Fortnite Getting Some Famous Cartoon Dad Skins For Fathers Day

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Epic Games is planning a big Father’s Day collaboration with Fox this year that will bring characters from three of the network’s most popular animated sitcoms to Fortnite as skins. The specific skins, which will all land in the item shop on Friday, June 13, include Hank Hill from King of the Hill, Cleveland Brown from Family Guy, and Bob Belcher from Bob’s Burgers. No, there’s no Homer Simpson in this batch, but there may be a very good reason for it that we’ll discuss further down.

According to content creators who got the heads-up from Epic about the skins, Hank, Cleveland, and Bob will each be accompanied by a back bling, a pickaxe, and an emote, while Hank Hill and Bob Belcher will also get wraps. Each of the skins will cost 1500 V-Bucks, and they’ll all have bundles that cost 2000. What there won’t be is one large bundle that includes all three skins, so getting all this stuff will run you 6000 V-Bucks.

That’s not going to be the only thing to blow your digital currency on in Fortnite this Father’s Day. The item shop will also have a new “Dad Essentials” bundle that includes the existing lawn mower emote and new Nike Air Monarch IV kicks. So you can go all the way with that dad look if you really want to.

While it certainly seems odd on its face for Fortnite to collaborate with Fox to add a bunch of cartoon dad skins while leaving out the most famous of its fictional fathers, Homer Simpson, it’s probably just because we’ll see him pop up later this year. It’s currently rumored that we’ll get another mini-season in the fall, like the Star Wars season that just ended, centered on The Simpsons. The new collaboration with Fox will only add fuel to that rumor.

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