In the irreverent spirit of fun that made "The Lego Movie" a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
This movie contains 31 potentially triggering events.
One of Batman’s machines does resemble a dog during one brief scene in terms of ears and demeanour. The machine does get destroyed but it is not presented in a way that is likely to cause upset
Depending on how hard this trigger is for you, you may want to know: -Batman is pretty famous for his utility belt (although it is not used to harm anyone at any point, and purely serves as a comedic device (eg: Batman’s belt having an inner-tube function)) -a few characters crack/throw whips at each other (cartoon violence)
Batman acts rather dismissively towards Robin, his adopted son, at first and even sends him on a mission where he could get killed. That said, he learns to be a better parent by the end.
Bane is there with Venom tubes. It's never pointed out, but if you're at all familiar with the character you know that he's essentially doing super-steroids.
Nothing gratuitous or even sad for most of them (except the first one and even then it’s not really about the car-dog) -the Barcar briefly imitates a sad dog having to leave but it’s still a robot -some velociraptors/gremlins/sharks are disappointed about being in the phantom zone again -more villains who could arguably fall into the “animal” category are also displeased with being in jail (croc, orca, etc)
The closest this movie gets it featuring rabbits is an incredibly easy to miss ‘March Harriet’ (bunny themed villain) sprinkled somewhere across the sea of villains (and seriously, even if you’re looking for them you probably won’t be able to see them on your first 10 viewings)
there is a gag about snake clowns after before the credits, saying they are coming for gothom city. however, it turns out batman just put afro wigs on snakes.
It’s implied that Catwoman is hit by Batman offscreen during the gag where he’s hitting all the villains to make Joker jealous. All of them are defenseless in this context but it’s also not played seriously.
Batman is very briefly held by vines, we see Mr. Freeze use his ice gun to freeze people in place, Batman is restrained by magic, also many characters are held against their will in Arkham/the Phantom zone (I’m not sure if this counts or goes here; we see Medusa but we never see any stone people or any shots of her turning people to stone)
By another person: -(in the scene at Jim Gordon’s retirement party) Joker shushes Batman by putting a lego-hand to his mouth, but it’s more of a sassy-finger-to-mouth thing than full-hand-silencing
Just in general: -there are multiple times characters have their mouths covered intentionally by an item of clothing, and multiple characters with masks/armor/etc over their mouthes
-Riddler pulls a guys arm off but it’s very non-violent, the lego arm just pops out (no blood, no pained scream, nothing) -Sometimes their lego hands pop out of the arms a little bit (but that’s just squash and strech style animation applied cleverly for legos)
A man’s arm is stolen but it’s not gore-y or even painful, just blood-less cartoon lego shenanigans Characters do also have heads/hands turn, or take of their hair, but again, just legos being lego-y
There might be fight scenes where someone’s leg is vaguely kicked/punched, but there is nothing specific to the Achilles Tendon. It is not made clear if lego people actually have Achilles Tendons to begin with
Batman goes underwater at some point (holding his breath) to diffuse a bomb, but he is not shown to be in any peticular discomfort about it, and the holding of his breath under water at no point endangers him
A few unnamed goons may be knocked out or thrown across the room but it’s all harmless cartoon violence, there is nothing directly centered around anyone becoming unconscious from anything
Sauron (evil giant fire eye from the lord of the rings) dies from a fireball blast to the eye/head/face but also he doesn’t have like, skin or blood or anything, cause he’s Sauron, the evil giant fire eye from the lord of the rings, so.. ehhh
LEGO movies and games never have and never will have excessive gore. The only scene of "dismemberment" is when Riddler cuts a guy's arm off, which isn't even onscreen (just the car crash that creates the force of it) and there's no blood.
Some characters attempt to sacrifice themselves for others however no one is really hurt and everyone is ultimately saved in the end
At one point Alfred and Robin are both in peril and Alfred tells Batman to help Robin, however Alfred is then ultimately saved as well
Batmans has several moments where he attempts to sarcfice himself to push away his family, but the larger theme of the movie is that this is bad (and his attempts are unsuccessful)
There is a gag bit about Snakeclowns" and after the film you see some, it is meant to be comical but it definitely looks like a clown. In addition the main villain of this film is "The Joker" who looks like a clown.
