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The Splash texts are the 220 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).

Complete list of splashes

Splash text Explanation
...!
0% sugar! Not necessarily true anymore. Sugar is an item now.
100% pure! Minecraft is 100% purely itself.
12 herbs and spices! KFC's secret chicken flavoring recipe contains 11 herbs and spices.
12345 is a bad password! 12345 is a commonly used password. Also, this is a reference to the movie Spaceballs by Mel Brooks.
150% hyperbole! Refers to Hyperbole and a Half.
20 GOTO 10! Refers to BASIC.
4815162342 lines of code! 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 are The Numbers that appear all over the television series Lost.
90% bug free! As the game is still in development mode, it has some bugs.
A skeleton popped out! Refers to a pretty funny, rather than creepy, bit of creepypasta. Of course, Minecraft also features skeletons, though they do not tend to pop out.
Absolutely dragon free! Dragons are not in Minecraft, although Notch has hinted at them before.
Absolutely no memes! Minecraft is a popular source for internet memes, which often only grow greater because of statements like this.
Age of Wonders is better! Age of Wonders is a turn-based strategy game.
All inclusive!
All is full of love! "All Is Full of Love" is a song by Björk.
"Almost never" is an interesting concept! Possible reference to the mathematical concept of "almost surely" and its inverse.
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery! Winston Churchill once said something similar about Russia.
As seen on TV! A common marketing claim that is often lampooned.
Ask your doctor! Similar to "As seen on TV", said at some point in almost every pharmaceutical advertisement.
Autonomous! There are very few rules or restrictions in Minecraft.
Awesome community!
Awesome!
Bees, bees, bees, bees! A lyric from one of Weebl's works, "cup".
Best in class!
Better than Prey! Prey is a first person shooter that was well-received by critics.
Bring it on!
Bring me Ray Cokes! Ray Cokes is an English television presenter popular in Europe.
Bringing home the bacon! May refer to Minecraft sales being Notch's source of income.
BTAF used to be good! Bob the Angry Flower is a comic strip that has been running since 1992.
Buckets of lava! A bucket may be filled with lava in Survival.
Call your mother!
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, a painting of a pipe with the sentence "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." ("This is not a pipe.") written beneath it.
Check it out!
Classy!
Closed source! Minecraft is currently closed-source proprietary software, meaning the source code has not been 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".
Cloud computing! Cloud computing.
Cogito ergo sum! "I think, therefore I am" in Latin.
Collaborate and listen! Lyrics to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice.
Coming soon! Minecraft is still in a developmental phase, and has not been "formally" released yet.
Complex cellular automata! Both Minecraft and a piece of Notch's earlier work feature these kinds of mechanisms; Notch has stated that he is fascinated by cellular automata.
Consummate V's! Refers to an episode of Homestar Runner.
Cooler than Spock! Spock is a Star Trek character.
Cow Tools! Refers to a Far Side comic by Gary Larson. Also, Minecraft features cows.
Create! Minecraft is a sandbox game.
Do not distribute! Part of the Minecraft terms and conditions, referred to as "The one major rule" by Notch.
Don't look directly at the bugs! Minecraft is still in an incomplete Beta stage, with a number of known bugs.
Double buffered! Another Minecraft feature.
Down with O.P.P.! Line from the song "O.P.P." by Naughty by Nature.
DRR! DRR! DRR! Refers to the horror manga short story The Enigma of Amigara Fault, which among fans is a popular origin story for the Creeper.
Dungeon! Dungeons may be found in Survival.
Engage! Refers to the Star Trek saying "Engage!" by Jean-Luc Picard.
Enhanced!
Eple (original edit)! Title of a piece by Norwegian electronic music duo Rökysopp.
Euclidian! Minecraft mainly relies on one of the simplest forms of Euclidian geometry, the cube.
Excitement!
Exclusive! Minecraft is only for people who buy the game.
Exploding creepers! The beloved creature of this name.
Falling off cliffs! Often happened accidentally before sneaking was implemented.
Fan fiction! Minecraft has fan fiction.
Fantasy! Minecraft is a work of fantasy.
Fat free! Often an advertising point used to try and sell food to people who are looking to lose weight.
Finally with ladders! Ladders are an item in Survival.
Finger-licking! "Finger-lickin' good" is a slogan of KFC.
Flashing letters!
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 as "lucky spyglass".
Freaky! Some people find Minecraft scary.
Free dental!
Full of stars! "My god, it's full of stars!" is quote from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Gargamel plays it! Gargamel is the enemy of the Smurfs.
Gasp!
Give us Gordon! A possible reference to Gordon Freeman, the protagonist of Half-Life, in which the military troops write "Give Us Gordon Freeman" in graffiti.
Google analyticsed! Google Analytics is a service that provides statistics about visitors to a website.
