Emmet Brickowski

*"No. You're the one who's weak. I'll never grow up to be like you. It's easy to harden your heart. But to open it... That's the toughest thing you can do. I'm gonna grow up. But I won't stop caring about the people in my life. They may see the world differently, but that's not bad. I think it's inspiring. Because everything's... Not awesome. But we can make it a little more awesome if we remember... We're not alone in this world. We're in it together."*
―Emmet Brickowski to Rex Dangervest[src]
**Emmet Brickowski** is a construction worker who lives in Bricksburg and stumbled upon the Piece of Resistance, which became attached to it's back. Running for his life as the Special, he is allied by Lucy, a woman he met from afar, and other Master Builders, whom he forms a team with to put the Piece onto the dreaded Kragle and save the universe. He and his crew are however arrested by the overlord "President" Business, who aims to glue everyone in a perfect spot, until Emmet sacrifices himself to destroy a mechanism that would kill his friends. Emmet is transported to the human realm, where he is met by a boy named Finn that grants him back the Piece of Resistance, returning to Bricksburg as a Master Builder. Once confronting Business, he makes amends with him and gets him to fulfill Emmet's mission.

Upon reuniting with his friends, Bricksburg faced an invasion of DUPLO Aliens that they could not fight, and the realm turned into a wasteland called "Apocalypseburg" 5 years later. While the others reformed into rogues, Emmet stayed the same. Then, a new otherworldly being called Sweet Mayhem kidnaps his friends, hence Emmet's obligement to save them. Meeting one Rex Dangervest along the way, he and Rex attempt to save their friends from peace, as Rex is revealed as an evil Brickowski from the future. After Lucy came back for Emmet, as oppose to Rex's timeline, Rex discontinues to exist, with Emmet and Lucy now living in "Syspocalypstar", Bricksburg made out of a brother and sister bond of Finn and Bianca.

## Biography

### Early Life

Emmet Brickowski was an everyman employed as a construction worker in Bricksburg. He'd go about his daily routine following Octan's rules.

### Becoming the Special

*"I feel like maybe I should touch that."*
―Emmet Brickowski[src]
One day, Emmet had his rule-embedding flyer be flown away by a gust of wind, meeting a mysterious lady searching for something as he went to pick it up. Nearly reporting Octan for strange behavior or happenings, the woman reveals herself, pausing until the lady leaves. Chasing after her to apologize, Emmet plummets in a hole, meeting the Piece of Resistance. As it calls for Emmet, he touches it and sees flashing images of the future and past.

#### Escape from Bricksburg

*"Come with me if you wanna not die."*
―Wyldstyle to Emmet Brickowski[src]
Suffering a blackout, Emmet awakened to officer Bad Cop/Good Cop interrogating him, demanding him answers Emmet does not know. Emmet, despite believed to be the Special because of the Piece of Resistance strapped on his back, proves himself to be a nobody by interviews the Super Secret Police had with his 'friends'. With Bad Cop believing it to be a cover, Emmet is brought to the melting chamber, where the Piece of Resistance will be melted. However, the woman from earlier, Wyldstyle rescues him, taking him on a motorcycle she created out of an alley to escape Bricksburg. Along the way, Wyldstyle realizes Emmet is an ordinary citizen, and not truly 'the Special'.

### Meeting Vitruvius

*"Wyldstyle, the prophecy states that you are the Special. The embodiment of good, foiler of evil, the most talented, most brilliant, most important person in the universe."
"That would be great, but... Emmet is the one who found the Piece."*
―Vitruvius and Wyldstyle[src]
Teleporting to the Old West, Emmet and Wyldstyle wear disguises to fit in, riding on horses to the saloon as Wyldstyle explains everything to a distracted Emmet. Making an awkward entrance, Emmet meets the wizard Vitruvius upstairs. He and the rest enter his mind to search the potential of becoming a Master Builder. It is however empty, prompting Wyldstyle's remark of him never having had original thoughts. Emmet tries to unconfirm her statement by announcing his 'Double-Decker Couch' idea, but is claimed a terrible one.

Vitruvius further longs for the reason why 'The Man Upstairs' chose Emmet to be the Special as Emmet questions who this man is. He suggests it might be the giant hand he was able to see a vision of through his empty mind. While unbelieving to match what the prophecy tells him he can do, Vitruvius encourages him to believe.

