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* In "Chapter 2: Trick or Treat, Freak", the four boys dress as the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}, with Mike dressing as Peter Venkman. Creator/FinnWolfhard would later star in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' and ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'' as ''Egon Spengler'''s grandson, Trevor.
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* [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS3E4PhoneHome The episode episode]] of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' that aired a few days after Season 2's release also features a kid befriending a small, cute creature that turns out to be a juvenile form of a dangerous race.
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* In season 2, Will, Mike, Lucas and Dustin dress up as the Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} for Halloween. Come 2021, and Creator/FinnWolfhard (Mike) was cast as Trevor Spengler in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
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* In season 2, Will, Mike, Lucas and Dustin dress up as the Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} for Halloween. Come 2021, and Creator/FinnWolfhard (Mike) was cast as Trevor Spengler in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
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* [[Film/It2017 This wouldn't be the last time]] that Finn Wolfhard fought an EldritchAbomination in the 80's.
** The scene where Mike tries and fails to throw a rock at his bullies becomes this where his character in ''It'' does the same thing, but with better results.
** The boys dressing up as Ghostbusters at the start of Season 2 becomes more meaningful [[Film/GhostbustersAfterlife later on]]. In fact, Finn Wolfhard was afraid that he might not get the part in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' because of this scene, but Jason Reitman cast him anyway.
* Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas were established to be fans of Tolkien in Season 1. In Season 2, Joyce's boyfriend is played by none other than Creator/SeanAstin, who played Samwise Gangee in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films.
** The scene where Mike tries and fails to throw a rock at his bullies becomes this where his character in ''It'' does the same thing, but with better results.
** The boys dressing up as Ghostbusters at the start of Season 2 becomes more meaningful [[Film/GhostbustersAfterlife later on]]. In fact, Finn Wolfhard was afraid that he might not get the part in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' because of this scene, but Jason Reitman cast him anyway.
* Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas were established to be fans of Tolkien in Season 1. In Season 2, Joyce's boyfriend is played by none other than Creator/SeanAstin, who played Samwise Gangee in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films.
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* Some fans have pointed out that the Mind Flayer looks very similar to the female M.U.T.O from the Film/MonsterVerse. Creator/MillieBobbyBrown starred in ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''.
* Creator/FinnWolfhard went on to voice the Player in ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', essentially Mike's Dungeon Master role as a whole character.
* Creator/FinnWolfhard went on to voice the Player in ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', essentially Mike's Dungeon Master role as a whole character.
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* Hopper spends much of the third season fighting a Soviet conspiracy and winds up capturing a Russian scientist named Alexei. Later that year, his actor David Harbor was announced to be playing the Soviet superhero Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian in Marvel's ''[[Film/BlackWidow2021 Black Widow]]''. [[spoiler: There are also hints that Hopper, thought to be dead at the end, might still be alive but trapped in a Soviet gulag. One part of ''Black Widow'' involves the main characters rescuing Harbour's character from a Russian prison that he was sent to after the fall of the USSR; similarly, Season 4 would feature a subplot dedicated to Hopper being rescued from the aforementioned gulag.]]
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* In Season 4, Dr. Brenner admits to Eleven that he wanted to train her and the other children subjects of Hawkins Laboratory for American interests, namely as living weapons against "the commies" in the Soviet Union. Creator/MatthewModine would go on to portray Vannevar Bush in ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', a character who works with the titular character to create ''the'' weapon that America would stockpile against the USSR due to the fear of communism.
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* Joyce's son Jonathan eventually finds himself in a LoveTriangle with Nancy and Steve, which bears a lot of similarities to the love triangle in 1990's ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'', where Creator/WinonaRyder played a girl dating a JerkJock while also being crushed on by a strange boy. One big difference would be the film's JerkJock turning out to be evil, while the one in this series turns out to be [[HeelRealization not so bad]] after all. It's even funnier is that while making ''Scissorhands'', Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp were dating in real life. As it turns out, Natalia Dyer (Nancy) and Charlie Heaton (Jonathan) also began [[RomanceOnTheSet dating in real life after Season 1.]]
