Madge

The Madge emote is a variant of the popular Pepe the Frog character that depicts an angry or displeased expression. It features Pepe with furrowed brows, a frown, and sometimes a slightly flushed face to emphasize frustration or anger. This emote is used to express displeasure, annoyance, or mock outrage in Twitch chat.

Madge belongs to the extensive family of Pepe-based emotes that have become a cornerstone of Twitch culture, each representing different emotions and reactions. While Sadge represents sadness and monkaS represents fear or anxiety, Madge specifically embodies anger or irritation.

Madge originated from the broader Pepe the Frog meme, which was created by Matt Furie in his 2005 comic series "Boy's Club." The Pepe character spread across internet platforms like 4chan and Reddit before evolving into various emotes on Twitch.

The specific Madge variant was first uploaded to BetterTTV (BTTV) and FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) on September 2, 2020, by a user named H3RRRO. It was created as part of the expanding universe of Pepe emotes that express different emotions, with Madge specifically designed to represent anger or frustration.

Like other Pepe emotes, Madge quickly gained popularity in Twitch communities as a way to express specific emotions that weren't covered by standard Twitch emotes.

Madge is typically used in the following contexts:

• When a streamer makes a decision that viewers disagree with or find frustrating
• To express mock outrage or sarcastic anger at minor inconveniences during a stream
• When a player or streamer experiences an unfair situation in a game
• As a reaction to losing a game or failing at a challenge
• When a streamer ignores chat or misses something obvious
• To playfully express disapproval at a streamer's actions or statements

The emote is often used with phrases like "Madge WHY" or simply "Madge" to emphasize the feeling of frustration or displeasure in a lighthearted, memetic way.