thomas the tank engine
A popular British children's show based on The Railway Series books by Rev. Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry, first published in 1945. In the mid 1980s, the series was adapted as a TV Series using model trains, but then animated with CGI starting in 2009 and lasting until 2020.
Became a recurring meme after its inclusion into MLG in 2014.