The LEGO Movie

> *"The story of a nobody who saved everybody"*
>
> —Tagline

***The LEGO Movie*** is a 2014 American computer-animated adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman. Based mainly on the Lego line of construction toys, the film tells the story of an ordinary Lego minifigure named Emmet Brickowski save the Lego universe from the tyrannical Lord Business. It was released theatrically on February 7, 2014. This film is rated PG and is a cross between stop-motion and computer-generated animation. The movie was a critical and commercial blockbuster, with many critics highlighting its visual style and humor. It earned more than $251 million in North America and $160 million internationally for a worldwide total of over $424 million. It came out on DVD and Blu-ray on June 17, 2014. A sequel was released on Feb 8th 2019.

## Background

“The LEGO® Movie,” the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO® adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, opens in theaters February 7, 2014.

Directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (“21 Jump Street,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”), it stars Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Charlie Day, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.

The original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

Chris Pratt (“Parks And Recreation”) stars as the voice of Emmet. Will Ferrell (“The Campaign”) stars as the voice of his primary adversary, President Business, an uptight CEO who has a hard time balancing world domination with micro-managing his own life; while Liam Neeson (“Taken” and “Taken 2,” Oscar nominee for “Schindler’s List”) voices the president’s powerful henchman, known as Bad Cop/Good Cop, who will stop at nothing to catch Emmet.

Starring as Emmet’s fellow travelers are Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”), as Vitruvius, an old mystic; Elizabeth Banks (“The Hunger Games,” Emmy nominee for “30 Rock”), as tough-as-nails Wyldstyle, who mistakes Emmet for the savior of the world and guides him on his quest; Will Arnett (Emmy nominee, “30 Rock”), as the mysterious Batman, a LEGO minifigure with whom Wyldstyle shares a history; Nick Offerman (NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”) as a craggy, swaggering pirate obsessed with revenge on President Business; Alison Brie (NBC’s “Community”) as a sweet, loveable member of the team, with a powerful secret, and Charlie Day as the spaceman Benny.

Directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller also wrote the screenplay, from a story by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, based on LEGO construction toys. It will incorporate some of the LEGO world’s most popular figures while introducing several new characters, inviting fans who have enjoyed the brand’s innovative toys and hugely popular video games for generations to experience their visually unique LEGO world as never seen before.

“The LEGO Movie” is produced by Dan Lin (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”) and Roy Lee (“The Departed,” “How to Train Your Dragon”). The executive producers are Jill Wilfert, Matthew Ashton, Kathleen Fleming, Allison Abbate, Zareh Nalbandian, Jon Burton, Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Seanne Winslow, Matt Skiena and Bruce Berman; and co-producer John Powers Middleton.

The creative filmmaking team includes cinematographer Pablo Plaisted, production designer Grant Freckelton, editors David Burrows and Chris McKay, and composer Mark Mothersbaugh. Emmy Award winner Chris McKay (“Robot Chicken”) also serves as animation co-director.

“The LEGO Movie” is a Warner Bros Pictures Presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, in association with LEGO System A/S, a Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures Production. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

## Plot

### Prologue

> *"He is coming... Cover your butt."*
>
> —Vitruvius

In a universe made entirely out of LEGO bricks, an old wizard named Vitruvius attempts to protect an ancient and powerful relic called the "Kragle" (actually a tube of Krazy Glue) from the evil Lord Business, the terrorist of the LEGO universe. He fails to do so, being permanently blinded by Lord Business' laser. However, he warns Lord Business of a prophecy connected to the Kragle:

*One day a talented lass or fellow,*

*A Special one with face of yellow,*

*Will make the Piece of Resistance found,*

*From its hiding refuge underground.*

*And with a noble army at the helm,*

*This Master Builder will thwart the Kragle and save the realm,*

*And be the greatest, most interesting,*

*Most important person of all times.*

*All this is true, because it rhymes.*

Lord Business, however, dismisses this as nothing of importance, and leaves Vitruvius for dead, taking the Kragle.

### 8 ½ Years Later

> *"Good morning, city!"*
>
> —Emmet

8 ½ years later, an ordinary construction worker named Emmet who has no special qualities goes throughout life in Bricksburg by following every last detail of the instructions as do his fellow workers. He comes across a woman who is searching for something after hours at his construction site. When he tries to follow her when she flees, Emmet falls into a hole and finds an unusual red piece stuck among a clear substance. Compelled to touch it, Emmet experiences vivid visions and passes out. Awakening, he finds himself in the custody of Bad Cop, Lord Business' lieutenant (whose head sometimes turns around to reveal his other side, Good Cop) in the Super Secret Police. While being fiercely interrogated, Emmet learns Business' plans to destroy the world with the Kragle, and that the red brick he found is the Piece of Resistance--which is now stuck to his back. Unable to get through to him, Bad Cop orders his men to take Emmet to the Melting Chamber. The same woman he found before, who calls herself Wyldstyle, rescues Emmet from being melted down for the Piece and takes him out of Bricksburg and into another realm called The Old West to find Vitruvius (who in fact survived his encounter with Lord Business). Unfortunately, she learns too late that Emmet is not a Master Builder, let alone the "Special", though because she does not know what to do with him, she has no choice but to locate Vitruvius.

