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How to Make the 'Yo Dookie, Pick Up The Phone' Wazzup AI Video (2026)

Up to four photos in — friends, family or pets — and out comes the legendary 'wazzup' phone-call chain: 'Yo Dookie, pick up the phone!', tongues out, in a moody late-night film look. 13 seconds, vertical 9:16.

Starrd Team|October 2, 20265 min read

Quick answer

Upload one to four photos to Starrd's Yo Dookie template and it recasts the legendary 'wazzup' phone-call chain from the famous comedy scene: the first caller yells 'Yo Dookie!', Dookie sits bored until a voice yells 'pick up the phone!', grabs the receiver and answers with a flat 'Yo', then everyone yells 'wazzup' with their tongues out, hangs up, and the first caller ends on a laugh. The four callers rotate through your photos, so one photo puts the same person or pet in all four rooms. People and pets both work. 13 seconds, vertical 9:16, 100 credits (about $5).

Up to four photos in, and out comes you and your friends (or your pets) in the legendary "wazzup" phone-call chain: "Yo Dookie, pick up the phone!", tongues out, in a moody late-night film look. Here's one made from four pet photos:

Yo Dookie, from four pet photos: two puppies and two Munchkin cats

Yo Dookie, Pick Up The Phone

Up to 4 photos. Your friends or pets in the wazzup phone-call chain, tongues out. 13 seconds, vertical.

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What You Get

  • "Yo Dookie!" The first caller opens the chain from the couch.
  • The pickup. Dookie sits there bored while a voice yells "pick up the phone!", grabs the receiver and answers with one flat "Yo".
  • The wazzup round. Rapid cuts between all four callers, each in their own room, tongues out, grinning, on the beat of the original audio.
  • The hang-ups and the laugh. Two callers hang up, and the first caller ends it laughing.
  • A late-night film look. Lamp-lit rooms, grain, haze and soft bokeh around every face.
  • 13 seconds, vertical 9:16, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

What the Meme Actually Is

The scene is a comedy-film spoof of a famous beer commercial: a chain of friends calling each other just to yell "wazzup" with their tongues out. "Yo Dookie, pick up the phone!" is the line that kicks it off. It's dumb, it's loud and it's still one of the most quoted phone calls ever filmed.

Why it works for groups: it's a four-person bit. Your group chat, your roommates, your family, or your dog and three cats: everyone gets a phone and a tongue-out close-up.

How the Callers Are Cast

  • 4 photos: one caller each, in upload order.
  • 3 photos: callers 1, 2, 3, then photo 1 again.
  • 2 photos: the two of you alternate.
  • 1 photo: you're all four callers, calling yourself.

The template never invents extra people. Every face in the video is from your photos.

Pro Tip

Use clear, well-lit photos where each face is big and sharp. Pet photos where someone is holding the pet work too: the pet is the caller, not the person.

The Fastest Way

Yo Dookie, Pick Up The Phone

One to four photos, the full 13-second wazzup chain. People and pets.

Try It

One to four photos, 100 credits (about $5), no prompt. The template holds the shots, the cuts, the camera and the audio; your photos decide who's on the phone. It renders on Seedance 2.5 at 480p, vertical 9:16.

Build It Yourself

1. Cut the clip on the line. Start exactly on "Yo Dookie" and run to the end of the chain. Crop away any blurred bars and burned-in captions; text in a reference gets copied.

2. Make a storyboard of the callers. One image with a tall panel per caller, each in their own room with a phone to the ear, tongue out, in the film look you want.

The storyboard
A horizontal storyboard of four tall vertical film stills side by side: four callers in a late-night phone-call chain, each in their own lamp-lit room, each holding a telephone to their ear mid-yell, mouth wide open with the tongue sticking out, grinning. Moody 35mm film look with grain, haze and halation; each face in sharp focus with a soft foreground and creamy bokeh behind. Keep each caller's exact face, hair and clothing from their photo. No text.

3. Drive it with the clip and a timed shot list. Feed the storyboard and the clip to a model that copies motion from a reference video (we recommend Seedance 2.5). List every shot with its time and which caller is in it, and the moments each line is said, so the mouths land on the audio.

Common Mistakes

Mapping your friends onto the original actors. Telling the model "my friend replaces the guy in the hat" invites it to keep the guy in the hat. Rotate your callers through the shots instead, and never describe the original cast.

Inventing stand-ins that look like the original actors. The model fills them with the real actors. Use only your own photos.

Starting the clip early. Open on "Yo Dookie"; a leftover half-second of the previous line throws every cut off the beat.

Leaving captions in. Burned-in text gets copied into your video.

FAQ

How many photos? One to four.

Does it work with pets? Yes, paws on the phone and tongues out.

How long is it? 13 seconds, vertical 9:16.

What does it cost? 100 credits, about $5.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 'Yo Dookie' wazzup video?

It's the famous 'wazzup' phone-call chain from a comedy-film spoof of the classic beer commercial: one friend calls another — "Yo Dookie, pick up the phone!" — and within seconds a whole chain of callers is yelling "wazzup" at each other with their tongues out. The clip still circulates on TikTok with over a million plays.

How many photos does it take?

One to four. With four photos, each person or pet is one of the four callers. With fewer, the callers rotate through your photos — one photo puts the same subject in all four rooms, which is its own joke.

Does it work with pets?

Yes. Pets sit up like people, hold the phone with a paw and do the wazzup with their own tongue — dogs are naturals. They stay real animals the whole time, with no human hands.

Can I mix people and pets?

Yes. Upload any mix; each photo becomes a caller in upload order.

How long is it, and what does it cost?

13 seconds, vertical 9:16, rendered on Seedance 2.5 at 480p. It costs 100 credits, about $5. No subscription, and credits never expire.

Is the original audio in it?

Yes. The real "Yo Dookie", "pick up the phone", the wazzup round and the laugh at the end, with every mouth timed to it.

Do I need to label it as AI?

Yes. TikTok, Instagram and YouTube all require AI-generated content to be disclosed.

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Yo Dookie, Pick Up The Phone

Yo Dookie, Pick Up The Phone

"Yo Dookie, pick up the phone!" Recast the legendary wazzup phone-call chain with up to 4 friends — or pets — tongues out.

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