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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:'Twas a good decade for pop culture.[[note]]''The '80s Strike Back'' by [[https://www.ryandunlavey.com/illustration Ryan Dunlavey]].[[/note]]]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Legend has it that man once washed his jeans in pure acid!"'' |
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| 10 | The Excessive Eighties: a time where you [[Music/{{Wham}} wake up before you go-go]] when you want to [[Film/{{Footloose}} kick off your Sunday shoes]] as you [[Music/WasNotWas walk the dinosaur]] for [[Music/TheProclaimers 500 miles]], [[Music/{{Prince}} hear doves cry]] or feel the [[Series/PunkyBrewster Punky power]] while you {{moonwalk|Dance}} the [[MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody Thriller]]. |
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| 12 | All the women had big curly hair and wore suits with shoulder pads. All the men were preppies who wore pastel suits with narrow ties, drove sports cars that Lee Iacocca personally stood behind and traded stocks on Wall Street -- after all, as Creator/OscarWilde said, nothing says success like excess. (Unless they happened to be teenagers, in which case they were TotallyRadical or studied UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and learnt the meaning of "WaxOnWaxOff".) Everyone had [[EightiesHair huge hairdos]], [[UncannyValleyMakeup enough make-up]] to sink a ship and power suits with [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulderpads big enough]] to knock the [[CoolShades giant mirrored sunglasses]] off anyone who walked within a three foot radius of them. And those without them had flat-tops and wore gym clothes and break-danced on top of cardboard. Millennials (then known as [[{{Snowclone}} "Echo Boomers" and later "Generation Y"]]) started being born, one day to become the young adults of The TurnOfTheMillennium. |
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| 14 | Computing technology first became a true cultural force in this decade, starting a trend that would keep on snowballing to this very day. The Eighties was the decade of cell phones literally sized and shaped like bricks, jokes about being unable to program [=VCRs=], the death of Betamax, and the beginnings of personal computers and gaming consoles beginning to proliferate inside homes, perhaps one of the trends from this decade with the largest of cultural implications. Cable television also took off big time, with Creator/{{MTV}}, Creator/{{TBS}}, {{Creator/HBO}}, and CNN becoming household acronyms, though the video itself was all grainy, low-definition analog. However, this still looked better than the often-fuzzy antenna-based picture before cable. |
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| 16 | Conversely, the eighties were also the high water mark of analog culture. CD players were a new and exotic technology. Heck, ''digital watches'' were still a (relatively) new and exotic technology. Most people still got their music on LP or cassettes (though the CD format would begin to overtake both late into the decade) and their news from newspapers delivered in the predawn darkness by FreeRangeChildren. The Commodore 64 was the most common personal computer and an actual PC cost as much as a used car, especially if it was equipped with one of those new and exotic five or ten megabyte hard drives. The internet was still confined to academia, the World Wide Web was still just a pipe dream, and what little connectivity existed was through Electronic bulletin board services (BBS) accessed over analog phone lines using screeching 1200 or 2400 baud modems. |
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| 18 | In the US, it was also the second[[note]]The first wave was ''Anime/AstroBoy'' up through ''Anime/SpeedRacer''[[/note]] wave of MediaNotes/TheJapaneseInvasion, the inklings of which started in '78 with the dub of ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', continuing on with ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' ('79),'' Anime/{{Voltron}}'' ('84), [[TookALevelInBadass getting even more hardcore]] with ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' in '85, and hitting its apex with the nationwide release of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' ('88). Japan additionally managed to break through in the US via the gaming industry, with the success of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and wider success of the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem leading Japan to become the leading theater of the video game industry in the US following [[MediaNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 the North American video game industry crash]] in 1983. Names like Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{Konami}} became major players in the software side of the industry with loads of smash titles that would eventually grow into major franchises, and while western developers were still around and making games for Nintendo's system, it was the Japanese industry that served as the key focal point. |
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| 20 | While other hardware developers would fail to adequately crack Nintendo's dominance for most of the decade, that all changed in 1987, when a joint venture between NEC and Hudson Soft resulted in the creation of the Platform/TurboGrafx16, which became a surprise success in its native Japan and outsold the NES, spurring Nintendo into action in creating [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem a competing system]] to keep their place in the industry intact. The following year, Creator/{{Sega}} would introduce its own [=TurboGrafx=] rival, the Platform/SegaGenesis, with its 1989 debut in the US managing to both successfully stamp out the [=TurboGrafx's=] presence in the west and present the first real challenge to Nintendo as a hardware manufacturer. This battle, however, wouldn't truly take hold until the first years of the next decade, in part because it took Nintendo until 1990 (in Japan) and 1991 (in the US) to release their own new system. |
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| 22 | Despite major successes in animation and video games, though, the Japanese Invasion never quite managed to crack any other fields of popular media in the same way. The closest anyone got was in music, via both the flash-in-the-pan success of Pink Lady (which promptly collapsed after NBC tried to capitalize on them via [[Series/PinkLadyAndJeff a disastrous variety show]] in the spring of 1980) and the longer-lasting but ultimately forgotten success of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. While YMO's legacy would persist through their huge influence on later SynthPop musicians, they themselves would be reduced to a cult favorite at best decades later; such was the fate of most other Japanese media, in large part due to the wider difficulties in attempting to localize them for western audiences compared to video games and anime. |
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| 24 | On the homefront, the 1980s produced a rash of pop-cultural icons that today are looked upon, at worst, with AffectionateParody, and at best, as the national ideal. The conservative political culture of the era meant two rather contradictory things for the production of pop-culture; on the one hand, the surge of private enterprise together with new media technologies allowed corporations such as Creator/{{Hasbro}} an unprecedented ability to build [[MerchandiseDriven massive franchises]] around their products, typically with a TV show and accompanying toys, but on the other hand, MoralGuardian complaints would challenge the ethics of making a show that was "essentially one large commercial" in addition to railing against any work of media that didn't meet their rigid standards. The result was the rather spoof-worthy AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle segment common to many mass franchise shows, shoving an {{Anvilicious}} moral into the action. Fortunately, these were conveniently located after the actual plot, so kids could just turn it off at that point and run down to buy the toys. Besides, the segments [[SoBadItsGood make]] [[MemeticMutation great]] [[YouTubePoop joke]] fodder. The prominence of moral guardians during this decade would have considerable ramifications in later decades, with "mature" content being galvanized as the artistic ideal from the 1990s onward[[note]]the idea already started to take form with the MediaNotes/NewHollywood era of 1965-1983, but solidified in the '90s as a result of the heavy amount of moral guardianship in this decade[[/note]] and companies who appealed to the idea of "family-friendliness" (most notably Creator/{{Nintendo}}) facing nothing short of ridicule once the conservative culture of the '80s gave way to '90s and 2000s cynicism. |
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| 26 | Ironically, given its modern reputation as a breeding ground for nostalgia bait, the '80s were probably one of the most nostalgia-heavy decades in modern history, at least prior to the 2010s. Specifically, the '80s were ''extremely'' kind to TheSixties, owed to the fact that this marked the point where the Baby Boomer generation (who, as the name implies, consisted of far more people than previous generations) reached adulthood and entered areas of the workforce where they could make their longing for their childhoods known, aided by the conservative culture of the time that emphasized the supposed glory of "the Good Old Days." UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, for instance, ran on the promise to "Make America Great Again," perfectly encapsulating the public sentiment at the time that society had strayed from a supposed Golden Age from decades prior that historians will be quick to argue [[NostalgiaFilter didn't actually exist]][[note]]ironically, UsefulNotes/BillClinton would reuse the MAGA slogan during his own presidential campaign in 1992, characterizing the Republican party under UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush as the deviants from a nonexistent golden age; it would, however, return to its original right-wing association with its later co-opting by UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2010s[[/note]]. Of course, the phenomenon wasn't a right-wing-exclusive one: even left-wingers held a considerable sense of longing for two decades prior, though often for different reasons than the other side of the aisle (e.g. an emphasis on the sociopolitical progress made during that time). |
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| 28 | Nowhere could this '60s nostalgia be more vividly found than in music: every veteran '60s act who achieved considerable levels of popularity during that decade were either still going strong in this decade or made a high-profile comeback, and production values throughout the decade were ''rife'' with '60s callbacks, from the heavy emphasis on reverb to the prominence of sax and horn parts (now achievable through synthesizers and samplers) to the amount of acts who flat-out covered old '60s hits. Even the AlternativeRock crowd, famous for their rejection of mainstream music standards, took heavy inspiration from '60s rock, albeit with none of the emphasis on synths and horns that mainstream musicians had and with some modifications to get rid of the more poorly-aged aspects (no [[GratuitousPanning weird stereo mixing]] here, for one). This was perhaps most apparent with Music/TheSmiths, who not only harked back to '60s rock and BaroquePop in their songs, but also featured cropped and color-altered stills from '60s movies on their album covers; in fact, the band broke up in part because frontman Music/{{Morrissey}}'s huge emphasis on '60s throwbacks was getting on everyone else's nerves. |
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| 30 | Most significantly, [[Music/TheBeatles Beatlemania]] [[PopularityPolynomial reemerged among the general public]] following the high-profile assassination of Music/JohnLennon and how the consequent shock of it resulted in [[Music/PaulMcCartney his]] [[Music/GeorgeHarrison surviving]] [[Music/RingoStarr bandmates]] taking the time to tie up loose ends and rebuild burned bridges between each other before it was too late. The second wave truly galvanized with a series of highly important business decisions in the waning years of this decade: in 1987, the band's entire UK back-catalog was released on CD for the first time (consequently cementing those albums as the "canon" ones, much to the confusion of Americans who only had the butchered Creator/CapitolRecords albums to go off of), in 1988, the band was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and oversaw the release of ''Music/PastMasters'', a two-CD compilation of all their non-album singles, and in 1989, [=Paul McCartney=] finally fully embraced his Beatles heritage and cleared up the last few legal entanglements that had forced Apple Records into dormancy, enabling them to resume activity for the first time in ages. While the second wave of Beatlemania would continue into following decades (hell, it's still going on to some extent), it was most prominent during the 1980s, acting as a vivid microcosm of the sheer weight '60s nostalgia held during that time, with record companies going back into the vaults to reissue other '60s acts on CD as fast as possible to sell to affluent Baby Boomers. |
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| 32 | Politically, in the first part of the decade, UsefulNotes/ColdWar tensions continued to escalate. The US did things like invading Grenada and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Some accuse this of being an [[BatmanGambit intentional move]] by the West to render the economically inept Soviet Union infeasible by drawing its resources away from things like infrastructure and feeding its people, which market economies could accomplish easily. While this is, essentially, what ended up happening (though more complicated than that in real life; in Eastern Europe the decade's real deathblow to communism was considered to have been all the new media technology), the fact that the other possible outcome of such a strategy was global thermonuclear annihilation had a profound impact on Western media tropes. |
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| 34 | The second part of the decade, however, couldn't be more different. UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev, spry for a CPSU leader at age 54 (this was the only time in the Cold War that the Soviet leader was substantially younger than the American), shook up the by-then sclerotic Soviet leadership upon taking power in 1985. Gorbachev restructured the economy (''perestroika'') for "accelerated" development (''uskoreniye''), encouraged openness (''glasnost''), made tentative moves towards democracy (''demokratizatsiya''), and [[GoKartingWithBowser went Karting with Reagan]]. For a hot second in 1988-89, it seemed like the USSR had reached a final ''rapprochement'' with the West. And then came its fall. |
