# Cat Shower AI: Dodge the Water, Dive Under the Blanket > The cat shower AI trend, also called cat bath AI or "me showering in winter", is an AI clip of a cat that stands upright in a tiled bathroom, pours three dippers of water over its head, dodges every one, then shivers and dives under the blanket. Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend Updated: 2026-11-13 Published: 2026-11-13 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **cat shower AI** trend, also called **cat bath AI** or "me showering in winter", is an AI clip of a cat that stands upright in a tiled bathroom, pours three dippers of water over its head, dodges every one, then shivers and dives under the blanket. Add one photo, and you or your pet do the same fake bath. The cat scoops the water, pours it over its head and leans away so not one drop hits it. Then it shivers and runs to bed. Add one photo, and you or your pet take the cat's place, with the trend's own sound. Also called: Me showering in the winter, Winter bathing hack, Winter Pet Bath, Winter cat bath, Cat dodging the water. **Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/create). 1 photo · 11 s · 9:16 with sound · 168 credits, charged once · ready in up to several minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: cat shower ai. Also answers: cat bath ai, ai cat taking a shower, cat taking a shower meme, cat taking a bath meme, showering in winter meme, shower in winter meme, winter pet bath ai, cat shower meme, cat bath meme, ai cat bath, me showering in winter, cat taking a shower, cat taking a bath video, cat bath tiktok, ai cat bath dance, dog bath ai, pet bath ai, cat bath ai video. ## What is the Cat Shower trend, and where did it start? The clip is AI-made and spreads as a CapCut template. The earliest version we found is an orange cat in boxer shorts posted by @meow_tips on 28 October 2026 with the caption "Cold water? I'm retiring." In the first days of November it spread in Spanish ("when it is cold, a dry clean counts as a bath"), Thai and English, with captions like "Me showering in the winter". The big one came on 7 November 2026: @dinarocats posted a grey cat with a pink bucket and the caption "Winter bathing hack unlocked". By 13 November it had 1.4 million views, 39,400 likes and 27,700 shares, and its most liked comments are Japanese viewers laughing that the water never touches the cat. On 9 November the AI video site media.io added a "Winter Pet Bath" page with prompts for the same joke, and new copies with orange, tabby, black and white and Siamese cats keep coming on TikTok and Instagram. The joke works for anyone who hates a cold bathroom: you go through the motions of washing, stay perfectly dry, and get straight back under the covers. ### Cat Shower trend timeline - **2026-10-28**: @meow_tips posts an AI orange cat in boxer shorts that pours water past itself and crawls under a pile of blankets: "Cold water? I'm retiring." The earliest clip of the trend we found (5,548 views on 13 November). Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@meow_tips/video/7701708855859875090). - **2026-11-01**: A Spanish CapCut tutorial shows how to use the "funny cat" template, and Spanish meme accounts post it with the tag #yocuandomebañoentiempodefrio. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@jtxi50/video/7703261713998695681). - **2026-11-05**: @dramaaccount202 posts the orange cat version with the caption "Me showering in the winter" and the #capcut tag. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@dramaaccount202/video/7704567595529178399). - **2026-11-07**: @dinarocats posts the grey cat with the pink bucket, "Winter bathing hack unlocked". It has 1.4 million views, 39,400 likes and 27,700 shares by 13 November, the first copy of the trend past one million. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@dinarocats/video/7705456969905212705). - **2026-11-09**: The AI video site media.io publishes a "Winter Pet Bath" page with cat and dog prompts for the water-dodging bath and the blanket escape. Source: [media.io](https://www.media.io/ai/explore/zone/winter-pet-bath-ai-video). ## What the Cat Shower video looks like Made from the prompts on this page. The people and pets are AI-made, not real persons, and the sound is original. Your result will differ from run to run. - **Example 1** (11 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The original AI reel by @dinarocats (7 November 2026, 1.4 million views): a grey cat pours three dippers of water over its head, dodges every one, shivers and dives under the blanket. Pet puts your pet in its place, You puts you there. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/original-pet-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/original-pet-v1.jpg ## How to make the Cat Shower video on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add your photo.** Press "Make yours" and add your photo, an adult, head to feet. