LEGO City

**LEGO City** is a multi-genre Brickfilm series by LEGO Metaworld.

## Synopsis

LEGO City is much like other urban areas around the world, with comparable activity by everyday heroes, from (good!) police officers stopping robbers, firefighters putting out burning buildings, doctors saving people from life-threatening illness and injury, and construction workers expanding and maintaining citywide infrastructure.

## Parents Guide

### Sex & Nudity

* There are depictions of naked Minifigures in the uncensored police videos, including women with bare but nipple-lacking breasts.

### Violence & Gore

* It is worth noting that every episode of the series is also on YouTube Kids and has a child-friendly version with limited blood and no profanity.
* Considering that the firefighting videos are kept entirely the same for YouTube Kids, they can get realistically violent and genuinely frightening. The videos are ultimately centered around a team of firefighters putting out flames and helping save victims from fires in many buildings, on bridges, and inside carnivals. However, as firefighters go through the smoke, flames, and falling debris, they find victims in life-threatening danger, such as inhaling smoke and being trapped or surrounded by flame. Victims audibly scream for help, with lines such as "I don't want to die!", "I can't get down!", "I can't breathe!", "We are all gonna die!", "Those people are trapped in their car!", if not just yelling in horror. In some scenes, kids trapped by fire are seen succumbing to the flames and collapsing to the ground. In one scene, a firewoman uses her hose to "battle" a robot dragon that crumbles when the fire on it is put out. It is implied that some of the victims either die in the fire or jumped to their death, in the case of skyscraper fires, but this will fly over young viewers' heads.
* The hospital episodes are about doctors responding to emergency calls related to health, with the start of the videos showing a variety of injuries, like kids collapsing while running, a cheerleader falling from a pyramid formation, and children getting stung by bees. Doctors administer treatment to their patients by scanning for broken bones, restoring their health via CPR, and removing bee stingers and glass shards from the bodies of patients. When doctors remove some foreign bodies, a violet stain of blood is used to represent the patients' gashes, as the videos are the same on YouTube Kids. However, wounds that aren't impaled are seen with thin lines of red blood, along with bloodless depictions of splinters, bruises, and broken bones. The most graphic blood is present in the episodes about veterinarians working in the hospital, as surgery is one of the several methods that the vets use to examine and treat the pets, along with making stitches and fixing bone fractures. Some injuries and conditions require the vets to use scalpels to incise areas of the animals, with their organs and small amounts of red blood depicted on incisions and cuts during some procedures. There are also brief references to hunters attacking and killing animals.
* In the space episodes, astronaut recruits must master a series of tasks in outer space, landing on space stations, fixing satellites, piloting spaceships and lunar buggies, and collecting dirt samples on planets. Some astronauts run out of air during their tasks, resulting in brief death scenes where they gasp for air and writhe around for a few seconds before going stiff/limp. Coversations occasionally reference sabotage and murder, like "Our on-board computer has tried many times to end the lives of crew members." While only mildly violent, this is still dark for YouTube Kids.
* Since they are edited for YouTube Kids, the police episodes' uncensored versions are by far the most violent videos in the series, with gunfights that show blood and police brutality, specifically riot police fighting drunk fans at a stadium, a SWAT raid on an ammo factory, and officers stealing civilian vehicles. Only the bleeding effects and scenes of characters dropping dead are censored in the YouTube Kids versions, so realistic gunfire, large explosions, and implied killing are still present.
* Some of the aforementioned videos (specifically cop, firefighter, and EMS ones) can center around rescuring or treating citizens who were hurt in lootings, service station robberies, car accidents, fires, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Despite the lack of onscreen violence, there is sight of explosions, burning airplanes, and citizens getting lobbed to the ground.
* Dinosaur videos usually depict them fighting by biting, ramming heads, clawing, tail-whipping, horn-ramming, headbutting, tackling, and kicking, while other parts show them lunging at prey, accompanied by realistic sounds such as punching and roaring cries, close-ups of strikes, and shaky cam. Carnivores also consume meat from the corpses of dead dinosaurs with wet flesh-chewing sounds but no onscreen contact.
* Ironically, saving animals in the Jungle Rescue video necessitates targeting them from a first-person view and shooting them with a tracker gun; while this isn't technically violence, the realistic targeting scope and bullets shooting out of the tracking gadget add a level of intensity that is worth noting for the youngest viewers. Characters also talk about the injuries inflicted on some animals, including references to hunters who "massacre animals for cash."
* In the Stuntz series, some videos depict monster trucks smashing small cars and hitting them with barrels.

