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Easter Eggs You Missed In Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1
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The Grandfather clock motif throughout the fourth season of "Stranger Things" seems out of place at first glance. Eventually, it is made clear that such references are to the original Creel house, where One first realized his latent — and devastating — psychic powers.
However, more than that, this is a reference to Doctor Manhattan from the classic graphic novel "Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. In it, the scientist Jonathan Osterman is put into a particle accelerator and ripped apart into atoms … but eventually reconstructs himself into the aforementioned all-powerful superhero.
In the comics, Osterman's father was a watchmaker, and it is heavily implied that his father's tutelage gave Jonathan the knowledge of how things are put together, and is what helped him reconstruct himself after being split apart. This becomes more clear when the "Stranger Things" audience realizes that as One describes his backstory to Eleven and Nancy, it is during a montage scored by Philip Glass' "Pruit Igoe and Prophecies" — the same song Zack Snyder used in his 2009 "Watchmen" feature film adaptation. This means that the clock is a reference to both Doctor Manhattan (as One seems to be an evil version of the character, with a similar origin) … but also, to the Doomsday Clock referenced throughout the comic.
Further evidence includes the 1986 comic's date of publish (though the story is set in an alternate 1985) — the same year Season 4 takes place.
Though the seminal dystopian sci-fi anime feature "Akira" didn't come out until 1988 — two years after the fourth season of "Stranger Things" is set — the manga that the anime was adapted from initially came out in 1982. Much like the tale of Eleven, the "Akira" story focuses on a group of children with latent psychic abilities being controlled, monitored, and experimented on by a corrupt government agent. That is, until one of the children — Tetsuo — escapes and wrecks havoc on New Tokyo.
Tetsuo eventually is overcome by his abilities, becoming horribly disfigured.
This is very similar to the fate of One, who tricked Eleven into freeing him. This includes the disfigurement, with the tentacles being similar to the veiny, tentacled hand of Tetsuo during the climax of "Akira."
As well, One has a very "anime" look, with his hair (though blonde) styled in a way similar to Tetsuo, as well as his face being lit in a way that makes his facial features reminiscent of the character. Even the final disintegration (in the show, initiated by Eleven) has visual similarities to shots from the classic anime and manga.
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