--- description: A teen who flipped a plastic water bottle on a table for a talent show has become the Internet's latest obsession. title: The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Video of a Teen Flipping a Water Bottle image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Video of a Teen Flipping a Water Bottle  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 26, 2016 4:19 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 26, 2016 4:19 PM CUT > [](https://twitter.com/WesleyManning6/status/735150286755528704) Mike Senatore — a teen who flipped a plastic water bottle on a table — has become the [Internet’s latest obsession](http://time.com/4346230/female-james-bond-gillian-anderson/ "undefined"). A [now-viral](http://time.com/4345177/chewbacca-mask-video-ebay/ "undefined") video documenting his feat shows the high school senior successfully performing the trick at a [talent show](http://time.com/3661295/lithuania-knife-thrower/ "undefined"), causing his classmates to go wild as he walks off the stage. “It’s just surreal,” [Senatore told TODAY](http://www.today.com/news/teen-flips-bottle-talent-show-internet-loses-its-mind-t94816 "undefined"). “You just can’t process it. Something I do every day just became so big. People who know me know that I flip bottles.” **Read More:** [May We All Be as Happy as This Woman and Her Chewbacca Mask](http://time.com/4343234/chewbacca-mask-woman/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") The original clip has been liked nearly 69 thousand times and retweeted more than 47 thousand times since being posted on Twitter Tuesday by Senatore’s friend [Wes Manning](https://twitter.com/WesleyManning6 "undefined"). “When I first showed Mike the video he loved it, but neither of us knew it would get this huge,” Manning told TODAY. “I’m just happy to have been able to show everyone how awesome it was! I think people love it because of its simplicity and the sincere reaction of our students.” Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349300/teen-flipping-water-bottle-viral-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349300/teen-flipping-water-bottle-viral-video/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Video of a Teen Flipping a Water Bottle","datePublished":"2016-05-26T16:19:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:45.245Z","description":"\"It's the most lit thing I've ever experienced\"","url":"https://time.com/4349300/teen-flipping-water-bottle-viral-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4349300/teen-flipping-water-bottle-viral-video/","name":"The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Video of a Teen Flipping a Water Bottle"}}]}] ```