* Joe Keery (Steve) played Melchior Gabor in ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' in university, who also initiated underage sex with a brunette girl around his own age. Only this time, Nancy said no and Steve backed down.
* Joe Keery (Steve) played Melchior Gabor in ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' in university, who also initiated underage sex with a brunette girl around his own age. Only this time, Nancy said no and Steve backed down.
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* The similarities between Eleven and ComicBook/{{X 23}} became this after Creator/MillieBobbyBrown revealed she auditioned for the latter role in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', losing out to Creator/DafneKeen. Her not getting it made her available for ''Stranger Things''.
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* A few weeks before Season 2's release, ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' also introduced ArcWords that included "Bitchin'."
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7qb6Y3GJE sketch]] that aired in October 2016 was purportedly a sneak preview of the next season, with appearances by Lucas's family. Lucas's father, played by Kenan Thompson, looks a lot like Lucas's father in Season 2.
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7qb6Y3GJE sketch]] that aired in October 2016 was purportedly a sneak preview of the next season, with appearances by Lucas's family. Lucas's father, played by Kenan Thompson, looks a lot like Lucas's father in Season 2.
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* Joyce's son Jonathan eventually finds himself in a LoveTriangle with Nancy and Steve, which bears a lot of similarities to the love triangle in 1990's ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'', where Creator/WinonaRyder played a girl dating a JerkJock while also being crushed on by a strange boy. One big difference would be the film's JerkJock turning out to be evil, while the one in this series turns out to be [[HeelRealization not so bad]] after all. It's even funnier is that while making ''Scissorhands'', Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp were dating in real life. As it turns out, Natalia Dyer (Nancy) and Charlie Heaton (Jonathan) also began [[RomanceOnTheSet dating in real life after Season 1.]]
* Joe Keery (Steve) played Melchior Gabor in ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' in university, who also initiated underage sex with a brunette girl around his own age. Only this time, Nancy said no and Steve backed down.
* [[Film/It2017 This wouldn't be the last time]] that Finn Wolfhard fought an EldritchAbomination in the 80's.
** The scene where Mike tries and fails to throw a rock at his bullies becomes this where his character in ''It'' does the same thing, but with better results.
** The boys dressing up as Ghostbusters at the start of Season 2 becomes more meaningful [[Film/GhostbustersAfterlife later on]]. In fact, Finn Wolfhard was afraid that he might not get the part in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' because of this scene, but Jason Reitman cast him anyway.
* The similarities between Eleven and ComicBook/{{X 23}} became this after Creator/MillieBobbyBrown revealed she auditioned for the latter role in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', losing out to Creator/DafneKeen. Her not getting it made her available for ''Stranger Things''.
* Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas were established to be fans of Tolkien in Season 1. In Season 2, Joyce's boyfriend is played by none other than Creator/SeanAstin, who played Samwise Gangee in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films.
* A few weeks before Season 2's release, ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' also introduced ArcWords that included "Bitchin'."
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7qb6Y3GJE sketch]] that aired in October 2016 was purportedly a sneak preview of the next season, with appearances by Lucas's family. Lucas's father, played by Kenan Thompson, looks a lot like Lucas's father in Season 2.
* The episode of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' that aired a few days after Season 2's release also features a kid befriending a small, cute creature that turns out to be a juvenile form of a dangerous race.
* Some fans have pointed out that the Mind Flayer looks very similar to the female M.U.T.O from the Film/MonsterVerse. Creator/MillieBobbyBrown starred in ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''.
* Creator/FinnWolfhard went on to voice the Player in ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', essentially Mike's Dungeon Master role as a whole character.
