Weird Minecraft Enemies

Name: Creeper

The one. The only. Who doesn’t love or hate or love to hate this long green weirdo? Creepers, as you likely know, are quite prone to exploding. And this not only hurts a whole lot, but can destroy blocks, including those of your precious structures! Rascals.

Creepers are, without a doubt, the mascot of the Minecraft franchise as a whole, and that’s nice, isn’t it? This massive brand chooses to represent itself with a sad, exploding, pickle-looking thing. I’m happy about that.

But what the heck IS a creeper? Other common mobs include zombies, skeletons, and giant spiders, all classic monsters, and then there’s this thing. Well, let’s find out!

Did you know that Minecraft wasn’t always all around us? There was, in fact, a time before our world was replaced with Minecraft. But Minecraft had to come from somewhere, and everything in it created! Here we see an early attempt at a model of... a pig. Yep. The height and length aren’t quite right, are they? There seems to be a little smidge of detail that’s different from most pigs.

But why let such a weird model go to waste? This thing was given a green texture with a sad face, and BOOM! The rest is real world history, since we all live in Minecraft.

But what about some good ol’ in universe analysis? I... actually don’t need to do that! Voldemort has said that he imagines them as being made of leaves or something similar, with a texture like dead leaves, but is unsure why they explode. Good thing Dinnerbone has an explanation! They’re apparently “so nervous that they shake a lot, and then this sets them off the same way as how rubbing two sticks makes fire”. The poor things are constantly nervous to the point of shaking! No wonder they’re always so sad! Bet you feel like a jerk for vilifying them now, huh?

But that’s not all the neat stuff they do! If a Creeper happens to get struck by lightning, it becomes CHARGED, doubling the power of its explosion! You’d think dead leaves struck by lightning would just burn, huh? But answer me this: have you ever SEEN dead leaves get struck by lightning? And if so, how do you know it wasn’t a dream? You don’t.