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the Cat shower trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 11 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos. ### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The video prompt animates your own photo directly. To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Video. #### Variant: You Settings: 1 photo (your photo, an adult, head to feet) · Seedance 2.5 · 11 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 168 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 11 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same beige tiled bathroom with the window and the wall shower, the pink bucket with white paw prints and the white plastic dipper, then the bathroom doorway and the warm bedroom with the wooden bed and the beige quilt, the same fixed camera, cuts, timing and moves. The ONLY change: the cat that stands upright is now the person in [Image 1], a real grown adult, fully dressed in their own clothes from [Image 1]. Use [Video 1] to guide the upright pose, dipper handling, sideways lean and comic timing. Follow the bathroom action, keeping the pink bucket and the white dipper consistent. The humor comes from performing the bath routine while leaning away from the splash. Avoid identity blending, extra limbs and abrupt prop changes. Use [Image 1] as the sole identity reference for the person. The person = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles, exactly as in the photo, so their friends recognize them at once. A HUMAN head and a human body: never a cat head, no cat ears, no fur, no whiskers, no tail. They keep their own clothes from [Image 1] on in every frame and never undress. The same real person from the first second to the last, also in the doorway close-up and seen from behind in the bedroom: never morph, never drift back to the cat of [Video 1]. If [Image 1] shows an animal, it stays that animal standing upright, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. Size: the person has a grown adult's real size, not the cat's size. The bucket reaches the person's knee, so they bend down to scoop. The camera may sit a little further back than in [Video 1] so the person shows from head to feet in the bathroom, the head never cut off by the top of the frame. Adult shoulders, arms and hands: never shrunk to the cat's size, never a child's body. Shot 1 [0-7.3s]: one fixed wide shot of the bathroom. The person stands beside the pink bucket, scoops water with the dipper and raises it above their head, three times. Each time, as they tip the dipper, they lean their head and torso sideways so the water falls beside them onto the tiled floor, never on the person: they stay dry. From 6.5 s they stand still, hug themselves with both arms, shiver, and look at the camera with a serious, cautious face. Shot 2 [7.3-8.1s]: hard cut, a close side view at the bathroom doorway: the person, arms crossed over the chest, walks out. Shot 3 [8.1-11s]: hard cut, the bedroom seen from behind the person: they walk to the bed, lift the beige quilt and dive under it, and the quilt falls over them. Anatomy rules: exactly one person, one head, two hands with five fingers each. No animals, no extra people. Real live-action footage. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/create #### Variant: Pet Settings: 1 photo (your pet, whole body) · Seedance 2.5 · 11 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 168 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 11 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same beige tiled bathroom with the window and the wall shower, the pink bucket with white paw prints and the white plastic dipper, then the bathroom doorway and the warm bedroom with the wooden bed and the beige quilt, the same fixed camera, cuts, timing and moves. The ONLY change: the cat that stands upright is now the pet in [Image 1]. Use [Video 1] to guide the upright pose, dipper handling, sideways lean and comic timing. Follow the bathroom action, keeping the pink bucket and the white dipper consistent. The humor comes from performing the bath routine while leaning away from the splash. Avoid identity blending, extra limbs and abrupt prop changes. Use [Image 1] as the sole identity reference for the pet. Preserve its species, face, fur markings, ears and tail. The pet = the pet in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. Not the coat of the cat in the video. Whether [Image 1] shows a cat, a dog or another animal, it stays that animal, standing upright on its hind legs. The same pet from the first second to the last, also in the doorway close-up and seen from behind in the bedroom, so its owner recognizes it at once. Never drift back to the cat of [Video 1]. Shot 1 [0-7.3s]: one fixed wide shot of the bathroom. The pet stands upright beside the pink bucket, scoops water with the dipper and raises it above its head, three times. Each time, as it tips the dipper, it leans its head and torso sideways so the water falls beside it onto the tiled floor, never on the pet: it stays dry. From 6.5 s it stands still with its front paws crossed over its chest, shivers, and looks at the camera with a serious, cautious face. Shot 2 [7.3-8.1s]: hard cut, a close side view at the bathroom doorway: the pet, paws crossed over its chest, walks out on its hind legs. Shot 3 [8.1-11s]: hard cut, the bedroom seen from behind the pet: it walks upright to the bed, lifts the beige quilt with its front paws and dives under it, and the quilt falls over it. Anatomy rules: one pet, one head, four legs: it walks on its two hind legs and holds the dipper in its front paws, real animal paws, never human hands. No extra animals, no people, no clothes. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/create?variant=pet ### Which photo works best? Upload **one photo**: of yourself for You, of your pet for Pet. - **You:** a grown adult, ideally head to feet or at least waist up, face to the camera, sharp and in good light. You stay in the clothes from your photo for the whole video: the joke is that you never get wet. - No sunglasses, no hat that hides the face and no beauty filter. - **Pet:** one cat or dog, the whole body or at least head and chest in view, eyes open, in daylight. The fur colors, ears and markings come from your photo; the bucket, the dipper and the bathroom come from the clip. - Any background works: the bathroom, the bedroom and the camera come from the clip. - Use your own photo, a friend who said yes, or your own pet. Never a celebrity, a stranger or a child. ## How many credits does it cost? You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the scene photo and the video, charged once. