Where does 🦇 Bat emoji come from?
The Bat emoji 🦇 was approved under Unicode 9.0 in 2016. On most major platforms, the bat is gray or brown. Depending on platform, the bat may be outstretched facing the viewer or flying to the left, as is the case in Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook’s designs.
Examples of 🦇 Bat emoji
Who uses 🦇 Bat emoji?
The Bat emoji 🦇 can evoke an aura of spookiness. It is often used alongside mentions of vampires (storied to transform into bats) and during Halloween.
At this point I might as well turn into a vampire cause I don’t sleep 🦇
— Jayy 🦇 (@JWright0_) June 1, 2019
HAPPY🦇🎃 SPOOKY MONTH 🎃🦇
may u have all the apple cider, halloween movies, confident costumes, and flannels you desire
— Jessie Paege (@jessiepaege) October 1, 2020
The Bat emoji 🦇 is also used in references to the bat-themed superhero Batman. The Google and Twitter designs for the emoji even somewhat resemble the caped crusader’s famous bat signal.
Who is your favorite Batman villain ? 🦇
— KEVIN MIRANDA (@KEVINTOMIRANDA) October 3, 2020
How many more Spider Man or Batman movies do we need? When are we getting a Batgirl movie? 🦇
— EW RUDY! (@ewrudy) May 31, 2019
The only entertaining part about being sick is surprising people when I talk and sound like Batman 🦇
— Melissa Kus (@mel_kus) December 29, 2017
Note
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