The supervillain: dark skin tone emoji is your go-to masked mastermind—cape, smirk, and pure “mwahaha” energy. It’s perfect for announcing your villain era, humble‑bragging about a petty scheme (like eating your roommate’s fries), or teasing a chaotic plan in the group chat. People drop it ironically when they’re not actually evil—just delightfully dramatic—or to signal playful menace in flirty DMs. Think comic‑book baddie meets internet gremlin energy.
On Apple/iOS, it shows a shoulder‑up portrait of a caped figure wearing an eye mask and a confident, slightly mischievous smile. The palette leans into darker, jewel‑tone vibes (purples/blacks), with glossy Apple shading and a clean, front‑facing pose; the cape sits at the shoulders and the mask frames the eyes for that instant “arch‑nemesis” silhouette. The dark skin tone modifier deepens the complexion, keeping the crisp highlights and gradients that make iOS emoji pop. You can almost hear the dramatic cape flip.
Online, it doubles as a punchline for plot twists, “I am the drama” memes, and Among Us–style impostor reveals. Use it when you’re scheming a heist-level weekend plan, threatening to become the office printer’s sworn enemy, or just embracing your inner antihero with zero notes.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2721 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🦹🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🦹🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🦹 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🦹 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f9b9, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9B9, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129465, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB9, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 B9, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 271, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDB9, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddb9, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56761, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9B9 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9B9, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129465, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9B9\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb9\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDB9\uD83C\uDFFF" |
