Netflix's new Stranger Things show creates a blatant plothole in the story's timeline

Brian VanHooker is a Pop Culture Writer specializing in Celebrity Interviews and In-Depth Oral Histories in the areas of Comedy, TV, Film, Cartoons, Comic Books, 80s/90s Nostalgia, Fatherhood, Retro Games and Food (especially Pizza). He was the Senior Features Writer at Cracked and a Staff Writer at MEL. He has written for Inverse, Inside Hook, Maxim, Men's Health, Fatherly, SFGate and more. He's the co-creator of the comic book/cartoon Barnum & Elwood and The Tramp, an award-winning comedy pilot starring John O’Hurley. He also hosts a TMNT interview podcast called Turtle Tracks and was once called a “Good Guy” by Mr. T. Much to my surprise, Netflix's Stranger Things: Tales from '85 is pretty damn good. The animated spinoff of Stranger Things, which takes place between seasons 2 and 3 of the original series, manages to create convincing cartoon versions of the kids from Hawkins. Also, the shorter, more kid-focused episodes give the show a youthful energy which hearkens back to the original show’s earlier seasons. That said, the series does create some pretty glaring plot holes in the overall Stranger Things timeline and they pretty much all revolve around the new characters introdu