The Emoji Sheriff is a form of emoji art or copypasta that gained massive popularity on Twitter and Reddit around 2017. The template consists of various emojis—often including the cowboy hat face for the head and boots for the feet—arranged to form a humanoid figure. Users typically introduce the character as the 'Sheriff of [X],' where X is a specific niche, behavior, or internet community they are playfully patrolling. Its charm lies in the creative use of character-based formatting, allowing it to bypass the need for an actual image file while maintaining a strong visual presence on text-heavy social media platforms.