If you have Minecraft fans in your life, you may have heard the phrase "chicken jockey" one or a thousand times. But what does it mean? Here's the scoop.

It's absurd. It's genius. It's peak Minecraft. And with the way theatregoers are reacting, the Chicken Jockey might just be 2025's most unlikely pop culture icon.

If that is the case (the site is down as of this writing), its last ever post may be the words “CHICKEN JOCKEY,” as shown in ...

When a movie can be a meme or an endurance contest or just wallpaper, the idea of watching feels almost quaint.

With two simple words, Jack Black changed the pop culture landscape: “Chicken Jockey!” Those words from A Minecraft Movie have become a rallying cry, summoning hordes of superfans to flock to ...

If you go to a sold-out screening of A Minecraft Movie, there is a chance your theater will devolve into pandemonium at the sight of a "chicken jockey." A viral scene from the hit video game ...

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A viral "chicken jockey" trend during screenings of A Minecraft ... "This is a really interesting example of the ...

If you go to a sold-out screening of A Minecraft Movie, there is a chance your theater will devolve into pandemonium at the sight of a "chicken jockey." A viral scene from the hit video game ...

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess gives an exclusive behind-the-scenes breakdown of how they made the iconic Chicken ...

and “Water bucket, release!”, nothing has made quite as seismic an impact as the Chicken Jockey. The Chicken Jockey in question is straight out of the game, an ultra-rare monster that players ...