* 2019 now has ''two'' instances where a [[Film/AvengersEndgame major sci-fi franchise]], as directed by [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers two brothers]], [[spoiler:kills off[[note]]Or ''presumably'' kills off, in Hopper's case[[/note]] a beloved character, with their final words being a post-mortem message to their daughters]]. Both of them even utilize the number three in their goodbyes; [[spoiler:Tony says "I love you '''3'''000", while Hopper says "Keep the door open '''three''' inches"]].
* Hopper spends much of the third season fighting a Soviet conspiracy and winds up capturing a Russian scientist named Alexei. Later that year, his actor David Harbor was announced to be playing the Soviet superhero Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian in Marvel's ''[[Film/BlackWidow2021 Black Widow]]''. [[spoiler: There are also hints that Hopper, thought to be dead at the end, might still be alive but trapped in a Soviet gulag. One part of ''Black Widow'' involves the main characters rescuing Harbour's character from a Russian prison that he was sent to after the fall of the USSR; similarly, Season 4 would feature a subplot dedicated to Hopper being rescued from the aforementioned gulag.]]
* Season 4 taking place in 1986 becomes this when, due to an odd circumstance of timing (both projects were heavily delayed by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic), Volume I launched the same day that ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' -- the long-awaited sequel to [[Film/TopGun 1986's biggest film]] -- opened in theaters. The fact that ''Stranger Things'' [[RevivalByCommercialization helped propel]] the 1986 song "Running Up That Hill" into the music charts while ''Top Gun'' dominated the box office led some to joke that they felt like they really were back in 1986.
* When ''Film/FearStreet'' came out, fans already noted the similarities involving the ''Stranger Things'' cast members - Maya Hawke being a DeadpanSnarker who works in mall retail, and Sadie Sink being a FieryRedhead who's a non-conformist. Then Season 4 came out and it ended up featuring several elements from ''Fear Street'' - such as Sadie Sink once again [[spoiler: being signalled for death by a DeadlyNosebleed, other characters trying to protect her from death and her being legally dead and then getting a supernatural RevivalLoophole]]. Superficially, Ziggy in ''Fear Street'' had an alcoholic mother and a DisappearedDad; Season 4 revealed Max's stepfather to have left after [[spoiler: Billy's death]] and her mother was now drinking.
* In Season 4, Dr. Brenner admits to Eleven that he wanted to train her and the other children subjects of Hawkins Laboratory for American interests, namely as living weapons against "the commies" in the Soviet Union. Creator/MatthewModine would go on to portray Vannevar Bush in ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', a character who works with the titular character to create ''the'' weapon that America would stockpile against the USSR due to the fear of communism.
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HilariousInHindsight in this series.
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* Joyce's son Jonathan eventually finds himself in a LoveTriangle with Nancy and Steve, which bears a lot of similarities to the love triangle in 1990's ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'', where Creator/WinonaRyder played a girl dating a JerkJock while also being crushed on by a strange boy. One big difference would be the film's JerkJock turning out to be evil, while the one in this series turns out to be [[HeelRealization not so bad]] after all. It's even funnier is that while making ''Scissorhands'', Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp were dating in real life. As it turns out, Natalia Dyer (Nancy) and Charlie Heaton (Jonathan) also began [[RomanceOnTheSet dating in real life after Season 1.]]
* Joe Keery (Steve) played Melchior Gabor in ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' in university, who also initiated underage sex with a brunette girl around his own age. Only this time, Nancy said no and Steve backed down.
* [[Film/It2017 This wouldn't be the last time]] that Finn Wolfhard fought an EldritchAbomination in the 80's.
** The scene where Mike tries and fails to throw a rock at his bullies becomes this where his character in ''It'' does the same thing, but with better results.
** The boys dressing up as Ghostbusters at the start of Season 2 becomes more meaningful [[Film/GhostbustersAfterlife later on]]. In fact, Finn Wolfhard was afraid that he might not get the part in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' because of this scene, but Jason Reitman cast him anyway.
