What is the Dog Bartender AI trend?

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Short answer

It is a short video joke in which a dog in glasses and a bib sits behind a bar and hands behind it make three drinks, the last with broccoli and a cold sparkler. The post people point to is from 27 September 2024.

Example frame: an apricot toy poodle in round glasses and a white bib sits behind a wooden bar, with three drinks in a row on the counter and a cold sparkler fountain spitting silver sparks from the third glass, which has a floret of broccoli in it
Example frame: an apricot toy poodle in round glasses and a white bib sits behind a wooden bar, with three drinks in a row on the counter and a cold sparkler fountain spitting silver sparks from the third glass, which has a floret of broccoli in it

Where it was seen

The older post people point to is by @chocodogger, from 27 September 2024, at about 5.5 million views. A real-dog version appeared on Instagram at the end of October, and four template sites listed the idea on 31 October. We found no new TikTok post in the last week. View counts were not audited.

Why it works

  • The escalation: each drink looks ten times fancier than the one before.
  • The poker face: the dog stays serious while everything gets sillier.
  • The pay-off: a sparkler on a glass with broccoli is a funny last picture.

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Where this trend comes from

  • @chocodogger · TikTok · Sep 27, 2024 · 5.5M views — An older post from September 2024 that people point to as the source of the dog bartender and the three drinks. It is far older than the week we watch, so we did not follow it

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Questions people ask

Is the dog real?

The videos are AI-generated, and so is the bar.

Why $1, $5 and $50?

That is how people describe the joke: each drink looks ten times pricier. Our video shows no prices.

Is it only for dogs?

No. A cat or a person can work the bar too.

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