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Brick Like Me
"Brick Like Me" is the twentieth episode of the twenty-fifth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and the 550th episode of the series. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 4, 2014. It was written by Brian Kelley and directed by Matthew Nastuk. The episode features a mix of traditional animation and computer animation. In the episode, Homer wakes up in an alternate reality where everyone and everything is made of Lego bricks, and he must figure his way out before he gets stuck in the plastic world forever. This episode won the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 67th Writers Guild of America Awards. Plot Homer awakens in a utopian Springfield where everything and everyone is made out of Lego ( Maggie is a massive Duplo figure). While visiting the Lego Comic Book Guy's store to pick up a toy set for Lisa's birthday, Homer has a vision upon touching the box where he sees his normal fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Nastuk
Matthew Nastuk is an animation director on ''The Simpsons''. He started directing during the tenth season, and has since directed over two dozen episodes and continues to direct today. ''The Simpsons'' episodes He has directed the following episodes: Season 10 *" D'oh-in' in the Wind" *" Make Room for Lisa" Season 11 *" Grift of the Magi" Season 12 *" Treehouse of Horror XI" *" Worst Episode Ever" Season 13 *" Brawl in the Family" *" The Sweetest Apu" Season 14 *"Barting Over" Season 15 *" The Fat and the Furriest" *" Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" *" Catch 'Em If You Can" Season 16 *"She Used to Be My Girl" *" The Seven-Beer Snitch" Season 17 *" The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" *" Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" Season 18 *" Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" *" Homerazzi" *" You Kent Always Say What You Want" Season 19 *" Midnight Towboy" *"The Debarted" Season 20 *" Lisa the Drama Queen" *" Father Knows Worst" Season 21 *" Once Upon a Time in Spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Guy
Jeff Albertson, commonly known as Comic Book Guy, is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the second-season episode " Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991. Comic Book Guy is the proprietor of a comic book store, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop. He is based on "every comic book store guy in America" and represents a stereotypical middle-aged comic-book collector. He is well known for his distinctive accent, disagreeable personality and his catchphrase, "Worst ever!" Role in ''The Simpsons'' Profile Comic Book Guy (who states Jeff Albertson to be his real name in the episode " Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass") is a nerdy, snobby and quarrelsome man. He is best known for his eloquence and crabby, sarcastic quips. He is obsessed with collecting comic books and is an avid science fiction buff. He holds a master's degree in folklore and mythology (ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmet Brickowski
This is a list of characters from ''The Lego Movie'' franchise produced by Warner Animation Group and The Lego Group, which consists of the animated films (and LEGO sets from that film), 4D film and TV series: ''The Lego Movie'' (2014), '' The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure'' (2016), and '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' (2019) as well as its spin-offs ''The Lego Batman Movie'' (2017), ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'' (2017), and ''Unikitty!'' (2017–2020), and the video games. Introduced in ''The Lego Movie'' and ''The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' Emmet Brickowski Emmet Brickowski (voiced by Chris Pratt in ''The Lego Movie'', ''The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' and ''Lego Dimensions'', A. J. Locascio in ''The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure'', ''The Lego Movie 2 Videogame'' and some promos, Keith Ferguson in ''The Lego Movie Videogame'') is the main protagonist of ''The Lego Movie''. He is a construction worker chosen by the prophecy to find the Piece of Resis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focuses on Emmet, an ordinary Lego minifigure who helps a resistance movement stop a tyrannical businessman from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision of perfection. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the film's characters. Plans of the feature film based on ''Lego'' started in 2008 following the discussion with Lin and Lee before Lin left Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures. By August 2009, it was announced that Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script. It was officially green-lit by Warner Bros. in November 2011 as the planned 2014 release date. Chris McKay was brought in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Ninja
Ninja was a theme and product range of the construction toy Lego. Launched in 1998, the collection was its own theme. It had many elements of the ninja warriors from feudal Japan. The majority of the sets were released in 1998 and 1999; however, three small sets of minifigures were released in 2000 as part of the ‘Mini Heroes Collection’. After this, the theme was discontinued, and was effectively replaced by the “Knights Castle” theme in 2000. Background The Ninja theme was released as a sub-theme of the Lego Castle theme, which from 1984 had started to develop into specific factions. Lego Ninja immediately followed the Fright Knights theme, which had been in production from 1997 to 1998. In contrast to Fright Knights, Lego Ninja took its influence from a more realistic starting point and was set in mountainous Japan with medieval buildings. Construction sets A total of 29 toy sets were released as part of the Ninja theme, which centred on three distinctive groups; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Pirates
