In Japan, a pile of poop is a symbol of good luck and was regarded as one of the most useful emoji by Google's Japanese product manager.
The icon appeared as a character in the 2017 animated comedy film The Emoji Movie, in which it was voiced by Patrick Stewart.
It has also surfaced and been used by a variety of sources, including X's auto-reply message into a statue raised from the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
They are also looking to expand its presence in Japan and Asia as a whole, partnered with au by KDDI to develop emoji for Gmail, a project codenamed "Mojo".
[4][5][6] The first popular emoji set was created by Shigetaka Kurita, an employee of Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo.
[11] In 2024, Google stated that it will develop an app that will be able to create "fart noise" using the poo emoji in Android messaging.
It appears as a character named "Poop Daddy" in 2017 American animated comedy film The Emoji Movie, voiced by Patrick Stewart.
[13] Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo from an American animated sitcom South Park has been often referred to as the original poop emoji.
Musk responded with the same graphic after X's former CEO, Parag Agrawal, gave him a thorough explanation of why it would be challenging to gauge the extent of bot usage on the network.
[32] Merchandise featuring a poop emoji includes a shirt, dress, rafts, and a toilet plunger has been made.