From 2013 to 2017, Google shipped Android with a set of emoji that looked like nothing else on the market. They were round, blobby, slightly alien, and weirdly expressive. The internet did not like them at first. Then the internet loved them. Then Google killed them.

That was a mistake, and the internet has never forgiven it.

Where Blob Emojis Came From

The original blob emojis were part of Google's Android emoji set, designed in a distinctive "squircle" style — not quite square, not quite circle, with exaggerated features and a deliberately cartoonish look. Where Apple went for polished realism and Samsung went for uncanny valley, Google went for something deliberately weird.

The blob aesthetic had a specific character: these weren't just faces, they were creatures. They had limbs, weight, personality. The blob with the heart eyes wasn't just a happy face — it looked genuinely besotted.

The tech community, especially in Slack and early Discord, adopted them fast. The blobs became a visual shorthand for a specific type of internet personality: geeky, a bit nerdy, not taking themselves too seriously.

The Great Blob Retirement of 2017

In 2017, Google released Android 8.0 Oreo and redesigned their entire emoji set. The blobs were gone, replaced with rounded circles that looked more like everyone else's emojis. More polished. Less blob.

The backlash was immediate. A petition to bring back blob emojis got tens of thousands of signatures. People made browser extensions to restore them. Memes proliferated.

Google didn't bring them back. But the community kept them alive.

Blob Cat: The Spiritual Successor

If the original Google blobs were one thing, Blob Cat is the evolution. Created by artist Volpeon, Blob Cat takes the rounded, minimalist blob aesthetic and applies it to — inevitably — a cat.

The result is something that shouldn't work but absolutely does: a perfectly round cat with tiny paws, enormous expressive eyes, and an animation style that makes every emotion read instantly even at tiny Discord emoji sizes.

Blob Cat took off in tech communities because it checks all the boxes: minimal design, exaggerated expressions, perfect readability at small sizes, and the kind of gentle charm that works whether your team is celebrating a deploy or commiserating about a bug.

Why Blob Emojis Work So Well on Discord and Slack

There's a design principle at work here. The more simplified a cartoon face is, the more universally legible it becomes. This is why simple smiley faces work across cultures — they're stripped down to the minimum information needed to convey emotion.

Blob emojis take this further. The round, featureless body removes any distraction. The face is all you look at. The animation loops are short and punchy. The emotion registers in under a second.

Compare this to more detailed emoji designs — where you're reading fine lines, subtle shading, complex expressions — and blob emojis win for workplace communication because they're faster to parse.

The Best Blob Cat Emojis to Add First

The Blob Cat pack on EmojiCreator has 654 variants. You don't need all of them. Here's where to start:

For positive reactions: blob-cat-Bounce, blob-cat-HappyPaws, blob-cat-Heart, blob-cat-RainbowHeart

For commiseration: blob-cat-Sad, blob-cat-HeartBreak

For vibing: blob-cat-Bongo, blob-cat-Bop, blob-cat-Googly-Party

For acknowledgment: blob-cat-CozyWave, blob-cat-PeekWave

For skepticism: blob-cat-ThinkSmirk

How to Add Blob Emojis to Discord or Slack

Discord: Server Settings → Emoji → Upload Emoji. Animated GIFs require Discord Nitro for the server to display animation (free servers can upload them, but they'll appear static to non-Nitro users).

Slack: Workspace Settings → Customize → Emoji → Add Custom Emoji. Slack supports animated GIFs natively.

Both platforms accept the blob cat GIFs directly. No conversion or resizing needed — the pack on EmojiCreator is pre-formatted for both.

Get the Full Blob Cat Pack

654 blob cat emojis, all animated, all free. Download the complete Blob Cat Emoji Pack →

If you want to browse individual blob emojis and download just the ones you need, you can also search for "blob" in the emoji browser and pick your favorites.

The blobs Google abandoned? They found a better home.

Blob Emojis: Everything You Need to Know

Where Blob Emojis Came From

The Great Blob Retirement of 2017

Blob Cat: The Spiritual Successor

Why Blob Emojis Work So Well on Discord and Slack

The Best Blob Cat Emojis to Add First

How to Add Blob Emojis to Discord or Slack

Get the Full Blob Cat Pack

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