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Don't hang on Mystery Archivesto hope for justice for Barb.

While the Stranger Thingsstory will live to see a Season 2, poor Barbara Holland's journey tragically came to an unceremonious end.

SEE ALSO: Barb-ie doll pays tribute to the beloved 'Stranger Things' character

If you were hoping for a Barb resurrection or even Nancy's glorious revenge for her redheaded, bra-noticing bestie -- you've probably been eating too many Eggos, friend.

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But even though Barb is gone, we're still sure her friends, family and neighbors will continue to dishonor her memory worse than not bothering to send a search party for her. It's best that we all get ready for another tragic, Barb-less season.

Rest in peace, Barb. You deserved better.

1. Barb is still dead.

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2. Barb is still somehow notqueen of the Upside Down.

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Seriously, though.

3. Still, no one questions Barbs disappearance and continue to chock it up to teen angst.

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Ugh. Teens.

4. Barb's parents don't get charged with child abandonment.

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Like, where are they?

5. There's one casual reference to Barb's parents moving out of town and then nothing ever again.

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No. Really. Where arethey?

6. Barb magically returns to normal life with no knowledge of the Upside-Down and everyone's memory of her disappearance is wiped.

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She is still treated like trash by her friends, of course.

7. Nancy gets a new redheaded best friend named Betty.

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We hate Betty.

8. Barb is kidnapped from the Upside-Down by Matthew Modine and becomes a superhuman assassin like Eleven.

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It's just tragic.

9. Nancy continues to make terrible decisions about men.

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Because she learned literally nothingfrom Barb’s death.

10. Nancy rocks Barb’s mom jeans and glasses and now everyone loves them.

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Life is a cruel joke.

11. She fights her way back to the upright world but gets killed.

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Again.

12. Barb becomes the demagorgon.

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It's not completelyout of the question.

13. We find out in the very last episode that Barb wasn't dead. She was just taking a very nice, relaxing nap in that weird slug wall thing.

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Way to jump to conclusions, Eleven.

14. The boys bring her back like nothing happened except now everyone calls her “Blarb."

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*side eye

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15. Barb is literally never mentioned again.

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Not even a commemorative plaque in the school cafeteria.

16. Nancy gets another new bra and no one is around to notice.

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If Nancy buys a bra and no one is around to notice, does it exist?

17. There is no funeral scene for Barb because Season 2 apparently starts a year later.

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Way to cheat Barb out of that one, too.

18. The hatched egg found in the last episode is actually a new and improved Barb monster.

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We find ourselves weirdly rooting for the monster to win. It doesn't. Barb never wins.

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