--- description: It turns out David Harbour and Patton Oswalt's friendship may have a Stranger Things connection that even they didn't know about. title: This Celebrity Friendship Is Apparently Just Stranger Things Come to Life image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7601ec6193e770e5/6989ff6d656a3f73ddbd8876/stranger-things-robin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Celebrity Friendship Makes So Much Sense When You Realize It's _Stranger Things_ Season 3 Come to Life  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 22, 2019 5:19 PM CUT  Stranger Things Stranger ThingsNetflix  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 22, 2019 5:19 PM CUT At first glance, [David Harbour](https://time.com/5614771/stranger-things-3-hopper-death/ "undefined") and [Patton Oswalt](https://time.com/5041067/patton-oswalt-wife-death-holidays/ "undefined") may seem like your regular old, run-of-the-mill celebrity buddies. But it turns out that their friendship may have a [_Stranger Things_](https://time.com/5610388/stranger-things-3-references/ "undefined")connection that even they didn’t know about. As was pointed out by Twitter user Trevor White on Sunday, Harbour and Oswalt used to bear an uncanny resemblance to Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) in their younger years. “[@DavidKHarbour](https://twitter.com/DavidKHarbour "undefined") and[@pattonoswalt](https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt "undefined")‘s friendship makes so much sense when you realize they are grown up Steve & Dustin,” White captioned some throwback photos of the two looking like everyone’s favorite Hawkins duo. > [](https://twitter.com/JustARealDummy/status/1153051681522880512) Of course, as soon as _Stranger Things_ fans caught wind of this doppelgänger situation, the photos began to spread around the web like wildfire. They even caught the attention of Oswalt himself. “Oh my God. OH MY GOD. You see this [@DavidKHarbour](https://twitter.com/DavidKHarbour "undefined")?” he tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1153054410513080321) “We demand to see your handshake,” the official _Stranger Things_ account responded. > [](https://twitter.com/Stranger%5FThings/status/1153068105247203328) See some fans’ reactions to the photos below. > [](https://twitter.com/paulverhoeven/status/1153159095421038598) > [](https://twitter.com/the27poker/status/1153055481184903170) > [](https://twitter.com/xdemondayzx/status/1153143655672115200) > [](https://twitter.com/AlishaGrauso/status/1153087156656599040) > [](https://twitter.com/LitEarper709/status/1153072998888497152) > [](https://twitter.com/Fallback84/status/1153110871872348160) > [](https://twitter.com/ArtDecider/status/1153055621786296322) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5631687/stranger-things-3-david-harbour-patton-oswalt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5631687/stranger-things-3-david-harbour-patton-oswalt/"},"headline":"This Celebrity Friendship Makes So Much Sense When You Realize It's Stranger Things Season 3 Come to Life","datePublished":"2019-07-22T17:19:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:38.709Z","description":"Get ready to have your mind blown","url":"https://time.com/5631687/stranger-things-3-david-harbour-patton-oswalt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","TV","Stranger Things"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7601ec6193e770e5/6989ff6d656a3f73ddbd8876/stranger-things-robin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7601ec6193e770e5/6989ff6d656a3f73ddbd8876/stranger-things-robin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stranger Things","caption":"Stranger Things","creditText":"Netflix","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/5631687/stranger-things-3-david-harbour-patton-oswalt/","name":"This Celebrity Friendship Makes So Much Sense When You Realize It's Stranger Things Season 3 Come to Life"}}]}] ```