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Gugugaga Video Generator — make your own Gugu Gaga penguin meme

Make a cute penguin, then bring it to life: drinking milk, chasing butterflies, hugging a burger, babbling “gugu gaga”. Create the start frame in the Image Studio and animate it with Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.0 — vertical and ready for TikTok and Reels.

  • A fluffy grey chibi penguin in a blue knitted beanie sitting on a kitchen floor holding a bottle of milk, pouting with a tear in one eye
  • A grey chibi penguin in a blue beanie waddling across a sunny park lawn with flippers raised, a yellow butterfly beside it
  • A grey chibi penguin in a white apron and blue beanie standing on a stool behind a bakery counter holding up a pink cupcake
  • A grey chibi penguin in a blue beanie at a diner table hugging a burger bigger than its head, eyes squeezed shut in happiness
  • Your own penguin character
  • Image to video, 2–30 s
  • Native sound on
  • 9:16 for TikTok

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Quick answer

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How do you make a Gugugaga penguin video with AI?

A Gugugaga video is a short clip of a chubby chibi penguin doing everyday things — drinking milk, waddling, pouting — over looping baby-talk “gugu gaga” audio, a meme that started on Bilibili in February 2026. To make your own on Kenerate AI, create an original penguin picture with Seedream 5.0 Pro, then animate it with Wan 3.0 (2–30 s, 9:16, sound on) or Seedance 2.0. The four penguin frames below are real outputs from one prompt template.

Key facts

Meme started
Bilibili, February 2026
What it is
Chibi penguin + “gugu gaga” audio
Start frames
Seedream 5.0 Pro (4 shown)
Animate with
Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.0
Clip length
2–30 s (Wan 3.0)
Video needs
A paid plan or a credit pack

Gallery

One penguin, four start frames

Real Seedream 5.0 Pro images from the same character description, one try each — the beanie, colours and face stayed the same across all four. Open any one to copy the prompt, then animate it.

How to

How to use the gugugaga video generator

Time needed
Steps
4 steps

  1. Step 1

    Make the penguin

    In /app/image, pick Seedream 5.0 Pro, set 9:16 and describe an original chibi penguin and the scene. Sign in free for starter credits.

  2. Step 2

    Open the video studio

    Send the picture to /app/video and pick Wan 3.0 (2–30 s) or Seedance 2.0 (4–15 s). The image becomes the first frame.

  3. Step 3

    Describe the motion and sound

    One action, a gentle camera, and the line in quotes: the penguin babbles “gugu gaga”. Keep sound on.

  4. Step 4

    Generate and post

    Draft at 480p for 5 seconds, keep the best take, then export vertical for TikTok, Reels or Shorts.

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Chapters

Tips

Make it feel like a real Gugu Gaga clip

What the trend videos have in common, and what we learned making the frames.

  • Keep one character: reuse the exact same description (colour, hat, eyes) so every clip shows the same penguin.

  • Make your own penguin. Don't copy the Arknights: Endfield avatar or a fan artist's image — an original design is yours to post.

  • Pick small, childlike actions: sipping milk, waddling, pouting when poked, hugging food, falling over softly.

  • Use 9:16 and 5–8 seconds — short loops are what the trend runs on.

  • Leave sound on and put the line in quotes: the penguin babbles “gugu gaga”.

  • Avoid the word “baby” in prompts — our filter refused it. Say “penguin chick”, “tiny” or “chubby” instead.

Models

Models for Gugugaga videos

What each model is good at. Open any one straight in the generator.

  • Alibaba

    Wan 3.0

    Reference images
    Up to 10
    Output
    2–30 s · up to 1080p

    Best for

    Cheap 9:16 drafts with native sound

    Open Wan 3.0
  • Seedance 2.0 title card — a cinematic film still of a lone astronaut walking through a field of sunflowers

    ByteDance

    Seedance 2.0

    Reference images
    Up to 9
    Output
    4–15 s · up to 4K

    Best for

    Expressive cartoon motion and sound

    Open Seedance 2.0
  • Seedream 5.0 Pro title card — a gallery-worthy photoreal portrait of a fictional adult woman with freckles in golden-hour light

    ByteDance

    Seedream 5.0 Pro

    Reference images
    Up to 10
    Output
    Up to 2K

    Best for

    Made the four penguin frames

    Open Seedream 5.0 Pro

FAQ

Gugugaga Video Generator questions

What is Gugugaga?

Gugugaga (or Gugu Gaga) is a meme of short videos showing a chubby chibi penguin doing childlike things — drinking milk, waddling, chasing butterflies, pouting — over looping baby-talk “gugu gaga” audio. Know Your Meme traces it to Bilibili in February 2026, from where it spread to Douyin, TikTok and X.

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Where does the Gugu Gaga penguin come from?

The best-known penguin is a fan-made chibi take on the player avatar of the game Arknights: Endfield (released 22 January 2026), whose black-and-white coat players called “penguin-coded”. The canonical image was posted on Bilibili on 19 February 2026. The “gugu gaga” sound is traced to Takamatsu Tomori from the anime BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!.

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How do I make a Gugugaga video?

Make a start frame of an original penguin in Kenerate's Image Studio (we used Seedream 5.0 Pro at 9:16), then open it in the video studio with Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.0 and describe one action plus the line in quotes: the penguin babbles “gugu gaga”. Keep sound on and draft 5 seconds at 480p first.

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Can I use the original Gugu Gaga penguin image?

Safer not to. The penguin is fan art of a game character, and its creator briefly tried to claim copyright in March 2026 before withdrawing. Make your own penguin — a different colour, hat or outfit — so the character is yours to post and reuse.

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Does the video have the “gugu gaga” sound?

Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.0 make native sound when audio is on, and you can ask for a spoken line by putting it in quotes. We haven't rendered a Gugugaga clip for this page, so treat the motion prompts as starting points and regenerate if the babble isn't right.

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Is the Gugugaga video generator free?

Free to start: a new account gets starter credits, enough for a penguin frame on Seedream 5.0 Pro. Video needs a paid plan or a one-time credit pack — Wan 3.0 is 15 credits a second at 480p, so a 5-second draft is 75 credits. Credits never expire and there's no watermark.

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What size should a Gugugaga clip be?

Vertical 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, around 5–8 seconds so it loops. Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.0 both do 9:16; Wan 3.0 runs from 2 to 30 seconds, Seedance 2.0 from 4 to 15.

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How do I keep the same penguin in every video?

Reuse the exact same character description for each start frame — our four frames kept the same grey fluff, blue beanie and face from one template. For even tighter matches, add an earlier frame as a reference image.

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In depth

Gugugaga Video Generator, explained

What works, what to avoid, and how to pick a model.

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Why the Gugu Gaga penguin went viral

The format is simple: a round, fluffy penguin does something small and helpless, and a looping “gugu gaga” babble plays over it. Know Your Meme dates it to Bilibili in February 2026, built on fans of Arknights: Endfield joking that the game's avatar looked like a penguin. From Douyin it reached TikTok and X within weeks, and spin-offs followed — mods, Roblox games and merch.

You don't need the game character to join in. The joke is the penguin's cuteness and the sound, so an original penguin of your own works just as well — and it's yours to post.

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We build and run the Kenerate generator. Every example is a real output of the model named under it; models and presets were checked against the app's code.

Sources: Know Your Meme — Gugu Gaga Penguin · Kenerate Video Studio · Kenerate Image Studio

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