GOTY! PC Gamer UK, among others, crowned Minecraft their game of the year 2010.
Guaranteed!
Haha, LOL!
Half price! During Alpha, the price was 50% off the final price.
Hampsterdance! Hampster Dance is one of the oldest internet memes.
Han shot first! A contentious scene in Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Hard to label! May refer to Minecraft being a diverse game.
Haunted! Likely a reference to the Herobrine hoax.
Heaps of hits on YouTube! Minecraft is among the most popular topics on YouTube. Notch's channel is rarely updated, but has garnered more than eight million views already.
Herregud! Swedish for "Oh My God!".
Holy cow, man! May refer to Bart Simpson, of The Simpsons.
Hot tamale, hot hot tamale! This Weebl animated song.
Hotter than the sun! May refer to Minecraft becoming very popular very fast.
Huge tracts of land! A quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, describing the "assets" of a bride-to-be.
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.
idspispopd! The NoClip command for Doom.
Indev! Indev is the second version of Minecraft, after Classic.
Indie! Minecraft is an indie game.
Information wants to be free! Net neutrality.
Ingots! Iron and Gold Ingots are obtainable in Survival.
Inspirational!
Internet enabled! Minecraft has online multiplayer.
It's a game! Just in case you weren't sure.
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.
Jason! Jason! Jason! The main character of the game Heavy Rain yells "Jason!" repeatedly while looking for his son.
Joel is neat! May refer to Deadmau5's real name, Joel Zimmerman.
Jump up, jump up, and get down! "Jump Around" by House of Pain.
Kaaneeeedaaaa! Refers to the movie Akira.
Keyboard compatible! Minecraft is compatible with a keyboard, but does not need one to be played.
Kick it root down! Lyrics from the song "Root Down" by the Beastie Boys.
Kiss the sky! Impossible because there is a barrier stopping you from moving more than 128 blocks above bedrock; also a reference to the lyrics from "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix.
l33t! Leet.
Larger than Earth! The theoretical maximum size of the map in Minecraft is roughly eight times the total surface area of the Earth.
Legal in Finland! May be a reference the rumour that Donald Duck is illegal in Finland.
Let's danec! A purposeful misspelling of dance?
Lewd with two dudes with food! A line from "If You're Into It" by Flight of the Conchords.
Limited edition! May refer to Alpha and Beta, as they are both limited editions, and they will soon become a full game.
Lives in a pineapple under the sea! Refers to the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.
Livestreamed! There are quite a few livestreams of people playing Minecraft.
Loved by millions! Over one million copies of Minecraft have been sold.
Macroscopic! Can either mean to be visible to the naked eye, or to be large and complex; Minecraft is both.
Made by Notch! Notch is the creater of Minecraft.
Made in Sweden! A parody of the very well-known phrase "Made in _" (China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, etc.), based on Notch living in Sweden.
MAP11 has two names! Doom II: Hell on Earth's MAP11.
Matt Damon! May refer to Team America: World Police, in which Matt Damon can only speak his name.
May contain nuts! A common food allergen warning.
Menger sponge! The Menger sponge is a fractal object that can be built in Minecraft.
Minecraft! Obviously!
Minors welcome! Minecraft is suitable for children due to its lack of overt violence or gore, and complete lack of profanity.
Monster infighting! Aggressive mobs can attack one another.
More polygons! Most of today's video games, including Minecraft, are visually based on polygons.
More than 500 sold! Minecraft has sold over 1 million copies, so this is indeed true. Note: Has this may be removed?
Music by C418! All of Minecraft's music was composed by C418.
Never dig down! Digging directly under you is not recomended, since there could be a long drop or lava below you.
Nice to meet you!
Not linear! As Minecraft is a sandbox game, there is no imminent storyline to follow.
Not on steam! Minecraft is not sold via Steam, but only on the Minecraft website.
Notch <3 ez! ez is Notch's fiancee.
"Noun" is an autonym! An autonym can be a pseudonymous author's actual name, an automatically-assigned botanical scientific name, or the name for a group of people or their language in their language. Notch probably meant an autological word, which is a word which describes itself. In this case, the word "noun" is a noun.
Now in 3D! Minecraft has a 3D Anaglyph mode.
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).
Now with difficulty! Difficulty may be set to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.
NP is not in P! The P versus NP problem is widely considered the most important unsolved problem in computer science.
Octagonal!
Oh man! An exlamation often said when one hears a hissing sound behind one's back.
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.
OICU812! When read aloud, "oh, I see you ate one, too".
Omnipotent! Omnipotent means "all powerful".
One of a kind! Refers to Minecraft being a unique game.
OpenGL 1.1! Another technology used by Minecraft, though not the advertised version.
