Splash

This article is about the random main menu text. For the throwable potions, see Splash Potions.

The Splash texts are the randomly selected yellow lines of text with often humorous content on the title screen. The splashes are defined in a plain-text file within minecraft.jar (minecraft.jar/title/splashes.txt). The splash pulsates on the title screen at a frequency of 2 Hz.

History

Splashes are often added to splashes.txt:

• Beta 1.4 included 223 splashes.
• Beta 1.6 and 1.7 added 3 new splashes, increasing the number to 226. One splash, "Check it out!", was listed twice in these versions, on lines 21 and 47.
• Beta 1.8 pre-release 1 removed the duplicate and added 35 new splashes, bringing the number of splashes to 260.
• 1.0 RC1 added 28 new splashes, bringing the total up to 288.
• 11w50a added 15 new splashes, increasing the total to 303.

Complete list of splashes

#	Splash text	Explanation	Version added
190	...!
123	0% sugar!	This is no longer true, as sugar was added in Beta 1.2. Also, "sugar-free" is a marketing stance.
3	100% pure!	A reference to some juices which use "100% pure" or a variant thereof as a selling point.
234	110813!	The day Notch got married to his wife Ez (August 13th, 2011).	Beta 1.8pre1
55	12 herbs and spices!	KFC's secret chicken flavoring recipe contains 11 herbs and spices.
184	12345 is a bad password!	12345 is a commonly used password. This is also a reference to the film Spaceballs by Mel Brooks.
285	150 bpm for 400000 minutes!	The game graphics are so fast.	1.0 RC1
124	150% hyperbole!	A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to generate emphasis or humor. 150% is, naturally, an exaggeration. Also a possible reference to the semi-popular blog Hyperbole and a Half.
131	20 GOTO 10!	Refers to BASIC. When executed, this line would create an infinite loop, continuously re-executing whatever instruction was on line 10 (usually a PRINT statement).
136	4815162342 lines of code!	4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 are The Numbers that appear all over the television series Lost.
53	90% bug free!	As the game is still in development mode, it still has some bugs.
235	90210!	90210 is famous for being the ZIP Code for Beverly Hills, California.	Beta 1.8pre1
137	A skeleton popped out!	A humorous story meant to parody poorly written creepypasta. Of course, Minecraft also features skeletons. Although they do not tend to pop out, they do take the player by surprise.
57	Absolutely no memes!	Minecraft is a popular source for internet memes, which often only grow greater because of statements like this.
280	Afraid of the big, black bat!	A quote from The Riddler in the film Batman Forever: "Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?". In Minecraft, it could refer to the Enderdragon, since its big bat-like wings and the black color could inspire chiroptophobia.	1.0 RC1
79	Age of Wonders is better!	Age of Wonders is a PC turn-based strategy game.
97	All inclusive!	Everything the game has to offer is included in the bought version.
106	All is full of love!	"All Is Full of Love" is a song by Icelandic singer Björk.
219	"Almost never" is an interesting concept!	Possible reference to the inverse of the mathematical concept of "almost surely".
246	Also try Braid!	Braid is a puzzle-platformer game.	Beta 1.8pre1
244	Also try Limbo!	Limbo is another puzzle-platformer game.	Beta 1.8pre1
241	Also try Mount And Blade!	Mount&Blade is a medieval-themed RPG for the PC.	Beta 1.8pre1
245	Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!	PixelJunk Shooter is a PS3 game.	Beta 1.8pre1
242	Also try Project Zomboid!	Project Zomboid is a zombie apocalypse-themed game written in Java, like Minecraft.	Beta 1.8pre1
239	Also try Super Meat Boy!	Super Meat Boy is a platformer game made by Edmund McMillen.	Beta 1.8pre1
240	Also try Terraria!	Terraria is a game with a similar premise to Minecraft, and is almost as popular.	Beta 1.8pre1
238	Also try VVVVVV!	VVVVVV is a 2D puzzle-platformer game.	Beta 1.8pre1
243	Also try World of Goo!	World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game.	Beta 1.8pre1
211	A riddle, wrapped in a mystery!	From a quote by Winston Churchill; "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma[...]".
1	As seen on TV!	A common marketing claim that is often lampooned.
59	Ask your doctor!	Similar to "As seen on TV", said at some point in almost every pharmaceutical advertisement.
217	"Autological" is!	An autological word is a word which describes itself. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read '"Noun" is an autonym!'.
165	Autonomous!	There are very few rules or restrictions in Minecraft.
47	Awesome community!	The Minecraft community has produced many amazing works.
2	Awesome!
191	Bees, bees, bees, bees!	A lyric from one of Weebl's works, titled "cup".
12	Best in class!	A reference to awards given to car brands or manufacturers for producing high-quality vehicles. Minecraft is also, certainly, the best in class.
5	Better than Prey!	Prey is a first person shooter that was well-received by critics.
253	Bigger than a bread box!	Refers to a question asked by Steve Allen, "Is it bigger than a breadbox?", during a game of 20 Questions on What's My Line?.	Beta 1.8pre1
265	Boots with the fur!	From the song "Low" by Flo Rida, featuring T-Pain.	1.0 RC1
248	Bread is pain!	"Pain" is the French word for "Bread". But when read in English, the phrase becomes ironic since Bread in Minecraft heals the player.	Beta 1.8pre1
86	Bring it on!	Likely refers to the fight between the player and the hostile mobs.
