Question: What popularized the cartoon character who released the song  "Ein Lama in Yokohama" in Europe?

Context articles: Ein Lama in Yokohama
Baton Bunny
Spokestoon
Beans (Looney Tunes)
Michigan J. Frog
Tokai (character)
Schnappi
Andy Panda
Crazy Castle (series)
Lama (Ukrainian band)

"Ein Lama in Yokohama" is a 2005 song released by animated German crocodile, Schnappi.
 It was the second single from the debut album "Schnappi und Seine Freunde" and was released on April 25, 2005.
Baton Bunny is a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the "Looney Tunes" series, produced in 1958 and released in January 1959.
 It shows Bugs conducting an orchestra - with a fly bothering him.
 Bugs conducts, and in part, plays the overture to "Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und Abend in Wien" (A Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna)", a composition by Franz von Suppé.
 Though Mel Blanc was credited for vocal characterizations, there is no dialogue in the short; the only vocal effect made was when an audience member is heard coughing.
 This is the third and last Bugs Bunny cartoon (the first two being "A Corny Concerto" and "Rhapsody Rabbit", although he says three lines in the latter) where Bugs is silent.
 Or, nearly silent; at one point, he 'shushes' the brass.
A spokestoon is an established cartoon character who is hired to endorse a product.
 It should not be equated with a cartoon character invented specifically to give identity to a product, such as the Michelin Man, Speedy Alka-Seltzer or the Pillsbury Doughboy.
 For these and more, see List of advertising characters.
Beans the Cat is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" series of cartoons from 1935-1936.
 Beans was the third "Looney Tunes" cartoon character star after Bosko and Buddy.
 He is voiced by Billy Bletcher and occasionally by Tommy Bond.
Michigan J. Frog is an animated cartoon character who debuted in the Merrie Melodies cartoon "One Froggy Evening" (December 31, 1955), written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.
 In this cartoon, partly inspired by a 1944 Cary Grant film entitled "Once Upon a Time", Michigan is a male frog who wears a top hat, carries a cane, sings pop music, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley hits, and other songs from the late 19th and early 20th century while dancing and performing acrobatics in the style of early 20th century vaudeville.
 He appeared in a later cartoon titled "Another Froggy Evening" which was released on October 6, 1995.
 He was also a former mascot of The WB Television Network from that year until 2005, and after "The Night of Favorites and Farewells", he was shown as the final image of a white silhouette bowing down to viewers, bringing up The CW Television Network.
Tokai (Bangla: টোকাই), the longest survived cartoon character of Bangladesh, is a creation of Rafiqun Nabi or Ronobi, as he is widely known.
 Tokai, a street urchin of age below ten, is not only a character, it is a phenomenon in Bangladesh, acting as a witty outlet of the feelings of the people about current political and socio-economic condition of the nation.
 In fact the word "tokai" has become the colloquial synonym for street kids or dumpster divers in Bangladesh.
 Having bald head and pot-belly, Tokai became a national asset of Bangladesh.
 People love Tokai because he reflects their own thoughts in a simple yet witty manner.
 Tokai, who represents the most deprived people in the society, is the most loved cartoon character in Bangladesh.
Schnappi das kleine Krokodil ("Snappy the Little Crocodile") is a German children's cartoon character.
 The introductory song, "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil" became an Internet hit before it reached № 1 on the German charts in January 2005, and was widely popular in other European countries as well, (Popularized by Jamba!
) topping the singles charts in Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland for several weeks.
Andy Panda is a funny animal cartoon character who starred in his own series of animated cartoon short subjects produced by Walter Lantz.
 These "cartunes" were released by Universal Pictures from 1939 to 1947, and United Artists from 1948 to 1949.
 The title character is an anthropomorphic cartoon character, a cute panda.
 Andy became the second star of the Walter Lantz cartoons after Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
 He achieved considerable popularity until being eventually supplanted by Woody Woodpecker.
The "Crazy Castle" series is an action-puzzle game series created by Kemco and released on the Famicom Disk System, NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance.
 It stars different popular cartoon characters, most notably the Warner Bros. cartoon character, Bugs Bunny, and the Walt Disney cartoon character, Mickey Mouse.
Lama is a pop/rock band based in Ukraine.
 It became popular after release of their first singles: "Meni tak treba" (I Need So) and "Moje sertse" (My Heart).
 Their third single was "Litak" (Airplane).
 Lama's first album "Meni tak treba" was released in autumn 2006.
 The active members of Lama are Natalia Dzenkiv (vocals, lyrics), Andriy (guitar), Zurik (bass guitar) and Zi-Zi (drums).
 In 2007 Lama got the Best Ukrainian act award of MTV Europe Music Awards.