End of Watch AI Trend: How to Make It (2026)
The End of Watch AI trend puts your photo into the locker scene meme from the 2012 film. See how to make it and what it costs — prices checked 3 Nov 2026.
The End of Watch AI trend is a three-year-old meme wearing new clothes: 2023's TikTok locker-scene meme came back in August 2026 as an AI face swap, and you can make your own from one or two photos. Every price and view count was read from official pages on 3 November 2026; unstated numbers stay unstated.
You can make one in a few minutes:
- Open the and watch the reference clip.
- Upload two clear photos — front person, rear partner.
- Check the credits and resolution shown before you pay, then generate.
- Download the 11-second 16:9 video and post it.
Create with Popliqo
Quick answers
- What is it? An AI video that puts your face into the gear-up scene from the 2012 film End of Watch: pistol, knife, handcuffs, radio and spray, one prop at a time.
- Origin? Meme from August 2023; AI wave from August 2026 (per makeviral.ai).
- How much? 207 credits on Popliqo — ≈$9.20 at the entry Creator plan ($12/mo, 270 credits/mo, read 2026-11-03); 168 credits on MakeViral; 400–900 on Flowlio by resolution.
- Real film or Jake Gyllenhaal? Neither — tools copy an AI-made recreation, not the movie shot or actors' faces.
What the trend is — and who is making it
The scene is from End of Watch (2012), a found-footage police film: Jake Gyllenhaal's officer films himself showing his kit to his own camera, piece by piece (per makeviral.ai and flowlioai.com, read 2026-11-03).
The original meme took off on TikTok in August 2023 under "original sound - xylo", a clip of the rap song "Twirlanta": a gym edition by @wardsimons had 811,300 views by November 2026, and the sound sat in 66,100 videos (per makeviral.ai).
The AI wave started in August 2026 with a Kling AI face-swap template (per makeviral.ai, single source). The top AI tutorial reached 132,700 views and #lockerscenetrend held 966,401 views by 2 November 2026.
