Scott Buckley wrote music for this episode and it adds so much: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/jod5iKKobHyU02w.html

I really love how, in spite of having full access to EVERYTHING, the characters all take the time to manually make things with their hands. It's nice.

Blue: **helmet* Piglins: Ahh, I see you're a pig of culture as well

I love that Blue, without any hesitation, leaped into actual lava to save the Piglin child. Absolute legend.

And now we can finally remember that EVERYTHING that happened until ep 30 was just because of Blue's addiction

Blue: **Takes off helmet** Piglins: *So you have chosen... Death.*

Blue:makes a good lunch Also blue:throw the lunch Lunch: :(

One small detail that no one is talking about, when Blue was thinking about how to get the Nether Warts, look at the nether. Notice how it has the old textures. Thats because that is how Blue remembered how the Nether was like, until he entered the nether.

The decision to make the Minecraft mobs more flexible in their movements and not fixed to their in-game animations was such an upgrade. I think they started doing that before this (definitely around ep 16), but you can definitely tell here.

Blue: *Takes off helmet* Piglins: I've never met this man in my life

Other 4 colors: *access denied* Normal pig: *access granted*

Almost all of this happened because Blue was craving Netherwarts, and not ONCE did he consider using the Minecraft Game Icon to get them.

The way that blue lunged at the baby piglin, no hesitation, not even scared that he’ll hurt him. Absolute legend 💙🩵

I love how Blue was making an entire meal for himself and then decided he was just gonna eat nether wart

"You may not have gold armor, but you have a golden heart"

In an alternate timeline, Blue finds his secret stash of emergency nether warts in the PC and doesn’t go to the nether for more. This leads to the zombie piglins winning the war without Blue to fight alongside the regular piglins, and because the stick figures never encountered the witch, they never got to do Purple’s parkour, so the King never got them captured. The titan ravager continued to terrorize the villagers without Blue and Yellow to feed him, and the pillagers never tried to raid the villagers out of fear of the ravager. Alexcrafter28 continued to play Minecraft peacefully, uninterrupted by two out-of-place stick figures in his Minecraft world breaking into his PC. The warden continued to live in his cave, wallowing in the grief of the loss of his people, never finding a new friend in the Second Coming. The spider, skeleton, and enderman at Monster School lost the race without Red’s guidance, and the creeper, blaze, and cave spider came out on top. As a result, nothing stood in the way of the King, and he was able to corrupt all of Minecraft for good. (We’ll say for the sake of simplicity that Purple found a game icon from someone else’s PC and gave it to the King. C’mon, it’s totally possible given how many portals there have been in the AVM universe.) But hey, at least he finally reunited with his long lost son! But at what cost?

blue: I'm going for some nether warts... what could happen? :D 10 episodes later Blue: I didn't expect that.

Blue: *puts on helmet* Piglin: "A Blue stickman?" Blue: *take off helmet* Piglin: "Bury him! Kill him!"

Blue: **wears gold helmet** Piglins: We were bad, but now we are good.

Here's a tiny detail: at 1:15 the soul sand in Blue's farm is the updated 1.16 texture, hinting that the Nether is changed. But in the subsequent flashback (which was made for this video, by the way, and isn't an excerpt from an old one), the soul sand in the fortress still looks as it did before it was updated! Love how this little part of the animation that probably went unnoticed to just about everyone was still included for consistency. It really shows the team's dedication to and love of their work, especially in a sort of go-between episode like this. Keep up the good work!

I like how they spend a lot of time trying to find a nether fortress. Nether fortresses are super hard to find so it really put that into perspective.

Blue: Almost dies holding baby piglin. Adult Piglin: Come this is no place to die

Blue: *With hat* Piglins: A platypus? Blue: *Without hat* Piglins: PERRY the platypus!

