➤Starting texts 🕹 Minecraft

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Minecraft splash screen with random startup text.

Each filtering bag start texts (splash in English) are the yellow phrases on the title screen. They appear randomly and refer to phrases from popular culture, websites, famous quotes, video games, etc. These texts appear in the Minecraft .jar file at (versions / (Minecraft version) / (Minecraft version) .jar / assets / minecraft / texts / splashes.txt). They appear at 2 Hz frequency (120 PPM).

These texts are not translated into any language, they appear in English regardless of the language you choose.

You can edit the starter texts with the resource packs, available in the splashes.txt file, located in assets / minecraft / texts.

Summary

1 History
2 List of start-up texts
- 2.1 Opening texts exclusive to the Pocket Edition
3 Special opening texts
4 Startup texts changed
- 4.1 Pocket Edition
5 Startup texts removed
- 5.1 Pocket Edition
6 Errors
7
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9 See also

History

The startup texts are in Minecraft since the indev version, but more and more have been added.

Below you can see a table of the starter texts that were added each version.

Version	Added (s)	Changed (s)	Eliminated (s)	Total
Indev 23 of February 2010	?	?	?	106	A text, "Try it!" ("Check it out!" In English), was added twice, at 22nd and 51st.
Alfa 1.0.0	53	2	0	159
Alpha 1.0.6–Alpha 1.0.11	6	1	0	165
Alpha 1.0.12–Alpha 1.0.14	34	2	0	199
Alfa 1.2.0	6	0	0	211
Alfa 1.2.3	1	0	0	212
beta 1.0	12	0	0	224
beta 1.2	0	0	4	220	The deleted texts were about the price and the status of the alpha phase.
beta 1.3	3	0	0	223
beta 1.6	3	0	0	226
Beta 1.8pre1	35	0	1	260	The text that was removed was "Try it!" ("Check it out!" In English), duplicated on line 47.
1.0RC1	28	8	0	288
1.1 (11w50a)	15	0	0	303
1.1	1	0	0	304
1.3.1 (12w22a)	2	0	0	306
1.3.1 (12w26a)	1	0	0	307
1.3.1 (1.3pre)	4	1	0	311
1.4.2 (12w32a)	2	0	0	313
1.4.2 (12w36a)	1	0	0	314
1.4.6 (1.4.6pre)	4	0	0	318
1.6.1 (13w23a)	2	0	0	320
1.7.2 (13w41a)	1	0	0	321
1.7.4	1	0	0	322
1.8 (14w02a)	1	0	0	323
1.8 (14w05a)	7	0	0	330
1.8 (14w06a)	1	1	0	331
1.8 (14w10a)	2	0	0	333
1.8 (14w17a)	2	0	0	335
1.8 (14w20a)	4	0	0	339

