Talking Ben is a brown dog character from Outfit7's Talking Tom and Friends franchise, first appearing in the Talking Ben app in 2011 as a retired chemistry professor who repeats speech and answers phone calls. His short yes and no replies became popular soundboard clips because of his deep voice and blunt tone. The drawn out no spread through meme edits, reaction videos and mobile soundboards, where users play it as an instant, humorous refusal. It remains widely used alongside other Ben answers like his laugh and his yes.