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* Speaking of horror video games, the show has been noted by many to be [[https://i.imgur.com/Iyun239.jpg very]] [[https://preview.redd.it/zw4ac17s6wa31.jpg?auto=webp&s=1af1de2e38239d108fc77fe08c771a33ea4e4ae7 similar]] to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' right down to the hero cops, mad scientists, govermeant conspiracys, bio-augmentation and monster outbreaks going on in a small town. The fact that the actual [[Series/ResidentEvil2022 TV adaptation]] of ''[=RE=]'' came out around the same time and according to some had less in common with the games than ''Stranger Things'' did was a big source of {{irony}} for fans.
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* Speaking of horror video games, the show has been noted by many to be [[https://i.imgur.com/Iyun239.jpg very]] [[https://preview.redd.it/zw4ac17s6wa31.jpg?auto=webp&s=1af1de2e38239d108fc77fe08c771a33ea4e4ae7 similar]] to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' right down to the hero cops, mad scientists, govermeant conspiracys, conspiracies, bio-augmentation and monster outbreaks going on in a small town. The fact that the actual [[Series/ResidentEvil2022 TV adaptation]] of ''[=RE=]'' came out around the same time and according to some had less in common with the games than ''Stranger Things'' did was a big source of {{irony}} for fans.
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* To WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko, but set in the 80s before the internet is invented. The protagonists consist of a girl with mysterious powers and DarkAndTroubledPast tied to an organization and another reality (Aelita/Eleven), the boy who likes her and is their group's NonActionGuy leader (Jérémie/Mike), a DeadpanSnarker StalkerWithACrush who doubles as their BigGuy (Ulric/Lucas), his happy-go-lucky partner in crime (Odd/Dustin), and the ActionGirl Tomboy who is the Big Guy's love interest (Yumi/Max). Both shows even had their respective [[BigBad antagonists]] residing in an alternate reality that possess rats and humans as proxy bodies to attack the protagonists.
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* To WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko, but set in the 80s before the internet is invented. The protagonists consist of a girl with mysterious powers and DarkAndTroubledPast tied to an organization and another reality (Aelita/Eleven), the boy who likes her and is their group's NonActionGuy leader (Jérémie/Mike), a DeadpanSnarker StalkerWithACrush who doubles as their BigGuy (Ulric/Lucas), his happy-go-lucky partner in crime (Odd/Dustin), and the ActionGirl Tomboy who is the Big Guy's love interest (Yumi/Max). Both shows even had their respective [[BigBad antagonists]] residing in an alternate reality that possess reality, possessing rats and humans as proxy bodies to attack the protagonists.
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* To [[WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko]]. A series where WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko, but set in the 80s before the internet is invented. The protagonists consist of a girl with mysterious powers and DarkAndTragicPast DarkAndTroubledPast tied to an organization and another reality (Aelita/Eleven), the boy who likes her and is their groups group's NonActionGuy group leader (Jérémie/Mike), a DeadpanSnarker StalkerWithACrush who doubles as their BigGuy (Ulric/Lucas), his happy-go-lucky partner in crime (Odd/Dustin), and the ActionGirl Tomboy who is the Big Guy's love interest (Yumi/Max). Both shows even had their respective [[BigBads [[BigBad antagonists]] residing in an alternate reality that possess rats and humans.
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* A bunch of kids (particularly, one with psychic abilities) fighting an otherworldly [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] in a [[EverytownAmerica fictional American town]]. Sounds a lot like ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
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''Series/StrangerThings'' can be interpretated as many kinds of {{Spiritual Successor}}s to give it its own page.
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* All things considered, Eleven's storyline is probably the closest we're ever going to come to a live-action adaptation of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' (minus the whole interdimensional monsters thing), with her relationship with Dr. Brenner being very similar to that between Dr. Kakuzawa and Nana, right down to calling Brenner "Papa". Season 4 also gives Brenner a similar redemption arc to Kakuzawa.
* Powers aside, Eleven's background also shares a number of similarities with Comicbook/{{X 23}}, the main difference being their power sets (telepathy and telekinesis, rather than WolverineClaws and a HealingFactor). Millie Bobby Brown even auditioned for the role of Laura in ''Film/{{Logan}}'' shortly before getting this one instead.