144	Bring me Ray Cokes!	Has to do with the incident when JulianClark brought Notch Ray Cokes.
65	Bringing home the bacon!	May refer to Minecraft sales being Notch's source of income. Also, pigs are a very common source of food in Minecraft. (However, in the game they drop porkchops, not bacon). It could also be a reference to the Procol Harum song "Bringing Home The Bacon".
140	BTAF used to be good!	Bob the Angry Flower is a comic strip that has been running since 1992.
116	Buckets of lava!	A bucket may be filled with lava.
88	Call your mother!	Implying that you shouldn't let Minecraft take over your life.
227	Casual gaming!	Minecraft is a very open, user-friendly, casual game that can be played and enjoyed easily by all ages and demographics.	Beta 1.8pre1
68	Ceci n'est pas une title screen!	"Ceci n'est pas une" is French for "This is not a"; the phrase refers to The Treachery of Images (La trahison des images), a painting by the Belgian René Magritte which depicts a pipe with the sentence "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." ("This is not a pipe.") written beneath it.
21	Check it out!
236	Check out the far lands!	The Far Lands were the "limit" of the infinite map, until Notch accidentally fixed them.	Beta 1.8pre1
282	Child's play!	A children's charity that organizes donations and worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals. Also a phrase used to imply something is easy.	1.0 RC1
43	Classy!	This may be a reference to classes in computer programming. Minecraft is also very classy.
42	Closed source!	Minecraft is currently closed-source proprietary software, meaning the source code has not been publicly released. However, Notch mentioned this could change "once sales start dying and a minimum time has passed", at which point he would "possibly release it all as public domain".
61	Cloud computing!	Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.
135	Cogito ergo sum!	"I think, therefore I am" in Latin. A quote from Descartes.
110	Collaborate and listen!	Lyrics to "Ice Ice Baby" by American rapper Vanilla Ice.
302	Colormatic	This splash is stored as "§1C§2o§3l§4o§5r§6m§7a§8t§9i§ac" in splashes.txt; the "§" and the character following determine the color that the text following that code will be displayed as. This is the fourth splash that doesn't end with an exclamation point (!), other than the "missingno" splash that appears when the splashes.txt file is modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder; the first splash was "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?", the second was "Lennart lennart = new Lennart();", and the third was "if not ok then return end".	11w50a
73	Complex cellular automata!	Both Minecraft and a piece of Notch's earlier work feature cellular automata; Notch has stated that he is fascinated by it.
157	Consummate V's!	Refers to an episode of Homestar Runner.
268	Conventional!		1.0 RC1
109	Cooler than Spock!	Spock is a very popular Star Trek character.
158	Cow Tools!	Refers to a Far Side comic by Gary Larson. Also, Minecraft features cows and tools.
36	Create!	Minecraft is a sandbox game. This is easiest on Creative mode, but it can also be done, albeit with more difficulty, in Survival.
292	Cześć Polska!	Polish for "Hello, Poland!".	11w50a
276	Déjà vu!	A déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation.	1.0 RC1
277	Déjà vu!	A déjà vu is the experience of— oh, wait a moment…	1.0 RC1
134	Do not distribute!	Part of the Minecraft terms and conditions; referred to as "The one major rule" by Notch.
272	Does barrel rolls!	Refers to a move that can be performed by the Arwing in Star Fox games. In Star Fox 64, Peppy Hare said "Do a barrel roll!" in a humorous way, causing a meme.	1.0 RC1
270	Doesn't avoid double negatives!	As illustrated by this splash.	1.0 RC1
281	Doesn't use the U-word!		1.0 RC1
258	Don't bother with the clones!	Relates to the numerous "clones" of Minecraft such as FortressCraft, and perhaps an ironic reference to the fact that Minecraft conceptually is itself a "clone" of Infiniminer, and therefore clones might not be negative remakes of other games.	Beta 1.8pre1
203	Don't look directly at the bugs!	May imply that you shouldn't write Minecraft off as a bad game because of its bugs. This is also a reference to Portal, where the player is told to not look directly at the operational end of the portal device.
159	Double buffered!	Another Minecraft feature.
41	Down with O.P.P.!	Line from the song "O.P.P." by American hip hop trio "Naughty by Nature".
168	DRR!	Refers to the horror manga short story The Enigma of Amigara Fault, which among fans is often used as as an analogy for the origin of Creepers. May also refer to the sound that arrows make upon hitting something.
38	Dungeon!	Dungeons, abandoned mineshafts and strongholds may be found in the game.
233	DungeonQuest is unfair!	Dungeonquest is a board game whose gameplay relies on the players creating the playing board by randomly selecting tiles and placing them on a grid.	Beta 1.8pre1
166	Engage!	Refers to the Star Trek saying "Engage!" by Jean-Luc Picard, referring to the warp drive.
52	Enhanced!
199	Eple (original edit)!	Title of a piece by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp.
69	Euclidian!	Minecraft mainly relies on one of the simplest forms of Euclidian geometry, the cube.
15	Excitement!
39	Exclusive!	Minecraft mainly is only for people who buy the game, since the demo has very limited features.
33	Exploding creepers!	The beloved creature.