Peter Griffin! Head of the family from Family Guy.
Phobos anomaly! The final map of Doom's first episode.
Pixels! Minecraft is heavily influenced by pixel art.
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.
Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig This one was added during the yearly LRR Desert Bus charity drive.
Played by cowboys!
Pneumatic! Minecraft contains water and some water physics, though pneumatic devices themselves are not currently possible.
Polynomial! Minecraft is built with polygons, namely squares.
Pretty!
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.
Random splash! It literally describes itself.
Reference implementation!
Regional resources! Minecraft has biomes which contain specific resources.
Representing Edsbyn! A city in Sweden.
Reticulating splines! Refers to a running gag during loading processes in many games of the SimSeries by Maxis.
Ride the pig! Using a saddle, you can! Also, it could be a reference to the Invader ZIM episode "Attack of the Saucer Morons". [1]
Rita is the new top dog! Refers to old Australian TV show, Prisoner.
Scary! Some people find Minecraft scary.
Scientific!
Seecret Friday update! Before Minecraft went Beta, Notch would call the weekly Friday updates "Seecret Friday updates".
Sensational!
Sexy!
Singleplayer! Minecraft does indeed have a Single Player mode.
Slow acting portals! Portals to the Nether take a few seconds to activate.
So fresh, so clean! "So Fresh, So Clean" is a song by Outkast.
Spiders everywhere! The creature, of course.
sqrt(-1) love you! Mathematical confession using imaginary numbers. sqrt(-1) is represented by the imaginary unit i, so this phrase literally means "i love you".
Stay a while, stay forever! A quote from Impossible Mission, a game for the Commodore 64.
Stay a while and listen! A quote from Elder Deckard Cain from the Diablo series.
Sublime!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! The famous song from Disney's Mary Poppins.
Survive! The only given objective in the game
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".
SWM forever!
Synecdoche! A synecdoche (Greek for "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech where an object or concept is represented by a part or subconcept.
Take frequent breaks! Often recommended when using a computer monitor.
Technically good!
Teetsuuuuoooo! Refers to the movie Akira.
Tell your friends! Minecraft has reached its current popularity mainly by word of mouth.
Terrestrial! Minecraft is located entirely on Earth (or at least, an Earth-like planet).
That's not a moon! Famous quote from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
The bee's knees!
The sum of its parts! Reference to the living systems theory.
The Work of Notch! Notch created Minecraft, also a possible reference to The Word of Notch.
Thematic!
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.
Thousands of colors! Alias for highcolor on a Macintosh, can represent up to 65,536 colors.
Tip your waiter! A phrase usually uttered by comedians at the end of their performances.
Treatment for your rash!
Try it! You really should.
Try the mushroom stew! Minecraft contains Mushroom Stew.
Try the Nether! There is a region in Minecraft called The Nether.
Twittered about! Notch often tweets about Minecraft on his Twitter feed.
Ultimate edition!
umop-apisdn! The phrase "upside-down", upside-down.
Undocumented! There is no formal documentation from Notch about Minecraft.
Une baguette! Literally "a stick" in French, a baguette is a kind of bread.
Uninflammable! A joke on the fact that "inflammable" is often mistaken to mean "not flammable" due to the "in-" prefix.
Uses LWJGL! Minecraft uses LWJGL.
Verlet intregration! A technique used to calculate trajectories of particles.
Very fun! Many people agree!
Vote for net neutrality! Net neutrality.
Water proof! Most blocks in Minecraft are unaffected by water.
Welcome to your Doom! The boss quote from Altered Beast.
When it's finished! Minecraft is still in an incomplete beta stage. Also a reference to Blizzard's scheduled release date for StarCraft II.
Whoa, dude!
Woo, /v/! The video game board on 4chan.
Woo, facepunch! Facepunch.
Woo, minecraftforum! MinecraftForum.
Woo, reddit! Reddit.
Woo, somethingawful! SomethingAwful.
Woo, tigsource! TIGSource.
Woo, worldofminecraft! World of Minecraft.
Wow!
Yaaay! You'll be thinking the same thing.
Yes, sir!
You've got a brand new key! Refers to the song "Brand New Key".

Special splashes

Occasionally Notch replaces all the regular splashes with a single splash visible for a set time.

Splash text Occasion
[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, ez being Notch's fiancee.
Finally beta! This was the only splash in Beta, excluding other specials, until the January 14, 2011 update.
Merry X-mas! Shown on December 24, 2010, celebrating Christmas, aka X-mas.
Happy New Year! Shown on January 01, 2011, celebrating the new year of 2011.
missingno Shown when the title/splashes.txt file has been modified or deleted. References a glitch found in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue for the Gameboy Color and another rumored glitch for the DS Pokémon games as well.

Removed splashes

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