#### Chase of the Old West

*"Don't worry, Emmet. Your training begins now."
"Piano Man, open up!"
"Your training begins later!"*
―Vitruvius and Sheriff Not-A-Robot[src]
With Vitruvius needing to contact the other Master Builders to gather in Cloud Cuckoo Land through the Sun, Emmet and the others are apprehended by the Super Secret Police. Fleeing from them, Emmet is handed a hang-glider only for it to be blown up. Landing in a tumbling water tower, Emmet and Vitruvius find themselves in a pig farm and is followed by them as he is attached to a rope fence. He meets Wyldstyle who built a vehicle, having the pigs guide it with Emmet and Vitruvius aboard.

Evoking a car chase, Vitruvius suggests Emmet to build something against the force, only being able to match two bricks. A wheel of the vehicle is taken apart by laser shots, allowing Emmet to pose a wheel using his head before plummeting off a cliff. The car is however met by a train, landing on said locomotive as officer Bad Cop gains on them via police car. Emmet protects Wyldstyle from a stunner that is now shot upon Emmet's leg. Although Wyldstyle and Vitruvius get to fend off Bad Cop, he instantly returns with a now turned airborne vehicle shooting the rest of the train tracks down, causing Emmet and the others to fall. As they fall, Emmet is thanked by Wyldstyle for saving her, responding that he has had the greatest 15 minutes of his life. Reaching for each other's hands, everyone is rescued by Batman in his Batwing, who pilots them through the Sun.

### Master Builder Gathering

*"Yes, it's true. I may not be a Master Builder. I may not have a lot of experience fighting or leading or coming up with plans, or having ideas in general. In fact, I'm not all that smart. And I'm not what you'd call a creative type. Plus, generally unskilled. Also, scared and cowardly. I know what you're thinking; "He is the least qualified person in the world to lead us." And you are right."*
―Emmet Brickowski to Master Builders[src]
Batman brings them to Cloud Cuckoo Land, where Emmet and the others are welcomed by Princess Unikitty before gathering in the Dog.

Vitruvius informs the other Master Builders of Business' plans and introduces the Special, who attempts to give an eloquent speech. With Emmet's speech convincing the Master Builders that he is not fit to lead them, they criticize him and rebel against him.

#### Destruction of Cloud Cuckoo Land

*"Guys, hey? Just tell me exactly what to do and how to do it."
"Emmet, don't worry about what the others are doing. You must embrace what is special about you!"*
―Emmet Brickowski and Vitruvius[src]
Soon after, Cloud Cuckoo Land is infiltrated by the Super Secret Police, having followed Emmet's tracker on his ankle. Looking for ways to flee, Emmet suggests going underwater, only for Batman to echo his idea.

As the others start building a submarine, Emmet tries to help them, being told by Vitruvius to embrace what is special about him. He builds a questionable Double-Decker Couch, requesting Unikitty to talk about her feelings when seeing her destructed realm. When the submarine suffers from a beach, it eventually explodes, though everyone hid in Emmet's Double-Decker Couch.

### Emmet's Plan

*"No. Now, listen. Wait, listen. Guys, you're all so talented and imaginative, but you can't work together as a team. I'm just a construction worker, but when I had a plan and we were working together, I mean, we could build a skyscraper. Now you're Master Builders, just imagine what could happen if you did that. You could save the universe."*
―Emmet Brickowski to the Master Builders[src]
MetalBeard would soon pick them up on his ship, believing Emmet should come up with more dumb ideas that the Super Secret Police would overlook. Emmet suggests they can defeat Business by reading the instructions, an idea everyone disagrees with. Emmet however convinces them that they could work together as a team by following the instructions and demands various materials, thus starting "Emmet's Plan to Get Inside the Tower, Put the Piece of Resistance On the Kragle and Save the World."

Emmet explains his plan, wanting to infiltrate the tower with an ordinary Octan delivery spaceship, but lacking a hyperdrive as pointed out by Batman. Conveniently, the *Millennium Falcon* flies by and stops as its hyperdrive is malfunctioning. With Batman leaving Wyldstyle to board the spaceship, Emmet attempts to comfort her, though Batman returns with the ship's hyperdrive.

#### Infiltration into Octan Tower

*"Now it's your turn to be the hero."
"No!"
"See you later, alligator."*
―Emmet Brickowski and Lucy[src]
Having built the delivery ship, the team manage to enter the building and break into Lord Business' office, with Emmet and Wyldstyle disguising themselves as robots delivering speakers. Emmet gets distracted by the Kragle and bumps into another robot, leading them to question them. Emmet beatboxes "Everything is Awesome" as a distraction, which works. While Emmet and Wyldstyle hide, Emmet tells her he is convinced Wyldstyle is only acting tough and mean, to which Wyldstyle admits she wanted to be the Special. She also mentions her name is Lucy before attempting to hold hands, interrupted by Batman wanting to help them. Telling them to wait for her signal, Lucy says "See you later, alligator" before running off.