The episode begins with Blue preparing food while listening to the "chirp" music disc. Blue enjoys preparing food, such as melon, steak, chicken, cake and his favorite Nether warts. However, his Nether warts run out, and he remembers that he harvested them in the Nether fortress. Blue decides to go to the Nether to harvest more. However, his friends initially don't notice that he was going rebuild the Nether portal, so Blue got the obsidian, and the flint and steel and rebuilds the portal. With the rebuilt portal, Blue returns to the Nether to get his Nether warts. Upon entering the Nether, he noticed that it looked different due to the Minecraft's Nether Update. Blue ate some of the crimson warts and crimson fungi because they looked like nether warts, but he did not like them. A baby piglin has some fun with Blue until he discovered the piglin was there. Blue asks the baby piglin if he knew where the Nether fortress was, and the baby piglin took him to the other piglins and hoglins as mounts to take them to the fortress. Unfortunately, the piglins attacked Blue because he did not wear any gold armor. Blue could not continue if the piglins attacked him, so the baby piglin gives Blue a gold helmet so that the other piglins would not attack him. Blue noticed that whenever he took his helmet off the piglins started attacking him. Now that Blue has befriended the piglins, they departed for the Nether fortress. When Blue, the baby piglin and the piglins were leaving for the Nether fortress, they passed the other Nether biomes, such as the Warped Forest, Soul Sand Valley, and Basalt Delta. Baby Piglin shared with Blue some warped fungi, but he didn't like them, so he hid them in his inventory. The baby piglin kept sharing more warp fungi with Blue, but he hid them again. Meanwhile, the Second Coming, Yellow and Green were relaxing on a couch, until the Second Coming realized that the Nether portalhad been rebuilt. When he was about to destroy it, Yellow stopped him because he told the Second Coming that Blue entered the portal. Red spawned a pig to track the scent of Blue with a bottle of water, and they entered the portal with the pig. As the Piglins left for the Nether fortress, Blue stretched a bit until his gold helmet fell into the lava. Without his helmet the Piglins begin to attack him. Blue has no other choice but to fight the piglins. When Blue is about to escape, an army of zombified Piglins and Zoglins started showing up for a war. Blue fights against piglins and zombifield piglins to defend himself. While Blue fought, some zombified Piglins start attacking the baby Piglin. Blue struggles to get to the Baby Piglin but gets pushed by a Zoglin. But the baby Piglin is saved by another Piglin between the war. When Blue is about to fall into the lava, a Strider saves him but does not obey him. Blue found his gold helmet on top of another Strider, Blue tries to control the Strider but it does not move. Blue realizes that two Striders are fighting over a Warped mushroom. Blue uses their Warped mushroom that the baby Piglin gave to them. When Blue has already recovered his gold helmet, he sees a herd of Striders, so he uses them to get to the edge of the lava, Meanwhile, the Piglins are outnumbered so they start retreating. When Blue and the Striders already reached the edge of the lava, the piglins recognize Blue again with his gold helmet. Blue tells the Piglins to get on the Striders to escape from the exerted zombifield piglins, (a hoglin mounted on top of a Strider as a rare thing). The piglins are saved thanks to Blue and his Striders, then Blue got on the Strider with the baby Piglin. But when they are about to escape, a sinking zombifield piglin grabs the baby Piglin so Blue jumps to save the baby piglin. The piglins rescue them, but when Blue's helmet falls into the lava, the Piglins don't attack him due to seeing all the helpful and heroic things he has done for them. They hug making the Piglins celebrate. When the piglins had reached the shore, Baby Piglin grabs a bunch of Warped mushrooms from the chest to thank the Striders for bringing them to shore and they say goodbye. When the piglins arrive at the Nether fortress, they say goodbye to Blue and he says goodbye to the Baby Piglin. When Blue is about to harvest the Nether warts, it is revealed that there are no more, and he becomes sad. While in the crimson forest, the squad follows the pig to find Blue. They walk through the 4 biomes of the game to the Nether fortress. While Blue is sad about the loss of their Nether wart, The Second Coming Doppelganger throws some Nether Wart at him. The rest of the squad is stopped by the Piglins. The piglins are about to attack the stick figures (for not wearing gold armor) until they see Red's pig, which the Piglin befriends. The pig shows the piglins that he is friends with the stick figures, which makes the Piglins befriend the stick figures too. The sticks tell the Piglins that they were looking for Blue and the Piglins were happy about the photo of their new friend. The Piglins tell the stick figures that Blue is in the Nether fortress. The squad entered the Nether fortress but is not there. The pig sniffed Blue's picture of Nether Warts to keep looking for Blue. Blue follows the Second Coming's doppelganger to another portal and the episode ends.

6:54 that 3D fall... I'm impressed

Piglins: A blue stickman? Blue: Puts on helmet. Piglins: BLUE THE BLUE STICKMAN?!

Coming back after watching the finale of animation vs Minecraft shorts epi 30 to rewatch where it all began and where it ends for nostalgia

I like to imagine when Red pulls out a pig spawn, it's probably the same pig from Potions episode. The whole series defines minecraft physics a lot so it's funny to imagine the pig can just go back into the spawn egg in command

two oranges: *exist* Everyone: these are confusing times

*Piglin* : “You should be careful, addiction is a powerful thing”. *Blue, after getting involved in a war for his Netherwart* : “So am I”

5:15 A legend was born.

It all started with blue's addiction to netherwarts

Baby Piglin: Hey guys he heeds some nether war- Piglins: *Execute Order 66*

Blue: doesen't wear gold Piglins: And we took that personally

Can't wait for blue's intervention short, followed by "Blue goes to rehab."

maybe the real nether warts were the friends we made along the way

Blue: *puts on helmet* Piglin: oh hello there Blue: *take off helmet* Piglin: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!

The real reason why the piglins didn’t attack blue when he lost the gold helmet is because he has a heart of gold

Now that I see it, the first and last scenes of season 3 are in the same composition. I was really impressed.

The beginning of the King saga

Orange: Shows a picture of blue Piglins: Ayyy We know him too bro come come ill take you

Blue: *makes friends with a completely different unique sentient species* Red: *Jealousy 100*

There was more emotion from 9:13-9:50 than in many animated movies, and not a single word was spoken. Incredible storytelling

1:56 Little did blue know that he just opened to the biggest mistake of his life.

blue: *removes golden helmet* piglins: "And I took that personally"

The piglins accepting Blue even without the helmet was super wholesome.

