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

&#xD83E;&#xDDB9;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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