Part of me wonders if they got a little carried away with trying to "80s up" the show. It's as if they felt that, because a lot of 80s pop culture included big city street punks with mohawks, they needed to squeeze that into
their show somehow, even though it takes place in rural, quiet, conservative Indiana. It makes you wonder what other 80s stereotypes and tropes might be shoehorned into Season 3.
Let's see...
10 Bizarre Movie Tropes That Were Totally Normally in the 80s
1. Twins (I suppose that Modine could've separated Eleven from an identical twin sister at birth)
2. Adorable alien best friend (haha... they did that in Season 2)
3. Puppets in disguise (ok, they probably won't do this one)
4. Misplaced musical numbers (I
hope that they don't do this)
5. Summer camp (I can totally see the kids going to camp. That could actually work, too)
6. Martial arts competitions held in anonymous Asian countries (I can see Lucas learning Karate and teaching Billy a lesson... not so sure about the Asian countries)
7. Body-switching (Dustin and Hopper switching bodies? I'm in!)
8. Cross-dressing (I almost feel like we saw that in Episode 7)
9. Creepy animatronic animals (I guess that we won't see this with the show not minding using CGI as much as possible)
10. Bullies (another check off the list by Season 2)