Editing Emoji (section)

==In popular culture==
* The 2009 film ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'' featured a robot named GERTY who communicates using a neutral-toned synthesized voice together with a screen showing emoji representing the corresponding emotional content.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://typesetinthefuture.com/2014/02/11/moon/ |title=Moon |last=Addey |first=Dave |website=Typeset in the Future |date=February 11, 2014 |access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2014, the [[Library of Congress]] acquired an emoji version of [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[Moby Dick]]'' created by [[Fred Benenson]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Christopher|last=Shea| url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/text-me-ishmael-reading-moby-dick-emoji-180949825/| title=Text Me, Ishmael: Reading Moby Dick in Emoji| date=March 2014| magazine=Smithsonian Magazine| access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hollander|first=Jenny| url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/9208-emoji-dick-moby-dick-translated-into-emoji-icons-this-exists| title=Emoji Dick: Moby Dick, Translated Into Emoji Icons. This Exists| date=November 19, 2013| magazine=Bustle| access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
* A musical called ''[[Emojiland]]'' premiered at Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles in May 2016<ref name="playbill.com"/><ref name="timeout.com"/> after selected songs were presented at the same venue in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|author=BWW News Desk|title=EMOJILAND: THE MUSICAL Plays Rockwell Table & Stage|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Photo-Flash-EMOJILAND-THE-MUSICAL-Plays-Rockwell-Table-Stage-20150807|website=BroadwayWorld|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=BWW News Desk|title=EMOJILAND Premieres Two Additional Songs at Rockwell LA|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Photo-Flash-EMOJILAND-Premieres-Two-Additional-Songs-at-Rockwell-LA-20151015|website=BroadwayWorld|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>
* In October 2016, the [[Museum of Modern Art]] acquired the original collection of emoji distributed by NTT DoCoMo in 1999.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://mashable.com/2016/10/26/original-emoji-moma/#GYC.YU_AumqJ| title=These Emoji Are Now Part of MoMA's Permanent Collection| date=October 26, 2016| website=Mashable| access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
* In November 2016, the first emoji-themed convention, Emojicon, was held in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Steinmetz|first=Katy|place=San Francisco|url=https://time.com/4559662/emojicon-emoji-convention-2016/|title=What It's Like Inside the World's First Emoji Convention|magazine=Time|publication-place=New York City|date=November 6, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref>
* In March 2017, the first episode of [[Samurai Jack (season 5)|the fifth season of ''Samurai Jack'']] featured alien characters who communicate in emoji.<ref>{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=DeAngelo|title=The Face-palming Finale of 'Samurai Jack'|url=https://studybreaks.com/2017/06/14/samurai-jack-2-2/|access-date=July 7, 2017|work=Study Breaks|date=June 14, 2017}}</ref>
* In April 2017, the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Smile (Doctor Who)|Smile]]" featured nanobots called Vardy, which communicate through robotic avatars that use emoji (without any accompanying speech output) and are sometimes referred to by the time travelers as "Emojibots".<ref>{{cite web|last=Mulkern|first=Patrick|title=Doctor Who Smile review: 'A grief tsunami! It's a tough one to sell and I'm not buying it'|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-04-22/doctor-who-smile-review-a-grief-tsunami-its-a-tough-one-to-sell-and-im-not-buying-it|website=Radio Times|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref>
* On July 28, 2017, [[Sony Pictures Animation]] released ''[[The Emoji Movie]]'', an animated movie featuring the voices of [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Sofía Vergara]], [[Anna Faris]], [[T. J. Miller]], and other notable actors and comedians.<ref name=Dec2015CS>{{cite web|last1=Perry|first1=Spencer|title=Emoji Movie, Animated Spider-Man and Peter Rabbit Get Release Dates|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/642987-sony-animation-dates-the-emoji-movie-delays-animated-spider-man|access-date=December 23, 2015|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=December 22, 2015|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223163139/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/642987-sony-animation-dates-the-emoji-movie-delays-animated-spider-man|archive-date=December 23, 2015}}</ref> It was universally panned, and it has been considered one of the worst animated films.
* On September 3, 2021, [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] released his sixth studio [[album]], ''[[Certified Lover Boy]]''. The album's cover art features twelve emoji of pregnant women in varying [[clothing]] colors, hair colors, and skin tones.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/style/drake-certified-lover-boy-cover-art-reactions/|title=Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' Cover Art Featuring Pregnant Emoji Has Everyone Scratching Their Heads|website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|last=Cowen|first=Trace William|date=August 30, 2021|access-date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830174916/https://www.complex.com/style/drake-certified-lover-boy-cover-art-reactions/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/drake-certified-lover-boy-album-cover-art-reactions-twitter-2021-8|title=Drake's new album art oddly features 12 pregnant women as emojis, and everyone from Lil Nas X to his fans are making fun of it|website=[[Insider (website)|Insider]]|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|date=August 30, 2021|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210831091115/https://www.insider.com/drake-certified-lover-boy-album-cover-art-reactions-twitter-2021-8|url-status=live}}</ref>