Amogus

The "Amogus" emote depicts a simplified, yellow crewmate character from the game Among Us. It represents a deliberately distorted and humorous pronunciation of "Among Us" that became a meme in its own right. The emote is used to reference the game or to humorously imply someone or something is "sus" (suspicious), which is a core concept from the game's gameplay where players try to identify impostors among crewmates.

The "Amogus" meme originated in early 2021 as an evolution of Among Us memes. The game itself was released in 2018 but gained massive popularity in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic when many streamers began playing it. The specific "Amogus" meme began with edited versions of a StoneToss cartoon that was modified to resemble the crewmates from Among Us. The yellow variant shown in this emote is one of many color variations, as the game features crewmates of different colors. The emote spread through third-party emote services like BetterTTV (BTTV) and FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) since it's not part of the official Twitch emote library.

The Amogus emote is commonly used in Twitch chat in several contexts:

• When streamers are playing Among Us or discussing the game
• When someone in chat or the streamer does something "suspicious" or questionable
• As a reaction when someone says something that could be interpreted as a reference to Among Us (even unintentionally)
• Ironically spammed in chat to reference the ubiquity of Among Us memes and how people started seeing the crewmate shape everywhere
• When discussing trust issues or betrayal in any game or context, referencing the core mechanic of Among Us