During their journey, Wyldstyle explains how she and many other figures are among the Master Builders who can instinctively build whatever anything without instruction manuals. Lord Business disapproved of such anarchic creativity and captured many of them, leaving the rest to scramble into hiding. As the "Special", Emmet is destined to defeat him with the Piece of Resistance and restore free creativity to all the realms of the universe.

### Taco Tuesday

> *"Ragh! Darn, darn, darn, darny, darn!!!"*
>
> —Bad Cop, frustrated that Emmet escaped

Meanwhile at the Octan Tower, Lord Business tells his personal assistant Velma Staplebot to hold all calls while he goes into a meeting. He meets with Bad Cop as his alter-ego Lord Business in his skyscraper's relic room which is full of non-LEGO items from a world beyond theirs....our world. Business lets it be known that he is angry that Emmet escaped with the Piece, but intends to set everything in place--literally--with the Kragle (which happens to be a tube of Krazy Glue with some letters rubbed off). He seeks his lieutenant's true loyalties by having him fire the weapon-turned relic onto his own parents Ma Cop and Pa Cop, but his Good Cop side wins over. Business discovers this and rubs off that side of Bad Cop with other powerful items which are nail polish (AKA the "polish remover of na-eel") and a q-tip in front of his parents. Lord Business then convinces him to demonstrate the Kragle's power. Bad Cop apologizes to his parents upon Kraglizing them while stating that he's just doing his job.

> *"The Tentacle Arm Kragle Outside Sprayer, or TAKOS. The S is silent."*
>
> —President Business, explaining the machine

Upon finding Vitruvius, both he and Wyldstyle are disappointed to find Emmet displays no outside creativity, but are astonished to discover his obstacle-free mind brimming with potential creativity. With this unexpected hope, Vitruvius deems Emmet to truly be the "Special". After this, Bad Cop tracks down Emmet and Wyldstyle in the Old West which leads to him destroying a bridge for the train they are on.

### Cloud Cuckoo Landers

> *"Rest in pieces!"*
>
> —Bad Cop

Just before the heroes are about to die, they are rescued by Wyldstyle's boyfriend Template:M who takes them to a gathering with the remaining Master Builders. During their trip they come across more realms such as Middle Zealand and the secret realm of Cloud Cuckoo Land. Upon arriving in Cloud Cuckoo Land, the group meets Princess Unikitty. Upon entering a dog-shaped building, Emmett, Wyldstyle, Vitruvius, Batman, and Unikitty meet with the Master Builders consisting of the 2002 NBA All-Stars (consisting of Shaquille O'Neal, NBA Player 1, NBA Player 2), Abraham Lincoln, an Artist, Benny (who Vitruvius referred to as a "1980s-something Space Guy"), a Blaze Firefighter, Cardio Carrie, a Cavalry, a Circus Clown, Conductor Charlie, a Cowboy, a Crash Dummy, a Deep Sea Diver, El Macho Wrestler, the Egyptian Queen (who Vitruvius referred to as Cleopatra), Forestman (who Vitruvius referred to as Robin Hood), some Gallant Guards, Gandalf, a Gangster, a Ghost, Gordon Zola, Green Lantern, the Green Ninja, Hank Haystack, Hazmat Guy, Johnny Thunder, Lady Liberty, Lizard Man, a Magician, Marsha, Queen of the Mermaids, Michelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Milhouse Van Houten, a Mummy, a Panda Guy, a Policeman, Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, a Punk Rocker, a Red Classic Spaceman, Sir Stackabrick, Sleepyhead, Superman, a Surgeon, the Swamp Creature, a Traffic Enforcer, the Tribal Chief, a Trucker, a Vampire (who Vitruvius referred to as "Nice Vampire"), a White Classic Spaceman, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, and a Yeti. Although enthusiastic for the Piece's recovery, Emmet tries to come up a plan where he is interrupted by a brick-clad Master Builder pirate named MetalBeard. MetalBeard told about his tale of woe of where he and his crew (consisting of Disco Dude, Flash, Lady Pirate, a male pirate, a Magician, Medusa, Michelangelo, a Mime, a Pirate Captain, a Ringmaster, Speed Racer, a Witch, and a Zookeeper) had tried to invade Lord Business' Octan Tower in an earlier mission where the Kragle is on the Infinitieth Floor. MetalBeard lost some of his crew members to the Octan Tower's defenses where the Kragle was guarded by a Robot Army and security measures of every kind imaginable (consisting of lasers, Sharks, Laser-Sharks, overbearing assistants, and strange dangerous relics that entrap, snap, and zap). MetalBeard also mentions about the Think Tank where the captive Master Builders are and how he escaped from the Octan Tower with only his head and organs. Emmet's lack of imagination has disheartened with Emmet's lack of imagination where they refuse to fight enough for Abraham Lincoln and Metalbeard to leave Cloud Cuckoo Land.

