The appearance of Minecraft on the big screen has apparently unbalanced the humors of the world's youths, whose ecstatic outbursts at screenings are showering audiences with popcorn and cries of "chicken jockey!" At least two incidents have even ended with police intervention.
A chicken jockey is a baby zombie riding a chicken, a rare occurrence in Minecraft. Thanks to TikTok and whatever it is that compels humans to engage in weird collective behavior, the part of A Minecraft Movie where Jack Black sees a chicken jockey and shouts "chicken jockey!" has become a thing, and over the weekend kids in some theaters went wild for the line, shouting, recording with their phones, and launching popcorn into the airspace above the other theater goers.
