'Stranger Things' gang gets its 'Goonies' characters in new poster
Never say die if you're from Hawkins, Indiana.
The Stranger Things crew gets another throwback Thursday revamp, this time with a Season 2 poster inspired by another gang of lovable misfits -- and one of the Netflix hit's biggest inspirations, obviously -- The Goonies.
The Stranger Things poster positions our characters strategically; Eleven is Chunk (Is Millie Bobby Brown's "Monster" rap Eleven's truffle shuffle? And isn't Chunk more the Dustin character anyway? Too on-the-nose?), Hopper is Brand (checks out), Nancy is Andy (yep), and the demogorgon is Mama Fratelli (nice).
Mike, of course, is Mikey, because reasons. Our only gripe is that Stef should clearly be Barb.
Wait -- Barb is dead for real?
"Join the adventure" is also an original Goonies tagline, though it appears on a different poster that would have made an equally compelling Stranger Things teaser.
On Friday, we got yet another trippy sci-fi tie-in, this time to Close Encounters of the Third Kind:
That's the second poster overtly referencing a Spielberg film (the first was Jaws) and it won't be the last if they finally put Eleven on a bicycle bound for the moon.
Stranger Things returns Oct. 27.
Nicole Herviou contributed to this article.
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Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.
