Snapchat's animated Bitmoji feature means we can all finally live like Lizzie McGuire
Your tween dreams have finally come true and it's all down to Snapchat's new animated 3D Bitmoji feature.
Those of us who whiled away our teenage years imagining ourselves as Lizzie McGuire will be ecstatic to learn you can finally have your very own animated alter ego à la Lizzie. Albeit over a decade too late. Eh, better late than never!
Now, you can add a sassy li'l animated 3D Bitmoji to your video snaps that looks just like you, and acts every inch the augmented reality alter ego.
Lizzie McGuire—the popular teen sitcom from the early 2000s—was clearly ahead of its time, as the show's eponymous protagonist had her very own animated alter-ego to convey her emotions.
The uncanny parallels between the new Bitmoji and Lizzie McGuire's envy-inducing alter-ego have not gone unnoticed.
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Diehard Lizzie McGuire fans have suggested that the developers over at Snapchat might have borrowed the concept from the tween classic. Shocking.
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Meanwhile, Lizzie McGuire-loving Snapchatters are expressing their delight at finally having the chance to live their truth.
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Does this mean we're all basically living in a sitcom about our own lives?
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And for those with blonde-haired Bitmoji, their alter-egos even look a little bit like Lizzie. Not jealous at all.
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I think Snapchat might have quite a few Lizzie McGuire fans working behind the scenes. I wonder which of our other teen wishes they'll grant next?
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
