Smalltown Boy AI Prompt (Copy and Paste): Cat, Dog and Human

October 25, 2026

Smalltown Boy AI dance: one character screams while another dances behind — A prompt for the screaming dance.

A good Smalltown Boy AI prompt describes the four beats, the roles and the identity rules. Paste the prompt below into an AI video tool that takes a reference photo; the Yuppop generator needs no prompt at all.

Key takeaways

Name the four beats in order.
Keep fur or face from the photo.
Say no text, no logos.
The generator does it for you.

What is the prompt for the trend?

It is a structured prompt that reproduces the Smalltown Boy pet trend beat by beat. The trend is built around two characters by a dark-red fence, so the prompt fixes the scene, the animals and the order of each move. Two or three runs is normal.

The copy-and-paste prompt

Attach a clear photo of your cat (or the subject you want) as the reference image, then paste:

A vertical photoreal live-action video filmed outdoors on an overcast day with a wide-angle phone lens. Two cats stand upright on their hind legs and dance like people. No text, no subtitles, no logos.
Setting: a tall dark-red painted wooden fence with a strip of green ivy running along it, grey asphalt in front of it, soft daylight. Nothing else is there: no people, no other animals.
Who: the main cat from the reference photo and a second cat that dances behind it, each the same kind of animal as in the photo, both upright like small people, with natural faces, paws and fur. They wear nothing: no collar, no bell, no clothes.
Action, in this order, on the beat. First, the main cat is right up against the wide lens, its face filling the lower frame, both front paws pressed to the sides of its head, mouth wide open in a long dramatic scream, while the second cat is small in the background, dancing side to side. Next, the two cats stand side by side in front of the fence, swaying and waving their front paws. Then a low shot from the ground looks up at them dancing against the sky. Finally, both rush towards the lens together and swipe their front paws at it until the last frame.
Identity: the main cat always looks exactly like the reference photo in every shot: the same face, eye colour, coat colour and markings. Never blend the two cats and never give them the same coat.
Avoid: a third animal, people, human hands, collars, bells, bow ties, clothes, the two cats looking alike, cartoon or 3D-animated style, extra legs, extra paws, extra tails, distorted faces, morphing, text, captions, logos.

If your tool does not name reference images, write “the cat in my reference photo”. Turn the tool’s own music off. Want it with no prompt? The Smalltown Boy generator makes it from one photo.

What does each part do?

The first line and the setting. A vertical phone video on a wide lens, overcast daylight and two cats dancing upright. Without the wide lens, the screaming cat does not fill the frame, and “no people, no other animals” keeps the frame to your characters. The fence is described piece by piece so the tool builds it instead of guessing.
Who. Each animal is the same kind as in its photo, standing upright, wearing nothing. “No collar, no bell” is there because tools like to add them to cats.
Action. The beats come in order with no time stamps, so a tool with any clip length can follow them. The lens swipe at the end copies the final lunge.
Identity and avoid. Two animals in one clip is where coats get swapped, so the identity line says it more than once on purpose. Avoid names what tools tend to get wrong: a third animal, human hands, collars, lookalikes, a cartoon look and extra legs.

What are the dog and human variants?

Dogs: replace the cats with dogs and keep the upright pose. Long, floppy ears are the part most likely to come out different, so use a photo with the ears clearly in view.

The living room: the other place the trend is posted from. Replace the setting line with “a bright white living room: a pale grey sofa against a white wall, a pale wooden floor, a soft rug, daylight from a window to one side” and keep everything else.

Humans: replace the cats with adults dancing in 1980s style, remove the pet-only avoid items and keep the identity line. Get each person’s consent before using their face in a generated video.

How do you fix a failed run?

The characters swap coats: keep the identity line and use two clearly different animals; retry, since it still slips now and then.
A collar or bell appears: keep “They wear nothing” in the who line and use a photo without a collar.
A third cat shows up: keep “two cats” in the who line and “a third animal” in the avoid list.
They stay on four legs: keep “both upright like small people”.
Extra legs or paws: keep them in the avoid list and retry.
It looks like a cartoon: keep “photoreal live action” in the first line.

What can a prompt not do?

It cannot add the song (pick the sound when you post, see the sound guide), it cannot guarantee two animals never swap coats, and every run is a new fence and a new dance. The no-prompt route is the generator with one photo from the photo guide. For the moves behind the prompt, read the beat guide.

Yuppop is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Bronski Beat, their label or any social platform. Make your own take with the Smalltown Boy AI video generator.

FAQ

What is the prompt for the Smalltown Boy trend?

A prompt that lists the four beats in order: the scream into a wide lens, the side-by-side dance, a low shot against the sky and the lunge at the camera, set by a dark-red fence. The full copy-ready text is in this guide.

Do I need a prompt on Yuppop?

No. The generator sends its own, so you only upload a photo.

Can I swap the animal?

Yes. Replace “cat” with a dog or a person and keep the rest, and use a reference photo of that subject.

Why did my two characters swap coats?

Tools mix up two animals in one clip, above all after a cut. Keep the identity line, use two clearly different animals and retry.

Will the prompt add the song?

No. It makes a silent clip, so you add the Smalltown Boy sound when you post.