Do you know the arcade video game "Space Invaders"? This is the game considered to be the first of the shoot 'em up or "shoot them all" type. Released in 1978, this game aimed to destroy rows of aliens using a laser cannon. It became a heritage in popular culture, then it served as a model in the world of video games. In this article, we're talking about the alien monster emoji 👾, which is a direct borrowing from this antagonistic character archetype.
The origin of the emoji 👾
This emoji is from a 2007 and 2009 proposal, the details of which are presented below:
Emoji suggestion 1 👾
- Number : L2/07-257
- Last name : Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols (Associated tables in ZIP file)
- Proposed by : Markus Scherer, Kat Momoi, Mark Davis
- Year of proposal: 2007
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.257, 2007 HTML: EMOJI WD / No.257, 2007 ZIP: EMOJI WD TABLE
Emoji suggestion 2 👾
- Number : L2/09-026
- Last name : Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding
- Proposed by : Kat Momoi, Markus Scherer, Mark Davis, Yasuo Kida, Peter Edberg (Apple Inc.), Darick Tong (Google Inc.)
- Year of proposal: 2009
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.026, 2009 PDF: R EMOJI PROPOSED / No.026, 2009 PDF: EMOJI PROPOSED
Proposal L2/07‑257(2007), L2/09‑026(2009) was approved by the Unicode Consortium and in 2015-06-02 it was released as Emoji version 1.0.
The meaning and different uses of the 👾 emoji
Belonging to the group of smileys that have the theme of "disguise", the alien monster emoji is often used in combination with the Martian emoji and the flying saucer emoji. Furthermore, it is also associated with the subset of "fictional characters" smileys.
This emoji features the shape of a purple alien creature, with two eyes, two raised hands, no mouth, much like an octopus or jellyfish (shape varies depending on messaging). In any case, it still appears with a pixelated image, similar to the Nintendo console era.
It is used to express an intuitive meaning, representing in particular video games which scenograph extra-terrestrial life and life in space, programs, entertainment, all things electronic, malfunctions, victory, triumph, or cheers. Some Internet users use it as an invitation to play online.
Here are two phrases that can be associated with the alien monster emoji:
- Do you like playing Raid Shadow Legends 👾?
- Come home this weekend, let's have a little game 👾 👾? Or do you prefer to play online?
- Do you believe in the existence of aliens?
- Yeah, I won at the tournament, I'm so happy 👾!!
Characteristics of the emoji 👾
Here are the characteristics of the alien monster emoji:
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | space monster |
| Category | Smilies and Emotions |
| Sub-category | Face-suit |
| Apple designation | alien monster |
| code point | U+1F47E Copy |
| Decimal | ALT+128126 |
| unicode | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
| Key words | space-monster-alien-space monster |
| Other names | · Alien Monster Emoji;
· Space octopus emoji. |
Include the alien monster emoji 👾 in your conversations with your friends when you talk about video games, life in (alien) space or when you discuss an electronic problem.