### Assault on Cloud Cuckoo Land

> *"It's the Orb of Tee-te-list!"*
>
> —Superman, after seeing the Titleist golf ball

Suddenly, a Titleist golf ball (which Superman refers to as the "Orb of Tee-te-list") comes crashing through the building and out the other side. Bad Cop and his forces locate Emmet again, via a tracking device shot on to him when previously saving Wyldstyle from the shot. Marsha and Sir Stackabrick recognize a tracking device on Emmet's leg where Gandalf thinks that Emmet led Lord Business' forces to them. As the Dropships destroy the Batmobile and Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet, Batman states that they are on their own. Superman objects to this as he takes down some dropships while stating that they must protect the Piece of Resistance. The 2002 NBA All-Stars, a Red Classic Spaceman, a White Classic Spaceman, and the Swamp Creature build a catapult to throw a basketball at a dropship which doesn't work. Bad Cop states that all the vehicles are "Kragle-ized" as a dropship fires gum that traps Superman. Green Lantern tries to free Superman but gets stuck as well. Batman was reluctant to help Emmet until Wyldstyle persuades him to. Batman removes the tracker off of Emmet's leg and throws it onto a disabled Robo SWAT which temporarily tricks Bad Cop. Emmet, Wyldstyle, Vitruvius, Batman, and Unikitty meet with Benny who tries to build a spaceship. Wyldstyle states that the sky is crowded causing the group to quickly build a submarine. While being pursued by Bad Cop's forces, the group finishes their submarine and escapes into the ocean. Cloud Cuckoo Land is in ruins as the remaining Master Builders are apprehended by Bad Cop's forces.

> *"My home...it's gone."*
>
> —Unikitty, after the assault

Emmet comforts a devastated Unikitty at the destruction of her home until the others discover their sub is falling apart and severely leaking, which soon leads to the sub exploding underwater. Above the ocean waves, Bad Cop reports no other survivors amongst the surfacing wreckage to Lord Business while sending some scuba robots to look for any survivors. At the Octan Tower, the captured Master Builders are placed in the Think Tank. Much to Superman's chagrin, he is placed near Green Lantern. Lord Business and Bad Cop have a discussion about the only intact part of the submarine that was floating...a double-decker couch that Emmet had built for the first time on his own. It is then shown that Emmet, Wyldstyle, Vitruvius, Batman, Unikitty, and Benny had hidden in the compartments of the double-decker couch while wondering how to get out of their plight.

### Emmet's Plan

> *"What's the last thing Lord Business expects us to do? Follow the instructions."*
>
> —Emmet, explaining this idea to infiltrate Octan HQ

Upon rescue by MetalBeard, who noticed the couch being overlooked by Business' forces, Emmet believes the Master Builders' main weakness was that their individual creativity prevented them from working together unlike Bricksburg's construction workers who were able to erect things like Business' skyscraper with a solid plan. He devises a team plan to infiltrate Lord Business' headquarters at the Octan Tower by using instructions and his own building knowledge and experience. The group arrives at the Octan Tower after borrowing the warp drive from the Millennium Falcon. While Metalbeard and Benny head to hack the computer room, and Batman and Unikitty stall Business' time to initiate the newly dubbed "Kragle-izer", Emmet and Wyldstyle disguise themselves (with tin foil from the relic room) among the worker robots to get to the Kragle. They trick the Robo Workers and the Robo Foreman into building a speaker for them (though the instructions were taken from the Think Tank's powers where it tortures the captive Master Builders into giving the plans for the speakers). Emmet and Wyldstyle's cover is nearly blown until Emmet makes the tunes for "Everything is Awesome." Their mission leads Emmet to admit to Wyldstyle how her words upon their meeting impacted him, and she, in turn, reveals that her real name is Lucy. Just before Emmet and Wyldstyle can kiss, their touching moment is interrupted by Batman, who has returned to assist them.

