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Strike A Pole: Two Cats Dancing at the Lamp Post, Starring Your Pets

On a red-brick garden path, one dancer swings round an old iron lamp post, the other cuts in, and they dance face to face and end in a hug. Add two pet photos, two people, or you and your pet.

The Strike A Pole trend's template clipTrend clip
  • 2 photos you add
  • 10 s clip with sound
  • 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts
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Strike A Pole is the AI video of two cats dancing on a garden path: one stands up, swings round an old lamp post, the other cuts in, and they dance and hug. The name is a pun on "strike a pose". Add two photos: two pets, two friends, or you and your pet.

Also called Garden Pole Pet Duet · Strike a pose pets · Lamp post pet duet · Two cats dancing at a lamp post

Example

What the Strike A Pole video looks like

This is the trend's template clip, not a MakeViral result. Your video is a new clip made from your photo in the same style. No two runs come out the same.

The trend's template clip, 10 s

The trend's template clip: an orange tabby and a calico cat stand up on a brick garden path, the tabby swings round the lamp post, the calico cuts in, and they dance and hug. The clip has no sound.

Step by step

How to make the Strike A Pole video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no prompt to write, no watermark.

  1. Add the two photos

    Press "Create your own" and add person 1, at the lamp post, then person 2, who cuts in. Add them in this order, because the order decides who is who in the scene. Take them with the camera or pick them from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 films the Strike A Pole scene straight from your photos, with no in-between picture, for 10 seconds with original sound. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

    The video is ready in a few minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos.

Which photo works best?

Upload two photos, one subject in each. The order matters in every version: photo 1 swings round the lamp post, photo 2 cuts in.

  • Two pets: one animal per photo, the whole body in view, eyes open, in daylight. A cat and a dog can dance together. The fur colors, ears and markings come from each photo.
  • Duo: one person per photo, head to toes or waist up, face to the camera, sharp and in good light. No sunglasses, no hat that hides the face, no beauty filter. Each person keeps the clothes from their photo.
  • You + pet: photo 1 is you, photo 2 is your pet, whole body. Your pet keeps its real size next to you.
  • Any background works: the garden path, the lamp post and the hedges come from the template.
  • Crop a group photo first, so each photo shows only one person or one pet.

Where did the Strike A Pole trend start?

Strike A Pole started as a pet template on AI video template sites on 30 October 2026. It is built on a short AI clip of an orange tabby and a calico cat: on a red-brick path between hedges, on a grey day, the tabby stands up, grabs an old black iron lamp post and swings round it, the calico cuts in, and the two cats dance together and end in a hug. One of those sites counted 1,488 uses of the template by 1 November, two days after launch.

It rides a much bigger wave of AI cat dance clips. One AI dancing cat by @vizzion.ai passed 11.5 million views on TikTok after 29 August 2026, and the #aicatdance tag held 3,570 videos and 110.9 million views on 1 November. The template's own name has no hashtag yet: #strikeapole shows only 2 older, unrelated videos.

  1. An AI dancing cat clip by @vizzion.ai goes up on TikTok. It has 11.5 million views by 1 November. TikTok

  2. The Strike A Pole pet template appears on two AI video template sites: two pets stand up, one swings round a garden lamp post, the other cuts in, and they dance and hug.

  3. One of the template sites shows 1,488 uses of Strike A Pole, its "Garden Pole Pet Duet".

  4. The #aicatdance tag on TikTok holds 3,570 videos and 110.9 million views. #strikeapole has only 2 older, unrelated videos. TikTok

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The Strike A Pole prompts

You do not need this: the one-tap flow runs it for you. [Image 1] and [Image 2] are your photos, in the order you add them: the video model takes them as a reference and films the scene straight from them, with no photo step first.

