Tole Tole Cat / Mei Mei Cat

About

Tole Tole Cat, also known as Mei Mei Cat, is a brown cat that achieved virality online in December 2023 and January 2024 on TikTok after a series of videos using the soundbite Moka Chan Oshiete Kureta Irona Mita. The cat was turned into an exploitable meme in early 2024 after users started to edit a video of him running similar to a bunny alongside overlay POV memes and other jokes related to escaping or running from uncomfortable situations. Tole Tole also gained fan art, memes and redraws on Reddit, Twitter / X and DeviantArt.

Origin

Tole Tole's earliest appearance online was posted on TikTok^[1] by user @rydrayn on December 18th, 2023. In the video (shown below), the cat is lying on its owner's legs while the Moka Chan Oshiete Kureta Irona Mita soundbite plays out, which amassed over 35 million plays and 5.4 million likes in three months.

Spread

Soon after the video's virality, an edited video combining two different Tole Tole clips was posted by TikToker @boosiebounce^[2] on January 20th, 2024. The video (shown below, left) shows the cat running scared like a bunny with a piece of sad music playing in the background, which amassed more than 3.4 million plays and 585,000 likes in two weeks.

On January 26th, the edit was paired with overlay text saying, "Me after my parents catch me saying the most vile thing on a call with my friends." The post, uploaded by TikToker @boosiebounce^[3] (shown below, right) amassed over 416,000 likes in a week.

Various Examples

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