With the shield guarding the Kragle disabled, Emmet attempts to complete the mission while Lucy is suddenly captured by the Super Secret Police. The entire team is eventually brought to the Think Tank, where Vitruvius is killed by Business, uttering that the fable of the Special is but a fabrication to Emmet. Tied to the battery of a self-destruct system, Business demoralizes Emmet and chops the Piece of Resistance off of his back to throw it into the nearby abyss, engaging his plan of organization.

Watching as Bricksburg falls, Emmet feels hopeless until Vitruvius' ghost speaks to him, telling him to believe in himself despite not being the Special. Emmet thus struggles towards the edge of the tower, standing over the abyss and granting Lucy the role of the hero before diving in.

### Master Builder

*"I am a Master Builder!"*
―Emmet Brickowski[src]
Falling through the Infinite Abyss of Nothingness, Emmet would awake outside of the LEGO Universe, seeing how a giant monster plays around with LEGO sets. The monster named Finn greets Emmet just as "The Man Upstairs" walks down into the basement, looking upon how Finn messed with his stuff, hence gluing the dislocated pieces back together into their place. Though seeing his friends lose the battle against President Business, Emmet believes he can still save them when seeing the Piece of Resistance on the floor. Emmet struggles towards the Piece when the Man Upstairs tries to remove the glue off of him, which Finn takes note of. Finn gives the Piece of Resistance to Emmet and throws him into a Magic Portal back to the LEGO Universe.

Emmet crash lands into the construction site, building the Construct-o-Mech with his newly-achieved Master Builder powers and helping his friends fight against Business' Micro-Managers.

#### Making Amends with President Business

*"You... don't have to be... the bad guy. You, are the most talented, most interesting and extraordinary person in the universe. And you are capable of amazing things, because you are the Special. And so am I. And so is everyone. The prophecy is made up, but it's also true. It's about all of us. Right now, it's about you. And you, still, can change everything."*
―Emmet Brickowski to President Business[src]
Emmet enters the top of the tower, fending off Business' Skeletrons in an effort to speak to him. When glued to the floor, Emmet reaches for Business' hand, wanting him to take it and join him, explaining to him that people are taking inspiration out if others and him and convincing him that everyone is the Special and that he does not require to be the 'bad guy'. Emmet then gives the Piece of Resistance to President Business, who puts it on the Kragle. Business thanks Emmet before the Kragle explodes.

Emmet lands in Bricksburg and is greeted by his friends. He later becomes Lucy's special best friend while everyone celebrates the end of Business tyrannical reign.

## Personality

Emmet is an ordinary, normal person who is rather optimistic and caring, deeming everything is awesome. Showing innocence and charm, Emmet seeks the heart in everyone he meets, offering friendship to his opponents frequently, such as President Business or his future self Rex Dangervest.

While generally happy, Emmet still embeds anger or sadness deep inside him, revealing when his friends are in danger or something turns out for the worse.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

*"I can see everything!"*
―Emmet Brickowski[src]
* **Master Builder Instincts**: Becoming a Master Builder following his visit to the human realm, Emmet had received a more creative mindset, now being able to build extraordinary things as oppose of following generic rules.
* **Master Breaker Instincts**: Emmet was taught the abilities of a 'Master Breaker' by his counterpart Rex Dangervest.
	+ **Master Breaker Punch**: Emmet could punch like Rex, creating a powerful shockwave upon the ground.

### Abilities

* **Master Construction Worker**: *To be added*

## Equipment

### Former Equipment

*"Get off me! Get off me! It won't come off! It's chasing me! Look, it's not my fault! I have no idea how this thing got on my back!"*
―Emmet Brickowski to Bad Cop[src]
* **Piece of Resistance**: *To be added*

## Facilities

* **Emmet's Apartment**: *To be added*
* **Emmet and Lucy's Residence**: *To be added*

## Appearances

* *The LEGO Movie*
* *The LEGO Batman Movie* (footage)
* *The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part*

## Trivia

* In an early draft of *The LEGO Movie*'s script (*LEGO: The Piece of Resistance*), Emmet lives across his mother, Doris', apartment and is 22 years of age. He had already been in a relationship with Lucy as well.

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1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 *The LEGO Movie*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 *The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part*
3. ↑ *LEGO: The Piece of Resistance*