There are numerous viral videos on TikTok and Instagram featuring "ninja cats" playing this game, where they freeze every time the owner turns around, mimicking the "soleil" (sun) phase of the game.

Short animated loops on TikTok often use "Un, Deux, Trois, Cat" as a rhythmic counting device for cat-themed art. 🇫🇷 Quick French Cat Facts

The English cat won. Why? Because the Un Deux Trois cat sank (pronounced like the French quatre-cinq , meaning "four-five").

The phrase is most famously known as the setup for a popular linguistic pun that plays on the French words for "one, two, three" and "cat" ( chat ). 🐱 The "Un Deux Trois" Cat Joke

The most viral content associated with this phrase is a classic "dad joke" involving a swimming race between two cats:

An English cat named "One Two Three" and a French cat named "Un Deux Trois" decide to have a swimming race across the English Channel.

Shirts often feature a cat wearing a beret with the numbers 1, 2, 3.