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| 36 | What is now being called "Geek Culture"[[note]]Despite ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'', the terms "nerd" and "geek" were interchangeable and were chiefly derogatory terms, not yet appropriated by the mainstream.[[/note]] was, at the time, just a very loose assortment of non-mainstream fragmented interests and esoterica; not yet the monolithic commercial label that has become more corporatized in recent years. The [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi conclusion of the original Star Wars trilogy]] was immediately followed by an explosion of a diverse amount of subgenres, cult shows, films and other media as different from each other as could be. The "Star Wars fatigue" of the early 80s saw audiences receptive to many new and completely different offerings. There was literally something for everyone without one thing trying desperately to be too many things for too many people. This decade also saw the official introduction of ''Series/DoctorWho'' outside of Britain through its memorable run on public television. Comic book fans discovered the diverse world of Independent Comics and Manga as refreshing alternatives to the Big Two (Marvel and DC). The cartoon shows of this decade were memorable for being well drawn and purely escapist, adventure driven and moving away from the [[LimitedAnimation Illustrated Radio]] format of the previous decades. Literary science fiction returned to being fun after the overall style of NewWaveScienceFiction began to grate on readers and age into irrelevancy with its authors. Creator/DouglasAdams is one of the most significant authors to launch off the post New Wave era in written science fiction with ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. Most obviously, dystopian SpeculativeFiction, particularly set AfterTheEnd TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, enjoyed a surge; enter {{Cyberpunk}}. On the other hand, ''Franchise/StarTrek'' became a defiantly optimistic mainstream SciFi mainstay with the feature film series and its return to live action TV with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. |
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| 38 | Throughout this era, there came new problems like the spread of AIDS, which created a public health panic that dealt first a body blow to the gay community, with anti-gay people treating them as modern lepers (even though that community took the danger seriously far sooner than others), as well as ending the sexual liberation movement of the previous two decades by presenting an STI that ''couldn't'' be easily swept away with antibiotics (not that antibiotics would last forever, given later findings on drug-resistant strains of pathogens). However, the epidemic paradoxically later proved a partial blessing in disguise for gay rights as stricken people like Creator/RockHudson were shoved out of the closet, forcing the public to realize that LGBTI people were all around them, much like themselves. The Eighties also had the highest murder rate in U.S. history, almost twice what it is today. As for society as a whole, well, the left and right weren't ''quite'' the sodium-and-water combination that dominated the bulk of the '70s, though the dominance of conservatism with the Reagan and Thatcher administrations and the continuing fallout from the political blunders of the preceding decade (i.e. Watergate & Vietnam in the US and a severe economic recession in the UK) still kept them at odds with one another. |
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| 40 | Politically speaking, the decade lasted roughly from January 20, 1981 with both UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan's Presidential inauguration and the end of the [[http://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/iran-hostage-crisis Iran Hostage Crisis]] 20 minutes later to the fall of the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall on November 9, 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolving on December 26, 1991, amounting to almost 11 years. Sometimes UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher being elected Prime Minister in 1979 is considered the start, especially in the UK. Culturally, the decade lasted roughly from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night Disco Demolition Night]] on July 12, 1979, the murder of Music/JohnLennon on December 8, 1980, and the launch of Creator/{{MTV}} on August 1, 1981 to the release of {{Music/Nirvana}}'s album ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}'' on September 24, 1991 and in 1992 with both the rise of {{Grunge}} and the emergence of the heroin chic fad. It's worth nothing that Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/GeorgeLucas, and/or Creator/TomCruise were involved in 9 of the 10 highest grossing films of the decade. |
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| 42 | It's currently the Eighties in much of Fictionland, making for an impressive [[TwoDecadesBehind forty-year nostalgia lag]], though nostalgia for the early Nineties has been rapidly picking up steam since the beginning of the new Twenties. |
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| 44 | See Also: TheRoaringTwenties, TheGreatDepression, The40s, The50s, The60s, The70s, The90s, TurnOfTheMillennium, TheNewTens, and TheNewTwenties. |
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| 46 | !!Popular tropes from this time period include: |
| 47 | * TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Crack cocaine and heroin caught on big during this decade, along with their pushers, hence the establishment of this trope as part of the larger "Just Say No" movement. |
| 48 | * TheAllegedCar: the "Malaise Era" of cars continued apace, with a mass changeover to front-wheel-drive adding a lot of new, untested driveline components to the existing stew of cost-cutting/"take this job and shove it" quality control and analog emissions controls whose prime directive seemed to be getting a few more years out of existing carburetor tooling (the switch to EFI really gathered steam at mid-decade). Japanese cars had none of these problems, but protectionist "voluntary" import quotas in America and throughout Western Europe constrained supply of those and meant that list price was a starting point for dealer markup, not bargaining down from. |
| 49 | * AmazonianBeauty: The beauty standard of the decade, owing to the consciousness of health and fitness during that era, with royalty like Princess Diana, actors like Brooke Shields, and models like Cindy Crawford showing their athletic, healthy tone. |
| 50 | * AnimatedAdaptation: Of practically everything, including films, TV shows, comic books, video games, action figures, dolls, plush toys, music videos, and real-life celebrities! |
| 51 | * {{Anime}}: Called "Japanimation" at the time, the medium started becoming somewhat popular in the US in the '80s (although it would take until the second half of the '90s until it truly exploded in mainstream popularity). |
| 52 | * AudienceAlienatingEra: The decade was considered this back in the 1990s and most of the 2000s. Even today it often competes with the 50s and the 70s for this crown. |
| 53 | * AwesomenessWithdrawal: |
| 54 | ** In terms of pop culture, the [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi end of the original Star Wars trilogy]] exited on a high note, and everyone assumed that the Star Wars Saga had said all it had to say (in film anyway; the expanded universe of comics and novels was a completely different story). There was a "Star Wars fatigue" at the time which made audiences well receptive to all that was new and different. This is why the 80s was the most diverse period for creators of multimedia. |
| 55 | ** On a geopolitical perspective, the 1980s would be the last decade of the Cold War. The second half of the decade would see the gradual [[UsefulNotes/HoleInFlag collapse of the Warsaw Pact nations]] in favor of democracy and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union a couple of years later would lead to [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell a series of withdrawals]], including a readjustment for SpyFiction, yet would pave way for a plethora of memoirs and declassifications about the Cold War and both world wars, which would spawn new forms of fiction for the succeeding decades. |
| 56 | * BadassInANiceSuit: What could make a character be more badass than the concept of powerdressing emerging from this decade? |
| 57 | * BigOlEyebrows: Thanks to Brooke Shields, bushy, natural eyebrows were stylish for women. One rare notable exception was Music/CyndiLauper, who had flapper-esque pencil-thin brows. This would be followed by extreme plucking and tweezing and penciling to the skinniest brows in '90s and early 2000s. Then in TheNewTens, glamorous thick eyebrows [[PopularityPolynomial came back with a vengeance]], though much more groomed than the unkempt brows of the '80s (which were often the only part of '80s makeup kept "natural.") |
| 58 | * BoyishShortHair: Even though massive manes were definitely the mainstream, a lot more women and girls were sporting short (though still just as poofy and ridiculous) haircuts, especially compared to the early '70s and its love of long hair and feminine bobs. Businesswomen wore PowerHair to match their power suits, and female New Wave and punk musicians often had the same spiky, dramatic haircuts as the men. |
| 59 | * CanadaDoesNotExist: A wave of low-budget cop and action-adventure dramas start being produced in Canada, but primarily for U.S. consumption. This leads to the weird phenomenon of shows which take place in a "nowhereland" that is neither fully the US nor completely Canada. |
| 60 | * ConspicuousConsumption: This was the decade where it was cool to spend big, with malls taking off and making shopping a recreational activity. Credit card usage also took off here. |
| 61 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Thanks to the movie ''Film/WallStreet'', an enduring image of this time. Part of the economic climate of the time were UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan's reforms and the Black Monday crash of 1987. |
| 62 | * {{Cyberpunk}}: Kicked off by ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}''. |
| 63 | * DanceSensation: Music/MichaelJackson, anyone? Or Film/FlashDance? And Film/FootLoose? Film/DirtyDancing? Jazzcercise? Aerobics? HipHop? Breakdancing? |
| 64 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Even though this was a fun decade for many people, it also had many negative sides: |
| 65 | ** Crack cocaine was created and many people became destructively addicted to it; to make matters worse, the turf wars between dealers and gangs decimated many black neighborhoods in big cities. |
| 66 | ** The sexually transmitted disease AIDS became an epidemic. The first two cases of patients dying from AIDS had taken place in 1959, but there are only a handful of known cases dating to the 1960s and 1970s. At least 121 AIDS-related deaths took place between 1980 and 1981. By the end of the 1980s, the disease had spread worldwide and there were over a million known patients. And in the U.S., the initial stigma of AIDS as a "gay disease" contributed to unfair ostracization of its victims and LGBT people in general. |
| 67 | ** The beginning of the (currently ongoing) "war on drugs" resulted in skyrocketing incarceration rates, hundreds of thousands of people ending up behind bars for nonviolent offenses. |
| 68 | *** By contrast, everyone could get behind the big crackdown on the deadly DrunkDriver traffic menace, which finally got taken seriously in a DudeNotFunny way. |
| 69 | *** Likewise, smoking found itself marginalized still more with the health menace of second-hand smoke becoming common knowledge, causing a groundswell of efforts to discourage the habit and isolate smokers. |
| 70 | ** An enormous crime wave hit America at this time: this is where [[TheBigRottenApple NYC got its image as a crime-ridden Hellhole of apathy and darkness]], and why so many action movies starring {{Cowboy Cop}}s were popular. |
| 71 | ** More generally, the 1980s were the time when the American middle class began losing ground in terms of GDP share as more people became part of the upper class. Socio-economic inequalities more or less kept in check for a half-century started growing again, creating an increasing polarization between economic classes. |
| 72 | ** The arrival of Creator/{{MTV}} had a downside as well. Music videos became so dominant that any artists who played instruments were now expected to create a music video for every hit single they released, because otherwise it would not receive airplay. For some serious artists this was a huge setback, because they were now expected to "act" and "look good" on camera to appeal to the record buying public. By the end of the 1980s many music fans couldn't imagine a music record existing without some kind of video attached to it. Thus several pop stars who looked attractive but couldn't sing or play a note on their instrument were launched to make quick bucks. |
| 73 | ** In the first half of the 1980s, many people across the world felt frightened because President Reagan ordered more nuclear missiles to be placed in Europe to [[RedScare defend the US against the Soviet Union]]. He also endorsed a brilliant plan, "Star Wars", to protect the USA in space against a possible Soviet attack...the actual intention was to force the Soviet Union to spend more than it could afford. Fear for a Third World War and nuclear testing lead to numerous protests and protest singles. Only when UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev became Soviet leader in 1985 did tensions between the USA and USSR start to diminish. |
| 74 | ** The UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} disaster (1986) also lead to a universal fear for nuclear power disasters, especially when a huge radioactive cloud flew over Europe, having disastrous effects on the local farming industry. Since then the place has become a GhostTown and a place where plants and animals have won back ground on humans. |
| 75 | * DenserAndWackier: Especially compared to the 70s: the fashion and the big, ''big'' EightiesHair is just the icing on the cake. Music becoming more expressive than ever before, cartoons being MerchandiseDriven toy commercials, and the general aesthetic also being more expressive is what many remember from this era. |
| 76 | * DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: A common way of introducing romance subplots in '80s movies. |
| 77 | * DrugsAreBad: A growing awareness of the dangers of recreational drugs (especially the above-mentioned crack cocaine) led to government-sponsored programs designed to teach kids to "Just Say No", which led to this message becoming near-ubiquitous via the VerySpecialEpisode and PublicServiceAnnouncement. |
| 78 | * {{Dystopia}}: Dark, crime-ridden TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture or oppressive alternate universes were big in '80s films/TV shows. |
| 79 | * EightiesHair: If you were in a (popular) metal band or were a female country singer, you wore it one way and one way only: ''big''. This was also the decade in which the mullet really went mainstream (though the actual ''name'' "mullet" was only coined and applied retroactively in TheNineties). |
| 80 | * EroticFilm: As porn theaters started to close and moral guardians fought pornography, erotic movies went underground again. They did manage to make back their profit thanks to the success of video rentals and sales. |
| 81 | * ForeignCultureFetish: |
| 82 | ** Despite the fears of [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan overtaking the world economy]], everything made in Japan, like gadgets, cars, anime, video games, AND [[GratuitousNinja NINJAS!!!]], was like a gift from the gods. It's no coincidence that the trope's alternative name is TurningJapanese. |
| 83 | ** Also in the decade, [[LandDownunder Australophilia]] came into the scene and spread like bushfire. Musicians like Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and Music/KylieMinogue, bands like Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/{{INXS}}, Music/MenAtWork, and Music/AirSupply, and other stuff like ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/CrocodileDundee'', Uluru, boomerangs and didgeridoos, and kangaroos and koalas. |
| 84 | ** In America, all eyes turned to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} for their sunny beaches, neon lights, good vibes, and the thrill for action and adventure like the guys of ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' and ''Series/MiamiVice''. |
| 85 | ** On PBS, ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Creator/MontyPython'' introduced Americans to British sci-fi and humor respectively. ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' was a bestseller along with its sequels of varying quality. These opened the door for more offerings such as such as ''Series/BlakesSeven'', ''Series/BlackAdder'', ''Series/AlloAllo'', and ''Series/RedDwarf''. |
