Gene Meh

Template:Character Infobox Gene is the main protagonist in The Emoji Movie.

Appearance

Gene is a yellow emoji that has swift hair. He has green eyes and yellow feet. He has a bit of a gap in his teeth.

Personality

Gene is born without a filter and is a Mult-Emoji, which means he can be multiple emojis at will.

Biography

Early Life

Before the events of the film, Gene was born with multiple expressions, and he wants to fit in just like the other emojis, and just wants to be meh, like his parents: Mel Meh and Mary Meh.

He gets the help of his fellow friend, Hi-5 and as the emoji, Jailbreak, to go on an epic "app-venture" to get the cloud and find the source code.

Trivia

• Gene is similar to
  • Nick Wilde from Zootopia:
    • Both start out to be bad and tricky guys
    • Both befriend a popular friend (Judy and Hi-5)
    • Both get saved by the friend of theirs defeating the villain (Bellwether and Smiler)
  • The Grinch in the 2000 film:
    • Both start out mean and lonely
    • Both befriend a major character (Cindy Lou Who and Hi-5)
    • Both are enemies of the main villain and ruler (The Mayor and Smiler)
    • Both reform at the end and have a happy ending with the friend and their clan (The Grinch and The Whos sing "Welcome Christmas" and Gene and the Emoji dance at his hero arty)