Bricksburg

Bricksburg is a massive city/metropolis inhabited by many minifigures with city-related occupations, like cops, construction workers, surfers, baristas, firemen, garbage men and others.

Background[]

During the reign of Lord Business, walls were built around the city blocking it off from the other realms and all of the inhabitants who were caught building against the instructions were "put to sleep". Cameras placed all over the city watch citizens to make sure that they follow the instructions. Like the other realms, the Master Builders built tunnels in the massive walls surrounding the realm in order to escape President Business' grasp. It was also the first realm to be attacked by the Kragle-izer until it's explosion, the robots deactivated (except 2 robots) and President Business un-kragled the affected parts of the city.

Climate[]

Throughout The LEGO Movie, Bricksburg is just shown to be sunny, but not really any clouds in the sky. Bricksburg appears to be inland, according to the map of the LEGO World shown in President Business's office. Despite this, characters like Surfer Dave lives in Bricksburg and dresses in swimtrunks.

Portrayal in the film[]

Bricksburg is shown to be a major metropolis within the LEGO World. There is a huge population in Bricksburg, as seen with major traffic and many monorail lines. There are signs of President Business' instructions hung up on walls in various parts of the city. Every resident of Bricksburg was in a good mood in Bricksburg, except for Bad Cop/Good Cop (albeit his Good Cop side). Bricksburg appeared to be a crime-free city as the laws were extremely strict.

Portrayal in the Video Game[]

Bricksburg acts as the first unlocked hub of the game, which contains all of the features from the film, including Emmet's Apartment, the Police Station, the Construction Site, and the train station.

List of Bricksburg Residents and Visitors[]

Residents[]

Emmet
Gail
Frank the Foreman
Barry
Wally
Harry (mentioned)
Demolition Guy
Blaze Firefighter
Fabu-Fan
Blacktron Fan
Garbage Man Dan
Garbage Man Grant
Dr. McScrubs
Gordon Zola
Sherry Scratchen-Post
Sherry Scratchen-Post's cats.
- Jasmine, Dexter, Loki, Angie, Fluffy, Fluffy Jr, Fluffy Sr, Bad Leroy, Jeff.
Surfer Dave
Bad Cop / Good Cop (confirmed by Pa Cop)
Policeman (possibly)
Traffic Enforcer (possibly)
Ice Cream Jo
Ice Cream Mike
Kebab Bob
Executive Ellen
Surgeon

Visitors[]

Locations[]

Emmet's Apartment[]

A small, brown and gray apartment where Emmet and several other minifigures live and where rooms are leased and rented, supplied with several instruction booklets to tell the citizens how to carry out their everyday lives.

The Coffee Shop[]

The Coffee Shop is where expensive coffee can be bought according to the Instructions.

Other Locations[]

In Bricksburg, there is also a monorail system, multiple apartments, and a police station operated by the Robo SWAT. Also in the city, lies a construction site where Emmet works among many others.

Transportation[]

There is the Bricksburg Monorail System that exists within Bricksburg with a large amount of lines, as well as numerous bus routes. However, in the level of The LEGO Movie Videogame, Bricksburg Under Attack, there is shown to be two railroad tracks in the middle of a street in addition to overhead catenary wires, implying there is a light rail system, as the Bricksburg Monorail System train is based on the tram from the LEGO City set, 8404 Public Transport Station.

Numerous freeways are shown in Bricksburg, especially the freeway during the police chase in the film.

There is an airliner shown flying over Bricksburg in the beginning of the second film as the DUPLO Invaders were approaching in one of their large UFOs, which implies there is an airport somewhere in Bricksburg, though is never physically shown in The LEGO Movie franchise at all.

Government[]

Bricksburg is governed by Octan, which owns the Super Secret Police, the police/paramilitary force that operates throughout the LEGO World, headquartered at the Super Secret Police Station. Before the interrogation between Bad Cop/Good Cop and Emmet Brickowski, there has been police cruisers that have been seen, as they lack standard Super Secret Police decals, but are in the colors of the Super Secret Police. The Robo SWATs only operate their armored vehicles if there is a suspect who is extremely failing to comply to the instructions. Human police officers exist such as the Policemen and Traffic Enforcer, but is unconfirmed whether they live in Bricksburg or not, nor if they are associated with the Super Secret Police or not since they are master builders. The policemen or more likely because they can be seen driving the police cars owned by the Super Secret Police, but this is still unknown.

Also, because of Blaze Firefighter, it is possible that he can be part of a fire department in Bricksburg, as he can be seen piloting his self-assembled mech from his fire engine, but was later converted back to the latter by the Micro Managers (which was actually "The Man Upstairs") during the final battle. There is also doctors such as the Surgeon and Dr. McScrubs seen, but it is unknown if there are hospitals in Bricksburg or not, nor if they live in Bricksburg.

Trivia[]

In The LEGO Movie, the citizens’ favorite song is "Everything is Awesome" which is used by Lord Business to brainwash them while he brings about "Taco Tuesday".
Bricksburg is a name reference to Blacksburg which is a town in Virginia, United States.
- Bricksburg could be based on numerous metropolises around the world, including New York City due to the Statue of Liberty, the Bricksburg Sign, being based on the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles in Southern California, and the skyline possibly being based off Tokyo, Japan.