History VideoGame / LegoCityUndercover

** During the Fireman tutorial, after the trampoline section, the instructor shows your two huge water cannons, used to put out building fires. After he makes them appear from the floor, he says "[[Film/{{Scarface1983}} Say hello to my massive friends!]]", accent and all.

* DoubleUnlock: New disguises, vehicles and red bricks are obtained by finding and collecting them or accomplishing certain tasks. To use them, you need to buy them in the basement of the police station.

''LEGO City Undercover'' is a WideOpenSandbox game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, released for the Platform/WiiU in 2013 and the Platform/{{PlayStation 4}}, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and Platform/MicrosoftWindows (via Platform/{{Steam}}) in April 2017. Utilizing the same engine as the VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}s but, rather than being an adaptation of a famous franchise, is based on LEGO's own original [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]], Toys/LEGOCity with a healthy side helping of CopShow parody. The game follows the adventures of Chase [=McCain=] in his various undercover missions for the LEGO City P.D. and his attempts to track down his archrival Rex Fury, who has recently broken out of prison.

A prequel game, ''LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins'', was released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS a month after the first game's original release.

''LEGO City Undercover'' is a WideOpenSandbox game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, released for the UsefulNotes/WiiU in 2013 and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) in April 2017. Utilizing the same engine as the VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}s but, rather than being an adaptation of a famous franchise, is based on LEGO's own original [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]], Toys/LEGOCity with a healthy side helping of CopShow parody. The game follows the adventures of Chase [=McCain=] in his various undercover missions for the LEGO City P.D. and his attempts to track down his archrival Rex Fury, who has recently broken out of prison.

** After enough players experienced GuideDangIt towards the ATM destruction sidequest on the Wii U, the remastered version for all systems added a loading screen explanation that states how the Robber disguise is required to break them.

* GuideDangIt: While most of the suit abilities get an explanation or at least some hint about how they work, nowhere in the game does it directly explain that the Robber disguise is needed for the ATM destruction sidequest, with the player most likely finding out after collecting the "Data Scan Upgrade - Character Challenges" Red Brick extra and scouring everwhere for hidden challenges. This was such a common problem that one AntiFrustrationFeature for the remastered version was a loading screen that explicitly mentions this.

* CoolGuns: Since this is a kid-friendly game, you don't use ''real'' guns but instead there are paint guns, laser guns, and... chicken eggs?

* HumanHammerThrow: After successfully grabbing and lifting up an enemy, you can perform an attack where Chase spins around to forcefully toss him in a chosen direction. This not only can be used to cause GrievousHarmWithABody by aiming at other enemies, but it can be turned into a OneHitKill by throwing him into a BottomlessPit or water-source due to enemies having SuperDrowningSkills, the latter being much easier to perform with the "Super Throw" extra active.

** Also applies to the local hoodlums at Vinnie Pappalardo's ice-cream parlour- Tony One-Time, who only says anything once: Paulie Blindfolds, who wears [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a blindfold]] and [[ObligatoryJoke says he "can't see someone today"]]; Lucky Pete, who initially appears to have an IronicName, because he falls down a staircase, but then [[BornLucky finds a penny on the floor]]; the Crayfish Twins (possibly named after the [[LondonGangster Kray twins]]), two sapient crustaceans who are [[CarnivoreConfusion horrified when one of Vinnie's waitresses serves them a lobster dinner]]; and [[WalkingSpoiler Mikey Spoilers]], who [[spoiler:tells Chase about a secret item he can unlock at the space centre]].

* CultureChopSuey: LEGO City regions borrow a lot from real life landmarks: for example, Crescent Park is based on New York's Central Park, the Statue of Liberty is self-explanatory, Auburn Bay Bridge is pretty much a copy of San Francisco's Golden Gate, and the Fusileani Tower is a direct homage to the Falling Tower of Pisa.

** Also applies to the local hoodlums at Vinnie Pappalardo's ice-cream parlour- Tony One-Time, who only says anything once: Paulie Blindfolds, who wears [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a blindfold]] and [[ObligatoryJoke says he "can't see someone today"]]: Lucky Pete, who initially appears to have an IronicName, because he falls down a staircase, but then [[BornLucky finds a penny on the floor]]: the Crayfish Twins (possibly named after the [[LondonGangster Kray twins]]), two sapient crustaceans who are [[CarnivoreConfusion horrified when one of Vinnie's waitresses serves them a lobster dinner]]: and [[WalkingSpoiler Mikey Spoilers]], who [[spoiler:tells Chase about a secret item he can unlock at the space station]].

** The Robber disguise has the Colour Gun, a utility tool for recolouring LEGO objects as opposed to a true offensive weapon.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: When you start out the game, most of the challenges and other game mechanics have their related objects visibly present long before you get the ability to use them, but the blue-and-white Free Running objects are completely absent until you complete the first Special Assignment. While part of this is to prevent SequenceBreaking, there's actually a story-relevant reason: since Chase has the ability to become an InstantExpert every time he experiences NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, until he first gains the ability to free run he can't use them because he can't ''see'' the gaps, ledges, and grippable spots present in the walls for climbing or WallRunning, so after gaining the ability to see those free-run spots they become visibly represented by blatant LEGO pieces.

* GuideDangIt: While most of the suit abilities get an explanation or at least some hint about how they work, nowhere in the game does it explain that the Robber disguise is needed for the ATM destruction sidequest unless they find the "Data Scan Upgrade - Character Challenges" Red Brick cheat, with it being just as likely for the player to find out on sheer accident by messing around. This was such a common problem that one AntiFrustrationFeature for the remastered version was a loading screen that explicitly mentions this.

** After the introduction of the MonsterClown crime gang, complete with one using an ElectricJoybuzzer, Chief Dunby yells at all the officers present to "get after that [[Franchise/{{Batman}} joker]]".

* MonsterClown: While not too monstrous, the first gang Chase takes down is a group of clowns, complete with throwing pies, SquirtingFlowerGag, and an ElectricJoybuzzer.

* NonIronicClown: In contrast to the above Monster Clowns, several Non-Ironic Clowns are seen walking about the city.

* InterfaceSpoiler: Exploring the City lets you find orange crates with a silver handle that [[spoiler:can only be broken apart if you're playing as Rex Fury]] spoiling that they're a playable disguise.

* MythologyGag: The game that Frank Honey plays very early in the game causes him to comment that "they talked more in the movie", referencing the pre-''LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes'' LEGO Game adaptations by Traveller's Tales before proper voice-acting implemented, which replaced dialogue with signing and grunts (with a few exceptions though).