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Invincibleended its second season with a bang. In the classicMultiverse of Madness-style, there is an entire sequence where Mark is thrown from one universe to another, each having some or the other Easter egg. From Spider-Man showing up in the form of Agent Spider, who was fighting Prof. Ock, to Invincible making fun of Batman’s name on a rooftop, this part of the episode was fun, to say the least.
On top of these references, there was also a universe plagued with zombies, making a not-so-subtle nod to just how many people fromThe Walking Deadare a part of the series. One would assume that one of these three cameos would be favored by the show’s creator, Robert Kirkman. However, it would seem that something else had him a lot more excited; a split-second cameo of a gun.
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Granted, the gun was from the gameFortnite;it would seem that sneaking this cameo in made Kirkman very proud of himself.
InvincibleCreator Loved theFortniteReference
Around the midpoint of his fight with Angstrom Levy, Mark enters his home through a portal with a gun in his hand, which he uses to hit the villain in the face. In the next shot, the gun is gone and is not referenced again. Despite the split-second appearance,Fortnitefans could tell the origins of the rifle.
Robert Kirkmanrecently gave an interview withVariety,where he talked aboutall of the Easter eggsthat showed up in the final episode of season two, and the back story of theFortnitegun is quite interesting. A model of the Dragon’s Breath Sniper was added inChapter 2: Season 5of the game and the entire cameo was made in association withEpic Games.
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That was all done in cooperation with Epic Games, and it’s the actual model for the Dragon’s Breath sniper rifle. That was all referenced and approved and seemed like a fun nod since he’s in the “Fortnite” game. Maybe Angstrom sent him there and everything in the game is canon and he’s coming out with a gun. That seemed like a fun, official Easter egg we could do.
Speaking more on it, the creator ofInvinciblerevealed that he thought the cameo to be a fun nod to the series’ time inFortnite.Since that gun was not present for long and the question of where he got it from was not answered, Kirkman added that perhaps Mark’s time in the game’s universe was real and the story that happened there was simply off-screen, but canon.
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Robert Kirkman then went on to talk about Invincible’s appearance inFortnite.Mark Grayson, alongside Omni-Man, and Atom Eve, were released as character skins inChapter 4: Season OGunderThe Guardians of the Globe set.Fans of the series absolutely loved the addition, and it would seem that the cameo and their entry into the game were happening simultaneously.
“I was writing the episode, or was about to start writing the episode, when I had my initial talks with Donald Mustard, who was the creative lead on “Fortnite” but has since left the company. He was really on board to do something in the show that references it and help push it through on their side. It was kind of an organic thing that happened because we were talking about Invincible being in the game at the same time as I was writing the episode.”
Kirkman went on to add that he was working with the former Creative Lead ofFortnite,Donald Mustard, and they were both interested in adding a reference to the game in the series. It would seem that as talks were happening aboutInvinciblebeing in the game, Kirkman was writing the final episode. The two blurring together almost seemed to be natural.
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Invincibleis available for streaming on Prime Video.
Ananya Godboley
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Ananya Godboley is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows, with over 2,000 articles published. She has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years. Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in psychology from K.R. Mangalam University, Ananya also likes to fangirl as a full-time job. She covers news and analyses on anything from Rick and Morty to Hannibal and even Arcane. In between these lines, she also enjoys superheroes and Taylor Swift.A philosophy enthusiast, Ananya enjoys digging deeper into the media she consumes, trying to understand the root of her favorite characters' behavior.
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