![Monorail Cat Monorail Cat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/001/298/monocat.jpg)
Monorail Cat
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About
Monorail Cat refers to a photo fad in which cats on railings, banisters or other thin platforms resemble a monorail trains. The photographs are based on an early viral photo of a cat lying on the metal frame of a mirror with its legs tucked inward, causing it to resemble a monorail.
Origin
While it is more likely that Monorail Cat was one of the first products of /b/'s Caturday, the earliest known instance of monorail cat was posted on the website Catmas[1] on November 2nd, 2006. The picture (shown below) features a cat resting on over a metal-framed mirror with its legs tucked inward, which makes the cat look like a monorail. The post was captioned, "It's been a while since we've posted a cat picture, but we're back!"
![The original monorail cat The original monorail cat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/027/087/monorail-cat.jpg)
Spread
That day, YTMND [3] user Cataclaw posted a gif of the Monorail Cat set to music. The post received more than 80,000 views as of November 2017. Additionally, on November 2nd, Cataclaw[4] posted gif entitled "Monorail Cat not amused," which featured the cat "derailing" and received more than 18,000 views as of November 2017. More versions appeared on YTMND, including:
One month later, Catmas[2] posted a gif version of Monorail cat in which the cat moves like a train. The gif (shown below) also includes the text "Monorail cat has left the station."
![GIF of monorail cat leaving the station GIF of monorail cat leaving the station](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/287/515/3bf.gif)
On December 19th, 2006, the website MonorailCat.com[5] was registered.
Two months later, on January 12th, 2007, the picture first appeared on ICanHazACheezburger, where it became a popular LOLcat. Many pictures are submitted to the site having to do with a monorail cat or dog. Now it is one of the most famous lolcats around.
Monorail cat shirts were later printed by CafePress[6] t-shirt (shown below).
Additionally, if you type "monorail cat" into the game Scribblenauts, you will get a ""weird hidden object."[7]
![monorail cat t-shirt monorail cat t-shirt](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/309/773/3e1.png)
2017 Revival
On October 14th, 2017, Twitter [8] user @madaomax7 posted a picture of Monorail Cat on a wooden banister with the caption "γγ³γγΉγγγͺγγ¦γγγ³γ’γγ¬γΌγ«οΌ" (translation: Not a cat bus, cat monorail?) The post (shown below) received more than 550 retweets and 1,500 likes in three weeks.
![2017 Monorail cat is back 2017 Monorail cat is back](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/309/774/ec3.jpg)
Following this tweet, other Twitter users began posting pictures of their cats in similar positions (examples below, left and center, respectively.
Later that month, Twitter[9] user @zboah tweeted the picture next to a picture of a monorail. The post (shown below, right) received more than 30,000 retweets and 36,000 likes in two days.
On October 31st, Twitter[10] published a Moments page about the return of the meme.
![Monorail Cat - Me, singing Monorail from the Simpson really loudly at my babies sitting on the bannister on the landing because cat monorail Monorail Cat - Me, singing Monorail from the Simpson really loudly at my babies sitting on the bannister on the landing because cat monorail](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/309/778/f6e.png)
![cat relaxing on the couch arm rest like monorail cat cat relaxing on the couch arm rest like monorail cat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/309/779/732.png)
![Side by side photos comparing the new Mono Rail Cat to a real monorail Side by side photos comparing the new Mono Rail Cat to a real monorail](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/309/776/b83.png)
Various Examples
![monorail cat as an aircraft on water monorail cat as an aircraft on water](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/134/600/c96.jpg)
![monorail cat that has run out of mono monorail cat that has run out of mono](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/163/562/MonorailCat.jpg)
![monorail cat montage monorail cat montage](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/850/578/e64.jpg)
![monorail cat in training monorail cat in training](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/032/906/lolcats_monorail-cat-training.jpg)
![woman on a banister just like monorail cat woman on a banister just like monorail cat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/053/531/wtf.jpg)
![monorail cat cartoon monorail cat cartoon](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/026/573/Lol_Cats__Monorail_Cat_by_gerardway156.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Catmas β Monorail Cat
[2] Catmas β Monorail Cat Has Left
[3] YTMND β Monorail Cat
[4] YTMND β Monorail Cat Not Amused
[5] Whois β MonorailCat.com
[6] Cafepress β Monorail Cat Shirt
[7] Eeggs β Scribblenauts Easteregg
[8] Twitter β @madaomax7's Tweet
[9] Twitter β @zboah's Tweet
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