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👾 Alien Monster emoji
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What does 👾 Alien Monster emoji mean?
The Alien Monster emoji 👾 depicts a pixelated, tentacled space alien creature. It is commonly used to represent aliens and outer space.
Because the emoji often highly resembles the aliens used in the classic video game Space Invaders (1978), the Alien Monster emoji 👾 is also often used to refer to video games and gaming. In this sense, it may be used to celebrate National Video Game Day on July 8.
Where does 👾 Alien Monster emoji come from?
The Alien Monster emoji 👾, also popularly called Space Invader emoji, was approved under Unicode 6.0 in 2010. On most major platforms, the emoji depicts a pixelated depiction of a purple alien with two eyes, antennae, and four tentacles. The WhatsApp version features a green alien without antennae. The Samsung version of the emoji instead depicts a jellyfish-like alien with six tentacles. Besides the Samsung version, most major platforms clearly based the design of the emoji on the aliens depicted in the 8-bit shooter video game Space Invaders (1978).
Due its pixelated depiction on most major platforms, the Alien Monster emoji 👾 is often used to refer to both space aliens as well as video games. Because of its typical cute design, the Alien Monster emoji 👾 may be used in less serious discussions of aliens than the similar Alien emoji 👽. In any case, it is often used alongside other space-themed emoji such as the Alien emoji 👽, the UFO emoji 🛸, the Rocket emoji 🚀, and the Ringed Planet emoji 🪐.
Examples of 👾 Alien Monster emoji
Who uses 👾 Alien Monster emoji?
The Alien Monster emoji 👾 is used to refer to space aliens and outer space.
Every time I lay in a tanning bed I feel like I’m being abducted by aliens … and I live for it👽🛸👾
— SEAN_MC (@seanfreackenmc1) November 12, 2020
Can the aliens come for me already? I’m tired of earth. Going to bath and wait. 👽 👾
— Sister Deborah (@deborahvanessa7) January 7, 2021
Because it typically resembles an alien from Space Invaders, the Alien Monster emoji 👾 is also commonly used to refer to Space Invaders and other video games.
Who can still remember Space Invaders and the days when games were played in arcades? 👾 In just one lifetime, gaming technology has advanced so rapidly— now it's literally at the tip of our fingers!
— Bongbong Marcos (@bongbongmarcos) February 22, 2020
What video games are you all playing this weekend? 👾
— MrBossFTW (@MrBossFTW) August 26, 2018
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