Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt (Copy-Ready): Every Chop, Second by Second
The fish cutting meme AI prompt puts the one in your photo behind the counter and times every chop in 10 seconds. Skip it with one photo for $9.90 on Seadanse.
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TL;DR — The fish cutting meme AI prompt is the full prompt Seadanse's Fish Cutting Meme AI page runs. It puts the one in your photo behind the kitchen counter and times 4 chops, at about 1.4, 4.8, 8.5 and 9.2 seconds, inside one 10-second shot. The prompt also keeps your own clothes and lists what never carries over from the first clip.
On Fish Cutting Meme AI, the prompt is built in, so you add one photo instead, and one 10-second 720p video is $9.90.
People keep asking how the kitchen video works. Under the clip, one viewer asked "wh at prompt made this happen".
If you look around online, the example prompts you'll find describe a chef slicing a giant fish in one stroke. That creates an entirely different clip. The meme is one fixed kitchen shot with heavy chops that land on specific seconds.
Here's the exact prompt our page runs, how we built it, and what you need to run it yourself. We'll also cover the timing habits that keep the blade on the beat and how you can skip typing altogether.
What Is the Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt?
The fish cutting meme AI prompt is the written instruction a video tool reads to put your photo behind the kitchen counter. It says who replaces whom, when each chop lands, and what never changes from the original clip.
Here's the prompt, word for word as our page runs it.
Edit @Video1. Replace the one big man who cuts the giant fish at the white kitchen counter in @Video1 (a black cowboy hat, a short dark beard, a black short-sleeved button shirt, blue jeans, silver chain bracelets) with the person in @Image1 (exactly their face, hair, skin tone, age and build, wearing the clothes they wear in @Image1; a cartoon or game character, or a pet, when @Image1 shows one), in every frame from the first to the last. No cowboy hat or any other hat, no dark beard, no black button shirt and no silver bracelets unless @Image1 shows them; the clothes are the plain fabric of @Image1, with no print, letters or logo added. The person keeps the place behind the counter, size in frame, pose, gaze and every movement of the man they replace, at the same moment (times in seconds): the hand on the left of the frame laid flat on the fish to measure, the other arm lifting the cleaver high over the head and bringing it down in one big chop at about 1.4; sliding the measuring hand along the fish and stepping to the right from about 2; a second big overhead chop at about 4.8; measuring again, then quick chops at about 8.5 and 9.2, and pushing the cleaver flat along the fish toward the tail to the end; a straight, serious face the whole time. When @Image1 shows an animal, it is that real animal standing up on its hind legs behind the counter, its head, fur and markings from @Image1, one front paw laid flat on the fish and the other front paw gripping the cleaver for every chop; no human face appears. Only this one person is in the kitchen; nobody else appears and no one is added; the person filming stays behind the camera. Keep everything else from @Video1 exactly as it is: the giant silver fish with its pink belly lying across the white counter in front, every cut that opens in it at the moment of each chop, one big square kitchen cleaver with the same shape in every frame, the modern kitchen at night with light wood cabinets, a second white island with dark bar stools, grey pendant lamps and a white door, the warm ceiling light, the one fixed front shot with no cut, the framing, lens and timing. Clean, sharp, true-to-life image with clear detail on the face. No captions, watermarks, text or logos added.In this prompt, @Image1 is your photo. @Video1 is the 10-second kitchen clip, with no sound.
When you use this prompt on our page, the one in your photo takes the spot behind the kitchen counter and performs every chop on the exact second.
How the Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt Is Built
The fish cutting meme AI prompt is built in six distinct parts to guide the video tool. Each part handles one job so the finished scene stays true to the trend.
| Part | The prompt's words | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Who replaces whom | "Replace the one big man who cuts the giant fish … with the person in @Image1" | Puts the one in your photo behind the counter, "in every frame from the first to the last" |
| What never carries over | "No cowboy hat or any other hat, no dark beard, no black button shirt and no silver bracelets unless @Image1 shows them" | Keeps the first clip's costume out of your video |
| The moves, on their seconds | "one big chop at about 1.4 … a second big overhead chop at about 4.8 … quick chops at about 8.5 and 9.2" | Lands every chop where the sound hits |
| A pet | "that real animal standing up on its hind legs behind the counter" | Lets a dog or cat hold the cleaver, with "no human face" |
| One person only | "Only this one person is in the kitchen; nobody else appears and no one is added" | Keeps the kitchen empty behind the cook |
| What stays | "the one fixed front shot with no cut, the framing, lens and timing" | Keeps the kitchen, the giant fish and the cleaver as people know them |
What You Need to Use the Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt
The fish cutting meme AI prompt needs four things if you run it yourself. You'll need each piece lined up before you start.
