History Characters / StrangerThingsSupportingCast

* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Subverted and deconstructed. In an age where teens were allowed to be more free-range, going missing even when you are a white young woman doesn't get the authorities all that bothered, especially after only a couple of days of it.

[[Characters/StrangerThingsMainCast Main Cast]] ([[Characters/StrangerThingsSteveHarrington Steve Harrington]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsRobinBuckley Robin Buckley]]) | [[Characters/StrangerThingsTheParty The Party]] ([[Characters/StrangerThingsEleven Eleven]]) | '''Supporting Cast''' | [[Characters/StrangerThingsHawkins Hawkins]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsHawkinsNationalLaboratory Hawkins National Laboratory]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsTheUpsideDown The Upside Down]] ([[Characters/StrangerThingsTheMindFlayer The Mind Flayer]] | [[Characters/StrangerThingsVecna Vecna]]) | [[Characters/StrangerThingsOutsiders Outsiders]]-]]]]]

* TrueBlueFemininity: She is a classic "Good girl" who's childhood portraits on her parents' sideboard feature her wearing a blue sundress and bolero sweater. She's last seen alive sporting a dark turquoise jacket.

* LipstickAndLoadMontage: As seen in Season 3’s opener, where prior to meeting up with Billy for some fun at a local motel, we see her at her dressing table applying some very vampish makeup and teasing her hair out — all whilst "Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew sets the mood.

* ParentalObliviousness: Doesn't realize that Mike is hiding Eleven in their basement, and ascribes any of his odd behavior solely to missing Will. By the time of episode seven of season three, she’s lost complete track of two of her kids, guessing they’re probably off with friends and justifying her lack of knowledge as “it’s summer!”.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: In the episode “The Body,” he asks Karen if he should comfort Mike about Will’s apparent death.

* ForegoneConclusion: We as the audience know for a fact that [[spoiler: Barb was murdered by the Demogorgon less than five minutes after it abducted her,]] but Nancy and subsequently nobody else knows what has happened to her. When [[spoiler: her ultimate fate is revealed in Episode 7 "The Bathtub", foregone conclusion it may be, but seeing her mutilated corpse is gut wrenching and heartbreaking at the same time, especially at the thought that an innocent girl had died so horrifically.]][[spoiler:This assumption ends up not being so foregone to a degree, as Season 4 implies Vecna may have had a hand in Barb’s death as well.]]

* GoodParents: Involved, loving, and expecting their children to behave well. Compared to the Byers and the Wheelers, they’re presented as a more stable, functional family.
* HappilyMarried: In contrast to most of the parents on the show, they’re presented as a loving couple who are affectionate with one another.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: She is one of the main characters of “Suspicious Minds”. It focuses on her backstory and her time with Dr. Brenner and her relationship with [[spoiler: Eleven’s biological father.]]

* DadTheVeteran: Hers and Becky’s father and [[spoiler: Eleven’s biological grandfather]] was a World War Two veteran who was involved in liberating a Nazi concentration camp. He suffered PTSD and nightmares from it.

* DadTheVeteran: Hers and Terry’s father was a World War Two veteran who liberated a Nazi concentration camp. He had nightmares and PTSD from it.

** It’s more downplayed, but he’s not the greatest stepdad to Max in ''Runaway Max'' either, calling her a stupid little girl for trying to help Billy, as well as trying to take her dad’s place as father, regardless of how Max feels about him, or her real father.

* ParentalNeglect: She and Neil are on vacation for most of Season 2, only appearing come episode 8, which means she left her daughter in Billy’s care for a whole ''week.'' Also, whilst she’s clearly bothered by Neil's abuse of Billy, she voices only weak concern.

* WholeCostumeReference: Her baggy black outfit, messy hair, and goth makeup is a sweet nod to Allison Reynolds, the kooky “weird girl” from 80s teen classic ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.