What's The 'Cat Driving' Meme? The Original Video, TikTok Trend And Cat's Identity Explained

A viral video of a cat driving a car has appropriately been titled the Cat Driving meme. Inherently, the original video is hilarious, sparking an exploitable greenscreen template used on TikTok and elsewhere.

Internet users feel seen when watching the video, adding funny backgrounds and captions to their memes that portray where they're driving to at cat-like speed.

Curious about where this video came from and how it's become such a viral meme template? Let's explain.

What's The 'Cat Driving' Meme Original Video?

The original video of the cat driving was posted by TikToker @culpepurrr in February of this year. In the original video, the camera is zoomed out and mirrored in comparison to the video that's been most-viewed by many. Ultimately, the video was cropped and mirrored by TikToker @canpolat____ two months later, becoming the more well-known version.

What's The Cat's Name?

If you're wondering, the famous cat's name is Louie! There are plenty of videos of Louie driving real cars and toy cars on @culpepurrr's TikTok page, often seen with a dog sidekick.

What's The 'Cat Driving' Meme Trend?

The video of Louie driving started to gain cross-platform virality at the beginning of the year, spreading on Instagram when paired with the hilarious I Woke Up In a New Bugatti sound.

Later, the video became increasingly relevant when paired with the sound of a song blasting through a car's speakers, rattling the vehicle. A greenscreen template emerged on CapCut that was used by many, layering the cat driving over different backgrounds and with different captions to match.

What's The 'Cat Driving' Meme Template?

To make a meme with the cat driving video, save the video template shown below. It's a greenscreen template (that was posted by TikToker @igreenscreenthings) which you can remove the background in on video editing apps like CapCut.

For the full history of Cat Driving, be sure to check out our entry on the meme here for even more information.