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In practice, blocks which are displayed by entities closely resemble how they appear in placed form. However, notable exceptions remain, and how blocks render in such contexts has changed considerably throughout game versions.

== Table ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Entity
! {{EntityLink|Block Display}}
! {{EntityLink|Enderman}}
! {{EntityLink|Minecart}}
! {{EntityLink|TNT}}
! {{EntityLink|Falling Block}}
|-
! {{BlockLink|Bell}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Partial|Bell is absent}}<ref>{{bug|MC-308628}}</ref>
|-
! {{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Partial|Book is absent}}<ref>{{bug|MC-308629}}</ref>
|-
! {{BlockLink|End Gateway}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Partial|Does not flash}}<ref name="starfieldnoflash">{{bug|MC-308380}}</ref>
| {{tc|No}}<ref name="invisiblestarfield">{{bug|MC-308379}}</ref>
|-
! {{BlockLink|End Portal}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Yes}}
| {{tc|Partial|Does not flash}}<ref name="starfieldnoflash"/>
| {{tc|No}}<ref name="invisiblestarfield"/>
|-
! {{BlockLink|Signs}}
| {{tc|Yes}}{{note|name="signtext"|Block NBT data cannot be specified, so text can never be present}}
| {{tc|Yes}}{{note|name="signtext"}}
| {{tc|Yes}}{{note|name="signtext"}}
| {{tc|Yes}}{{note|name="signtext"}}
| {{tc|Partial|Text is absent}}<ref name="invisibletext">{{bug|MC-308632}}</ref>
|}

=== Single-block exceptions ===
red and brown mooshrooms, snow golem pumpkins, iron golem poppies

also copper golem saddle slot and sulfur cube body slot

== History ==
{{info needed section|
* beds: both halves used to be displayed, then it became one half, then in 26.2 snapshot 3 they finally became proper block models once more. investigate from 1.12's dev to then
* should we have a gallery of the weird and wonderful models used before 14w25a for blocks held by endermen or in minecarts? and how did they look as falling block entities, for that matter? don't think that's been investigated much. it may be a good idea to move some files from "in minecart" to something more general, and request re-rendering to a larger size
* variable block hitboxes and their effects on falling blocks (this video does not discuss nether portals or rails, which may also be worth investigating): {{ytl|c_aaEIxbzMY}}}}
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||Minecraft Infdev|dev=20100618|link=Java Edition Infdev|slink=Java Edition Infdev 20100618|Added [[Minecraft:falling block]] entities, which visually represent blocks in motion.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Added [[Minecraft:endermen]], which pick up blocks, visibly holding them.}}
|{{HistoryLine|unknown}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|[[File:Nether Portal (in minecart) JE1.png|32px]] Nether portals held by endermen appear as full cubes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w02a|Minecart entities can now render any block ID inside of them rather than only furnaces and chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w04a|[[File:Water (in minecart) 14w04a.png|32px]][[File:Lava (in minecart) 14w04a.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Water]] and [[Minecraft:lava]] now render when held by endermen or when displayed in minecarts.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w25a|Water and lava no longer render at all when held by endermen<ref>{{bug|MC-308992}}</ref> or when displayed in minecarts.<ref>{{bug|MC-308993}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=?|Water and lava falling block entities no longer render at all.<ref>{{bug|MC-308990}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|dev=23w06a|Added block display entities.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|dev=23w42a|TNT entities can now render as any block ID rather than only as TNT itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.4|dev=24w45a|[[Minecraft:Head]]s now render when held by endermen,<ref name="headdisplay">{{bug|MC-193336}}</ref> as block display entities,<ref name="headdisplay"/> in minecarts{{verify}} and as lit TNT{{verify}} rather than being invisible as they were previously.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=24w46a|[[Minecraft:Hanging sign]]s now render when held by endermen,<ref name="signdisplay">{{bug|MC-256649}}</ref> as block display entities,<ref name="signdisplay"/> in minecarts{{verify}} and as lit TNT{{verify}} rather than being invisible as they were previously.
|Signs may also have been fixed.{{verify}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.1|dev=snap11|[[Minecraft:Bell]]s held by endermen, displayed by block display entities, set as TNT'a displayed block{{verify}} or displayed in a minecart{{verify}} now render the actual bell, rather than just the frame.<ref>{{bug|MC-199975}}</ref>
|[[File:Enchanting Table (entity).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Enchanting table]]s in those four situations will now display a book, albeit a closed one.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Pre-Release 1|[[Minecraft:End Portal (block)|End portal]] and [[Minecraft:End Gateway (block)|end gateway blocks]] (i.e. [[Minecraft:starfield]] blocks) held by endermen, displayed in minecarts or set as the displayed block of a lit TNT entity or block display entity will now render, rather than being invisible as they were previously.<ref>{{bug|MC-195237}}</ref>
|[[File:End Portal (entity).png|32px]] End portals in these situations will look slightly different to the actual block, having side faces.}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap7|[[Minecraft:Sign]]s and [[Minecraft:hanging sign]]s (including wall signs and wall hanging signs) now render as falling block entities. Any associated text still does not.<ref>{{bug|MC-308632}}</ref>}}
}}

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