Emmet is about to install the Piece of Resistance onto the Kragle before he and the others are discovered and imprisoned. Vitruvius attempts to fight back but he is beheaded by Business with a flying penny. With his dying words, Vitruvius admits the prophecy was all made up. Just as Vitruvius dies, Business immediately demoralizes Emmet and all the captured Master Builders in the room. Business rants at Emmet in how he is really a nobody like everyone else as he removes the Piece with a "sword" relic (an X-ACTO knife blade) and throws it off the edge of the universe. Setting his headquarters to electrocute all in the room including Bad Cop, he leaves with the Kragle to freeze Bricksburg. Vitruvius' Ghost tells Emmet that even if the prophecy isn't real, Emmet can still save the world by believing in himself. Tied to the self-destruct mechanism's battery, Emmet throws himself out the hole Business made and off the edge of the universe, saving and releasing all the Builders, much to Lucy's sadness.

### Revolution

> *"Today will not be known as Taco Tuesday. It will be known as Freedom Friday! ...But still on a Tuesday!"*
>
> —Wyldstyle

Inspired by his sacrifice, the Master Builders escape with Bad Cop's help where Bad Cop draws a new Good Cop face onto him. Lucy rallies the citizens of Bricksburg to become creative in Emmet's memory. Soon all the people across the universe are building their own creative weapons to fight the attacking Kragle-izer, with the Master Builders leading the charge against Business. Benny builds a spaceship to get the group out of the Octan Tower. With their newfound imaginations, the citizens gradually gain the upper hand much to the Master Builders' astonishment and delight.

Meanwhile, Emmet finds himself in the real world, where the events of the story are being controlled by a human boy named Finn. The boy's father, "The Man Upstairs" as Emmet recognizes, chastises his son for ruining all the intricate LEGO displays he had built and questioning Finn's own LEGO creations. The father then begins undoing his son's creations. In the LEGO world as a result of this, Lord Business' forces gain the upper hand in reversing the citizens' creative weapons and Kragle-izing them. Realizing the father will glue all the LEGO bricks in place, Emmet forces himself to move and falls off the table, grabbing the son's attention. Distracting his father, the son returns Emmet with the Piece of Resistance (which happens to actually be the Krazy Glue cap) to the LEGO set.

### Back to Bricksburg

> *"I am a Master Builder!"*
>
> —Emmet, after revving up his Construction Mech

Landing in the construction site, Emmet discovers his Master-Building imagination unlocked and builds a massive mech out of the construction vehicles to assist his friends before confronting Lord Business. He takes off Business' mask to revealed as President Business, the cheerful president of Octan. In the real world, the father looks at his son's creations again and finds himself impressed. Realizing his son based on President Business on him, the father has a change of heart and allows his son to play with his LEGO bricks however he sees fit. As if being mirrored by these events, Emmet convinces President 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 President Business himself had made, which makes him special, too, just like everyone in their own ways. Moved by Emmet's speech and touched by being considered special, President Business applies the Piece of Resistance on the Kragle, which soon causes the Kragle to explode, deactivating all of his Micro Managers. With the LEGO Universe saved, Emmet celebrates with his newly-found friends. Lucy becomes Emmet's girlfriend after Batman tells her that she deserves him, Vitruvius' Ghost is seen flying above the crowd, Lord Business unfreezes his victims (though the real "victims" were saved when the Man Upstairs cleaned the glue off them), and Bad Cop is reunited with his parents.

### Epilogue

> *"I liked Emmet* before *it was cool."*
>
> —Vitruvius' Ghost

As "The Man Upstairs" and Finn are called to dinner by Finn's Mom, "The Man Upstairs" and Finn make a compromise where Finn will be allowed to play with his LEGO Bricks. Finn is surprised when his father also allows Finn's younger sister to play with the LEGO Bricks as well. As a result of this, DUPLO Aliens from the Planet Duplon beam down from their spaceship, announcing their intentions to destroy them. Emmet and everyone else present is surprised by this and they huddle as Emmet says the final words of the movie, "Oh, man..." before the movie cuts to black.

## Cast

* Chris Pratt as Emmet
* Will Ferrell as Lord Business/President Business, "The Man Upstairs"
* Elizabeth Banks as Lucy/Wyldstyle
* Will Arnett as Batman
* Nick Offerman as Metalbeard
* Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty
* Charlie Day as Benny
* Liam Neeson as Bad Cop/Good Cop, Pa Cop
* Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius
* Channing Tatum as Superman
* Jonah Hill as Green Lantern
* Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman
* Jason Sand as Finn
* Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
* Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian
* Keith Ferguson as Han Solo
* Shaquille O'Neal as Himself
* Craig Berry as Larry
* David Burrows as Octan Corporation Robots (Robo Demolitionists, Robo Feds, Robo SWATs, Robo Workers, Skeletrons)
* Amanda Farinos as Finn's Mom
* Will Forte as Abraham Lincoln
* Dave Franco as Wally
* Todd Hansen as Gandalf, Additional Voices
* Jake Johnson as Barry
* Keegen-Michael Key as Frank the Foreman
* Kelly Lafferty as Velma Staplebot
* Chris McKay as Larry the Barista, Additional Voices
* Graham Miller as Duplo Alien Leader
* Doug Nicholas as Surfer Dave, Micro Managers, Additional Voices
* Chris Paluszek as Robo Foreman
* Chris Romano as Joe
* Melissa Sturm as Gail, Ma Cop
* Jorma Taccone as William Shakespeare, Sheriff Not-A-Robot, Additional Voices
* Leiki Veskimets as Octan Tower's Central Computer
* Chris Miller as TV Presenter