Hold on, I could've sworn I saw this ep in a split screen format. Like, one half was following Blue's adventure through the nether while the other half was just watching the rest of the gang chilling

Blue' s my favorite. Very cute episode💙

That random one: **Hits blue's gold helmet** Piglins: *Peace was never an option*

Blue: Puts on helmet Piglins: A Blue stick figure Blue: Takes off helmet Piglins: Perry the Platypus?!

Piglins in 2020: Offensive to players without gold armor fighting their zombie versions Piglins in 2023: 💀

Achievment Unlocked: Friend of the Piglins

Fake orange: *"Hey kid want some candy?"*

Blue: *takes off helmet* Piglin: So, you have chosen death Blue: *puts back helmet* Piglin: Understandable, have a nice day

Man, when I see the blue saving the baby piglin and after loosing his helmet and the piglin hugged him I feel some goosebumps

It all started here😊

I could've never imagined how emotional the story of a group of mutated pigs with a blue stickman could be.

Blue: wears helmet. Piglin: "A platypus?" Blue: Takes off helmet Piglin: *Le gasp* "Perry the platypus!?"

Finaly, after 2 years blue was able to put nether warts in that food

This is, in my opinion, the most wholesome episode out of this entire series. I love it

Blue: *makes nether portal Everybody: ah sh*t here we go again

Piglins: *Attack blue* blue: *wear a golden helmet* Piglins: understandable have a great day

One of the BEST Alan Becker animations out there! Blue doesn’t need to wear gold when has a golden heart!

I love how the pilgrims didn’t attack him after he saved the baby piglin because they realized he had a heart of gold

2 oranges: red: *there is one impostor among us*

Blue: *literally almost dies in lava trying to save their child * Piglins: k now he worth to be not killed

let's take a minute to think for the last time, this all happened because blue wanted some nether warts

the intro to this episode hits different once you watch ep 30

Batman: No one knew who I was until I put on the mask Blue: Everyone wanted to kill me until I put on the mask

Blue when he founds out he lost his nether warts: *MY DRUGS*

It all started in this specific short, when blue was looking for his nether warts

Blue: wears helmet The piglins: *this is the way* EDIT 2: I have now finished season 2, spoil away.

Piglins: it’s an intruder Blue: puts on helmet Piglins: understandable, have a great day

1:57 the moment when this series extend 10 more episodes 🙃

I like how blue only defended himself against the piglin but actually fought and killed the zombie pigmen.

blue taking off helmet for 0.000001 sceonds: piglins: yo who this man kill

Mojang: programmes piglins to be hostile to anyone not wearing gold Piglins: ‘the code is more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules’

blue is praised as a hero to us piglins, he frequently visits us and helps us find gold. jokes aside though, this is my favourite video alan has made. i love it.

The new addition of music was AMAZING in the season 3 whole video, but I kinda like episode 20-22 better without music. It makes 23 seem much more... Wrong when the music comes on. We're not used to music in AVM, and the characters are confused as to why the others aren't coming. It's just perfect. But yeah with the music is absolutely amazing, just from a storytelling perspective it seems better without it(not that I wouldn't watch it with the music too! Just a preference, I think the addition of music is really, really good!)

Blue stickman: *eats netherwart* Me: WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE NORMAL Blue stickman: *CHEWING INTENSIFIES*

Just to remind you, Blue's addiction to Nether Warts lead to all this

It all started with thisо

Blue just snacking on nether wart is so relatable tbh

The legend himself has once again blessed us with a glimpse of his awesomeness!

Blue's skills at this video - good at cooking - legend at saving someone

The fact that Blue could've just used the Minecraft Icon to spawn himself some Warts, which it's use doesn't seem to be regulated at the time, and instead went into the Nether portal is funny to me.

9:30 - **Half of blue is in lava** **Piglin pulls him out** Lava: Understandable.

I love how red literally became Herobrine and almost killed his friends, but loves pigs

This episode was perhaps one of the most heartwarming episodes

It's so heartwarming when blue saves the little pigmen

Blue’s netherwart addiction is still hilarious.

Piglet: “This is my new friend, blue!" Piglins: "Does he have gold?” Piglet: “I don’t think s-“ Piglins: "Kill them”.

Blue is such a legend,He jumped into lava just to save the piglin.

I’m glad blue got a short for himself cause he’s underrated

*Me*: “Don’t eat the nether warts.” *eats the nether warts* *Me*: “Okay.”

Someone: Why does blue eat nether warts? Me: He wants to be an awkward potion

“They realised his heart was golden”

I love the story of how blue gains the trust of the piglin’s even though he doesn’t have the helmet on.

No helmet: *A blue stickman* With helmet: *The Blue Stickman*

Blue: **lower half of body in lava* "Tis but a scratch"