Epic’s popular battle royale shooter (and metaverse experiment) already contains a ton of real celebrities as well as characters from other movies, cartoons, TV shows, and games. You can kill Goku and Ariana Grande while playing as King Kong with Yoda on your back and escape the mayhem in KITT aka the Talking Car from Knight Rider, all while dodging gunfire from a pack of nearby Power Rangers.
That’s all fine and good. But I want more crossover characters in Fortnite. Here’s a list, in no particular order, of characters and people Epic should add to Fortnite ASAP.
Grimace
Let’s get this out of the way at the top. I think Epic and McDonald’s should come together to give Grimace the chance to kill someone with a gun. Yes, I’m asking you, who I hope is an Epic executive or higher up at McDonald’s, to give the fast food chain’s famous purple monster mascot a firearm. Let’s make this happen. The world deserves it. Grimace should also be allowed to get some revenge on all the teens who clowned on his purple milkshake a few years ago on TikTok.
The King From Those Creepy Burger King Commercials
You know what, while we’re handing out guns to fast food mascots, let’s give Burger King’s once famous (now infamous) King an assault rifle, too. The King was already featured in a few video games, including Fight Night and a series of not-very-good Burger King Xbox games. So why not let him have some fun in Fortnite? And if you hate him, well, good news: If he is added to the game, you can snipe him over and over again. Everyone wins!
Agent 47
This is one of those crossovers that I always have to double-check to make sure it hasn’t happened yet. It seems so obvious. So perfect. Hitman star Agent 47 is a firearms expert, kills people all the time, and is a human with normal proportions. It should be relatively easy to slap this bald-headed contract killer into Fortnite and I imagine a lot of people would be down to buy the skin. And yet, Agent 47 remains on the bench.
Ask Jeeves Butler
Okay, I know adding a defunct mascot from a search engine nobody uses anymore is an extreme long shot, but here’s my pitch to Epic and whatever holding company is in charge of Ask.com in 2025. Teens and kids in 2025, like every other generation, are fans of “retro” content and aesthetics. Epic could do a big 1990s-themed Fortnite season featuring characters and music from that era. And that’s when you add Jeeves the butler, who used to be the mascot of AskJeeves.com.
Cal Kestis
There’s already a lot of Star Wars in Fortnite, including Obi-Wan, Darth Vader, Anakin, and others. And that’s cool, but it’s a shame that one of the franchise’s best video game characters, Cal Kestis from the Star Wars Jedi series, is not included in all the fun. He finally got a Lego minifig last year. So it’s about time he gets a Fortnite skin. Maybe when the third game is released by EA and Respawn in the future, they can finally add the red-headed Jedi to Epic’s battle royale sandbox.
Gaston
Epic and Disney have been working together closely on crossover skins, including some Disney villains last Halloween. So I’m going to say that of this entire list, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast has the best chance of arriving in the not-too-distant future. If/when that happens, I can only hope Epic makes sure to include an emote where he exposes his hairy chest and then eats a bunch of eggs. This is important.
Someone From Star Trek
Hey, Paramount? Why are you being so weird and not cutting a deal with Fortnite to get the Star Trek characters in the game? I can’t imagine Epic would say no to adding Captain Kirk or Jean-Luc Piccard or even someone from the animated series Lower Decks to the Fortnite roster. So that leads me to believe Paramount has decided not to push forward with this, and I have to wonder why. Perhaps you hate money? Perhaps you don’t want Kirk hanging out with Darth Vader? I’m not sure, but whatever the reasons that are stopping Star Trek characters and ships from being added to Fortnite, it’s time to get over it and make this happen. I have money, damn it! Let me spend it!
Samus Aran
While I’m yelling at corporations, let me take a moment to yell at Nintendo. This time, I’m yelling at them for being silly and not providing even one single character to Fortnite. Personally, I think Samus from Metroid would be a perfect fit. She uses guns. She kills stuff. She’s a human and would fit well in Fortnite. Come on, Nintendo, quit being so boring and be cool. Xbox and Sony have let their characters play around in Fortnite. I can kill the Master Chief as Kratos from God of War. Why can’t you let Samus snipe me as I do a victory dance over the Chief’s corpse?
Weird Al
And now, I end with my most personal plea: Add Weird Al to Fortnite. He has a few iconic looks that you could choose from, and his glider could be a giant accordion. The famous parody musician also has a bunch of great music that you could add to Fortnite Festival. In fact, theme a future Festival season entirely around Weird Al. That sounds a lot better to me than wasting everyone’s time with a Metallica season. Plus, I have to imagine Weird Al is cheaper, too. It would also make my wife happy, and I love it when she smiles, so come on, Epic, let’s do this already! (And Weird Al, who I assume is reading this right now, you need to say yes as well, okay? Cool.)
