Fortnite Legendary Pump Shotgun Features Jurassic Park Reference

There’s a lot of references in Fortnite to various popular media and with the release of the legendary Pump Shotgun yesterday, Epic has added another. As part of the v6.31 patch, Epic Games released a new variant of the Pump Shotgun that strongly resembles the SPAS-12, a real life shotgun. The epic version deals 105 damage per shot while the legendary does 110, so if you’re close enough, the Pump Shotgun can finally one-hit-kill enemies again.

Reddit user /u/lady_jaye posted to the /r/JurassicPark subreddit explaining that they’re “a bit of a SPAS 12-0-phile”, so when they saw it was added to Fortnite, they “decided to take a look at it to see the detail they put into the model.” Lo and behold, they found the following engraved on the side of the new Fortnite gun:

SMRT YNG LDY 110693

The “smart young lady” part is clearly referencing the “clever girl” scene in the original Jurassic Park, when Muldoon - the warden of the park - got mauled by a Raptor. 110693 may seem like a random string of numbers, but it’s actually the release date of the film in European date format: June 11, 1993. Neat, right? It makes even more sense, since the SPAS-12 is the shotgun used by the Jurassic Park staff in the film.

While it couldn’t save Muldoon in the movie, it deals some serious damage in Fortnite, as shown off here by popular streamer Dakotaz. While playing with CDNThe3rd, Dakotaz got into an engagement with two players at once and managed to destroy them with just a few shots of the epic Pump Shotgun. “It hits so hard!” Dakotaz exclaims in the clip. No doubt this new gun, along with the Jurassic Park reference, will be a must-have for all Fortnite players in casual games and the competitive esports scene.