Start text list

nº [N 1]	Start text	Spanish translation	Explanation	Version [N 2]
190	...!	¡...!		Alfa 1.0.14
312	.party()!		References Notch's party, named ".party()".	1.3.1 (1.3pre)
123	0% sugar!	Sugarfree!	It refers to the phrase used in food.	Alfa 1.0.0
3	100% pure!	¡100% natural!	It refers to the phrase used in juices. [1]	Indev
235	110813!	¡130811!	The wedding anniversary of ez and Notch. August 13, 2011.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
55	12 herbs and spices!	12 spices and aromas!	It refers to the secret recipe for chicken, from KFC, it contains 12 spices and aromas.	Indev
184	12345 is a bad password!	12345 is a bad password!	12345 is a very weak password. It refers to a phrase by Mel Brooks in The Crazy History of the Galaxies.	Alfa 1.0.14
286	150 bpm for 400000 minutes!	150 bpm in 400000 minutes!	It refers to pregnancy: 400.000 minutes is 9 months, approximately, and 150 beats are the average of the fetus's heart.	1.0 (RC1)
124	150% hyperbole!	150% hyperbole!	A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to generate emphasis or humor. Naturally, 150% is an exaggeration.	Alfa 1.0.0
131	20 GOTO 10!	FROM 20 TO 10!	Refers to BASIC. Executing the command to go from 20 to 10 creates an infinite loop that runs continuously.	Alfa 1.0.0
136	4815162342 lines of code!	4815162342 lines of code!	It refers to the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, which are the numbers that appear throughout the Lost television saga.	Alfa 1.0.0
53	90% bug free!	90% error free!		Indev
236	90210!	¡90210!	90210 is a popular zip code for Beverly Hills, California.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
137	A skeleton popped out!	A skeleton has burst!		Alfa 1.0.0
57	Absolutely no memes!	Absolutely no memes!		Indev
281	Afraid of the big, black bat!		A phrase said by the riddle in the movie Batman Forever: "Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat? be a reference to the Ender Dragon.	1.0 (RC1)
79	Age of Wonders is better!	Age of Wonders is better!	It refers to Age of Wonders, a strategy game for PC.	Indev
97	All inclusive!	All inclusive!		Indev
106	All is full of love!	Everything is full of love!	"All Is Full of Love" It is a song by the Icelandic singer Björk.	Alfa 1.0.0
318	Now java 6!	Now with java 6!	Java 5 support dropped in Minecraft 1.6.	1.4.6
219	"Almost never" is an interesting concept!	"Almost never" is an interesting concept!	Possibly a reference to the inverse of the mathematical concept of "Almost certainly".	beta 1.0
247	Also try Braid!	Also try Braid!	Braid is a 2D puzzle game based on time manipulation.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
245	Also try Limbo!	Also try Limbo!	Limbo is a 2D puzzle platformer based on dodging clever traps.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
242	Also try Mount And Blade!	Also try Mount and Blade!	Mount & Blade is an RPG based on medieval times for Microsoft Windows.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
246	Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!	Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!	PixelJunk Shooter is an exclusive 2D shooter for Playstation 3.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
243	Also try Project Zomboid!	Also try Project Zomboid!	Project Zomboid is a game based on the Zombie apocalypse.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
240	Also try Super Meat Boy!	Also try Super Meat Boy!	Super Meat Boy It is a 2d platform game that consists of crossing very difficult levels.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
241	Also try Terraria!	Also try Terraria!	Terraria is a 2D game similar to Minecraft. Terraria has introductory texts similar to splashes; one of them says "Also try Minecraft!".	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
239	Also try VVVVVV!	Also try VVVVVV!	VVVVVV is a 2D platform game based on the manipulation of gravity.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
244	Also try World of Goo!	Also try World of Goo!	World of Goo is a physics-based 2D puzzle game.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
211	A riddle, wrapped in a mystery!		From a phrase said by Winston Churchill; "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. [...]" ).	beta 1.0
1	As seen on TV!	Like on TV!	A marketing slogan commonly used on items sold on television.	Indev
59	Ask your doctor!	Consult your doctor!	Similar to "like on TV", at some point it was used in almost all pharmaceutical advertisements.	Indev
217	"Autological" is!	¡Es "autológico"!	An autological Word is a word that describes itself. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, it read '"Noun" is an autonomous!'.	beta 1.0
165	Autonomous!	Autonomous!		Alfa 1.0.14
47	Awesome community!	An amazing community!		Indev
2	Awesome!	Amazing!		Indev
191	Bees, bees, bees, bees!		A line from one of Weebl's works, "cup".	Alfa 1.0.14
307	Bekarton guards the gate!		A reference to "Bekarton the Gatekeeper", a character in the Jeb: Whispers in Akarra game.	1.3.1 (12w22a)
12	Best in class!	The best in its category!	A catchphrase frequently used in advertisements.	Indev
5	Better than Prey!	Better than Prey!	Prey is a first person shooter that was well received by critics.	Indev
306	Big Pointy Teeth!	Big sharp teeth!	It is a phrase said by Tim the Enchanter from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail describing the Caerbannog Rabbit as a terrible beast with "dirty, big, sharp teeth!"	1.3.1 (12w22a)
254	Bigger than a bread box!	Bigger than a bread box!	Refers to a question asked by Steve Allen, "Is it bigger than a breadbox?", during a game of 20 Questions on What's My Line?.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
338	Blue warrior shot the food!		Refers to a line in the arcade game Gauntlet.	1.8 (14w20a)
266	Boots with the fur!	Boots with fur!	From the song "Low" by Flo Rida, featuring T-Pain.	1.0 (RC1)
249	Bread is pain!	Bread is pain!	Bread gives 'pain'	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
86	Bring it on!			Indev
144	Bring me Ray Cokes!		Has to do with the incident when JulianClark was asked to bring Notch Ray Cokes.	Alfa 1.0.0
65	Bringing home the bacon!		"Bringing home the bacon" is a phrase that, similar to "breadwinner", refers to providing for a group of people or household.	Indev
140	BTAF used to be good!		Bob the Angry Flower is a comic strip that has been running since 1992.	Alfa 1.0.0
116	Buckets of lava!	Cubes of lava!	A bucket may be filled with lava.	Alfa 1.0.0
88	Call your mother!	Call your mom!		Indev
229	Casual gaming!			Beta 1.8 (pre1)
68	This is not a title screen!	¡This is not a pantalla de títlo!	"This is not a" significa, in French, "Esto no es una"; la frase hace referencia to The Treachery of Images, a painting by the Belgian René Magritte which depicts a pipe with the sentence "This is not a pipe." ("This is not a pipe.") Written beneath it.	Indev
21	Check it out!	Test it!		Indev
