# Clapping Cat Trend Origin

HTML page: https://knightcatai.com/trends/clapping-cat

Where the clapping cat meme came from. Credit @merkurianin, 25 September 2026, and the Know Your Meme Black Cat Clapping entry. Videos on this site are new, not that clip.

Updated 2026-10-14.

Credit the meme to @merkurianin (Aleksandr Kim): https://www.instagram.com/merkurianin/. Know Your Meme’s Black Cat Clapping entry: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/black-cat-clapping. Knight Cat AI is not affiliated with the creator. A video made here is newly generated from your pet photo.

## Timeline

Rows below follow Know Your Meme’s Black Cat Clapping entry. A like count is omitted until it has been checked on the original post. Unverified rows stay worded as reported.

### 2026-09-25 (Verified)

Know Your Meme’s Black Cat Clapping entry says Instagram user @merkurianin posted the clip on this date: he gives food to his cat, and the cat smiles and claps. The cat has an AI human smile and hands. Credit @merkurianin.

- Know Your Meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/black-cat-clapping
- Instagram @merkurianin: https://www.instagram.com/merkurianin/

### 2026-10-05 (Verified)

Know Your Meme added the Black Cat Clapping entry. The page lists Added Oct 05, 2026 by Phillip Hamilton.

- Know Your Meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/black-cat-clapping

### 2026-09-27 (Unverified)

Reported by secondary coverage: the creator showed a still of the pet, then a motion-control video of himself clapping. This site does not use that reel. It generates a new still and a new video.

- Know Your Meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/black-cat-clapping

## Prompts

### Clapping Cat still

One pet photo. The still stands the pet up, with a human grin and two small hands, mid-clap.

https://knightcatai.com/prompts#clapping-cat

### Clapping Cat video

10 second slow clap with hand-clap audio. Pet only. Not the original reel.

https://knightcatai.com/prompts#clapping-cat

## Example videos

### Tabby

Official Wan 3.0 sample. Newly generated for Knight Cat AI. This is not the original @merkurianin clip.

Poster: https://knightcatai.com/samples/clapping-cat-tabby.webp
Video: https://knightcatai.com/samples/clapping-cat-tabby.mp4

### Orange cat

Official Wan 3.0 sample. Newly generated for Knight Cat AI. This is not the original @merkurianin clip.

Poster: https://knightcatai.com/samples/clapping-cat-orange.webp
Video: https://knightcatai.com/samples/clapping-cat-orange.mp4

## FAQ

### Who made the clapping cat?

Credit @merkurianin (https://www.instagram.com/merkurianin/) (Aleksandr Kim). Know Your Meme’s Black Cat Clapping entry (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/black-cat-clapping) says he posted the clip on Instagram on 25 September 2026. Knight Cat AI is not affiliated with him.

### Is a Knight Cat AI clapping video the original clip?

No. The tool generates a new still and a new 10 second video from your pet photo. It does not reuse @merkurianin’s footage.

## On this site

- [Clapping Cat AI](https://knightcatai.com/clapping-cat-ai)
- [Where the clapping cat meme came from](https://knightcatai.com/blog/clapping-cat-meme-origin)
- [Clapping cat prompt](https://knightcatai.com/blog/clapping-cat-prompt)
- [Knight cat trend](https://knightcatai.com/trends/knight-cat)
- [Prompts](https://knightcatai.com/prompts)

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