### Profanity

* No swearing is present in the YouTube Kids versions, but pretty much every curse word is frequently used in the uncensored police videos, like f\*ck and sh\*t.
* During the course of the dinosaur series, dung samples are examined with one video depicting cavemen sifting through it to figure out the dinosaur's diet, usually accompanied by whimsical comments in conjunction with the many images of dinosaur poop like "ew!” “yuck!” and “If I dropped that from a tree, it would make an unbelievable splatter!").

### Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking

* Smoking and alcohol consumption are present in the uncensored police videos and the latter is also in the censored versions.

### Frightening/Intense Scenes

* The firefighter videos are filled with scary moments and it seems like some of the victims are going to die, even if all of the on-screen ones survive.
* "Copaganda" elements of the police videos could be uncomfortable to some viewers but the depictions of brutality are condemned through satire, if not always in an obvious way.
* Since the Brickfilms revolve around violence, there is usually death involved with Minifigures bursting to pieces, including parents and even children.

## Episodes

### Police

1. Police - The Great Escape: Watch the cops as they arrest the gangsters and put him back behind bars of steel! There was just jailbreak down at the neighborhood lockup with the escape of one canaille, and now he is on the run! Watch police officers chase after him with their dirt bike and paddywagon, but think about what will happen; will they be able to return him to the stationhouse and back behind bars, where he belongs? Or will the crooks be able to outrun the police and steal cash?. Watch the police as they keep order in the ghetto from their big stationhouse, try to prevent the bad dudes from breaking out of jail, and use their motorbike and a police car to hunt down the gangsters. Also includes police dogs playing with bones, garbage cans, and a police station with a raising fence, recording camera, opening prison door, ramp, a ladder, and a phone. The wonderful LEGO City Police - The Great Escape video is an awesome way to introduce young viewers to a wide universe of their everyday heroes without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game (Destruction Count: A canvas wall is torn open, the wall of a prison explodes into chunks of concrete.)
2. Police Helicopter Patrol: Introduce your kid to thrilling LEGO City action with this Sky Police Helicopter animation! Police officer Chase McCain watches over LEGO City in his cool helicopter with searchlights to stop gangsters. After a crook pries open a safe's door with his crowbar and steals the jewels inside of it, it is up to McCain to stop him in a high-speed cop-and-helicopter pursuit! Will Chase McCain be able to turn the searchlight and locate the mobster, or will he get away with the money? LEGO Metaworld for Kids' police series introduces kids to a wide universe of their everyday heroes without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game.
3. Police Truck Chase: Join the LEGO City police officers and watch as they try to catch gang members after they steal gems! Will the cops be able to catch the crime bosses, or will those dirt bike-riding gangsters make a getaway? In any case, expect a high-speed chase with a police truck and tough criminals trying to escape on supermotards. The police officers setting up a roadblock with a swinging gate might just help them stop the crooks, but they could also smash down the gate without a second thought! If the going gets tough, the tough won't get going; the police have walkie-talkies if they need to call in support and hopefully their handcuffs will come to use! LEGO Metaworld for Kids' police series introduces kids to a wide universe of their everyday heroes without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game. (Destruction Count: Pebbles are broken off of the street and sidewalk, a roadblock's gate is broken down, holes are smashed through the road.)

