Steve from 'Stranger Things' finally meets his true son Jean-Ralphio

Welp, we're officially in the Upside-Down now.
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Ariel Bogle
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Welp, we're officially in the Upside Down now.

First Brad and Angelina killed romance forever, and now Jean-Ralphio has come face to face with his biological father, Steve Harrington, ripping apart the space-time continuum.

As soon as the series Stranger Things launched on Netflix, viewers began to point out just how much Harrington, played by Joe Keery, resembled Jean-Ralphio in Parks and Recreation, played by Ben Schwartz.


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Was it possible Harrington and Nancy could have a child, and that child could by magic grow up to be Jean-Ralphio?

They did have a few things in common: Sense of entitlement? Check. Kind of clueless but also kind of sweet? Check. Voluminous and bouncy hair? A thousand times check. Schwartz even made a video for the Late Late Show with James Corden laying out the theory.

On Tuesday, Schwartz shared some evidence on social media that proved his time-warped paternity definitively.

Matching plaid -- there's definitely a connection.

Does this mean we can expect a Stranger Recreation spinoff? Don't let us down, Netflix.

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Ariel Bogle

Ariel Bogle was an associate editor with Mashable in Australia covering technology. Previously, Ariel was associate editor at Future Tense in Washington DC, an editorial initiative between Slate and New America.

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