How to make the video where a pet sits up and claps its paws (and what the trend is called)
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Make your pet clap: upload a photo ↓
It's the clapping cat meme, also called Black Cat Clapping: an AI clip of a black cat that sits up, grins with human teeth and claps small human hands, which went viral on TikTok at the end of September 2026. To make one with your own pet, upload one full-body photo of your cat or dog below and an AI video model makes it sit up, grin and clap: a 10-second vertical video in 2 to 5 minutes, $5.90 for one video, no account or app.
The trend you're thinking of
The original clip was posted on Instagram on September 25, 2026 by the creator merkurianin: his black cat stands up after dinner, smiles with a row of human teeth and claps a pair of small human hands. Know Your Meme lists it as Black Cat Clapping. A green-screen cut of that cat then spread on TikTok, and people started making the same video with their own cats and dogs.
If you search for it, these names all find it: clapping cat, cat clapping meme, black cat clapping, clapping cat AI.
Two kinds of video, made two ways
- The same black cat clapping over someone else's video: that's the original clip on a green screen, added in a video editor or with a CapCut template. It's free, but it's never your pet.
- Someone's own cat or dog sitting up and clapping: that's made from one photo of the pet with an AI video tool. That's what this page makes.
Make your own pet do it
- Choose one photo: one cat or dog, whole body in frame with the front paws visible, facing the camera, in good light. Dogs work too.
- Upload it above. It has to be your own pet. To be in the video too, choose "You + your pet" and add a photo of you (adults only): you give the treat, it claps, you shake its paw.
- Pay once: $5.90 for one video; $14.90 for 3, $19.90 for 5. No account, app or subscription.
- Wait 2 to 5 minutes, then download the 10-second vertical MP4 from your private order page and post it.
Here or a template app
We opened MakeViral's Clapping Cat template and its home page on October 29, 2026 and wrote down what they said; we didn't buy credits, so this compares what's offered, not how the videos look. More apps are in our clapping cat AI apps comparison.
| Tool | You upload | You get | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| MakeViral (Clapping Cat template) | One photo of your pet | A 6-second vertical clip: the pet sits up with small human hands, grins and gives four slow claps, with clap sounds | 35 credits; credit packs from $9.99 for 100 |
| Clapping Cat AI (this site) | One photo of your own cat or dog; for the you-and-your-pet version, a photo of you too | A 10-second 720p vertical video in your pet's own room: it stands up, grins with human teeth and claps, with a clapping sound and no watermark | $5.90 for one video; $14.90 for 3, $19.90 for 5 |
If it doesn't come out right
If a video fails to generate, the credit goes back to your order automatically. A video that comes out clearly broken gets its cost back. A sharper full-body photo usually fixes a blurry face or cut-off paws.