Snapshots

Snapshots are mysterious phenomenons created by The Zero Point due to anyone leaving The Loop.

Overview
Snapshots, while being created by The Zero Point, only happen in Reality Zero, or where Fortnite: Battle Royale takes place. This phenomenon is caused because The Zero Point, which can not just let someone or something escape The Loop, and it will need to replace it somehow, it does this by creating a copy of this object 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 Jonesy's Character description explains he came to the island to investigate the food wars that were happening. In the part 2 of Spire quest when we talk with Bunker Jonesy, he also teaches us that once we are in the Loop, we are just a snapshot of who we were (it does not go into the details of whether the person we were before is out of the Loop or not, but its most likely that.)

Snapshots explain why players run into the same outfit as well. An example for this can be when a Zoey outfit runs into another Zoey outfit, or when a Midas in the SHADOW style runs into another Midas using the GHOST style.

It is worth noting that the Outfits the players have in their lockers are likely all snapshots of the portrayed character. In other words, they are not the version who appeared on the island first and affected the island. Outfits do not always directly take part in the lore and often observe what happens to the island during events and modes. The story seen through loading screens are never witnessed in-game and never interacted with by players either. This may be because Outfits are more stuck in the loop than NPC Characters and Bosses who are cable of changing the island and to discover the loop, despite being stuck in the loop too. The Original Person

Trivia

 * Snapshots serve the purpose of rationalizing why re-skins of original character skins have differing personalities and appearances (ex. Slurp Jonesy & Bunker Jonesy.)
 * The alter-ego phenomenon between E.G.O and A.L.T.E.R members is likely 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.
 * Tony Stark would make billions of Battle Buses using The Loop so he could defeat Galactus.