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Minecraft Movie Quotes refers to a series of memes and brainrot edits that speed up and slow down one-off quotes from A Minecraft Movie, usually uttered by actor Jack Black as his character Steve. The trend started after the film's first trailer was released in late 2024, especially as viewers noticed that Jack Black said many things from the Minecraft game verbatim. Meme creators and internet users then started combining all of the verbatim quotes into compilation videos, including I Am Steve, Chicken Jockey, Zero Limits and Flint and Steel. Heading into 2025, TikTokers and other social media users started ranking the Minecraft Movie quotes, including others like "Release," "The Nether" and "Coming in hot!"

Origin

On September 4th, 2024, the first teaser trailer for A Minecraft Movie was released online.^[1][2] Many meme creators focused on Jack Black as Steve saying, "I am Steve," for the first slew of viral posts.^[3]

On February 27th, 2025, the final trailer for A Minecraft Movie was shared online.^[4] Many meme creators focused on Jack Black as Steve saying, "Chicken jockey," such as X^[5] user @crazyrabbitreal, who shared the first-known Chicken Jockey meme on the day (shown below).

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

On March 1st, X^[6] user @theenderestman tweeted, "The Minecraft movie trailers but only when Jack Black says something from the game verbatim," attaching a compilation of soundbites that fit the caption. Over one month, the tweet gained over 6.4 million views and 89,100 likes (shown below). The tweet largely started the Minecraft Movie Quotes trend that later developed.

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

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

Spread

In the following weeks, meme creators across video platforms drew attention to new quotes from the A Minecraft Movie trailers as the memes continued to spread on the internet.

For instance, on March 1st, 2025, TikToker^[7] @keepminty centered on the quote, "Coming in hot," gaining over 9,000 likes in a month (shown below).

On March 2nd, TikToker^[8] @fazbear231 shared a video about "Ranking Steve best moments," starting with Jack Black as Steve saying, "Flint and steel," and listing seven other worthy quotes. The video received over 171,200 likes in a month (shown below).

On March 22nd, 2025, TikToker^[9] @steve.bong centered on the quote, "They love crushin' loaf," gaining over 731,200 likes in 12 days (shown below).

On March 30th, TikToker^[10] @fazbear231 ranked 41 of the A Minecraft Movie quotes from the trailers, amassing over 182,400 likes in four days (shown below).

"Flint And Steel, Chicken Jockey, I Am Steve" Credits Song

On March 24th, 2025, TikToker^[11] @drewplu shared a video of himself singing what he imagined would be the film's credits song. The song was similar to the "I Am Placing Blocks and Shit" parody song. Over 10 days, the video received over 402,200 likes (shown below).

The video sparked a viral TikTok sound^[12] that was used by others thereafter.

Minecraft Movie Audience Reactions

Minecraft Movie Audience Reactions refers to a series of videos capturing the theatre audience's reactions to the Minecraft movie quotes. The trend started during the film's premiere in early April 2025, usually showing crowds cheering, applauding or causing havoc as actor Jack Black's character Steve utters lines related to the game or previous memes that had gone viral on social media. The most common reactions happen during the I Am Steve, Chicken Jockey, and Flint and Steel scenes. Going into April, TikTokers and other social media users started to record and rank audiences reacting to the Minecraft Movie quotes. The trend caused cinema staff to warn people of overreacting to the movie quotes during the screening, with one incident escalating to police being called to a cinema after cinemagoers became disruptive during the Chicken Jockey scene.

Various Examples

Related Memes

I Am Steve

I Am Steve refers to a scene in A Minecraft Movie in which the camera zooms in on Jack Black's face and he announces, "I am Steve," revealing himself to be the protagonist of Minecraft named Steve. The scene appeared in the film's teaser trailer released in early September 2024 and quickly became the subject of reactions and memes online, including photoshops, edits and other memetic content, with some finding it to be corny and cringeworthy.

Chicken Jockey

Chicken Jockey refers to a quote 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, which is called a "chicken jockey" in Minecraft. The Chicken Jockey scene was turned into a meme in late February and early March 2025, following the trailer's release.

Flint And Steel

Flint and Steel refers to a catchphrase from one of the A Minecraft Movie trailers said by actor Jack Black's character Steve as he activates a nether portal by using the in-game item flint and steel. Starting in late February 2025, the clip of Jack Black saying, "Flint and steel," achieved virality as it was remixed and used in various memes, often together with other prevalent Minecraft movie brainrot memes such as Chicken Jockey.

The Nether

The Nether refers to an A Minecraft Movie quote in which actor Jack Black as Steve says, "The Nether," after stepping through a Nether Portal and seeing the in-game Minecraft realm for the first time. The scene was first shown in the film's final trailer. It sparked a series of brainrot edits and ViggleAI rotoscopes on TikTok, similar to others like Chicken Jockey and Flint and Steel.

Big Ol' Red Ones

Big Ol' Red Ones is a Minecraft Movie quote and catchphrase spoken by actor Jack Black as his character Steve in a scene from the film as he looks at a big red mushroom. The clip started going viral on social media in late March 2025 and purportedly comes from a trailer released on TikTok by the official @aminecraftmovie account that was seemingly deleted. The scene that appears in the trailer is different than the one in the theatrical cut of the film, which does not feature Steve looking at a red mushroom as he says the line. Like other quotes from the movie and its trailers, such as Flint and Steel and I Am Steve, the quote became the subject of edits and other memes online.

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