Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 added Jimothy graffiti and a free companion

Fortnite Chapter 7, Season 4 added Jimothy in two ways: the raccoon appeared as graffiti near a point of interest on the map, and later in the season players could earn a free Jimothy companion.

The entry on Jimothy says the Fortnite reference came after the raccoon’s July 2026 rise to viral fame. In Seattle, resident Kiana Hall posted a video of the animal to Instagram, and the clip spread quickly enough to turn Jimothy into an internet name well beyond the city where he lived.

Jimothy’s path from Seattle clip to Fortnite reference

According to the page, Jimothy is a wild raccoon living in Seattle, Washington. His unusual short, rounded shape likely comes from a spinal deformity, and that physical trait helped make him stand out in Hall’s video. The wiki says animal experts believe he was born with a condition reported to resemble short spine syndrome, which is seen in dogs and more rarely in other mammals.

Hall’s footage supplied the name that followed him online. In the video, she can be heard saying,

“What am I looking at?”

The page says she called him Jimothy in the caption, then later explained,

“He just looked like a Jimothy to me.”

The page also says residents in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood said Jimothy had lived in the area for months or years. That detail helped fuel the idea that the raccoon was already a familiar local sight before the internet caught up with him. As the attention grew, people also questioned whether more than one short-spined raccoon had lived there over the years, since wild raccoons usually live only three to five years.

One older raccoon nicknamed “Danny DeVito” after the actor was filmed rolling across a lawn in August 2025, and some residents thought that animal might have been Jimothy’s parent. The wiki includes that comparison because footage of the older raccoon has sometimes been mistaken for Jimothy, which adds to the confusion around how long the short-spined raccoon has been known in Ballard.

What the Fortnite page says about the in-game addition

The Fortnite-specific part of the page is brief but clear. It says the Chapter 7, Season 4 map included graffiti of Jimothy near a point of interest, and that later in the same season players could earn a free Jimothy companion in the game. The page does not give a separate unlock date for the companion, only that it arrived later that season.

The entry also leaves out the exact form of the companion reward, so the material does not say whether it functioned as a pet, a cosmetic, or something else. What it does confirm is that Fortnite used the raccoon first as map art and then as a reward tied to the season.

That follows a broader wave of attention around Jimothy outside Fortnite. The page says the raccoon drew tributes including tattoos, a mural, an honorary degree from the University of Washington, and recognition from the Seattle City Council, which declared the summer “Jimothy Summer.” It also says Google Search turned him into an easter egg by July 22, and Roku screensavers included him.

Gaming companies and related projects also picked up the raccoon’s image. The page says ArenaNet added Jimothy as a non-player character and pet in Guild Wars 2, in part through Hall’s spouse, who works at the studio. Blizzard Entertainment posted a tribute in the style of World of Warcraft and later added him as an in-game pet, while Jagex made a similar tribute post in the style of Old School RuneScape.

Fortnite’s version fits into that pattern of quick fan and industry references, but the page keeps the focus on the game’s own implementation: graffiti on the Chapter 7, Season 4 map and a later free companion reward. It also notes that the raccoon’s fame spread far beyond the United States, with media outlets in Germany, the Philippines, and New Zealand contacting Hall after the video went viral.

The page adds that Jimothy became a meme and was compared to a cryptid, which helped explain why he kept turning up in unexpected places online and in games. The Fortnite entry does not describe a story event or quest tied to him, so the map graffiti and the later companion are the only in-game details the material supports.

Other details in the page stay focused on the raccoon himself. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife urged people not to approach him, saying he appeared healthy without human intervention. Seattle and King County health departments warned that wild raccoons can carry bacteria and parasites that spread to humans. The page also says Jimothy’s sex has not been determined.

As a result, Fortnite’s Chapter 7, Season 4 nod is part of a larger burst of interest around a raccoon whose look, name, and local reputation all helped make him an online fixture. The wiki’s entry records only that the game referenced him on the map and then offered a free companion later in the season, but those two details are enough to place Jimothy among the year’s most widely reused viral animal names.