Movie:Easter eggs
Throughout A Minecraft Movie, several easter eggs are hidden throughout the movie, including cameos, details, and references.
Cameos
Auction attendees
Several auction attendees attended Daryl's auction in Chuglass of a storage unit containing Steve's belongings from his former home on Earth. They were portrayed by Oliver Brotherhood, Daniel Middleton, Lizzie, and Jessica Bravura, notable for being popular content creators on YouTube, among several uncredited actors. The items up for sale included a water bed, pickaxes, a large can, mixed nuts, several "unisex turquoise blouses," and a 1978 Atari Cosmos. The auction began at $500, and Garrett won one item for $900. However, upon discovering that the Atari Cosmos box is empty, he trashes the entire storage unit, infuriating Daryl and the auction attendees.
Valkyrae was also scheduled to make a cameo, however her cameo was cut.[1]
Waiter
During the scenes at the restaurant, Jens Bergensten makes a brief cameo appearance as a waiter. He appears for less than five seconds, without any dialogue. In the behind the scenes video, Marlene + Nitwit, his gold-plated nametag shows the name Jeb, referencing Bergensten's nickname.
Survival Mode Self-Defense
During the resolution of the story, it's revealed that Natalie went on to found Survival Mode Self-Defense. Among the inductees is the film's producer, Torfi Frans Ólafsson.
Details
Trader llama
Although not appearing in the film proper, there are two references to trader llamas. In one scene, a visual gag of a wandering trader interacting with an ordinary llama can be seen. More subtly, an engraving of the mob can be seen on the trader's belt.[2]
Ruby
Within the marketplace area of Midport Village, a decoration in the shape of a ruby from Minecraft Earth can be seen.
Herobrine
During Henry’s fight against the enderman, it creates hallucinations of his friends to torment him. They all possess the same purple eyes as endermen, except for the Steve hallucination, who has white eyes. This makes him look extremely similar to Herobrine. In a tweet on April 6th, Torfi Frans Olafsson, the producer of the film, stated that "it's super strange" that the eyes of one character "kept coming out white," jokingly adding that this was due to a VFX error which was left in because of time constraints.[3] The tweet was later quoted by the main Minecraft account with a curious emoji.[4]
References
Technoblade
During the scene where Steve shows the misfits around Midport Village, Henry sees a pig wearing a crown and asks Steve if it's a king, to which Steve replies that it is "a legend". This is a reference to the YouTuber Technoblade, who died in 2022 of cancer and is often considered a legend by the community.
Water bucket clutch
At two separate points within the film, characters use a water bucket to survive a fatal fall. Initially, it's Steve who uses it to survive a crash from a firework rocket. Later, Garrett claims to have survived an explosion using this technique. Both instances are a reference to the water bucket clutch, a popular technique where a water bucket is used to break a fall. However, in the film it's presented more like a cushion, fired from a distance instead of moments before impact.
Swedish
During her date with the Nitwit, Marlene is asked by Matty The Waitress if she's finished eating. Hearing "Finnish," she remarks "no, I think he's Swedish." This is a reference to the franchise originating in Sweden.
Title drop
During the lead-up to the climax, Steve boasts "first, we mine, then we craft. Let's Minecraft!" Dawn also proceeds to say "Minecraft!"
Gallery
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Concept art for the Technoblade pig
References
- ↑ "Streamer Valkyrae Cut From A Minecraft Movie: 'I Would Much Rather Not Have That 30 Seconds Than Be Sued'" by Wesley Yin-Poole – IGN, April 7, 2025.
- ↑ "I Visited the Minecraft Movie set" – Mumbo Jumbo on YouTube, November 18, 2024
- ↑ "It’s super strange that all of their eyes were supposed to be purple but when it was rendered one of the characters eyes kept coming out white in the final rendered frames so we wound up keeping it like that, because the VFX studio ran out of time. @AMinecraftMovie" – @torfi_F_Olafss on X (formerly Twitter), April 6, 2025
- ↑ "🤔" – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X (formerly Twitter), April 6, 2025
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