how to make money with cartoon characters

i built a channel from zero and i'm already at a couple thousand dollars. my first video hit 500k views. the channel was in the creator rewards program within 6 days. i've monetised multiple accounts using this system and i'm ready to spill all the fucking sauce without gatekeeping anything. here's the a-z process: how claude writes the full script, how to create the images with nano banana, how to animate everything with seedance, and how to turn views into guaranteed money I. idea ai generated 3d cartoon animations of well known characters in adult situations. heavy swearing, controversial storylines, millions of views. the uk accounts were already printing views with peppa pig and horrid henry. but nobody had touched american cartoons. i asked myself: how do i do my own version of this? spongebob was the obvious answer. most recognised american cartoon ever made, built in character dynamics that write themselves, toxic workplace storylines that resonate with every young american, and zero competition when i started. i'm not building from scratch. i'm remixing what's already printing views but for an audience nobody was targeting yet. i picked spongebob specifically because the characters already have distinct personalities, the bikini bottom setting gives endless location variety, and the us audience unlocks premium cpm rates that the uk niche can't touch. save this article. come back anytime. II. target US tiktok audience your audience needs to be US-based. this is non-negotiable for monetization. factory reset a spare iPhone and remove the sim set language and region to USA create a US apple id using a virtual number buy shadowrocket ($3) for proxy routing grab an ISP proxy from iproyal (SOCKS5) check your IP quality on ipqualityscore.com create a fresh proton/outlook email and sign up for tiktok check that your for you page shows us content and tiktok shop available. III. train claude to write viral scripts scripts run through claude. one dedicated chat per channel. don't mix channels in the same fucking conversation. download 10 transcripts from the most viral competitor ai cartoon videos using tokscript.com: paste them all into claude and tell it to reverse engineer why each one went viral. the hook structure, the pacing, the controversy, the character dynamics. now each script claude writes sounds like those transcripts because it studied them from day one the formula claude follows for each video: hook: something shocking happens from the first frame with zero context. no build up. you drop the viewer into chaos. they freeze and that freeze is watch time. build the story backwards from this moment. reaction and escalation: characters react and the conflict develops. mr krabs saying something diabolical about money, patrick doing something stupid, spongebob catching someone doing something they shouldn't be doing. viewers flood the comments. chaos peaks: the conflict escalates to maximum chaos. the most diabolical moment in the video. different location for each scene. don't repeat the same setting twice in a row. twist or payoff: an unexpected turn that nobody saw coming. this drives rewatches. punchline ending: each video ends with patrick saying something clueless or mr krabs doing something shameless. hook types that work: someone walking in on something shocking. someone getting caught red handed. someone screaming mid argument with zero context. a confrontation in full chaos. someone doing something unhinged. language rules: always use: bro, fam, deadass, no cap, faxx, ion know, finna, lowkey, for real, say less, gang, bread (money), built different, cooked, caught in 4K never use "nigga" instant tiktok ban. no uk slang either. no bloody, mate, innit, dodgy. this channel needs american audience only. IV. creating images with nano banana pro step 1: generate each character on a pure white studio background before touching any scenes. this locks the design so every scene stays consistent. modern cinematic 3d animation style while preserving the original cartoon aesthetic. step 2: generate each scene as a static starting frame. describe the setting based on how it looks in the show. specify where each character stands, left centre or right. describe each character's expression and body language. specify camera angle. example prompt and image below: rules: specify character positions. maximum 3 characters per scene. don't use character names, describe by appearance. keep descriptions clean and specific. end each scene prompt with this style line: pixar-quality 3d animation, polished textures, expressive faces, ultra high resolution. V. animate with seedance 1.5 pro seedance takes the starting frame and animates it into a full scene with dialogue, voices, sound effects and camera movement baked into the output. you don't have to add a separate voiceover. prompt structure: composition and framing first. character positions and subtle movements, what changes from the starting frame. numbered dialogue with full voice descriptions. camera movement. mood and atmosphere. for dialogue, describe each speaker by appearance and position, not by name. specify voice tone, accent and emotion. without this the ai gives wrong voices. maximum 2 speakers per scene. a third character can be visible but must not speak. don't describe static elements the ai sees. focus on what moves and changes. no music. camera holds still with a slow subtle zoom in. example prompt and animation below: voiceover length rules: 4 second scene = 10-15 words max. 8 second scene = 20-25 words. 