A new Fortnite emote has hit the store over the last day, with some moves players might recognize. While we’re in the midst of a crossover event, another franchise has quietly been added to Fortnite through the Reapers Showtime emote! Is this a Hazbin Hotel Fortnite emote and will more content be coming as a crossover?
Fortnite has tons of collabs and right now we’re in the middle of a full few weeks of Ninja Turtle fun. However, for every franchise that gets a major splash in the Battle Pass or Fortnite item shop, there are some that come in a bit smaller. A Hazbin Hotel Fortnite emote definitely falls into the latter category. On the surface, this is just a normal emote, but fans have dug a little deeper and discovered it ties into the Hazbin Hotel cartoon. Does this mean more is coming in the future?
One of the new emotes added to the store this week is a Hazbin Hotel Fortnite emote. This is the Reapers Showtime dance. According to fans of the series, this is a tie-in to the Hazbin Hotel series. A new animated comedy, Hazbin Hotel has found a cult following. It was originally produced through an animator’s Patreon but has shot to popularity after being picked up by Amazon Prime Video. This new emote isn’t directly from the show though.
Source: Epic Games
The Reapers Showtime emote is a dance where players pull out a scythe and dance with it. The emote is from the Icon Series since it features a licensed song by Black Dryph0n. However, it also takes its moves from a popular video of Hazbin Hotel. This has led players to assume that it’s a Hazbin Hotel Fortnite emote!
The new emote definitely isn’t a full crossover. The game’s store doesn’t point out the link, it’s just making use of a popular viral clip lately for its moves. It’s arguable if this is even a licensed emote outside of the music. It seems that rather than a full crossover, the Reapers Showtime emote is just Epic making use of a franchise’s dance moves for its own emotes! Some of the rarest Fortnite emotes were from a similar source.
This new emote is fun, but will we get skins and other items from the show in Fortnite? At the moment, this emote doesn’t indicate that anything bigger is in the works. If fans are holding out for a full skin of their favorite character, it might be best to keep an eye on Fortnite skin surveys. These are usually where Epic first sounds out upcoming collabs, and we might see more from this series pop up on there soon.
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This song has nothing to do with Harbin hotel the creators of Harbin hotel never made that song the song is not Canon in Harbin hotel and is just fan made material it would have been a real Harbin hotel reference if the song was official to the Harbin hotel show.
I hope you know that the same voice who sang Alastor in the song played Alastor in the pilot right?
It’s not just resembling elements from Hazbin Hotel, the artist was literally the voice of Alastor the Radio Demon from the pilot episode, and in the song it says that it’s Alastor singing. I hope they add more relating to the show, but I’m wondering how licensing would work here since the song technically is separate from the official franchise despite VivziePop (Medrano) and BlackGryph0n giving the go-ahead for it’s creation and additional use in Fortnite.