There's lava that "sp***" from a character towards the beginning of the 3rd act of the film. Visually seen but sounds more like a roar. Could be triggering if not expecting it.
There is a brief Bat-suit Robin tries on (during the montage of him testing outfits) called “silent but deadly” with a green gas type spray as it’s weapon
Ehhh kind of. Since Barbara Gordon/Batgirl is a major character who is a police officer (and the new commissioner no less) and the overall depiction of the police is pretty positive overall (what with how it’s a superhero movie that’s about crime fighting). And while the plan to sort of make Batman an official agent of theirs doesn’t really go through, he’s presumably on good terms with them by the end
An important plot point is all of Batman’s villains (minus Harley Quinn) being sent to Arkham Asylum (basically a large prison/jail) there are also multiple scenes in/around Arkham, and Batman & Robin are briefly arrested
In the fortress of solitude, Batman carelessly tosses some artifacts of Superman over his shoulder (stated to be irreplaceable crystals containing his father’s knowledge of Krypton) shattering them (although it’s worth noting that this is done comedically)
Surprisingly mental illness doesn’t factor too much with the Joker or any of the other rogues. Even Arkham Asylum is more on the “prison” end of the scale
Lego Joker at one point is okay with everyone in the city dying (including him) because it will prove he was right, however it is not framed as a suicidal action, and his tone is sad about dying, clearly preferring that he live. Gotham being destroyed is not a direct attempt at suicide but more a side effect of his larger goal. Additionally (non-major spoilers that you probably guessed based on this movies rating) nobody dies, and Joker is talked into helping save the city immediately after his line about dying
“At least if this city dies, I’ll die knowing I’m your greatest enemy. I’m gonna have to die to know it!” (Make of that what you will) (tone-wise, Joker is sad about it)
After the opening fight (and right after Batman lets Joker go) he swims underwater to diffuse a bomb (although he doesn’t show any issue with holding his breath) If you want to skip it: look away after “you mean nothing to me- no one does” and come back when you hear a click and cheering (he disables the bomb/cuts the black wire)
No specific shots of just a person screaming, but definitely some miscellaneous “gah!”s & “ahh!”s Also general crowd screaming (and cheering) (Although if this is a noise concern: audio levels are very well balanced, if your device is at a good volume for you normally, you shouldn’t really need to adjust at any point)
During the climatic battle there are many flashing lights/explosions. Various flying crafts shoot lasers. The Eye of Sauron shoots light beams and explodes when hit by a blast from a sea monster. There are also flashing lights in the Phantom Zone scenes. A character who looks like a lego brick has flashing lights on its body.
Batman watches Joker in Arkham, however it is implied Joker has some awareness of Batman’s actions/location as during Batmans watch he is baited by a trap the Joker set
A vague joke about it when Batman says that Dick (implicitly a teen) isn’t his son and Barbara says that it’s weirder if he isn’t. Batman also has a thing for Barbara and he’s 70+ years old but the latter detail is more of a comedic oversight than anything else.
Multiple characters do have specific histories with bdsm abilities/aesthetics (Catwoman, Ivy, Wonder Woman) but that would require extensive knowledge of comic book lore, and even then you’d need to be making your own interpretation on side characters who have maybe 5 lines combined tldr: not unless you’re REAAALY trying
Batman has the whole “I don’t feel any sadness or pain because I’m batman! Nyehhh” but his whole arc is about growing emotionally, also it’s just cause he’s Batman and his parents are dead, not cause like he’s a guy
There’s some rouges in the background that (in wider cannon) have chronic illnesses, but that requires *extensive* Batman knowledge, and seeing them for like, the five seconds they’re on screen
Bat Mobile crashes into stuff. At one point Batman speeds before abruptly stopping to avoid hitting someone and Robin, who isn't wearing a seatbelt, falls out of his seat and hits the dashboard.