# AI Giant Cat Ride > Unlock a horse-sized saddled cat from a city bike-share dock, climb on and ride it down the street. - URL: https://soracai.com/ai-giant-cat-ride - Type: video effect - Category: Fantasy (https://soracai.com/effects/fantasy) - Cost: 250 credits per run (packs from $4.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md) - Inputs: Your photo – Full-body photo works best - Time: 1–3 minutes - Watermark: none - Updated: 2026-10-05 ## What is the AI Giant Cat Ride? The AI giant cat ride template imagines a city where the bike-share docks hold cats instead of bikes. In your clip, a row of horse-sized domestic cats in leather saddles is parked along a sunny sidewalk, each next to a docking post. You tap your phone on the post, it beeps and turns green, and the grey tabby in front of you steps out, meows loudly and stretches its front legs low to the ground with its tail up. You swing a leg over, settle into the saddle, and the cat stands up and walks off down the sidewalk with you on its back. The idea spread on TikTok in autumn 2026 as a soft, whimsical alternative to the usual AI effects: no explosions, just an everyday routine with an absurd twist. Cat owners loved it, and so did anyone who has ever fought with a bike-share app. Upload one photo of yourself. An image model builds the dock scene with you standing beside your cat, then a video model animates the unlock, the stretch and the ride. The 6-second clip comes with generated audio: an acoustic guitar and whistle tune, the beep, a meow and paw steps. It takes about two to three minutes, and there is no watermark. Examples here were made from AI-generated fictional people. ## The scene, beat by beat The clip follows the same beats as a bike-share unlock. Phone to the post, a beep, a green light. Then the cat takes over: it steps out of its dock, opens its mouth to meow, and does a big front-leg stretch with its tail up, the way real cats do after a nap. You climb into the saddle and it stands and walks off. Other giant cats, tabby, orange and black-and-white, stay parked in the row behind you. The camera is static at eye level, so every beat stays in frame. ## Want your own cat in it? This template uses a generic grey tabby so it works from one photo of you. If you want your own pet as the star of a different effect, the AI cat dance template animates a photo of your cat, and the pet-to-human template shows what your cat or dog would look like as a person. For another everyday-meets-magic ride, the AI flying broom template puts you on a broomstick in scooter traffic. ## How to use it 1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-giant-cat-ride and upload a photo. 2. Press Generate (250 credits). 3. Download the MP4. ## Tips - A full-body photo works best, because the clip shows you head to toe while you climb on. - Trousers or jeans make the mounting step look more natural than long skirts or coats. - Your outfit is kept, so pick a photo in clothes you would ride in. - A small warp in the legs during the climb can happen; a second run often fixes it. - Caption it like a commute: "the bikes were all taken". ## Use cases - Cute, shareable posts for cat lovers. - Commute and city-life memes. - A playful birthday clip for a friend who loves cats, with their okay. ## FAQ ### How do I make the giant cat ride video? Upload one full-body photo and press Generate. The template builds the cat dock scene and animates the ride in about two to three minutes. ### Is it free? Video templates use paid credits. New accounts get free credits for photo templates only. The exact cost is shown on the Generate button before you confirm. ### Can I use a photo of my own cat? Not in this template; the cat is a generated grey tabby so it only needs your photo. Try the AI cat dance page for your own pet. ### Does the video have sound? Yes: a playful acoustic tune, a beep, a meow and paw steps. You can replace it in your editor. ### Why do my legs look odd when I climb on? Mounting is the hardest motion for the model. A full-body photo in trousers helps, and a second run often gives a cleaner climb. ### Is there a watermark? No watermark is added to the video. ### Are my uploads private? Uploads are stored in Firebase Storage (Google Cloud) under your account so the run can happen and the video appears in Creations. They are not public, and you can email support to request deletion. To run the effect, a copy is sent to our AI model provider (kie.ai); result files are kept for 14 days, so download what you want to keep. ## Related effects - [AI Cat Dance](https://soracai.com/ai-cat-dance): Upload a photo of your cat and watch it stand up and dance to the beat for 6 seconds. - [AI Flying Broom Video](https://soracai.com/ai-flying-broom): You float on a broomstick in city traffic, glance back at the camera and zoom off between the scooters. - [Pet to Human AI](https://soracai.com/ai-pet-to-human): See your dog or cat as a person, sitting right next to the real pet. - [AI Earth Zoom Out](https://soracai.com/ai-earth-zoom): Start on you standing in the street and pull back, all the way out to the whole planet seen from space. - [AI Hotel Lobby Video](https://soracai.com/ai-hotel-lobby-video): Upload two photos and you and a friend trade the Hotel Lobby rap verse in the orange studio booth, in sync with the original song. - [AI Puppy Generator](https://soracai.com/ai-puppy-generator): Your selfie becomes a cozy photo of you buried in three fluffy Pomeranian puppies. - [AI Squish Effect](https://soracai.com/ai-squish-effect): Giant hands squish your photo like soft dough, then it bounces back. - [AI Inflate Effect](https://soracai.com/ai-inflate-effect): Puff up like a balloon and float out of the frame, from one photo.