- The tool: You'll need a video tool that takes one photo and one short clip together and changes the clip by your instruction. A tool that only turns a photo or text into a video has no clip to follow, so it makes a new kitchen and new moves.
- @Image1: You'll need your photo of one person, pet or character, with the face clear and in good light.
- @Video1: You'll need the 10-second kitchen scene from the first clip, an Instagram reel, with its sound taken off.
- The sound: You'll need the clip's own sound laid back under your finished video from the first second.
On Seadanse's page all four are built in, so you add the photo and nothing else. If you don't want to track down the source files, the Fish Cutting Meme AI generator runs the same prompt from one photo.
Habits That Keep the Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt on the Beat
Five habits keep the fish cutting meme AI prompt on the beat, and you can see each one in the prompt above. These habits keep the action sharp and the timing exact.
Put Every Chop on Its Second
The fish cutting meme AI prompt names its seconds: "at about 1.4", "at about 4.8", and "at about 8.5 and 9.2".
Why? Because the trend's original sound has four hard hits that land at roughly 1.5, 4.9, 8.5 and 9.3 seconds. Naming these seconds makes sure the cleaver lands when the sound thumps.
The 10 seconds unfold on a strict schedule:
- 0-1 seconds: One hand lies flat on the giant fish while the other arm lifts the cleaver high overhead.
- About 1.4 seconds: The first big overhead chop lands and opens the first cut.
- 2-4 seconds: The hand slides along the fish to measure the next cut.
- About 4.8 seconds: The second big overhead chop lands.
- 5-8 seconds: A swing at the side, another measure, and the cleaver goes up again.
- About 8.5 and 9.2 seconds: Two quick chops land.
- 9.2-10 seconds: The cleaver is pushed flat along the fish toward the tail, and the fish lies in even sections. The face stays straight the whole time.
The first big chop lands at about 1.4 seconds, so the joke starts before you can scroll. The page marks these beats as "First big chop", "Measuring the fish", "Second chop", and "Final chops".
Say What Never Carries Over
The fish cutting meme AI prompt keeps the first man's outfit out of your video. It says, "No cowboy hat or any other hat, no dark beard, no black button shirt and no silver bracelets unless @Image1 shows them".
Without that line, tools often put the first man's dark beard or silver bracelets on the one in your photo. Calling out those items keeps the costume from carrying over.
Keep the Clothes From the Photo
The fish cutting meme AI prompt keeps the one in your photo looking like themselves: they appear "wearing the clothes they wear in @Image1". It also says that the fabric stays plain, "with no print, letters or logo added".
That means you'll know them from head to toe. If your grandpa wears a brown cardigan in his picture, he wears that cardigan behind the counter.
Give a Pet Its Own Sentence
The fish cutting meme AI prompt gives a pet its own rules. It calls for "that real animal standing up on its hind legs behind the counter" with "one front paw laid flat on the fish and the other front paw gripping the cleaver".
It also adds that "no human face appears". That sentence makes sure your dog or cat stands upright and holds the square cleaver, and doesn't turn into a person's body.
Lock the Kitchen and the Straight Face
The fish cutting meme AI prompt locks the kitchen to "the one fixed front shot with no cut". It keeps "one big square kitchen cleaver" in every frame and asks for "a straight, serious face the whole time".
The text also states that "Only this one person is in the kitchen". This rule keeps the background empty and keeps the deadpan mood (a straight, serious face) that makes viewers laugh.
Our Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt vs Other Published Prompts
Two other tools print prompts for this clip: MakeViral and Angles. Each takes a different path to generate the kitchen scene.
