We’re in the thick of Fortnitemares, Fortnite‘s annual Halloween celebration packed with all kinds of spooky cosmetics, missions, and map locations. In less than a week, though, we are kissing this entire map goodbye. Saturday, Nov. 1 brings the launch of The Simpsons-themed mini-season that’s been rumored and teased in recent weeks.
Epic Games has confirmed that the event that will end chapter 6, season 4 of Fortnite — which has given us plenty of Power Rangers-themed content — will arrive at 11 a.m. EDT on Nov. 1. The news was accompanied by a short teaser trailer for the season, which you can check out below.
In the video, you see Fortnite characters Jonesy and Hope — in their Jonesy the First and Heroic Hope variants, respectively — animated in the art style of The Simpsons. They are doing battle with a UFO-bound Kang and Kodos, who also turn our beloved Fishstick into a plate of fishsticks. The alien duo then beam Jonesy and Hope aboard their UFO, showing them they stand no chance. At this point we hear one of the space dwellers laugh at the doomed pair.
It’s hard to tell which alien is laughing because, to be honest, it doesn’t sound like either of them. There could be a couple of reasons for this. For one, if this is Kang, and they are using the original actor, Harry Shearer is 81 years old, and his voice changing over time is inevitable. However, the duo most recently appeared earlier this year in the episode “Stew Lies” and he did not sound like this.
Kodos, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, sounds a bit closer to the teaser’s alien but still off. Which raises questions about The Simpsons character voices in Fortnite. After all, the main cast of The Simpsons certainly doesn’t come cheap. They already make hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode of the show — and those episodes don’t have an item shop stuffed with cosmetics for sale related to the characters you bring to life.
We’ll get a better idea of what voices are used soon enough. With the current season coming to a close in just a few days, we’re about to get absolutely overloaded with Simpsons content in the game. It’s a good time to be a Fortnite and/or a Simpsons fan.