122	Falling off cliffs!	Often happened accidentally before sneaking was implemented.
160	Fan fiction!	Minecraft has fan fiction.
167	Fantasy!	Minecraft is a work of fantasy, featuring monsters, potions and magic.
56	Fat free!	Often an advertising point on food, directed at people attempting to lose or keep from gaining weight.
264	Feature packed!		1.0 RC1
263	Finally complete!	A reference to the fact that Minecraft was finally leaving Beta. While it may have been "officially released" and known as Minecraft 1.0, it is (in reality) far from "complete".	1.0 RC1
205	Finally with ladders!	Ladders were added to the game in Infdev.
145	Finger-licking!	"Finger-lickin' good" was a previous slogan of KFC.
9	Flashing letters!
161	Flaxkikare!	A reference to Bobo, a children's comic created by Swedish cartoonist Lars Mortimer, in which the title character had a magical spyglass called the Flaxkikare, which can be translated to English as "lucky spyglass".
255	Fnord!	Fnord is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information.	Beta 1.8pre1
230	Follow the train, CJ!	A reference to the mission "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.	Beta 1.8pre1
92	Freaky!	Some people find Minecraft freaky.
58	Free dental!	Free dental is often a talking point about a job advertisement, and is similar to "As seen on TV".
284	From the streets of Södermalm!	Södermalm is the district in Stockholm where the Mojang offices are located.	1.0 RC1
107	Full of stars!	Part of a quote from Dr. David Bowman ("The thing's hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it's full of stars!") and his last line before being pulled through the monolith, from the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. (While often attributed to the film of the same name, the line doesn't actually appear on-screen until its sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact).
287	Funk soul brother!	A repeated lyric in a vocal sample in the Fatboy Slim song "The Rockafeller Skank".	1.0 RC1
303	FUNKY LOL	This splash is stored as "§kFUNKY LOL" in splashes.txt; as with the "Colormatic" splash, the "§k" is a control sequence, but unlike "§1" through "§a", "§k" causes the text following it to be replaced with random, rapidly-changing characters. This is the fifth splash that doesn't end with an exclamation point (!), other than the "missingno" splash that appears when the splashes.txt file is modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder; the first splash was "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?", the second was "Lennart lennart = new Lennart();", the third was "if not ok then return end", and the fourth was "Colormatic".	11w50a
151	Gargamel plays it!	Gargamel is the enemy of the Smurfs. It was also a popular map seed before the biomes revamp in Beta 1.8.
189	Gasp!
275	Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs!	"Potato chips", spelled phonetically using obscure rules of English pronunciation.	1.0 RC1
181	Give us Gordon!	A possible reference to Gordon Freeman, the protagonist of the Half-Life game, in which the military troops wrote "Give Us Gordon Freeman" in graffiti.
179	Google anlyticsed!	A past-tense misspelling of Google Analytics, a service that provides statistics about visitors to a website.
278	Got your nose!		1.0 RC1
67	GOTY!	A common abbreviation for "Game of the Year". Minecraft has been nominated — and voted — Game of the Year by a number of gaming magazines and news sites.
84	Guaranteed!	If you have bought any version of Minecraft other than Classic, you are guaranteed to have the full version when it comes out.
194	Haha, LOL!	Expression that some players say when playing in multiplayer.
279	Haley loves Elan!	A reference to the webcomic The Order of the Stick, in which Haley Starshine has a long-concealed crush on Elan and eventually starts a relationship with him.	1.0 RC1
195	Hampsterdance!	Hampster Dance is one of the oldest internet memes.
114	Han shot first!	A contentious scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the original version of the film, Han solo pulls out his blaster and shoots greedo before he knows it. In the special edition, greedo shoots and misses, followed by han solo shooting him. This was one of many changes to the film that angered fans. In their plight, they adopted the phrase 'Han shot first'.
63	Hard to label!	Minecraft can fall into many genres of games, making it hard to label.
262	Has an ending!	The End.	1.0 RC1
103	Haunted!	Likely a reference to Herobrine, the mythical entity that supposedly stalks the player. He is widely regarded as a community meme, hoax and iconic figure.
18	Heaps of hits on YouTube!	Minecraft is among the most popular topics on YouTube. Notch's channel is rarely updated, but has received more than 800 thousand views already. User-generated tutorial videos, series, and videos showing bugs in the game are also very common.
291	Helo Cymru!	Welsh for "Hello, Wales!".	11w50a
72	Herregud!	Swedish for "Oh My God!".
260	Hobo humping slobo babe!	"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" was the critically-acclaimed first single of the band Whale.	Beta 1.8pre1
22	Holy cow, man!
269	Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere!	A "homeomorphism" is a mathematical property indicating that there is a continual topological mapping between two objects; in layman's terms, there exists a way to deform one into the other without cutting or gluing. A "3-sphere" is a sphere in 3 dimensions, or the set of points equidistant from a given center in 4-space, a higher-dimensional analogue of the "2-sphere" (what we think of as an ordinary sphere.) Since Minecraft technically exists in 4 dimensions (3 spatial and 1 temporal) it could, in theory, be homeomorphic to a 3-sphere.	1.0 RC1
