LEGO Bricks vs. The Demon Apocalypse

LEGO Bricks vs. The Demon Apocalypse is an animated action-adventure streaming television series created by Carl Nwakakwa. It is produced by 20th Television Animation and Disney Television Animation under the supervision of The LEGO Group and distributed by Disney+. Set in an apocalyptic universe, it primarily focuses on siblings Rowan and June Brickowski. The series was announced at D23 Expo in 2022, and first released in January 2024. Following the conclusion of the first season, The LEGO Group and Disney+ announced that a second season was in production for a post-2025 release.
LEGO Bricks vs. The Demon Apocalypse’s first season was released to critical acclaim, with praise directed at its animation, story, worldbuilding, action sequences, characters, emotional weight, mental PTSD health awareness, music, LGBTQ+ representation, and voice acting. Some have noted the series' appeal both to casual viewers and to long-time fans of LEGO. It also set the record as Disney Plus's highest-rated series so far within a week of its premiere, ranked first on the Disney Plus Top 10 Chart in 52 countries, and ranked second on the chart in the United States.
== Premise ==
Amidst the escalating unrest of the universal apocalypse caused by the demons of Hell, siblings Rowan and June Brickowski find themselves in the apocalypse in on a race against time. With humanity and the entire multiverse on the line, these two kids and their friends, Melissa Wright and Zack McCormick, must fight the forces of evil and save the multiverse from eternal multiversal damnation.
== Characters ==
Main characters
* Rowan Brickowski (voiced by Justin Felbinger)[3] – The 12-year-old[25] twin brother of June Brickowski .
* June Brickowski (voiced by Ariel Winter)[3] – The 12-year-old[25] twin sister of Rowan Brickowski who wears various shirts.
* Emmet Brickowski (voiced by Chris Pratt)[3] – The greedy, grumpy, yet loving great-dad of Rowan and June Brickowski.
* Zack Underwood (voiced by Martina Valifana)[3] – The 12-year-old[26] handyman at the Mystery Shack who mostly says "dude(s)" whenever he begins or ends a sentence.
* Melissa Chase (voiced by Lisa Ng)[3] – A 12-year-old[27] part-time employee at the Mystery Shack, on whom D has a crush.
* Bill Cipher (voiced by Alex Hirsch) – Bill Cipher is a powerful, interdimensional dream demon that can be summoned and released into a person's mind. He resembles a one-eyed, yellow triangle with a top hat and a bow tie, superficially similar to the Eye of Providence. Bill first appears physically in "Dreamscaperers;" however, many references to him are hidden in previous episodes as images or sentences that flash across the screen. He has a snappy sense of humor but loses his temper quite easily due to impatience. He can read people's minds and memories, shift forms, warp reality, maintain cross-dimensional awareness, possess bodies, encrypt and decrypt codes, and shoot laser energy blasts from his eye and fingers. In "Dreamscaperers," Rex Dangervest summons Bill to steal Emmet’s deed to the Mystery Museum. The two of them agree that if Bill goes into Emmet’s mind and steals the combination to the safe where the deed is hidden, Rex will eventually have to help Bill with his mysterious plans. Bill claims he could use Rowan, June, and Zack against the "darkness coming", though he could've said this to throw them off his true plans. In the episode "Sock Opera" he tricks Rowan into making a deal with him, and briefly possesses Rowan’s body until June fights him at the puppet show and forces him out. In "Rowan and June vs. the Future" he possesses Blendin' in order to release a dimensional rift to escape into the mainstream dimension. In "Brickmageddon Part 1" he creates a physical form to freely exist in the human dimension without possessing anyone, unleashes various monsters from his home dimension, takes over Bricksburg, and begins to capture and petrify those who stand in his way, even going to the point of breaking Rex out of prison and making him Sheriff. In "Brickmageddon Part 2" he realizes that an invisible force field is disabling him from taking over other parts of the world. In "Brickmageddon Part 3", He tries to get Clemmet to tell him how to disable the force field and take Weirdmaggedon worldwide, but Ford never cooperates. He is apparently destroyed for good by Emmet, who tricks him by pretending to be Clemmet and letting Bill enter his mind to get the formula, allowing the real Clemmet to erase him from existence using the memory gun, leaving behind his petrified body. However, his distorted last words, when played in reverse, are revealed to be "A-X-O-L-O-T-L, my time has come to burn! I invoke the ancient power that I may return!" Journal 3 reveals that Bill came from a second dimension which he destroyed in his thirst for power, and took over the Nightmare Realm. He planned to take over Earth because the Nightmare Realm was inherently unstable and would eventually collapse in on itself. 
