Or as I call them, the (expletive deleted) smileys.
I don’t use Tapatalk … but this linkage to forum seems to indicate the smilies can be turned on in “app settings”.
http://support.tapatalk.com/threads/smilies-in-tapatalk.6440/#post-33829
“You can turn off smiles display in app settings.”
/shrug
Good luck,
OB —> 