History Trivia / TheLEGOMovie

* ActingForTwo: Liam Neeson as both Bad Cop/Good Cop and his father Pa Cop, and Will Ferrell as both Lord/President Business and [[spoiler:the Man Upstairs]].

** Liam Neeson ad-libbed "Darn darn darn darny darn!"

* FanNickname: [[spoiler:The true name of [[WalkingSpoiler "The Man Upstairs"]] is never revealed, so a few fans think his name is [[Creator/WillFerrell Will]].]]

** There was a planned TheBigDamnKiss between Emmet and Wildstyle (PlayedForLaughs and depicted as two toys awkwardly mashing against each other) but focus groups were iffy on it, and is was decided that HoldingHands was more appropriate.

* CastingGag: This being a Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller project, UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln is played by Creator/WillForte, who previously played him (or rather, his clone) in ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh''.

** The video game for the movie has Creator/KeithFerguson voice both Emmett and Lord Business.

* ThrowItIn: Liam Neeson ad-libbed "Darn darn darn darny darn!"

** Various references to LEGO-fandom, such as the term "macaroni brick" for 3063 Brick, Round Corner 2x2.

* FollowTheLeader: The success of ''The LEGO Movie'' would inspire other films that explore a secret world of toys or anthropomorphic beings that exist alongside humans most notably ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie'' and ''Bobbleheads: The Movie''. None of these films were able to replicate the success of 'The LEGO Movie'' and ended up as critical and commercial flops.

* FollowTheLeader: The success of ''The LEGO Movie'' would inspire other films that explore a secret world of toys or anthropomorphic beings that exist alongside humans most notably ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie'' and ''Bobbleheads: The Movie''.

** Second Commentary with Miller and Lord, co-director and editor Chris McKay and Film Critic Hulk

** Creator/ErikoMatsui, Misako's actor in the Japanese dub of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' TV series, reprises her role for the dub of this film as well.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Averted, as [[http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/19/entertainment/la-et-mn-lego-ending-20140220 Warner Bros. executives were nervous]] about TheReveal and TwistEnding, but ultimately allowed the directors to keep it; said directors were unsure how audiences would react to it as well.

* RoleReprisal:

* ProductionPosse: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill were the leads from Phil Lord and Chris Miller's ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', are cast here as {{Superman}} and GreenLantern.

** A script for the old [[http://www.mediafire.com/view/d8xlxu80kyzuyku/original_LEGO_disaster_script.pdf ''Piece of Resistance'']] title has surfaced. It's incredibly different from the final version, with many of the character's names changed, [[Franchies/StarWars R2D2]] and Franchise/IndianaJones being main characters (this was before Lucasfilm was bought by Disney), 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 [[CompanionCube inanimate mop]] called [[ShapedLikeItself Moppy]].

** In the Italian dub, Claudio Santamaria reprises his role as Batman from ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga''.

** There was a planned BigDamnKiss between Emmet and Wildstyle (PlayedForLaughs and depicted as two toys awkwardly mashing against each other) but focus groups were iffy on it, and is was decided that HoldingHands was more appropriate.

** Zig-zagged with Creator/WillFerrell as [[spoiler:the strait-laced dad/Man Upstairs, who is against his usual type, and Lord Business, who isn't as much]].

** The ending credits were meant to be more grandiose with the LEGO bricks spelling out the casts' name in a world that represents them (Unikitty would be in a cutsy world, Batman a Gotham-like city, etc). But the producers found it would take too many LEGO bricks and time to do, as the credits were actual stop-motion rather than CGI like the rest of the film.

** Liam Neeson does his usual tough guy schtick as Bad Cop, but [[UpToEleven comically exaggerated]].

* CastingGag:
** The fact that Cobie Smulders voices Wonder Woman can be considered a DiscontinuityNod, since she was, at one point, picked by Creator/JossWhedon to play the character in his script for a canceled Wonder Woman film.
** [[WesternAnimation/CloneHigh This is not the first time that Will Forte voiced Abraham Lincoln in a work by Phil Lord and Chris Miller]].