The Rock and 'SpongeBob' just had a glorious Twitter exchange

It's always nice to see our favourite celebrities getting on well on Twitter -- especially when they're people you wouldn't necessarily expect to be friends.

Enter Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and SpongeBob Squarepants, unlikely social media pals and (hopefully) future buddy comedy stars.

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It started on Friday, when the official SpongeBobTwitter account tagged The Rock in the following tweet.

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A couple of days later, the big man responded.

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Let's all take a moment to appreciate two things: 1) the fact that Johnson is a SpongeBobfan, and 2) the fact one of his nicknames is "Beef Piston".

SpongeBob rounded off the whole exchange with the following adorable reply.

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Sometimes Twitter can be a truly magical place.

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