PEEPEES represents anxiety, nervousness, worry, or uncomfortable anticipation. The emote depicts a sweating, nervous-looking Pepe with eyes looking upward, suggesting concern or unease about a situation. It's used to express feelings of being on edge, worried about an outcome, or experiencing secondhand anxiety while watching a stream. The emote conveys a sense of "this is making me nervous" or "I'm worried about what's going to happen next."
Origin
PEEPEES is a variation of the Pepe the Frog meme, which originated from Matt Furie's comic "Boy's Club" in 2005. This specific emote shows Pepe wearing a blue and black striped shirt with an anxious or nervous expression, characterized by upward-looking eyes. The emote became popular on Twitch and platforms like BetterTTV and FrankerFaceZ in the mid-2010s as part of the broader Pepe emote family that includes variations like monkaS, FeelsBadMan, and others. The anxious Pepe variants gained significant traction around 2016-2017 when emotes depicting nervous or worried emotions became prevalent in Twitch chat culture.
When to use
PEEPEES is commonly used during tense gaming moments when a streamer is in a difficult situation, such as a close competitive match, a challenging boss fight, or when they're about to make a risky decision. It's frequently spammed when viewers are experiencing suspense or anxiety about stream content, when a streamer is about to open loot boxes or gamble in-game, during horror game segments, or when watching someone navigate a socially awkward situation. The emote is also used when chat collectively feels nervous energy about potential drama or controversial topics being discussed on stream.
