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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:rock_on_smilie.png\|link=Guitar Hero\|~~right~~frame\|[http://cookiemagik.deviantart.com/art/Guitar-Emote-Hero-revamp-90626388 Best. Smilie. Ever.]]] {{quote\|''"There is no emoticon for what I am feeling!"'' ~~{{quote\|''"There is no emoticon for what I am feeling!"''~~\|'''[[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"\|Comic Book Guy]]''', ''[[The Simpsons]]''}} It's an [[New Media\|online trope]] about using typing characters to represent symbols, often to show emotions or to punctuate a point. The format is usually a sideways face with the eyes on the left and the mouth on the right. Optionally there is a dash to represent the nose. Another format is an underline in the center for the mouth, and two things on the side for the eyes. The first type is generally more Western, while the second has a stronger Eastern (specifically anime) heritage. Line 21: <nowiki>:</nowiki>-( }} Within a few months, usage and variations had spread to the ARPANET and Usenet. (The message shown here was thought to be [[~~Lost~~Missing ~~Forever~~Episode\|long-lost]] before it was found 20 years later on some backup tapes.) [[Message Board~~\|Message Boards~~]]s often have pre-made pictures that replace the symbol you type. And [[The Wiki Rule\|of course]] there is [http://emoticon.wikia.com/wiki/Emoticon_wiki Emoticon Wiki] for more information. While as of 2020 emoticons are still in use, their fully-graphical descendants, Emoji, have slowly encroached on their terrain and have supplanted them in most environments not strictly limited to ASCII text. Compare [[ASCII Art]], [[Henohenomoheji]], [[Image Macro]]. Line 51 ⟶ 53: {{examples\|Emoticons in works:}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[~~Striker S~~StrikerS Sound Stage X]]'', Agito notes that she keeps trying to get [[The Stoic\|Signum]] to use emoticons in her emails like Vita does. * Kang Ho-Ryang from ''[[Tower of God]]'' 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. * 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20130325001327/http://koiwai.biz/eng/v7/ch42/42_24120x175_jpg.htm a dead-on visualization of the O____O emotion]. * Emoticons show up all over the place in ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''. 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. Line 65 ⟶ 67: * In ''[[Virtuosity]]'' the main character locates the virtual serial killer in the training program through the clue left on the side of one building. {{quote\|'''Barnes:''' ''Semicolon; Parenthesis... Smiley face.''}} * In ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', when Young Neil explains to Knives that Scott used to date her rock star role model Envy (Natalie V.) Adams, heher response is an actual ":O" on her face. Complete with a computer "bloop" sound. == [[Literature]] == Line 103 ⟶ 104: == [[Web Animation]] == * In the ''[[Teen Girl Squad]]'' Valentimes<ref>sic</ref> Day Special , when Cheerleader texts with the class president, she attempts to enter an emoticon that is supposed to look like a heart and a frontways cupid, looking like this: ~~'''~~<code> < B > KO)->~~'''~~ </code>. Unfortunately, the class prez doesn't get the text jargon, and when a Wireless Wizard shows up to chastise them for "texting from a few feet away", he complains the "cupid" looks more like a "USB dongle goblin". {{quote\|'''Class Prez:''' Whattaya mean, I'm less than B?}} == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'': T-Rex invents the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503131557/http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001057.html "OGC" emoticon]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1901656/OGC-unveils-new-logo-to-red-faces.html Not the only time] that emoticon has shown up, either. [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=156807548736 Exactly.] T-Rex explores what happens when people who use [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20090503140906/http://qwantz.com/archive/001030.html multiple question marks in emails] try to apply this logic to emoticons: {{quote\|'''T-Rex''': I got one that was like "I am really sad :((((((" and it's sort of a bizarre emphasis that entirely divorces a smiley from its own visual iconography. I'm not sure how I feel about that.}} * After reading [https://web.archive.org/web/20140211015045/http://www.beaverandsteve.com/index.php?comic=336 this] ''[[Beaver and Steve]]'' strip, you will have to use the emoticon Q-Q ''somewhere''. * Castora, God of the Beach in ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', uses a smiley emoticon. In real life. [[The Rant]] helpfully informs us "Yes, gods can totally pronounce emoticons." * In ''[[Homestuck]]'', many of the trolls incorporate their horns or abnormal eyes into their emoticons. For example, [[Emotionless Girl\|Aradia]] has {{<span style="color\|:#a10000\|;">0_0}}</span>, [[Wheelchair Woobie\|Tavros]] has {{<span style="color\|:#a15000\|;">}:)}}</span>, [[Grumpy Bear\|Karkat]] has {{<span style="color\|:#626262\|;">O:B}}</span>, [[Munchkin\|Vriska]] has {{<span style="color\|:#005682\|;">::::)}}</span>, [[Catgirl\|Nepeta]] has {{<span style="color\|:#416600\|;">:33}}</span>, [[Everything's Better with Princesses\|Feferi]] has {{<span style="color\|:#77003c\|;">38)}}</span>, [[The Hyena\|Terezi]] has {{<span style="color\|:#008282\|;">>:?}}</span> and [[Monster Clown\|Gamzee]] has {{<span style="color\|:#2b0057\|;">:o)}}</span>. [[Wicked Cultured\|Doc Scratch]], of all people, has [[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff\|8^y]]. ** Also emoticons for the quadrants of troll romance: '''<3''', '''<3<''', '''<nowiki><</nowiki>>''', and '''c3<'''. * In ''[[Living with Monster Girl]]'', [[Headless Horseman\|Dullahan]]'s body "speaks" in emoticons when the head is away. == [[Western Animation]] == Line 129 ⟶ 128: [[Category:New Media Tropes]] [[Category:Fora]] [[Category:~~Emoticon~~{{PAGENAME}}]]