# Cat Transcendence Cat Transcendence is a June 2015 video of a house cat freezing in wide-eyed shock after a flower is placed on its head. The clip stayed a niche curiosity until YouTuber Max Goodrich remixed it in January 2016 with a Matrix soundbite and a Hans Zimmer score, turning the stunned cat into a viral 'prophecy is true' moment. ## Overview Cat Transcendence is a short video clip of a house cat reacting with wide-eyed shock after a small flower is placed on its head[1]. The cat sits perfectly still with dilated pupils, appearing to enter some kind of trance state, which gave the meme its name. The Dodo, which helped surface the video in June 2015, described the cat as 'completely incapable of being a cat' and joked that the world may never know if it would recover[1]. That stunned, frozen expression became the meme's visual hook, later paired with dramatic film scores and voiceovers to imply the cat was witnessing something profound. ## How It Spread On June 30, 2015, animal news site The Dodo ran a write-up titled 'The Flower BROKE The Cat,' calling the cat 'completely incapable of being a cat' after the flower touched down on its head[1]. Through the second half of 2015 the video floated across YouTube and Imgur as GIF reposts and small parodies, but none of those early reuploads found a wider audience. The breakout came on January 23, 2016, when YouTuber Max Goodrich uploaded a five-second remix pairing the shot with Morpheus's line 'the prophecy is true' from 'The Matrix Reloaded' and Hans Zimmer's 'Mountains' score from 'Interstellar,' then cross-posted the edit to Vine and Instagram the same day, sending the clip viral through early 2016[3]. ## How to Use The template typically pairs the frozen-cat frame with dramatic music or a serious film quote, implying the cat is receiving some kind of cosmic knowledge. Common conventions include swapping in different film scores, echoing voiceovers about prophecies or revelations, and captioning the still frame with the profound truth the cat supposedly just glimpsed. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Cat Transcendence? Cat Transcendence is a short 2015 video of a house cat sitting frozen in shock after a small flower is placed on its head, with a still, dead-serious expression that reads as if the animal is experiencing a revelation[1]. ### Where did Cat Transcendence come from? Instagram user sophiella_cats_n_nails posted the original clip on June 18, 2015, singing the Russian song 'Lilies of the Valley' before setting the flower on her cat's head[3]. ### What does Cat Transcendence mean? The name refers to the cat's wide-eyed, motionless reaction, which The Dodo captured by calling the cat 'completely incapable of being a cat' after the flower landed[1]. ### How do you use Cat Transcendence? The typical format pairs the frozen-cat shot with dramatic music or a solemn film quote, playing off the cat's 'incapable of being a cat' expression as if it were witnessing a cosmic event[1]. ### Is Cat Transcendence still popular? The original YouTube re-upload had drawn over 2.8 million views by mid-2016, though the meme's peak circulation was in early 2016 following Max Goodrich's remix[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.thedodo.com/flower-breaks-cat-video-1225596594.html]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncNwe13rguE]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cat-transcendence]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/cat-transcendence Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library