82	Hot tamale, hot hot tamale!	Line of This Weebl animated song.
163	Hotter than the sun!	May refer to Minecraft becoming very popular very fast.
212	Huge tracts of land!	A quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, describing the "assets" of a bride-to-be. Also refers to the large areas of terrain present in Minecraft.
141	I miss ADOM!	Ancient Domains of Mystery is a very old, but popular and unique roguelike game, featuring a world made completely of ASCII characters for graphics, dungeons (random and infinite), and monsters, but also many (optional) storylines that help hold all the features together to stop it from becoming boring.
298	I see your vocabulary has improved!	Possible reference to the addition of multilingual support in Minecraft 11w49a.	11w50a
198	idspispopd!	The NoClip command for Doom.
301	if not ok then return end	This is the third splash that doesn't end with an exclamation point (!), other than the "missingno" splash that appears when the splashes.txt file is modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder; the first splash was "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?" and the second was "Lennart lennart = new Lennart();".	11w50a
19	Indev!	Indev was the second major version of Minecraft, after Classic. It was succeeded by Infdev.
66	Indie!	Minecraft is an indie game.
218	Information wants to be free!	Slogan referring to the fact that keeping contained information tends to be more difficult than allowing it to disseminate.
32	Ingots!	Iron and Gold Ingots are obtainable in the game.
71	Inspirational!	Minecraft inspires players to build amazing structures or other works. It's also an inspiration to the game development world because it shows how a simple concept can turn into a huge idea.
164	Internet enabled!	Minecraft has online multiplayer, as well as a website. You can also play it in your browser.
23	It's a game!	Minecraft is, in fact, a game. May also refer to people who take the game too seriously.
13	It's finished!	Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "When it's finished!".
223	It's groundbreaking!	Minecraft is considered to be a pioneer game, creating a new genre. This is also a pun on the nature of Minecraft, which involves breaking ground.	Beta 1.6
11	It's here!	Refers to the fact that Minecraft's release is finally approaching. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash said "Coming soon!".
192	Jag känner en bot!	"I know a bot" in Swedish. Refers to the first line of the song "Boten Anna" by the Swedish dance artist, Basshunter.
162	Jason! Jason! Jason!	The main character of the game Heavy Rain yells "Jason!" repeatedly while looking for his son.
226	Jeb has amazing hair!	Referring to Mojang employee Jens Bergensten having long, red hair.	Beta 1.8pre1
210	Joel is neat!	May refer to Canadian electronic music composer Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman.
209	Jump up, jump up, and get down!	"Jump Around" by American hip hop group "House of Pain".
50	Kaaneeeedaaaa!	Refers to the Japanese anime film Akira.
30	Keyboard compatible!	Minecraft is basically unplayable without the use of a keyboard.
250	Khaaaaaaaaan!	A reference to the scene in The Wrath of Khan when Captain Kirk screams Khan's name.	Beta 1.8pre1
169	Kick it root down!	Lyrics from the song "Root Down" by American hip hop band "Beastie Boys".
14	Kind of dragon free!	In previous versions of Minecraft, where dragons haven't been implemented, this splash said "Absolutely dragon free!". It may be a possible reference to a quote from Wurm Online, wherein Notch states that "we will never add dragons." Dragons were eventually added, however. The same thing happened in Minecraft with the addition of the Enderdragon in 1.9 Pre-release 4. The splash has been updated to "kind of" in Minecraft 1.0 RC 1, since there's only one dragon per world in a special dimension.
229	Kinda like Lemmings!	Lemmings is a game which also features mining, digging and blowing things up.	Beta 1.8pre1
130	Kiss the sky!	A reference to the lyrics from "Purple Haze" by American guitarrist Jimi Hendrix. Also a reference to the fact that the Player is able to stand in the sky high above the clouds although there is a barrier stopping the player from moving more than 128 blocks above bedrock.
35	l33t!	Leet is a common internet language that is made up of numbers and symbols. For example, "hello" is written as "|-|3110".
118	Larger than Earth!	The theoretical maximum size of the map in Minecraft is roughly eight times the total surface area of the Earth. However, technical restrictions mean that the actual maximum size is much smaller, though still larger than the Earth.
62	Legal in Finland!	May be a reference to the urban legend that Donald Duck is illegal in Finland.
297	Lennart lennart = new Lennart();	"Lennart" is a Swedish variant of the name "Leonard". This is a bit of pseudocode declaring a new Lennart, named "lennart", of type "Lennart". This is the second splash that doesn't end with an exclamation point (!), other than the "missingno" splash that appears when the splashes.txt file is modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder; the first splash was "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?".	11w50a
251	Less addictive than TV Tropes!	TV Tropes is very addictive.	Beta 1.8pre1
