Sitting in the rain, running long distances, and communism.
Rocky, Space Jam, My Neighbor Totoro, and Spirited Away (Basically any Studio Ghibli films)
Lupin, House MD, and Phineas and Ferb.
Ready Player One (and two), The Hobbit, Amphagorey, Das Capital, and A Light in the Attic.
Oscar Wilde, Yoko Ogawa, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Gorey, and Christopher Paolini
Pac-Man, Minecraft, and Duck Duck Goose.