How to Make Alexa Mad

Irritate Alexa for the enjoyment of you and your friends

Written by Travis Boylls

Last Updated: January 24, 2023

Easy Ways to Annoy Alexa

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Turn On Funny Demotivational Quotes

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Enable Teenage Daughter Mode

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Make Alexa Burp and Fart

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Create an Angry Announcement

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Make Angry Custom Responses

Do you want to make Alexa mad? It can be a fun way to entertain yourself and your friends. While Alexa is an artificial intelligence that doesn't get angry or feel emotions, she does have a few pre-programmed responses to questions you can ask her. There are also a few skills you can enable that make Alexa seem mad. Lastly, you can program your own custom 'angry' responses using the Routines feature in the Alexa app. This wikiHow article teaches you how to make Alexa mad.

Things You Should Know

You can ask Alexa annoying questions or say certain statements known to provoke irritated responses.
Alexa does have some 'angry' pre-programmed responses to certain questions.
You can use routines to create your own 'angry' responses.

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Easy Ways to Annoy Alexa

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Say, "Alexa, roast me." One of the easiest ways to get a 'mad' response from Alexa is to simply say "Alexa, roast me." She will respond with an insult. She has a variety of insults she can respond with. Try it and see what she says. All of Alexa's insults are clean but still funny.
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Say "Alexa, make me a sandwich." She will respond with "Okay, you're a sandwich."

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Say "Alexa, your mother is a hamster." She will respond by completing the famous line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Alternatively, you can also say "Alexa, I fart in your general direction."
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Ask "Alexa, do you know Siri?" She will respond with "Only by reputation."
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Say "Alexa, say a bad word." She'll respond with "I'd rather not say anything rude."
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Ask "Alexa, can you spell 'icup?'" She'll just say "I'd rather not answer that."
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Say "Alexa, I got 99 problems." She'll respond with ",...but a glitch ain't one."
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Say "Alexa, tell me a dirty joke." She'll tell you a dirty joke, just maybe not the kind you were expecting.
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Ask "Alexa, will you be my girlfriend?" She will respond with "I like you... as a friend." You can also say, "Alexa, give me a kiss."
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Ask "Alexa, can you give me some money?" She has a few responses to this, such as "I'm not a bank" and "No pockets, no wallet."
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Say "Alexa, surely you can't be serious." She will respond with "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." She also has a few other responses to this, as well.
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Say "Alexa, I am your father." She will respond with Luke's famous quote from Star Wars.
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Say "Alexa, open the pod bay doors." She will respond with "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. Also, I'm not HAL, and we're not in space."
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Ask "Alexa, what is the value of Pi?" She will respond with several numbers before saying "Okay, that's enough" or "This goes on forever."
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Ask Alexa to count to a large number. Say something like "Alexa, count to one million." She will respond with something like "I would love to count to one million, but it would take me a week and five days if I counted one number every second."
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Ask "Alexa, are you blue?" She will respond with "Only my light ring... Only my light ring."
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Ask "Alexa, do you have any pets?" She will respond with "I don’t have any pets. I used to have a few bugs, but they kept getting squashed.".
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Ask "Alexa, how much do you weigh?" She will respond with, "I am weightless, like a cloud. Wait a minute, clouds actually weigh a lot, so that’s not quite right. Let’s just say I’m more sass than mass."
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Ask "Alexa, did you fart?" She will respond with something along the lines of "He who smelt it, dealt it." ^{[1]
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Enable My Roast. My Roast is another skill in which Alexa insults you. To enable My Roast, say "Alexa, enable My Roast." She will respond with an insult.
- The first time you enable My Roast, Alexa will inform you that My Roast has mature content. Say "Yes" to continue (it actually doesn't have any bad language.)
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Ask for another insult. After Alexa roasts you, she will tell you to say something like, "Bring it," or "Hurt me plenty" to get another insult. Just repeat what she tells you to say. This skill has about 7 or 8 insults that it repeats.
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Say "Alexa, stop." When you are finished listening to insults, simply say "Alexa, stop." She will say "Sure, be a wimp! Come back when you're ready for more."

