End of Watch AI Video Generator
Upload one or two photos and star in the End of Watch locker room gear check: you show the camera your gear piece by piece while your partner leans in, with the original Twirlanta sound.
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1Your photos
One photo swaps in one subject. Add up to 2 photos to replace every role in the clip.
Replaces: Officer
Replaces: PartnerOptionalBest results: one person or pet, facing the camera, even lighting, head and chest visible. Avoid sunglasses, masks and heavy filters.
2Length
Source edit: TheSilentMan on YouTube · End of Watch (2012), music: 22Gz "Twirlanta" · AI render · two sample photos, both AI-generated
The End of Watch AI trend comes from the locker room scene near the start of End of Watch, David Ayer's 2012 cop film. Jake Gyllenhaal, as Officer Brian Taylor, holds a camera inches from his face, introduces his partner Mike Zavala (Michael Peña) and shows off his gear one item at a time. Set to a slowed version of 22Gz's "Twirlanta", the clip became a TikTok meme in August 2023, and in late October 2026 AI versions took over: people, couples and cartoon characters swapped into the officer's place.
Our template is that edit, with the real footage and the original sound. Upload one photo and you become the officer in the white T-shirt: the close-up, the pistol with its light, the flash that whites out the lens, the knife, the handcuffs and the rest of the kit. Add a second photo and your friend is the partner who leans in. The locker room, the cuts and the timing stay the same.
What is the End of Watch trend?
It is a gear check. A cop in a station locker room points a handheld camera at himself, calls the room "where the forces of good prepare to fight the forces of evil", and presents his equipment piece by piece. On TikTok the format became the joke: show your own kit, whatever your kit is, to the same slowed drill beat.
There have been three waves. In August 2023 people filmed their own versions at the gym, at work or with airsoft gear. In August 2026 the first AI tutorials appeared. In late October 2026 AI video tools made it easy to put any face or character into the real footage, and that is the version people mean when they search for "end of watch ai".
End of Watch trend timeline, 2012 to 2026
8 September 2012: End of Watch premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. It opens in US cinemas on 21 September 2012 through Open Road Films.
19 March 2021: 22Gz releases "Twirlanta" on his mixtape The Blixky Tape 2 (Atlantic Records).
10 August 2023: TikTok user @xylofiles posts the locker room clip over a slowed "Twirlanta". That audio, listed as "original sound - xylo", becomes the trend sound. The post has about 5.8 million plays.
16 to 21 August 2023: the recreations take off. A gym edition by @wardsimons (about 810,000 plays), a McDonald's edition by @sgt.drewski (about 630,000) and a Walmart edition by @207vengeance (about 720,000) go up within five days, and airsoft players post their own from 21 August. Worldwide Google searches for the locker scene reach their all-time high that week.
30 October 2023: the YouTube channel TheSilentMan uploads an HD cut of the edit. Our template is taken from that upload.
August 2026: the first AI tutorials show up on TikTok, made with Kling AI. The biggest, posted on 9 August, has about 136,000 plays.
31 August 2026: Higgsfield releases Genjutsu, a video-to-video tool that swaps a person or an object in an existing clip.
30 and 31 October 2026: the AI wave. Instagram creators post Genjutsu versions starring Tony Soprano, Thanos, Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps from Zootopia, Hiccup and Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon, Gumball, and Mavis and Dracula from Hotel Transylvania, captioned "Made with Higgsfield Genjutsu / Original scene: End of Watch (2012)". US Google searches for "end of watch ai" peak on 31 October.
Early November 2026: AI template sites add the scene. On 3 November, US searches are still at about 70% of the peak.
The locker room scene in the film
The scene comes in the first minutes of the film, before roll call. Taylor is pre-law and is filming his shifts for a filmmaking class ("I need an art elective"), which is why so much of End of Watch looks like handheld and body-camera footage. Gyllenhaal operated a handheld camera himself for parts of the shoot.
He introduces himself as Police Officer Two Brian Taylor, presents his partner, Officer Zavala, and says they work basic patrol at Newton, "one of the toughest divisions in the LAPD". Then he names his gear: a department-issue sidearm, a Glock 19; a Spyderco tactical knife; two Smith & Wesson handcuffs; a can of OC spray, pepper spray; two extra mags; and his nametag.
Right after that he teases Zavala about his messy locker and gets told off for filming in there. The meme edits stop before that part, on the gear.
The template, shot by shot
We measured the cuts in our template, the opening of the Twirlanta edit cropped to 16:9. Times are from the 11-second version.
0 to 3.3 s: the close-up. The officer talks into the camera while his partner slides into the frame from the left and grins next to him.
3.4 to 4.8 s: after a quick whip, the pistol with its mounted light, held up to the lens.
4.9 to 5.7 s: a light is pointed straight into the camera and the frame flashes white.
5.7 to 6.9 s: the knife. The 6-second version ends here, just as the knife comes up.
6.9 to 7.2 s: the handcuffs, held up in a wider shot with the partner in the background.
7.2 to 10.4 s: the rest of the kit in fast cuts: two black items, one in each hand, a close-up, the red can of pepper spray and one more black item.
10.4 to 10.9 s: a wider shot of both of them. The partner sits shirtless and the officer points at him. A whip pan ends the clip.
If you want the part everyone screenshots, the close-up, the pistol and the flash, 6 seconds is enough. The 11-second version is the full gear check and ends on both of you, so pick it when a friend plays the partner.
