3 Cats Dancing AI

Dancing cats AI with your own pets: they step into the kittens' spots on the night beach and dance the same moves on the same beats, in one unbroken take.

  • No prompt
  • Song included
  • 1 or 3 cats
Example · 1 cat · Full take · 24s
Choose an effect

PNG / JPG / WebP · up to 10 MB · at least 512px on the short side

0/1 photos

Your pet becomes the belted lead; the side kittens stay. One pet per photo, whole body in view.

Video settings

Use photos of your own pets, one animal per photo.

Three cats dancing AI: which kitten is your cat?

Each kitten has its own job in the clip, and the comments are mostly about the one on the right: the top comment, “y yo que hago?” (“and what do I do?”), had 153,406 likes on November 8, 2026. Give each spot the cat that already acts the part.

  • Cream fluffy kitten dancing with its back to the camera, front paws held out
    Left

    The back dancer

    Caption idea: Too cool to face the camera

    Dances the whole routine facing away, paws out, swaying on the beat, and only rarely turns its head. It suits the cat that never looks at the camera anyway.

  • White kitten with grey patches and a black studded belt dancing with its paws at its chest
    Middle

    The belted lead

    Caption idea: Main character, belt included

    The white kitten with a grey cap and a black studded belt does every move: paws up, a turn and a hip wiggle, paws at the chest, a sway, then a second wiggle. Give it the cat that performs for treats.

  • Silver tabby kitten standing on its hind legs and staring at the camera
    Right

    The one who just stands there

    Caption idea: Y yo que hago?

    A silver tabby that barely moves, stares at the camera and wanders off near the end. It is the kitten people tag their friends as, so it goes to your laziest cat.

  • The belted white kitten dancing close to the camera with the cream kitten right behind it
    Full take only

    The close-in finish

    Caption idea: Last one still dancing

    From about 19 seconds the right kitten walks off, the camera moves in and the lead dances right up to the lens before the kittens leave the frame.

What is the 3 cats dancing meme?

3 cats dancing is a series of AI-animated clips from the TikTok account @meowtakeover: three kittens stand on their hind legs side by side and dance to a new song in each episode. The Suave episode, posted on October 28, 2026, puts them on a wet beach at night to “Suave” by El Alfa, which is why it is also called the Suave cat dance or the Suave kittens.

The belted white kitten faces the camera between a cream kitten and a silver tabby on a wet beach at night, city lights across the water

The CapCut templates under “3 cats dancing” are green-screen cutouts: they paste the account's three kittens over your own photo or video, so the dancers are always the same kittens. Putting your own cat in the routine takes an edit of the clip itself, where your cat takes a kitten's spot and the beach, the moves and the song stay. That is what this template does.

The cat dance trend now travels beyond one account: Spanish speakers search it as “3 gatitos bailando”, and other kitten trios dance to songs of their own. The belted kitten on the night beach is how you recognise the Suave episode.

From the roadside to the Suave cat dance, episode by episode

  1. @meowtakeover posts three AI kittens dancing on a roadside, “Gatitos know the streets”; 108.3 million TikTok plays by November 8.

  2. The La Calabaza episode: the kittens, one in a cowboy hat and one in round glasses, dance on a dark roadside; 30.6 million plays by November 8.

  3. The Suave episode on a wet beach at night: 13.7 million plays, 2.25 million likes and 867,000 shares by November 8.

  4. A green-screen cutout of the three kittens dancing to “Suave” goes up as a CapCut template; the most-used one had 6,384 uses by November 8.

Counts: TikTok plays, likes and shares and CapCut template uses, read on November 8, 2026.

Which 3 kittens dancing AI version should you pick?

You choose two things: how much of the take you get, and how many kittens turn into your cats. The stills come from the template; outlined kittens are the ones your photos replace.