* Powers considered, Eleven is extremely similar to [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] with even her troubled father-daughter relationship with Dr. Brenner mirroring Jean and Professor X. In fact a few people of have pointed out Eleven may have of been a big ShoutOut to Jean from the getgo, as in episode 1 before the boys meet El, Will says he'll be getting Dustin's ''X-Men #134'' a issue from ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' which is focused on Jean. In said issue Jean psychically holds Mastermind againist a wall, [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dHdpHo5rWGrdsx-KyBJfAiJLqdM=/0x0:900x600/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:900x600):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6890605/1470335891639.png just like Eleven does to the Demogorgon]] and [[https://i.insider.com/629fe5102253ea0019519a47?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp Henry]].
* [[spoiler:A TownWithADarkSecret is connected to a DarkWorld version of itself that's filled with fog and inhabited by monsters. People can become trapped in this world, and a well-meaning police officer, a parent looking for their child who begins to doubt their own sanity, and a mysterious little girl with psychic powers who inadvertently caused a catastrophe involving the dark world are all key players here. TheConspiracy is looking for the girl in order to further their own goals.]] Did we just describe ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', or ''Stranger Things''?
* Speaking of horror video games, the show has been noted by many to be [[https://i.imgur.com/Iyun239.jpg very]] [[https://preview.redd.it/zw4ac17s6wa31.jpg?auto=webp&s=1af1de2e38239d108fc77fe08c771a33ea4e4ae7 similar]] to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' right down to the hero cops, mad scientists, govermeant conspiracys, bio-augmentation and monster outbreaks going on in a small town. The fact that the actual [[Series/ResidentEvil2022 TV adaptation]] of ''[=RE=]'' came out around the same time and according to some had less in common with the games than ''Stranger Things'' did was a big source of {{irony}} for fans.
* A GovernmentConspiracy rating high on the ScaleOfScientificSins is looking for a PsychicChild who's been subjected to brutal experiments all her life and is key in stopping a potentially world-ending disaster caused by said conspiracy, who continue to study the disaster long after the fact. Sounds like something out of the Website/SCPFoundation. The working title for the series was even Montauk![[note]]In the SCP Foundation universe, one of the items (SCP-231-7, a little girl with some kind of horrific entity growing inside her) needs to be subjected to a procedure known as 110-Montauk in order to prevent the monster from getting out. It's never made clear what 110-Montauk is, but it is heavily implied to be some form of sexual torture.[[/note]]
*** Also, [[spoiler:the Demogorgon is basically a less ([[NonMaliciousMonster actively]]) malicious version of SCP-106]].
* Much of the entire plot above is ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'', the biggest difference is that the protagonist in that is all grown up.
* You could also see it as a license to ''Film/Super8''. People disappear in a small Midwest town. A group of nerdy kids gets involved in something strange, only to find out there's a military conspiracy in the middle of all of it (that does not hesitate to kill to get their way) and get way over their heads, only getting through thanks to their ingenuity and the help of several understanding adults. A girl that is more or less an outcast joins the group, and PuppyLove develops between her and TheLeader of the [[KidHero main characters]], but this causes strife within the group as one of them dislikes said closeness. And one of the driving issues is the disappearance of one of the children.
* The series came about because the studio behind [[Film/It2017 the new adaptation of]] ''{{Literature/IT}}'' passed on the Duffer Brothers' treatment. Similarities between ''IT'' and ''Stranger Things'' include an [[EverytownAmerica American]] [[TownWithADarkSecret small town]] setting, a young boy getting kidnapped by a [[ToServeMan man-eating]] [[EldritchAbomination alien monster]], and a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits gang of outcast children]] banding together to try and stop that monster. This also doubles as a strong case of HilariousInHindsight; given that the 2017 ''IT'' film changes the time period to [[TheEighties the 1980s]], and they just outright lifted one of ''Stranger Thing''[='s=] actors (Creator/FinnWolfhard) to [[TypeCasting play yet another]] [[ActorAllusion middle-school-aged kid confronting a predatory monster]].
* It can also be one for ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn''. Both are horror stories set in a 1980s small town, focus on a romance between a bullied boy and a girl with supernatural abilities, and said boy's bully is a criminally insane sociopath that tries to kill him for a small offense, but is saved by the supernatural girl. However, here, the bully only [[spoiler:got off with a broken arm instead of getting ripped to pieces]]. Added to this, Eli’s cover story that the boys briefly use is that she is from Sweden, the original setting of ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn'', and her nickname differs from that of the book’s female vampire by one letter and syllable. (El vs. Eli, pronounced as "Ellie".)
* Season 3 could very well be one for ''Film/{{Slither}}'', since it involves [[spoiler:an otherworldly entity coming to a small, rural town to brainwash a number of citizens into a zombie hivemind, some of whom develop a [[HorrorHunger ravenous hunger]], while others scout the town for more people to forcefully convert. Not to mention said entity then weaponizes BodyHorror in order to create a new form for itself out of the flesh of its victims.]] If the resemblance isn't strong enough already, there's even a scene where [[spoiler: Eleven has to yank a distinctly slug-like piece of the Mind Flayer out of her leg in order to keep herself from turning into a Flayed.]]
