Brick Like Me

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"Brick Like Me" is the five hundred and fiftieth episode of The Simpsons and twentieth episode of the twenty-fifth season.

Synopsis

Homer wakes up in a world where his family and everyone in Springfield are made of Legos and must "put together" how he got there to get home.

Production

On February 16 2014 it was revealed that the episode would air on May 4 2014 and serve as the show's 550th episode. The episode was frequently stated to be 2 years in the making by Matt Selman, who served as the showrunner for this episode.

When The Lego Movie came out, writer Brian Kelley watched the film and realized the plot was similar in some ways to "Brick Like Me"'s plot. As a result, cameo appearances by The Lego Movie characters Emmet Brickowski and Wyldstyle were added into the 2D world later during production at the end of the episode, as well as a joke about the plots being similar. Also, a few scenes were edited out. Homer was supposed to go between worlds via a magical tunnel and there was a similar tunnel in The Lego Movie. A short construction scene was also left out as Emmet from The Lego Movie was a construction worker and there was a large construction scene in the movie.

Matt Selman consulted with The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets writer Simon Singh for the final joke of the episode. He wanted to be totally sure on the age of the universe and number of pieces (the number of observable atoms in the universe) as he thought "The fans would never forgive us, if we did not have the accurate number of plastic molecules in our Philip K. Dick-ian meta-universe."

Edna Krabappel seems to have been in the episode early on as a LEGO character. However, since the character was retired, the LEGO character appeared recolored with different skin, hair and clothing colors.

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Reception

The episode was watched by a total of 4.39 million viewers, making it the second most watched show on FOX's Animation Domination segment that night, beating Bob's Burgers and American Dad! but losing to Family Guy.

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See also

• The Simpsons House Lego
• LEGO Collectable Minifigure Series

External links

• "Brick Like Me" full trailer at YouTube
• Clip - There's Something Different from "Brick Like Me" at YouTube
• Clip - Nothing Can Go Wrong in Homer's Playground from "Brick Like Me" at YouTube
• Clip - Springfield Elementary Collapses, Brick-by-Brick from "Brick Like Me" at YouTube

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