224	Let our battle's begin!	Probably a reference to Bob the angry flower.	Beta 1.6
126	Let's danec!	A reference to a typo Notch made while working on Wurm Online.
231	Leveraging synergy!	When players work together, they can work many times quicker than when they are alone, they can create amazing structures, and they can also make new friends. The phrase also uses words common to business speak.	Beta 1.8pre1
129	Lewd with two dudes with food!	A line from "If You're Into It" by Flight of the Conchords.
8	Limited edition!	May refer to Alpha and Beta, as they are both limited editions, and they will soon become a full game.
186	Lives in a pineapple under the sea!	Part of the opening line of the theme song for the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.
102	Livestreamed!	There are quite a few livestreams of people playing Minecraft, with Notch making occasional appearances.
220	Lots of truthiness!	A reference to Stephen Colbert's favorite word "truthiness".
90	Loved by millions!	Over 4 million copies of Minecraft have been sold.
85	Macroscopic!	Can either mean to be visible to the naked eye, or to be large and complex; Minecraft is both.
261	Made by Jeb!	Jeb is the lead Minecraft developer now that Notch has stepped down from developing it.	1.0 RC1
10	Made by Notch!	Notch is the creator of Minecraft.
24	Made in Sweden!	A parody of the very well-known phrase "Made in _" (China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, etc.), based on Notch living in Sweden.
187	MAP11 has two names!	Doom II: Hell on Earth's MAP11.
155	Matt Damon!	May refer to Team America: World Police, in which Matt Damon can only say his name.
4	May contain nuts!	A common food allergen warning. It also could refer to the "nutty" (obsessed) players of the game.
273	Meeting expectations!		1.0 RC1
197	Menger sponge!	The Menger sponge is a fractal object that can be built in Minecraft until certain point, since the maximum altitude reachable without using mods is of 128 blocks.
254	Millions of peaches!	A Possible reference to the "The Presidents of the United States of America" song Peaches. Where the line "Millions of peaches!" is repeated.	Beta 1.8pre1
27	Minecraft!	The name of the game.
60	Minors welcome!	Minecraft is suitable for children due to its lack of overt violence or gore, and complete lack of profanity or sexual content. It is also a pun on the word "miners".
89	Monster infighting!	Aggressive mobs can attack one another if the player can get one mob to accidently attack another.
252	More addictive than lemonade!		Beta 1.8pre1
6	More polygons!	Most of today's video games, including Minecraft, are visually based on polygons.
16	More than 500 sold!	Minecraft has sold millions of copies, so this is indeed true.
101	Music by C418!	All of Minecraft's music was composed by C418.
296	My life for Aiur!	Aiur is the homeworld of the protoss in the StarCraft video game series.	11w50a
111	Never dig down!	Digging directly under you is never recommended, since there could be a long drop, a dungeon, mobs or lava below you.
115	Nice to meet you!
113	Not linear!	As Minecraft is a sandbox game, there is no actual storyline to follow; the game's appeal instead lies in emergent gameplay.
45	Not on steam!	Minecraft is not sold via Steam, but only on the [www.minecraft.net Minecraft website].
100	Notch <3 ez!	ez is Notch's spouse.
70	Now in 3D!	Minecraft has a 3D Anaglyph mode.
180	Now supports åäö!	These characters are not part of the standard 26-character Latin alphabet, but are used in the Swedish alphabet (many Scandinavian languages use such extended versions of the Latin alphabet). Minecraft now supports these characters in in-game input fields.
51	Now with difficulty!	Difficulty may be set to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.
99	NP is not in P!	The P versus NP problem is widely considered the most important unsolved problem in computer science. In layman's terms, it is still unknown whether P is in NP or equal to NP. Either way, NP is technically not in P, so the splash text line is true.
149	Octagonal!	May be a reference to this thread, or this other thread.
46	Oh man!	What players will likely say when they see something frightening, like a Creeper, or frustrating, like being killed.
204	Oh, ok, Pigmen!	Zombie Pigmen may be found in the Nether. A skin for regular Pigmen can be found in the .jar file, and they are planned for a future release.
143	OICU812!	When read aloud, "Oh, I see you ate one, too." May be a reference to text messaging.
188	Omnipotent!	The player can do nearly anything to the surrounding world.
17	One of a kind!	Refers to Minecraft being a unique game.
76	OpenGL 1.2!	Another technology used by Minecraft. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "OpenGL 1.1!".
274	PC gaming since 1873!	The slogan of the UK-based PC gaming blog Rock, Paper, Shotgun.	1.0 RC1
133	Peter Griffin!	Head of the family from the animated TV show Family Guy.
120	Phobos anomaly!	The final map of Doom's first episode.
48	Pixels!	Minecraft is heavily influenced by pixel art. Additionally, Minecraft has a pixelated look, due to low-resolution textures. And every game, like Minecraft, or anything on the computer screen is made up of pixels.
271	Place ALL the blocks!	A snowclone meme originating from the blog Hyperbole and a Half which contained the phrase "Clean ALL the things!".	1.0 RC1
83	Play him off, keyboard cat!	Keyboard Cat is an internet meme wherein after someone makes an embarrassing mistake a cat is shown playing a keyboard. May refer to embarrassing/careless mistakes the player can make, such as digging directly down or forgetting to use Sneak.