Duo

2 photos: person 1, at the lamp post + person 2, who cuts inSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A one-take vertical phone video: a red-brick garden path on an overcast day, an old black iron lamp post on the left, leafy hedges and red-leaf shrubs along the path, a pale grey sky. Photoreal, natural skin and natural colors, not CGI, not a cartoon. A playful, goofy, wholesome dance between two friends. DANCER 1 is the person in [Image 1] and DANCER 2 is the person in [Image 2], in every frame: each has the exact face from their own photo (the 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), with the clothes from their own photo. DANCER 1 is the one in front at the start, who dances on the lamp post. THE TWO NEVER TRADE PLACES: DANCER 1 stays on the LEFT side of the pair (the lamp-post side) and DANCER 2 stays on the RIGHT side (the hedge side) for the WHOLE clip, even while they spin, hug and the camera moves. Both are in every frame. Never blend their faces, never swap their clothes. Each face stays the same from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once. If an image shows an animal, that dancer is that animal standing upright on its hind legs, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. BEAT BY BEAT: [00:00-00:01] MOVING FROM THE VERY FIRST FRAME: DANCER 1 stands right in front of the lens, face big and sharp, reaching one hand toward the camera with a big grin, then backs away up the path; DANCER 2 stands behind, bobbing to the beat. [00:01-00:02.5] DANCER 1 backs up to the lamp post and grabs it with one hand; DANCER 2 throws one hand up over their head and dances in place. [00:02.5-00:04] DANCER 1 swings around the lamp post, holding on with one hand and leaning out, one foot off the ground, like the lamp post swing in an old movie musical; DANCER 2 steps in close and puts both hands on DANCER 1's shoulders. [00:04-00:05] the two lean together, swaying, then DANCER 1 swings out from the lamp post with one arm stretched out wide. [00:05-00:07] they dance face to face, hands up and touching, swaying like dance partners and laughing: DANCER 1 on the LEFT nearer the lamp post, DANCER 2 on the RIGHT, never swapping sides. [00:07-00:10] the camera drifts right and back down the path as they keep dancing together, DANCER 1 still on the LEFT; at the end DANCER 1 hops in and hugs DANCER 2 against the hedge, both laughing, both faces turned three-quarters to the camera. ONE continuous vertical 9:16 overcast daytime shot, no cuts, a handheld phone camera at chest height that drifts right and back at the end, the same light throughout. Both full bodies in view, both faces sharp and clearly lit. Audio: an original playful, bouncy swing tune with light brass and finger snaps, soft steps on the bricks, a burst of laughter at the hug. No dialogue throughout the entire video, no lyrics. No frozen or still opening, no swapping places or sides, no swapping faces or clothes, no third person, no extra arms or legs, no text, no logos, no watermarks, no extra cuts, no morphing, no distortion.

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You + pet

2 photos: you, at the lamp post + your pet, whole bodySeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A one-take vertical phone video: a red-brick garden path on an overcast day, an old black iron lamp post on the left, leafy hedges and red-leaf shrubs along the path, a pale grey sky. Photoreal, natural skin, real fur texture, natural colors, not CGI, not a cartoon. A playful, goofy, wholesome dance between a person and their pet. THE PERSON is the person in [Image 1], in every frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the 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), with the clothes from [Image 1]. The face never morphs. THE PET is the animal in [Image 2], in every frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 2], with the natural body volume, size and proportions of that animal next to a grown person: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. The pet is a real animal with its own furry paws, never human hands. THE PERSON stays on the LEFT (the lamp-post side) and THE PET on the RIGHT (the hedge side) for the WHOLE clip. Both are in every frame. If [Image 2] shows a person, that dancer is that person, with the exact face from [Image 2]. BEAT BY BEAT: [00:00-00:01] MOVING FROM THE VERY FIRST FRAME: THE PERSON stands right in front of the lens, face big and sharp, reaching one hand toward the camera with a big grin, then backs away up the path; THE PET stands up on its hind legs behind, bobbing to the beat. [00:01-00:02.5] THE PERSON backs up to the lamp post and grabs it with one hand; THE PET lifts one front paw up high and dances in place on its hind legs. [00:02.5-00:04] THE PERSON swings around the lamp post, holding on with one hand and leaning out, one foot off the ground, like the lamp post swing in an old movie musical; THE PET hops in close and puts its front paws up on THE PERSON's legs. [00:04-00:05] THE PERSON swings out from the lamp post, one arm out wide, laughing, and bends down to the pet. [00:05-00:07] THE PERSON holds the pet's front paws and they dance together, swaying side to side like dance partners, THE PET on its hind legs. [00:07-00:10] the camera drifts right and back down the path as they keep dancing; at the end THE PERSON scoops THE PET up and hugs it against their chest by the hedge, both faces turned to the camera. ONE continuous vertical 9:16 overcast daytime shot, no cuts, a handheld phone camera at chest height that drifts right and back at the end, the same light throughout. The person's face and the whole pet in view, sharp and clearly lit. Audio: an original playful, bouncy swing tune with light brass and finger snaps, soft steps on the bricks, a laugh and a happy little meow or bark at the hug. No dialogue throughout the entire video, no lyrics. No frozen or still opening, no swapping places, no second person, no extra animal, no clothes on the pet unless [Image 2] shows them, no human hands on the pet, no extra paws or limbs, no text, no logos, no watermarks, no extra cuts, no morphing, no distortion.