| 86 | ** After experiencing [[TheSeventies a decade]] of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy) sociopolitical turmoil]], second-wave Italophilia became prominent in this decade, with Milan as the cultural hotspot, and eventually a center for fashion. The decade's aesthetics through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Group the Memphis Group]] and much of the music through ItaloDisco came from here. |
| 87 | ** Creator/{{MTV}} playing NewWaveMusic bands like Music/DuranDuran and Music/CultureClub on heavy rotation led to a revival of Anglophilia, which continued as new wave morphed into AlternativeRock with bands like Music/DepecheMode, Music/NewOrder, and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}. |
| 88 | ** While some Westerners were somewhat already familiar with HongKongDub ChopSocky martial arts films through occasional showings in grindhouse movie theaters, these films eventually migrated to television and became even more ubiquitous. In North America, they often ran in dedicated weekend time slots known as ''Kung Fu Theater'' or ''Black Belt Theater''. |
| 89 | * FootballHooligans: For the UK at least. It became such a problem that UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher put together a cabinet just to tackle them. Measures put in place then led to [[TearJerker Hills]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster borough]]. These days the problem has been virtually eradicated, although the trope appears quite often in foreign films set in the UK where football is involved, and Hooligans continue to cause problems in places ''not'' the UK (mostly South America). |
| 90 | * FreezeFrameEnding: Extremely popular during the decade, especially with sitcoms. This would go on to be parodied in later decades. |
| 91 | * FurAndLoathing: The notion that it was bad to wear fur gained traction in this decade. |
| 92 | * TheGenerationGap: A new kind of generation gap was created, with left-wing hippie parents trying to understand their right-wing, materialistic yuppie children. |
| 93 | * HollywoodActionHero: The 1980s made iconic stars out of muscled ManlyMan actors like Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/DolphLundgren, Creator/StevenSeagal and Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme. The Franchise/IndianaJones franchise could be counted too, though less testosterone heavy. For a black example, Creator/MrT comes to mind. |
| 94 | * HotterAndSexier: Music/{{Madonna}}'s very sexualized imagery set a trend for many female pop singers in her wake. |
| 95 | * IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Applying to works looking at this decade in hindsight, a survivor of the so-called "decade fashion disaster" might confess to this. The fashion statements were so overly radical, more extravagant and less flamboyant [[TheSeventies than the decade before]], it had to be toned down and grunged up a lot [[TheNineties a decade later]]. |
| 96 | * JapanTakesOverTheWorld: A staple of the decade, particularly in {{Cyberpunk}} works. Often seems a little silly now. |
| 97 | * LighterAndSofter: Compared to the more revolutionary and sociologically progressive 1960s and 1970s, the eighties were pretty tame. Virtually all products (film, music, toys, TV shows, etc.) were heavily MerchandiseDriven and not subtle about it. As a result, most of it is very clean, safe, family friendly and didn't take many artistic risks. |
| 98 | * LimitedAnimation: Cartoons still suffered from being shoddily animated, though a slight improvement from Creator/HannaBarbera or Creator/{{Filmation}} {{Domestic Only Cartoon}}s that dominated the 70s as animation began being outsourced to Japan and South Korea. Most 80s cartoons were also notoriously thinly veiled toy commercials or extremely saccharine schlock to appease {{Moral Guardian}}s. However, the situation began to change midway through the decade with Creator/{{Disney}} finally entering the TV animation market with big budgeted and well-written productions like ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and setting off MediaNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation as the competition realized they had to raise their own standards. |
| 99 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Despite being an age of mass conservative hysteria, the decade still gave rise lots of androgyny in the fashion and entertainment industry. Many fashion trends were unisex, and it was becoming accepted for women to wear suits, leather jackets, hairstyles like mullets and undercuts and of course, shoulder pads. Musician/model Creator/GraceJones is a good reference. Meanwhile, among the most influential male musicians of the 80s were Music/DavidBowie, Music/{{Prince}}, Boy George and Pete Burns of Dead or Alive, all of whom put on flamboyant and effeminate clothes and acts, especially by the standards then. |
| 100 | * MerchandiseDriven: Virtually every original cartoon made in the eighties seems to be this way -- ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats, WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}, WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}, WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake, WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite, WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters, WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero, WesternAnimation/TheTransformers, Franchise/CareBears, WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983, WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms, Franchise/MyLittlePony''... |
| 101 | * MontageEndsTheVHS: It's when a commercial VHS tape has trailers, intros or just a compilation montage promoting a line of tapes at the end, after a movie or episode it contains is over. |
| 102 | * MoodWhiplash: See LighterAndSofter and DarkerAndEdgier. The perils of ConspicuousConsumption in a nutshell, for one. |
| 103 | * MoralGuardians: The Moral Majority was very strong in the USA and backed by the Reagan government. They attacked HeavyMetal, GothRock, pornography, video games and gay culture as threats to the youth. In the UK, the Thatcher government also forbade a series of gory horror movies called the VideoNasties for the same reasons. By the end of the decade, many moral guardians started to lose their power, as many televangelists in the US got caught up in sex and tax fraud scandals. |
| 104 | * MusicOfThe1980s: With the introduction of electronic instruments, the death of Disco, and the rise of Creator/{{MTV}}, music got more expressive, and more excessive, in this decade, especially with HipHop coming to the scene. Genres include: |
| 105 | ** AlternativeRock: A CollegeRadio staple that began a rise to prominence in the latter part of the decade and gained the favor of critics and listeners looking for an, ahem, alternative to HairMetal and the standard fare on album-oriented-rock stations. Music/{{REM}}, Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, Music/DepecheMode and Music/NewOrder were at the forefront, scoring major hit singles, and the former was the first of many notable major label transitions that heralded the genre's big breakout shortly into the next decade. |
| 106 | ** BattleRapping: Became famous during this decade. |
| 107 | ** BlackMetal: Got its start during this era. |
| 108 | ** CharityMotivationSong: From late 1984 and 1985 on, when "Do They Know Its Christmas?" and "We Are the World" came out respectively. |
| 109 | ** ConceptVideo: Though music videos already existed in the 1970s many were just a concert performance. The success of Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' popularized music videos with interesting visuals and an actual storyline. All other music artists made music videos and by the end of the decade most young people couldn't even imagine a song existing without a cool video attached to it. |
| 110 | ** ConsciousHipHop: Popularized by Music/GrandMasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive. |
| 111 | ** DeathMetal: Got its start during this decade. |
| 112 | ** DirtyRap: Popularized by Music/SchoollyD. |
| 113 | ** {{Funk}}: Still popular in the early 1980s, with Music/{{Prince}} and Music/MichaelJackson as prime stars. |
| 114 | ** MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHipHop: From the late 1970s, blossoming throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s. |
| 115 | ** GothRock: Music/JoyDivision, Music/{{Bauhaus}}, and Music/{{The Cure|Band}} popularized gloomy music. |
| 116 | ** HairMetal: The most popular metal genre in the 1980s, one that dominated rock until the arrival of {{Grunge}} in the 1990s made it the ‘90s equivalent of disco. |
| 117 | ** HeavyMetal: Became targeted as the new [[MediaScaremongering dangerous threat to the youth of America]], with supposed satanic messages hidden in the lyrics. |
| 118 | ** HipHop: Broke to the mainstream during this decade, with Music/GrandMasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive, Music/RunDMC and Music/BeastieBoys as the frontrunners. |
| 119 | ** HouseMusic: Near the late 1980s, club house music became more prominent, resulting in styles like {{Techno}} in the 1990s. |
| 120 | ** IdolSinger: Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/CyndiLauper, Music/JanetJackson, Music/DebbieGibson, Music/{{Tiffany}}, Music/KylieMinogue, Music/SeikoMatsuda just to name a few... |
| 121 | ** MusicVideo: For better or for worse, we have to credit Creator/{{MTV}} for bringing this. Creator/{{MuchMusic}} introduced them to Canadian audiences. |
| 122 | *** FanVid: These also started, often by manually syncing a song to crude edits on a pair of [=VCRs=]. |
| 123 | ** NewRomantic: Popular, and very controversial in Britain during the early half of the decade. Bands like Music/DuranDuran, Music/SpandauBallet and Music/AFlockOfSeagulls wearing outrageous {{Pirate}}-influenced costumes and donning heavy makeup. |
| 124 | ** NewWaveMusic: With MTV, the genre got an even bigger wave of popularity. |
| 125 | ** ProtestSong: Made a return with charity singles like "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World" trying to bring in money to help poor people in Africa. The Artists Against Apartheid and the Free Nelson Mandela movement fought against South Africa's apartheid system. Farm Aid helped farmers in the USA to overcome financial troubles. And many protest songs were written against the UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan and UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher administrations. |
| 126 | ** SynthPop: The dominant music genre throughout the decade, making every track instantly recognizable as having an "80s sound". |
| 127 | *** ElectronicMusic, while not debuting in this decade did break out of the ghetto of obscure European music. Music/TangerineDream, Music/JeanMichelJarre, and Vangelis became especially prolific. Jarre, especially helped popularize this form of music from his scoring of the TV series Series/MiamiVice. What set this apart from mainstream Top 40 offerings is that this form of music, lacking vocal or lyrical elements, focused solely on instrumentals and not the persona of the musician. It also eschewed reliance on roots in older traditional styles, thus being culturally neutral and very futurist. Synthesizers opened the door to artist experimenting with new sounds and no longer needing an orchestra to compose complex works. |
| 128 | ** ThrashMetal: Debuted during this era. |
| 129 | ** AWildRapperAppears: Rappers appearing during songs outside their genre became more popular, with "Walk This Way" by Music/{{Aerosmith}} and Music/RunDMC as perhaps the oldest and most famous example. |
| 130 | * NarmCharm: The decade ran on this. From excessive fashions, ridiculously catchy songs (SynthPop in particular) and much more. |
| 131 | * NeonCity: Bright neon lights (or more modern equivalents) experienced a burst of popularity at about this time. Signs in colours other than the golden-orange of real neon had been possible for a while, but in this decade, they became a deliberate aesthetic for clubs and NewWaveMusic, particularly in places like Miami. |
| 132 | * NewMediaAreEvil: The new TabletopRolePlayingGame pastime, especially ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' found itself targetted by MoralGuardians who hysterically made up ridiculous stories that exploited tragedies like the suicide of Irving Pulling blaming it for driving kids insane and to suicide and of course Satanism. Ultimately, it backfired with the classic StreisandEffect, ''quadrupuling'' sales for the D&D's publisher, Creator/{{TSR}}, from people who wanted to see what the fuss was about. Eventually by the end of the decade, knowledgable writers like Michael Stackpole who exposed the Moral Guardians' falsehoods and medical associations like the American Association of Suicidology, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and Health and Welfare Canada producing studies that the games not only do not contribute to suicide, but gamers are often mentally ''healthier'' with the pastime. |
| 133 | * NostalgiaFilter: |
| 134 | ** This decade had a lot of nostalgic getups during TheThirties, TheForties (pulpy adventures, {{dieselpunk}}y aesthetics, economic ups-and-downs, and exaggerated shoulder pads), TheFifties and TheSixties (emergence of early teen culture; big hair in the case of the 1960s). |
| 135 | *** The 80s itself is the nostalgic decade of the TurnOfTheMillennium and, alongside TheNineties, for TheNewTens. |
| 136 | ** Many 1980s kids and teens remember their parents saying things like "[[WhatDidIDoLastNight If you remember the '60s, you weren't there]]." |
| 137 | * PimpedOutDress: As suits and power-dressing were standard by day, glamour and expression was reserved for evening wear. It was the decade where high-contrast satin, lycra, and a generous helping of sequins and glitter came to prominence with world-renowned fashion designers like UsefulNotes/KarlLagerfeld, UsefulNotes/CalvinKlein, UsefulNotes/ThierryMugler, UsefulNotes/YvesSaintLaurent, UsefulNotes/JeanPaulGautier, UsefulNotes/VivienneWestwood, UsefulNotes/ChristianLacroix, UsefulNotes/OscarDeLaRenta, UsefulNotes/GianniVersace, Prada, UsefulNotes/ReiKawakubo, UsefulNotes/YohjiYamamoto, and UsefulNotes/IsseyMiyake playing their part in the catwalk. |
| 138 | * PrettyInMink: Works that weren't afraid to show fur tended to show even more than they would in TheSeventies. |
| 139 | * RealIsBrown: The color palette for the first half of the decade was a subdued continuation of the '70s, with cool beiges, creams, tans, sands, burnt oranges, and natural wood fixtures dominating interior decorating as if the colors were pulled out from ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. It wouldn't be until the middle part of the decade where, alongside the premiere of ''Series/MiamiVice'', that the Memphis style palette of neons and pastels really took off. |
| 140 | * RichBitch: Featured in all sorts of {{soap opera}}s like ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'', ''Series/FalconCrest'', et. al. |
| 141 | * SatanicPanic: The primary time period for this panic, especially revolving around the possibility of Satanic cults in small-town America, and usually encouraged by [[TheNewRockAndRoll metal]] or other "counterculture" movements. |
| 142 | * SeventiesHair: Still pretty common until 1982/83. |
| 143 | * ShouldersOfDoom: The huge shoulder pads, bigger than the ones [[TheForties forty years earlier]]. For [[LadyInAPowerSuit women wearing them]], it was a status that they had [[DefiedTrope broke down]] the metaphorical [[NeverASelfMadeWoman glass ceiling]], as more women entered the corporate ladder, and not as secretaries or clerks, but as full-fledged businesspeople. |
| 144 | * SlasherMovie: Very popular during this decade, with ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' as the front runners. |
| 145 | * SleevesAreForWimps: Ripped off sleeves (with a mandatory matching mullet) was your standard rockstar or tough guy look. |
