SadPepe (also known as Sadge or FeelsBadMan variants) is a Twitch emote depicting Pepe the Frog with a sad, disappointed, or melancholic expression. It's used to express sadness, disappointment, empathy for unfortunate situations, or to commiserate with the streamer or other viewers when something goes wrong. The emote can convey genuine sadness or be used ironically/humorously for minor inconveniences.
Origin
SadPepe originates from the Pepe the Frog character created by artist Matt Furie in his 2005 comic 'Boy's Club.' The sad variant of Pepe became popular on 4chan around 2009-2010 as part of the 'Feels Bad Man' meme. The emote made its way to Twitch around 2016-2017 as part of the broader Pepe emote family. Various versions exist across BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ, and 7TV, with 'Sadge' becoming one of the most popular variants uploaded to BetterTTV in 2020. The specific round, chubby version shown is a stylized variant that gained popularity on 7TV and other third-party emote platforms in the early 2020s.
When to use
Used when: the streamer dies in a game, fails a challenge, or loses a match; something unfortunate happens on stream; expressing sympathy or solidarity with others in chat; reacting to sad or disappointing news; the stream is ending; a favorite game segment is over; ironically reacting to minor setbacks or first-world problems; showing emotional investment in story-driven games during sad moments.
