Toy Story 3 fans are divided after a scene from the animated film has gone viral for people's startling different interpretations of a key line.
A TikTok video posted over the weekend by Kitty Feeley features a clip from the 2010 movie where Barbie tears up a pair of Ken's swimming trunks.
While many agreed they heard Ken say: "Oh Barbie, those were vintage!" others thought he said: "Oh f***, those were vintage!"
At the time of publication, the video racked up more than 34 million views.
@kittyfeeley I literally hear both 😂 #toystory3 #yannyorlaurel
♬ original sound - Kitty Feeley
"There's no way he said, 'Oh Barbie,'" one person wrote in a comment, which has since garnered more than 74,000 likes.
In a remark that now has over 51,000 likes, one person said: "I HEARD OH BARBIE THE FIRST TIME AND NOW I CANT HEAR IT ANYMORE."
Others, meanwhile, chimed in that they could hear both variations.
"WAIT HOW HOW DO I HEAR BOTH?" internet personality Tabitha Swatosh posted via her verified account, while someone else also using all capital letters added: "HUH I HEAR BOTH SO CLEARLY?"
Meanwhile, podcaster Em Schulz pointed out the video was "the new Laurel or Yanny."
Back in 2018, a clip initially posted on Reddit blew up when YouTuber Cloe Feldman added it to her social media, asking: "What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel."
At the time, Professor David Alais from the University of Sydney's school of psychology explained the phenomenon.
"They can be seen in two ways, and often the mind flips back and forth between the two interpretations. This happens because the brain can't decide on a definitive interpretation," Alais told The Guardian.
"If there is little ambiguity, the brain locks on to a single perceptual interpretation. Here, the Yanny/Laurel sound is meant to be ambiguous because each sound has a similar timing and energy content—so in principle it's confusable," he said.
"All of this goes to highlight just how much the brain is an active interpreter of sensory input, and thus that the external world is less objective than we like to believe."
It seems as though these illusions pop up every few years. Prior to Yanny or Laurel, netizens were consumed by The Dress.
In 2015, a woman posted a picture of the polarizing garment to Tumblr and asked for help in identifying its colors. The image rapidly spread online, with fierce believers either being #teamwhiteandgold or #teamblueandblack.
Everyone from celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Ellen DeGeneres to the Philadelphia police weighed in.
"WANTED: This dress to stop appearing in our feed (Even though we'd look simply ravishing in it) #BlueAndBlack," the PPD said.
Despite the controversy, the company that made the dress, Roman Originals, settled the debate.
"We can confirm #TheDress is blue and black!" they tweeted in February 2015. "We should know!"
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