Nov. 19 2025 | Jaylin Emond-Hardin | Entertainment Editor
“The Simpsons” have couch-gagged their way into “Fortnite,” completely taking over the game’s maps, shop and battle pass.
Released Nov. 1, the season was teased beforehand with Kang and Kodos — the slobbering, green, one-eyed aliens most commonly seen in “Treehouse of Horror” episodes — following the Battle Bus as players launched into the game. When the season officially launched, major locations switched from their usual themes to well-known ones from the series. These include Burns Manor, Cletus’ Corn Hole, Corruption Corners, Donut District, Evergreen Terrace, Kamp Krusty, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Springfield Slurpworks and Springfield Town Square. A majority of these locations feature heavily throughout the 37 seasons of “The Simpsons,” though Kamp Krusty was only featured in the Season 4 opener, “Kamp Krusty,” and in Season 28, Episode 15, “Kamp Krustier.” Springfield Slurpworks is similar, featuring first in Season 35, Episode 12, “Lisa Gets an F1” as Springfield Tasselworks — a now closed-down factory that once made nipple tassels. Corruption Corners is a bleedover from the “Fortnitemares” Halloween event.
Along with these locations, three bosses will also spawn throughout the map: Ned Flanders, Krusty the Clown and Witch Marge. Ironically enough, the Ned Flanders boss has claimed the most player kills so far, with a staggering 33,000. The Battle Bus driver has also been renamed to Otto, who drives the bus for Springfield Elementary in the series.
The battle pass features iconic moments from “The Simpsons,” as well. Among the tiers, players will find Marge Simpson, Blinky Fishstick, Ned Flanders and Homer Simpson. Witch Marge, Hazardous Blinky Fishstick and Stupid Sexy Flanders also feature on the battle pass as cosmetics. Witch Marge comes from Season 9, Episode 4, “Treehouse of Horror VII,” while Stupid Sexy Flanders is from Season 11, Episode 10, “Little Big Mom.”
Among the extra levels of the battle pass is “Evil Homer,” which comes from Season 4, Episode 20, “Whacking Day,” and includes an emote of Homer shaking donut maracas and singing “I am Evil Homer.”
Peely, like Fishstick, was also given a Springfielder makeover and is cel-shaded in the show’s iconic style. Featuring as rewards for completing weekly quests, Springfielder Peely also has “Peelfessor Frink” cosmetics, based on the character Professor John Frink, and includes a glider, back bling and skin.
The shop’s takeover features iconic characters Krusty the Clown, Moe Syslak, Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson, as well as “The Simpsons” theme and “The Monorail Song,” which featured in Season 4, Episode 12, “Marge vs. the Monorail.” Emotes based on other iconic “Simpsons” moments include Flaming Slurp, based on a Flaming Moe; Saxophone Solo, which features Lisa’s iconic solo from the theme; Homer’s Hedge Retreat from Season 5, Episode 16, “Homer Loves Flanders”; and Squishee Boarding, featuring a squishee from the Kwik-E Mart.
Sidekicks were also introduced this season, with players who bought the battle pass able to immediately claim and customize “Peels,” a little dog shaped like a banana. Sidekicks are equipable and will follow players throughout various game modes, as well as emote with them and celebrate when they get a kill. Other sidekicks include Mothman Jr., Cuddle Team Jr., Spike and Flopsticks. Plopper, from “The Simpsons Movie,” is available in the shop as a sidekick, as well.
“The Simpsons” will stick around until the end of November, just in time for Winterfest to kick off. Fans will have the annual advent calendar, snow-covered map and other winter-themed items and skins to look forward to. Winterfest kicks off Dec. 1 when “Fortnite” updates automatically in the shop.
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