The Aether mod adds self-referential splashes to its menu screen. Most of the splashes are added by Angeline, a developer for the Aether mod.
Splashes[]
This table contains every splash the Aether mod adds.
| Splash Text | Reference |
|---|---|
| Blue Grass! | Refers to Aether Grass. |
| The Slider has awoken! | Refers to the Slider boss found in the Dungeon. |
| There's a bunny on your head! | Right-clicking an Aerbunny will mount it upon your head. |
| Nerfed Zephyrs! | Refers to the amount of requests the Aether team gets to nerf Zephyrs. |
| Zephyr Targeting !!! | Refers to an old debug message that would spam server consoles when a Zephyr was attempting to track the player. |
| Floating pink stuff! | Gravitite Ore floats upwards when nothing is above it. |
| Is it a plane? Is it a whale? | A parody of the common "Is it a plane? Is it a bird?" phrase, but instead with Aerwhales. |
| No turning back. | Refers to the achievement when entering a Dungeon. |
| Now with less dev halos! | After an internal dispute within the team, the developer halos (which appeared only as a cosmetic for developers of the mod) were made a toggle-able option for individual developers. |
| Purple slimes! | Refers to a common phrase new players say upon their encounter with Swet Jellies. |
| Flaming swords! | The Aether adds the Flaming Sword, which ignites enemies. |
| Cloud creatures! | Refers to Zephyrs and Tempests. |
| Like a bossaru! | Refers to the achievement in the original Aether after defeating the Slider boss. |
| Do ya' wanna do a dungeon? | Parody of a popular line from the movie Frozen by Disney. ("Do you wanna build a snowman?") |
| Rosriknalrocarth the Labyrinth Eye! | Bosses have wacky randomly generated names. |
| Don't look down! | The Aether dimension resides high up in the sky. Falling out of the Aether will send you hurling down to the Overworld, and most likely to your death. |
| Better than ever! | N/A |
| Right click to dismount! | Refers to the player having to right-click to dismount Aether mobs, rather than sneaking. |
| Trapped chests! | Refers to the Mimics found within the Dungeon. |
| White Apples! | The Aether adds the White Apple to the game, which clears all potion effects. |
| Killing the animals; you know you want to! | N/A |
| A present inside a present inside a present- | A reference to a bug encountered during internal testing of the Presents added in the Festive Update. Players could put presents inside of presents indefinitely, leading to very strange behavior. |
| Continuum divided by zero! | Refers to the common idea that dividing by zero will cause either the destruction of the universe or a very large explosion. See Continuum Bombs. |
| Feeling lucky? | Refers to the Lucky Bell, which causes mobs to randomly drop presents. |
| Snowballs of death! | The Daggerfrost Locket causes snowballs to deal damage. |
| Jingle bells, jingle bells. | A popular song sung during the holiday season. Added with the Festive Update. |
| Drop rates, 75% off! | N/A |
| It's a feature, not a bug! | A recurring joke within the team when interesting or fun bugs are discovered. |
| Why isn't it snowing? | The Aether dimension has no weather, and as such, it cannot snow during the holidays. |
| I can't believe it's not Mutation! | Stab at the developers for the Mutation Update still being unreleased. |
| I can't believe it's still not Mutation! | Another stab at the developers. |
| Now with less capes! | Refers to the removal of Capes in the 1.7.10-1.0 release of the Aether mod. |
Trivia[]
- Pressing ESC in the main menu will reload the menu, causing a new splash to appear. (likely to be removed)
Gallery[]
The aether II title screen with the splash The Slider has awoken!