=== Recurring ===
==== Bricksburg inhabitants ====
* President Business (voiced by Will Ferrell) - A president who is the corrupt, rude, greedy, and arrogant mayor of Bricksburg City. He has a tendency to raise the taxes on anything. Despite his flaws, he can do something nice and even do the unexpected for the greater good.
** Bad Cop/Good Cop (voiced by Liam Neeson) - A cop who is President Business's loyal assistant.
* Buck Leatherblock (voiced by James Adomian) - The sheriff of Bricksburg who enforces the rules.
* William "One-Eyed Willy" Brickiton (voiced by James Patrick Stuart) - A local town vagrant with one working eye and half a shoe on one foot who plays an accordion. He comes from a rich family that resides in Brickavale, but wants to live the life of a vagrant
* Sadie Croaker (voiced by Laila Berzins) - An old lady with a cataract in her left eye. She runs Croaker Dairy where she sells dairy products and has a pet dog named Archie.
* Felicia Sundew (voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock) - The proprietor of "Felicia's Tea Shoppe" that sells food like tea and dung brick scones. She is Ivy's mother and Sylvia's daughter.
* Sylvia Sundew (voiced by Mona Marshall) - Felicia's mother, and Ivy's grandmother,
* Ivy Sundew (voiced by Katie Crown) - Felicia's daughter, Sylvia's granddaughter, and Rowan's childhood friend and eventual crush.
* Leopold Loggle (voiced by Brian Maillard) - An minidoll who is the town's wood-smith and is the proprietor of his woodcraft store. He used to be a metalsmith until an incident where he accidentally impaled his voice box causing him to have speaking issues where he says introducing adverbs and pausing before saying a negative ending word.
* Albus Duckweed (voiced by Kevin McDonald) - A mini doll who is the local food critic. He also acts as a master of ceremonies at different events.
* Stumpy (voiced by John DiMaggio) - The cook and proprietor of "Stumpy's Diner" with interchangeable prosthetic hands. His restaurant became a America-Brick fusion restaurant after he learns some recipes from June.
* Mr. Flour (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - The baker and proprietor of "Flour & Daughters Bakery."
* Maddie Flour (voiced by Jill Bartlett) - Mr. Flour's eerie yet understanding daughter and Rowan’s ex-fiancée who works at "Flour & Daughters Bakery."
* Soggy Joe (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - A minifigure survivalist and trucker. He is also the star of the "Wild Universe" shorts.
* Tuti (voiced by April Winchell) - The town masseuse and part-time bounty hunter.
* Chuck (voiced by Matt Braly) - A tulip farmer who can also fix houses fast and wears a hat that covers his eyes. He mostly says "I grow tulips."
==== Duplo Tower inhabitants ====
* Duplo Captain Hook (voiced by Troy Baker) - An evil one-eyed Duplo who is the former ruler of Duplo Tower.
* Sasha Waybright (voiced by Anna Akana) - June and Marcy's former human friend who was captured by Hook and eventually became his new lieutenant after she proved her prowess in battle. She is shown to be the most commanding and rebellious of the three girls, and was bossy and manipulative towards June back home. She was also the one who made June steal the LEGO Box that transported the trio into the LEGO universe in the first place, and turned into minifigures.
* Bog (voiced by Darin De Paul) - A ruthless Duplo soldier and tax collector who wields a giant hammer. He and rest of Duplo army abandoned Hook after the destruction of Duplo Tower.
* Fens (voiced by Winchell) - An aggressive female Duplo soldier who fights with a kanabō. She left Hook’s army along with the rest after Duplo Tower was destroyed.
* Mire - A Duplo soldier in full body armor who doesn't speak and mostly growls. He left Hook’s army after Duplo Tower's destruction with the rest of the Duplo soldiers.
* Percy (voiced by Matt Jones) - A friendly Duplo soldier who dreams of being a jester. In season 2, he and Braddock are the only Duplo soldiers left in Hook’s army who didn't abandon him.
* Braddock (voiced by Kristen Johnston in Season 1, Winchell in Season 2) - A friendly female Duplo soldier who likes to garden and socialize. She and Percy are the only Duplo soldiers left in Hook’s army after the rest deserted him when Duplo Tower was destroyed.
