Pepega is a distorted version of Pepe the Frog featuring a melting face and vacant, bulging eyes, primarily used to signify stupidity or a brain-dead action. It first surfaced on Discord in 2018 before becoming a staple on Twitch, often paired with the Pepega Clap emote and a distinctive text-to-speech voice. The meme serves as a lighthearted way for gaming communities to mock someone—or themselves—when they make a particularly obvious mistake or fail to understand a simple concept. While derived from the broader Pepe the Frog lore, Pepega occupies its own niche of chaotic, absurdist internet humor used to celebrate glorious failure.