Attach a photo of your cat and paste one of the prompts below: the photo becomes the first frame, then your cat gets up and dances. No people needed in the photo. Seedance 2.0 Mini by default; a 4-second 480p clip costs 5 credits, which the free sign-up credits cover.
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The AI cat dance trend turns a pet photo into a short clip of the cat standing up on its hind legs and dancing to a beat. Your photo can be the first frame, which keeps the exact picture (the sofa, the windowsill, the blanket) and makes the cat move, or a reference image, which keeps the cat’s face and markings and puts it in a new scene, such as a roadside at night with two more of your cats, the La Calabaza look.
To make an AI cat dance video, attach a clear photo of your cat, paste a prompt that describes the dance, and generate. The photo becomes the first frame, so the clip keeps your cat’s face, fur and room. For several cats in one clip, attach one photo per cat as reference images: Seedance 2.0 Mini takes up to 9. The default model makes 4–15 second clips at 480p or 720p with sound; a 4-second 480p clip costs 5 credits, which the free sign-up credits cover. The trend’s songs are not built in: add the track in TikTok or Instagram afterwards. A failed run costs no credits.
The three-kitten version that took off was posted by the TikTok account meowtakeover: kittens standing on their hind legs by a road at night. Its June 28, 2026 clip, set to Aaron’s “Cool”, passed 100 million views. The August 27 clip, with one kitten in a cowboy hat and one in round glasses on the sound of Pumpky’s “LA CALABAZA”, passed 29 million, and TikTok labels it as AI-generated. (meowtakeover on TikTok)
“LA CALABAZA”, Spanish for “the pumpkin”, is a dance single Pumpky released on January 8, 2026, and people were dancing to it before the cats were. In October posts started tying it to Halloween: the #lacalabaza tag on TikTok holds more than 55,000 videos, and Google searches for “la calabaza” have run above last year’s level since late August. (Apple Music, the sound on TikTok, TikTok #lacalabaza, Google Trends)
Toc Toc is a separate wave on Patrick Sébastien’s 2015 song “Toc toc”: people were dancing to it by late September 2026, and cat versions followed in October. (Apple Music, TikTok, September 28)
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La Calabaza
meowtakeover (@meowtakeover) · TikTok ·
29.1M views · 4.1M likes as of October 19, 2026
A 14-second clip on the sound of Pumpky’s “LA CALABAZA”: a ginger kitten, a white one in a black cowboy hat and a black-and-white one in round glasses stand side by side on their hind legs by a road at night. TikTok labels it as AI-generated.
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Two months earlier
meowtakeover (@meowtakeover) · TikTok ·
107.5M views · 10.6M likes as of October 19, 2026
An 11-second clip from the same account, set to Aaron’s “Cool” rather than La Calabaza: three kittens, white with black patches, cream and grey, stand on their hind legs by a road at night and wave their front paws. The most-watched version of the format we found.
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Toc Toc
shalunts_art (@shalunts_art) · TikTok ·
1.6M views · 75.4K likes as of October 19, 2026
An 11-second clip from a pet-portrait artist’s account: a green-eyed tabby stands on its hind legs in a white living room, on a sound TikTok matches to Patrick Sébastien’s “Toc toc”.
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The whole cat in frame, sharp and well lit, with some space above its head for the paws to go up. A photo of the cat sitting or standing works better than one of it curled up asleep.
In the box at the top of this page the photo becomes the first frame: the clip starts on your picture. For the La Calabaza-style trio, open that prompt in the full generator, attach one photo per cat and click the small Start label on the first one (“Use as reference image”).
Copy a prompt below, pick the length and resolution, and press Generate. The composer shows the credit cost before you start, and a failed or refused run is not charged. Add the trend’s song later in your video editor.
Each prompt opens in the generator with the model and length filled in; you attach your own cat photo there and nothing runs until you press Generate. Every prompt asks the model to keep your cat’s face, fur colour and markings.
The classic version: works with almost any clear photo of one cat.
The cat in the photo stands up on its hind legs and dances to an upbeat beat: it sways its hips, waves both front paws from side to side, takes small bouncy steps and finishes with a quick spin, then looks straight at the camera. Keep its face, fur colour and markings and the room exactly as in the photo. Natural fur and tail movement, steady phone-video framing, one continuous shot, no text on screen.Opens the generator on Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p, with the prompt filled in. Attach your photo; it becomes the first frame.
Several cats in one clip: attach one photo per cat as a reference image. With fewer than three cats, delete the tags you do not use.
The cats in @Image 1, @Image 2 and @Image 3 stand side by side on their hind legs on a roadside at night under a street light, a few carved pumpkins glowing at their feet, and dance in sync: they bob their heads, sway left and right and raise their front paws together on the beat. The middle cat wears a small plain black cowboy hat. Keep each cat’s face, fur colour and markings exactly as in its photo. Static phone-camera framing at cat height, one continuous shot, no text on screen.Opens the generator on Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p, with the prompt filled in. Attach your photos, then click the Start label on the first one (“Use as reference image”) so they count as references.
The comedy version: a still cat that bursts into a dance and stops as if nothing happened.
The cat in the photo sits completely still for a moment, then jumps up onto its hind legs and does a fast side-to-side shuffle with its front paws raised, bobbing its head to the beat, then drops back down and stares at the camera as if nothing happened. Keep its face, fur colour and markings and the background exactly as in the photo. Handheld phone-video look, one continuous shot, no text on screen.Opens the generator on Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p, with the prompt filled in. Attach your photo; it becomes the first frame.
Credits the generator charges on each plan today (plan discounts included, as a new subscriber), and the dollar value of those credits at the plan’s price per credit. Taxes not included. A failed or refused run is not charged.
| Plan | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free sign-up credits$0 · 5 credits once | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480pFree (5 of 5 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p25 credits, more than the free 5 | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720pNot on this plan |
| Lite, monthly$14.90/mo · 100 credits/mo | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.75 (5 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$3.43 (23 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$8.20 (55 credits) |
| Lite, billed yearly$13/mo · 100 credits/mo | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.65 (5 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$2.99 (23 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$7.15 (55 credits) |
| Pro, monthly$29/mo · 200 credits/mo | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.58 (4 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$2.61 (18 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$6.24 (43 credits) |
| Pro, billed yearly$14.50/mo · 200 credits/mo | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.29 (4 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$1.31 (18 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$3.12 (43 credits) |
| Premium, monthly$149/mo · 1,300 credits/mo | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.34 (3 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$1.95 (17 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$4.93 (43 credits) |
| Premium, billed yearly$99/mo · 1,300 credits/mo | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.23 (3 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$1.29 (17 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$3.27 (43 credits) |
| Starter credit pack$29.90 one-time · 200 credits | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.75 (5 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$3.74 (25 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$9.12 (61 credits) |
| Creator credit pack$49.90 one-time · 375 credits | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 4 s, 480p$0.67 (5 credits) | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 10 s, 720p$3.33 (25 credits) | Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p$8.12 (61 credits) |
“Not on this plan” means the plan cannot run that model or resolution. Your photos add nothing to the price: a run with a photo costs the same as one from text alone. See pricing for every plan and pack.
SeedVideo AI is an independent platform and is not affiliated with TikTok, meowtakeover, shalunts_art, Pumpky, Patrick Sébastien or the other artists and creators named on this page, nor with ByteDance and the other model providers named here. The posts under “Where the trend started” and the songs belong to their owners.