Ave Maria is a classic sacred composition most associated with Schubert and later Gounod, long used in churches and films to signal purity and solemnity. In meme culture that serious reputation became the joke, especially when paired with Nobita from Doraemon, the long-running Japanese manga and anime series about a lazy schoolboy and his robot cat friend. Clips of earnest or off-key Ave Maria performances circulate on TikTok, YouTube and soundboards as a shorthand for mock holiness, and the Nobita version survives because the character's sincere failure is instantly recognisable.