| 146 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Though this decade is seen as rather idealistic, especially compared to the 1970s, there are [[MoodWhiplash many moments]] [[DarkerAndEdgier of conflict]] in this decade, particularly in the earlier half. |
| 147 | * StalkingIsLove: ''The Last American Virgin'', ''Film/MajorLeague'', ''Film/SayAnything'' and '''Film/TheSeduction'', just name a few. |
| 148 | * TrainingMontage: Many 1980s martial arts or sports film had one of these, with inspirational music from Music/{{Survivor|Band}}, John Farnham or some other classic rocker. |
| 149 | * TropeMaker: And TropeCodifier. With [[MediaNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood blockbuster films coming on full force]], the wide introduction of computers and VideoGames, and with the rise of cable television with channels like Creator/{{MTV}}, Creator/{{HBO}}, CNN, {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, et al., giving time and interest to watching more of it in a single channel than in a [[MediaNotes/BlockProgramming programming block]], the tropes and the StockParodies that came to the scene in this decade are: |
| 150 | ** TheAhnold: After Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger became an icon with his roles in ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' and ''Film/TheTerminator'', imitating Arnie became a StockParody. |
| 151 | ** AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: ''[[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero G. I. Joe]]'', et. al., in order to counteract accusations of being no more than "30-minute toy commercials". |
| 152 | ** AutobotsRockOut: Thanks to the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise. |
| 153 | ** DieHardOnAnX: This now standard action movie plot got its start by the eponymous ''Film/DieHard''. |
| 154 | ** MyNameIsInigoMontoya. YouKilledMyFather. PrepareToDie: Thanks to ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. |
| 155 | ** ImGoingToDisneyWorld: An advertisement that was very popular from the 1980s on. |
| 156 | ** JennysNumber: A StockShoutOut to "867-5309/Jenny" by Music/TommyTutone. |
| 157 | ** MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody: Spoofing Music/MichaelJackson's music video for "Thriller" started in this decade. |
| 158 | ** MoonWalkDance: Music/MichaelJackson popularized the moonwalk in 1983. |
| 159 | ** PacManFever: "Pac-Man" became a global phenomenon. |
| 160 | ** ParodiesOfFire: A StockParody popularized by ''Film/ChariotsOfFire''. |
| 161 | ** RaidersOfTheLostParody: A StockParody popularized by ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. |
| 162 | ** RiskyBusinessDance: A StockParody popularized by ''Film/RiskyBusiness''. |
| 163 | ** RogerRabbitEffect: While nothing revolutionary, given that the animation technique was used during MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, it was given a name, and this was done in works like Music/AHa's "Take on Me" and, of course, ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. |
| 164 | ** RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol: Although the cube was created in 1974 and patented 3 years later, it only became a worldwide sensation in 1980, and became a icon for the entire decade, to the point of [[WesternAnimation/RubikTheAmazingCube having its own animated show]]. And this cube has puzzled minds ever since. |
| 165 | ** WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: Created by the success of Music/BillyJoel's "We Didn't Start The Fire". |
| 166 | * UncannyValleyMakeup: That bronzed, ''au naturale'' glow of the '70s was ''out''. Heavy pale foundation, rainbow eyeshadow up to the brows, rims and rims of eyeliner, severe blush on the hollows of the cheeks up to the ears, and glossy red lipstick was in. Like in the '20s, mass consumerism encouraged women to pack it on. |
| 167 | * ValleyGirl: This trope was, like, ''totally'' codified in this decade, with Music/FrankZappa's song "Valley Girl" being released in 1982 and the rise of shopping malls and heavier marketing to teens helping fuel this kind of lifestyle/persona. |
| 168 | * VaporWear: Common in the first part of the decade, as the braless fashion of the 70s lived on and bras didn't become fashionable until a few years into the 80s. Backless tops were very popular in the early eighties and off-the-shoulder tops were common through the entire decade. There were also daring women who wore sports bras, regular bras and other lacy lingerie items ''as'' outerwear (with Madonna as a trend kickstarter; wearing bustiers and corsets on stage), paving the way for the modern "underwear as outerwear" trend of the following decades. |
| 169 | * VerySpecialEpisode: Just about every show had one or more of these, often due to ExecutiveMeddling but sometimes just plain {{Author Tract}}s. DrugsAreBad and TooSmartForStrangers were especially popular. |
| 170 | * VHSGame: The idea to combine VCR tapes with board games began in the mid-1980s, with ''TabletopGame/ClueVCRMysteryGame'', and spawned dozens of imitators, each combining different gaming elements with a live-action cast. |
| 171 | * VideoGamesOfThe1980s: Despite the [[SerendipityWritesThePlot technological limitations]] and [[MediaNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 a great fiasco early on in the decade]], video games as a whole was a promising media platform. And it all started [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in]] [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows 1985]]. In this decade it made, named and codified: |
| 172 | ** ActionAdventure: While the genre originated with ''VideoGame/{{Adventure}}'' in 1979, it took of the world by storm with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' in 1986. |
| 173 | ** AdventureGame: Although born in the latter part of the 1970s, in the 80s the Adventure Game (distinct from ActionAdventure by its focus on exploration, dialogue, and puzzle-solving) genre became ''the'' dominant genre in PC gaming, particularly the works of Creator/{{Sierra}} and Creator/LucasArts. |
| 174 | ** BeatEmUp: Popularized by ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''. And what could be a better excuse than two [[VideoGame/BadDudes bad dudes saving the president from ninjas]]? |
| 175 | ** FallingBlocks: What more than ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' in 1985? |
| 176 | ** LightGunGame: While experiments on light guns had been around [[OlderThanTheNES as early as the 1930s]], ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' always comes in mind when it comes to common knowledge. |
| 177 | ** PlatformGame: The genre all started with [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong an]] [[VideoGame/MarioBros Italian]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 plumber]]. |
| 178 | ** RolePlayingGame: While [=RPG's=] had been around since the 1970s, it's video game format was kickstarted in 1981 by VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}. |
| 179 | *** EasternRPG: Started with ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', and soon had followers like ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' and the [[RunningGag hair-raisingly radical]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy''. |
| 180 | *** {{Roguelike}}: Started by the eponymous ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'' in 1980. |
| 181 | *** WesternRPG: The non-linear games came to be in 1985 with ''VideoGame/UltimaIV''. |
| 182 | * VideoNasties: In 1984, certain gory horror movies were blacklisted by the British government and forbidden to be imported. Many of them were very forgettable, some not even that bloody violent, but they remained in the public consciousness just by the fact that they were put on that list. |
| 183 | * WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: A staple of 1980s action films, especially in {{Buddy Cop Show}}s. |
| 184 | * {{Yuppie}}: Young urban professionals. Power-dressed and trend-obsessed members of the Baby Boomer generation who invaded the corporate, financial, legal, and other professional ranks during the decade. |
| 185 | |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | !Many things were created or existed in the 1980s: |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[index]] |
| 192 | * AnimeAndMangaOfThe1980s |
| 193 | * ComicBooksOfThe1980s |
| 194 | * FanficsPre2000 |
| 195 | * FilmsOfThe1980s |
| 196 | * LiteratureOfThe1980s |
| 197 | * MusicOfThe1980s |
| 198 | * RadioOfThe1980s |
| 199 | * SeriesOfThe1980s |
| 200 | * TheatreOfThe1980s |
| 201 | * VideoGamesOfThe1980s |
| 202 | * EarlyVisualNovels |
| 203 | * WesternAnimationOfThe1980s |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | !!Works that are set/were made in this time period include:\ |
| 206 | (Note: [-many were also a part of the Nineties; usually those made in the later part of the decade, and are marked with a-] '*'). |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 209 | * ''Manga/HikariNoDensetsu'': Written in the 80s and takes place there; the final arc is in 1988, at the time of the Seoul Summer Olympics. Hikari competes there, representing Japan. |
| 210 | * ''Anime/{{Shenmue}}'': Like the game, set in 1986. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 214 | * Advertising/TheBurgerKingKidsClubGang |
| 215 | * Advertising/CadburysCaramelBunny |
| 216 | * Advertising/TheChasePepsi |
| 217 | * Advertising/ComputerCritters |
| 218 | * Advertising/TheCrashDummies |
| 219 | * Advertising/DrinkingAndDrivingWrecksLives |
| 220 | * Advertising/EnergizerBunny |
| 221 | * Advertising/FreddieFreaker |
| 222 | * Advertising/FrontRowJoe |
| 223 | * Advertising/{{Intimacies}} |
| 224 | * Advertising/NineteenEightyFour |
| 225 | * Advertising/TheNoid |
| 226 | * Advertising/OneToGrowOn |
| 227 | * Advertising/PartnershipToEndAddiction |
| 228 | * Advertising/SeattleMariners commercials begain airing in 1980 |
| 229 | * Advertising/SupermanVsNickOTeen |
| 230 | * Advertising/TransportAccidentCommission |
| 231 | * Advertising/WackyZanyVideo |
| 232 | * Advertising/WheresTheBeef |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 236 | * ''Animation/BlackCatDetective'' |
| 237 | * ''Animation/CalabashBrothers'' |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 241 | * Creator/JimDavidson |
| 242 | * ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonsContractualObligationAlbum'' (1980) |
| 243 | [[/folder]] |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 246 | !!!For comic books released in this time period, see ComicBooksOfThe1980s. |
| 247 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFourLifeStory'': The third part of the 2021 mini-series is set in 1984, 1986, and 1989. |
| 248 | * ''ComicBook/TheMall2018'': Set in 1984, released in 2018. |
| 249 | * ''ComicBook/Marvel1985''. Published in 2008, set in 1985. |
| 250 | * ComicBook/PaperGirls: Began in 2015, set in 1988. |
| 251 | * The third part of ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'' (published in 2019) is set in 1984. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 255 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Alex}}'': First appeared in 1987. |
| 256 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Arnold}}'': Ran from 1982–88. |
| 257 | * ''ComicStrip/BettyBoopAndFelix'': First appeared around 1984. |
| 258 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Bizarro}}'': First appeared in January, 1985. |
| 259 | * ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'': First appeared in December, 1980. |
| 260 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': First appeared in November, 1985. |
| 261 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': First published in 2019, but is set in the early 1980s. |
| 262 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'': First appeared in June, 1987. |
| 263 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'': First appeared in October, 1988. |
| 264 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': First appeared in April, 1989. (see ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'') |
| 265 | * ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': First appeared in April, 1988. |
| 266 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'': First appeared in March, 1985. |
| 267 | * ''ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack'': First appeared in March, 1984. |
| 268 | * ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'': First appeared in October, 1988. |
| 269 | * ''[[ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward Sally Forth]]'': First appeared in January, 1982. |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[folder:Eastern European Animation]] |
| 273 | * ''Animation/AboutSidorovVova'' |
| 274 | * ''Animation/TheAdventuresOfVasiaKurolesov'' |
| 275 | * ''Animation/ArmenFilmAnimatedShorts'' |
| 276 | * ''Animation/CatCity'' |
| 277 | * ''Animation/DavidAndTheMagicPearl'' |
| 278 | * ''Animation/{{Fantadroms}}'' |
| 279 | * ''Animation/IllReturnAsTheRain'' |
| 280 | * ''Animation/InvestigationHeldByKolobki'' |
| 281 | * ''Animation/LastYearsSnowWasFalling'' |
| 282 | * ''Animation/LeopoldTheCat'' |
| 283 | * ''Animation/LittleFox'' |
| 284 | * ''Literature/TheLittleWitch'' |
| 285 | * ''Animation/MisiMokusKalandjai'' |
| 286 | * ''Animation/MotherForLittleMammoth'' |
| 287 | * ''Animation/TheMysteryOfTheThirdPlanet'' |
| 288 | * ''Animation/OnceUponADog'' |
| 289 | * ''Animation/PlasticineCrow'' |
| 290 | * ''Animation/PodrozeKapitanaKlipera'' |
| 291 | * ''Animation/SuurToll'' |
| 292 | * ''Animation/TreasureOfSwampCastle'' |
| 293 | * ''Animation/TheVanishedWorldOfGloves'' |
| 294 | * ''Animation/VizipokCsodapok'' |
| 295 | * ''Animation/VukTheLittleFox'' |
| 296 | * ''Animation/WillyTheSparrow'' |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | [[folder:Fanfics]] |
| 300 | * ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Written in the '00s, set in the mid '80s. |
| 301 | * ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse''. Written in 2002, set in 1985. |
| 302 | * ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'': Written in 2004, set in the late 1980s. |
| 303 | * ''Fanfic/TheGoldenBoysLastTemptation'': Written in 2001, set in the late 1980s. |
| 304 | * ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': Started in the '00s, set in 1986. |
| 305 | * ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': Written in the early '00s, set in 1986. |
| 306 | * ''Fanfic/{{Kitsune}}'': Written in 2015, Prologue is on "Christmas Eve, 1987". |
| 307 | * ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'': Tara randomly decides that Voldemort attended Hogwarts in the 1980s ({{canon}}ically, it's the 1940s) -- maybe she just couldn't imagine a time before there were "goffs". She also throws the Marauders, who canonically attended Hogwarts in the 1970s, into the same time period. ''And'' she keeps up only the barest pretense of the '80s, filling the '80s scenes with blatant pop-culture anachronisms. At least twice her author's notes point out details which aren't accurate to the '80s in order to ask us to ignore them. |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 311 | * ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'': Made in 2014, set in 1987. |
| 312 | * ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Made in 2012, prologue set in 1982 plus flashbacks to some of the preceding years. |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 316 | !!!For films released in this time period, see FilmsOfThe1980s |
| 317 | * ''Film/EightBitChristmas'': Made in 2021, set in 1988. |
| 318 | * ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'': Made in 2004, film kicks-off in 1987 before the protagonist's MentalTimeTravel into ThePresentDay. |
| 319 | * ''Film/SeventeenAgain2009'': Made and set in 2009, prologue takes place in 1989. |
| 320 | * ''Film/FiftyFour'': Made in 1998, the second half of the film set during disco's loss of popularity once the decade entered. |
| 321 | * ''Film/{{Adventureland}}'': Made in 2009, set in 1987. |