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Two pets

2 photos: pet 1, at the lamp post + pet 2, who cuts inSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A one-take vertical phone video: a red-brick garden path on an overcast day, an old black iron lamp post on the left, leafy hedges and red-leaf shrubs along the path, a pale grey sky. Photoreal, real fur texture, natural colors, not CGI, not a cartoon. PET 1 is the animal in [Image 1] and PET 2 is the animal in [Image 2], in every frame: each has the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in its own photo, with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. PET 1 is the one in front at the start, who dances on the lamp post. THE TWO PETS NEVER TRADE PLACES: PET 1 stays on the LEFT side of the pair (the lamp-post side) and PET 2 stays on the RIGHT side (the hedge side) for the WHOLE clip, even while they spin, hug and the camera moves. Both pets are in every frame, real animals with natural anatomy and their own furry paws, never human hands, and no person anywhere in the shot. Never blend the two pets. BEAT BY BEAT: [00:00-00:01] MOVING FROM THE VERY FIRST FRAME: PET 1 stands on its hind legs right in front of the lens, reaching one front paw toward the camera, then backs away up the path; PET 2 stands upright behind it, bobbing to the beat. [00:01-00:02.5] PET 1 backs up to the lamp post and grabs it with one front paw, standing tall on its hind legs; PET 2 throws one front paw up over its head and dances in place. [00:02.5-00:04] PET 1 swings its body around the lamp post, hanging on with one paw, like the lamp post swing in an old movie musical; PET 2 steps in close and puts its front paws on PET 1. [00:04-00:05] the two lean together on their hind legs, swaying, then PET 1 swings out from the lamp post with one front paw stretched out wide. [00:05-00:07] they dance face to face on their hind legs, front paws up and touching, swaying like dance partners: PET 1 on the LEFT nearer the lamp post, PET 2 on the RIGHT, never swapping sides. [00:07-00:10] the camera drifts right and back down the path as they keep dancing together, PET 1 still on the LEFT and PET 2 still on the RIGHT next to the hedge; at the end PET 1 hops in and hugs PET 2 against the hedge. ONE continuous vertical 9:16 overcast daytime shot, no cuts, a handheld phone camera at the pets' height that drifts right and back at the end, the lamp post, the red-brick path and the hedges, the same light throughout. Keep both pets' faces sharp and clearly lit. Audio: an original playful, bouncy swing tune with light brass and finger snaps, soft steps on the bricks, a happy little meow or bark at the hug. No dialogue throughout the entire video, no lyrics. No frozen or still opening, no swapping places or sides, no swapping looks, no third animal, no clothing, harness or collar unless a photo shows one, no human hands or feet, no people, no extra paws or legs, no text, no logos, no watermarks, no extra cuts, no morphing, no distortion.

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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. One video is 126 credits, so the smallest one-time pack that covers it is $13.99 for 150 credits, with no subscription. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Seedance 2.5 (this template)10 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap126

One-time packs and plans are on the pricing page. A failed video gives its credits back.

Three versions: Duo, You + pet and Two pets

Pick the version on the create page. Each one makes a 10-second vertical video from two photos, in the same garden scene and with the same moves.

VersionWhat happens
DuoTwo people do the same Strike A Pole routine: photo 1 swings round the lamp post like the lamp post swing in an old movie musical, photo 2 cuts in, and the two friends dance face to face and hug.
You + petYou swing round the lamp post, your pet stands up and cuts in, you hold its front paws and dance, then scoop it up for a hug. A dance with my dog AI clip, or a dance with my cat AI clip.
Two petsThe original: your two pets stand up on their hind legs, one swings round the lamp post, the other cuts in, and they end in a hug. Two cats dancing, a cat and dog dancing together, or two dogs dancing.

