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An '''Easter egg''' is an intentional -hidden message, inside joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, web page, video game, television program, movie, book or any other form of media. ''[[Minecraft]]'' features several Easter eggs hidden in the game.
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{{Exclusive|Java|section=1}}{{main|Chest#Christmas chest|Java Edition mentioned features#Joke features}}
 
From December 24–26, [[chest]]s, large chests, trapped chests, and minecarts with chest have their textures changed to Christmas chests that resemble wrapped Christmas presents. This was added in Java Edition 1.4.6 for Christmas 2012. A texture file called "skis.png" was also added in Java Edition 1.4.6 in the same folder as the Christmas chests, but it was added by [[Dinnerbone]] as a [[wikipedia:red herring|red herring]]. This was re-added for Christmas 2013,<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283385906587652096|Enjoy your fancy gift-chests, minecrafters! They'll look great under a giant tree. (And those skis? They're attached to a rouge fish.)|December 24, 2012}}<br>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283386906950119424|@Le_flobi I wouldn't consider them christian, just fun. If you still don't like them; two days.|December 24, 2012}}<br>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283392354851901440|@Crimson5M Bingo.|December 24, 2012}}<br>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283387224194707460|@MCTheWatershed Certainly not rogue.|December 24, 2012}}</ref> along with a new "rain feature"—[[pig]]s riding [[chicken]]s (this is not planned to be fully implemented). This also happened again in 2014 with a new splash reading, "Merry X-Mas!" and repeated in every Christmas since. The change doesn't apply to [[boats with chests]].<ref>{{bug|MC-249378}}</ref>
 
The change doesn't apply to [[boats with chests]].<ref>{{bug|MC-249378}}</ref>
 
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A "Thing" [[banner pattern]] can be crafted using an [[enchanted golden apple]] and [[paper]]. When put on a [[banner]], it displays Mojang Studios' old logo in whatever color [[dye]] was used. It is labeled "Thing" in the inventory. The Swedish word "mojäng" means gadget or thing.
 
=== WithersMobs on blocksChiseled Blocks ===
Many chiseled blocks have faces on them.
The [[wither]] can be spotted in two blocks. A 2×2 [[painting]] shows the soulsand T-shape and the three [[wither skeleton skull]]s. The [[chiseled red sandstone]] block depicts the wither on the edges of the block.
 
The [[chiseled sandstone]] has a [[creeper]] face on it.
 
The [[chiseled red sandstone]] has a [[wither]] on it.
 
The [[chiseled nether bricks]] has a [[wither skeleton]] face on it.
 
The [[chiseled resin bricks]] has a [[creaking]] face on it.
 
== Textures ==
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=== Armor stand ===
In the texture for the [[armor stand]], in an unused area in the bottom right, the name "Searge" can be seen in a black box. This is presumably put there as a signature by [[Searge]], the developer that implemented armor stands. In the bottom left, the name "Jappa" can be seen. This is likely another signature, this time from the texture artist, [[Jappa]], who was in charge of the [[Texture Update]]. Another name was by Chiwi, who updated the Smooth Stone base plate texture.
 
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=== Zombie pigman ===
Before the [[Texture Update]], in an unused area for the [[zombie pigman]] texture, the words "THX XAPHOBIA" could be seen. This was written by [[Notch]] to give credit and thanks to the original creator of the texture, XaPhobia.<ref>{{tweet|notch|28832121068|@Micleee thank you!|October 26, 2010}}<br>{{tweet|Kiina_RS|1693649559983980858|i happened to read the mc wiki and ended up on capes page. and poor micleee.his cape got removed according to wiki when other users asked Notch for personal capes.since then there has been 8 more personal capes. and 6 unique capes that more than 1 person has.micleee lost theirs:(|August 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>http://pokeaddicted.deviantart.com/art/Zombie-Pigmen-183701798</ref>
 
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=== Creeper ===
The first released texture of the [[creeper]]. The old leaf texture is overlaying a lighter version of the pig test texture with some green added. Areas for arms and long legs are seen, which were never used.
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Creeper (texture) JE1.png|Creeper texture from 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST.
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=== Alex ===
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Minecraft Alex hidden pixels.png|alt=Alex's texture with hidden pixels shown
Alex hidden skin.png
Alex hidden skin back.png
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In [[Java Edition 1.8|1.8]], Alex was added to the game. Invisible pixels include Alex's face with glasses, a reference to [[Jeb]], a Mojang developer, as well as an unfinished arm texture similar to Steve's used texture.
 
