Fans compare Joel Miller from The Last of Us to Stranger Things’ Jim Hopper

Game of Thrones prequel House of The Dragon completed its first season last year, and we might have to wait for at least a year for the second season to arrive. The next big thing on HBO’s calendar is the TV adaptation of the popular game The Last of Us. Headed by two Game of Thrones alum as the leads, Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie, the series is already gathering huge rounds of applause for its emotional and engaging storyline. Some of the elements of the show are also being compared with Netflix’s Stranger Things, as fans began to notice a few similarities.

A number of Twitter users couldn’t help but notice Pedro Pascal’s Joel had more than a few things quite identical to Stranger Things’ Jim Hopper, played by David Harbour. Have a look at some of the comments:

category is: emotionally unavailable men who lose a daughter named Sarah but gain one named El pic.twitter.com/CalqTZiFJn

— elly (@e1whee1er) January 17, 2023

JOEL AND ELLIE, HOPPER AND EL

— signe is new to booktwt + studytwt (@blackberryreads) February 9, 2023

I LOVE THIS DYNAMIC i’m a sucker for it El and Hopper, Ellie and Joel, like C’MON

— mayworm TLOU SPOILERS (@GOBLlNJUNIOR) February 6, 2023

i hope that person who first pointed out the parallels between hopper/eleven and joel/ellie r having a terrible day

— ★ (@pandacuIt) February 11, 2023

guys. im so. im fjlsnxmsmxn
jim hopper – joel miller
el – ellie williams
murray – bill
alexei – frank

— ?!? (@berthatheworm) February 6, 2023

WAIT A MIN GUYS 😨😨 ik hopper and el relationship was inspired by ellie and joel BUT THIS???? #byler pic.twitter.com/d32VcX96wC

— hotbbra (@plzsayquieter) February 10, 2023

duffer brothers said hopper and el are based off joel and ellie from tlou. ellie is a lesbian therefore el hopper is also a lesbian. pic.twitter.com/pbki6H7OxA

— harper (@vamphiguchi) February 11, 2023

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