## Development

The plans to develop the movie were revealed in August 2009. In June 2010 it was reported that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were going to write and direct the movie. On November 11, 2011 it was revealed that Warner Bros. had green-lit the film with a planned 2014 release date. Warner Bros. also contracted the Australian company Animal Logic to provide the animation. In March 2012, Chris Miller stated that the current title was ***LEGO: The Piece of Resistance***. Phil Lord and Chris Miller also mentioned that they were working on story development and the character design, and that casting would begin shortly.

## Sets

Main article: The LEGO Movie (Theme)
In a press release before the San Diego International Comic-Con 2013, LEGO revealed there would be 17 new sets released in 2014 based on The LEGO Movie, based on several themes from Space to Wild West. This press release also states there will be a line of Collectible Minifigures based on the movie's characters.

## Video Game

Main article: The LEGO Movie Video Game
Alongside the announcement that sets would be produced based on the movie, it was announced that a video game would also be released based on the movie.

## DVD and Blu Ray Release

The LEGO Movie DVD was released on June 17, 2014. The film can be bought in a one DVD set, a 2 Disc Special Edition, A Blu-Ray disc version, a Target exclusive version, or the Everything is Awesome Edition.

### Special Features

#### Blu Ray

* Feature commentary: Join Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the commentary with the actors.
* 3 Animated shorts:
	+ Batman: A True Artist: A music video of Batman's song made by a LEGO fan.
	+ Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops: A fake trailer with the company of this two grand history man.
	+ Enter the Ninjago: Join Emmet, The President of Hollywood and The Green Ninja in the scenes you couldn't notice in the movie.
* Bringing LEGO® to Life: Join Emmet in the Behind the Scenes of the Movie meeting how they did The LEGO Movie.
* “Everything is Awesome” Sing-Along: A sing-along of the song that you never leave your head.
* See it! Build it!: Some tutorials on how to create the creations of the movie in your way.
* Stories from the Story Team: The workers of the movie tell some scenes and creative ideas they had originally going to be in the movie.
* Fan-Made Films: Top Secret Submissions: Join Chris Pratt in the in shorts made by fans of Lego, showing which of them were put in the film and who was the winner.
* Outtakes: Funny bloopers they happened during the production of The LEGO Movie
* Additional Promotional Content: Some additional promos of The LEGO Movie.
* Alleyway Test: The first animated scene made before the real scene came out ready.
* Deleted Scenes: 2 Deleted Scenes in storyboard and the reasons of why they deleted.

#### DVD

* Feature commentary: Join Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the commentary with the actors
* “Everything is Awesome” Sing-Along: A sing-along of the song that you never leave your head
* Fan-Made Films: Top Secret Submissions: Join Chris Pratt in the in shorts made by fans of Lego, showing which of them were put in the film and what was the winner

#### Everything is Awesome Edition Blu-ray Combo

* The Everything is Awesome Edition features a Young Vitruvius Minifigure.

* Feature commentary: Join Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the commentary with the actors.
* 3 Animated shorts:
	+ Batman: A True Artist: A music video of Batman's song made by a LEGO fan.
	+ Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops: A fake trailer with the company of this two grand history man.
	+ Enter the Ninjago: Join Emmet, The President of Hollywood and The Green Ninja in the scenes you couldn't notice in the movie.
* Bringing LEGO® to Life: Join Emmet in the Behind the Scenes of the Movie meeting how they did The LEGO Movie.
* “Everything is Awesome” Sing-Along: A sing-along of the song that you never leave your head.
* See it! Build it!: Some tutorials on how to create the creations of the movie in your way.
* Stories from the Story Team: The workers of the movie tell some scenes they had originally going to be in the movie.
* Fan-Made Films: Top Secret Submissions: Join Chris Pratt in the in shorts made by fans of Lego, showing which of them were put in the film and who was the winner.
* Outtakes: Funny bloopers they happened during the production of The LEGO Movie
* Additional Promotional Content: Some additional promos of The LEGO Movie.
* Alleyway Test: The first animated scene made before the real scene came out ready.
* Deleted Scenes: 2 Deleted Scenes in storyboard and the reasons of why they deleted.
* PLUS Dream Job: Meet The LEGO® Builders: Meet the creators of the LEGO Sets for the movie.

