Continuity mistake: When Mike and Will are discussing Will's visions near the start of the episode, the sweat stain on the front of Will's shirt disappears and reappears between shots. (00:01:30)
Stranger Things (2016)
1 continuity mistake in Chapter Five: Dig Dug
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Dacre Montgomery
Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street - S1-E2
Factual error: When Steve and Nancy are making out, the intro to "A Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles plays. While the original version of the song was released by folk-pop duo Simon and Garfunkel was released in 1968, the version heard here was released in 1986, 3 years after the scene takes place. (00:52:30 - 00:55:40)
Mike Wheeler: Mom, if anyone asks where I am, I've left the country.
Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak - S2-E2
Trivia: In this episode, Mike, Will, Lucas and Dustin dress up as the Ghostbusters for Halloween. Finn Wolfhard, who plays Trevor, would later go on to play a Ghostbuster in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
Chapter Four: The Body - S1-E4
Question: Where did the body of Will come from? And why was it stuffed full of cotton?
Answer: The body was fake, made by the scientists at Hawkins Lab in an attempt to cover up his disappearance and the existence of the Upside Down.