Stranger Things: 15 Stupid Mistakes You Completely Missed

12. Barb To The Future

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Poor Barb ended up becoming a more prominent character than anyone initially expected when she was taken by the Demogorgon to the Upside Down.

As the Sheriff's Department investigated her disappearance, they discovered that her car was left behind just round the corner from Steve's house - where she and Nancy had parked the night she was taken. While that forced everyone in Hawkins to question what happened to her, it resulted in a lot of viewers asking a different type of question: Why does she have a car that didn't exist yet?

Yes, that's right, as Jalopnik points out, Barb drove a 1988 Volkswagon Cabrio - unique for its plastic-covered bumpers and smaller inner headlights. Of course, that would mean that the car is another anachronism because, being set in 1983, the vehicle shouldn't exist for another five years.

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