207	Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!	This one was added during the yearly LRR Desert Bus charity drive.
75	Played by cowboys!	May be a reference to the Redstone Cowboys. Also refers to the fact that you can ride pigs in the game.
147	Pneumatic!	A word meaning "air", which is an invisible block in Minecraft. Also used in the novel Brave New World to describe women in their society who are promiscuous, and get around, as Minecraft has.
104	Polynomial!	Polynomials.
54	Pretty!	The landscapes in Minecraft are often very visually appealing.
288	Pumpa kungen!	"Pumpa kungen" is Swedish for "pumpkin king".	1.0 RC1
259	Pumpkinhead!	Pumpkins are wearable as helmets in Minecraft.	Beta 1.8pre1
121	Punching wood!	While not strictly necessary, it is nearly impossible to start a new game without collecting wood, which, lacking tools, must be done by punching it.
87	Random splash!	Different splash texts appear randomly, just like this one.
249	Read more books!		Beta 1.8pre1
128	Reference implementation!	Refers to wikipedia:Reference implementation Reference Implementation.
170	Regional resources!	Minecraft has biomes which contain specific resources.
154	Representing Edsbyn!	Edsbyn is a city in Sweden.
26	Reticulating splines!	Refers to a running gag during loading processes in many games of the Sim and Spore series by Maxis.
117	Ride the pig!	Using a saddle, you can! scope="row" | Also, it could be a reference to the Invader Zim episode "Attack of the Saucer Morons". Or it could also be a reference to the famous Metallica album Ride The Lightning.
152	Rita is the new top dog!	Refers to old Australian TV show, Prisoner.
206	Scary!	Some people find Minecraft scary.
108	Scientific!	Minecraft is scientific in that it uses computer science but also players can craft or smelt items to make them into better or more useful items.
283	See you next Friday or so!	MineCon is scheduled to take place on Friday, November 18, 2011, a little less than a week after the release of the Minecraft 1.0 release candidates.	1.0 RC1
127	Seecret Friday update!	Before Minecraft went Beta, updates were released weekly, every Friday. Notch called these updates "Seecret Friday updates".
81	Sensational!	Minecraft has become an internet sensation.
7	Sexy!
29	Singleplayer!	Minecraft does indeed have a Single Player mode.
201	Slow acting portals!	Portals to the Nether take a few seconds to activate.
200	So fresh, so clean!	"So Fresh, So Clean" is a song by American hip hop duo "Outkast".
20	Spiders everywhere!	There's 3 different variations of spiders in the game.
119	sqrt(-1) love you!	Mathematical confession using imaginary numbers. sqrt(-1) is represented by the mathematical constant i, so this phrase translates to "i love you".
214	Stay a while, stay forever!	A quote from Impossible Mission, a game for the Commodore 64. Refers to the addictive quality of Minecraft.
215	Stay a while and listen!	A quote from Elder Deckard Cain from the Diablo series.
266	Stop, hammertime!	A phrase from the song "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer.	1.0 RC1
148	Sublime!	A term that flourished in the Romance period, used to describe a feeling of simultaneous wonder and terror at natural phenomena- quite apt for many a player's experience of the game. (Additionally, the German Romance painter Friedrich's "The Wanderer over the Sea of Fog", frequently cited as a prototypical example of the sublime in art, is the source for an in-game painting.)
156	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!	The famous song from Disney's Mary Poppins. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, it said "Superfragilisticexpialidocious". Notch probably meant to have it say "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", though he has hinted it may be a hidden message. Possibly it being in that the frag is super, where frag is a term meaning to kill.
37	Survive!	Survival was once the only given objective in the game, although more objectives were added with the inclusion of Achievements.
196	Switches and ores!	Redstone is used to create switches, and many types of ore can be found. Also a reference to the meme "Bitches and Whores".
153	SWM forever!
125	Synecdoche!	A synecdoche (Greek for "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech where an object or concept is represented by a part or subconcept.
112	Take frequent breaks!
64	Technically good!	Minecraft is good according to popular opinion. Could also refer to the technical side, such as building redstone circuits.
286	Technologic!	Title of a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk.	1.0 RC1
49	Teetsuuuuoooo!	Refers to the Japanese anime film Akira.
98	Tell your friends!	Minecraft has reached its current popularity mainly by word of mouth.
105	Terrestrial!	Minecraft is located entirely on Earth (or at least, an Earth-like planet). May also refer to the fact that the player lives a primarily terrestrial, rather than arboreal or aquatic, lifestyle, although treehouses and shelters in the middle of oceans can be built.
267	Testificates!	In pre-release versions, all Villagers had the name "TESTIFICATE" over their head.	1.0 RC1
34	That's no moon!	Famous quote from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The full quote is: "That's no moon, it's a space station!". May also be a reference to the fact that the Minecraft Moon is highly pixelated and barely resembles a moon. Originally, this splash said "That's not a moon!", which was corrected in the release-candidate.
