The 'Sadge' Emote Is Six Years Old Today

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About

Sadge is an emote on Twitch depicting a flattened version of Pepe the Frog with a sad, disappointed expression and a downward glance, and a variation on Pepega. The emote is commonly used as a reaction to convey sadness or depression in chats on Twitch, but also appears in memes and a form of copypasta elsewhere online.

Origin

The image used for the emote is a variant of Pepe the Frog, which dates back to 2005. This specific version of Pepe is an edit of Feels Bad Man / Sad Frog that first appeared in a 4chan thread on January 22nd, 2009. On Twitch, the emote (seen below) was submitted to BetterTTV by user Redshell on January 3rd, 2020. According to BetterTTV’s stats, the emote is used in 943 different channels. On FrankerFaceZ, the Sadge emote was added on January 14th, 2020, by user vicneeel and is used in 2,405 sets.

Spread

In early to mid-2020, the emote saw increased usage on Twitch as it was added to additional channels, particularly by AdmiralBulldog’s and Forsen’s communities. On February 29th, 2020, Redditor mini-tbnn posted an image to the r/forsen subreddit depicting the use of the copypasta on Twitch (shown below), which reads, “My dearest brother, I write to you in deep melancholy. It appears to me that there isn’t any cock left.” The post received over 1,300 upvotes and 27 comments. Redditor IsrengBelemy then added it to the r/copypasta sub on March 10th, 2020.

00 Brother Ireceived your message well. It excites me to inform you about a c--- reserve, fret not, c--- will be sent your way soon.

On March 15th, 2020, Redditor Cerms posted a meme depicting Sadge to the r/forsen sub under the title, “No cocks left, only Poglights…” The meme (shown below) received over 1,100 upvotes.

On May 11th, 2020, Redditor SnoopyPilot posted another meme using Sadge to the r/forsen sub (seen below), receiving nearly 700 upvotes.

YouTuber Kian22 uploaded a video featuring the emote to his channel on April 30th, 2020, under the title, “Everywhere I Go I'm Reminded Sadge.” The clip (shown below) received nearly 700 views.

On May 31st, 2020, Twitch streamer xQc posted an update to his Twitter account, which received several replies from various users referencing the Sadge emote. Twitter user XqcOutofcontext replied to his tweet with a video (seen below) and the caption, “Sadge.”

Sadge pic.twitter.com/QGelK9h4zA

— XQC Out of Context (@XqcOutofcontext) May 31, 2020