12 second scene = 30-35 words. check voiceover length before writing the prompt. when adjusting, trim the voiceover not the prompt description. VI. the higgsfield credit hack seedance 1.5 pro costs 36 credits per clip at standard rate. that adds up. this is why most channels like peppa pig and horrid henry stopped posting. the generation costs killed them. they couldn't finance the AI at scale so they just quit. this hack kills that fucking problem completely. the business plan costs $98. split it with a friend. $49 each. you both get 1500 credits plus seedance 1.5 pro unlimited for 7 days on 12-second clips at 1080p with full audio. use a wyoming address at checkout. as it has no state sales tax. end cost: $49 each. during that 7 day unlimited window generate everything you can. all scenes for every video you plan to make over the next few weeks. batch produce before it ends. one week with this method and you burn through $1700 worth of generation for $49. once the 7 days are up create a new account and repeat. $49 for $1700 worth of AI. once you're in the creator rewards program each video is close to pure profit. VII. editing in capcut import all clips into capcut in order. trim dead space at the start or end of each clip. seedance sometimes adds a second or two of nothing before the dialogue kicks in. add auto-captions. bold white or yellow text with a black outline, one word at a time, synced to speech, centre bottom of screen. captions are non negotiable. most of tiktok is watched on mute and word by word captions keep watch time up because viewers track the text. no music. the voiceover and sound effects carry the video. music over dialogue kills the immersion. total edit time: under 5 minutes. VIII. tiktok rugpull problem the ai cartoon niche is insane right now. the views are there, the rpm is there, and the creator rewards program pays well. but tiktok can rugpull you without warning. they've been quietly pulling ai content accounts from the crp and keeping everything. creators sitting on $5k, $10k in pending earnings. all gone overnight. no appeal, no explanation. it's happening more than people talk about and it's not slowing down. this is why the crp should never be your main income stream. it's a bonus, not a business. there's a safer way. real brands paying you directly per 1k views. tiktok can't touch that money. IX. how to actually print from this the crp is fine but it's not the ceiling and you already know tiktok can pull it whenever they feel like it. there's a platform where brands run campaigns and pay you $1-3 per 1000 views directly. you post on tiktok as normal, you just also submit the video to a campaign and get paid on top of whatever tiktok gives you. most creators are making $0.10 per 1000 views from tiktok alone. this pays 10-30x that. and the brand pays you directly so there's no rugpull risk. here's exactly how it works: 1. go to affiliatenetwork.com and create your account. 2. scroll through the public campaigns and choose the niche you feel most comfortable with. one campaign is paying $3.50 per 1000 views. at 1 million views that's $3,500 guaranteed. 3. check the format and requirements then start making content that fits 4. post, submit your videos to the campaign, get paid unlike the crp, there's no rugpull risk. the brand pays per view regardless of tiktok's internal policies. your earnings are locked in the moment the views hit. creators using this method are making over $40,000 per month. if you're starting out, join their discord community here: discord.gg/DzDUBheMFA the full workflow in 6 steps: concept and script (ask claude for ideas, confirm the hook hits from frame one, 5-6 locations, two character dialogues, twist ending, pure american slang) character reference images (nano banana pro, white studio background, one per character, generate before any scene work) scene starting frames (nano banana pro, attach reference images, specify positions left centre right, describe expressions and camera angle) animate all scenes (seedance 1.5 pro, write the prompt, attach the starting frame, voiceover bakes into the output automatically) edit in capcut (import in order, trim dead space, add transitions, auto-captions bold white or yellow text black outline one word at a time, no music) post (one line description, one or two emojis, standard hashtag set) idea to posted in around 60 minutes. tools: image generation: Nano Banana Pro video generation: Seedance 1.5 Pro Monetization: AffilateNetwork.com