==== Sistopia inhabitants ====
* King Andrias Leviathan (voiced by Keith David) - A giant mini doll who is the king and ruler of the LEGO universe. While appearing to be a friendly ruler, he seems to be planning something big for which June and Marcy are a part of.
* Marcy Wu (voiced by Haley Tju) - Sasha and June's other human friend who found the LEGO Box first in a shop on June’s birthday who was also teleported into the LEGO universe and turned into a minifigure. She serves as the brains of the trio, is an expert gamer, and has many clumsy moments. Upon arrival in LEGO Universe and being found by the inhabitants of Sistopia, Marcy serves Andrias as his close aide and chief ranger of the Sistopian Night Guard. A running gag is that her cape constantly catches on fire.
* Queen Waterva Wa‘ Nabi  (voiced by Tiffany Haddish) - Andrias' royal wife and queen. She is often shown to be annoyed when Andrias uses mannerism that Marcy taught him.
* General Mayhem (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz) - An aggressive mini doll who is Sistopia’s skilled warrior and general. She is so ruthless and bloodthirsty that she disposed her own army because they were slowing her down. She has a habit of introducing herself in a very flashy manner while announcing her full name and rank then boasting her achievements and titles she gained during her travels and exploits, though she gets annoyed people still don't know who she is after doing that.
== Production ==
LEGO Kids Adventures was created by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, previously directors on The LEGO Movie and later producers on The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. According to his Twitter account, he had been working on the series for almost two years before being greenlit.
James Turner, a British illustrator most well known for his work on the Pokémon series of games (having created several Pokémon designs and worked as the art director for Pokémon Sword and Shield), provided artwork during the initial stages of the project.[9]
On February 19, 2018, Lego Kids Adventures was greenlit by Disney Channel.
On March 25, 2019, it was revealed that Ariel Winter would return to Disney as the voice of June Sparks.
On May 15, 2019, Disney Channel renewed LEGO Kids Adventures for a second season ahead of its premiere. Among the announced guest stars include George Takei, Flula Borg, Marlow Barkley, Mia & Ella Allan.[2][11]
Rough Draft Korea, Sunmin Image Pictures, and Saerom each provide animation, The animators work three-to-four months working on pre-production, with an episode taking about nine months to be complete.[8] 40 staff members at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California also worked on the series.[8]
On June 23, 2020, the show was renewed for a third season ahead of its second season premiere.[3]
The writing team for the series are three women, something Lord and Miller felt necessary due to the show centering on a young girl.[8]Storyboard artists are allowed to pitch their own ideas for an episode, a practice Lord and Miller took from his time at The LEGO Movie.
=== Music ===
T. J. Hill composed the score for the series.[12] During production on the series, Leslie Wolfhard, wife of storyboard artist Steve Wolfhard, pitched to the producers a song, which they ended up using in the season 1 episode "Taking Charge".[13] In July 23, 2020, Hill created a SoundCloud playlist featuring 10 tracks from the first season's score.[14] He announced the playlist on his Twitter account two days later.[15]
A song titled "It’s Gonna Be Awesome Every Day", performed by Celia Gray Westbook, was originally intended to serve as the series' theme song.[16] However, the song was later discarded in favor of an instrumental theme.[17] According to Lord and Miller, it was written due to orders from Disney, but he eventually convinced the studio to use an instrumental theme instead, as he disliked the song because he felt it didn't fit with neither the show nor its main character.[17]
=== Marketing ===
On July 19, 2018, during the The Curse of Molly McGee and d Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Disney released an early version of the intro for the series.[18]
On April 26, 2019, Disney FanFest released a music video for a vocal version of the opening theme titled ″Its Gonna Be Awesome Every Day″ performed by Celica Gray Westbrook[16] and a two-minute clip[19] during a livestream.[6] It was discussed to be used as the intro song.[20]
On May 14, 2019, Disney Channel released the trailer.[21]
On May 17, 2019, Disney Channel released the final version of the intro.[22]
LEGO Kids Adventures also included shorts, beginning with Young Girl in a Brick World. The shorts premiered on September 3, 2019.[23]
== Episodes ==
=== Series overview[edit] ===
Season	Season	Segments	Episodes	Episodes	Originally aired	Originally aired
Season	Season	Segments	Episodes	Episodes	First aired 	Last aired
 	1 	39 	20 	20 	June 17, 2019 	July 18, 2019
 	2 	36 	20 	20 	July 11, 2020 	TBA