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True storycartoon Shorts

A true story with a twist, told by flat 2D cartoon characters in lit 3D sets. The 15 originals below have 167M views on YouTube. Watch them, learn the beats, copy the prompt, then make your own.

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167M
views on 15 Shorts
5
passed 10M views
64s
median length
The originals

The 15 newest Ricks Clips Shorts, by views

Every Short the channel posted from October 19 to November 6, 2026. 4.4M likes between them. Tap one to watch it here. Hover it (or tap it once on a phone) and press Make one in Revid to start yours with a different story.

The script

The beats of the format

About 220 words in a minute, told the way a kid tells a friend: no dates, no titles, at most one name.

  1. 010 to 3 s

    Hook

    One plain sentence about something that makes no sense, with the reason hidden. No setup, no date, no "during the war".

  2. 023 to 12 s

    Setup

    Who, where, one exact number and what is at stake. The camera travels across the set while the narrator talks.

  3. 0312 to 20 s

    The mocker

    Someone laughs at the hero with a short, sarcastic line in quotes, in a big close-up. The hero stays calm and does not explain.

  4. 0420 to 40 s

    Escalation

    It gets weirder three times and the mocker gets cockier each time. The viewer is now waiting to see who was right.

  5. 05Once

    "You see,"

    The trick, explained through something the viewer has done: blowing on soup, a phone sliding off a table. Three to five short lines.

  6. 06Last 10 s

    Payoff

    Shown, not explained, and it lands on the mocker. The last line is the biggest reveal. No moral after it, so the loop starts again.

How “The Ancient Jar That Warned an Empire” lands them

The most viewed Short here, 65 seconds, 33M views. It uses “You see,” early to set up the jar, and saves how it works for the last lines.

  1. 0:00HookHe put a bronze ball in a dragon's mouth and told the emperor, "If this ever falls out, run."
  2. 0:04The laughThe whole court burst out laughing.
  3. 0:06"You see,"You see, there were eight dragons coiled around a giant bronze jar, each holding a ball over a frog's open mouth.
  4. 0:16EscalationWeeks later, a ball fell, but nothing happened. [...] Now, they laughed even harder.
  5. 0:38The mocker"Hey, it's the toy guy. Did your frogs get hungry again?"
  6. 0:44PayoffThe next morning, the palace was a pile of rubble.
  7. 0:57Last lineOne ball meant a nudge from far away.
The prompt

Copy it, add your story

Works in Revid's AI cartoon video generator as it is, and as a brief for Claude. Replace the story line, or leave it and let the AI pick a true story.

Make a 60-second vertical cartoon Short that tells a true, little-known story with a twist.

Story: [your true story, or leave this line and let the AI pick one: someone does something that looks ridiculous, people laugh at them, and the ending proves they were the smart one]

Script, about 220 words, told the way a kid tells a friend, no dates or titles, at most one name:
1. Hook, first 3 seconds, 9 to 14 words: the strange thing someone did, with the reason hidden.
2. Setup: who, where, one exact number, and what is at stake.
3. The mocker: someone laughs at the hero with one short sarcastic line, in quotes.
4. The hero stays calm and does not explain.
5. Escalation: it gets weirder three times, and the mocker gets cockier each time.
6. "You see,": explain the trick once, through an everyday thing the viewer has done.
7. Payoff: show it landing on the mocker. The last line is the biggest reveal, with no moral after it.

Look: flat 2D cartoon characters (big round heads, dot eyes, bean bodies, stick legs, thick dark outlines) acting inside lit 3D toon sets. A warm low sun against cool purple-blue shadows, shadows never black, green never the main colour. Low, wide camera that keeps gliding, few hard cuts.
Voice: one energetic storyteller, fast but natural.
Captions: 1 to 2 words at a time, bold white with a dark outline.
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The remakes

4 remakes posted on X

Creators who rebuilt the format in its first weeks, each with their own story. 3 of the 4 posts say they used Claude. Ranked by likes. Tap one to watch it on X.

Build it yourself

Free skills, prompts and walkthroughs

Questions

True story cartoon Shorts, answered

What is a true story cartoon Short?

A 55 to 80 second vertical video that tells a true, little-known story with a twist. Flat 2D cartoon characters act inside lit 3D toon sets, one narrator tells the story fast, and captions show one or two words at a time. Someone does something that looks ridiculous, people laugh, and the last line proves they were the smart one.

What is Ricks Clips?

A YouTube channel (@RicksClips3000) that made this format popular in October 2026. Its 15 newest Shorts, shown on this page, have 167M views between them as of November 8, 2026, and 5 of them passed 10 million. Revid is not affiliated with the channel.

How do people make these with Claude?

The creators who shared their method build it in code: Claude writes the script, builds the sets in three.js, draws the 2D characters on canvas cards inside the 3D world, and renders the frames on their own computer, with a separate voice track and word-timed captions. Free skills and full prompts are linked in the resources section.

Can I make one without writing code?

Yes. Hover any example (or tap it on a phone) and press Make one in Revid, or copy the prompt on this page into Revid's AI cartoon video generator. It writes the script in this structure, generates the cartoon scenes, and adds the narrator and captions. Revid draws the scenes with AI image and video models, not a three.js render, so the look is close to the originals rather than identical.

How long should a true story Short be?

The 15 originals here run from 56 to 78 seconds, with a median of 64 seconds. That is about 200 to 280 spoken words at a fast storytelling pace.

Can I retell one of these stories?

Pick your own story. The format is free to use, but each script, character design and voice belongs to the person who made it. The prompt on this page asks for a different true story every time, and you should check the facts before you post.

Who owns these videos?

Each video belongs to its creator. Every card credits the author and links to the original Short on YouTube or post on X. To have a video removed, email hello@revid.ai.

Your story next.

Bring a true story with a twist, or let the AI find one. Revid writes it in these beats, draws the cartoon and adds the voice and captions.

Make one in Revid

Every video belongs to its creator and links to the original on YouTube or X. Views and likes as of November 8, 2026. Revid is not affiliated with Ricks Clips or Anthropic. To have a video removed, email hello@revid.ai.