* Season 3 also has many similarities to ''Film/TheThing1982'', a movie whose poster is featured prominently in Mike's basement and is even name dropped by the characters in episode 7. Both feature [[spoiler: an AlienInvasion by an [[TheAssimilator Assimilator]] who takes control of its victim's minds and bodies on the cellular level. Victims behave normally until they are exposed, threatened, or see a chance to create another host. And both The Thing and the Mind Flayer's avatar's final form is a BodyHorror-incarnate BodyOfBodies with CombatTentacles, MoreTeeththantheOsmondFamily, and vaguely spider-like features that the heroes fight with fire and explosives]].
* Key parts of Season 3 involve a replica of a unique creature with [[CombatTentacles extra tentacles the original isn't shown to have]] born from earth and decay around the time of a fireworks festival, the creature seeking out an individual with psychic powers to add to itself among other victims while [[ImplacableMan proving very difficult to even slow down]], the antagonist who helped create the replica [[spoiler:redeeming themselves by getting in the way of the replica at the last moment due to being [[LoveRedeems reminded of love]]]], and the replica creature's [[spoiler:death instigated in part by cutting off its power source]]. Now, did that just describe Stranger Things Season 3, or ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker''?
* A bunch of kids (particularly, one with psychic abilities) fighting an otherworldly [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] in a [[EverytownAmerica fictional American town]]. Sounds a lot like ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
* A badass and a divorced mother of two boys foil Soviet plots and fall in love. Sounds like ''Series/ScarecrowAndMrsKing''.
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* All things considered, Eleven's storyline is probably the closest we're ever going to come to a live-action adaptation of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' (minus the whole interdimensional monsters thing), with her relationship with Dr. Brenner being very similar to that between Dr. Kakuzawa and Nana, right down to calling Brenner "Papa". Season 4 also gives Brenner a similar redemption arc to Kakuzawa.
* Powers aside, Eleven's background also shares a number of similarities with Comicbook/{{X 23}}, the main difference being their power sets (telepathy and telekinesis, rather than WolverineClaws and a HealingFactor). Millie Bobby Brown even auditioned for the role of Laura in ''Film/{{Logan}}'' shortly before getting this one instead.
* Powers considered, Eleven is extremely similar to [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] with even her troubled father-daughter relationship with Dr. Brenner mirroring Jean and Professor X. In fact a few people of have pointed out Eleven may have of been a big ShoutOut to Jean from the getgo, as in episode 1 before the boys meet El, Will says he'll be getting Dustin's ''X-Men #134'' a issue from ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' which is focused on Jean. In said issue Jean psychically holds Mastermind againist a wall, [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dHdpHo5rWGrdsx-KyBJfAiJLqdM=/0x0:900x600/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:900x600):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6890605/1470335891639.png just like Eleven does to the Demogorgon]] and [[https://i.insider.com/629fe5102253ea0019519a47?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp Henry]].
* [[spoiler:A TownWithADarkSecret is connected to a DarkWorld version of itself that's filled with fog and inhabited by monsters. People can become trapped in this world, and a well-meaning police officer, a parent looking for their child who begins to doubt their own sanity, and a mysterious little girl with psychic powers who inadvertently caused a catastrophe involving the dark world are all key players here. TheConspiracy is looking for the girl in order to further their own goals.]] Did we just describe ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', or ''Stranger Things''?
* Speaking of horror video games, the show has been noted by many to be [[https://i.imgur.com/Iyun239.jpg very]] [[https://preview.redd.it/zw4ac17s6wa31.jpg?auto=webp&s=1af1de2e38239d108fc77fe08c771a33ea4e4ae7 similar]] to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' right down to the hero cops, mad scientists, govermeant conspiracys, bio-augmentation and monster outbreaks going on in a small town. The fact that the actual [[Series/ResidentEvil2022 TV adaptation]] of ''[=RE=]'' came out around the same time and according to some had less in common with the games than ''Stranger Things'' did was a big source of {{irony}} for fans.