237	Check out the far lands!	Visit the distant lands!	The Far Lands were the "limit" of the infinite map, until Notch accidentally fixed them.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
283	Child's play!		A children's charity that organizes donations and worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals. Also a phrase used to imply something is easy.	1.0 (RC1)
43	Classy!	Typical!		Indev
42	Closed source!	Closed source!	Minecraft is currently closed-source proprietary software, meaning the source code has not been publicly 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".[2]	Indev
61	Cloud computing!	Cloud Computing!	Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.	Indev
135	I think, therefore I am!	I think, therefore I am!	Famous quote from the philosopher Descartes in Latin. It means "I think, therefore I am." in Spanish.	Alfa 1.0.0
110	Collaborate and listen!	Collaborate and listen!	Lyrics to "Ice Ice Baby" by American rapper Vanilla Ice.	Alfa 1.0.0
303	ColorMatic	Colormatic	This splash is stored as "§1C§2o§3l§4o§5r§6m§7a§8t§9i§ac" in splashes.txt; the "§" and the character following are color codes that determine the color of the text following the code.	1.1 (11w50a)
73	Complex cellular automata!		Both Minecraft and an earlier work of Notch's feature cellular automata; Notch has stated that he is fascinated by it.	Indev
157	Consummate V's!		Refers to an episode of Homestar Runner.	Alfa 1.0.11
269	Conventional!	Conventional!		1.0 (RC1)
109	Cooler than Spock!	Cooler than Spock!	Spock is a very popular Star Trek character.	Alfa 1.0.0
158	Cow Tools!	Cow tools!	Refers to a Far Side comic by Gary Larson.	Alfa 1.0.11
36	Create!	¡Create!		Indev
293	¡Hello, Polonia!		It means "Hello Poland!" in Polish.	1.1 (11w50a)
277	Already seen!		A déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation.	1.0 (RC1)
278	Already seen!		A déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation.	1.0 (RC1)
134	Do not distribute!	Do not distribute!	One of the parts of the Minecraft terms and conditions; it is the "most important rule" of Notch.	Alfa 1.0.0
324	Do you want to join my server?	Do you want to join my server?	Relates to people in the community asking others to join their multiplayer servers.	1.8 (14w05a)
273	Do a barrel roll!	Make a barrel!	Refers to a move that can be performed by the Arwing in Star Fox games. In Star Fox 64, the humorous way in which Peppy Hare said "Do a barrel roll!" led to the creation of a meme.	1.0 (RC1)
271	Doesn't avoid double negatives!		A double negative is where two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. This sentence is ironic in that it uses double negatives, meaning the sentence could also read "Uses double negatives".	1.0 (RC1)
282	Doesn't use the U-word!			1.0 (RC1)
259	Don't bother with the clones!		Relates to the numerous "clones" of Minecraft such as Total Miner: Forge, and perhaps an ironic reference to the fact that Minecraft conceptually is itself a "clone" of Infiniminer, and therefore clones might not be negative remakes of other games.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
309	Don't feed avocados to parrots!	Don't feed avocados to parrots!	Avocados are toxic to birds.	1.3.1 (1.3pre)
203	Don't look directly at the bugs!	Don't look directly at the bugs!		Alfa 1.2.0
159	Double buffered!		A common screen rendering technique that Minecraft uses	Alfa 1.0.11
41	Down with O.P.P.!		Line from the song "O.P.P." by American hip hop trio "Naughty by Nature".	Indev
168	DRR! DRR! DRR!	DRR! DRR! DRR!	Refers to the horror manga short story The Enigma of Amigara Fault.	Alfa 1.0.14
38	Dungeons!	Dungeons!		Indev
234	DungeonQuest is unfair!		Dungeonquest is a board game whose gameplay relies on the players creating the playing board by randomly selecting tiles and placing them on a grid.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
166	Engage!		Refers to the Star Trek saying "Engage!" by Jean-Luc Picard, a signal to act on previously given orders.	Alfa 1.0.14
52	Enhanced!	Improved!		Indev
199	Apple (original edit)!		Title of a piece by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp.
69	Euclidian!		Minecraft worlds are mostly made up of one of the simplest forms of Euclidian geometry, the cube.	Indev
15	Excitement!			Indev
39	Exclusive!	Exclusive!		Indev
33	Exploding creepers!	Exploding Creepers!	Reference to the Creeper present in the game.	Indev
330	Extra things!	Additional things!		1.8 (14w05a)
122	Falling off cliffs!		Often happened accidentally before sneaking was implemented.	Alfa 1.0.0
160	Fan fiction!			Alfa 1.0.11
167	Fantasy!	Fantasy!		Alfa 1.0.14
56	Fat free!	Fat free!	Description that appears in the information of some foods.	Indev
265	Feature packed!			1.0 (RC1)
264	Finally complete!	Finally complete!	It refers to the fact that Minecraft stopped being beta. Paradoxically, the game is not complete and is still in development. [3]	1.0 (RC1)
205	Finally with ladders!	Finally with ladders!	Ladders were added to the game in Infdev.	Alfa 1.2.0
145	Finger-licking!		"Finger-lickin' good" was a previous slogan of KFC.	Alfa 1.0.0
9	Flashing letters!	How cool these letters!	Referring to the flashing of the splash text itself.	Indev
161	Flax binoculars!		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 to English as "lucky spyglass".	Alfa 1.0.14
256	Fnord!		Fnord is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
231	Follow the train, CJ!	Follow the train, CJ!	It refers to the mission "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
92	Freaky!	Geek!		Indev
58	Free dental!		Free dental is often a talking point about a job advertisement, and is similar to "As seen on TV".	Indev
285	Straight from Södermalm streets!	Direct from the streets of Södermalm!	Södermalm is the Stockholm district where Mojang's offices are located. [4]	1.0 (RC1)
107	Full of stars!	Filled with stars!	Part of a quote from Dr. David Bowman ("The thing's hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it's full of stars!") and his last line before being pulled through the monolith, from the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey (while often attributed to the film of the same name, the line doesn't actually appear on-screen until its sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact). However, Minecraft is full of stars. They are square pixels on the screen that appear at nighttime.	Alfa 1.0.0
288	Funk soul brother!		A repeated lyric in a vocal sample in the Fatboy Slim song "The Rockafeller Skank".	1.0 (RC1)
304	FUNKY LOL		This splash is stored as "§kFUNKY LOL" in splashes.txt; as with the "Colormatic" splash, the "§k" is a formatting code, but instead of changing the color of the following text, the code obfuscates the text, replacing it with random, rapidly-changing characters.	1.1 (11w50a)
151	Gargamel plays it!	Gargamel plays it!	Gargamel is the enemy of the Smurfs.	Alfa 1.0.0
189	Extortion!			Alfa 1.0.14
276	Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs!		"Potato chips", spelled phonetically using obscure rules of English pronunciation.[5]	1.0 (RC1)
