Oggy and the Cockroaches is a French animated comedy series created by Jean-Yves Raimbaud and first broadcast in 1998, following a blue cat named Oggy and three mischievous cockroaches who constantly disrupt his home. Short clips and effects from the show have circulated widely online because the humour is mostly visual and needs little dialogue to understand. Fans cut brief moments into soundboards and meme edits, where the exaggerated cartoon timing still works even without the picture, keeping older episodes present in modern short form videos.