#### The LEGO Movie: The Special Special Edition

* Feature commentary: Join Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the commentary with the actors.
* 3 Animated shorts:
	+ Batman: A True Artist: A music video of Batman's song made by a LEGO fan.
	+ Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops: A fake trailer with the company of this two grand history man.
	+ Enter the Ninjago: Join Emmet, The President of Hollywood and The Green Ninja in the scenes you couldn't notice in the movie.
* Bringing LEGO® to Life: Join Emmet in the Behind the Scenes of the Movie meeting how they did The LEGO Movie.
* “Everything is Awesome” Sing-Along: A sing-along of the song that you never leave your head.
* See it! Build it!: Some tutorials on how to create the creations of the movie in your way.
* Stories from the Story Team: The workers of the movie tell some scenes they had originally going to be in the movie.
* Fan-Made Films: Top Secret Submissions: Join Chris Pratt in the in shorts made by fans of Lego, showing which of them were put in the film and who was the winner.
* Outtakes: Funny bloopers they happened during the production of The LEGO Movie
* Additional Promotional Content: Some additional promos of The LEGO Movie.
* Alleyway Test: The first animated scene made before the real scene came out ready.
* Deleted Scenes: 2 Deleted Scenes in storyboard and the reasons of why they deleted.
* More Deleted Scenes: More Deleted Scenes of the Movie
* PLUS Dream Job: Meet The LEGO® Builders: Meet the creators of the LEGO Sets for the movie.
* More Commentary with Chris Miller, Phil Lord, and Chris McKay: More Commentary featuring Co-director of animation, Chris McKay
* The LEGO Movie In 90 Seconds: All the movie in 90 seconds
* Wizard Team Go!: Another funny animated short
* How It Should Have Ended - Alternate Ending: A funny animated short made by the YouTube channel How It Should Have Ended
* How It Should Have Ended - LEGO Super Cafe: Another funny animated short made by How It Should Have Ended
* Trapped In The Ice: A Short Film: Another animated short
* Dream Job: Meet the Master Builders: Meet the Master Builders for The LEGO Movie
* Unlock the Secrets: The Insider's Guide to the LEGO Movie: Discover all the secrets of The LEGO Movie in this Guide

## Awards

* Academy Awards: Best Original song (Nominated)
* Golden Globes Awards: Best Animated Film (Nominated)
* BAFTA Award: Best Animated Film (Winner)
* Critic Choice awards: Best Animated Film (Winner) and Best Original song (Nominated)
* Denver Film Critics Association: Best Animated Film (Winner) and Best Original song (Winner)
* 3D Society Awards: Best Animated Film in 3D (Winner)
* Iowa film critics Association: Best Original Song (Winner)
* Austin Film Critics Association: Best Animated Film (Winner)
* Houston Film Critics Society Awards: Best Animated Film (Winner) and Best Original song (Winner)
* Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Best Original Song (Winner) and Best Original score (Nominated)

## Songs

* "Everything Is Awesome"
* "Untitled Self Portrait"

## Gallery

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### Screenshots

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### Videos

The LEGO Movie - Vehicle Design ContestThe LEGO® Movie - Official Teaser Trailer HDThe LEGO® Movie - Official Main Trailer HDThe LEGO® Movie - Meet Emmet HDThe LEGO® Movie - Meet President Business HDThe LEGO® Movie - Meet Wyldstyle HDThe LEGO® Movie - Meet Batman HDThe LEGO® Movie - Meet Metal Beard HDThe LEGO Movie - TV Spot 1 HDThe LEGO Movie - TV Spot 2 HDThe LEGO Movie - Elizabeth Banks "Everything is Awesome" HDThe LEGO Movie - TV Spot 3 HDThe LEGO Movie - "Behind the Bricks" FeaturetteExclusive DocumentaryThe LEGO Movie - TV Spot 4 HDThe LEGO Movie - Will Arnett is Batman HDThe LEGO Movie - "Man of Plastic" Featurette HDThe LEGO Movie - Chinese New Year HDThe LEGO Movie - The Emmet Awards Are Coming!The LEGO Movie - TV Spot 5 HDThe LEGO Movie - Puppy Bowl Coin Toss HDThe LEGO Movie - Nick Offerman "This Friday"The LEGO Movie - TV Spot 6 HDThe LEGO Movie - Now Playing Spot 1 HDThe LEGO Movie - Now Playing Spot 2 HDThe LEGO Movie - Now Playing Spot 3 HDEverything Is AWESOME!!! -- The LEGO® Movie -- Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely IslandThe LEGO Movie - THE DIRECT YOUR OWN TRAILER Contest is Here!The LEGO Movie - Morgan FreemanThe LEGO Movie - Outtakes HDThe LEGO Movie - Now Playing Spot 4 HDThe LEGO Movie - Now Playing Spot 5 HDThe LEGO Movie - Now Playing Spot 6 HDLEGO® The Emmet Awards -- Double Decker Couch Contest!The LEGO Movie - ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY Contest is Here!The LEGO Movie - Spaceship - Emmet AwardsThe LEGO Movie - Everything is Awesome MashupThe LEGO Movie (2014) DvD Menu WalkthroughThe LEGO Movie - Everything is awesome - Emmet AwardsThe LEGO Movie - The Emmet Awards Show!The LEGO Movie - "Creating the Bricks" HD
## Trivia

