Emmet Portrayed by Chris Pratt . Emmet Brickowski is a Minifigure released in 2014 , he is the main protagonist of " The LEGO Movie " . He appears in sets based on the movie . He is voiced by Chris Pratt in the film and by Keith Ferguson in the video game adaption . Description . Variants . Emmet has a total of eleven physical variants . Regular . Emmet wears an orange and blue construction vest and pants lined with silver on the legs , back , and front . There are two pockets on his vest , one of them containing a blue pen . On his left leg is an ID badge with a small bio ( portrayed by three black bars ) , an image of Emmet , and his name written in white above the bio . His hair is medium brown with ripples molded into it and a little bit of hair sticking out of the back . To fit the Piece of Resistance on Emmet ' s back , a neck bracket is placed around his neck and the Piece is attached via a stud hole on the back . The first version of this appears with a different head . It has a smirk and it ' s alternate face is an screaming expression . Another version of this appears with a different head . It has a smile showing teeth and it ' s alternate face is an nervous expression . There is also one variant exclusive to The LEGO Movie Exclusive Set which is his regular variant ( the one with the lopsided smile ) , but without the Piece of Resistance . The reason for this is so he can sit in his theater seat included in the set . Master Builder . The other head has an open - mouth smile on one side , and an angry face on the other . This variant does not include the Piece of Resistance . Hard Hat . This variant is the same as his Regular Variant , but it has a Red Hard Hat with hair underneath . Emmet ' s face is an open - smile mouth , and the alternate face is him with an excited expression . This can be found in 71004 The LEGO Movie Series . Poncho . Emmet ' s poncho variant includes his regular outfit , a Blue and Orange poncho on his body . His face is yellow with a mustache and an open - mouth grin . He also wears a fedora , the same one as Indiana Jones and The Joker . He has two inaccuracies compared to his movie version : there is no visible hair under his hat and he doesn ' t have the Piece of Resistance . In early promotional shots for the minifigure , he had a black moustache . Pajamas . In his pajamas , Emmet has Light Blue and White Pajamas , and his old headpiece . His face is an open - mouth smile showing him winking , and the alternate expression is Emmet yawning . Robot Disguise . In his robot disguise , Emmet has tinfoil covering his hands , feet , face , and the Piece of Resistance . His legs have the same print as most Emmet variants , except with the tinfoil printing on the feet . The torso is the same as well , except that it is a new combination with light gray hands . The Piece of Resistance is now in a new color of pearl gray . Emmet ' s head piece has holes cut in the tinfoil for his eyes and mouth and crinkle printing on the back and front of the head piece . He also reuses the same hair / hat combination from Hard Hat Emmet . Video Game Variants . Emmet has a total of fifteen video game variants . His Regular , Hard Hat , Cowboy , Robot Disguise , and Pajama variants are included . Also , the outfits from Series 1 that he wore in the movie are included . Emmet ' s new versions are Trash Can , which has a Trash Can on his head , Wheel Head , which has a wheel on his head , and Shower , which is a variant with bubbles circling him . Also , in the final two levels and in an Instruction Build , his Construct - o - Mech is playable . Emmet ' s abilities are Instruction Build , using a drill , and fixing objects with a wrench . Movie Variants . All of Emmet ' s physical and video game variants appear in The LEGO Movie . Background . Emmet has been working most of his life on the construction site as an instruction worker in the city of Bricksburg . He longs to be popular , but his co - workers hardly notice he ' s there . He lives life by the book - - literally - - and builds things only from the instructions . Because of this , however , he is mostly boring and uncreative , except for at some moment of inspiration , like his inventing the " double decker couch " . He is not a fan of adventure or danger either ( similar to Bilbo Baggins ) , both of which give him reason for " freaking out " . One day , however , he stumbles upon the Piece of Resistance while going after Wyldstyle , which makes the Master Builders mistake him as being " The Special " , which means he must stop Lord Business from gluing the world together with the Kragle . From that point on , he is caught in a desperate struggle between the powers of order and imagination by Lord Business and the Master Builders , respectively - - as well as his self - acceptance in being special in his own ways . In the final battle , Emmet convinces Lord Business that creativity is not messy or weird , and that it is okay for the people to build brand - new ideas from all the things Business himself had made , which makes him special , too , just like everyone is special . Moved by Emmet ' s speech and touched by being considered special , Business applies the Piece of Resistance on the Kragle , which soon causes the Kragle to explode , deactivating all of his robot minions and unfreezing his victims ( though the real " victims " were saved when the Man Upstairs cleaned the glue off them ) . After the battle , it is revealed by " The LEGO Movie : The Essential Guide " that Emmet now spends time with his newfound friends , along with Gail , Wally , Frank , Sherry , Surfer Dave , and all of his Bricksburg friends . This may mean that his Bricksburg friends had finally started to notice he is around .