Supervillain: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned character wearing a purple eye mask and a flowing cape, typically signaling a comic book antagonist. This character design draws directly from the classic tropes of masked comic book figures often cast as the rival to a superhero.
Usage Context
Used to denote someone acting deviously, playing a prank, or jokingly positioning themselves as the 'bad guy' in a conversation. It frequently appears alongside the hero version 🦸 to illustrate a conflict or a lighthearted rivalry between friends.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of the expansion of superhero and villain characters. The ability to modify skin tones was later introduced to ensure broader representation in digital communications, reflecting the diverse cast of characters found in modern pop culture and graphic novels.
Details
Glyph
🦹🏿
Unicode
U+1F9B9 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9b9_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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