* Unlike other LEGO films which only aired on Cartoon Network, this movie also aired on other channels, such as Disney Channel, TBS, Freeform, and Nickelodeon, making this the first LEGO film to air on different TV channels other than Cartoon Network.
* Despite it being a movie all about LEGO, the word "LEGO" is never spoken in the movie.
	+ Ironically, it is mentioned numerously in the videogame.

## Notes

* It was originally going to be released on February 28, 2014, but for unknown reasons, it was moved to February 7, 2014.
* The movie consists largely of 3D made to look like it's stop-motion, though parts of it may be stop-motion. A short portion is also live-action, with actual human actors instead of minifigures. The end credits are completely stop-motion made with real bricks.
* For a limited time in 2013, 5002891 The LEGO Movie Mini Poster Sticker was included with 10232 Palace Cinema. It is based on the real movie poster and can be used to replace the other movie posters that show what's playing at the cinema.
* A sign in the movie reads "Heartlake City" and "Paradisa."
* During Wyldstyle's flashback involving the Master Builders, the map that is shown in Lord Business' board room lists various locations including Bricksburg, The Old West, Middle Zealand, Cape Space, Pirate's Cove, Viking's Landing, Pharaoh's Quest, Dino Island, Atlantis, Vladek's Realm, TECHNIC Mecha Mine, the Forest of Obsolete Products, and Octan HQ.
* Unlike most LEGO shows such as Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Legends of Chima: The Animated Series, and The Yoda Chronicles, everything in the movie is made to look like something real. This is true for nearly everything in the entire film, including buildings, landscapes, clouds, smoke, lasers, water, and explosions. The few things that aren't brick-built are "relics" from the real world, including a BAND-AID, a staple remover, a battery, an apple core, a computer disc, a calculator, a Titleist golf ball, a Gummy Bear, nail polish remover, a laser pointer (referred as "the Pointed Laser" in the video game), a q-tip, and a tube of Krazy Glue (AKA the Kragle), the lid to the Krazy Glue (the Piece of Resistance), and Vitruvius' staff (a partially-eaten lollipop), among others. Many of these are housed in Lord Business' Relic Room.
* The movie was released until April in certain countries.
* The Toa Mata/Toa Nuva from BIONICLE briefly appear in the film when Wyldstyle is talking to Emmet about the prophecy. Fabuland, 9448 Samurai Mech from Ninjago, 41039 Sunshine Ranch from Friends, 8158 Speed Racer & Snake Oiler from Speed Racer also appear along with a few other themes.
* Some stop-motion videos created by fans on ReBrick were featured in the movie.
* For some far-off camera shots, miniature versions of the models are used, such as when MetalBeard escapes Cloud Cuckoo Land, or when the *Millennium Falcon* gets eaten by a space slug.
* The medieval world, Middle Zealand, is a reference to Tolkien's Middle Earth in *The Lord of The Rings* and *The Hobbit*. Peter Jackson's adaption of Middle Earth uses New Zealand to shoot, hence the name.
* The sequel was originally supposed to come out in 2018 but it was later pushed to 2019.
* Some, but not all, official LEGO products and web pages spell the title "The LEGO MOVIE", with "movie" in all capital letters.
* The DVD/Blu-Ray release date of The LEGO Movie is June 17, 2014.
* A small tune is reused throughout the film's soundtrack: Everything is Awesome (fast and upbeat), Emmet's Morning (techno), Saloons and Wagons (dramatic), Wyldstyle Leads (upbeat and epic), and We Did It! (a glorious upbeat tone) and also multiple other pieces of the soundtrack.
* Emmet and Wyldstyle made cameo appearances in the Simpsons episode "Brick Like Me".
* When the knights are putting pieces together in Middle Zealand, pay close attention to the background and you will see a dragon attaching two Skeletrons to the feet of a Horse.
* Over 30 new pieces were designed for this film. Wyldstyle and Lord Business use the newest pieces, with both of them tied with four (Wyldstyle's hair, hood/hair combination, pulled-down hood, and hat hair combination and Lord Business' hair, helmet, cape, and neck decoration).
* As Emmet, Batman, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius drive up the rainbow to Cloud Cuckoo Land, two knights are jousting in the background. They both charge towards each other and the knight on the right is impaled by the lance and his helmet flies off on his lance which is sticking out of the ground after he dropped it. He then drops off of the lance.