### Firefighter

1. BBQ Burnout: Introduce your kid to some common heroes as they put out a flaming grill! Join in the enjoyment with your kid as they watch the firefighters protect LEGO City with a fantastic fire engine that has an extending bucket and tool storage. As a tree and barbecue grill burn, it is up to the firefighters to extend the bucket of their fire engine and use their hose to put out the flames! Will the firemen and their hose be enough to stop the unplanned bonfire, or will there be more than frankfurters cooking on there? LEGO Metaworld for Kids' City series introduces kids to an endless world of their everyday heroes without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game. (Destruction Count: Hot dogs and buns have bites taken out of them, a BBQ catches on fire and burns a tree and grass.)
2. Fire Emergency: Watch the LEGO City firehouse come to life and the firemen from it take down some flames! Sound the alarm! A garbage can is burning and it is time to call in the fearless firefighters who slide down the firehouse chute, hop in their fire engine and get that fire under control! Will the firefighters be able to race to and put out the burning bin, or will the dumpster fire prove too strong to handle? This enjoyable fire-themed LEGO animation is amazing for all ages and is centered around a great firehouse with an office and beds for the firemen to nap in, and a fire engine with a hose. For children who love firehouses with big windows, vehicle ramps, beds to nap in, and chutes to slide down for a fast exit, you can't go wrong with this video! LEGO Metaworld for Kids' City series introduces kids to an endless world of their everyday heroes without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game. (Destruction Count: A trash can and its lid burn, the ramp's paint is scratched, the street is cracked and pitted, a canvas wall is torn open and the ends hang off.)
3. Fire Patrol Housefire: Be prepared for a LEGO City emergency with this entertaining video about a fire truck with a moveable cherry lifter and motorcycle putting out a fire at an empty home! Will the firemen and firewomen fight the fire, or will the bonfire be too big of a baddie for them to beat? Watch as the flames spread through the home's doorway and the firefighters are raised by their fire truck's lifter, attached to a trailer, to put out the fire on the roof. Things that put out fires, hatchets, sawblades, and oxygen tanks all come into play in the firefight. LEGO Metaworld for Kids' City series introduces kids to an endless world of their everyday heroes without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game. (Destruction Count: A house burns and the window shutters break off, dirt and pebbles are displaced and lines are broken through the ground.)
4. Firehouse: Join the firemen and women on duty at the LEGO® City Firehouse! Get ready for action as the firefighters park their shiny bright red fire vehicles in their places, ready to go. Watch a practice drill where the firefighters put out a small flame in the station yard. When the fire bell rings, the firemen and women hop in their fire engine and fire car before speeding to the rescue! This video will keep any young fireman or woman engaged as they enjoy exciting vehicles and scenes; use this animation to talk to your kid about what firemen and women do, and the importance of fire safety. (Destruction Count: Bricks outside of the fire station burn, water is displaced by fire hoses and hydrants, the roof of the fire station burns, bricks are broken off of a building.)
5. Fire Boat: Get ready for a coastal rescue with this LEGO® City Fire Boat video! Cruise to the rescue on the LEGO® City Fire Boat and watch the fireman and rescue dog leap on the vehicle and speed across the sea to save a flaming lighthouse. Watch as the firefighter uses a pullable fire hose to put out the flames, then travels safely back to dry land. Young kids will deeply love watching this rescue mission for the fearless fireman and his rescue dalmatian on their boat. Use this video to talk to kids about how deadly and dangerous fire is without the cartoon violence and inappropriate humor of the LEGO City Undercover video game. (Destruction Count: Water is displaced, the rock on the lighthouse island is cracked, grass on the island burns.)

