hopper instead of Hooper)


* BottomlessMagazines: Unless Nancy was using [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII the Escalation basic training]], her using Hooper's shotgun was holding a lot more ammo than it was using against the Mind Flayer's Avatar.

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* BottomlessMagazines: Unless Nancy was using [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII the Escalation basic training]], her using Hooper's Hopper's shotgun was holding a lot more ammo than it was using against the Mind Flayer's Avatar.

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I always read them as being back together after The Flayed.


* CompletelyMissingThePoint: You can probably chalk this one up to the drugs, but Steve has a particularly hard time wrapping his head around the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint: You can probably chalk this one up to the drugs, but Steve has a particularly hard time wrapping his head around the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.



* JerkassRealization: Mike has one regarding how possessive he's been of Eleven. They probably would have gotten back together right then if it wasn't for Dustin's code red.

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* JerkassRealization: Mike has one regarding how possessive he's been of Eleven. They probably would have gotten back together right then if it wasn't for Dustin's code red.



* TrashTheSet: Hopper's cabin gets wrecked by the Mind Flayer monster.

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* TrashTheSet: Hopper's cabin gets wrecked by the Mind Flayer Flayer's monster.
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* PlotDrivenBreakdown: The battery of Dustin's radio goes flat, which makes it harder to communicate with Mike.

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* PlotDrivenBreakdown: TheRadioDiesFirst: The battery of Dustin's radio goes flat, which makes it harder to communicate with Mike.
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moved to next episode


* KillItWithFire: A visually spectacular version when the gang uses a cart full of fireworks to attack the Mind Flayer's earthly form.
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* KillItWithFire: A visually spectacular version when the gang uses a cart full of fireworks to attack the Mind Flayer's earthly form.

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