CAUGHT

The CAUGHT emote features a yellow character with a Santa hat and raised hands in a surprised or 'caught in the act' pose. This emote is typically used to express being caught doing something unexpected or embarrassing, or to playfully indicate that someone has been 'caught' in a lie, mistake, or awkward situation.

The character appears to be a modified version of a Minion-like character with the addition of a Christmas Santa hat, giving it seasonal appeal while maintaining the humorous 'busted' expression.

The CAUGHT emote appears to be a custom emote available on third-party emote platforms like 7TV, BTTV (BetterTTV), or FFZ (FrankerFaceZ). The base character seems to be inspired by the popular Minions from the Despicable Me franchise, but modified with a Santa hat for holiday theming.

While the exact creator and first upload date aren't available without the search tool functioning properly, these types of custom emotes often emerge from Twitch communities and content creators who design seasonal variations of popular characters to add to their emote libraries. The Christmas theming suggests it may have been created during a holiday season as a festive addition to a streamer's emote collection.

The CAUGHT emote is commonly used in Twitch chat in the following situations:

• When a streamer makes an obvious mistake and tries to cover it up
• When someone in chat or a streamer is caught contradicting themselves
• During gameplay moments where a player is discovered hiding or doing something sneaky
• When a streamer accidentally reveals something they didn't mean to show on stream
• During the holiday season as a festive way to call out humorous moments
• When viewers playfully want to indicate that they've noticed something the streamer was trying to be subtle about