About

Chicken Jockey refers to a scene and character teased in the second A Minecraft Movie trailer in which actor Jack Black as Steve says, "Chicken jockey," announcing the arrival of a baby zombie riding on a chicken –
called a "chicken jockey" in Minecraft –
in a boxing arena, who's set to battle actor Jason Momoa's character. The Chicken Jockey scene was turned into a meme in late February and early March 2025, following the trailer's release. Meme creators on TikTok, Twitter / X and YouTube reedited the scene, adjusting the speed and subverting the bluntness of the announcement.

Origin

On February 27th, 2025, the final trailer for A Minecraft Movie was shared to YouTube^[1] by Warner Bros., receiving over 21 million views in five days. At the trailer's 1:58-minute mark (shown below), Jason Momoa's character is in a boxing ring as a baby zombie is dropped onto a chicken, making Jack Black as Steve say, "Chicken jockey."

Spread

Images of the Chicken Jockey spread en masse on social media soon after, like in a tweet shared by the X^[2] account @DiscussingFilm on February 27th, 2025, that showed the screencaps, captioned, "First look at a Baby Zombie in the live-action 'MINECRAFT' movie," gaining over 29,000 likes in five days (shown below).

Memes using the Chicken Jockey soundbite surfaced en masse in the following days. For instance, on February 27th, X^[4] user @crazyrabbitreal posted a video of just Steve saying the line and the baby zombie falling from the air rapidly speeding up and then slowing down, gaining over 37,000 likes in five days (shown below).

pic.twitter.com/p5uOYrkhqL

— Avery!! #1 Glam Chica Fan (@crazyrabbitreal) February 28, 2025

On February 28th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @master_teo11 reposted the clip, adding a caption that read in all caps, "WE HAVE GOTTEN THE OFFICIAL REVEAL OF THE CHICKEN JOCKEY IN THE MINECRAFT MOVIE," gaining over 35,700 likes in four days (shown below).

Also on February 28th, YouTuber^[8] Sharky_Productions shared a Chicken Jockey video that sped up the clip to an unintelligible level, gaining over 11,000 views in four days (shown below).

On March 1st, 2025, X^[5] user @theenderestman tweeted, "The Minecraft movie trailers but only when Jack Black says something from the game verbatim," attaching a compilation of clips in line with the caption. The video included the Chicken Jockey soundbite that inspired viral replies^[6] referencing it. The tweet received over 88,000 likes in three days (shown below).

the minecraft movie trailers but only when jack black says something from the game verbatim pic.twitter.com/JmEWpTMLZu

— Ender ✧ (comms open!!) (@theenderestman) March 2, 2025

On March 2nd, X^[7] user @nescartridges tweeted, "CHICKEN JOCKEY," receiving over 3,400 likes in two days (shown below).

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