| “ | I think I saw that Jonesy guy, but not the same one. He seemed... off.
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- — Lexa
Snapshots are mysterious phenomenons created by The Island due to anyone leaving The Loop. Snapshots are copy of the original that has left The Loop.
Overview[]
Snapshots, while being created by The Island, only happen in Reality Zero, or where Fortnite: Battle Royale takes place. This phenomenon is caused when someone manages to escape The Loop, forcing The Loop to replace it somehow. It does this by creating a copy of this person which escaped the loop to stay inside of Reality Zero, or in other words, Snapshots.
Bunker Jonesy, one of John Jones' snapshots, explains that he came on to the island after being told to jump into the Zero Point to see what would happen. Each Jonesy with an NPC Character descriptions all tell different reasons why each came to the island too. For example, Grill Sergeant's Character description explains he came to the island to investigate the food wars that were happening. In the part 2 of the Spire quests, after talking with Bunker Jonesy, he mentions that once one is in the Loop, they are just a snapshot of who they were (he does not go into the details of whether the person they were before is out of the Loop or not, but its most likely that).
In recent chapters, as The Loop no longer exists after the total destruction of Reality Zero during Fracture, there are no new snapshots created. However snapshots from previous chapters are still active.
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Trivia[]
- With Agent Jones being the source of all Joneses, other IO agents such as Maven, Rook, Special Forces and Newscaster could have been the original versions of their model characters.
- Snapshots serve the purpose of rationalizing why re-skins of original character skins have differing personalities and appearances (ex. Slurp Jonesy & Bunker Jonesy.)
- This phenomenon should not be confused with that of multiversal doppelgangers, which consists of two almost identical people but coming from two different realities/universes.
- For example Lexa and Princess Lexa are Multiversal Doppelgangers, not coming from the same reality: Lexa from the Reality: 982, a cel-shaded world where she works for Y-Labs and Princess Lexa from the same reality as Oathbound, being the princess of this kingdom for a very long time.
- The alter-ego phenomenon between E.G.O and A.L.T.E.R members may be because of the snapshot phenomenon, however unlike the usual snapshots which keep the name of their original version, the alter-egos have completely different names.
- However, this could turn out to be due to multiversal doppelgangers phenomenon because some of their physical characteristics, in particular age and eye color differ in addition to their names.