--- ---  # _Stranger Things_ Gave Us the Dad Dancing Meme We Didn't Know We Needed by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 30, 2017 8:39 PM UTC  by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 30, 2017 8:39 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for _Stranger Things_. [_Stranger Things’_](http://time.com/4985669/stranger-things-cast-duffer-brothers/) Chief Jim Hopper dancing has inevitably become a delightful meme. Season 2 of the hit Netflix sci-fi mystery [answered a ton of questions](http://time.com/4994689/stranger-things-season-2-ending-explained/), chief among them being, how does Hopper (David Harbour) unwind when he’s not investigating? Lucky for us, episode three provided the answer in the form of a dance. The context: In [_Stranger Things_ season 2](http://time.com/4971206/stranger-things-season-2-release-date/), Hopper takes Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in. As they fix up her dusty new home, he selects a record and declares “all right this…this is music.” Jim Croce’s “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” plays as Hopper snaps his fingers, shuts his eyes and gets into the groove. Eleven looks on in shock. It was only a matter of time until the [internet gave fans what they wanted](http://time.com/5000105/stranger-things-season-2-memes/) — Hopper dancing to a bunch of other songs. Enter the Twitter account @hopperdancingto, which has taken the video clip and layered on songs like Earth, Wind &; Fire’s “September” and Blackstreet’s “No Diggity.” This is clearly the meme status that Hopper, the waffle extravaganza slinging dad deserves. He joins the ranks of [Armie Hammer](http://time.com/4981857/armie-hammer-dancing/), [Winnie the Pooh](http://time.com/4655636/dancing-winnie-meme/) a [gorilla](http://time.com/4830335/viral-gorilla-dances-flashdance/) and countless other dancing heroes. See Hopper bust a move to some hilarious songs below. > [](https://twitter.com/hopperdancingto/status/924774185259462656) > [](https://twitter.com/hopperdancingto/status/924773282821345281) > [](https://twitter.com/hopperdancingto/status/924752065175355398) > [](https://twitter.com/hopperdancingto/status/924751249391734817) > [](https://twitter.com/hopperdancingto/status/924868808690380801) The account even remixes what shall now be known as “the Hopper” to the tune of “Jump In the Line” Harry Belafonte, a song Harbour’s co-star Winona Ryder (who plays Joyce) famously danced to in the iconic _Beetlejuice_. > [](https://twitter.com/hopperdancingto/status/924868249787011072) Hopper’s a tough guy, but the meme was enough to melt his heart. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidKHarbour/status/924719487173251072) Stranger Things Memes: Hopper Dances to Different Songs ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5002175/stranger-things-meme-hopper-dancing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5002175/stranger-things-meme-hopper-dancing/"},"headline":"Stranger Things Gave Us the Dad Dancing Meme We Didn't Know We Needed","datePublished":"2017-10-30T20:39:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:20.853Z","description":"Stranger Things season two has given fans the hilarious new Hopper dancing meme.","url":"https://time.com/5002175/stranger-things-meme-hopper-dancing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Stranger Things","Stranger Things Netflix"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7679eecd2040820b/6988e1a8e76ad26c1262f86c/hopper.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7679eecd2040820b/6988e1a8e76ad26c1262f86c/hopper.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hopper","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5002175/stranger-things-meme-hopper-dancing/","name":"Stranger Things Gave Us the Dad Dancing Meme We Didn't Know We Needed"}}]}] ```