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video. | Video model | Settings | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Seedance 2.5 (this template) | 11 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap | 168 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back. ## What happens in the cat shower AI video, second by second? Both versions copy the viral AI cat clip, and your photo takes the cat's place. The bathroom, the bucket, the cuts and the timing come from the clip: | Time | What happens | You | Pet | |---|---|---|---| | 0 to 6.5 s | One fixed shot of the tiled bathroom | You scoop water from the pink bucket and pour it over your head three times, leaning away so it splashes on the floor. | Your pet stands on its hind legs and does the same three dodges with the dipper in its paws. | | 6.5 to 7.3 s | The bath is "done" | You hug yourself and shiver, with a straight face. | Paws crossed on the chest, a serious stare at the camera. | | 7.3 to 8.1 s | A quick close-up at the bathroom door | You step out, still hugging yourself. | Your pet walks out on two legs. | | 8.1 to 11 s | The bedroom, seen from behind | You walk to the bed and dive under the blanket. | Your pet lifts the blanket and dives under it. | **How it works:** the best AI video models available edit the clip itself: they swap the cat for the person or pet in your photo and keep everything else. You get 11 seconds, vertical 9:16 at 720p, with the trend's own sound put back after the run. A run takes 5 to 15 minutes, and the exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. Every run is a new take, so results differ. ## You or Pet: which one should you make? - **You** puts you into the bathroom: you pour the water, dodge it, and run back to bed, fully dressed in the clothes from your photo. It is the "me showering in winter" joke, played by you. - **Pet** keeps the original idea: your cat or dog stands upright beside the bucket, pours the water and stays perfectly dry. Pets that hate baths make it funnier, and dogs work as well as cats. **Caption ideas:** "Me showering in the winter", "Winter bathing hack unlocked", "My cat when I say bath time", "Technically I showered". Or write your own. More cat trends: make your cat clap like the [clapping cat](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/clapping-cat-ai-video) or fight like the [kung fu cat](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/kung-fu-cat-ai-trend). ## What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? | Problem | Fix | |---|---| | The water lands on you or your pet | The prompt asks for the water to fall beside the body every time. Run it again for a new take. | | Your pet gets the grey coat of the cat in the clip (Pet) | Use a sharp photo where the face, fur and markings are clear, then run it again. | | You look small next to the bucket, or the frame cuts your head (You) | The clip was made for a small cat. The prompt keeps your adult size; a head-to-feet photo helps most. | | A paw looks like a hand | The prompt asks for animal paws. Run it again. | | The model refuses a photo | Some photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo. | ## Which sound, caption and hashtags should you post it with? Your clip comes with the same sound as the viral cat shower clips, the full 11 seconds, so it is ready to post. You can turn it off on the result screen. The sound belongs to its owner, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it. Check the platform's rules before you use the clip in an ad or a paid post. **Hashtags:** #aicat, #funnycats, #catsoftiktok and #winter, the tags the most viewed copies use. Keep the platform's AI label on. ## Cat Shower trend questions ### What is the cat shower AI trend? It is an AI-made clip from late October 2026: a cat stands upright in a tiled bathroom, scoops water with a dipper and pours it over its head three times, but leans away each time so the water hits the floor. Then it shivers, walks to the bedroom and dives under the blanket. People post it as "me showering in the winter". ### Who made the original cat shower video? The earliest version we found is an orange cat posted by @meow_tips on 28 October 2026. The most viewed one is the grey cat with the pink bucket by @dinarocats from 7 November 2026, with 1.4 million views by 13 November. The clips come from a CapCut template, so many accounts post their own copy. ### Is it the same as the cat bath AI or cat taking a bath meme? Yes. People call the same clip cat bath AI, AI cat taking a shower, the cat shower meme, the cat bath meme, the cat taking a shower meme and the cat taking a bath meme. It is also known as the showering in winter meme or the shower in winter meme, and media.io calls it Winter Pet Bath AI. ### Can I be the one taking the cat shower? Yes. Pick You and upload one clear photo of yourself, an adult. You take the cat's place: you pour the water, dodge every drop, shiver and dive under the blanket, in the clothes from your photo. ### Can my dog do it too? Yes. Pick Pet and upload a photo of your dog or cat. The pet stands on its hind legs and does the same water-dodging bath. A