Evil Kitty
Also known as: No · I Am Evil Kitty
Evil Kitty is a TikTok audio meme built around an AI-generated voiceover that reads a deliberately bad two-sentence horror story: "'Oh that's a good kitty,' I say as I pet on kitty. 'No, I'm evil kitty,' said evil kitty." Originating from a Reddit post and a TikTok "scariest stories" video in December 2024, the sound blew up when users started pairing it with footage of cats misbehaving. The trend racked up over 48,000 sound uses in its first two weeks and spawned a meme coin on pump.fun3.
Overview
The Evil Kitty meme centers on a short, absurd horror story read in a dramatic AI-generated voice. The punchline is intentionally anticlimactic: a person pets a cat and says "good kitty," only for the cat to respond "No, I'm evil kitty." The humor comes from the gap between the ominous narration style and the completely non-threatening content1. TikTok users latched onto the audio and started overlaying it on clips of their cats doing chaotic things: knocking stuff over, fighting other cats, hissing at their own reflections, or generally being little demons1.
The trend fits squarely into TikTok's long tradition of cat content, but with an edge. The AI voiceover gives each video a mock-horror atmosphere that makes even mundane cat behavior look sinister1.
On December 11, 2024, Reddit user u/KriprikUser posted to the subreddit r/badtwosentencehorror. The post read: "'Good Kitty,' I say as I pet my cat. 'no, I'm evil Kitty,' said my cat." It picked up over 180 upvotes in three weeks3.
The next day, December 12, 2024, TikToker @offlainnnn incorporated the joke into his ongoing "scariest stories" series. Using an AI-generated narrator voice from the Offlain Scariest Stories format, he read a slightly tweaked version: "'Oh that's a good kitty,' I say as I pet on kitty. 'No, I'm evil kitty,' said evil kitty"3. That video pulled in over 2.2 million views within two weeks3.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
The Evil Kitty format follows a straightforward structure:
Use the original sound from @offlainnnn's TikTok
Open with footage of a cat being petted, sleeping, or looking innocent (this plays during the "good kitty" portion of the audio)
Cut to footage of the same cat doing something destructive, aggressive, or absurd (timed to the "I'm evil kitty" line)
Cultural Impact
Fun Facts
The original Reddit post that inspired the audio was posted to r/badtwosentencehorror, a subreddit specifically dedicated to intentionally terrible horror writing.
The TikTok audio came just one day after the Reddit post, meaning the joke went from text post to viral sound in roughly 24 hours.
The Mary Sue writer admitted that "2 out of every 3 videos on my FYP are the evil kitty trend" at the peak of its popularity.
The @supfi litter box video became one of the trend's top performers at 14 million views, despite (or because of) featuring cat poop on a floor.
Derivatives & Variations
$EvilKitty meme coin:
Launched December 26, 2024 on pump.fun, reaching a market cap of $205,890 within approximately one hour[3][2].
Three-legged cat variant:
A widely shared version featuring a cat trying to scratch with a limb it no longer had, with comment sections praising the patience of the other cat in the video[1].
Mirror kitten variant:
A popular clip of a kitten seeing its own reflection for the first time and "going full demon mode," described by The Mary Sue as one of the trend's best entries[1].
Frequently Asked Questions
References (4)
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- 2EvilKitty $2.2K | Pumparticle
- 3Evil Kitty - Know Your Memeencyclopedia
- 4Internet memeencyclopedia