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Dark Cat In the Hat Memes or Cat In the Hat Trend, also known as Cat In the Hat Horror Edits, refers to memes in which scenes from the 2003 live-action The Cat In the Hat movie are reinterpreted as disturbing or horrific and attached to dark captions about something terrible happening to someone, the Cat in the Hat (played by actor Mike Myers) sometimes representing that person, and other times being painted as a monster. In some memes, the scene is edited to look like a horror movie or the last known footage of a person similar to analog horror.

The trend was popularized on TikTok in early July 2026 and was started by user Daletok (@dannykelvin47). The trend is usually set to the song "Gats" by Susumu Hirasawa, also known as "Guts' Theme."

Origin

On June 30th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @dannykelvin47, or Daletok, posted a meme using a scene from the The Cat In the Hat film where the cat is dancing under the caption, "How mfs be dancing at prom just to overdose 2 weeks later," gaining over 4.4 million views in a week.

The user continued to post memes that use dark and horrific captions over scenes from the 2003 live-action movie.

For example, on July 2nd, the TikToker^[2] posted a version of the meme captioned, "How mfs be celebrating their birthday js to be found dangling from the ceiling fan the next day," gaining over 2 million views in five days.

Spread

The Dark Cat In the Hat trend was further popularized on TikTok in early July 2026 as other TikTokers followed and expanded on Daletok's format.

For example, on July 3rd, 2026, TikToker^[3] @vonnuzbruh posted a version of the meme that uses a scene where Cat bounces from couch to couch, garnering over 1.1 million views in four days.

On July 4th, TikToker^[4] @jpxfrd469 posted a version of the meme using a black-and-white edited scene where the Cat is hanging from a tree like a piñata under the caption, "When the hate finally catches up to that one friend," garnering over 1.2 million views in three days.

On July 6th, 2026, TikToker^[5] @rushyft posted an AI-generated video playing into the trend that shows scenes of the Cat in a found footage, horror movie style, garnering over 718,000 views in a day.

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