The Lego Movie Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
50 of the most interesting The Lego Movie easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Lego Movie movie message.
An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.
Genre | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
Director | Christopher Miller |
Stars | Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Berry, Alison Brie |
IMDB score | 7.7 |
The Lego Movie Movie Trivia
Benny the spaceman has a broken helmet. This used to happen to the original Lego pieces. Picture of my 80s spaceman to the right.
The movie features some strange cameos, including basketball legends Gary Payton (Seattle legend) and Sheryl Swoops (who played for Seattle in 2008). both director Chris Miller and star Chris Pratt are from the greater Seattle area.
The Lego Movie Movie Easter Eggs
Lord Garmadon's book closely resembles Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's infamous Dianetics
John Bender from The Breakfast Club can be seen skipping school
The end credits has Lego figures of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton holding hands.
The street sign in the family photo says "Crime Street." This photo was taken the night of his parents murder.
Emmet has a poster for "Macho and the Nerd" - this is the Russian title for "21 Jump Street", directors Lord and Miller's previous movie.
The slide behind the police commissioner lists ninjutsu as part of the four point program
Joker tells Batman about how they have been fighting for 78 years, which is completely accurate, seeing as the 80th anniversary of Batman was two years later, in 2019.
Many buildings in Bricksburg are modeled off of real LEGO sets. For example, the blue building on the right is set 10190 Market Street.
There is a scene where a wall of a house falls down through someone, just like in Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), only this stunt wasn't successful.
A blurred plaque in the saloon scene appears to say Bones & Skelly. While it is probably referring to the names of the skeleton and horse, it is also a reference to Bones and Skelly from Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010).
Omega, from The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), is heavily implied to be the same unseen Omega from Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010), who was responsible for Powers' father disappearance in the movie. Clutch also cameod in the Ninjago TV series, showing both are set in the same universe
Garmadon's story about how he became evil from getting bitten by a snake is from the actual show. Garmadon became evil from the bite of a snake called the Great Devourer.
One of the songs that Robin suggests in the final scene as background music is Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.
Accuracy details in The Lego Movie
The numbers that appear with the various parts are the real world piece numbers. 3795 is a 2x6 plate, 56145 is a wheel, etc.
Costume details in The Lego Movie
. In a scene where they show Emmet in the real world, he's white instead of yellow.