Officer and partner
Photo 1 is the officer Gyllenhaal plays, Brian Taylor, in the white crew-neck T-shirt, who shows the gear. Photo 2 is optional and replaces his partner Mike Zavala, played by Michael Peña, who leans in at the start and sits in the last shot. Without it, he stays as in the film.
Roles follow the upload order, not gender. Two women, a woman and a man, two friends: the model keeps photo 1 on the officer in every shot, including the handcuff shot and the wide shot at the end.
How people play it
The 2023 versions were filmed for real, phone in hand: a gym edition with lifting gear, a McDonald's edition, a Walmart edition, airsoft players with their kit. The close-up, item-by-item presentation stayed the same and only the gear changed.
The 2026 AI versions keep the real footage and change who is in it. Couples and friends take the two roles, and fan edits put cartoon characters in the locker room, from Zootopia's Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps to Gumball. Our template does the first kind: your photo, the real footage and the original sound.
Only upload yourself or adults who agreed. Photos of celebrities, public figures and children are not allowed, even though some viral versions use famous characters.
The song: "Twirlanta" by 22Gz
"Twirlanta" is a drill track by Brooklyn rapper 22Gz, released on 19 March 2021 on The Blixky Tape 2. The meme uses a slowed version with heavy reverb, the one the 2023 TikTok sound used. The line people quote in captions is "My stepper gon' brush him if I press the button".
Our MP4 keeps the edit's audio, so it is ready to post without adding a sound in CapCut.
Photos that work
The camera is inches from the face for most of the clip, so the photo has to be sharp. Front-facing, even light, no sunglasses, one person per photo. Chest-up is enough; full-body photos waste resolution on things the clip never shows.
You will be wearing the officer's white T-shirt, not the clothes in your photo. Your face, hair and skin tone come from the photo.
Why it is 16:9
The film is widescreen and the partner leans in from the edge of the frame. A vertical crop would cut him out, so the video stays 16:9, the same as the original edit. TikTok and Reels show it with bars above and below.
How much does an End of Watch video cost?
A 6-second End of Watch video costs 5 credits. The cheapest way to make one is the Try pack: $4.99 for 5 credits.
| Length | Credits | Cheapest pack that covers it |
|---|---|---|
| 6 s | 5 | Try · $4.99 (5 credits) |
| 11 s | 11 | Single · $9.99 (15 credits) |
No subscription. Credits never expire, and a failed render gives your credits back automatically.
Photo tips
Which photos work best
The AI copies the face it can see. These are the photos that give the closest result, and the ones that usually go wrong.
Works wellOne person, facing the camera, even light
AvoidSunglasses or a hat hide the face
AvoidGroup photos: it cannot tell which face to use
AvoidBacklit or dark: the face is hard to read
AvoidToo far away: the face is too small
Sample results
One photo in, one video out
PhotoEnd of Watch
PhotoEnd of Watch
PhotoEnd of Watch
PhotoEnd of WatchQuestions, answered
Which part is the template?
The opening of the Twirlanta locker room edit of End of Watch: the close-up, the partner leaning in, then the gear one item at a time, ending on a wide shot of both of them. It is cut to 16:9 so both of you fit. The 6-second version ends as the knife comes up.
Do I need one photo or two?
One works: it replaces the officer in front of the camera. Add a second photo to replace the partner who leans in from the left. Without it, he stays as in the film.
What movie is the End of Watch trend from?
End of Watch, a 2012 cop film written and directed by David Ayer, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as LAPD partners Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala. The locker room scene is in the first minutes, before roll call.
What song is in the End of Watch locker room meme?
A slowed version of "Twirlanta" by 22Gz, from his 2021 mixtape The Blixky Tape 2. Our MP4 keeps that audio, so you do not need a CapCut template.
Why does Jake Gyllenhaal film everything in End of Watch?
His character, Brian Taylor, is filming his shifts for a filmmaking class: he is pre-law and needs an art elective. That is why the film, and this scene, look like handheld footage.
What gun is in the locker room scene?
Taylor calls it his department-issue sidearm, a Glock 19. Gun fans on Reddit point out that the pistol on screen is actually a Glock 22. In our template it is the pistol with the mounted light, at about 3.4 seconds.
What does "end of watch" mean?
It is police language for the end of a shift. It is also used for the date an officer died on duty.
Do I have to wear a police uniform?
No. You wear the same white T-shirt as the officer in the scene. Your face, hair and identity come from your photo.
Which length should I pick?
6 seconds is the close-up, the partner, the pistol and the flash, for 5 credits, so the smallest pack covers it. 11 seconds runs through the whole gear check and ends on both of you, for 11 credits.
Whose photo can I use?
Yours, or an adult who said yes. Photos of kids, celebrities or public figures are not allowed. Videos are marked as AI-generated on our player and share pages; say it is AI when you post.
Is this affiliated with End of Watch, its studio, the actors or 22Gz?
No. TrendTemplate is independent and not affiliated with End of Watch, its studio, the actors or 22Gz or the original creators. The template uses the original clip and its sound.
Guides and tips
- End of Watch Meme: The Locker Room Scene, ExplainedThe End of Watch locker room meme explained: the 2012 film scene, the Twirlanta edit that went viral on TikTok, and the AI versions from late October 2026.
- How to Make the End of Watch AI Video (1 or 2 Photos)Make the End of Watch AI locker room video: pick who shows the gear and who leans in, choose 6 or 11 seconds and download it with the Twirlanta sound.
