diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_say.dm
index d287a736008..cdd3667d3b2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_say.dm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		if(prob(10)) //10% chance to drop the message entirely
 			return
 		else
-			message = Gibberish(message, (emp_damage*6))//scrambles the message, gets worse when emp_damage is higher
+			message = brain_gibberish(message, (emp_damage*6))//scrambles the message, gets worse when emp_damage is higher
 
 	..(message)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_misc_procs.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_misc_procs.dm
index c406f144ef4..a9d99cfb3f0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_misc_procs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_misc_procs.dm
@@ -351,6 +351,17 @@
 
 	return returntext
 
+/proc/brain_gibberish(message, emp_damage)
+	if(copytext(message, 1, 2) == "*") // if the brain tries to emote, return an emote
+		return message
+
+	var/repl_char = pick("@","&","%","$","/")
+	var/regex/bad_char = regex("\[*]|#")
+	message = Gibberish(message, emp_damage)
+	message = bad_char.Replace(message, repl_char, 1, 2) // prevents the gibbered message from emoting
+
+	return message
+
 /proc/Gibberish_all(list/message_pieces, p, replace_rate)
 	for(var/datum/multilingual_say_piece/S in message_pieces)
 		S.message = Gibberish(S.message, p, replace_rate)