Man supervillain: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-dark skin tone wearing a domino mask and a hooded cape, signaling a classic comic book antagonist. The design leans into traditional tropes of mysterious, cape-wearing characters found in serialized media.
Usage Context
Used to denote someone acting mischievous, scheming, or playing the role of a troublemaker in a conversation. It frequently appears when people share movie spoilers, talk about comic book lore, or jokingly describe their own 'evil' plans. It is often used alongside 🦸♂️ when discussing heroes or 💥 to illustrate a dramatic confrontation.
History
This emoji was added in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. It arrived during a push to expand the catalog of professions and character types to include more diverse representations of skin tones and gender roles in pop culture, specifically moving beyond the hero-only archetype.
Details
Glyph
🦹🏾♂
Unicode
U+1F9B9 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9b9_1f3fe_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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