=== Capes ===
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==== Upside-down mobs ====
[[File:Upsidedownskele.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|An example of a pig and a creeper being named "Dinnerbone".]]Any mob (with the exception of the [[ender dragon]], [[squid]] and [[glow squid]]) named "[[Dinnerbone]]" or "[[Grumm]]" (case sensitive) through [[name tag]]s, commands, or any other method, is rendered upside-down. The mob's behavior does not change.
{{Q|Anything with my name in Minecraft is upside down, including myself.|[[dinnerbonetweet:587968702831849472|Dinnerbone]]||Nathan Adams Mojang avatar.png}}
 
This also applies to players, allowing Dinnerbone and Grumm's avatars to be rendered upside-down. This can be toggled using the "Cape" button from the "Skin Customization" menu.<ref>{{ytl|59sRgPP6POE|t=5m34s}}</ref> {{IN|Bedrock}}, if the player names themselves Dinnerbone or Grumm, they are rendered upside-down. This works only if the player did not sign into Xbox Live.{{Verify}}
As of [[Java Edition]] [[Java Edition 1.6|1.6]], any mob (with the exception of the [[ender dragon]], [[squid]] and [[glow squid]]) named "[[Dinnerbone]]" or "[[Grumm]]" (case sensitive) through [[name tag]]s, commands, or any other method, is rendered upside-down. The mob's behavior does not change.
 
This also applies to players, allowing Dinnerbone and Grumm's avatars to be rendered upside-down. This can be toggled using the "Cape" button from the "Skin Customization" menu.<ref>{{ytl|59sRgPP6POE|t=5m34s}}</ref> {{IN|Bedrock}}, if the player names themselves Dinnerbone or Grumm, they are rendered upside-down. This works only if the player did not sign into Xbox Live.
 
==== Rainbow sheep ====
[[File:Jeb Sheep.gif|thumb|upright=0.5|A sheep named "jeb_"]]
In [[Java Edition]] [[Java Edition 1.7.4|1.7.4]] namingNaming a sheep "[[Jens Bergensten|jeb_]]" using a [[name tag]] or a renamed [[spawn egg]] causes it to continually cycle through all colors a sheep can be dyed. When sheared using shears, however, the sheep drops wool of the original color of the sheep rather than the color that currently appears on the sheep. {{IN|be}}, ifIf a sheep is named jeb_, and then sheared, the leftover wool on its skin continues to cycle through all the colors.
 
==== "Toast the Bunny" ====
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[[File:deadmau5_blue.png|100px]] [[File:deadmau5_RED.png|100px]]
 
With the addition of the cape, Notch also added ears for the player [[deadmau5]]. The ears are "vanity items and are worn in addition to the player's skin"{{Citation needed}}, with the texture contained within [http://textures.minecraft.net/texture/48db3fbf18e5f0ef266b47f5e6b54126a55f331558ff34cb17468753d84d096 deadmau5's skin]. deadmau5 cannot disable his ears, as a translucent part of the skin is automatically converted into a black color. His name tag is also programmed to render ten pixels higher to be above the ears. The ears are set to show up based on the username, rather than the UUID of the player, meaning that if deadmau5 were to change his name, he would not keep his ears.{{Verify}}
 
deadmau5 cannot disable his ears, as a translucent part of the skin is automatically converted into a black color. His name tag is also programmed to render ten pixels higher to be above the ears.
 
The ears are set to show up based on the username, rather than the UUID of the player, meaning that if deadmau5 were to change his name, he would not keep his ears.
 
