The orange tracksuit guy from Despicable Me: what the AI Vector videos are and how they work

The orange tracksuit guy from Despicable Me is Vector, the villain with the bowl cut. According to the Brazilian newspaper O Tempo on October 8, 2026, creators such as Morôni Duarte, "based on the character Vector," have started using AI to "appear" in videos of Virgínia Fonseca, Ana Castela, Livinho, Jon Vlogs and other well-known people.

What are the AI Vector videos?

This article relies on a single report, O Tempo's of October 8, 2026, about the Jean Phil phenomenon. It says that in Brazil the trend "took on another dimension": creators such as Morôni Duarte, based on the Despicable Me character Vector, started using AI to "appear" in videos of well-known people (our translation from Portuguese). The case that prompted the report is in who is Jean Phil.

The report does not give a follower count, the account's address or the date it started, and it does not say which tool is used. Numbers that appear only in social media posts were not confirmed, so they are not here.

How are these videos made?

No source says which tool the account uses, and the report does not describe the account's method. O Tempo says the creators started using AI to "appear" in videos of well-known people and, when it discusses the technique, that "there are cases in which artificial intelligence replaces the appearance of the person who appears in the original video" (our translation from Portuguese). A technique that does this is called a character swap: in tools of this kind, the AI reads the source video and the new character repeats its movement in the original's scene. The steps are in how to replace a person in a video with an AI character.

The report adds a caveat about who owns the result: "the recording, acting, dance or editing that gave rise to the scene, however, still belong to third parties" (our translation from Portuguese).

What questions do these videos raise?

O Tempo writes that using other people's videos without permission "can cause problems related to copyright, image rights and commercial exploitation of the content" (our translation). It also says that people who reproduce or alter someone else's material without permission may face measures from the platforms and, depending on the case, legal disputes. The report cites no lawyer. It does not say whether the people in the videos agreed to the use, or whether they did anything about it.

O Tempo also notes that courses promising to teach the formula for viral AI videos have started to circulate, and reminds readers that millions of views do not automatically turn into revenue.

Platform rules matter too. According to Meta's Community Standards, organic posts with photorealistic video or realistic-sounding audio should be marked with its AI-disclosure tool, and Meta may apply penalties when they are not. How to label on each network is in AI labels on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The wider picture is in is an AI influencer legal?. None of this is legal advice.

What can you take from the format?

Leave out the part that depends on someone else's footage, and the format has a structure anyone can use: one fixed figure you recognize in half a second, one idea that repeats, and scenes that come from videos that already exist. Jean Phil follows the same structure, with the same suit, the same gesture and a new setting in every video. The part that depends on third-party footage is exactly the part the questions above hit.

How to make a similar video with your own influencer

On Duble AI, your AI influencer takes the place of whoever is in a video, follows its movement and keeps its sound, in the original's scene, which may change a little. There are two routes: a trend from the app's library, which is another person's video as it was posted, or a video of your own. With a trend, whoever posts is responsible for what they post; with a video of your own, send only one you have the right to use. The example below uses the Vector from the Duble AI cast, a live-action take on the villain in the orange tracksuit.

1. Take the influencer. On the Cast tab of the creation screen, tap Vector's portrait and then Use Vector. It becomes a double of yours at once, without spending credits. To build one from scratch, see how to create an AI character.
2. Pick the video. On Home, the app asks which video your double goes into. Under Trending are the app's trends, each with the trend's views and its price in credits. Or tap Use your own video and send a clip of 3 to 30 seconds, as MP4 or MOV, up to 80 MB.
3. Say what plays. Under "What plays in this video?", choose "Only music or background sound" or "Someone speaks or sings." The generate button stays off until you answer.
4. Choose the quality and tap "Generate video." Standard takes one to three minutes and costs 2 credits per second. A 10-second trend is 20 credits, which comes to $3.33 on the 300-credit monthly plan. The full walkthrough is in how to make AI trend videos.
5. Save and post. On a phone it is "Save video," on a computer "Download video." Label it as AI-made content where the platform asks.

A character swap does not erase the owner of the source video, and a trend from the library is also another person's video as it was posted. With a video you filmed yourself, where only you appear, the question of permission from the people in it does not come up. Only send videos you have the right to use: Duble AI's Terms forbid using another person's name, image or appearance without permission, and never of famous people, and whoever uploads, generates and posts is responsible for what they post. Nobody can promise a video will go viral. The views on a card are those of the trend's original video or, where the original's count is not known, an estimate.

To start, create your influencer.