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Old Navy: Unlimited_  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Aug 7, 2014 2:55 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Aug 7, 2014 2:55 PM UTC Old Navy’s latest back-to-school ad is like a ballad music video spliced with some weird outtakes from _Monsters, Inc._ The four-minute musical features a teenage girl imagining all of the possibilities for her future on her first day back to class while batting away a lumpy, hairy and vaguely purple creature named “Womp Womp,” who tries to bring her down. It’s no shocker she doesn’t want to be seen with him in front of the cool kids. Watch the whole thing to see a duet with her adorable friend on a school bus. (Or is it her boyfriend? At their age, we may never know.) Then cue Womp Womp, running awkwardly after them. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] First day is tough. Especially when no one's gonna like us and we're probably gonna fail everything. [ MUSIC ] Awards are nice, but they don't play the bills. What if I could swap this stale selection that we've got for some flavor that we've never made. And maybe this amazing recipe will lead to global harmony. From Mexico to Mandalay. To the Milky Way. [ MUSIC ] This chicken would've been better braised. 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