As a side effect of this easter egg, any entity with the name tag "deadmau5", including named mobs, has its name tag render ten pixels higher than a normal name tag.
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== Splashes ==
=== Never displayed splash ===
Within the "texts" folder, there is a text file named <code>splashes.txt</code>. The text file contains all the splashes[[splash]]es that appear on the title screen. One of them is "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?" If you modify the text file to only contain this string of text the game will crash. As its text implies, the splash is never displayed. However, in Legacy Console Edition it does display, but it has never been confirmed if it is a bug or an intentional feature.
 
=== missingno splash ===
In older versions, if one were to delete the file splashes.txt without also deleting the META-INF folder, the splash text on the title screen would appear as "missingno". This is a reference to the infamous glitch Pokémon {{w|MissingNo.}} found in the first generation of ''Pokémon'' games. This was later changed to a {{w|zero-width no-break space}}, which is displayed with ''Minecraft''{{'}}s Unicode font as a box with the letters "ZWNBSP" within it.
 
The splash was added in [[Java Edition Alpha v1.0.12]] and it's the only vanilla version with this splash by default since splashes.txt was nottemporarily added yetremoved.
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Alpha v1.0.12 menu.png|Splash in [[Alpha v1.0.12]].
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=== Holiday splashes ===
Special splashes appear all day on some holidays: "Happy new year!" on January 1, and "Merry X-Mas!" on Christmas Eve.
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File:Happy new year!.png|"Happy new year!" splash.
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=== Coronavirus ===
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[[File:Technoblade On Launch Screen.png|thumb|left|The crown on the pig.]]
Following the announcement on June 30, 2022 that popular ''Minecraft'' YouTuber [[wikipedia:Technoblade|Technoblade]] passed away from stage 4 cancer, Mojang added his skin's crown to the pig on the ''Java Edition'' art in memory of him. A splash text "Technoblade never dies!" was also added in his honor in [[Java Edition 1.19.1|1.19.1]]. The launcher art was later changed to reflect [[The Wild Update]], removing the pig and the crown from the launcher.
 
A Technoblade pig also appears in {{AMCM}}.
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==== Stampylonghead reference ====
In the Legacy Console Edition TU19/CU7/1.12 Tutorial World, there was an island in the northeast side of the world and it had a remake of several buildings from Minecraft YouTuber [[Stampylonghead]], including his house along with his boat, the S.S. Stumpy.<ref>''not'' the S.S. Stampy, see: {{ytl|2w4zzVPJ4WU|t=13m48s}}</ref>
 
Additionally, the boat was seen in the trailer for [[Legacy Console Edition]] TU19/CU7.<ref>{{ytl|eJj3zgI4v9A|t=1m15s}}</ref>
 
A world based on the map, containing all of his creations, would later be released by [[4J Studios]] on the [[Marketplace|Minecraft Marketplace]] in 2024 as "Stampy's Lovely World".<ref>[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/pdp?id=2cac624e-2f90-4b3c-aa62-6dd0493ad20e]</ref>
 
=== Notch's birthday ===
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* The painting '[[List of painting textures|Mortal Coil]]' is partly a reference to the character Bruno Martinez from Grim Fandango.<ref>{{tweet|_MightyPotato|1636021966997164035|I wanted to get a print of the skeleton in the paper boat, or conch shell? Never knew what he was in but I couldn't find it on your website. Is there a story behind that one?|March 15, 2023}}<br>{{tweet|Zetterstrand|1636072391607480323|The painting is called "Mortal coil"<br>I'll see if I can add it to my print shop.<br>The inspiration was partly Bruno Martinez from Grim Fandango|March 15, 2023}}</ref>
 
;''Terraria''
* One of the games splash texts recommends the game [https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/khk56/while_trying_minecraft_18/ Terraria]. "Also try Terraria!"
;''Project Zomboid''
* One of the games splash texts recommends the game [https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/ryejt6/project_zomboid_is_also_a_minecraft_splash_screen/ Project Zomboid]. "Also try Project Zomboid!"
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