* A GovernmentConspiracy rating high on the ScaleOfScientificSins is looking for a PsychicChild who's been subjected to brutal experiments all her life and is key in stopping a potentially world-ending disaster caused by said conspiracy, who continue to study the disaster long after the fact. Sounds like something out of the Website/SCPFoundation. The working title for the series was even Montauk![[note]]In the SCP Foundation universe, one of the items (SCP-231-7, a little girl with some kind of horrific entity growing inside her) needs to be subjected to a procedure known as 110-Montauk in order to prevent the monster from getting out. It's never made clear what 110-Montauk is, but it is heavily implied to be some form of sexual torture.[[/note]]
*** Also, [[spoiler:the Demogorgon is basically a less ([[NonMaliciousMonster actively]]) malicious version of SCP-106]].
* Much of the entire plot above is ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'', the biggest difference is that the protagonist in that is all grown up.
* You could also see it as a license to ''Film/Super8''. People disappear in a small Midwest town. A group of nerdy kids gets involved in something strange, only to find out there's a military conspiracy in the middle of all of it (that does not hesitate to kill to get their way) and get way over their heads, only getting through thanks to their ingenuity and the help of several understanding adults. A girl that is more or less an outcast joins the group, and PuppyLove develops between her and TheLeader of the [[KidHero main characters]], but this causes strife within the group as one of them dislikes said closeness. And one of the driving issues is the disappearance of one of the children.
* The series came about because the studio behind [[Film/It2017 the new adaptation of]] ''{{Literature/IT}}'' passed on the Duffer Brothers' treatment. Similarities between ''IT'' and ''Stranger Things'' include an [[EverytownAmerica American]] [[TownWithADarkSecret small town]] setting, a young boy getting kidnapped by a [[ToServeMan man-eating]] [[EldritchAbomination alien monster]], and a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits gang of outcast children]] banding together to try and stop that monster. This also doubles as a strong case of HilariousInHindsight; given that the 2017 ''IT'' film changes the time period to [[TheEighties the 1980s]], and they just outright lifted one of ''Stranger Thing''[='s=] actors (Creator/FinnWolfhard) to [[TypeCasting play yet another]] [[ActorAllusion middle-school-aged kid confronting a predatory monster]].
* It can also be one for ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn''. Both are horror stories set in a 1980s small town, focus on a romance between a bullied boy and a girl with supernatural abilities, and said boy's bully is a criminally insane sociopath that tries to kill him for a small offense, but is saved by the supernatural girl. However, here, the bully only [[spoiler:got off with a broken arm instead of getting ripped to pieces]]. Added to this, Eli’s cover story that the boys briefly use is that she is from Sweden, the original setting of ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn'', and her nickname differs from that of the book’s female vampire by one letter and syllable. (El vs. Eli, pronounced as "Ellie".)
* Season 3 could very well be one for ''Film/{{Slither}}'', since it involves [[spoiler:an otherworldly entity coming to a small, rural town to brainwash a number of citizens into a zombie hivemind, some of whom develop a [[HorrorHunger ravenous hunger]], while others scout the town for more people to forcefully convert. Not to mention said entity then weaponizes BodyHorror in order to create a new form for itself out of the flesh of its victims.]] If the resemblance isn't strong enough already, there's even a scene where [[spoiler: Eleven has to yank a distinctly slug-like piece of the Mind Flayer out of her leg in order to keep herself from turning into a Flayed.]]
* Season 3 also has many similarities to ''Film/TheThing1982'', a movie whose poster is featured prominently in Mike's basement and is even name dropped by the characters in episode 7. Both feature [[spoiler: an AlienInvasion by an [[TheAssimilator Assimilator]] who takes control of its victim's minds and bodies on the cellular level. Victims behave normally until they are exposed, threatened, or see a chance to create another host. And both The Thing and the Mind Flayer's avatar's final form is a BodyHorror-incarnate BodyOfBodies with CombatTentacles, MoreTeeththantheOsmondFamily, and vaguely spider-like features that the heroes fight with fire and explosives]].
* Key parts of Season 3 involve a replica of a unique creature with [[CombatTentacles extra tentacles the original isn't shown to have]] born from earth and decay around the time of a fireworks festival, the creature seeking out an individual with psychic powers to add to itself among other victims while [[ImplacableMan proving very difficult to even slow down]], the antagonist who helped create the replica [[spoiler:redeeming themselves by getting in the way of the replica at the last moment due to being [[LoveRedeems reminded of love]]]], and the replica creature's [[spoiler:death instigated in part by cutting off its power source]]. Now, did that just describe Stranger Things Season 3, or ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker''?
* A bunch of kids (particularly, one with psychic abilities) fighting an otherworldly [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] in a [[EverytownAmerica fictional American town]]. Sounds a lot like ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
* A badass and a divorced mother of two boys foil Soviet plots and fall in love. Sounds like ''Series/ScarecrowAndMrsKing''.
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