TheAtlanticCraft: "DANCE PARTY" - Minecraft Parody Animation (Music Video)



"DANCE PARTY" - Minecraft Parody Animation (Music Video) is a lost 2014 animated Minecraft parody music video created by TheAtlanticCraft. The video features the former AtlanticCraft duo, Cody and Joe, twerking for the viewers to celebrate either one million views or one million subscribers. The video was uploaded on July 22, 2014 and became unviewable circa 2016. While the video's viewcount around the time of its disappearance is unknown, it is believed to be in the millions.

Synopsis
The majority of the video is accompanied by a song whose title is not remembered. The animation begins with Cody and Joe strutting down the glowstone-lit hallway of a dance club. They walk into a dance room that includes seats and an average sized stage. Thr room is also lit with glowstone. Once they step in, the doors close behind them. Cody and Joe get up to center stage, spin around, squat down, place their hands over their knees, and start twerking. Within about 15 seconds, the camera gets two closeups of Cody and Joe's butts: a side-rotating left shot of Cody and spinning-zoom in on Joe.

After about 15 seconds, Cody and Joe rise from their squats, spin around, and begin another dance. They place their hands over their heads and begin to sway their bodies back and forth. As they do this, a man is heard in the background of the song making "Aaahhh" sounds. The swaying continues for a few more seconds, before Cody and Joe turn around and start to twerk again. A few seconds into their second twerking act, a Windows error message displays a couple times or so, marking the video's only point where the music is interrupted. After the error, the cycle of Cody and Joe twerking and swaying, as well as the various butt shots (far and close) repeats itself for a while. The rest of the video after the Windows meme scene, in fact, is looped, and the animation ends with a fade to black, while Cody and Joe continue dancing.

"Reupload"


On March 15, 2016, a channel by the name of TheAtlanticCraft/Tristan&Tanner uploaded "TheAtlanticCraft Twerk!" (https://youtu.be/X4WC7KWGADM) The video is currently the only known evidence of the original video's existence. The clip shows the first 15 seconds of Cody and Joe twerking, but the original music is replaced with Rihanna's "Work" song. While the person(s) behind the Tristan&Tanner channel are unknown, some may believe that it is a bot or troll account.

Reception
While many comments of the original video are not remembered, the video was met with mixed reviews, with many viewers praising the film for its good animation and congratulations for reaching 1 million subscribers. Others, however, were not pleased with the video, citing they found it cringe to see a video that combined a crazed dance move and a beloved, nostalgic sandbox video game. The closest feedback to the original video as of 2023 is seen in the comments of the Tristan&Tanner reupload.