| 322 | * ''Film/Adrift2018'': 2018 film set during the events of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Pacific_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Raymond Hurricane Raymond]] in 1983. |
| 323 | * ''Film/{{Air|2023}}'': 2023 film set in 1984. |
| 324 | * ''Film/AllEyezOnMe'': 2017 {{Biopic}} about Music/TupacShakur, flashbacks to his teenage years set in this decade. |
| 325 | * ''Film/AmericanPsycho'': Made in 2000, set in sort-of-1989, based on musical information from the protagonist. |
| 326 | * ''Film/AmericanSniper'': Made in 2014, prologue set in this decade during TheHero's childhood. |
| 327 | * ''Film/AMostViolentYear'': Made in 2014, set in 1981. |
| 328 | * ''Film/Argentina1985'': Made in 2021, set in 1985. |
| 329 | * ''Film/{{Argo}}'': Made in 2012, climax set in 1981. |
| 330 | * ''Film/AtomicBlonde'': 2017 film set in 1989. |
| 331 | * ''Film/{{Azor}}'': 2021 film set in 1980. |
| 332 | * ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'': Made in 2013, second half of the story takes place from 1982-1987. |
| 333 | * ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'': Made in 2010, set in 1983. |
| 334 | * ''Film/BillionaireBoysClub'': Made in 2018, set during this decade. |
| 335 | * ''Film/BillyElliot'': Made in 2000, set in 1984. |
| 336 | * ''Film/{{Birdshot}}'': It is never stated exactly when this 2016 film is set, but the police service is called the "Integrated National Police" rather than "Philippine National Police" like it is since 1991, its uniforms are the old khaki issue from before said era, there are no computers or cellphones anywhere, the cars are also old boxy models, old battery-operated transistor radios are still in use, as are monochrome film photographs. Put together, these roughly put the film most likely in its transitional phase from the Martial Law-era Philippine Constabulary. |
| 337 | * ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'': Made in 2006, part of the prologue set in 1982. |
| 338 | * ''Film/BlackMirrorBandersnatch'': Made in 2018, set in 1984. |
| 339 | * ''Film/{{Blow}}'': Made in 2001, parts of the story takes place in 1980 and 1987. |
| 340 | * ''Film/BlueJean'': Made in 2023, it's set in 1988, with the homophobia of the decade the focus as the protagonist is a closeted lesbian. Common eighties styles also are prevalent. |
| 341 | * ''Film/BobMarleyOneLove'': 2024 Music/BobMarley BioPic, set from 1976 to 1981. |
| 342 | * ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'': Made in 2018, the latter part of the film is set from 1980 leading up to Music/{{Queen}}'s legendary performance at UsefulNotes/LiveAid in 1985. |
| 343 | * ''Film/BoogieNights'': Made in 1997, mostly set in the middle of the decade and concludes in 1984. |
| 344 | * ''Film/BrokebackMountain'': Made in 2006, final part of the film set in 1983. |
| 345 | * ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'': Made in 2018, set in 1987. |
| 346 | * ''Film/TheButler'': Made in 2013, the eponymous protagonist resigns from his job during UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan's second term as U.S. President. |
| 347 | * ''Film/CallMeByYourName'': Made in 2017, set in 1983. |
| 348 | * ''Film/{{Casino}}'': Made in 1995, most of the film takes place from 1980-1983. |
| 349 | * ''Film/{{Censor}}'': Made in 2021, takes place in 1985. |
| 350 | * ''Film/{{Challenger}}'': Made in 1990, takes place in 1986. |
| 351 | * ''Film/{{Chopper}}'': Made in 2000, mostly set after the protagonist's release from prison in 1986. |
| 352 | * ''Film/CitizenX'': Made in 1995, story begins in 1982. |
| 353 | * ''Film/CityOfGod'': Made in 2002, final part set in the early parts of this decade. |
| 354 | * ''Film/{{Click}}'': Made and set in 2006, the protagonist travels back to his college years set in this decade. |
| 355 | * ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Made in 1971, set in 1980. |
| 356 | * ''Film/CocaineBear'': Made in 2021, set in 1985. |
| 357 | * ''Film/ColdInJuly'': Made in 2014, set in 1989. |
| 358 | * ''Film/ComputerChess'': Made in 2013, set in 1983. |
| 359 | * ''Film/{{Control}}'': 2007 {{Biopic}} of Music/JoyDivision front man Ian Curtis, the story ends with his suicide in 1980. |
| 360 | * ''Film/DallasBuyersClub'': Made in 2013, first half of the film set in the middle to latter part of the decade. |
| 361 | * ''Film/Daredevil2003'': Made in 2003, flashbacks to the eponymous protagonist's childhood and SuperHeroOrigin happened during the earlier parts of the decade. |
| 362 | * [[/index]]''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':[[index]] |
| 363 | ** ''Film/ManOfSteel'': Made in 2013, prologue set in 1980 plus a few flashbacks to 1989. |
| 364 | ** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': Made in 2016, prologue set in 1981. |
| 365 | ** ''Film/Aquaman2018'': Made in 2018, prologue set in 1985. |
| 366 | ** ''Film/WonderWoman1984'': Made in 2020, set [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in 1984]]. Unlike most works of fiction set in this period, the film doesn't play up the glamour of the '80s or how so many great things came from that era. Instead, it shows the '80s as a time where people were senselessly greedy and resentful of one another. Given that the BigBad has the ability to gain everyone's wishes, this doesn't work out well. |
| 367 | * ''Film/TheDirt'': 2019 {{Biopic}} of Music/MotleyCrue. |
| 368 | * ''Film/{{District 9}}'': Made in 2009, set in 1982. |
| 369 | * ''Film/DonnieDarko'': Made in 2001, set in 1988. |
| 370 | * ''Film/EddieTheEagle'': 2016 Michael Edwards BioPic set from 1973 to 1988. |
| 371 | * ''Film/{{Elektra}}'': Flashbacks to Elektra's childhood is frequently shown. Judging from the clothing, it happened during the first half of the decade. |
| 372 | * ''Film/Elvis2022'': 2022 Music/ElvisPresley BioPic set in 1997 with a FramingDevice that tackles vents from 1947-1977. |
| 373 | * ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye'': 2021 Tammy Faye Messner BioPic. |
| 374 | * ''Film/{{Fargo}}'': Made in 1996, set in 1987. |
| 375 | * ''Film/ForrestGump'': Made in 1995, set in 1981. |
| 376 | * ''Film/{{Foxcatcher}}'': Made in 2014, set from 1986 onwards. |
| 377 | * ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'': Made in 2009, prologue set in 1980. |
| 378 | * ''Film/TheFrozenGround:'' Set in 1983. |
| 379 | * ''Film/AFutileAndStupidGesture'': Made in 2018, set from 1964 to 1980. |
| 380 | * ''Film/GetOnUp'': Made in 2014, part of the film takes place in 1988. |
| 381 | * ''Film/{{Ghost Rider|2007}}'': Made and set in 2007, prologue set in 1986. |
| 382 | * ''Film/GhostsOfGirlfriendsPast'': Made and set in 2009, much of the flashbacks to the protagonist's childhood is set from 1982 onwards. |
| 383 | * ''Film/{{Gia}}'': Made in 1998, mostly set in the early to middle parts of the decade culminating with the protagonist's death in 1986. |
| 384 | * ''Film/GoldenEye'': Made in 1995, the prologue is set in 1986. |
| 385 | * ''Film/GoldThroughTheFire'': The setting, as the film was released in 1987, and it shows. Not only with the fashions, but the very Cold War politics. |
| 386 | * ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'': Made in 1990, film set from 1955-1980. |
| 387 | * ''Film/{{Gotti}}'': 2018 John Gotti BioPic. |
| 388 | * ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'': The prologue is set in 1981. |
| 389 | * ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' (made in 2010, the protagonists travel back to 1986. |
| 390 | * ''Film/TheHouseOfTheDevil'': 2009 film set somewhere in this decade. |
| 391 | * ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': Made in 2003, flashback to Bruce Banner's teenaged years takes place in 1984. |
| 392 | * ''Film/InAmerica'': Made in 2003, set in 1982. |
| 393 | * ''Film/InTheShadowOfTheMoon'': 2019 film, the story starts off in 1988. |
| 394 | * ''Film/TheIronClaw'': 2023 Wrestling/VonErichFamily BioPic mainly set from 1979-1993, with the epilogue set sometime after Kevin Von Erich's retirement in 1995. |
| 395 | * ''Film/TheIronLady'': Made in 2011. Biopic about Margaret Thatcher |
| 396 | * ''Film/ITonya'': Made in 2017, majority of the film's first half set in various parts of the decade. |
| 397 | * ''Film/TheInfiltrator'': Made in 2016, set in this decade. |
| 398 | * ''Film/It2017'': Made in 2017, set in 1989. |
| 399 | * ''Film/{{Jobs}}'': Made in 2013, partially set in this decade. |
| 400 | * ''Film/Joker2019'': Made in 2019, set in 1981. |
| 401 | * ''Film/KillerElite'': Made in 2011, set in 1980. |
| 402 | * ''Film/KillingBono'': Made in 2011, set mainly between 1982 and 1986. |
| 403 | * ''Film/LaborDay'': 2013 film set in 1987. |
| 404 | * ''Film/TheLastBusHome'': 1997 film that begins in 1979. |
| 405 | * ''Film/TheLastDaysOfDisco'': Made in 1998, set in the early 1980s. |
| 406 | * ''Film/{{Lebanon}}'': Made in 2009, set in 1982. |
| 407 | * ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'': 2004 Creator/PeterSellers BioPic. |
| 408 | * ''Film/{{Lion}}'': Made in 2016, story starts off in 1986. |
| 409 | * ''Film/LordsOfChaos'': Music/{{Mayhem}} Biopic set from their formation in 1987 to their downfall in 1993. |
| 410 | * ''Film/LoveAndBasketball'': Made in 2000, follows the protagonists from 1981-2000. |
| 411 | * ''Film/{{Lovelace}}'': Made in 2013 and set mostly in The70s, but the final scenes are set during 1980. |
| 412 | * ''Film/MagicBeyondWordsTheJKRowlingStory'': 2011 Creator/JKRowling BioPic detailing her childhood up to the release of [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first]] ''Film/HarryPotter'' movie in 2001. |
| 413 | * ''Film/Malevolent2018'': Made in 2018, set in 1986. |
| 414 | * ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'': Made in 1999, set mostly in the early to mid parts of the decade. |
| 415 | * ''Film/Mandy2018'': 2018 film set in 1983. |
| 416 | * [[/index]]''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':[[index]] |
| 417 | ** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'': Made in 2014, prologue set in 1988. |
| 418 | ** ''Film/AntMan1'': Made in 2015, prologue set in 1989 plus a brief but important flashback to 1987. |
| 419 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': Made in 2017, prologue set in 1980. |
| 420 | ** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'': Made in 2018, a handful of flashbacks are set before and after the disappearance of Janet van Dyne in 1987. |
| 421 | ** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Made in 2019 and set in 1995, but flashback to the eponymous protagonist's SuperHeroOrigin set in 1989. |
| 422 | * ''Film/{{MaXXXine}}'': Made in 2024, set in 1985. |
| 423 | * ''Film/MidnightInTheGardenOfGoodAndEvil'': Made in 1997, set in the early 1980s. |
| 424 | * ''Film/{{Minari}}'': Made in 2020, set in this decade. |
| 425 | * ''Film/{{Miracle}}'': Herb Brooks BioPic set during the buildup to the actual eponymous game from 1979 to the 1980 Winter Olympics. |
| 426 | * ''Film/MissCongeniality'': Made in 2000, prologue set in 1982. |
| 427 | * ''Film/{{Monster}}'': Made in 2003, story begins in the late 1980s. |
| 428 | * ''Film/MyAnimal'': Made in 2023, set sometime during the 1980s. |
| 429 | * ''Film/{{No}}'': Made in 2012, set in 1988. |
| 430 | * ''Theatre/TheNormalHeart'': Made in 2014, set in the early 1980s. |
| 431 | * ''Film/Notorious2009'' |
| 432 | * ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'': Made in 2007, set in 1980. |
| 433 | * ''Film/TheOldManAndTheGun'': 2018 Forrest Tucker BioPic. |
| 434 | * ''Film/OnlyYou'': Made and set in 1994, prologue set in 1980. |
| 435 | * ''Film/ParisIsBurning'': 80s Ball culture documentary. |
| 436 | * ''Film/ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'': Made in 1996, second half of the film takes place from 1983-1988. |
| 437 | * ''Film/PetesDragon2016'': Made in 2016, set in 1983. |
| 438 | * ''Film/{{Pixels}}'': Made in 2015, prologue set in 1982. |
| 439 | * ''Film/{{Pride 2014}}'': Made in 2014, set in 1984-85. |
| 440 | * ''Film/{{Precious}}'': Made in 2009, set in 1987. |
| 441 | * ''Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness'': Made in 2006, set in 1981. |
| 442 | * ''Film/RedDragon'': Made in 2002, set during the early to middle parts of the decade. |
| 443 | * ''Film/RememberTheTitans'': Made in 2000 and set in 1981, though the main story takes place in 1971 through flashbacks. |
| 444 | * ''Film/RidingInCarsWithBoys'': Made in 2001, story's final arc set from 1985-1986. |
| 445 | * ''Film/ARiverRunsThroughIt'': Made in 1992, the film concludes in 1980. |
| 446 | * ''Theatre/RockOfAges'': Made in 2012, set in 1987. |
| 447 | * ''Film/RockStar'': Made in 2001, set in the middle of the decade. |
| 448 | * ''Film/{{Rocketman 2019}}'': A 2019 Music/EltonJohn biopic. |
| 449 | * ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'': Made in 1997, the film occasionally flashbacks to 1987. |
| 450 | * ''Film/TheRunaways'': Made in 2010 and set mostly in the mid to late '70s, but the epilogue is set in 1982. |
| 451 | * ''Film/{{Safe|1995}}'': Made in 1995, set in 1987. |
| 452 | * ''Film/Scarface1983'': Made in 1983, the film takes place from 1981-1983. |
| 453 | * ''Film/{{Selena}}'': Made in 1997, a good chunk of the film takes place from 1981-1989. |
| 454 | * ''Film/SingStreet'': Released in 2016, set in 1985. |
| 455 | * ''Film/{{Sleepers}}'': Made in 1996, the second half of the film takes place in 1981. |
| 456 | * ''Film/SonOfRambow'': Made in 2008, set in 1982. |
| 457 | * ''Film/{{Spud}}'': 2009 film set in 1988. |
| 458 | * ''Film/StarterForTen'': Made in 2006, set in 1985 and 1986. |
| 459 | * ''Film/SteveJobs'': Made in 2015, the film's first two acts take place in 1984 and 1988. |
| 460 | * ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'': Made in 2015, story kicks-off in 1986. |
| 461 | * ''Film/{{Submarine}}'': Made in 2010, set in 1986. |
| 462 | * ''Film/SummerOf84'': Made in 2018, set in 1984. |
| 463 | * ''Film/{{Sunny}}'': Made in 2011, has several flashbacks set somewhere in the 80s. |
| 464 | * ''Film/SweetSweetLonelyGirl'': Made in 2016, set during the Presidency of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan. |
| 465 | * ''Take Me Home Tonight'': Made in 2011, set in the late 1980s. |
| 466 | * ''Film/ATaxiDriver'': 2017 film set in 1980. |
| 467 | * ''Film/{{Ted}}'': Made and set in 2012, prologue takes place in 1985. |
| 468 | * ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' (made in 2015, most of the first half of the film is set in [[Film/TheTerminator 1984]]. |
| 469 | * ''Film/{{Tetris|2023}}'': Made in 2022, set in the mid-80s. |
| 470 | * ''Film/ThatsMyBoy'': Made in 2012, prologue set in 1984. |
| 471 | * ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'': Made in 2014, the last quarter of the film is set mostly in this decade and concludes in 1989. |
| 472 | * ''Film/TickTickBoom'': 2021 film set in 1990, with extensive flashbacks between 1982-1988. |
| 473 | * ''Film/TourDePharmacy'': Made in 2017, set in an alternate 1982. |
| 474 | * ''Film/{{Tyson}}'': 1995 Creator/MikeTyson BioPic. |
| 475 | * ''Film/{{Umrika}}'': 2015 film set in 1980s India. |
| 476 | * ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'': An integral flashback concerning TheHero is set somewhere in this decade. |
| 477 | * ''Film/UnderTheShadow'': Made in 2016, set during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War Iran-Iraq War]], which lasted from 1980 to 1988. |
| 478 | * ''Film/{{Vice 2018}}'': Made in 2018 and set from 2001-2009, part of the story flashes back during the administrations of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. |
| 479 | * ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': Made in 2009, set in an alternate 1985. |
| 480 | * ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'': Made in 1998, set in 1985. |
| 481 | * ''Film/WeSummonTheDarkness'': Made in 2019, set in July 1988. |
| 482 | * ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'': Made in 2001, set in 1981. |
| 483 | * ''Film/WNUFHalloweenSpecial'': Made in 2013, set in 1987. |
| 484 | * ''Film/{{Wonderland}}'': 2003 film about the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderland_murders 1981 Wonderland murders]]. |
