Stranger Things 4: 6 Things Only Adults Noticed! Hopper’s Daughter Died For A Reason and All About Agent Orange

Stranger Things 4 has given rise to many fan theories thanks to all the data and winks that it throws in each of its seasons, about both its characters and pop culture. But some of those details are only captured by the people who lived through that time, the adults, who can understand a little more about the children of ‘Stranger Things’ and some of the limitations they had at that time, compared to the young people of now.

Here are 6 things that only adults understood about the fourth season of ‘Stranger Things‘ and other episodes of the series. Before we start, keep in mind that you could find spoilers for the plot and characters from all seasons of Stranger Things, the Netflix series.

Stranger Things: Dungeons and Dragons are ‘Diabolical’

At the beginning of the fourth season of ‘Stranger Things’, the town of Hawkins is shaken by the tragic death of a high school student. The girl was found at Eddie Munson’s house, making her the prime suspect. When it was discovered that the boy was the leader of a “Dungeons and Dragons” club, the townspeople practically confirmed his guilt. Younger people may not have understood that argument, but in the 1980s some very important media outlets spread the idea that “Dungeons and Dragons” was an evil game, used to communicate and attract demons.

Satanism not only explained that such a cruel event had happened in a town as quiet as Hawkins but also the strange position in which the victim’s body was found. Something similar happened in Mexico and other parts of Latin America in the early 2000s, when Pokémon and other popular anime of the time were considered evil by prevailing religious groups.

Stranger Things 4: Hopper and Agent Orange

In Stranger Things season 4 Hopper revealed a little more of his tragic past while he was held captive in a Russian work center. While Hopper doesn’t directly mention it, he did confirm that when he was in the military, he was sent into a jungle war, which is a direct reference to the Vietnam War.

There he worked, without any type of special protection, with “agent orange”, which was a powerful herbicide that the United States used to eliminate the undergrowth of the jungles and take away from the guerrillas their main means of defense and camouflage. But “agent orange” had other consequences, such as an increase in cancer mortality in all people who had contact with this chemical, in addition to the fact that in some cases the children of these people presented deformities, leukemia, and other fatal ailments, as happened with Hopper’s daughter.

Hopper Had Depression

In the first season, Hopper had a chaotic life. When he wasn’t drunk, he was raw devouring a huge portion of hamburgers or some other fast food. The younger ones may have overlooked this detail, but the adults were surely aware of the depression the policeman was going through. Not only was he dependent on drinking, but he also did not take care of his health, since with that diet, it was only a matter of time before he had heart problems. When Eleven came into his life, Hopper began to take care of his health, eating healthier things and greatly reducing his alcohol intake.

The Walkie Talkies From Stranger Things

In the fourth season and previous episodes of Stranger Things, the boys communicated with each other with walkie-talkies. Younger audiences might think it was just one more nerdy thing from Mike and his friends, but it was the only form of real-time mobile communication they had. The new season of the series takes place in 1986, while the first cell phones appeared in 1983, so at that time they were not a commercial product.

Social Classes and Politics in Stranger Things

During the show’s second season, a Reagan campaign sign is displayed in the Wheelers’ yard. In 1984, the Republicans won the presidency of the United States and almost immediately implemented a policy of reducing taxes on millionaires. Thanks to that poster, it is made clear that the Wheelers are the stereotype of the rich family of the 1980s. The working class did not do very well during that period, so the Byers did not show any support for Reagan.

Stranger Things: The World Before Was Disconnected

If Mike, Eleven, and their friends had cell phones with them, several of the series’ plotlines would have played out differently. First, the police may have tried to locate Will using his phone’s GPS, and instead of using his school radio or walkie-talkies, the kids would simply text each other.

In the third season, when the children want to know what the Planck constant is, they have to contact Susie, Dustin’s girlfriend, since she is the only person they know who has that knowledge. If they had had access to the Internet, the boys would have found out what Planck’s constant was in just a few seconds.