Funny Thanksgiving Video Where the Turkey Gets Away

Upload one chest-up photo, check the dinner preview and press Create video; halfway through the clip you turn into the turkey.

Funny Thanksgiving Video
Models
Seedance Series

Seedance 2 Mini: text, frame and media reference video generation

0 credits
4–15s
Media references
Veo Series

Google's latest model with exceptional quality output

150 credits
Up to 8s
16:9/9:16
10s
Public Visibility

When this option is enabled, the output video may be selected by AI Generate and published to the Explore.

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Sample Videos
1

Build the scene in Image

Prompt ready for Image (editable there)

Kitchen counter on Thanksgiving afternoon: the woman from the first reference proudly presents a roast turkey on a platter, the golden retriever from the second reference sits behind her, eyes on the bird. Vertical 9:16, bright home photo. No text, no logos, no real celebrities.

The credit cost shows on the Image button before you generate.

2

Animate it in Video

Example still Example still

When Image finishes, tap “Animate in Video”: the still goes in as the first frame with the prompt.

Open Video
  • Step 1 → Image: both photos, the prompt and the format arrive preloaded.
  • In Image, “Animate in Video” appears under the still.
  • Step 2 → Video: first frame and prompt preloaded; model and credits as set in Video.

Funny Thanksgiving video sample in sage green

A dinner guest turns into a turkey, cut from a 10-second Seedance 2.0 Fast original.

The guest turns turkey starts from an original portrait of an adult man in a rust sweater. It is a remix of a Seedance 2.0 Fast clip (720p, vertical 9:16, 10 seconds, October 27, 2026): trimmed to about 9 seconds, reframed, slowed slightly and graded sage green, not mirrored, with the ghibliia.com mark top left. No credits were spent on this sample.

The dog steals the turkey merges two inputs, a woman's portrait and a golden retriever photo, into one still. Only that still exists so far; the video is pending.

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Photo
Still
Video

The guest turns turkey

A man in a rust sweater raises his knife and fork over the roast; a beat later he is a turkey still wearing the sweater collar, wings spread, and a golden retriever pops up beside the platter at the end.

Remix of a Seedance 2.0 Fast clip Use this photo
2 photos
Image only
Still

The dog steals the turkey

Image only: a woman in a mustard cardigan holds the roast turkey in her kitchen while a golden retriever watches from behind. The video for this scene is still pending.

Still made in Image; this scene has no clip. Do it with 2 photos

One photo to a funny Thanksgiving video

Upload one chest-up photo of an adult, check the dinner preview, press Create video.

Create video →

  1. 1

    The photo

    One sharp photo of one adult from the chest up, facing the camera, in good light, no sunglasses. Pets come in through the two-photo route further down, not this maker.

  2. 2

    The dinner

    The effect supplies the scene: you at the table with the turkey served. Use the preview to confirm your whole face is in frame and the shot is vertical.

  3. 3

    The turn

    Press Create video. Midway through, you become the turkey and leave the table. The credit cost is shown on the button before each run, and the finished clip downloads from the same panel.

Four beats of a funny Thanksgiving video

Normal dinner, the turn, the escape through the dining room, the pet punchline.

All four beats happen in one continuous shot, with no cuts or title cards in between.

01

The dinner

It opens like any family dinner. In the sample the guest smiles with knife and fork ready over the roast, surrounded by candles and autumn leaves.

02

The turn

Without warning the person becomes a turkey. In the sample the bird keeps the rust sweater collar and spreads its wings behind the platter.

03

The escape

The turkey leaves its seat and bolts through the dining room. In the sample it ducks low and slips away past the left side of the table.

04

The punchline

The pet ends up with dinner. In the sample a golden retriever rises beside the platter, eyes fixed on the roast.

Funny Thanksgiving video with your dog or cat

Combine your photo and your pet's on Image, then animate that scene on Video.

Open Image →

Two photos on Image

On Image, add your portrait and a clear photo of your dog or cat as references in the same request, at 9:16. You get a dinner still with the pet next to you, like The dog steals the turkey sample.

Animate on Video

Use that still as the first frame on Video and describe the theft: the pet grabs the turkey and runs. The two-step card on this page loads both photos and the prompts for you. A video sample of this scene is still pending.

Sharing a funny Thanksgiving video with family

Download it vertical, add a short caption and send it in the week of November 26.

Short caption

Download the vertical clip and send it with one line, such as Dinner ran away or This year the turkey is me. For another take with your own opening image, open it on Video as the first frame.

Original music

On Music, describe a short upbeat tune or write your own lyrics and get an original song to lay under the clip. Open Music →

When to send it

Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, November 26, and searches for these clips climb the week before. Have yours ready ahead of that week and post it to the family chat then.

Funny Thanksgiving video questions

What happens in this funny Thanksgiving video?

Someone sits down at the holiday table, turns into a turkey, runs off, and the family pet walks away with the bird. It plays as one vertical shot of about 10 seconds.

How many photos does it take?

One well-lit photo of one adult, framed from the chest up. Bring a second photo of your dog or cat only if you want the pet as the thief; that version goes through Image first.

When do people look for it?

Mostly in the days leading up to Thursday, November 26, 2026. Interest drops off sharply once December starts, so plan to make it in November.

Does the sample show the dog scene?

Not as a video yet. The dog steals the turkey is a still for now and its clip is pending; the playable sample is The guest turns turkey, where the dog only appears at the very end.

Can it look like anime?

Yes. Restyle your photo as an anime illustration on Image, then set that illustration as the first frame on Video.

What else is it called?

People also type ai turkey and turkey filter. In November 2025, ai turkey reached 4,400 searches worldwide and turkey filter 390. A filter only changes your face; this clip tells a small story with a turn and a punchline.