Six stills from the full take: paws up, the hip wiggle, paws at the chest, the second wiggle, the right kitten walking off and the close-up at the endFull take · 24s

The whole take

Every beat of the clip, from the first paws-up to the close-in finish after the right kitten has walked off.

The same six stills with the last two greyed out, where the short cut has already endedShort cut · 15s

The first 15 seconds

Ends after the second hip wiggle while the lead faces the camera; the grey squares are the frames it leaves out. It costs fewer credits.

Pick your version

How do you make your cat dance in the 3 cats video?

The 1 cat versions take one photo, for the belted lead. The 3 cats versions take three, in the order the kittens stand from left to right; to swap two cats, swap their photos between the slots.

  1. Cream kitten seen from behind, front paws out to the sides

    3 cats versionsBack dancer

    Plays the cream kitten that dances facing away for the whole take.

    • Coat and tail clearly in view: they are most of what shows.
  2. Belted white kitten with a grey cap facing the camera

    Every versionBelted lead

    Plays the belted kitten in the middle that does every move. In the 1 cat versions it is the only photo.

    • Face turned to the camera: this spot gets the close-up at the end.
  3. Silver tabby kitten standing still on its hind legs

    3 cats versionsStands still

    Plays the silver tabby that stands and stares, then walks off near the end.

    • A photo with the eyes on the lens, the way this kitten stares the whole time.

Pet photo checklist

Works well

  • Ginger tabby cat sitting upright, whole body, facing the cameraOne cat, whole body, facing the camera
  • Shiba Inu sitting, whole body, facing the cameraA dog works in any spot

Avoid

  • A dog and a cat cuddled together in one photoTwo pets in one photo
  • Grey cat's face filling the frame, no body visibleOnly the face, no body
  • Cat curled into a ball on a blanket, face hiddenCurled up with the face hidden

From your pet's photo to the beach

  1. Pick 1 cat or 3 cats

    Choose the version and length above the photo slots, then add one photo to each slot.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the exact price before anything is spent.

  3. Post it with the song on

    Download the MP4. It already plays the template's “Suave” section, so it is ready for TikTok, Reels or Shorts as it is.

Cat dance AI prompt for the three-kitten clip

This page needs no prompt. To run the same photos through Kling 4.0 video edit yourself, attach the 3 cats dancing clip as @Video1 and your pet photos as @Image1 onward, then paste one of these prompts. They name each kitten by what you can see, because left and right alone get mixed up when the kittens cross at the end.

Kling 4.0 video edit

Prompt length 1254

Use @Video1 as the reference for the whole take and edit it in place. Replace only the kitten in the middle, the white kitten with a grey cap of fur on its head and a black studded belt around its waist, with the pet in @Image1. Keep the pet's species, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colour, fur length, markings and tail exactly as in @Image1, and keep the studded belt around its waist, fitted to its own body.

Transfer every move of the middle kitten to the pet on the same beats: both front paws up high, the turn with its back to the camera and the hip wiggle, the turn back, paws together at the chest, the sway with paws out, the second wiggle, and the dance up to the lens at the end. The pet stands on its hind legs at the kitten's size, with round furry paws, never human hands.

Leave the cream kitten on the left, back to the camera, and the silver tabby on the right, standing still and then walking off, exactly as they are. Keep the wet beach at night, the city lights across the water, the tall grass on the left, the low phone camera, the single take, the framing, the lighting, the timing and the original audio. Keep the same pet from the first frame to the last, also when it faces away. No extra animals, no people, no text or logos.

Keep in the prompt

  • List the lead's moves in order

    Paws up, the turn and hip wiggle, paws at the chest, the sway, the second wiggle. Without the list, a new pet often copies the right kitten and just stands.

  • Say how the belt fits

    “Fitted to its own body” keeps the studded belt on a bigger cat or a dog instead of dropping it or leaving it kitten-sized.

  • Ask for paws, not hands

    “Round furry paws, never human hands” keeps the paws-up beat from turning into a pair of hands.

