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Manipulating a drawing of a rat in Adobe Photoshop, I imported four variations into Adobe After Effects. I animated the rats popping out of holes and added a bright yellow background suggesting a chunk of cheese. Replacing rat images with alternate images and changing the background colors resulted in the other gifs. - Joe Gast