Pirates was a List of Lego themes, Lego theme launched in 1989 featuring pirates, soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, Pacific Islanders, Age of Sail#Golden Age of Sail, sailing ships, and Treasure Island, buried treasure, being Pirates in the arts and popular culture, influenced by the late Golden Age of Piracy. The theme has been seen in Lego System (minifigure scale, typically age 6-12), Lego Duplo, Duplo and the Lego 4+, 4+ theme. History Created by a small team led by designer Niels Milan Pedersen, Lego Pirates was the company's fourth theme (after Space, Castle, Town) and it was more complex. Numerous new pieces were also created including firearms, wildlife (parrots, sharks, monkeys), and cloth sails. Lego Pirates minifigures were the first to go beyond the traditional head with simply two dots for eyes and a smile, as many of them had a variety of different printed features including eyepatches, facial hair, and feminine makeup. Only a few minifigures in Lego Pirates used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy written by American author Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called ''Sagittaria'' (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means ''He that throws arrows'' in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations ''The Hunger Games'', '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'', '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'', and '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2''. Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest, least populated, and smallest district in the dystopian fictional autocratic nation of Panem, ruled by the Capitol. In the course of the first book, ''The Hunger Games'', Katniss competes in the Hunger Games after she is allowed to volunteer in place of her little sister, Primrose "Prim" Everdeen. While in the arena, Katniss forms an alliance with Rue, the young female tribute from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunger Games (film)
''The Hunger Games'' is a 2012 American dystopian action film directed by Gary Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Collins. It is the first installment in ''The Hunger Games'' film series. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. The film is set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where a boy and a girl from each of the nation's 12 Districts are chosen annually as "tributes" and forced to compete in the Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place when her sister was initially selected as tribute. With her district's male tribute, Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson), Katniss travels to the Capitol to train and compete in the Hunger Games. Development of ''The Hunger Games'' be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Skinner
Principal Seymour Skinner (born Armin Tamzarian) is a recurring fictional character in the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'', who is voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the principal of Springfield Elementary School, which he struggles to control, and is constantly engaged in a battle against its inadequate resources, apathetic and bitter teachers, and often rowdy and unenthusiastic students, Bart Simpson being a standout example. Skinner attempts to institute discipline at the school, with an uptight, militaristic attitude that stems from his years in the United States Army as a Green Beret including service in the Vietnam War, where he was captured and held as a prisoner of war. He is quick to take orders from his superiors, chiefly his mother, Agnes, and Superintendent Chalmers. Role in ''The Simpsons'' Skinner's actions often involve ensuring the school has adequate funding. His constant, desperate, and usually ineffective attempts at maintaining discipline are an effort to rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Elementary School
Springfield is the primary fictional setting of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' and related media. It is an average-sized, fictional city within an indeterminate state in the United States. The fictional city's geography, surroundings and layout are flexible, often changing to accommodate the plot of any given episode. According to the creator of the series, Oregon native Matt Groening, Springfield was inspired by a number of real-life locations (including Springfield, Oregon and Springfield, Massachusetts). However, in order to emphasize it as an example of " Anytown, USA", the location of the fictional Springfield remains a mystery, with various contradictory "clues" being found in numerous episodes of the series. Creation The fictional city of Springfield was intended to represent "Anytown, USA" and not be derived from any specific real-life location. However, the producers acknowledge deriving inspiration from numerous locations including ''The Simpsons'' cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milhouse Van Houten
Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a recurring character in the Fox animated television series ''The Simpsons'' voiced by Pamela Hayden and created by Matt Groening. Milhouse is Bart Simpson's best friend in Mrs. Krabappel's fourth grade class at Springfield Elementary School. He is an insecure, gullible, and less popular child than Bart who is often led into trouble by Bart, who takes advantage of his friend's naïveté. Milhouse is a regular target for school bully Nelson Muntz and his friends Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam and Kearney Zzyzwicz. Milhouse has a crush on Bart's sister, Lisa, a common plot element. Milhouse debuted in the 1988 commercial "The Butterfinger Group" while ''The Simpsons'' was still airing as a cartoon short series on the Fox variety show '' The Tracey Ullman Show''. When ''The Simpsons'' was greenlit for a full series by Fox, Milhouse became one of the series' most prominent recurring characters. Groening chose the name Milhouse, also the middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skunk
Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives the Old World stink badgers. Taxonomy In alphabetical order, the living species of skunks are: * Family Mephitidae ** Genus: '' Conepatus'' *** ''Conepatus chinga'' – Molina's hog-nosed skunk *** ''Conepatus humboldtii'' – Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk *** ''Conepatus leuconotus'' – American hog-nosed skunk *** ''Conepatus semistriatus'' – striped hog-nosed skunk ** Genus: '' Mephitis'' *** ''Mephitis macroura'' – hooded skunk *** ''Mephitis mephitis'' – striped skunk ** Genus: '' Spilogale'' *** ''Spilogale angustifrons'' – souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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