### Construction

1. Digger: When the water pipe explodes, it is a job for the Digger and its busy driver! Watch as the construction worker hits the road and fixes the exploded water pipe with his LEGO Digger, using the bucket to dig down and the crane to lower the pipe in place! This Brickfilm is packed with awesome details like water pipes, valves, and of course the Digger and its driver; it is a ton of enjoyment for kids. (Destruction Count: A water pipe bursts and water sprays all over the place, a canvas wall is torn open and the ends hang off of it.)
2. Construction: Knock down the wall and rebuild it on the construction site! Watch the construction worker put on his hard hat and head onto the construction site before using the crane with a wrecking ball to knock down the wall, load the bricks into the construction truck with the wheelbarrow and drive them away. Lastly, the construction worker uses the scaffolding to raise himself and rebuild the wall… will it be a job well done, or will something go wrong?
3. Road Work Truck: Repair the street with the Road Work Truck! Watch the LEGO street workers dig up the road with their LEGO Road Work Truck, tipping down the ramp and unloading their tiny digger. The road workers also have to set out the warning signs for passing traffic before getting to work with their digger and drill, loading all the rubble and many broken bits of the destroyed road into the dumpster as they go. Will the workers finish their job on the street and load up their trucks again, or will things not go as planned?
4. Destruction Site: Rip it down and construct it again! Put on your hard hat and watch the construction workers get to work on the LEGO City construction site, using their dumper truck, digger with a rotating back arm, and a destruction crane with a wrecking ball to work on a building that is under construction.
5. Road Repair Truck: Get your shovel and get to work! Watch the LEGO City roadwork crew take care of the streets with this entertaining video for boys and girls where the construction workers get their tools from the back of their truck to work on the road, also using their trailer with a ramp and spinning cement mixer.
6. Big Construction Bulldozer: Kids who love everyday heroes will adore this LEGO City Big Construction Bulldozer animation where there is a big cool bulldozer with rubber tracks and a working bucket, a crane with a wrecking ball, a cement mixer, and a warning sign; everything a construction site needs. With LEGO Metaworld LEGO City videos, children get to watch missions and situations that reflect reality, with a wide range of realistic, feature-rich vehicles and machines!
7. Roadwork Truck: What will construction workers do with a front-end loader, wheelbarrow, traffic cones, roadworks sign, and a shovel? Children will find out as the builders block off areas with the roadworks sign and traffic cones, fill and tip the front-end loader's bucket and start construction work as rats quickly run around!
8. Cementer Mixer Truck: Two construction workers use their cement fixer with its opening driver's cab and spinning mixing drum, jackhammer, wheelbarrow and roadworks sign to do work on the street! Children grow up surrounded by wonderful vehicles and machines, and with LEGO Metaworld LEGO City animations they get to study them up close, with realistic models and entertaining characters that inspire.

### Space

1. Fun Spaceship Trip: Launch children and babies into a star system of imagination and play! Treat your kid to the LEGO City Fun Spaceship Trip and watch their imagination juices and developmental skills rise super high like an ultrasonic starship. This child-friendly space starfighter cartoon has got it all; young space travelers will have a blast as they watch the spaceship blast the space travelers into outer space where they will explore and discover. Stars a spaceman and spacewoman in their spaceship with an opening body and turning wheels, a moving ladder, and a moon buggy with wheels and a turning radar at the top. Will the space travelers be able to reach the moon and place their flag on it, or will they run out of rocket fuel and get lost in outer space? (Destruction Count: Craters are broken in the moon's surface.)

### Stuntz

1. Racecar Rally: Speed to victory in the Race Car Rally! Take your place on the grid for the most thrilling race of the year with red, black, and blue racecars and chicanes, a finishing stand, a starting/finishing line, and the obvious race that will decide which racer gets the trophy! Will the red racer win the race and get the trophy, or will his racecar have to get towed away by the tow truck?
2. Racecar: The racer gets into his F1 car after the mechanic fixes it with her wrench and hammer so he can race into the night and win the golden trophy in this thrilling mission! Between all the racing action, the racer will have to get some pit stop repairs, but will these get in the way of his victory? Children grow up surrounded by wonderful vehicles and machines, and with LEGO Metaworld LEGO City animations they get to study them up close, with realistic models and entertaining characters that inspire.