181	Give us Gordon!		A possible reference to Gordon Freeman, the protagonist of the Half-Life game, in which the military troops wrote "Give Us Gordon Freeman" in graffiti.	Alfa 1.0.14
179	Google anlyticsed!		A past-tense misspelling of Google Analytics, a service that provides statistics about visitors to a website.	Alfa 1.0.14
279	Got your nose!	He has your nose!	Most probably based on an old joke where one person grabs someone's nose, then moves their hand away with their own thumb though the middle of their two first fingers.	1.0 (RC1)
67	GOTY!	Game of the year!	A common abbreviation for "Game of the Year". Minecraft has been nominated — and voted — Game of the Year by a number of gaming magazines and news sites.	Indev
84	Guaranteed!	Guaranteed!		Indev
194	Haha, LOL!	Eggs, LOL!		Alfa 1.0.14
280	Haley loves Elan!	¡Haley but a Elan!	A reference to the webcomic The Order of the Stick, in which Haley Starshine has a long-concealed crush on Elan and eventually starts a relationship with him.	1.0 (RC1)
195	Hampsterdance!		Hampster Dance is one of the oldest memes on the internet.	Alfa 1.0.14
114	Han shot first!	Han shot first!	A contentious scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the original version of the film, Han Solo pulls out his blaster and shoots Greedo before he knows it. In the special edition, Greedo shoots and misses, followed by Han shooting him. This was one of many changes to the film that angered fans. In their plight, they adopted the phrase 'Han shot first'.	Alfa 1.0.0
63	Hard to label!	Difficult to label!		Indev
263	Has an ending!	It has an ending!	The End.	1.0 (RC1)
103	Haunted!	Haunted!	This splash predates the creation of Herobrine (the story of which was posted no earlier than the Alfa 1.0.16_02 update) and therefore has nothing to do with it.	Alfa 1.0.0
18		Lots of views on YouTube!	Minecraft is among the most popular topics on YouTube. Notch's channel is rarely updated, but has received over a million views, 16 million video views, and 67,000 subscribers. User-created tutorial and demonstration videos, "Let's Play" series, Machinimas and various other videos are also very common. Prior to Alfa 1.0.0(?), this read "700+ hits on YouTube!".	Indev
292	Hello Wales!		means "Hello Wales!	1.1 (11w50a)
72	Oh my God!		Swedish word meaning "Oh my God!	Indev
261	Hobo humping slobo babe!		"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" was the critically-acclaimed first single of the band Whale.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
22	Holy cow, man!	Holy cow, Uncle!		Indev
270	Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere!		A "homeomorphism" is a mathematical property indicating that there is a continual topological mapping between two objects; in layman's terms, there exists a way to deform one into the other without cutting or gluing. A "3-sphere" is a sphere in 3 dimensions, or the set of points equidistant from a given center in 4-space, a higher-dimensional analogue of the "2-sphere" (what we think of as an ordinary sphere.)	1.0 (RC1)
82	Hot tamale, hot hot tamale!		Line from the Weebl song "Tamale".	Indev
163	Hotter than the sun!	Hotter than Sun is!		Alfa 1.0.14
212	Huge tracts of land!		A quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, describing the "assets" of a bride-to-be. Also refers to the large areas of terrain present in Minecraft.	beta 1.0
320	HURNERJSGER?		A reference to a comment on Reddit about villager sounds.	1.6.1 (13w23a)
316	I have a suggestion.	I have a suggestion.		1.4.6
141	I miss ADOM!	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.	Alfa 1.0.0
299	I see your vocabulary has improved!		Possible reference to the addition of multilingual support in Minecraft 11w49a.	1.1 (11w50a)
198	idspispopd!		The no-clip command for Doom, which allows flying and passing through walls.
302	if not ok then return end		This is Lua script code for exiting a function if the variable "ok" is false or nil (not initialized/not set).	1.1 (11w50a)
19	Indev!		Indev was the second major version of Minecraft, after Classic. It was succeeded by Infdev.	Indev
66	Indie!			Indev
218	Information wants to be free!	Information wants to be free!	Slogan referring to the fact that keeping information contained tends to be more difficult than allowing it to disseminate.	beta 1.0
32	Ingots!		Iron and Gold Ingots are obtainable in the game.	Indev
71	Inspirational!			Indev
164	Internet enabled!			Alfa 1.0.14
23	It's a game!	It's a game!		Indev
13	It's finished!	It is finished!	Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "When it's finished!".	Indev
223	It's groundbreaking!			beta 1.6
11	It's here!	It's here!	Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "Coming soon!".	Indev
192	I feel a cure!		Swedish for "I know a bot". Refers to the first line of the song "Boten Anna" by the Swedish dance artist, Basshunter.	Alfa 1.0.14
162	Jason! Jason! Jason!		The main character of the game Heavy Rain yells "Jason!" repeatedly while looking for his son.	Alfa 1.0.14
226	Jeb has amazing hair!	Jeb has amazing hair!	Referring to Mojang employee Jens Bergensten having long, red hair.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
210	Joel is neat!		May refer to Canadian electronic music composer Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman.	beta 1.0
209	Jump up, jump up, and get down!		"Jump Around" by American hip hop group "House of Pain".	beta 1.0
50	Kaaneeeedaaaa!		Refers to the Japanese anime film Akira.	Indev
30	Keyboard compatible!			Indev
251	Khaaaaaaaaan!		A reference to the scene in The Wrath of Khan when Captain Kirk screams Khan's name.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
169	Kick it root down!		Lyrics from the song "Root Down" by American hip hop band "Beastie Boys".	Alfa 1.0.14
14	Almost no dragons!		You can refer to Wurm Online, where Notch said "we will never add dragons." However, they did. The same happened in Minecraft when the Dragon of the End was introduced in pre-release 4 of 1.9. Until the version of Minecraft 1.0 RC 1, the text was "Totally free of dragons!".	Indev
230	Kinda like Lemmings!		Lemmings is a game which also features mining, digging and blowing things up.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
130	Kiss the sky!		A reference to the lyrics from "Purple Haze" by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix.	Alfa 1.0.0
35	l33t!		Leet is a type of symbolic spelling in which letters are replaced by lookalike numbers, punctuation, other symbols, and even characters from other languages. For example, "hello" is written as "\|-\|3110".	Indev
118	Larger than Earth!	Bigger than Earth!	One theory was that a complete Minecraft map would be eight times the size of Earth. In fact, technical restrictions the current size of the map is much smaller than Earth.	Alfa 1.0.0
62	Legal in Finland!	Legal in Finland!	May be a reference to the urban legend that Donald Duck was illegal in Finland. More likely a reference to the fact that snus (Swedish tobacco) is illegal in Finland.	Indev
