These Pictures Show How Everyone From "Stranger Things" Seriously Transformed From Season 1 Vs. Season 4

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Believe it or not, its been six years since Stranger Things first premiered in 2016.

The central cast of Stranger Things when the show began, with the main four actors all looking like young kids
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It really does feel like forever ago.

Even more of the main cast before Season 1, again looking very young
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Because I love a good "then and now," let's see what everyone looked like at the Season 1 premiere vs. the Season 4 premiere.

The much larger cast before Season 4, with the main actors looking like fashionable young adults
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Gaten Matarazzo at his very first Stranger Things premiere:

Gaten looks very young and is wearing plain jeans with a jacket and button-down shirt
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He was but a baby.

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Jason Laveris / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Gaten Matarazzo at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Gaten looks older and is wearing a wildly different outfit, with pink pants and a jacket that's half pink and half blue with a gold lapel
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Clearly, he was feeling his oats.

Gaten posing with his hand on his hip and making a silly face
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Like, he was having a really good time.

Gaten laughing while being carried on the red carpet
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Caleb McLaughlin at his very first Strange Things premiere:

Caleb looking very young and wearing a simple suit with a bow tie
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Working on that pose.

A young Caleb posing with a serious face and his hands on his hips
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Caleb McLaughlin at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Caleb looking much older and wearing sunglasses, a polka dot suit with Dalmatians on it, and bellbottom pants with bright red and black shoes
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He's got the posing down this time.

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Theo Wargo / Getty Images

Noah Schnapp at his very first Stranger Things premiere:

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Amanda Edwards / WireImage / Getty Images

2016 feels like 72 years ago.

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David Livingston / Getty Images

Noah Schnapp at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Noah looking much older and more fashionable, with white pants, a pink jacket, and a large watch
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That's a definite fashion upgrade.

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Theo Wargo / Getty Images

Winona Ryder at her very first Stranger Things premiere:

Winona decked out in all black with a dress, jacket, shoes, and handbag
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And here she is with the kids.

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David Livingston / Getty Images

Winona Ryder at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Winona wearing a very baggy suit
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Relatable!

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Theo Wargo / Getty Images

Natalia Dyer at her very first Stranger Things premiere:

Natalia wearing a red dress with a floral pattern
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And here's a slightly more zoomed-in pic.

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Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images

Natalia Dyer at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Natalia wearing black gown with large frilly sections on the upper body and at the very bottom
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And here's another slightly zoomed-in pic.

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Roy Rochlin / Getty Images

Joe Keery at his very first Stranger Things premiere:

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Jason Laveris / FilmMagic / Getty Images

That's a whole lotta hair.

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Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images

Joe Keery at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Joe with intentionally unkempt-looking hair and wearing a more stylish gray suit
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Still a lot of hair, just more styled this time.

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Theo Wargo / Getty Images

Finn Wolfhard doing press for the very first season of Stranger Things:

A young Finn wearing a plain green jacket
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Clearly enthused.

Finn looking extremely bored during an interview
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Finn Wolfhard at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

A much older and taller Finn wearing a stylish, shiny shirt with gray pants
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Fashion!

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Roy Rochlin / Getty Images

Priah Ferguson at the Season 3 Stranger Things premiere:

Priah wearing a frilly pink dress with shiny silver shoes
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Next to MBB being a goof!

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Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images

Priah Ferguson at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

A more mature-looking Priah wearing a black dress with fishnet stockings
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Hi!

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Monica Schipper / Getty Images for Netflix

David Harbour at his very first Stranger Things premiere:

David in a full black suit with a black shirt and no tie
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Here's what he looked like from the chest up, just because:

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David Livingston / Getty Images

David Harbour at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

David in a wildly different outfit; this time, it's a custom suit colorfully emblazoned with images from Stranger Things
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Work, b!

David turned around to show the back of the suit, which is covered with an artistic rendering of the main house from Stranger Things
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Charlie Heaton at a Netflix party in 2017, which was during Season 2:

Charlie wearing a black tux with Natalia and Finn
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Charlie Heaton at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Charlie in a comfortable-looking corduroy suit
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And another.

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Roy Rochlin / Getty Images

Sadie Sink at the Season 2 Stranger Things premiere:

Sadie in a simple black and white dress
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Here she is with MBB.

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Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

Sadie Sink at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

An older Sadie in a more fashionable white suit
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Again, fashion!

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Roy Rochlin / Getty Images

Dacre Montgomery at the Season 2 Stranger Things premiere:

Dacre in a suit with his button-up shirt halfway unbuttoned and pants pulled up above his ankles
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A somewhat smoldering look.

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Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Dacre Montgomery at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Dacre making the same pose, but this time wearing a beanie and a blue jacket with stalks of wheat on it
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Still with the smolder.

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Cindy Ord / Getty Images

And last but not least, Millie Bobby Brown at her very first Stranger Things premiere:

A young Millie wearing a white dress with glittery silver sneakers
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And another.

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Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images

Shout out to the shoes.

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Amanda Edwards / WireImage / Getty Images

Millie Bobby Brown at the Season 4 Stranger Things premiere:

Millie looking grown up while wearing an elegan white dress with an attached black sash
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Another.

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Theo Wargo / Getty Images

And here she is with her BF, Jake Bongiovi.

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Cindy Ord / Getty Images

Funny how time works, right? Bye!