Fortnite players are losing their minds over an emote that is a clear homage to Fortnite, complete with a slow-mo beach run. Now a tweet from ShiinaBR displaying the emote unlocked has unleashed a torrent of hilarious reactions, fierce debate, and some questionable uses of the animation.
What is going on here? The emote simply shows a playable character sprinting painfully in slow motion—a celebration of the lifeguard from the famous ’90s show—thing so absurd that it goes straight into players’ gagging lane. One reply even termed it the “slow-mo lifeguard scene from fairly odd parents,” which is a fair analogy. Yet, just like with anything Fortnite, the community had to elevate this to another realm.
Going with this line, some of the community members are already strategizing on how to bring this emote to some real tactical advantage, like reviving downed teammates with all glory. “Allegedly, I cannot wait to use this as I am on my way to revive a downed teammate lmaooo,” tweeted Ryan Estabrooke in glee. Funniest usages juxtapose emote with some ridiculously skins, including Shirtless Thing (yes, that Thing from Fantastic Four) or even Leon from Resident Evil. “Please, someone use Leon to do this,” one of the players appealed, and honestly? We need to see that.
And then there are some… uh… who aren’t sold on it. “It’s so lame,” shrugged one player. Another stating that it has to go with swimsuit skins to really seal the Baywatch vibe. “If you don’t use it with a swimsuit skin it doesn’t work, it has to be just like Baywatch,” The Gamer Dad staunchly defended. Very fair, indeed.
Then there’s the.. um.. creative bunch. Pamela Anderson in Fortnite was joked about in one reply (Epic, make it happen), and then the slow-mo energy was taken in a… different direction. Let’s just say some players got a little too far with the Baywatch fantasizing, with one user calling out a “dirty minded” kind of behavior in a game with kids. Yikes.
A few other players instead were left in bewilderment amid this chaos. “Can someone tell me what this do? I click it but nothing happens,” a player captioned a screenshot of an unrelated button. A classic Fortnite moment.
The arrival of the emote also stoked battle pass chatter, with some detailing their progress (“I already completed the battle pass 💀”), and others fighting over the worth of Fortnite Crew. Accounts promoting giveaways swooped down to offer prizes for follows and code usage. The usual Twitter circus.
But the real question? When’s Balenciaga dropping? Because, one player is still waiting. Priorities, people.
Come to think of it, that emote is just peak Fortnite—silly, unexpected, and already being used in ways Epic hadn’t dreamed of. For better or worse, scientifically cringe-worthy or cringe-full, one thing is for certain: The fantasies of Baywatch will not be ending anytime soon in the battle royale. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have something within bicycle-range to do.