298	Lennart lennart = new Lennart ();		"Lennart" is a Swedish variant of the name "Leonard". This is a bit of pseudocode declaring a new Lennart, named "lennart", of type "Lennart". Also is valid Java (which is what Minecraft was made in)	1.1 (11w50a)
252	Less addictive than TV Tropes!	Less addictive than the troops on TV!	TV Tropes is very addictive.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
224	Let our battle's begin!		Probably a reference to Bob the angry flower.	beta 1.6
126	Let's danec!	Baimelos!	A reference to a typo Notch made while working on Wurm Online.	Alfa 1.0.0
232	Leveraging synergy!		A common example of business speak.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
129	Raunchy with 2 guys and food!		A line from "If You're Into It" by Flight of the Conchords. Prior to Alfa 1.0.14, this splash read "Rude with two dudes with food!".	Alfa 1.0.0
8	Limited Edition!	Limited edition!		Indev
186	Lives in a pineapple under the sea!	Live in a pineapple under the sea!	Phrase with which the song of the television show SpongeBob begins.	Alfa 1.0.14
102	Livestreamed!			Alfa 1.0.0
220	Lots of truthiness!		A reference to Stephen Colbert's favorite word "truthiness".	beta 1.3
90	Loved by millions!	Loved by millions!		Indev
85	Macroscopic!	Macroscopic!		Indev
262	Made by Jeb!	Created by Jeb!	Jeb is the current development lead for Minecraft, preceded by Notch. Notch was the one who added this text. [6]	1.0 (RC1)
10	Made by Notch!	Created by Notch!	Notch is the creator of Minecraft.	Indev
24	Made in Sweden!	Made in Sweden!	It refers to the famous phrase "Made in _" (China, Taiwan, Spain, USA, etc.), it says "in Sweden" because Notch is from there.	Indev
187	MAP11 has two names!	MAP11 has two names!	Doom II: Hell on Earth's MAP11.	Alfa 1.0.14
155	Matt Damon!		May refer to Team America: World Police, in which Matt Damon can only say his name.	Alfa 1.0.11
4	May contain nuts!	May Contain Nuts!	A very common warning that can be found in foods that contain nuts.	Indev
274	Meeting expectations!			1.0 (RC1)
197	Menger sponge!		The Menger sponge is a fractal object constructed by dividing a cube into 27 smaller cubes and removing the smaller center cube from each of the larger cube's six faces and the smaller cube in the larger cube's center, and repeating this operation for each remaining smaller cube, and then for each of the even smaller cubes, and so on. A Menger sponge can be exactly represented in Minecraft up to the fifth iteration.
255	Millions of peaches!	Millions of peaches!	A Possible reference to the "The Presidents of the United States of America" song Peaches, which features the line "Millions of peaches!".	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
27	Minecraft!			Indev
60	Minors welcome!	Miners welcome!	A pun on the spelling of 'miners'.	Indev
308	Mmmph, mmph!			1.3.1 (12w26a)
89	Monster infighting!		Aggressive mobs can attack one another if the player can get one mob to accidently attack another.	Indev
253	More addictive than lemonade!	More addictive than lemonade!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
6	More polygons!	More polygons!	Most of today's video games, including Minecraft, are visually based on polygons.	Indev
16	More than 500 sold!	More than 500 sales!	In Indev and Infdev, this splash originally read "More than 5000 sold!". In Alfa 1.0, it was changed to read "More than 25000 sold!", and between Alfa 1.0.12 and Alfa 1.0.14 it was changed to the current splash, making it the only splash to be changed more than once.	Indev
101	Music by C418!	¡Music by C418!	All of Minecraft's music was composed by C418.	Indev
297	My life for Aiur!		Aiur is the homeworld of the protoss in the StarCraft video game series. The phrase is typically said by Protoss Zealots.	1.1 (11w50a)
111	Never dig down!	Never dig down!	Digging down is never a good recommendation, because one could fall into lava and then die and lose their objects, a cave full of hostile mobs, from which they could kill the player, or into underground crevices where one could fall high and die. .	Alfa 1.0.0
115	Nice to meet you!	A pleasure to meet you!		Alfa 1.0.0
113	Not linear!		As Minecraft is a sandbox game, there is no actual storyline to follow; the game's appeal instead lies in emergent gameplay.	Alfa 1.0.0
45	Not on steam!		Steam is an online service used to distribute many Indie games, as well as Valve games. Minecraft is not sold via Steam, but only on the Minecraft website.	Indev
100	Notch <3 ez!	¡Notch <3 ez!	ez is Notch's ex-wife. Prior to Alfa 1.0.11, this splash read "Notch <3 Ez!".	Indev
321	Now contains 32 random daily cats!	Now contains 32 random daily cats!		1.7.2 (13w41a)
70	Now in 3D!	Now in 3D	Minecraft has a 3D Anaglyph mode.	Indev
180	Now supports åäö!	Now compatible with ëñê!	These characters are not part of the standard 26-character Latin Alfabet, but are used in the Swedish Alfabet (many Scandinavian languages use such extended versions of the Latin Alfabet). Minecraft now supports these characters in in-game input fields. Prior to (some version), this splash read "Now supports ÅÄÖ!".	Alfa 1.0.14
327	Now with additional stuff!	Now with extras!	Since the release of Minecraft, there have been many updates through subsequent updates which have added new features to the game.	1.8 (14w05a)
51	Now with difficulty!	Now with difficulty!	Difficulty may be set to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.	Indev
317	Now with extra hugs!	Now with extra hugs!		1.4.6
335	Now With Multiplayer!	Now with multiplayer!	Does not reference the similar line "Updated for multiplayer" in the mod Wedge.[7]	1.8 (14w17a)
99	NP is not in P!		The P versus NP problem is widely considered the most important unsolved problem in computer science. In layman's terms, the problem asks if certain problems are inherently much more difficult than others, measured by the computation time needed to solve them.	Indev
149	Octagonal!			Alfa 1.0.0
46	Oh, man!	Oh man!		Indev
204	Oh, ok, Pigment!	Oh ok. pig man!	Zombie Pigmen can be found in the Nether.	Alfa 1.2.0
143	OICU812!		When read aloud, "Oh, I see you ate one, too." Most likely a reference to the Van Halen album "OU812," but may also be a reference to text messaging.	Alfa 1.0.0
188	Omnipotent!	Omnipotent!		Alfa 1.0.14
328	One day, somewhere in the future, my work will be quoted!			1.8 (14w05a)
17	One of a kind!			Indev
76	OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!	OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!	Refers to the technology used in Minecraft. Before 1.8 (14w06a), it said "OpenGL 1.2!" And before 1.0 RC1, "OpenGL 1.1!".	Indev
275	PC gaming since 1873!	Playing on PC since 1873!	It refers to the slogan of the PC gaming blog called Rock, Paper, Shotgun. [8]	1.0 (RC1)
133	Peter Griffin!		Head of the family from the animated TV show Family Guy.	Alfa 1.0.0
120	Phobos anomaly!		The final map of Doom's first episode.	Alfa 1.0.0
48	Pixels!	Pixels!	It refers to the fact that the texture packs in the game are in low resolution.	Indev
