40 Times Everyday Simple Objects Became Beloved Pop Culture Icons

You’ve probably experienced looking at something and seeing it a bit differently. For instance, you’re looking at a billboard advertising a yummy cinnamon roll. But somehow, a few seconds after, you’re already seeing an anguished character from a video game you played before. It’s both surprising and hilarious at the same time, right?

This is actually called pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon in which your mind responds to a stimulus (usually a sound or image). Eventually, it perceives a very familiar pattern where none actually exists. To put it simply, it’s a bug in your mind that causes you to see things that aren’t really there.

To put this “psychological phenomenon” into test,” below are a series of images that will determine if you have the bizarre condition. Scroll down below and see if you’re a pareidoliac!

#1. Donald Trump

#2. Cookie Monster

#3. Scrat from Ice Age

#4. Chewbacca

#5. Stormtrooper

#6. Thomas the Tank Engine.

#7. The Scream Mask

#8. Darth Vader

#9. The Scream Painting by Edvard Munch

#10. Raphael of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

#11. Batman and His Shadow

#12. Bob from the Simpsons

#13. The Sorting Cone in Harry Potter

#14. Snoopy Wearing a Hat

#15. Groot

#16. Cookie Monster

#17. ET

#18. Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc.

#19. Super Mario

#20. Spider-Man

#21. Admiral Ackbar

#22. Godzilla

#23. Wall-E’s Eyes

#24. Severus Snape

#25. Quasimodo

#26. Roberto From Futurama

#27. Sloth From Zootopia

#28. Jabba The Hutt

#29. Mushu From Mulan

#30. Zoidberg

#31. Rafiki From Lion King

#32. Sylvester Stallone

#33. Sid The Sloth

#34. Princess Leia

#35. Grumpy Cat

#36. Cookie Monster

#37. Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

#38. Yoda

#39. Jar-Jar Binks

#40. Admiral Ackbar