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Sans Fortnite Dance refers to a series of animated videos of the video game character Sans performing the emote Dance Moves from the video game Fortnite.

Origin

On June 17th, 2018, Twitter user @Yahiamice posted the first version, featuring a fortnite character in a skeleton costume default-dancing to a remix of megalovania (shown below)

On July 6th, 2018, YouTuber bbpanzu posted an animation of Sans performing the "Default Fortnite Dance." The post (shown below) received more than 29,000 views in two months.

Spread

On July 24th, Twitter ^[2] user @_palistin_ tweeted a gif of Sans doing the dance (shown below).

IM GOING TO PISS MYSELF I ACTUALLY PUT THE FORTNITE DANCE ONTO SANS AND IM GONNA HAVE A STROKE pic.twitter.com/rUkjg4GBAx

— multi (@_palistin_) July 25, 2018

The following day, Twitter^[3] user @YungChoclateBar shared the video with the caption, "RT to die instantly." The tweet received more than 2,100 retweets, 2,100 likes and 220,000 views in a month and a half.

On July 27th, 2018, YouTuber Kyle Scam posted Sans dancing in front of a green background, which would allow users to place the character in different settings. The post (shown below, left) received more than 77,000 views in six weeks.

On August 5th, YouTuber Kill yo Lol posted a variation of the meme in which Sans is edited into the video game Fortnite. The post (shown below, right) received more than 69,000 views in one month.

Later that month, on August 27th, Twitter user @conkface posted a version in which Sans dances in an episode of the television animated series Family Guy. The post (shown below) received more than 6,400 retweets and 16,000 likes in two weeks.

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