272	Place ALL the blocks!	Put ALL the blocks!	A snowclone meme originating from a post on the blog "Hyperbole and a Half", which contained an image with the phrase "Clean ALL the things!".	1.0 (RC1)
83	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, frequently accompanied by the phrase "play him off, keyboard cat".	Indev
207	Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!	Play Minecraft, Look Topgear, Get Pig!	Added during the yearly LRR Desert Bus charity drive.	Alpha 1.2.3?
75	Played by cowboys!	Played by cowboys!		Indev
324	plz RT.	¡RT, please!	Abbreviation for "Retweet me, please!" on Twitter.	1.8 (14w05a)
311	Reply to the tweet!		It refers to people who ask on Twitter to answer questions about errors, characteristics or doubts.	1.3.1 (1.3 for)
147	Pneumatic!		A word meaning "air-powered". Possibly a reference to the Aldous Huxley novel, Brave New World, in which pneumatic was used to denote a good thing.	Alfa 1.0.0
104	Polynomial!		Polynomials.	Alfa 1.0.0
333	Popping tags!		A reference to Macklemore's "Thrift Shop".[9]	1.8 (14w10a)
54	Pretty!			Indev
315	Pretty scary!		Referencia a la Pretty Scary Update.	1.4.2 (12w36a)
289	Pump the king!		"Pumpa kungen" is Swedish for "pump the king". It might also be interpreted as "the pumpkin king", though if so it's slightly misspelled with a very common Swedish spelling error.	1.0 (RC1)
260	Pumpkinhead!	Pumpkin head!	Pumpkins can be used as helmets in Minecraft.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
121	Punching wood!	Knocking on 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.	Alfa 1.0.0
326	Put a little fence around it!		Refers to the “Catbug” episode of the YouTube series “Bravest Warriors”.	1.8 (14w05a)
314	Put that cookie down!		Said by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Christmas movie Jingle All the Way.	1.4.2 (12w32a)
87	Random splash!	Random text!	Reference to that in Minecraft different texts appear in the main menu.	Indev
250	Read more books!	Read more books!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
128	Reference implementation!		Refers to reference implementations.	Alfa 1.0.0
170	Regional resources!			Alfa 1.0.14
154	Representing Edsbyn!	Representing Edsbyn!	Edsbyn is a village in Sweden with around 4000 residents, Notch lived in Edsbyn for the first years of his life.	Alfa 1.0.0
26	Reticulating splines!		Refers to a running gag during loading processes in many games of the Sim and Spore series by Maxis.	Indev
117	Ride the pig!	Ride the pig!	Pigs can be ridden with saddles.	Alfa 1.0.0
336	Rise from your grave!		Refers to the arcade game Altered Beast	1.8 (14w20a)
152	Rita is the new top dog!	Rita is the new top dog!	Refers to old Australian TV show, Prisoner.	Alfa 1.0.0
339	Run, coward! I hunger!		Refers to the arcade game Sinistar, which includes the lines "Beware, I live!," "I hunger, coward!," "Run! Run! Run!," "Beware, coward!", "I hunger!," and "Run, coward!".	1.8 (14w20a)
227	Ryan also has amazing hair!	Ryan also has an amazing horse!	Referring to Mojang employee Ryan Holtz having long, brown hair.	1.7.4
206	Scary!	Chilling!		Alfa 1.2.0
108	Scientific!	Scientific!		Alfa 1.0.0
284	See you next Friday or so!	See you next Friday or then!	MineCon started on Friday, November 18, 2011, a little less than a week after the release of the Minecraft 1.0 release candidates.	1.0 (RC1)
127	Seecret Friday update!		Before Minecraft went Beta, updates were released weekly, every Friday. Notch called these updates "Seecret Friday updates".	Alfa 1.0.0
81	Sensational!	Sensational!		Indev
7	Sexy!			Indev
29	Single player!	A player!		Indev
201	Slow acting portals!	Slow action portals!	Portals to the Nether take a few seconds to activate, although in Creative mode, they are instant.	Alfa 1.2.0
200	So fresh, so clean!	Very cool, very clean!	"So Fresh, So Clean" is a song by American hip hop duo "Outkast".
332	So sweet, like a nice bon bon!	Very sweet, like a good candy!	Refers to a line in the song "Body Movin'" by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys.	1.8 (14w10a)
305	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!	SOPA was a controversial anti-piracy measure proposed by the United States, but it was rejected. Before the pre-release of 1.3 the text had no exclamations.	1.1
20	Spiders everywhere!	Spiders everywhere!	There are three different types of spiders in the game.	Indev
119	sqrt(-1) love you!		Mathematical confession using imaginary numbers. sqrt(-1) is represented by the mathematical constant i, so this phrase translates to "i love you".	Alfa 1.0.0
214	Stay a while, stay forever!		A quote from Impossible Mission, a game for the Commodore 64.	beta 1.0
215	Stay a while and listen!		A quote from Elder Deckard Cain from the Diablo series.	beta 1.0
267	Stop, hammertime!		A phrase from the song "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. /stophammertime was also an example command used in the Minecraft 1.2.5 changelog.[10]	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
148	Sublime!	¡Sublime!	A term that flourished in the Romance period, used to describe a feeling of simultaneous wonder and terror at natural phenomena- quite apt for many a player's experience of the game. (Additionally, the German Romance painter Friedrich's "The Wanderer over the Sea of Fog", frequently cited as a prototypical example of the sublime in art, is the source for an in-game painting.)	Alfa 1.0.0
156	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!	Supercalifragilisticexpialidous!	The famous song from the Disney movie Mary Poppins. Before .0 RC1, it would read "Superfragilisticexpialidore!"; perhaps it was intentional. [11]	Alfa 1.0.11
37	Survive!	Survive!	Survival was the only objective in the game, until achievements were added.	Indev
196	Switches and ores!	Buttons and ores!	Redstone is used to create circuits, and various types of Ores can be found. It is also a reference to the "Bitches and Whores" meme.	Alfa 1.0.14
153	SWM forever!	MS forever!		Alfa 1.0.0
310	Swords for everyone!			1.3.1 (1.3pre)
125	Synecdoche!		A synecdoche (Greek for "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech where an object or concept is represented by a part or subconcept.	Alfa 1.0.0
112	Take frequent breaks!	Take frequent breaks!	A common warning from electronic games.	Alfa 1.0.0
313	Take her pillow!	Take his pillow!		1.4.2 (12w32a)
64	Technically good!	Technically good!		Indev
287	Technologic!	Technological!	Title of a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk.	1.0 (RC1)
49	Teetsuuuuoooo!		Refers to the Japanese anime film Akira.	Indev
98	Tell your friends!	Tell your friends!		Indev
105	Terrestrial!			Alfa 1.0.0
268	Testificates!	¡Testificates!	In the pre-releases of betas 1.8 and 1.9, all the villagers had the name "TESTIFICATE" above their heads.	1.0 (RC1)
34	That's no moon!	That's not the moon!	Famous quote from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The full quote is "That's no moon, it's a space station!". Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "That's not a moon!".		Indev