Top-quality AI video models make each clip straight from your photos, with no in-between picture, so faces and fur stay close to the photos. The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything, and the video waits in My videos when it is ready.

Why it works: a pun, a lamp post and a hug

The joke is in the name. "Strike a pose" becomes Strike A Pole, and the pose is a happy swing round a street lamp, like a song-and-dance number in an old movie. Pets standing up and swinging around a lamp post is the kind of clip people watch twice. The cats dancing lamp post scene is short and has one clear beat: the swing, the cut-in, the hug at the end.

It fits the big run of AI cat dance and AI pet dance videos on TikTok, where an AI cat dancing video or two cats dancing together can pass millions of views. Most cat dance AI clips show one animal alone. Strike A Pole adds a partner: two animals dancing, or two pets dancing, not one. That is why people also call it the Garden Pole Pet Duet or the lamp post pet duet: the strike a pose pets of the garden path.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
A pet does not look like its photoUse a sharp daylight photo with the whole animal in view and the eyes open. Then run it again.
The two dancers switch sidesPhoto 1 is the one at the lamp post. Check the order of your photos, then run it again.
A face does not look like the photoUse a photo that looks at the camera, with no sunglasses and no filter.
A pet wears clothes or a collar you did not addThe video only keeps what the photo shows. Pick a photo without the collar, or run it again.
The run failsSome photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo.

Every run is a new take, so the moves and the camera differ a little each time.

FAQ

Strike A Pole trend questions

What is the Strike A Pole trend?
Strike A Pole is an AI video template from late October 2026: two pets stand up on a red-brick garden path, one swings round an old iron lamp post, the other cuts in, and they dance face to face and hug. The name is a pun on "strike a pose".
How do I make the two cats dancing video with my own pets?
Press "Create your own", pick Two pets, add a photo of each pet (photo 1 dances on the lamp post, photo 2 cuts in) and press Generate. The button shows the price first. You get a 10-second vertical video in My videos.
Can I make a cat and dog dancing video?
Yes. Two pets takes any two animals: a cat and a dog, two cats or two dogs. Each keeps its own fur, face and markings, and both stand up on their hind legs for the dance. It is a cat and dog dancing video made from your own pets.
Is there a version for people?
Yes. **Duo** puts two people in the same dance: one swings round the lamp post, the other cuts in, and they hug at the end. **You + pet** puts you at the lamp post and your pet as your dance partner. Both start from two photos.
Is this an AI pet dance video generator?
Yes, for this one scene. Pet dance AI here means you upload two photos and get the full Strike A Pole AI video: the garden, the lamp post swing, the cut-in and the hug. There is no prompt to write and no editing app to open.
Where does the Strike A Pole AI video come from?
It first showed up as a pet template on AI video template sites on 30 October 2026, built on an AI clip of an orange tabby and a calico cat dancing on a garden path. We could not find the first post of that clip, so this page credits no creator. It is part of the wider AI cat dance wave on TikTok.
Is the Strike A Pole video family friendly?
Yes. It is a playful swing round a garden lamp post, like the lamp post swing in an old movie musical, then a silly dance and a hug. The video keeps it wholesome for pets and for people.
Which prompt does this template use?
The only published prompt for the trend is a beat-by-beat list from a template site: the swing at 1 to 4 seconds, the cut-in, the face-to-face dance at 5 to 7 seconds and the hug at the end. Our prompt keeps those beats and their order, and adds lines that keep each face and coat from your photos and keep the two dancers on their own sides.
How long is the video, and does it have sound?
It is 10 seconds, vertical 9:16, at 720p, with an original playful swing tune and no talking. No song is part of the trend, so you can also add your own sound when you post.
Can my cats really dance like that?
Not in real life. The video is made by AI from your photos: the moves come from the template, and your pets' faces, fur and markings come from your photos. Keep the AI label on when you post it.
What hashtags should I use for the Strike A Pole trend?
On 1 November 2026, #catdance had 287,111 TikTok videos, #petdance 78,501, #catanddog 186,337 and #aicatdance 3,570. #strikeapole is still almost empty, so it is a good tag to be early on.
Does the Strike A Pole video cost credits?
Yes. The create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a video fails, the credits come back.
Are my photos private?
Yes. MakeViral does not post your photos or the result anywhere or show them to other users. The video goes to your private My videos page, and you can delete it there at any time.
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