Fortnite Season 4 Puts The 'Orange Shirt Kid' Dance In Game

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Fortnite Season 4 Gives Orange Shirt Kid The Justice He Deserves

'Orange Shirt Kid' didn't win Fortnite's 'BoogieDown' contest, but the community loved him and now his dance is in the game. As the Avengers' fight against Thanos is celebrated worldwide with ridiculous box office numbers, there was another sentinel of justice that the world forgot. A true hero who brought happiness to the Fortnite community with his sick moves and an outfit as iconic as any Iron Man armor. I talk, of course, about Orange Shirt Kid. Back in March, Fortnite developer Epic Games held the BoogieDown Contest. Fans were invited to show off their best moves on social media, with the best being immortalized as an emote in the game. One particular user, , took the internet by storm with a routine that was both endearing and admittedly "so cringe." THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY He became something of a meme in the Fortnite fandom, and was even referenced in videos by top Youtube creators like . Polygon has the story of his legend . But for all of his popularity, Orange Shirt Kid did not win the contest. He took it like a champ, but the community wouldn't stand for it. Some even went as far as to create a Change.org petition to have him included in the game. The petition got . The people had cried out, and they wanted justice. It turns out Epic Games heard these cries, and rushed to correct the injustice. Bringing balance in a way that's a lot more reasonable than Thanos, Epic added the kid's dance to the game. Behold Orange Justice: Even better, Battle Pass owners will have the emote pretty much right away. Free-to-play folks will have to grind to tier 26. But that's a small price to pay to move like our orange-clad hero. The fandom of course lost their collective minds over this. The top post on the Fortnite subreddit was a huge gif of the emote, with fans celebrating the justice that was done. Twitter exploded, giving Orange Shirt Kid tons of new followers and subscribers for his budding Youtube channel. As for the kid himself, he had this to say: via: twitter.com/Kid_Fortnite12 Perhaps Epic Games never considered this kind of fun when taking over the battle royale genre, but it does put a smile on our faces.