The 'Fresh Prince' and 'Friends' references hiding in 'Overwatch'

Let's bust a move.
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Kellen Beck
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Every hero in Overwatch just got a brand new set of dance moves to celebrate the game's first birthday. In typical Blizzard fashion, each one is inspired by dances from the real world, movies, random internet videos, and more.

Dorkly Articles Editor Tristan Cooper rounded up a bunch of Overwatch heroes' dance animations and paired them with clips of the dance moves that inspired them. Reinhardt doing the waltz with his hammer inspired by Gene Kelly waltzing with a mop from the movie Thousands Cheer may be the best one of them all.

Those aren't even half the heroes in the game, though.

The gun-slinging cowboy McCree does some good old American line dancing, Lúcio busts out some Michael Jackson moves, Tracer gets down with the flapper favorite charlseton, and Pharah rocks out with some air guitar on her trusty rocket launcher.

We aren't totally sure what Torbjörn is doing but it looks like he's having a good time.

Via Giphy

See if you can figure out what some of the other heroes are emulating in their new dance emotes, and good luck collecting them all before the event ends June 12.

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Kellen Beck

Kellen is a science reporter at Mashable, covering space, environmentalism, sustainability, and future tech. Previously, Kellen has covered entertainment, gaming, esports, and consumer tech at Mashable. Follow him on Twitter @Kellenbeck

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