dog bath AI video works the same way as the cat one. ### How do I make the cat shower AI video with my photo? Press "Create your own", pick You or Pet and add one clear photo. Press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get an 11-second vertical clip with the trend's sound, and it waits in My videos when it is ready. You write no prompt. ### Which prompt does this template use? No creator of the trend shared a prompt, and the CapCut template shows none. This template starts from the published Winter Pet Bath reference prompt (the upright pose, the dipper, the sideways lean away from the splash) and adds the clip's shots second by second, plus rules that keep your face from the photo, or your pet's fur, ears and markings. ### How long is the video and what format is it? 11 seconds as an MP4, vertical 9:16 at 720p, with the trend's own sound. It plays on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and there is no watermark. ### Does the cat shower video cost credits? Yes. Each video costs credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a video fails, the credits come back. ### Is the cat in the video real? No. The original cat is AI-made, and in your video the person or pet is put into the clip by AI from one still photo. Nobody filmed it. Keep the AI label on when you post it. ### Where can I find more cat bath videos on TikTok? Search the cat bath TikTok clips with captions like "Me showering in the winter" and "Winter bathing hack", or the tags #aicat and #funnycats. To make your own cat taking a bath video, use this template. Some creators also call it an AI cat bath dance, but the joke is the dodge, not a dance. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [Clapping Cat: Make Your Pet Grin and Clap Like the Black Cat](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/clapping-cat-ai-video): Your cat or dog sits up, grows two small human hands, flashes a wide human grin and gives you a slow, loud clap, like the black cat clapping meme. One pet photo in, a 6-second clip with clap sounds out. - [Kung Fu Cat AI: Your Cat Chops the Tissue Like the Viral Reel](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/kung-fu-cat-ai-trend): Your cat sits upright on a lap, throws kung fu blocks and chops a paper tissue in half, twice, like the 9-million-view reel. One pet photo in, a 9-second clip with the song out. A Dog version does the toilet-paper chop. - [Knight Cat AI Video: Make Your Cat or Dog the Kitten Knight](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/knight-cat-ai-video): Your cat or dog becomes the tiny knight: fitted silver armor, a sword twice its height and a cape snapping in the wind on a misty moor. Add your own photo to stand beside it as the big knight, or put your pet into the viral reels themselves. - [Meme Video](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/meme-video-generator): One line of text, one image, six seconds. The cheapest format to produce and the easiest one to test ten different ways in an afternoon. - [AI TikTok Video](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-tiktok-video-generator): Eight native TikTok formats, one prompt or product URL, a finished 9:16 video with captions burned in. - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## New AI video trends this week - [Jensen Huang AI Video: Take the Wheel Next to the Nvidia CEO](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/jensen-huang-ai-video): The car clip that started the Jensen Huang AI memes, with you at the wheel. Add one photo, and you (or your pet) drive the Nvidia CEO in his black leather jacket, with the clip's own sound. - [Tying My Shoes Meme: Put Yourself Behind the Tip Cup](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/tying-shoes-money-ai-trend): You put your cup down to tie your shoe, and people start dropping cash in it. Add one photo, and you or your pet star in the viral clip, grin and all, with its original sound. - [MobLand Dance AI: Do Paul's Dance From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/mobland-paul-dance-ai): Lean in to the camera, step back, then the knee lifts, the little kicks, the shrugs and the hand flicks, with a straight face that keeps breaking into a grin. Add one photo of you or your pet and get the 10 second clip with the music. - [Bad Aim Edit AI Trend: Miss the Target, Then Own the Office](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/bad-aim-edit-ai-trend): You try archery in a grass field and miss the flying target badly. Then a hard cut: a cool black and white office edit in black fight gloves, with a mug, a shh and a walk out the door. Add one photo of you or your pet. - [Favorite Rumors About Us AI: Do the Couple Rumors Trend From Two Photos](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/favorite-rumors-about-us-ai-trend): Two of you stand side by side while the rumors pop up one by one, and whoever the rumor is true for breaks into a goofy dance on the beat. Add two photos and get the clip with the rumor captions and the sound. - [Flashlight Trend: Your Couple Photo on Pure Black With a Warm Rim Light](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo): Upload a photo of you and one of your partner, or one photo of you two together. You get one vertical photo: the two of you close on a pure black background, a warm light behind you that outlines your hair, and a small white heart in the dark above. ## Make your own Cat Shower video Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 168 credits, charged once. [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend/create)