History Main / Emoticon

* In ''[[TheViewAskewniverse Bluntman And Chronic]]'', one of their enemies is a nerd-turned-supervillain Newsgroup who often speaks in emoticons.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the standard wink emoticon is practically a VerbalTic for Aaron. ;)

* Me Gusta: }:}

In recent years, emoticons have been widely replaced by emojis, which are a Japanese import that presents pictograms to relate ideas and concepts. Emojis have widely replaced emoticons in social media and texting.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' the standard wink emoticon is practically a VerbalTic for Aaron. ;)

Within a few months usage and variations had spread to the ARPANET and Usenet. (The message shown here was thought LostForever before it was found 20 years later on some backup tapes.)

* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', many of the trolls incorporate their horns or abnormal eyes into their emoticons. For example, [[EmotionlessGirl Aradia]] has [[color:#a10000:0_0]], [[WheelchairWoobie Tavros]] has [[color:#a15000:}:)]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat]] has [[color:#626262:O:B]], [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Vriska]] has [[color:#005682:::::)]], [[CatGirl Nepeta]] has [[color:#416600::33]], [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Feferi]] has [[color:#77003c:38)]], [[TheHyena Terezi]] has [[color:#008282:>:?]] and [[MonsterClown Gamzee]] has [[color:#2b0057::o)]]. [[WickedCultured Doc Scratch]], of all people, has [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff 8^y]].

* ''DaveBarry in Cyberspace'' has a helpful list of emoticons, some of which are real, most of which he made up, which includes:

* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', many of the trolls incorporate their horns or abnormal eyes into their emoticons. For example, [[EmotionlessGirl Aradia]] has [[color:#a10000:0_0]], [[WheelchairWoobie Tavros]] has [[color:#a15000:}:)]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat]] has [[color:#626262:O:B]], [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Vriska]] has [[color:#005682:::::)]], [[CatGirl Nepeta]] has [[color:#416600::33]], [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Feferi]] has [[color:#77003c:38)]], [[TheHyena Terezi]] has [[color:#008282:>:?]] and [[MonsterClown Gamzee]] has [[color:#2b0057::o)]]. [[WickedCultured Doc Scratch]], of all people, has [[SweetBroAndHellaJeff 8^y]].

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* Emoticon from ''WelcomeToTranquility'' has a face mask that shows his emotions through emoticons. He's the grandson of another villain called the Typist.

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* Emoticons show up all over the place in ''PaniPoniDash''. One episode took place in the Edo period of Japan. Throughout the whole episode, the narrations reflect on the culture of society at the time, while showing real life Japanese style artworks where everyone's face is replaced by a 2chan emoticons. In another episode, Kurumi Momose tends to start sporadically cycling through numerous emoticons on her face when she's absolutely bewildered and confused about what everyone else is talking about.

* In ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'', [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]]'s body "speaks" in emoticons when the head is away.
* Kang Ho-Ryang from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' has a wing of energy that tells a lot about him. Whether he will move or attack, what he is thinking, and… shows his emotions through Emoticons.

* In ''LivingWithMonsterGirl'', [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]]'s body "speaks" in emoticons when the head is away.

* Castora, God of the Beach in ''KeychainOfCreation'', uses a smiley emoticon. In real life. TheRant helpfully informs us "Yes, gods can totally pronounce emoticons."

* In ''{{Killer7}}'', the bodiless thief Susie used emoticons throughout her speeches, including this one: (`曲´) to signify extreme frustration.

* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', many of the trolls incorporate their horns or abnormal eyes into their emoticons. For example, [[EmotionlessGirl Aradia]] has [[color:#a10000:0_0]], [[WheelchairWoobie Tavros]] has [[color:#a15000:}:)]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat]] has [[color:#626262:O:B]], [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Vriska]] has [[color:#005682:::::)]], [[CatGirl Nepeta]] has [[color:#416600::33]], [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Feferi]] has [[color:#77003c:38)]], [[TheHyena Terezi]] has [[color:#008282:>:?]] and [[MonsterClown Gamzee]] has [[color:#2b0057::o)]]. [[WickedCultured Doc Scratch]], of all people, has [[SweetBroAndHellaJeff 8^y]].

* In ''[[DotHackGUGames .hack//G.U.]]'':

* In ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Audioplay/StrikerSSoundStageX'', Agito notes that she keeps trying to get [[TheStoic Signum]] to use emoticons in her emails like Vita does.
* One ''{{Yotsubato}}'' comic has Asagi draft Yotsuba into being "e-mail". She then tells her "You need an emoticon". Yotsuba's expression in the last panel is a dead-on visualization of the O____O emotion.

* One ''{{Yotsubato}}'' comic has Asagi draft Yotsuba into being "e-mail". She then tells her "You need an emoticon". Yotsuba's expression in the last panel is [[http://koiwai.biz/eng/v7/ch42/42_24120x175_jpg.htm a dead-on visualization of the O____O emotion]].

* Sheldon of ''TheBigBangTheory'' once recounted being particularly elated at a scientific discovery.

* ''PearlsBeforeSwine'' has [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/30 this exchange]]:

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* Kang Ho-Ryang from ''TowerOfGod'' has a wing of energy that tells a lot about him. Whether he will move or attack, what he is thinking, and… shows his emotions through Emoticons.

The first documented use of the "smiley" and "frown" emoticons on the Internet (people had [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Emoticons_Puck_1881.png tinkered with them on typewriters in the past]]) was on the [[UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} Carnegie Mellon University]] computer science general board September 19, [[OlderThanTheyThink 1982]] at 11:44am EST by Scott E. Fahlman: