Wallace & Gromit was created by Nick Park at Aardman Animations, first appearing in the short A Grand Day Out in 1989. The main theme, composed by Julian Nott, became closely associated with Wallace, the cheese-loving inventor, and his silent dog Gromit across films including The Wrong Trousers and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Online, the tune spread as a shorthand for very British, homemade problem-solving, and it is still used in edits and memes whenever a simple task turns into an elaborate, charming contraption.