1 photo. One The End AI Trend video.

What this template does

The End is an AI trend where your dog or cat waving goodbye becomes a tiny movie: it walks up to the camera on its hind legs, waves one paw, then runs off down a city road while a

What is the The End AI Trend trend, and where did it start?

The End did not start as a creator's reel. It first showed up on 12 October 2026 in TikTok ads for an AI video app: a fluffy apricot dog walks up an empty city road on its hind legs, stops in front of the camera, waves one paw and runs away.

The End AI Trend trend timeline

• Recent weeksAn AI video app starts TikTok ads for a one-photo template: a fluffy apricot dog walks up a city road on its hind legs, waves a paw at the camera, turns and runs away.
• Recent weeksThe same app adds two more pets to its ads, a brown spaniel and a white-and-grey cat, both walking upright down the same road with the pink fence.
• Recent weeks18 TikTok ads for the template have run since 12 October, all from one app.
• Recent weeksOn TikTok, #standingcat has 2,551 videos and 114.2 million views, and #standingdog 1,191 videos and 18.8 million views.

Photo requirements for The End AI Trend

• Pet: the whole animal in view, from the ears to the paws, in daylight, with the eyes visible. The template stands your pet up on its hind legs, so the model needs to see the legs, the paws and the …
• Dogs and cats both work. One animal per photo.
• Human: full body or at least waist up, face clear and not covered, in good light. Your clothes and hair stay as in your photo.
• Use your own pet, your own photo or a photo of an adult who agreed. Never a celebrity or a stranger.

Troubleshooting The End AI Trend

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• Your pet drops onto four legs when it runs off — Standing pets are hard for AI video. Run it again, or pick Best.
• Your pet looks less like its photo from the back — Use a photo where the markings and the tail show clearly, then run it again.
• The wave is too small or comes late — Every run is a new take. Run it again.

How The End AI Trend differs from common face-swap templates

Caption & hashtag ideas for The End AI Trend

• Trying The End AI Trend
• Keep the AI label on
• Tag who has to go next
• Match a trending sound when you post

Hashtags that fit: #theend · #byebye · #standingcat · #standingdog

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