| 485 | * ''Film/TheWood'': Made in 1999, with lots of flashbacks to 1986-89. |
| 486 | * [[/index]]''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':[[index]] |
| 487 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Made in 2009, the bulk of the movie takes place in 1985 or the very least 1986, but given the nature of what happened to Logan's memories, it is unsure when it took place. Website/TheOtherWiki states Stryker met Logan and Victor in 1975 placing the majority of the movie in 1981. Regardless, it certainly doesn't capture the look or the feel of the time. |
| 488 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Made in 2016, mostly set in 1983. |
| 489 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2'': Made in 2018, the eponymous protagonist {{time travel}}s to the aforementioned ''X-Men Origins'' in TheStinger. |
| 490 | [[/folder]] |
| 491 | |
| 492 | [[folder:Han-guk Manhwa Aenimeisyeon]] |
| 493 | * ''Manhwa/DoolyTheLittleDinosaur'' |
| 494 | * ''Animation/SpaceTransformers'' |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 498 | * ''Literature/AristotleAndDanteDiscoverTheSecretsOfTheUniverse'' (published in 2013, set in 1987) |
| 499 | * ''Literature/{{Beloved}}'' |
| 500 | * ''Literature/BimbosOfTheDeathSun'' |
| 501 | * ''Literature/TheBroomOfTheSystem'' |
| 502 | * ''Literature/TheChoir'' |
| 503 | * ''Literature/DarkPlaces'' |
| 504 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' (series began in 1986) |
| 505 | * ''Literature/EleanorAndPark'' (made in 2013, set between the fall of 1986 to the spring of 1987) |
| 506 | * ''Literature/GorkyPark'' |
| 507 | * ''Literature/HamishMacbeth'' |
| 508 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'': The prologue is set in 1981. |
| 509 | * ''Literature/TheHotelNewHampshire'' |
| 510 | * ''Literature/HilaryTamar'' |
| 511 | * ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' |
| 512 | * ''Literature/TheJoyLuckClub'' |
| 513 | * ''Literature/KinseyMillhone'' |
| 514 | * ''Literature/LessThanZero'' |
| 515 | * ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn'' (made in 2004, set in 1983.) |
| 516 | * ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh'' |
| 517 | * ''Literature/TheManWhoBroughtTheDodgersBackToBrooklyn'' |
| 518 | * ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' (made in 1949, set in the eponymous year.) |
| 519 | * ''Literature/OneDay'' (made in 2009, story begins in 1988.) |
| 520 | * ''Literature/PlanetEarthIsBlue'' |
| 521 | * ''Literature/APrayerForOwenMeany'' (The present day scenes at least.) |
| 522 | * ''Literature/TheQuorum'' (set in the Eighties and early Nineties) |
| 523 | * ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' |
| 524 | * ''Literature/StrangerThingsDarknessOnTheEdgeOfTown'': The story's FramingDevice is set in December 26th, 1984. |
| 525 | * ''Literature/{{Vineland}}'' |
| 526 | * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Multiple stories have events in this time: |
| 527 | ** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/101-the-island-of-dr-dna The Island of Dr. DNA: Part Two]] starts in "April 24th, 1980". |
| 528 | ** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/2nd-gen-canon/788-rts-p1 "Rises the Sun (Part 1)"]] has scenes in "Summer 1983", and "June 1985". |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
| 530 | |
| 531 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 532 | !!!For series released in this time period, see SeriesOfThe1980s |
| 533 | * ''Series/{{Los 80}}'': Made in 2008, set in the whole decade. |
| 534 | * ''Series/{{American Horror Story 1984}}'': Made in 2019, set in ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 535 | * ''Series/TheAmericans'': Made in 2013, the story is set from 1981-1987. |
| 536 | * ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'': Made and initially set in 2008, then TheHero {{mental time travel}}s to 1981. |
| 537 | * ''Series/Candy2022'': 2022 Candy Montgomery BioPic set from 1978-1980. |
| 538 | * ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'': Made in 2013, set in 1984. |
| 539 | * ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'': Made in 1998, flashbacks to the eponymous Charmed Ones' childhood are either set in this decade or [[TheSeventies the previous one]]. |
| 540 | * ''Series/{{Charmed 2018}}'': The decade is briefly seen in a TimeTravel spell, when two of the protagonists see Hilltowne University during this period. Besides the general bright, spandex clad and patterned aesthetic, there's also a protest against apartheid going on in the background. |
| 541 | * ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'': Made in 2019, set during the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. |
| 542 | * ''Series/CobraKai'': Occasional flashbacks to the events of the [[Film/TheKarateKid1984 first]] [[Film/TheKarateKidPartII three]] [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII films]]. |
| 543 | * ''Series/TheCrown'': The fourth season was made in 2020 and set during 1979-1990 during the [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Thatcher Administration]] and the wedding of Princes Charles and Princess Diana. |
| 544 | * ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'' was made in 2022, but it was set between the 1960s and the 1990s. A large section of the story is devoted to Dahmer's murders throughout the 1980s. |
| 545 | * ''Series/DeadOfSummer'': Made in 2016, set in 1989. |
| 546 | * ''Series/TheDeuce'': Made in 2017, its final season set from 1984-1985. |
| 547 | * ''Series/Deutschland83'' |
| 548 | * ''Series/DirtyLines'': Released in 2022, set almost entirely in the 1980s, apart from the last minute or two. |
| 549 | * ''Series/{{Doom Patrol 2019}}'': Flashback to Cliff Steele's SuperHeroOrigin happened during the 1988 UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}}. |
| 550 | * ''Series/{{Encantadia}}'': Made in 2005, the FourGirlEnsemble gets AMinorKidroduction sometime during this decade. |
| 551 | * ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'': Made in 2005, the show is set between 1982 to 1987. |
| 552 | * ''Series/Forever2014'': Contains flashbacks set in 1982 and 1985. |
| 553 | * ''Series/FellowTravelers'': Released in 2023, the present scenes take place in 1986. |
| 554 | * ''Series/TheFirstLady'': 2022 UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt, UsefulNotes/BettyFord, and UsefulNotes/MichelleObama BioPic. |
| 555 | * ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'': Made in 2000, set in 1980. |
| 556 | * ''Series/GirlsOnTop'' |
| 557 | * ''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}'': Made in 2017, story starts off in 1985. |
| 558 | * ''Series/TheGoldbergs'': Takes place in the decade, but the timeline doesn't follow the real life order. |
| 559 | * ''Series/GhostsUK'' |
| 560 | ** The opening of "Happy Death Day" shows Pat's death in 1984. |
| 561 | ** The VHS footage of Pat celebrating Christmas with his family was filmed in 1983 and 1988. |
| 562 | * ''Series/GhostsUS'': The flashbacks of "Pete’s Death", "Attic Girl" and one in "Dumb Deaths" are set in this decade. |
| 563 | * ''Series/GorditaChronicles'': Premiered in 2022 but is set in 1985 Miami. |
| 564 | * ''Series/HaltAndCatchFire'': Made in 2014, story starts off in 1983. |
| 565 | * ''Series/HapAndLeonard'' |
| 566 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Made in 2005, the show occasionally flashes back to the main characters' childhood set in various points in this decade. |
| 567 | * ''Series/Hometown2021'': The drama has partial flashbacks to 1989. The first part of the first episode, "Missing Girl", has a prologue that starts in the same year. |
| 568 | * ''Series/IkawLamang'': Made in 2014, GrandFinale of the series' first chapter which began in TheFifties is set in 1984. |
| 569 | * '' Series/ItsaSin ''. Made in 2021. Set during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. |
| 570 | * ''Series/LandOfTheGiants'' |
| 571 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': Made in 2016, the titular group frequently travels to the middle and latter parts of the decade. |
| 572 | * ''Series/LoveAndDeath2023'': 2023 Candy Montgomery BioPic set from 1978-1980. |
| 573 | * ''Series/MixedIsh'': Made in 2019, takes place in 1985. |
| 574 | * ''Series/MrsAmerica'': Made in 2020, the story ends in 1980 after the election of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan. |
| 575 | * ''Series/TheNakedDirector'': First season aired in 2019. The story begins at the very beginning of the decade. |
| 576 | * ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' |
| 577 | * ''Series/TheNewsreader'': Season 1 aired in 2021 and is set in January 24 - April 28, 1986. Season 2 covers July 8, 1987 - January 27, 1988. |
| 578 | * ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'': A nine episode miniseries that chronicles thirty years in the life of four friends. The antepenultimate and penultimate episodes are respectively set in 1984 and 1987. |
| 579 | * ''Series/PaperGirls2022'': Made in 2022, part of the story is set in 1988, where it starts out and the titular girls are from. |
| 580 | * ''Series/{{Physical}}'': Ran 2021-23 and set in 1980s San Diego. |
| 581 | * ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Made in 2006, every episode in the first 5 seasons begins with a flashback, usually to Shawn's childhood during the 1980s. |
| 582 | * ''Series/{{Pose}}'': Made in 2018, story kicks off in 1987. |
| 583 | * ''Series/RedOaks'': Made in 2014, series begins in the summer of 1985. |
| 584 | * ''Series/RedRiding'': Made in 2009, last two parts set in 1980 and 1983. |
| 585 | * ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': Made and set in 2012 onwards, flashback to the protagonist's early childhood set in 1989. |
| 586 | * ''Series/{{Sandglass}}'': 1995 series set in the mid-1970s to early 1980s. |
| 587 | * ''Series/ShowMeAHero'': Made in 2015, story starts off in 1987. |
| 588 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Made in 2001, prologue set in 1989. |
| 589 | * ''Series/{{Snowfall}}'': Made in 2017, story kicks off in 1983. |
| 590 | * ''Series/SquidGame'': Made in 2021, prologue set somewhere in the decade. |
| 591 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'': Made in 2016, story kicks off in 1983. |
| 592 | * ''Series/That80sShow'': Made in 2002, set in 1984. |
| 593 | * ''Series/ThisIsUs'': Made in 2016 and is set in ThePresentDay, but frequently flashes back to the three protagonists' birth in 1980 as well as their early childhood. |
| 594 | * ''Series/TrueDetective'' Season 3: One third of its story takes place in 1980. |
| 595 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks:'' The original two seasons were made in 1990, takes place in February and March 1989. |
| 596 | * ''Series/UFO1970'': Filmed in 1969-70, but set in a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture[=/=]{{Zeerust}} version of 1980. |
| 597 | * ''Series/UnderTheBannerOfHeaven'': 2022 miniseries set in 1984. |
| 598 | * ''Series/WinningTime'': 2022 BioPic about the Los Angeles Lakers during Magic Johnson's tenure from 1979-1991. |
| 599 | * ''Series/WhyWomenKill'': Made in 2019, 1/3 of the story takes place in 1984. |
| 600 | * ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' |
| 601 | * ''Series/YoungRock'': Wrestling/DwayneJohnson autobiographical {{Sitcom}} than begins airing in 2021. |
| 602 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Made in 2017, the story begins in 1989. |
| 603 | [[/folder]] |
| 604 | |
| 605 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 606 | * ''Music/BackstreetBoys'': Their music video for their 2005 single "Just Want You to Know" depicts the group as HeavyMetal fans in 1985. |
| 607 | * ''Music/{{Communications}}'': Case Two takes place in 1987. |
| 608 | * ''Music/IDontKnowHowButTheyFoundMe'' is a concept band based around the idea of an 80s band that never made it big and was forgotten about. All of their music and music videos are presented as if they were found on cassette tapes in an old box, and are now being re-discovered and shared. |
| 609 | [[/folder]] |
| 610 | |
| 611 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 612 | * ''Pinball/{{Ali}}'' (1980) |
| 613 | * ''Pinball/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' (1980) |
| 614 | * ''Pinball/AsteroidAnnieAndTheAliens'' (1980) |
| 615 | * ''Pinball/BabyPacMan'' (1982) |
| 616 | * ''Pinball/BanzaiRun'' (1988) |
| 617 | * ''Pinball/{{Barracora}}'' (1982) |
| 618 | * ''Pinball/BigGuns'' (1987) |
| 619 | * ''Pinball/BlackHole'' (1981) |
| 620 | * ''Pinball/BlackKnight'' (1980) |
| 621 | ** ''Black Knight 2000'' (1989) |
| 622 | * ''Pinball/BoneBusters'' (1989) |
| 623 | * ''Pinball/{{Caveman}}'' (1982) |
| 624 | * ''Pinball/{{Centaur}}'' (1981) |
| 625 | * ''Pinball/{{Comet}}'' (1986) |
| 626 | ** ''Pinball/{{Cyclone}}'' (1988) |
| 627 | * ''Pinball/{{Defender}}'' (1982) |
| 628 | * ''Pinball/DevilsDare'' (1982) |
| 629 | * ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons1987'' (1987) (see ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'') |
| 630 | * ''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}'' (1989) |
| 631 | * ''Pinball/EightBall Deluxe'' (1981) |
| 632 | ** ''Eight Ball Champ'' (1985) |
| 633 | * ''Pinball/ElviraAndThePartyMonsters'' (1989) |
| 634 | * ''Pinball/{{Embryon}}'' (1981) |
| 635 | * ''Pinball/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (1980) |
| 636 | * ''Pinball/F14Tomcat'' (1987) |
| 637 | * ''Pinball/{{Farfalla}}'' (1983) |
| 638 | * ''Pinball/{{Fathom}}'' (1980) |
| 639 | * ''[[Pinball/Fire1987 Fire!]]'' (1987) |
| 640 | * ''Pinball/{{Firepower}}'' (1980) |
| 641 | ** ''Firepower II'' (1983) |
| 642 | * ''Pinball/FlashDragon'' (1986) |
| 643 | * ''Pinball/Flight2000'' (1980) |
| 644 | * ''Pinball/HauntedHouse'' (1982) |
| 645 | * ''Pinball/HighSpeed'' (1986) |
| 646 | * ''Pinball/HollywoodHeat'' (1986) |
| 647 | * ''Pinball/{{Hyperball}}'' (1981) |
| 648 | * ''Pinball/IronMaiden'' (1981) |
| 649 | * ''Pinball/JamesBond007Gottlieb'' (1980) |
| 650 | * ''Pinball/{{Joust}}'' (1983) |
| 651 | * ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' (1981, unreleased) |
| 652 | * ''Pinball/LaserWar'' (1987) |
| 653 | * ''[[Pinball/LightsCameraAction Lights... Camera... Action!]]'' (1989) |
| 654 | * ''Pinball/MacAttack'' (1989) |
| 655 | * ''Pinball/MousinAround'' (1989) |
| 656 | * ''Pinball/MrAndMrsPacManPinball'' (1982) |
| 657 | * ''Pinball/Orbitor1'' (1982) |
| 658 | * ''Pinball/PinBot'' (1986) |
| 659 | * ''Pinball/PinkPanther'' (1981) |
| 660 | * ''Pinball/Playboy35thAnniversary'' (1989) |
| 661 | * ''Pinball/PoliceForce'' (1989) |
| 662 | * ''Pinball/QBertsQuest'' (1983) |
| 663 | * ''Pinball/{{Raven}}'' (1986) |
| 664 | * ''Pinball/RoboCop'' (1989) |
| 665 | * ''Pinball/{{Robot}}'' (1985) |
| 666 | * ''Pinball/{{Rocky}}'' (1982) |
| 667 | * ''Pinball/{{Seawitch}}'' (1980) |
| 668 | * ''Pinball/SecretService'' (1988) |
| 669 | * ''Pinball/SilverballMania'' (1980) |
| 670 | * ''Pinball/{{Sorcerer}}'' (1985) |
| 671 | * ''Pinball/SpaceShuttle'' (1984) |
| 672 | * ''Pinball/SpaceStation'' (1987) |
| 673 | * ''Pinball/{{Spectrum}}'' (1982) |
| 674 | * ''Pinball/SpyHunter'' (1984) (see ''Film/SpyHunter'') |
| 675 | * ''Pinball/StarGazer'' (1980) |
| 676 | * ''Pinball/StrangeScience'' (1986) |
| 677 | * ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}'' (1988) |
| 678 | * ''Pinball/TimeFantasy'' (1983) |
| 679 | * ''Pinball/TimeMachineDataEast'' (1988) |
| 680 | * ''Pinball/TimeMachineZaccaria'' (1983) |
| 681 | * ''Pinball/TruckStop'' (1988) |
| 682 | * ''[[Pinball/TXSector TX-Sector]]'' (1988) |
| 683 | * ''Pinball/{{Varkon}}'' (1982) |
| 684 | * ''Pinball/{{Victory}}'' (1987) |
| 685 | * ''Pinball/{{Viper}}'' (1982) |
| 686 | * ''Pinball/{{Xenon}}'' (1980) |
| 687 | [[/folder]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 690 | * The "[[http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243470/ReMemorex Rememorex]]" system used for the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Bloody Mooney'' is described as the one you use if you want to play ''Series/StrangerThings'', and as such pays a lot of homage to the adventure and horror movies of the eighties just like the show does. |
