History Franchise / Lego

* WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru (2020-2022)

** Series/{{Friends}}: The Television Series[[note]]The subtitle is added to avoid confusion with the girl-oriented LEGO Friends[[/note]] (2019)

* Toys/LEGOMindstorms (TECHNIC; 1998-present)

[[http://lego.com Lego A/S]], known by their trade name The LEGO Group,[[note]]the all-caps "LEGO" is a stylization, which you'll see throughout [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]][[/note]] is a major toy company founded by carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund, {{UsefulNotes/Denmark}} in 1932 that's world-famous for its line of construction toys, consisting of numerous plastic bricks.

Prior to 1999, the LEGO Group avoided adapting licensed properties, reasoning that LEGO was its ''own'' very successful property. But in 1999 that changed, with the LEGO ''Franchise/StarWars'' line, which was ''insanely'' successful. The LEGO Group now has a myriad of licensed themes based on a wide variety of popular franchises. It's almost easier to list the ones they ''don't'' include: those owned by other toy companies (e.g., ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'', ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''), those not age-appropriate (e.g., ''Series/GameOfThrones''), and ''Franchise/StarTrek'', which is thoroughly locked up by {{Creator/Hasbro}}.[[note]]And now there '''is''' [[https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/optimus-prime-10302 an official LEGO Transformers set,]] so nothing is set in stone.[[/note]]

LEGO has also now expanded to other products and merchandise beyond their construction toys. {{Ride/LEGOLAND}} is an international chain of theme parks based on LEGO. And there are also numerous video games and animated cartoons based on LEGO, most notably ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', produced by Creator/WarnerBros and released in 2014.

* [[{{Toys/Slizer}} Slizer / Throwbots]] (TECHNIC; 1999-2000)

* '''Toys/LEGODreamzzz''' (2023-present)

* {{Creator/Disney}} (LEGO produced multiple different themes under the Disney license since 1999, eventually formally establishing the LEGO Disney theme since 2017)

** {{Franchise/Cars}} (2010-2012, 2017)

*** '''{{Franchise/Frozen}}''' (2015-present (was originally part of the Princess line, but is currently separate))
** {{Film/The Lone Ranger|2013}} (2013)

* {{Series/Galidor}} (2002)

*** {{Franchise/Batman}} (2006-2008)

** {{Anime/Voltron}} (2018)

** {{Series/Friends}}: The Television Series[[note]]The subtitle is added to avoid confusion with the girl-oriented LEGO Friends[[/note]] (2019)

** {{Series/Seinfeld}} (2021)

* {{VideoGame/Minecraft}} (2012-present)

* '''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}''' (2014 (Ideas), 2016 (Dimensions), 2018, 2020)
* '''[[{{Franchise/Whoniverse}} Doctor Who]]''' (2015 (Ideas), 2015-2016 (Dimensions))

** {{Film/Gremlins}} (2016)

** {{Film/Beetlejuice}} (2017)

* {{VideoGame/Overwatch}} (2019)

* {{Series/Queer Eye|2018}} (2021)

* {{Film/Dune|2021}} (2024)

* ''{{VideoGame/LEGOLAND}}'' (2000)

* ''{{VideoGame/BIONICLE}}'' games (2001-2006)

** [[/index]]''LEGO Battles: {{WesternAnimation/Ninjago}}'' (2011)[[index]]

* ''[[{{VideoGame/Forza}} Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions]]'' (2019 {{DLC}} expansion of the 2018 video game ''Forza Horizon 4'')

* ''{{Toys/BIONICLE}}'' films (2003-2005, 2009)

* ''{{Toys/BIONICLE|2015}}: The Journey to One'' (2016)

* {{Ride/LEGOLAND}} theme parks (1968-present)

* CripplingOverspecialization: While a big selling point of LEGO is that much of its elements are compatible with each other, there ''have'' been a few parts over the years that simply won't work with others, with the ''{{Series/Galidor}}'' line being the most standout example: It had characters more like action figures, but could still be mixed and matched together, but the parts only really meshed well with others in the ''Galidor'' line, leaving them very difficult to use with regular LEGO parts and sets. The fandom even has its own acronym for seemingly ultra-specific parts used in creative ways ''other'' than what they're intended to be: NPU, meaning Nice Parts Usage.

