The Cat in the Hat turns Thing 2 into a slapstick mystery

Warner Bros.' animated promo pairs an unanswered question with a fish slap, and viewers are supplying their own theories.

Channel: Warner Bros. Story of October 25, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 132,813 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (9,145).

So the thing about Thing 2 is…. #TheCatInTheHat

"But I don't see a Thing 2," the boy says, holding a fishbowl. The red fish's response is to leap up and slap him across the face.

That is the setup for Warner Bros.' Short, "So the thing about Thing 2 is…. #TheCatInTheHat". It is a promotional clip for the animated movie, edited into a musical loop that makes the slap part of the beat. Around a wooden desk, the blue-haired Things wear an assortment of numbered shirts. The conspicuous gap is the joke.

The clip drew about 87,000 views in eleven hours, far ahead of the studio channel's usual Shorts start. In the comments, viewers repeat the forbidden question and speculate about whether Thing 2 could be connected to a monster in the trailer. The clip itself supplies no such answer.

Alongside the studio's other Cat promos about rhyming and telling the truth, this one takes a different route: ask where the missing Thing went, and the fish interrupts before the explanation can begin.

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The numbers

The Thing 2 remix is drawing views much faster than Warner Bros.' usual Short, even while the channel's overall daily views are below their usual pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

9,145

this video

132,813

subscribers

12,900,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

9,239,384,316

views per day

1,097,904

typical day: 1,904,966

the video

views

87,360

likes

1,255

comments

44

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Marvel Entertainment

23,900,000

Warner Bros.

12,900,000

Universal Pictures

11,200,000

OSR Digital

10,800,000

Pixar

9,110,000

Disney

6,790,000

As of October 25, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.