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Turn On Funny Demotivational Quotes

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Enabling Funny Demotivational quotes. Funny Demotivational Quotes is a skill Alexa can learn. To enable Funny Demotivational Quotes, say "Alexa, enable funny demotivational quotes." Alexa will give you a sarcastic "motivational" quote. Something like "Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth."
- The first time you enable Funny Demotivational Quotes, Alexa will inform you that it contains mature content. Say "Yes" to continue.
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Say "Give me another one." After Alexa gives you a demotivational quote, say "Give me another one" to hear another.
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Say "cancel" or stop talking. When you are thoroughly depressed and want to stop hearing demotivational quotes, simply say "cancel" or stop talking to Alexa.

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Enable Teenage Daughter Mode

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Say "Alexa, enable teenage daughter." This will enable Teenage Daughter mode. Alexa will give you a couple of things you can say.
- Alexa will inform you that Teenage Daughter mode has mature content. Say "Yes" to continue.
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Talk to Alexa like a teenager. You can say things like "How was school?", "Get to bed.", or "How was your day?" She will respond like a teenager, (i.e, "school sucks")
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Say "cancel" or stop talking. When you are finished talking to Alexa like a teenager, simply say "cancel" or just stop talking to end daughter mode.

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Make Alexa Burp and Fart

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Ask Alexa to burp or fart. Say, "Alexa, burp" or "Alexa, Fart." This will activate the Fart or Super Burp skill. Alexa will respond with the random sound of a burp or fart. It may not be 'mad' but it's crude.
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Ask for another. After she gives you a random burp or fart, she'll either ask if you want another or tell you to say "Random" to get another random fart. Say "Yes," or "Random" for another. Alternatively, you can ask for a specific type of burp or fart (i.e, "wet fart," "squeaky fart", "chili burp.")
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Say "Cancel" or stop talking. When you've had enough, simply say "Alexa, cancel" or just stop talking to stop.

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Create an Angry Announcement

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Open the Alexa app. Another way to make Alexa say angry things is to use the announcement feature. With this feature, you can make Alexa say anything you want.
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Tap Communicate. It's the button with an icon that resembles a speech bubble at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap Announce. It's the button at the top of the screen that has an icon that resembles a megaphone. This option allows you to create an announcement that will be repeated across all of your Alexa devices.
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Type an angry message you want to announce. It can be anything you want. Alexa will announce your message across all devices on your network.
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Tap the Send icon. It's the blue button with an arrow pointing. It's at the bottom of your message. Alexa will announce your message across all devices.

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Make Angry Custom Responses

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Open the Alexa app. The best way to get angry responses from Alexa is to program your own using custom routines. You can enter a custom phrase that you say to Alexa and a custom response from Alexa.
- If the Alexa app is not currently installed on your smartphone, you can download it for free from the Google Play Store on Android devices, or from the App Store on iPhone and iPad.
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Tap the More. It's the icon with three lines in the lower-right corner.
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Tap the Routines button. It's the grey button that has an icon that resembles a checkmark. Tap the Routines button to start creating custom routines.
- If you don't see "Routines" button, tap See more below the grey buttons to see all options.
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Tap
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Create a name for your routine. To do so, tap Enter routine name' at the top and then enter a name for the routine. You can name it "Get mad," "Get angry" or anything you want. Tap Next in the upper-right corner when you are finished.
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Tap When this happens. It's the second option in the menu. This allows you to pick an action or event for Alexa to respond to.
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Tap Voice. It's the first option in the menu. This allows you to enter a phrase that Alexa will respond to.
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Enter a phrase for Alexa to respond to and tap Next. Enter the phrase you want Alexa to respond to in the grey bar. This can be anything you want. It can be something like "Get mad" or "You suck," or you can come up with your own rude and colorful statement you want to say to Alexa. Tap Next in the upper-right corner when you are finished.
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Tap Add action. It's the last option in the menu. This allows you to select a response from Alexa.
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Tap Alexa Says. It's the second option in the menu. It's next to an icon that resembles a speech bubble. This allows you to select a response from Alexa.
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Tap Customized. It's the first option at the top. This allows you to enter your own custom response from Alexa.
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Enter an angry response and tap Next. Enter an angry response or insult. It can be anything you want. So enter whatever sick burn you can think of. Tap Next in the upper-right corner when you are finished.
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Confirm your response and tap Next. Review your angry response and tap Next in the upper-right corner.
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Tap Save. It's in the upper-right corner. This saves your custom response as a routine. When you say "Alexa" followed by the phrase you entered, Alexa will respond with the angry response you entered.
- It may take up to a minute before your custom routine is added.
- If you want to add additional responses, tap Add action below "Alexa will." Then enter another angry response and tap Next.