Jon Heder's Improvised Napoleon Dynamite Dance, Now AI-Perfected

Jon Heder's improvised Napoleon Dynamite dance is already iconic, but now it's even better! Using some AI I modified the dance to be perfectly on the beat, and it's even more amazing than before. The dance is so smooth and seamless, and it just looks so effortless. It's like Jon Heder was always meant to dance like this. It's just so much fun to watch Jon Heder dance perfectly to the beat. To all my fellow Napoleon Dynamite fans: you need to see this video. It's everything you've ever wanted and more. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. Thank you, Jeremy Coon, for giving us the Napoleon Dynamite dance sequence. It's one of my favorite things in the whole world. I can't believe he edited the Napoleon Dynamite dance sequence in only 9 days, using Final Cut Pro for the first time, with three sets of takes from three different songs with three different tempos! That's insane! Here are the attributions: Jon Heder for his amazing improvised dance moves Jeremy Coon for editing the original dance sequence and Jared Hess for filming it. The three different songs that were used in the dance sequence The universe for making all of this possible #napoleondynamite #JeremyCoon #DanceGenius #UniverseIsAwesome Source Video: From the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" Copyright (c) 2004 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Paramount Pictures Corporation. Source Music: "CANNED HEAT"Performed by Jamiroquai Written by Jason Kay, Toby Smith, Derrick MacKenzie, Simon Katz, Sola Akingbola, Wallis Buchanan Epic Records and Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Ltd. Jamiroquai Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd8wWXk6fSa8b8WaZbpWgvg Jamiroquai Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jamiroquai/ Jamiroquai Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamiroquaiHQ Jamiroquai Official website: https://www.jamiroquai.com/ Jamiroquai on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6J7biCazzYhU3gM9j1wfid "Canned Heat (Remastered)"At https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoMntLYsNjY. Provided to YouTube by Sony Music CG Canned Heat (Remastered) · Jamiroquai Summer Songs℗ 2006 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited Released on: 2005-01-01 Composer, Lyricist, Producer: Jason Kay Mixing Engineer, Producer: Al Stone Keyboards, Composer, Lyricist: Toby Smith Assistant Engineer: Paul Stoney Guitar, Composer, Lyricist: Simon Katz Recording Engineer: Al Stone Drums, Composer, Lyricist: Derrick McKenzie Percussion, Composer, Lyricist: Sola Akingbola Mastering Engineer: Marsh m Composer, Lyricist: Wallis Buchannan Bass: Nick Fyffe Arranger: Simon Hale Arranger: Jay Kay Special thanks to Producer and Editor Jeremy Coon. He edited the original dance sequence that critics have called one of the top ten dance numbers in the history of film. It is especially noteworthy that he did this at the end of a marathon 9-day "cram session" using Apple Final Cut Pro for the first time with three sets of takes from three different songs with three different tempos. He said of the effort "People would come by to check on me and I didn’t even know what time of day it was." All required Creative Commons attributions can be found at the end of the video and in the description. Clips of copyrighted music, video, and images are used for reporting, teaching, comment and criticism as described in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. This video and my YouTube channel contains copyrighted works that were not authorized to be used by the copyright holder(s). I believe in good faith that my use of the aforementioned works is protected by federal law and the doctrine of legal fair use. These images licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0., https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/."Napoleon Dynamite Cast" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/a6bJFD."Agrarian Preston, Idaho" by Ken LundFollow is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0., https://flic.kr/p/2HesMK."Tina Majorino & Jon Heder" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0., https://flic.kr/p/a6bRgc."Napoleon Dynamite Cast" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/a6bJpP."Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah" by Ken LundFollow is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0., https://flic.kr/p/N3dj1C. This video and this channel will never be monetized. I am all about sharing the magic of motion, not making money. When you're listening to music, you're not just hearing sounds. You're feeling the patterns of the universe, all around you and inside you. It's like the music is the voice of the universe, telling you that everything is okay, that everything is connected. And when you're dancing to beautiful music, you're not just moving your body. You're becoming part of the music, becoming part of the patterns of the universe. It's like you're transcending your body, becoming something more than yourself. It's not just about intellect. It's about feeling, about connecting with something bigger than yourself.

Added 9 Apr 2026