History Recap / TheSimpsonsS25E20BrickLikeMe

** Comic Book Guy turns his head to switch from a smiling to a scowling face, like [[Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas the Mayor of Halloween Town]].

** Naturally, ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie The Lego Movie]]'' itself is referenced in various ways throughout the episode. The most notable examples include the premise, Bart's designing of a CrazyAwesome mech to save the day, and Homer denying any familiarity between the episode's plot and the film as a Lego display of Emmet and Wyldstyle is wheeled behind him.

In the series' 550th episode, Homer awakens to a world made out of [[Franchise/{{LEGO}} LEGO bricks]] and grows to like this environment where no one can get hurt and everything's exactly the way he wants it. However, upon making contact with a princess castle brick set he's getting for Lisa, Homer experiences strange hallucinations of a flesh and blood version of himself bonding with Lisa over building things out of bricks. As he finds out more and more about these "hallucinations", Lego Homer comes to realize exactly why he's here.

* ArtShift: The episode toggles between the show's usual 2-d style and Lego-style computer animation.

* BuiltWithLEGO: But of course

* WholePlotReference: "Brick Like Me" is essentially a ''Simpsons'' take on ''The Lego Movie'', albeit with a somewhat different direction and moral (as both have Aesops about creativity and accepting change, but "Brick Like Me" is more directly concerning a person's attempt to escape the real world through immersing themselves in Legos). Lampshaded by Homer when he describes the experience to Lisa as "having a dream where [he] was in a world made of Lego bricks and learned important lessons about parenting".

** ''[[Franchise/TheHungerGames The Survival Games]]''

** The ending sequence is a direct homage to the ending of the film [[Film/TimeBandits]].

** The shelves at the comic book store are stacked with books by Creator/PhillipKDick (or rather, Phillip K. ''Brick''), which alludes to the true nature of the Lego world.

* ShoutOut: ''Many'' to various forms of Lego products, from Maggie being a Duplo baby to an orange brick separator (akin to what's available in larger sets) standing in place of the cross. The Perky Patty's Princess Shoppe is also somewhat reminiscent of the Lego Friends and Disney Princess lines.

* WholePlotReference: "Brick Like Me" is essentially a ''Simpsons'' take on ''The Lego Movie'', albeit with a somewhat different direction and moral (as both have Aesops about creativity and accepting change, but "Brick Like Me" is more directly concerning a person's attempt to escape the real world through immersing themselves in Legos). Lampshaded by Homer when he describes the experience to Lisa as "having a dream where [he] was in a world of Legos and learned valuable lessons about being a better parent".

* EvilAllAlong: A variation occurs when Lego Comic Book Guy turns out to be the antagonist of the episode, revealing that he's the part of Homer that doesn't want to leave the Lego world. Lampshaded when Homer says he thought he was just MisterExposition.

* SmellySkunk: A Lego variation that Bart brings to school, that inevitably causes the school to collapse when Groundskeeper Willie destroys the support bricks to pursue it

* AllMenArePerverts: Natch with the real world Comic Book Guy who defends his Lego statue of the Katniss Everdeen {{Expy}} as a strong feminist icon, only to then giddily increase her bust size with more bricks.

* CrazyPrepared: Lego Comic Book Guy is well prepared to stop Homer from going home due to having every Lego set in existence to both build a fortress around the box and summon ninja and pirate minifigures to attack Homer.

* MacGuffin: The princess castle set built by Homer and Lisa in the real world that allows Lego Homer to realize the truth and return to the real world

* ShoutOut: ''Many'' to various forms of Lego products, from Maggie being a Duplo baby to an orange brick separator (akin to what's available in larger sets) standing in place of the cross.

* LotusEaterMachine: What the Lego Springfield turns out to be (which is naturally lampshaded by Lego Comic Book Guy when he picks up on Homer's "hallucinations" due to his knowledge of second-rate sci-fi stories). Unlike most examples, Homer's not worried about the possibility of being trapped here given how much fun he can have, but he quickly realizes how the lack of change will actually make things worse.
* MacGuffin: The princess castle set built by Homer and Lisa in the real world that allows Lego Homer to realize the truth

* WholePlotReference: "Brick Like Me" is essentially a ''Simpsons'' take on ''The Lego Movie'', albeit with a somewhat different direction and moral (concerning the acceptance of change rather than creativity, although that's certainly present in the episode, as Bart's mech shows). Lampshaded by Homer when he describes the experience to Lisa as "having a dream where [he] was in a world of Legos and learned valuable lessons about being a better parent".

* WholeReferencePlot: "Brick Like Me" is essentially a ''Simpsons'' take on ''The Lego Movie'', albeit with a somewhat different direction and moral (concerning the acceptance of change rather than creativity, although that's certainly present in the episode, as Bart's mech shows). Lampshaded by Homer when he describes the experience to Lisa as "having a dream where [he] was in a world of Legos and learned valuable lessons about being a better parent".

* SmellySkunk: A Lego variation that Bart brings to school, that inevitably causes the school to collapse when Groundskeeper Willie destroys the support bricks to pursue it

In the series' 550th episode, Homer awakens to a world made out of [[Toys/{{LEGO}} Legos]] and grows to like this environment where no one can get hurt and everything's exactly the way he wants it. However, upon making contact with a princess castle brick set he's getting for Lisa, Homer experiences strange hallucinations of a flesh and blood version of himself bonding with Lisa over building things out of Legos. As he finds out more and more about these "hallucinations", Lego Homer comes to realize exactly why he's here.

* LotusEaterMachine: What the Lego Springfield turns out to be (which is naturally lampshaded by Lego Comic Book Guy when he picks up on Homer's "hallucinations". Unlike most examples, Homer's not worried about the possibility of being trapped here given how much fun he can have, but he quickly realizes how the lack of change will actually make things worse.

* MediumBlending: As Lego Homer experiences more and more "hallucinations", the regular ''Simpsons'' animation begins bleeding into the CG Lego world. A notable example is when his clawed hands suddenly become the flesh and blood varieties of his real self, while the rest of him is still a minifig.