PepeD

About

PepeD is an animated BetterTTV extension Twitch emote of pixel art animation of Pepe the Frog dancing by turning left and right and raising and lowering his left and right arms. After the emoji was enabled by a number of popular streamers, it became a popular way of expressing approval of the music which is being played, or expressing joy.

Origin

On June 6th, 2018, BetterTTV user garych submitted an animated pixel art of Pepe dancing by turning left and right and raising and lowering its arms (shown below).^[1]

Spread

In the following months, a number of prominent streamers enabled the emoji on their channels, including xQc, ^[2] MOONMOON^[3] and AdmiralBulldog.^[4]

On May 22nd, 2019, YouTube user ongakuu posted an edit featuring PepeD, PepePls and a number of other emotes (shown below, left). The video gained over 78,500 views in four months. On June 8th, 2019, ongakuu uploaded a video "xqcDisco," also featuring the emote (shown below, right).

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