Chicken Jockey

On February 27th, 2025, Warner Bros. dropped the final trailer for A Minecraft Movie, and at the 1:58 mark, Jack Black's Steve uttered two words that would consume the internet: "Chicken jockey." That's it. That's the meme. A man announcing a baby zombie riding a chicken into a boxing arena.

The sheer bluntness broke something in people's brains. TikTok creators sped it up, slowed it down, spliced it into everything. Theater audiences literally cheered when the scene played. WWE's official account posted about it. For a brief, beautiful moment, "chicken jockey" was the only acceptable response to anything.

But here's the thing: this meme is barely a year old. It rode in on movie hype, peaked around theatrical release, and now coasts on nostalgia for... checks notes... something that happened ten months ago. The Minecraft Movie itself is already fading from cultural memory.

We give it until the sequel announcement before interest flatlines completely. Enjoy the disco while you can, little jockey. The graveyard has a plot with your name on it.

Predicted cause of death: Movie hype cycle exhaustion.