247	That's super!		Beta 1.8pre1
40	The bee's knees!	A slang phrase originating from the 1920's U.S.
221	The creeper is a spy!	"The […] is a spy!" is a common phrase used in Team Fortress 2 to warn other players of enemy spies; the Spy is a class that is able to disguise as the enemy team and kill them from behind, which creepers tend to do.
225	The sky is the limit!	The building limit is in the sky, at layer 128. Also refers to the near-endless set of things to do with Minecraft.	Beta 1.6
139	The sum of its parts!	Reference to the living systems theory.
138	The Work of Notch!	Notch created Minecraft, also a possible reference to The Word of Notch.
146	Thematic!	Relating to a talking topic. Like "Tell your friends!", Minecraft has reached its current popularity mainly by word of mouth.
256	This is my true form!	A common cliche stock phrase usually used by villains and godly figures in works of fantasy. It is mainly employed at the final battle of the game.	Beta 1.8pre1
232	This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?	Despite what this splash claims, the message does appear on the splash screen. This is the first splash that doesn't end with an exclamation point (!), other than the "missingno" splash that appears when the splashes.txt file is modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder.	Beta 1.8pre1
193	This text is hard to read if you play the game at the default resolution, but at 1080p it's fine!	The splash text scales to fit, making this particular splash difficult to read at lower resolutions.
77	Thousands of colors!	Alias for highcolor, which can represent up to 65,536 colors, on a Macintosh.
182	Tip your waiter!	A phrase commonly said by comedians at the end of their performances. Other variations are "Tip your waitress!" or "Try the veal!"
257	Totally forgot about Dre!	Referring to the song Forgot about Dre by Dr. Dre.	Beta 1.8pre1
216	Treatment for your rash!	A commonly-used phrase in medicine advertising. However, Minecraft will not, in fact, treat your rash.
78	Try it!	Similar to check it out!
80	Try the mushroom stew!	Minecraft contains Mushroom Stew.
202	Try the Nether!	There is a dimension in Minecraft called The Nether.
208	Twittered about!	Notch often tweets about Minecraft on his Twitter feed, as do many other people.
222	Turing complete!	Turing completeness is a term used in computer science for machines and programming languages that are able to perform all operations of a Turing machine. The Redstone mechanism is one of them.
237	Tyrion would love it!	Refers to Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf from the George R. R. Martin book A Dance With Dragons, in which he performs a mock joust while mounted on a pig. Minecraft lets you dig and ride pigs. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, the name was misspelled as "Tyrian".	Beta 1.8pre1
91	Ultimate edition!	Likely refers to the fact that players who pay for Beta will not have to pay for the full game.
142	umop-apisdn!	The phrase "upside-down", upside-down.
228	Undefeated!	So far, no online-based PC game has ever usurped Minecraft in popularity.	Beta 1.8pre1
31	Undocumented!	There is no formal documentation from Notch about Minecraft.
150	Une baguette!	Literally "a stick" in French, a baguette is a kind of bread. Minecraft also features bread and sticks. Could also be a reference to the Flight of the Conchords song "Foux Du Fafa".
95	Uninflammable!	A joke on the fact that "inflammable" is often mistaken to mean "not flammable" due to the "in-" prefix.
25	Uses LWJGL!	Minecraft uses LWJGL.
132	Verlet intregration!	Verlet integration is a technique often used to calculate trajectories of particles.
183	Very fun!
185	Vote for net neutrality!	Net neutrality is a principle that advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers or governments on consumers' access to networks that participate in the internet.
94	Water proof!	Most blocks in Minecraft are unaffected by water.
213	Welcome to your Doom!	The boss quote from Altered Beast.
299	Who put it there?		11w50a
96	Whoa, dude!	Players will likely react this way frequently, either by impressive structures built by other players or by an unexpected Creeper explosion.
173	Woo, /v/!	The video game board on 4chan, where Minecraft is frequently discussed (and occasionally promoted by Notch).
171	Woo, facepunch!	Facepunch is a game forum.
175	Woo, minecraftforum!	MinecraftForum is the official Minecraft forums.
177	Woo, reddit!	Reddit is a popular internet blog.
178	Woo, 2pp!	A reference to 2 Player Productions, the company behind Minecraft:The Story of Mojang.
172	Woo, somethingawful!	SomethingAwful is an internet site.
174	Woo, tigsource!	TIGSource is another game forum.
176	Woo, worldofminecraft!	World of Minecraft is yet another popular Minecraft forum.
44	Wow!
28	Yaaay!
74	Yes, sir!	Possibly refers to Notch being the final word in what gets implemented in Minecraft and that players should accept it.
300	You can't explain that!	A reference to a popular image macro series using an image of Bill O'Reilly, with a misunderstanding of a standard occurrence followed by "YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT"	11w50a
93	You've got a brand new key!	Refers to the song "Brand New Key" by American folk singer Melanie.
295	Γεια σου Ελλάδα!	Greek for "Hello, Greece!".	11w50a
294	Привет Россия!	Russian for "Hello, Russia!".	11w50a
289	日本ハロー！	Japanese for "Hello, Japan!".	11w50a
290	한국 안녕하세요!	Korean for "Hello, South Korea!".	11w50a
293	你好中国！	Chinese for "Hello, China!".	11w50a

