Minecraft:DanTDM

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Daniel Robert Middleton (born November 8, 1991), better known by his online pseudonyms DanTDM and The Diamond Minecart, is an English Minecraft:YouTuber known for creating showcases of Minecraft:mods. His videos feature an assortment of different characters, including a Minecraft:villager scientist named Minecraft:Dr. Trayaurus and a skeleton wolf named Grim.

Due to his popularity within the community, he has collaborated with Minecraft:Mojang Studios several times, most notably playing a fictionalized version of himself in Template:MCSM.

In the Minecraft franchise

Template:Work in progress In 2024, Middleton was interviewed by Template:Wikipedia for the Minecraft:15th anniversary of the game.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Minecraft: Story Mode

Template:Main Within the game, he portrays himself in the episode Template:MCSM, alongside several other popular creators. His character becomes intertwined with a series of murders connected to the villain the Template:MCSM, where his role in the story can change depending on the player's choices.

Minecon

Prior to that, he hosted an exclusive episode of his Custom Mod Adventures series at MINECON 2015.<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref> He has also made appearances in a Blockbench demonstration at Minecraft Live 2022 and the pre-show for Minecraft Live 2024, the latter of which he later reviewed on his channel.<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref><ref>Template:YouTube link</ref>

A Minecraft Movie

In 2025, he made a cameo appearance in Template:AMCM alongside several other creators as Template:AMCM at an auction for Template:AMCM's belongings, which leads to Template:AMCM discovering the Template:AMCM and the Template:AMCM.<ref> Template:Tweet </ref><ref>Template:YouTube link</ref> Prior to officially being confirmed to appear, he and his co-stars alluded to being in New Zealand during filming.<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref><ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref>

Minecraft World

Template:Main In 2026, DanTDM was invited to Minecraft:Minecraft World by Minecraft:Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments to help with the development of the park. This included helping design foods and smells of the park.

Trivia

Although he has worked with Mojang Studios several times, he has also created media with his characters unaffiliated with Minecraft, most notably Template:Wikipedia.
- Similarly, the vinyl figure company Minecraft:Youtooz has produced a figure of him stylized after Glamrock Freddy, a character from another video game franchise he associates with, Template:Wikipedia.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Prior to officially working with Mojang, Dan participated in a contest to create a video promoting Minecraft:Java Edition 1.3.1.<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref> His video would end up winning, becoming featured in Minecraft:The Weekly Chunk.