Strike A Pole With a Single Photo of Two Pets

Upload one photo with both your pets, pick a scene and press Generate video: they stand up, one swings round the lamp post, they dance together and end in a hug.

Scene
Strike A Pole
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

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Sample Videos

Strike a pole clips on Ghibliia

A ginger cat on the lamp post until a black Labrador cuts in, and a woman in a raincoat dancing with her cat.

The samples start from AI-made pets and an original portrait of an adult, not customers or celebrities. Cat on the post, dog cuts in was cut from a 10-second vertical clip made with Seedance 2.0 Fast on November 3, 2026, with both next to the lamp post as the first frame. You and your cat at the lamp post comes from another Seedance 2.0 Fast clip from the same day.

About 9 seconds of each clip were kept for this page, gently reframed, colour graded and speed-adjusted, with the ghibliia.com mark at the top left. Nothing was mirrored. The music is original. Park Lamp and Flower Street are image only: the cat's and the dog's photos moved into two places with image-to-image AI, the same thing you can do on Image. No credits were spent on these samples. Use this photo →

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Cat on the post, dog cuts in

A long-haired ginger cat stands up, grabs a green lamp post in a park at dusk and swings round it, tail flying; a black Labrador, also on its hind legs, steps in, they dance paw to paw and finish in a hug, looking at the camera.

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You and your cat at the lamp post

A woman with pink hair and a yellow raincoat dances by a lamp post on a wet path; her grey cat stands up, dances with its paws raised in front of her, and she scoops it up for a hug.

Remix of a Seedance 2.0 Fast clip Use this photo
Image only
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Park Lamp

The same ginger cat and black Labrador standing by a green iron lamp post in a park at dusk, the cat holding the post, autumn leaves on the ground.

Still made in Image; this scene has no clip. Use this photo
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Flower Street

Both standing face to face with paws touching beside a lamp post on a narrow street full of flower boxes and climbing roses.

Still made in Image; this scene has no clip. Use this photo

One pet photo to a strike a pole video

Upload one photo with both pets, pick Park Lamp or Flower Street, press Generate video.

  1. 1

    A photo of both

    One photo with both pets in full view, eyes open, in good light. The one on the left grabs the lamp post; the other cuts in to dance. A cat and a dog work together, and so do you and your pet.

    • Both animals visible from ears to paws
    • If you're in it, full body or waist up
    • Your own pets, or an adult who said yes
  2. 2

    Pick a scene

    Above the photo box, choose Park Lamp, a leafy path and a glowing lamp at dusk, or Flower Street, a little lane full of roses. The dance moves stay the same.

  3. 3

    Create and download

    Press Generate video. The model, length and credit cost show on the button first. When it finishes, download the MP4. For another dance or setting, write your own script on Video.

    Create video →

The strike a pole moves in order

Stand up, swing round the post, cut in, dance face to face, hug.

Here's the Cat on the post, dog cuts in sample, about 9.5 seconds long:

01

Standing up

0–1 s: the ginger cat, up on its hind legs, grips the green lamp post; the black Labrador waits standing beside it.

02

The swing

1–3 s: the cat swings once round the post, tail out. 3–5.5 s: the Labrador steps in and they dance face to face, front paws together.

03

The hug

6–9.5 s: they hug, paws over each other's shoulders, and end looking straight at the camera, very serious.

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Where strike a pole came from

A pet template on AI video sites from October 30, 2026; the name puns on strike a pose.

October 30

It launched as a pet template on two AI video template sites, built on a short AI clip of an orange tabby and a calico on a red-brick path between hedges on a grey day. One of the sites counted 1,488 uses by November 1; #strikeapole held only 2 older, unrelated videos.

The name is a pun on "strike a pose": here the pole is the lamp post.

Dancing cats

It rides a bigger wave: one AI dancing cat from @vizzion.ai passed 11.5 million TikTok views after August 29, 2026, and on November 1 #aicatdance held 3,570 videos and 110.9 million views.

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Sound for your strike a pole clip

Pick a sound in TikTok or Reels, or make an original beat on Music.

In the app

When you upload to TikTok or Reels, pick a dance sound and lay it over the clip. Switch on the AI-generated label.

An original beat

For use outside TikTok, describe the rhythm you want on Music, say a slow waltz or a soft tango, and download your own track. More ideas in all video effects.

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Strike a pole questions

What is Strike A Pole?

An AI video of two pets standing by a lamp post: one swings round the pole, the other cuts in, they dance and hug.

Why is it called that?

It's a pun on "strike a pose", with the lamp post as the pole.

Can I use one photo with both my pets?

Yes. Both in full view, eyes open, good light; the one on the left takes the lamp post. This page works from a single photo.

Can a cat dance with a dog?

Yes. Any pair of pets works, like the cat and Labrador in the sample.

Where did it come from?

Pet templates on AI video sites, from October 30, 2026, in the middle of the dancing-cat wave.