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Fortnite Loot Chest Standoff refers to a scene from a cinematic trailer for Season 8 of battle royale video game Fortnite in which three groups of characters simultaneously approach a loot chest. In March 2019, remixes of the scene in which a fourth competing party was added were circulated on Instagram.

Origin

On February 28th, 2019, a cinematic trailer for battle royale video game Fortntite premiered on YouTube.^[1] In one scene of the trailer, three groups of characters – ninjas, pirates and Ice Legion – simultaneously approach a loot chest with the intent to obtain its possessions.

Spread

On the same day, Instagram^[2] user joshua.likes.salsa created an edit of the scene in which a fourth party, consisting of Ricardo Milos and Nyannyancosplay, was added to the standoff. The video gained over 34,200 views in one week. Additionally, joshua.likes.salsa provided a template of the meme on YouTube.^[3]

In the following days, more similar edits were posted by Instagram users, with notable examples created by user largetrap^[4] and toucher_of_cancer.^[5]

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