* The similarities between Eleven and ComicBook/{{X 23}} became this after Creator/MillieBobbyBrown revealed she auditioned for the latter role in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', losing out to Creator/DafneKeen. Her not getting it made her available for ''Stranger Things''.
* Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas were established to be fans of Tolkien in Season 1. In Season 2, Joyce's boyfriend is played by none other than Creator/SeanAstin, who played Samwise Gangee in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films.
* A few weeks before Season 2's release, ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' also introduced ArcWords that included "Bitchin'."
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7qb6Y3GJE sketch]] that aired in October 2016 was purportedly a sneak preview of the next season, with appearances by Lucas's family. Lucas's father, played by Kenan Thompson, looks a lot like Lucas's father in Season 2.
* The episode of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' that aired a few days after Season 2's release also features a kid befriending a small, cute creature that turns out to be a juvenile form of a dangerous race.
* Some fans have pointed out that the Mind Flayer looks very similar to the female M.U.T.O from the Film/MonsterVerse. Creator/MillieBobbyBrown starred in ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''.
* Creator/FinnWolfhard went on to voice the Player in ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', essentially Mike's Dungeon Master role as a whole character.
* 2019 now has ''two'' instances where a [[Film/AvengersEndgame major sci-fi franchise]], as directed by [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers two brothers]], [[spoiler:kills off[[note]]Or ''presumably'' kills off, in Hopper's case[[/note]] a beloved character, with their final words being a post-mortem message to their daughters]]. Both of them even utilize the number three in their goodbyes; [[spoiler:Tony says "I love you '''3'''000", while Hopper says "Keep the door open '''three''' inches"]].
* Hopper spends much of the third season fighting a Soviet conspiracy and winds up capturing a Russian scientist named Alexei. Later that year, his actor David Harbor was announced to be playing the Soviet superhero Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian in Marvel's ''[[Film/BlackWidow2021 Black Widow]]''. [[spoiler: There are also hints that Hopper, thought to be dead at the end, might still be alive but trapped in a Soviet gulag. One part of ''Black Widow'' involves the main characters rescuing Harbour's character from a Russian prison that he was sent to after the fall of the USSR; similarly, Season 4 would feature a subplot dedicated to Hopper being rescued from the aforementioned gulag.]]
* Season 4 taking place in 1986 becomes this when, due to an odd circumstance of timing (both projects were heavily delayed by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic), Volume I launched the same day that ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' -- the long-awaited sequel to [[Film/TopGun 1986's biggest film]] -- opened in theaters. The fact that ''Stranger Things'' [[RevivalByCommercialization helped propel]] the 1986 song "Running Up That Hill" into the music charts while ''Top Gun'' dominated the box office led some to joke that they felt like they really were back in 1986.
* When ''Film/FearStreet'' came out, fans already noted the similarities involving the ''Stranger Things'' cast members - Maya Hawke being a DeadpanSnarker who works in mall retail, and Sadie Sink being a FieryRedhead who's a non-conformist. Then Season 4 came out and it ended up featuring several elements from ''Fear Street'' - such as Sadie Sink once again [[spoiler: being signalled for death by a DeadlyNosebleed, other characters trying to protect her from death and her being legally dead and then getting a supernatural RevivalLoophole]]. Superficially, Ziggy in ''Fear Street'' had an alcoholic mother and a DisappearedDad; Season 4 revealed Max's stepfather to have left after [[spoiler: Billy's death]] and her mother was now drinking.
* In Season 4, Dr. Brenner admits to Eleven that he wanted to train her and the other children subjects of Hawkins Laboratory for American interests, namely as living weapons against "the commies" in the Soviet Union. Creator/MatthewModine would go on to portray Vannevar Bush in ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', a character who works with the titular character to create ''the'' weapon that America would stockpile against the USSR due to the fear of communism.
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