Fortnite has leaned into The Simpsons hardcore, and one iconic character is ready to enter the fray. With the current season of the game just destroying Springfield, you can now look forward to Spider-Pig soon! Data-miners in Fortnite figured out that The Simpsons Movie character was getting added as an in-game sidekick very soon. But, then a small clip of Homer Simpson running away from a giant donut hit social media. In a totally normal reaction for the Internet, some eagle-eyed observers noticed that Spider-Pig was mosey-ing along.
Of course, people were psyched to see the most memorable part of The Simpsons Movie get another chance to shine. But, Fortnite fans have really been eating good with this crossover. The beloved TV family has found its way into literal Fortnite lore, which is pretty hard to believe. The Simpsons has been around so long that it’s an in universe running joke that they already covered any scenario under the sun. What’s adding the most popular video game on the planet to the list?
In detail, A new “Sugar High” short sees Homer and Professor Frink introducing some well intentioned chaos onto the residents of Springfield. When the bumbling TV dad gets a shard of zero point energy, he obviously takes it and uses it to rein massive donuts on the town at large. Is it a bit silly, yes! but, the modern era of The Simpsons is all about this type of crossover action. So, the more the merrier I guess. Especially, when it includes Spider-Pig.
Spider-Pig comes to Fortnite soon
In order to figure out why so many Simpsons fans are freaking out about Spider-Pig, you have to understand the cultural moment that The Simpsons movie existed in. In the far flung past of 2007, Internet humor was just breaking into the mainstream. You saw different ads with non sequiturs and the seeds of surrealism that now form most comedy you see. The Simpsons Movie was no exception in that way. It felt like every single ad had Spider- Pig in it and the movie’s creative team took notice. Entertainment Weekly talked to producer Al Jean about the breakout character, and he commiserated with the fans.
“The next thing we knew, it was half the ads,” The Simpsons writer told EW. “That was the one thing that was a very late addition that suddenly took over the whole movie. I wished they hadn’t advertised it quite as much — because it was really just a little joke.”
Our favorite hero was actually supposed to be in more of the movie. But, they decided against it!
“In the background, you had Spider-Pig in a full Spiderman outfit, sans the head, so you could see the pig face because his face was so funny, and he was swinging from web to web, shooting out of his hoofs as he’s going from totem pole to totem pole in the background,” producer David Silverman recalled. “And Al was like ‘Oh, I think we’re tired of Spider-Pig at this point.’ Yeah, you’re probably right.”
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