* SerialEscalation: LEGO bricks have been mathematically proven to be ''the'' most modular toy ever made, and a major factor in why they're so popular and considered a legitimate creative tool. With only six off the shelf 2x4 bricks, there are a whopping '''915,103,765''' different combinations you can make out of those alone. Adding more bricks beyond that escalates the possible brick combinations into the [[{{Series/Cosmos}} billions and billions]] territory.

* UnreliableCanon: Trying to decipher the canon (outside of its more story-oriented themes such as ''{{Toys/BIONICLE}}'') can be a real mess, though it hasn't stopped many from trying. Perhaps the greatest unreliability is the LEGO timeline and universe.
** Some sources state that each theme takes place in its respective era. For example, Toys/LEGOPirates takes place in the 1700s during the Golden Age of Piracy. ''{{VideoGame/LEGOLAND}}'', the first ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'', and Toys/LEGOTimeCruisers ''LEGO Mania'' comics apply TimeTravel as a HandWave for {{crossover}}s.

** Franchise/DisneyPrincess (2012-present (DUPLO only at the beginning, since 2014 also in System))

** TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons (2023)

* CompanyCameo: Several ''LEGO'' sets feature LEGO merchandise being sold in them, such as the ''Toys/LEGOCity'' set "LEGO Truck" and the ''LEGO WesternAnimation/MonkieKid'' set "The City of Lanterns".

* VideoGame/AnimalCrossing (2023)

** ''VideoGame/LEGOBatman / [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]]'' (2008-2018)

Prior to 1999, the LEGO Group avoided adapting licensed properties, reasoning that LEGO was its ''own'' very successful property. But in 1999 that changed, with the LEGO ''Franchise/StarWars'' line, which was ''insanely'' successful. The LEGO Group now has a myriad of licensed themes based on a wide variety of popular franchises. It's almost easier to list the ones they ''don't'' include: those owned by other toy companies (e.g., ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'', ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'', ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''), those not age-appropriate (e.g., ''Series/GameOfThrones''), and ''Franchise/StarTrek'', which is thoroughly locked up by {{Creator/Hasbro}}.[[note]]And now there '''is''' [[https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/optimus-prime-10302 an official LEGO Transformers set,]] so nothing is set in stone.[[/note]]

* WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru (2020-present)

* DesignItYourselfEquipment: The only limits to what you can make with LEGO are the number of bricks you own and your imagination. And for those who can't afford the sets, there's always the free LEGO Digital Designer program, and later Bricklink Studio[[note]]following the LEGO Group's acquisition of Bricklink in 2019 and the discontinuation of [=LDD=] in 2022[[/note]], both of which allow you to build virtually any Lego set you desire.

* ''LEGO 2K Drive'' (2023)

* {{Mukokuseki}}: LEGO have yellow skin for this reason. There are minifigures with more realistic skin colors--usually if the figure in question is adapted from another property where the character they are based on is of a specific race to begin with. This is visibly enforced in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'', where black news anchors Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts are represented by the same yellow skin tone as everyone else in Ninjago City.

** It should be noted that this policy only extends to the weapons themselves, and there is technically nothing stopping ''soldiers'' of these periods from being depicted, ThoseWackyNazis featured in the Indiana Jones theme (albeit with NoSwastikas) being the stand-out example. Likewise, the "Green Army Men" from the Toy Story line are a hand and head swap away from becoming [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks 50s American GIs]], who likewise have counterparts in the [[RedsWithRockets Soviet soldiers]] who also hail from the Indiana Jones sets.

* '''Dreamzzz''' (2023-present)

* ''Dreamzzz'' (2023-present)

* ''{=VideoGame/LEGO2KDrive=}'' (2023)

* ''{{=VideoGame/LEGO2KDrive=}}'' (2023)

* ''{{VideoGame/LEGO2KDrive}}'' (2023)

* ''VideoGame/LEGO2KDrive'' (2023)

* ''VideoGame/LEGO 2K Drive'' (2023)

* ''LEGO 2K Drive'' (2023)

* Toys/{{Fabuland}} (1979-1989)