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Flint and Steel refers to a catchphrase from a trailer for the 2025 adventure film A Minecraft Movie, based on the video game Minecraft, said by actor Jack Black's character Steve as he activates a nether portal by using the in-game item flint and steel. Starting in late February 2025, the clip of Jack Black saying, "Flint and steel," achieved virality as it was remixed and used in various memes, often together with other iconic Minecraft Movie Quotes, like Chicken Jockey, into brainrot edits and memes.

Origin

On February 27th, 2025, the final trailer for the 2025 adventure film A Minecraft Movie premiered. In one scene in the trailer, Jack Black's character Steve activates a nether portal by producing fire with flint and steel, an item from Minecraft. As Steve does this, he says, "Flint and steel!" aloud. The trailer (shown below) garnered over 26 million views on YouTube^[1] in one month.

Flint and steel!

Later on February 27th, 2025, TikTok^[2] user @steven_craft2011 posted the earliest found meme based on the scene, an edit of Steve repeating, "Flint and steel!" several times at increasing speed. The edit (shown below) garnered over 1.5 million views and 181,000 likes in one month. A YouTube^[3] reupload of the edit garnered over 202,000 views in the same period.

Spread

The meme did not achieve widespread popularity until mid-March 2025 when YouTuber^[4] EpochGD posted a remix on March 17th based on Flint and Steel, Chicken Jockey and other phrases said by Steve in A Minecraft Movie trailers and teasers. The remix (shown below) garnered over 1.3 million views in two weeks.

More memes based on the catchphrase were shared on TikTok and X in late March 2025. For example, on March 25th, TikTok^[5] user @wadzioszek posted a meme titled "Top 10 FLINT AND STEEL in different languages." The post (shown below) received over 3.4 million views and 225,000 likes in one week.

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