History VideoGame / LegoCityUndercover

* WholePlotReference: As mentioned in the ShoutOut section, an entire level is dedicated to spoofing TheShawShankRedemption.

--> [[spoiler: '''Frank:''' Chase, my horse is stuck in reverse! Plus, it's missing its head, and it has a really weird looking butt!
--> '''Chase:''' That's because you're sitting on it backwards, Frank.
--> '''Frank:''' "OOOOOOOH, that explains why it didn't like that apple I tried to feed it.

--> '''Frank:''' So, you were really abducted by aliens?
--> '''Farmer Hayes:''' Yep, they did all kinds of strange things.
--> '''Frank:''' Like what?
--> '''Farmer Hayes:''' They probed me!
--> '''Frank:''' EEEEEW!
--> '''Farmer Hayes:''' No, no, no, I mean they asked me pressing questions.
--> '''Frank:''' Oh....
--> '''Farmer Hayes:''' And then they stuck a giant machine right up my-
--> '''Frank:''' LA LA LA Can't year you!]]

[[spoiler:
--> '''Frank:''' Chase, my horse is stuck in reverse! Plus, it's missing its head, and it has a really weird looking butt!

--> '''Frank:''' LA LA LA Can't year you!
]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Several of these involve Frank Honey (see also the LiteralMinded entry):

--> '''Frank:''' [[spoiler: "OOOOOOOH, that explains why it didn't like that apple I tried to feed it]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Several of these involve Frank Honey, who is a bit to innocent to know how the world works sometimes:

--> '''Frank:''' LA LA LA Can't year you

* TheFamilyforTheWholeFamily: The two Mafias in the game aren't as incompetent as some instances of the trope, but they're don't pose any kind of threat to anyone's life.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Frank Honey is not particularly skilled at driving, even crashing the department's brand-new truck. However, he does gain competence when [[spoiler: [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands he and Chase need to deliver forcefield generators to prevent everyone from dying of the exhaust from Blackwell's rocket]].

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Several minor characters are this as seen in the shout-outs section below, such as "Blue" being a stand-in for Red from the Shawshank Redemption, or [[StarskyandHutch "Studsky and Clutch"]], a character named "Harry" who looks exactly like DirtyHarry and a nameless minifigure who looks just like [[{{Columbo}} Columbo]]. Vinnie
Pappalardo is basically Joe Pesci's character from [[{{Goodfellas}} Goodfellas]].

** '''Chase:''' Frank, I'm getting closer to Rex.
** '''Frank:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Oh, that's sweet]], [[HoYay do you liiiike Rex]]?
** '''Chase:''' Not that kind of close, Frank.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Several minor characters are this as seen in the shout-outs section below, such as "Blue" being a stand-in for Red from the Shawshank Redemption, or [[StarskyandHutch "Studsky and Clutch"]], a character named "Harry" who looks exactly like DirtyHarry and a nameless minifigure who looks just like [[{{Columbo}} Columbo]]. Vinnie Pappalardo is basically Joe Pesci's character from [[{{Goodfellas}} Goodfellas]].

** Another possible callback to LegoIsland 2 is that: [[spoiler: Both games culminate in the protagonist going into space to confront the villian, culminating in said villain being trapped in space due to a mishap. During both space sequences, a portion of gameplay is dedicated to skydiving through rings, and both sequences contain a ShoutOut to TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey (The Monolith in Lego Island 2, and a man drifting through space as classical music plays in Lego City Undercover)]]

* {{Ballonacy}}: See BrickJoke

** Another possible callback to LegoIsland 2 is that: [[spoiler: Both games culminate in the protagonist going into space to confront the villian, culminating in said villain being trapped in space due to a mishap. During both space sequences, a portion of gameplay is dedicated to skydiving through rings, and both sequences contain a ShoutOut to TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey (The Monolith in Lego Island 2, and a man drifting through space as classical music plays in Lego City Undercover)

Lego City Undercover is a game released for the Wii U in 2011. 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 recently broken out of prison.
Like mot Lego games, there is a great deal of tongue-in-cheek humor, along with a HurricaneOfPuns, a lot of ShoutOuts, and... car theft?

* HurricaneOfPuns: One character exists solely to deliver puns about ArnoldSchwarzenegger, with his sentences incorporating the titles of many of his films ("Go over by the [[{{Conan}} cone 'an]]).

* Troperiffic: The developers actively tried to invoke as many CopShow tropes as possible.

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Chan's gang is basically the chinese mafia.

TheTriadsandTheTongs: Chan's gang is basically the chinese mafia.

[[spoiler: * DevilInPlainSight Millionaire with a low British accent and a wicked laugh? Forrest Blackwell isn't exactly hiding his nature...]]

** Several Shoutouts to the SuperMarioBros franchise are included as the result of Nintendo being publisher.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Several minor characters are this as seen in the shout-outs section below, such as "Blue" being a stand-in for Red from the Shawshank Redemption, or [[StarskyandHutch "Studsky and Clutch"]]. Vinnie Pappalardo is basically Joe Pesci's character from [[{{Goodfellas}} Goodfellas]].

* DevilInPlainSight Millionaire with a low British accent and a wicked laugh? Forrest Blackwell isn't exactly hiding his nature...

* ShoutOuts And HOW