Special splashes

Occasionally Mojang will replace all the regular splashes with a single splash visible for a set time.

Splash text	Occasion
1K in 24h!	Shown on the Alpha 1.0.13_02 update, to celebrate the 1000 sales in the last 24 hours before the release.
[DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!]	Shown on the Halloween Update build since Notch gave it to PCGamer as a "preview".
Happy birthday, ez!	Shown on 9 November, 2010 and 2011, ez being Notch's wife (this was added when they were still not married).
Happy birthday, Notch!	Shown on 1 June 2011.
Finally beta!	Excluding Merry X-Mas and Happy New Year, this was the one and only splash from Beta 1.0 to Beta 1.2. Beta 1.2_01 reinstated random splashes.
Merry X-mas!	Shown on December 24, 2010, celebrating Christmas, aka X-mas.
Happy New Year!	Shown on January 1, 2011, celebrating the new year of 2011.
missingno	Shown when the splashes.txt file has been modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder. References a glitch Pokémon found in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue for the Gameboy and another rumored glitch for the DS Pokémon games as well.
PC Gamer Demo!	This splash is the one and only splash in the PC Gamer Demo.

Changed splashes

Note: the current versions of all splashes here are documented above; they do not need descriptions or explanations in this section.

Original splash	Changed splash	Version changed
Absolutely dragon free!	Kind of dragon free!	1.0 RC1
"Noun" is an autonym!	"Autological" is!	1.0 RC1
When it's finished!	It's finished!	1.0 RC1

Removed splashes

Splash text	Explanation	Version of removal
Pre-beta!	Alpha version of Minecraft.	Beta 1.2
Alpha version!	Alpha version of Minecraft.	Beta 1.2
9.95 euro!	The pricing of the Alpha version of Minecraft, which is half that of the final price.	Beta 1.2
Half price!	The pricing of the Alpha version of Minecraft, which is half that of the final price.	Beta 1.2

Custom Splashes

Players are able to find the splashes.txt file in the minecraft.jar file. This file can be edited to the player's liking, listing only one splash per line. Before replacing the original splashes with user created ones, the META-INF folder needs to be deleted. If the META-INF folder isn't deleted, all splashes will appear as "missingno".