MakeViral tells its tool to Recreate the reference video shot for shot. Its prompt states, "The ONLY change: the big man in the black cowboy hat and black T-shirt who cuts the fish is now the person in [Image 1]." It also says, "The cook wears the black cowboy hat and a plain black T-shirt from [Video 1]", keeping the cowboy hat on the cook, and uses a separate prompt for pets.
Angles uses text prompts to make a cook who chops about two chops a second. Its prompt says, "Immediately they bring the cleaver down hard on the fish and keep chopping, fast and furious, about two chops a second", noting that "the fish stays in one piece on the counter" and "They do not smile." It spreads the action across four separate shots over 16 seconds without using the original clip, so the kitchen is made up.
| Seadanse's prompt | MakeViral's prompt | Angles's prompts | What it means for you | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it starts from | The 10-second clip + 1 photo | The clip + 1 photo | 1 photo, no clip | With the clip, the kitchen is the one people know |
| The outfit | "the clothes they wear in @Image1" | "the black cowboy hat and a plain black T-shirt" | The clothes from the photo | Grandpa chops in his own cardigan, or in the hat |
| The chops | 4, at about 1.4, 4.8, 8.5 and 9.2 seconds | 9 "clean cuts" from 1.3 to 9.2 seconds | "about two chops a second" | Four big chops match the four hits in the sound |
| A pet | In the same prompt | A separate pet prompt | People only | One prompt covers your dog |
| Shots | One fixed shot, 10 seconds | One take, 10 seconds | Four shots, 16 seconds | One shot is the meme as posted |
Our prompt keeps the original kitchen, keeps your own clothes, handles pets in one block, and hits the sound's four beats. You'll see how other tools build their clips in the fish cutting meme AI generators we compared.
Can You Make the Fish Cutting Meme Without a Prompt?
Yes, you can make the fish cutting meme without a prompt on Seadanse because the prompt, clip and sound are built in. You don't have to write any code or manage clip files.
- Step 1: Add one photo of yourself, a pet, or an adult family member who is 18 or older, with their say.
- Step 2: Pick 720p or 1080p on the page.
- Step 3: Leave the box under the photo ticked and press Create.
You'll pay once at checkout, with no account and no subscription. One 10-second 720p video is $9.90: that's the 500-credit pack, and credits are the site's own currency you buy in packs.
A 1080p video takes 1,480 credits, which the $39.90 pack of 2,500 credits covers.
Pack credits stay valid for 12 months, and if a video fails, you'll get its credits back automatically. Seadanse pricing has the packs.
You're ready to make your fish cutting meme AI video right now, or you can read our three-step fish cutting meme AI guide for photo tips.
Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt FAQ
Is this the prompt Seadanse actually uses?
Yes. The prompt above is word for word what our page runs, and we copied it on November 10, 2026. It handles character replacement, outfit rules and chop timing in a single instruction.
Is there a Grandpa Said He'd Handle Dinner prompt?
The Grandpa Said He'd Handle Dinner prompt is the exact same prompt as the fish cutting meme prompt. When you upload your grandpa's photo as @Image1, he keeps "exactly their face, hair, skin tone, age and build". The phrase went viral after a TikTok post used that caption, as explained in our guide on what the fish cutting meme is.
Does the fish cutting meme AI prompt add the sound?
No. The fish cutting meme AI prompt doesn't add sound, because video prompts only guide the picture.
The trend's original sound gets laid under the finished video afterwards. On Seadanse, it's laid under your video for you.
Is there a CapCut template instead of a prompt?
Yes, templates exist inside the CapCut app, which we cover in our guide to the Grandpa Said He'd Handle Dinner CapCut template.
You can also try two other kitchen effects on Seadanse.
- Homelander Milk AI: It puts you in the kitchen scene where spilled milk pours straight onto the counter while the caped hero stares.
- Dog Bartender AI: It puts your pet behind the kitchen counter to make the $1 drink, the $5 drink and the $50 drink.
Ready to Skip the Fish Cutting Meme AI Prompt?
You don't need to write or test a prompt to put your friends, family or pets behind the counter. Head over to Seadanse's Fish Cutting Meme AI page, add one photo, and you'll get one 10-second 720p video, widescreen 16:9 with the trend's original sound, for $9.90.
By The Seadanse Team; we copied the prompt above from our page on November 10, 2026.
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