* This movie incorporates certain elements that are usually not allowed in LEGO products, which are: death (Vitruvius dies), torture (a real-life LEGO image is shown when Vitruvius is describing Middle Zealand shows a person on a torture table surrounded by knights holding torture weapons, Lord Business also mentions torturing Master Builders too), and violence (in the same image shown when Vitruvius is describing Middle Zealand, heads are shown in a box), alcohol (Wyldstyle and Emmet walk into a saloon where various people are holding bottles that probably contain alcohol like normal western saloons) and others. This is probably intended as a tongue-in-cheek joke.
* When Unikitty enrages and attacks the Micro Managers, the first one she attacks she swallows whole. A gulping sound can also be heard when she eats it.
* In the background while Wyldstyle is talking to Vitruvius while he is playing the piano, Emmet can be seen picking up a bottle and taking a sip from it. He then makes a disgusted face, implying that it was some type of alcoholic beverage.
* Unikitty has over 30 different brick-built combinations so she could be posed in different ways, such as her "rage" form, sitting, pouncing, jumping, etc.
* When Bad Cop uses the turret in a truck to take down the glider Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius are riding, a Horse can be seen driving the truck.
* As Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius are escaping the Robo SWAT on the rooftops, a Robo SWAT can be seen riding a Cow. Vitruvius knocks the rider off the Cow and it proceeds to chase Emmet around the top of a building. Emmet jumps off as the Cow lunges towards him and accidentally kicks it in the face and it falls off the rooftop.
* When *The Orb of Titleist* rolls towards the Yeti, Vampire, Johnny Thunder, and the Island Warrior, the Yeti creates a mound of ice to block it, but it is smashed by the weight of the "Orb". At the same time, Johnny Thunder is also holding a whip as he runs from it, possibly to create a subtle reference to Indiana Jones' iconic boulder chase scene.
* A rack with torture weapons in the Melting Room has an axe, a chicken leg, a comb, a feather, and a bone on it. All of the items are colored pearl gray.
* Batman, as Bruce Wayne, can be seen during the beginning of the film. As Emmet is driving his car, Bruce Wayne can be seen walking on the sidewalk to the audience's left.
* According to the DVD Commentary, Unikitty was going to become Batman or Metalbeard's love interest.
* As the LEGO citizens are celebrating their victory against the Super Secret Police in the final scene, at the right-hand corner of the screen, Good Cop, Frank the Foreman, a Cowboy, and the Tribal Chief can be seen dancing together. That is a reference to the 1970's group *The Village People*.
* Unusually, Vitruvius dies from having his head cut off by a penny, but Metalbeard manages to survive and escape Octan Tower with only **HIS** head, causing a plot hole. This could be because Metalbeard escaped a few of his organs as well and thus barely survived, whereas Vitruvius was fully decapitated.
* When Emmet mentions that Lord Business will take over the world in two days; which lined up with Taco Tuesday, this means that the plot starts on Sunday. (Not counting 8 1/2 years ago when Vitruvius is guarding the Kragle.)
* Up until MetalBeard rescues the crew at the ocean, it isn't actually specified how big MetalBeard's ship actually is due to the miniature model used in the far-out shot, when MetalBeard explains his "tale of woe" and when he leaves Cloud Cuckoo Land, the bottom portion isn't shown.
* An early script had many of the character's names different, R2-D2 and Indiana Jones being main characters, Emmet still living with his elderly mother, who turns out to be "the most powerful woman in the universe", had Bad Cop actually swear instead of saying "darn", Larry the Barista having a larger role, and Benny having a co-pilot that's an inanimate mop called Moppy.
* When in the Octan tower, Wyldstyle goes off and tells them to wait for her signal. When she gives it, it's the "Super Secret" signal from "Team America: World Police".
* A cameo from LEGO DUPLO at the end of the movie teased the sequel.

## References to other media

* **The Terminator**: "Come with me if you want to not die"
* **Lord of the Rings**: Gandalf is part of the resistance fighters
* **Harry Potter**: Dumbledore makes an appearance
* **Wonder Woman**: Wonder Woman makes an appearance
* **Batman**: Batman makes an appearance

## Related Media

### Spinoffs

* *LEGO Dimensions*
* *The LEGO Batman Movie*
* *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*
* *Unikitty!*

### Sequel

A sequel came out in 2019 called *The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part*.