Cut from the prompt

  • A new beach

    Asking for “a beach at night” makes the model shoot a new scene; point at the beach in @Video1 instead.

  • One photo for all three

    “Three copies of my cat” fights a clip that has three different kittens; use the 1 cat or the 3 cats prompt as written.

  • Left and right alone

    “The kitten on the right” falls apart once the kittens cross after 19 seconds; add a visible trait such as the tabby coat.

A vague ask versus an edit instruction

Too vague

Make my cat dance like the 3 cats meme on a beach at night.

Edit instruction

Edit @Video1 in place: replace only the belted white kitten in the middle with the pet in @Image1, and keep the two side kittens, the beach, the moves and the audio.

The vague version gives the model no clip to follow, so it invents its own beach, dance and kittens.

3 Cats Dancing AI specs and credit costs

3 Cats Dancing AI specs and credit costs
Photos
1 for the 1 cat versions, 3 for the 3 cats versions
Photo files
PNG / JPG / WebP, up to 10 MB, short side at least 512px
Length
Full take 24s or short cut 15s, set by the version
Aspect ratio
9:16 vertical, the same frame as the template
Resolution
720p or 1080p; 720p by default
Sound
The template's own audio: its section of “Suave” by El Alfa
Scene
Wet beach at night with city lights across the water, one take from a low phone camera
Output
MP4 video
Credits
1 cat and 3 cats cost the same. Full take: 903 credits at 720p, 1354 at 1080p. Short cut: 567 at 720p, 850 at 1080p.
Failed runs
Credits are refunded automatically
Visibility
Not public: the video stays in your own creations

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FAQ

3 cats dancing AI FAQ

Is 3 Cats Dancing AI free?+

No, each video costs credits. The price depends on the version (Full take or Short cut) and the resolution, and the Generate button shows the exact amount before anything is spent. New accounts get 10 credits when they sign up.

What song are the 3 cats dancing to?+

“Suave” by El Alfa (suave is Spanish for “smooth”); reposts credit it to El Alfa and Chael Produciendo. Your video keeps the template's own audio, so it plays the same section. Earlier episodes used other songs, such as Pumpky's “LA CALABAZA”.

Are the 3 dancing cats real?+

No. They are AI-animated kittens made by @meowtakeover; real kittens can't hold a whole routine on their hind legs, which is half the joke.

I have two cats. Which version should I use?+

Use a 3 cats version and upload one of them twice, for example as the lead and the back dancer, or use a 1 cat version for the one that loves the camera. There is no two-photo version.

Why does the left cat barely show its face?+

The kitten it replaces dances with its back to the camera for the whole take, so in that spot the coat, ears and tail carry the likeness. Put the cat with the most recognisable back there.

Can my dog do the 3 cats dance?+

Yes. A dog photo works in any spot and keeps its own face, ears and tail, but it is drawn at the kitten's size, so a big dog comes out small next to the kittens.

Why did the original kitten come back instead of my cat?+

The model can drift toward the kitten it replaces, most often when your cat has a similar white or grey coat. A photo with the face and markings clear helps (see the checklist above); if a few frames still slip, generate it again.

Where do I get the 3 cats dancing green screen or GIF?+

Not here. The green screen is a CapCut cutout of the original three kittens and the GIFs are short loops of the same clip; this page makes an MP4 with your own cats in the routine, not a green screen or a GIF.

Is the Suave cat dance the same as the Suave TikTok dance?+

No. “Suave” had a TikTok dance done by people before the kittens came along; the cat version is this three-kitten clip, and this page makes it with your pets.

Do I need an app to make a dancing cats AI video?+

No. It runs in the browser on a phone or a computer: add the photos, press Generate and download the MP4.

Is this the official @meowtakeover or El Alfa template?+

No. Oeneo AI is not affiliated with @meowtakeover, El Alfa or TikTok; the template recreates the clip's look with your pets.

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