| 691 | ** In fact, the developers have expanded Rememorex into an expanded universe, ''Radical Shadows''. A version of the 80s that is secretly closer to pop culture than anyone realises. Commandroids is the latest, a mix of Transformers and Voltron; its focus is on a secret war between two factions of alien robots who form a symbiotic bond with a human pilot and disguise themselves as normal earth vehicles. |
| 692 | * The ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' team lands in an 80s prom world at the end of episode 15, with gaudy fashions to match. |
| 693 | [[/folder]] |
| 694 | |
| 695 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 696 | [[AC:Wrestlers]] |
| 697 | * Wrestling/TooColdScorpio: Debuted in the mid-1980s. |
| 698 | * Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher |
| 699 | * [[Wrestling/BrianAdams Brian Adams/Crush]]: Debuted in 1986. |
| 700 | * Wrestling/ChrisAdams: Debuted in England in 1978, debuted in the U.S. in Los Angeles in 1981. |
| 701 | * Wrestling/AdrianAdonis: Debuted in 1974, died in 1988. |
| 702 | * Wrestling/AkiraHokuto Debuted in 1985 |
| 703 | * Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar |
| 704 | * Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano |
| 705 | * Wrestling/GaryAlbright. Debuted in 1988. |
| 706 | * Wrestling/BillAlfonso. Debuted in 1979, but didn't become a full-time referee until 1981. |
| 707 | * Wrestling/ArnAnderson: Debuted in 1982. |
| 708 | * Wrestling/AndreTheGiant: Became one of the, well, ''biggest'' icons in wrestling in the 1980s. |
| 709 | * Wrestling/BradArmstrong: Debuted in 1980. |
| 710 | * Wrestling/LionessAsuka: Debuted in 1980. |
| 711 | * Wrestling/DumpMatsumoto: Debuted in 1980. |
| 712 | * Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin: Debuted in 1989. |
| 713 | * Wrestling/GiantBaba |
| 714 | * Wrestling/TheBarbarian: Debuted in 1980. |
| 715 | * Wrestling/OutlawRonBass |
| 716 | * Wrestling/PaulBearer: Was a very successful manager in Texas and Florida as Percival Pringle III |
| 717 | * Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake |
| 718 | * Wrestling/ChrisBenoit: Debuted in 1986. |
| 719 | * Wrestling/BigBossman: Debuted in 1985. |
| 720 | * Wrestling/BamBamBigelow: Debuted in 1985. |
| 721 | * Wrestling/EricBischoff: Debuted as an announcer in the AWA in 1987. |
| 722 | * Wrestling/SteveBlackman: Debuted in 1986. |
| 723 | * Wrestling/JerryBlackwell. Debuted in 1974, retired in 1989. |
| 724 | * Wrestling/FreddieBlassie |
| 725 | * Wrestling/BookerT: Debuted in 1989. |
| 726 | * [[Wrestling/TomBrandi Tom Brandi[=/=]Johnny Gunn[=/=]Salvatore Sincere]]. Debuted in 1985. |
| 727 | * Wrestling/BoboBrazil |
| 728 | * Wrestling/BruiserBrody |
| 729 | * Wrestling/KingKongBundy: Debuted in 1981. |
| 730 | * [[Wrestling/DonCallis Don "The Jackyl"/"Cyrus" Callis]]: Debuted in 1989 as Don Casablancas. |
| 731 | * Wrestling/MasahiroChono |
| 732 | * Wrestling/BryanClarke: Debuted in 1989. |
| 733 | * [[Wrestling/AllenCoage Allen Coage/Bad News Allen/Bad News Brown]] |
| 734 | * Wrestling/JimCornette. Debuted in 1982. |
| 735 | * Wrestling/TheCrusher |
| 736 | * Wrestling/BarryDarsow. Debuted in 1983. |
| 737 | * Wrestling/BillDeMott: Debuted in 1988. |
| 738 | * Wrestling/TedDiBiase: Debuted in the 70s, made his career with the "Million-Dollar Man" gimmick. |
| 739 | * Wrestling/DickTheBruiser |
| 740 | * Wrestling/JamesJDillon |
| 741 | * Wrestling/ShaneDouglas: Debuted in 1982. |
| 742 | * Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan: Debuted in 1977, competed in various territories before arriving in WWE in 1987. |
| 743 | * Wrestling/DynamiteKid |
| 744 | * Wrestling/PaulEllering |
| 745 | * [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Eudy/Sid Vicious/Sycho Sid]]: Debuted in 1987. |
| 746 | * Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah: It was during this decade that she got involved in the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection, and was marketed by the WWF as holding the record for being Women's Champion for 28 years. |
| 747 | * Wrestling/JackieFargo: Retired in 1984. |
| 748 | * [[Wrestling/EdFarhat Ed "The Sheik" Farhat]]: Continued competing into this decade. |
| 749 | * Wrestling/HowardFinkel |
| 750 | * Wrestling/PamperoFirpo: Retired in 1986. |
| 751 | * Wrestling/RicFlair: Debuted in the 70s, but really made his legacy in the 1980s. |
| 752 | * Wrestling/MickFoley: Debuted as Cactus Jack in 1986. |
| 753 | * Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara: Gained mainstream fame in 1984 |
| 754 | * Wrestling/DoryFunkJr |
| 755 | * Wrestling/TerryFunk |
| 756 | * [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Giant Haystacks[=/=]Loch Ness]] |
| 757 | * Wrestling/EddieGilbert: Debuted in 1979, became a big name in Memphis and other territories in the 1980s. |
| 758 | * Wrestling/{{Glacier}}: Debuted in 1987. |
| 759 | * Wrestling/{{Goldust}}: Debuted in 1988 as Dustin Rhodes. |
| 760 | * [[Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham "Superstar" Billy Graham]] |
| 761 | * Wrestling/EddieGraham. Died in 1985. |
| 762 | * Wrestling/TheGrandWizard. Died in 1983. |
| 763 | * Wrestling/EddieGuerrero. Debuted in 1987. |
| 764 | * Wrestling/BillyGunn. Debuted in 1989. |
| 765 | * Wrestling/ScottHall: Debuted in 1984. |
| 766 | * Wrestling/StanHansen |
| 767 | * Wrestling/BretHart: Debuted in 1978, found his first major success in the 1980s. |
| 768 | * Wrestling/JimmyHart |
| 769 | * Wrestling/OwenHart: Debuted in 1983. |
| 770 | * Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto: Debuted in 1984. |
| 771 | * [[Wrestling/DavidHeath David "Vampire Warrior"/"Gangrel" Heath]]. Debuted in 1988. |
| 772 | * Wrestling/BobbyHeenan |
| 773 | * Wrestling/CurtHennig: Debuted in 1980. |
| 774 | * Wrestling/HerculesHernandez |
| 775 | * Wrestling/PaulHeyman: Debuted in the 1980s as a manager. |
| 776 | * Wrestling/BrianHildebrand. Debuted in 1984. |
| 777 | * Wrestling/HillbillyJim: Earliest confirmed matches in Memphis in 1983. |
| 778 | * Wrestling/HulkHogan: Though he debuted in the late '70s, he became ''the'' face of wrestling in the '80s. |
| 779 | * Wrestling/BobHolly: Debuted in 1987. |
| 780 | * Wrestling/CrashHolly: Debuted in 1989 as Johnny Pearson |
| 781 | * Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan |
| 782 | * Wrestling/BarryHorowitz: Debuted in 1979, competed in many different territories before establishing himself in WWE in 1987. |
| 783 | * Wrestling/SirOliverHumperdink |
| 784 | * Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea: His most prominent work was as the Chairman of the Board of Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness in Florida, and briefly as the Wizard in WWE in 1986-1987. |
| 785 | * Wrestling/AntonioInoki |
| 786 | * Wrestling/TheIronSheik: Debuted in the 70s, became THE ForeignWrestlingHeel in the 1980s. |
| 787 | * Wrestling/{{Ivory}}: Debuted in 1986. |
| 788 | * Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}: Debuted in 1988. |
| 789 | * Wrestling/MartyJannetty: Debuted in 1984. |
| 790 | * Wrestling/JeffJarrett: Debuted in 1986. |
| 791 | * Wrestling/JasonTheTerrible. Gimmick debuted in the late 1980s. |
| 792 | * Wrestling/AhmedJohnson. Debuted in 1989. |
| 793 | * Wrestling/RockyJohnson |
| 794 | * Wrestling/PaulJones |
| 795 | * Wrestling/JunkyardDog |
| 796 | * Wrestling/LeilaniKai |
| 797 | * Wrestling/{{Kamala}}: Made his name in Memphis and Dallas in the 1980s. |
| 798 | * Wrestling/ToshiakiKawada: Debuted in 1982. |
| 799 | * Wrestling/KillerKhan |
| 800 | * Wrestling/KentaKobashi: Debuted in 1988. |
| 801 | * Wrestling/IvanKoloff |
| 802 | * Wrestling/NikitaKoloff: Debuted in 1984. |
| 803 | * Wrestling/AjaKong: Debuted in 1986. |
| 804 | * Wrestling/{{Konnan}}: Debuted in 1988. |
| 805 | * Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}}: Debuted in 1989. |
| 806 | * Wrestling/LaParka: Debuted in the 1980s. |
| 807 | * Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis: Debuted in 1986. |
| 808 | * Wrestling/JerryLawler |
| 809 | * Wrestling/MarkLewin |
| 810 | * Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger: Debuted in 1984. |
| 811 | * Creator/TinyLister: Debuted in 1989. |
| 812 | * Wrestling/SteveLombardi: Debuted in 1983. |
| 813 | * Wrestling/LexLuger: Debuted in 1985. |
| 814 | * Wrestling/JerryLynn: Debuted in 1988. |
| 815 | * Wrestling/{{Madusa}}: Debuted in 1988. |
| 816 | * Wrestling/{{MagnumTA}}. Debuted in 1978, forced to retire in 1986. |
| 817 | * Wrestling/DeanMalenko: Debuted in 1979, competed throughout Florida and Japan during the 1980s. |
| 818 | * Wrestling/RickMartel |
| 819 | * Wrestling/SherriMartel |
| 820 | * Wrestling/ChiefWahooMcDaniel |
| 821 | * Wrestling/AkiraMaeda: Turned a superstar in the 1980s. |
| 822 | * Wrestling/VinceMcMahon: Started in the 1970s, took Wrestling/{{WWE}} national and worldwide in the 1980s. |
| 823 | * Wrestling/{{Meng}}: Started in 1978, competed around the world before arriving in WWE in 1986. |
| 824 | * Wrestling/ShawnMichaels: Debuted in 1985. |
| 825 | * Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa: Debuted in 1981. |
| 826 | * Wrestling/MissElizabeth: Debuted in WWE in 1985. |
| 827 | * [[Wrestling/MissingLink The Missing Link]]: Debuted in the 1960s, started the gimmick in 1983. |
| 828 | * Wrestling/MrFuji |
| 829 | * Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon: Became the Voice of the then-WWF during this decade. |
| 830 | * Wrestling/PedroMorales |
| 831 | * Wrestling/DonMuraco |
| 832 | * Wrestling/ChigusaNagayo: Debuted in 1980. |
| 833 | * Wrestling/BullNakano: Debuted in 1983. |
| 834 | * Wrestling/JimNeidhart |
| 835 | * Wrestling/JohnNord: Debuted in 1984. |
| 836 | * Wrestling/ScottNorton: Debuted in 1989. |
| 837 | * Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund: WWF's top announcer from 1984 to 1993. |
| 838 | * Wrestling/TheOneManGang |
| 839 | * Wrestling/PaulOrndorff |
| 840 | * Wrestling/BobOrtonJr |
| 841 | * Wrestling/FredOttman: Debuted in 1985. |
| 842 | * Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage: Debuted as a manager in 1987. |
| 843 | * Wrestling/IcemanKingParsons |
| 844 | * Wrestling/KenPatera |
| 845 | * Wrestling/MaxxPayne: Debuted in 1987. |
| 846 | * Wrestling/BrianPillman: Debuted in 1986. |
| 847 | * Wrestling/RoddyPiper: Very remembered and loved for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the 1980s. |
| 848 | * Wrestling/TerriPoch: Debuted as a valet in 1988. |
| 849 | * Wrestling/LannyPoffo |
| 850 | * Wrestling/MadManPondo: Debuted in 1989. |
| 851 | * Wrestling/BrucePrichard: Debuted in 1986. |
| 852 | * Wrestling/HarleyRace |
| 853 | * Wrestling/{{Raven}}: Debuted in 1988 as Scotty the Body. |
| 854 | * Wrestling/WilliamRegal: Debuted in 1983. |
| 855 | * Wrestling/BradRheingans: Debuted in 1980. |
| 856 | * Wrestling/DustyRhodes: Debuted in the 70s, became a major star in the 1980s. |
| 857 | * Wrestling/WendiRichter: Debuted in 1979, best remembered for her work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1983-85. |
| 858 | * Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}: Debuted in Montreal in 1985 as Alofa the Polynesian Prince. |
| 859 | * Wrestling/RoadDogg: Debuted in 1986. |
| 860 | * Wrestling/JakeRoberts |
| 861 | * Wrestling/JohnnyRodz |
| 862 | * Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose |
| 863 | * Wrestling/JimRoss |
| 864 | * [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda/Irwin R. Schyster]]: Debuted in 1981. |
| 865 | * Wrestling/JacquesRougeau |
| 866 | * Wrestling/RickRude: Debuted in 1982. |
| 867 | * Wrestling/{{Sabu}}: Debuted in the mid-1980s. |
| 868 | * Wrestling/NaokiSano: Debuted in 1984. |
| 869 | * Wrestling/TitoSantana: Debuted in 1977, best remembered as a top babyface of the 1980s. |
| 870 | * Wrestling/KensukeSasaki: Debuted in 1986. |
| 871 | * Wrestling/RandySavage: Debuted in 1973, best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the 1980s. |
| 872 | * Wrestling/BuzzSawyer: Debuted in 1978, competed in several territories throughout the 1980s. |
| 873 | * Wrestling/SatoruSayama: Started in the 1980s as Tiger Mask. |
| 874 | * Wrestling/TonySchiavone. Debuted in 1985 |
| 875 | * Wrestling/KenShamrock: Debuted in 1989. |
| 876 | * Wrestling/LarrySharpe |
| 877 | * Wrestling/IronMikeSharpe: Debuted in 1977, arrived in WWE in 1983. |
| 878 | * [[Wrestling/MikeShaw Mike Shaw[=/=]Norman The Lunatic/Bastion Booger]]: Debuted in 1981. |
| 879 | * Wrestling/SilverKing. Debuted in 1985. |
| 880 | * Wrestling/RonSimmons: Debuted in 1986. |
| 881 | * Wrestling/SgtSlaughter: Debuted in the 70s, the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' image really took off in the 1980s. |
| 882 | * Wrestling/{{Slick}}. Debuted in 1986. |
| 883 | * Wrestling/NormanSmiley: Debuted in 1986. |
| 884 | * Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith: Debuted in 1978, made his name in the 1980s. |
| 885 | * Wrestling/AlSnow: Debuted in 1982. |
| 886 | * Wrestling/JimmySnuka: The decade where he really made his name. |
| 887 | * Wrestling/GordonSolie |
| 888 | * Wrestling/DanSpivey: Debuted in 1984. |
| 889 | * Wrestling/StanStasiak. Retired in 1984. |
| 890 | * Wrestling/RickySteamboat: Debuted in the 70s, but best remembered as a top babyface of the 1980s. |
| 891 | * Wrestling/GeorgeSteele |
| 892 | * Wrestling/ScottSteiner: Debuted in 1986, '''VERY''' different from what he is today. |
| 893 | * Wrestling/{{Sting}}: Debuted in 1985. |
| 894 | * Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet |
| 895 | * Wrestling/BigJohnStudd |
| 896 | * Wrestling/KevinSullivan: The decade where he really made his name. |
| 897 | * Wrestling/SuperCrazy. Debuted in 1988. |
| 898 | * Wrestling/RobertSwenson: Debuted in 1987. |
| 899 | * Wrestling/{{Tazz}}: Debuted in 1987. |
| 900 | * Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu: Debuted in 1976, became a major figure in Japan during the 1980s. |
| 901 | * Wrestling/JohnTenta: Best known as Earthquake, made his pro debut for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling on May 1, 1987. |
| 902 | * Wrestling/BruceTharpe: Debuted in the early 1980s as a referee and ring announcer. |
| 903 | * [[Wrestling/TheTongaKid The Tonga Kid[=/=]Islander Tama[=/=]The Samoan Savage]]. Debuted in 1983. |
| 904 | * Wrestling/ManamiToyota: Debuted in 1987. |
| 905 | * Wrestling/JumboTsuruta |
| 906 | * Wrestling/UltimateWarrior: Debuted in 1985. |
| 907 | * Wrestling/UltimoDragon: Debuted in 1987. |
| 908 | * Wrestling/UncleElmer |
| 909 | * Wrestling/TheUndertaker: Started in Dallas and Memphis in 1988. |
| 910 | * Wrestling/LunaVachon: Debuted in 1985. |
| 911 | * Wrestling/{{Vader}}: Debuted in 1985. |
| 912 | * Wrestling/GregValentine |
| 913 | * Wrestling/JesseVentura: Retired from competition due to health issues and became a top heel commentator for WWE. |
| 914 | * Wrestling/{{Virgil}}: Debuted in 1985. |
| 915 | * Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff |
| 916 | * Wrestling/KokoBWare |
| 917 | * [[Wrestling/DelWilkes Del "The Trooper"/"The Patriot" Wilkes]]: Debuted in 1988. |
| 918 | * Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams: Debuted in 1982. |
| 919 | * Wrestling/BarryWindham: Debuted in 1979. |
| 920 | * Wrestling/HarveyWippleman: Debuted in the 1980s as Downtown Bruno. |
| 921 | * Wrestling/CharlesWright: Debuted in 1989 as The Soultaker. |
| 922 | * Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}: Started in the 1980s as Kokina. |
| 923 | * Wrestling/TomZenk: Debuted in 1984. |
| 924 | * Wrestling/BorisZhukov |
| 925 | [[AC:Tag Teams and Stables]] |
| 926 | * Wrestling/TheBlackjacks |
| 927 | * Wrestling/TheBushwhackers |
| 928 | * * Wrestling/CrushGals: Team debuted in 1983 |
| 929 | * Wrestling/{{Demolition}}: Team debuted in 1987. |
| 930 | * Wrestling/TheFabulousKangaroos |
| 931 | * Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes: Team debuted in 1982. |
| 932 | * Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen: Debuted in 1985. |
| 933 | * Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers: Debuted in 1985. |