323	That's Numberwang!		A reference to “That Mitchell and Webb Look”, a British television sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb	1.8 (14w02a)
248	That's super!	That is super!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
40	The bee's knees!		A 1920's slang phrase of unknown etymology, though it possibly originated in Britain.	Indev
221	The creeper is a spy!	The creeper is a spy!	"The […] is a spy!" is a common phrase used in Team Fortress 2 to warn other players of enemy spies; the Spy is a class that is able to disguise as the enemy team and kill them from behind, which creepers tend to do.	beta 1.3
225	The sky is the limit!	The sky is the limit!	A common phrase, meaning that there are very few limits to projects. Also, no blocks can be placed above the map height, commonly referred to as the "sky" or "sky box".	beta 1.6
139	The sum of its parts!		Reference to the living systems theory.	Alfa 1.0.0
138	The Work of Notch!	Notch's job!	Probably a reference to The Word of Notch.	Alfa 1.0.0
146	Thematic!			Alfa 1.0.0
257	This is my true form!		A common cliché stock phrase usually used by villains and godly figures in works of fantasy. It is mainly employed at the final battle of the game.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
233	This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?	This message will never appear on the screen, isn't it weird?	This was the first text without an exclamation point. It only appears in the console edition.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
193	This text is hard to read if you play the game at the default resolution, but at 1080p it's fine!		Longer texts have smaller letters. If you are not playing in full screen you probably will not understand what it says in this text.	Alfa 1.0.14
77	Thousands of colors!	Millions of colors!	Alias for highcolor (16-bit), which can represent up to 65,536 colors, on a Macintosh. Minecraft uses 32-bit colors, which can represent around 16 million colors.	Indev
327	Throw a blanket over it!		Refers to the “Catbug” episode of the YouTube series “Bravest Warriors”.	1.8 (14w05a)
182	Tip your waiter!		A phrase commonly said by comedians at the end of their performances. Other variations are "Tip your waitress!" or "Try the veal!".[12]	Alfa 1.0.14
258	Totally forgot about Dre!		Reference to the song Forgot about Dre by Dr. Dre.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
216	Treatment for your rash!		A commonly-used phrase in medicine advertising.	beta 1.0
78	Try it!	Test it!		Indev
80	Try the mushroom stew!	Try the mushroom stew!	the mushroom stew is an object that serves to restore hunger.	Indev
202	Try the Nether!	Try the Nether!	The Nether is a dimension that can be accessed by creating the Obsidian Portal.	Alfa 1.2.0
208	Twittered about!	Tweeted!	Notch sometimes tweets about Minecraft on his Twitter, as many people do.	beta 1.0
222	Turing complete!		Turing completeness is a term used in computer science for machines and programming languages that are able to perform all operations of a Turing machine. The redstone mechanism is one of them.	beta 1.3
238	Tyrion would love it!	Tyrion will love it!	Refers to Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf from the George R. R. Martin book A Dance With Dragons, in which he is forced to watch fellow dwarves belittled in a mock pig joust. Minecraft allows you to ride pigs and perform such jousts. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "Tyrian would love it!".	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
91	Ultimate edition!	Last edition!		Indev
142	umop-apisdn!	know the	The word "backwards" written backwards	Alfa 1.0.0
229	Undefeated!			Beta 1.8 (pre1)
31	Undocumented!			Indev
150	A baguette!		Literally "a stick" in French, a baguette is a kind of bread. Minecraft also features bread and sticks. Could also be a reference to the Flight of the Conchords song "Foux Du Fafa".	Alfa 1.0.0
95	Uninflammable!	Not flammable!	A joke on the fact that "inflammable" is often mistaken to mean "not flammable" due to the "in-" prefix.	Indev
25	Uses LWJGL!	Use LWJGL!	Minecraft usa LWJGL.	Indev
132	Verlet integration!		Verlet integration is a technique often used to calculate trajectories of particles.	Alfa 1.0.0
183	Very fun!	Very funny!		Alfa 1.0.14
334	Very influential in its circle!		A reference to a Comedy routine on Russell Howard's Good News done by Hannibal Buress, where he states "I'm very influential in my circle."[13][14]	1.8 (14w17a)
185	Vote for net neutrality!		Net neutrality is a principle that advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers or governments on consumers' access to networks that participate in the internet.	Alfa 1.0.14
337	Warning! A huge battleship "STEVE" is approaching fast!		Refers to the shoot'em up arcade game Darius Gaiden, where the message is displayed before encountering a boss. In the splash, the word "STEVE" is used as a placeholder for the name of the boss in the game.	1.8 (14w20a)
94	Water proof!	Waterproof!		Indev
213	Welcome to your Doom!		The boss quote from Altered Beast.	beta 1.0
321	What's up, Doc?		Reference to Dinnerbone being killed by MindCrack member Docm77 during the first episode of MindCrack UHC Season 11,[15] based on Loony Tunes character Bugs Bunny, who commonly greeted people by saying "What's Up Doc?" See Huevos de pascual#La muerte de Dinnerbone for more details.	1.6.1 (13w23a)
300	Who put it there?			1.1 (11w50a)
96	Whoa, dude!			Indev
319	Woah.	Wow.		1.4.6
173	Woo, / v /!		The video game board on 4chan, where Minecraft is frequently discussed (and was occasionally promoted by Notch).	Alfa 1.0.14
171	Woo, facepunch!		Facepunch is a game forum.	Alfa 1.0.14
175	Woo, minecraftforum!		MinecraftForum is the official Minecraft forum.	Alfa 1.0.14
177	Woo, reddit!		Reddit is a popular internet blog.
178	Woo, 2pp!		A reference to 2 Player Productions, the company behind Minecraft:The Story of Mojang.	Beta 1.3?
172	Woo, somethingawful!	Woo, anything awful!	SomethingAwful is an internet site.	Alfa 1.0.14
174	Woo, tigsource!		TIGSource is an indie game development forum where Notch originally posted Minecraft.[16]	Alfa 1.0.14
176	Woo, worldofminecraft!		World of Minecraft is yet another popular Minecraft forum.	Alfa 1.0.14
44	Wow!	Wow!		Indev
28	Yaaay!	¡Síii!		Indev
331	Yay, puppies for everyone!	Yes, puppies for everyone!		1.8 (14w06a)
74	Yes, sir!	Yes sir!		Indev
301	You can't explain that!		A reference to a popular image macro series using an image of Bill O'Reilly, with a misunderstanding of a standard occurrence followed by "YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT"	1.1 (11w50a)
93	You've got a brand new key!		Refers to the song "Brand New Key" by American folk singer Melanie.	Indev
296	Hello Greece!		It means "Hello Greece!" In Greek.	1.1 (11w50a)
295	Hello Russia!		It means "Hello Russia!" In Russian.	1.1 (11w50a)
290	Japan Hello!		It means "Hello Japan!" in Japanese.	1.1 (11w50a)
291	Hello Korea!		It means "Hello, Korea!" in Korean	1.1 (11w50a)
294	Japan Hello!	It means "Hello China!" in Chinese	1.1 (11w50a)

