Guess when you say community, this already includes their founders and this can even include those degens. They all can contribute on pushing the price up due to demand but founders do it for its project to attract more people and if they aren't really serious about it, they will then dump most of their hodlings later on.

Even though some didn't really care about any other things apart from earnings, well for me, I do (just like you). A story is important because it gives us an idea on why the project is created and we can feel the characters or their emotions on their journey of making their craft stand out and look better than the rest of the crowd. It makes us to decide better if we will continue on supporting them or not.

Yes and it is not only limited to animals actually but to almost anything as well, as long as there is a humour that sparks on it. That makes it a meme that circulates over the internet. Memes are not new but it was only Dogecoin that take the first step in the crypto world, which is why it is more memorable than the rest/newer ones. Meme coins before are nothing but only just a meme, though later on, their devs decided to make a twist into it like adding a utility. It makes them even more attractive.