| 934 | * Wrestling/JadoAndGedo: Formed in 1987. |
| 935 | * Wrestling/JumpingBombAngels: Debuted in 1981. |
| 936 | * Wrestling/TheMegaPowers: Team formed in 1987, disbanded in 1989. |
| 937 | * Wrestling/TheMidnightExpress: Team formed in 1980. |
| 938 | * Wrestling/TheMoondogs: Debuted in 1981. |
| 939 | * Wrestling/TheNastyBoys: Debuted in 1986. |
| 940 | * Wrestling/ThePowersOfPain: Debuted in 1987. |
| 941 | * Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors: Debuted in 1983. |
| 942 | * Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress: Debuted in 1983. |
| 943 | * Wrestling/TheVarsityClub: Debuted in 1987. |
| 944 | * Wrestling/VonErichFamily: Mike debuted in 1983, and, for a short time, they experienced their greatest success. |
| 945 | * Wrestling/TheWildSamoans |
| 946 | [[AC:Promotions]] |
| 947 | * Wrestling/{{FMW}}: Atsushi Onita's pioneering [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] promotion debuted in 1989. |
| 948 | * Wrestling/{{GLOW}}: Debuted in 1986. |
| 949 | * Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation: Debuted in 1984. |
| 950 | * Wrestling/{{WCW}}: The name debuted in 1989. |
| 951 | [[AC:Events]] |
| 952 | * ''Wrestling/WWEGoldenAgeEra'': Pretty much the entire decade, really. |
| 953 | * ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'': The first one was on March 31, 1985. |
| 954 | * ''Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash'': The first was on July 6, 1985. |
| 955 | * ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'': The first one was on July 8, 1985. |
| 956 | * ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'': The first was on Thanksgiving Night, 1987. |
| 957 | * ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'': The first was on January 24, 1988. |
| 958 | * ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'': The first was on August 29, 1988. |
| 959 | [[AC:Miscellaneous]] |
| 960 | * MediaNotes/BigGoldBelt: Original iteration first appeared in 1986. |
| 961 | * Wrestling/TripleCrownChampion: Wrestling/PedroMorales became the first ever wrestler to achieve this feat in 1980, and the only one to do so until the following decade. |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | |
| 964 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 965 | * ''Manga/Phoenix1954'' |
| 966 | * ''Radio/SherlockHolmesBBCRadio'': Began in 1989. |
| 967 | * ''Radio/StarWarsRadioDramas'': ''Film/ANewHope'' (1981) and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (1983) |
| 968 | [[/folder]] |
| 969 | |
| 970 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 971 | * ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' |
| 972 | * ''TabletopGame/AlbedoTheRolePlayingGame'' |
| 973 | * ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' (see ''VideoGame/BattleTech'') |
| 974 | * ''TabletopGame/CarWars'' |
| 975 | * ''TabletopGame/ClueVCRMysteryGame'' |
| 976 | * ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' |
| 977 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' |
| 978 | ** TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons2ndEdition (Launched in 1989) |
| 979 | * ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' (see ''VideoGame/ForgottenRealms'') |
| 980 | * Mafia (see TabletopGame/Werewolf1997) |
| 981 | * ''TabletopGame/LordsOfCreation'' |
| 982 | * ''TabletopGame/MerchantOfVenus'' |
| 983 | * ''TabletopGame/RenegadeLegion'' |
| 984 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' (see ''VideoGame/{{Shadowrun}}'') |
| 985 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Talisman}}'' |
| 986 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Unmasked}}'': Published in 2017, set in 1986. |
| 987 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' |
| 988 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' |
| 989 | * As mentioned in Podcasts, the ''TabletopGame/{{Rememorex}}'' expanded universe has different games that all use the same system but focus on different types of '80s movies and television, and all implied to be set in the same universe (''Radical Shadows''). Basic Rememorex is about normal kids or teens encountering a strange mystery in their suburban town, a la ''Stranger Things''. ''RPG Nasty'' is about playing doomed characters in a video nasty, with main focus being to descibe your own character's death in gory detail. ''Commandroids'' is about alien robots who form a symbiotic bond with a human pilot while disguising themselves as earth vehicles to protect the Earth from their evil counterparts. |
| 990 | [[/folder]] |
| 991 | |
| 992 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 993 | * ''Theatre/{{Road}}'': Debuted in 1986, set in the 1980s. |
| 994 | * ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'': Debuted in 1984, set in the 1880s and the 1980s. |
| 995 | * ''Theatre/TellMeOnASunday'': Debuted in 1980, set in the 1980s. |
| 996 | * ''Theatre/HeathersTheMusical'': Made in 2014, but based on the 1988 movie ''{{Film/Heathers}}'' and set in 1989. |
| 997 | [[/folder]] |
| 998 | |
| 999 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 1000 | * This was Ride/ActionPark's first full decade. |
| 1001 | * ''Film/CaptainEO'': Opened in 1986. |
| 1002 | * ''Ride/CraniumCommand'': Opened in 1989. |
| 1003 | * Ride/DisneyThemeParks: [[/index]] |
| 1004 | ** Disneyland]]'s Tomorrowland, specifically an [[{{Zeerust}} ideal futuristic 1986]], until the revamp in 1996. |
| 1005 | ** Disney-MGM Studios (later renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios) opened on May 1st, 1989. |
| 1006 | ** EPCOT Center (later renamed Epcot) opened on October 1st, 1982. |
| 1007 | ** Tokyo Disneyland opened on April 15th, 1983. |
| 1008 | ** Typhoon Lagoon opened on June 1st, 1989. |
| 1009 | [[index]] |
| 1010 | * ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'': Opened in 1989. |
| 1011 | * ''Ride/{{Horizons}}'': Opened in 1983. |
| 1012 | * ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'': Opened in 1983. |
| 1013 | * ''Ride/SpaceshipEarth'': Opened in 1982. |
| 1014 | * ''Ride/SplashMountain'': Opened in 1989. |
| 1015 | * ''Ride/StarTours'': Opened in 1987. |
| 1016 | [[/folder]] |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 1019 | * Toys/MicroMachines |
| 1020 | * Toys/PurrTenders |
| 1021 | * Toys/{{Starriors}} |
| 1022 | * Franchise/SylvanianFamilies: Launched in 1985. |
| 1023 | * Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection: Launched with the first three characters in 1986. Went full circle with the release of Courtney Moore whose stories were set in the very same year the toy line started. |
| 1024 | [[/folder]] |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 1027 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_G6i-VRg9M ''198x'']] takes place in, well... |
| 1028 | * ''VideoGame/Antarctica88'' is set in October of 1988. |
| 1029 | * ''VideoGame/BeatCop'': Set in 1986. |
| 1030 | * ''VideoGame/BioLabWars'': Set in 1985, |
| 1031 | * ''VideoGame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi 4'': Set in August of 1985 (as opposed to the previous installments in the series which were all set in August of 1975). |
| 1032 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' : Half of the game takes place in 1986-1989, the other half during 2025. |
| 1033 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' : Single Player takes place in 1981, while the Multiplayer takes place 1983 and onwards. |
| 1034 | * ''VideoGame/CrossingSouls'' is set in 1984 and is a homage to 80s pop culture in general. |
| 1035 | * ''VideoGame/{{Diacrisis}}'': Set in 1985. |
| 1036 | * ''VideoGame/DuckSeason'': Set in 1988. |
| 1037 | * ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'': Set in 1989. |
| 1038 | * ''VideoGame/TheFriendsOfRingoIshikawa'': Unclear when, but story/promotional material has it set in the 1980s. |
| 1039 | * ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'': [[spoiler:The paycheck in the ending reveals it's set in 1987]]. |
| 1040 | * ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'': [[spoiler:Hinted to be set in 1983 in one of the cutscenes and confirmed by the WordOfGod]]. |
| 1041 | * ''VideoGame/FlashpointCampaigns'': Set in 1989. |
| 1042 | * ''VideoGame/FlippinKaktus'': The game begins by stating that it's set in 1984 (on a Sunday). |
| 1043 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'': Much like the film, its prologue is set in 1986. |
| 1044 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeWii'': Much like the film, its prologue is set in 1986. |
| 1045 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': Set in 1986. |
| 1046 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'': Set in 1984. |
| 1047 | * ''VideoGame/HauntedHalloween85'': Released in 2016, set in 1985. |
| 1048 | ** ''VideoGame/HauntedHalloween86TheCurseOfPossumHollow'': Released in 2017, set in 1986. |
| 1049 | * ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'': Set in 1989. |
| 1050 | * ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'': Set in an alternate 1985-1991. |
| 1051 | * ''VideoGame/IansEyes'': Set in 1987. |
| 1052 | * ''VideoGame/{{Lake}}'': Set in 1986. |
| 1053 | * ''VideoGame/Loop8SummerOfGods'': Set in 1983. |
| 1054 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Set in 1984. |
| 1055 | * ''VideoGame/MotherRussiaBleeds'': Set in USSR in an alternative version of 1986. |
| 1056 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoaNQ6hY7gc Mythforce]] has a '80s cartoon aesthetic similar to He-Man. |
| 1057 | * ''VideoGame/NaritaBoy'' has an strong 80s aesthetic. |
| 1058 | * ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast'' takes place in an alternate timeline. The first part of Episode 1 is set in 1984, the second part and Episode 2 in 1985, and the first 1/3 of Episode 3 is set in 1987, but one with alternate history and fictional countries (the setting of the game itself may not even be called Britain, though it's at least a facsimile of it). The bonus episodes are set during an [[RealLifeWritesThePlot international lockdown]] between episode 1 and 2 [[spoiler:in a coma dream]], and the Telethon episode is set between the second and third gameplay days when you just got the job and management tests your suitability to keep it by working on an archive tape from decades earlier, featuring the Prime Minister's break into public fame. |
| 1059 | * ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'': Most of the games are set in this decade during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. |
| 1060 | * ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'': Set in late 1982. |
| 1061 | * ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'': Set in 1987. |
| 1062 | * ''VideoGame/TheSamaritanParadox'': Set in 1984. |
| 1063 | * ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'' (set in 1983). |
| 1064 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'': The player can TimeTravel to 1980. |
| 1065 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'': The game starts in 1986. |
| 1066 | * ''VideoGame/ThisIsThePolice'': Set in 1985. |
| 1067 | * ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs'': Set in 1986. |
| 1068 | * ''VideoGame/WorldInConflict'': Set in 1989. |
| 1069 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'': Set in 1984.[[note]]The in-game screen specifically mention the year.[[/note]] |
| 1070 | * ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': Set in December 1988, at the height of Japan's "Bubble Economy". |
| 1071 | [[/folder]] |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 1074 | * ''VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory'': Made in 2010, set in 1988. |
| 1075 | * ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'': |
| 1076 | ** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' (franchise started in 2002, but set in 1983) |
| 1077 | ** ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' (franchise started in 2007, but set in 1986) |
| 1078 | * ''VisualNovel/ASummersEndHongKong1986:'' Made in 2020, [[{{CaptainObvious}} set in 1986.]] |
| 1079 | * ''VisualNovel/WhiteAlbum'': Made in 1998, remade in 2010, set somewhere in the [=80s=]. |
| 1080 | [[/folder]] |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 1083 | * The ''[[Webcomic/MaddieOnTheIslandHue Mad]][[Webcomic/MaddieInAmerica die]]'' series begins and takes place during mid to late 1985, and features various locations, technology and other products endemic to the time such as cars, phones and events such as Live AID. |
| 1084 | ** ''Webcomic/{{Outsiders}}'' follows on from ''Webcomic/MaddieInAmerica''; starting in January 1986 and proceeding through the latter half of the decade. |
| 1085 | * ''Webcomic/MalibuBySunset'': Although the year was never briefed. The computer, tv, cellphone, furnitures, hairstyle etc., gave it away. |
| 1086 | [[/folder]] |
| 1087 | |
| 1088 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 1089 | * ''WebVideo/SouthpawRegionalWrestling'': Made in 2017, set in 1986-1987. |
| 1090 | * ''WebVideo/WondersOfTheWorldWideWeb'': Started in 2012, set in various parts of the '80s (and sometimes the '90s), focusing on the technology of that era. |
| 1091 | * As the title suggests, ''WebVideo/WinterOf83'' takes place during the winter of 1983, more precisely, January, though some parts do take place the month before (December 1982). |
| 1092 | [[/folder]] |
| 1093 | |
| 1094 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 1095 | * ''WesternAnimation/JorelsBrother'': The series was originally meant to take place during the 1980s, right after the end of the in-universe version of UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime, led by literal clowns. Many episodes feature a huge 80s aesthetic, such as arcade machines, VHS tapes, parodies of the [=MasterSystem=] and Platform/GameBoy, and on-screen dates usually pointing to this decade, with a character's test briefly being shown dated of May 22, 1983. In the first season, no computers or smartphones were seen whatsoever, besides a brief offhand mention of a character saying they researched something on the internet. AnachronismStew and AmbiguousTimePeriod are in full force throughout the entire show, as other episodes also show on-screen dates pertaining to different years throughout the 90's and 2000's, and technology of every time period is seen. However, the plot point of taking place after the equivalent of the Brazilian Military Regime is consistent and essential during the whole series, even though several adult main characters are shown to have lived through TheSixties when it begun, even though it would mean that they would either be very old or outright deceased in the present day. |
| 1096 | * Book 4 of ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' takes place in the mid-1980s, based on the bumper sticker on Ryan's van denoting him and Min-Gi as being the "Class of 1985" and the latter noting at one point that the former had been gone on his road trip for almost a year. |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 | [[/folder]] |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 1101 | * ''TabletopGame/DinosaursAttack'', a collectible card series by Topps laden with LudicrousGibs. |
| 1102 | * Platform/Commodore64: The most widely sold inexpensive multipurpose home computer of this decade. |
| 1103 | * The art of ''Creator/PatrickNagel''. |
| 1104 | * The Platform/AppleMacintosh was launched on January 24th, 1984. |
| 1105 | * The Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection began in 1986. (see ''Film/KitKittredgeAnAmericanGirl'') |
| 1106 | * Franchise/GarbagePailKids began in 1985. |
| 1107 | * ''ARG/OngsHat'': The ARG was first created in the 1980s. |
| 1108 | [[/folder]] |
| 1109 | [[/index]] |
| 1110 | ---- |
| 1111 | ->'''Random Kid:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pele5vptVgc 'Cause now we know!]]\ |
| 1112 | '''Random Joe:''' [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle And knowing is half the battle!]]\ |
| 1113 | '''Chorus:''' [[Franchise/GIJoe G.I. JOOOOOOEEEEEEE!]] |
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