Opening texts exclusive to the Pocket Edition

nº [N 1]	Start text	Spanish translation	Explanation	Version in which [N 2] was added
??	Ported Implementation!	We have behaved!	A reference to converting the PC version to the Pocket Edition.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	100% dragon free!	0% Dragon Free !!	The Dragon of the End is not in this version and it is very likely that it will not be added.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	100% more yellow text!	100% more yellow text!	Implementation of the start texts	Alfa 0.7.3
??	Dramatic lighting!	A ray of sunshine ouu oh oh!	Implementation of the effects of lightning and / or sun.	Alfa 0.8.0
??	Pocket!	Pocket-size!	Reference to the Pocket Edition	Alfa 0.8.0
??	Touch compatible!	Tactile!	Most of the Pocket Edition platforms are touch sensitive.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	Annoying touch buttons!	Where are the buttons ?!	A reference to the reaction of PC gamers when playing the Pocket Edition with the touch pads.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	Uses C++!	Use C ++!	The Pocket Edition is developed in C ++.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	Almost C++11!	¡C ++ 11 cases!		Alfa 0.7.3
??	OpenGL ES 1.1!	OpenGL ES 1.1!		Alfa 0.7.3
??	Something indie!	Quite Indie!		Alfa 0.7.3
??	!!!1!	!! 11!	A reference to the typo in putting multiple! S.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	V-synched!	Vertical Sync!		Alfa 0.7.3
??	0xffff-1 chunks			Alfa 0.7.3
??	It's Alfa!	It's Alpha!	The game is in Alpha version.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	Endless!	Infinity!	A reference to the terrain of Minecraft. Ironically this is not in the PC version.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	1 star! Deal with it notch!	1 star! Count on it Notch!		Alfa 0.8.1
??	Ask your mother!	Ask mom!		Alfa 0.7.3
??	Toilet friendly!	Useful for going to the bathroom!	A reference to the comfort of playing on mobile versus PC in that regard.	Alfa 0.7.3
??	Cubism!	Cubism!	A reference to the style of Pablo Picasso.	Alfa 0.7.3

Special opening texts

On some occasions, Mojang will replace all startup texts with a single one for a period of time.

Start text	Spanish translation	Date / version	Event
1K in 24h!	1K in 24h!	29 de julio de 2010 Alpha 1.0.13_02	Celebration of 1.000 sales 24 hours after releasing the game.
[DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!]	[DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!]	—	Preview version of the Halloween Update released to PCGamer for preview.
Finally Beta	Finally in beta!	December 20, 2010 - January 14, 2011 Beta 1.0 – Beta 1.2	Excluding "Merry X-Mas!" and "Happy New Year!", this was the only splash from Beta 1.0 to Beta 1.2. Beta 1.2_01 reinstated random splashes.
Happy birthday, this!	Happy birthday, ez!	Every November 9	Ez birthday.
Happy birthday, Notch!	Happy birthday, Notch!	Every June 1st	Notch's birthday.
Happy New Year	Happy New Year!	Every January 1st	New Year's Day.
Merry X-mas!	Christmas!	Every December 24	Christmas day.
missingno	MissingNo.	—	By deleting or modifying the splashes.txt file without deleting the META-INF folder. It refers to the famous Pokémon that was born from a mistake in the Red and Blue Editions of Pokémon.
PC Gamer Demo!	PC Gamer test!	—	Appears in the trial version of PC Gamer.
OOoooOOOoooo! Spooky!	Happy day of All Saints!	Every October 31	Halloween.

The "Happy New Year!" splash as it appeared on January 1, 2013 (1.4.6)

Startup texts changed

Note: the current version of all the starter texts is above; no need to put explanations here.

Original text	In Spanish	Modified text	In Spanish	Version in which it was changed
700+ hits on YouTube!	More than 700 views on YouTube!	Heaps of hits on YouTube!	Lots of views on YouTube!	Alpha 1.0.0?
Absolutely dragon free!	Totally dragon-free!	Kind of dragon free!	Almost no dragons!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Almost java 6!	Almost java 6!	Now java 6!	Now java 6!	1.7.2 (13w36a)
Coming soon!	Soon!	It's here!	It's here!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
More than 5000 sold!	More than 5.000 sales!	More than 25000 sold!	More than 25.000 sales!	Alpha 1.0.0?
More than 25000 sold!	More than 25.000 sales!	More than 500 sold!	More than 500 sales!	Between Alpha 1.0.12 and Alpha 1.0.14
Notch <3 Ez!	¡Notch <3 Ez!	Notch <3 ez!	¡Notch <3 ez!	Between Alpha 1.0.5_01 and Alpha 1.0.11
"Noun" is an autonym!	"Noun" is a freelancer!	"Autological" is!	¡Es "autológico"!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Now supports ÅÄÖ!	Now compatible with ËÑÊ!	Now supports åäö!	Now compatible with ëñê!	Between Alpha 1.0.15 and Alpha 1.2.0
OpenGL 1.1!	¡OpenGL 1.1!	OpenGL 1.2!	¡OpenGL 1.2!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
OpenGL 1.2!	¡OpenGL 1.2!	OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!	OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!	1.8 (14w06a)
Rude with two dudes with food!	Rude with 2 guys and food!	Lewd with two dudes with food!	Raunchy with 2 guys and food!	Between Alpha 1.0.12 and Alpha 1.0.14
SOPA means LOSER in Swedish	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!	1.3.1 (1.3pre)
Superfragilisticexpialidocious!	Superfragilisticspialidous!	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!	Supercalifragilisticexpialidous!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
That's not a moon!	That is not a moon!	That's no moon!	That's not the moon!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Tyrian would love it!	Tyrian will love it!	Tyrion would love it!	Tyrion will love it!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
When it's finished!	When it's done ...	It's finished!	It is finished!	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)

Pocket Edition

Original text	In Spanish	Modified text	In Spanish	Version in which it was changed
Now with 100% more yellow text![17]	Now with 100% more yellow text! [17]	100% more yellow text!	100% more yellow text!	Alfa 0.7.3
One star! Deal with it notch!	A star! Count on it Notch!	1 star! Deal with it notch!	1 star! Count on it Notch!	Alfa 0.8.1

Startup texts removed

When you delete a text, the line it occupies in the splashes.txt file disappears, reducing the number of lines by one.

Start text	Spanish translation	Explanation	Version in which it was added	Version in which it was removed	Line that occupied
9.95 €!	¡€ 9,95!	The price of the Alpha version of Minecraft, less than half the final price.	improper before	beta 1.2	48
Alfa version!	Alpha version!	Alpha Minecraft version.	improper before	beta 1.2	30
Check it out!	Test it!	Duplicate of line 21.	Halloween pre-update	Beta 1.8pre1	47
Half price!	Half-price!	The price of the Alpha version of Minecraft, which was half the price of the final price.	improper before	beta 1.2	49
Pre-beta!	Prebeta!	Alpha version of Minecraft.	improper before	beta 1.2	1

Pocket Edition

Start text	Spanish translation	Explanation	Version in which it was added	Version in which it was removed
Redstone free!	¡Sin redstone!	Until Alpha 0.8.0, there was no redstone; but if the ore existed.	Alfa 0.7.3	Alfa 0.8.0

Errors

Problems related to "startup texts" are kept in the problem tracker. Report bugs you find on this page.

↑ 1,0 1,1 This is the number line of the file "splashes.txt"; they are not specifically numbered in splashes.txt.
↑ 2,0 2,1 The exact version in which the starter text was added.