What does 👾 Alien Monster mean?
A pixelated creature straight out of a classic arcade shooter. It stands for video games, retro gaming and geek culture more broadly, and gamers drop it into usernames, stream titles and invites to play. It can also mean something odd or otherworldly, but its main association is with gaming and nostalgia for chunky 8-bit graphics.
👾 Alien Monster is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (costume & character faces), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about creature, extraterrestrial, face, fairy, fairytale and fantasy.
Example messages
👾 Alien Monster on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Alien Monster looks on each platform.
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Alien Monster emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Alien Monster emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 👾 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :space_invader:.
When was the Alien Monster emoji added?
👾 Alien Monster was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 👾 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Alien Monster. The underlying code (U+1F47E) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.