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As the game frequently uses clips from the movie it's adapting, some clips from the movie were either shortened, had their background music changed, or visibly censored in the game. One of the more notable edits included a scene featuring licensed characters in the audience of a summit of the Master Builders in Cloud Cuckoo Land: Michelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise is cropped out of one shot, while Milhouse from The Simpsons franchise is blurred out. Michelangelo was also planned to be a playable character at one point, but was cut from the final game, and his assets can still be found in its data. Michelangelo and Milhouse's removals were likely due to the video game licenses for their respective source materials being owned by Activision and Electronic Arts at the time of release.
Original movie scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKZy9LYHGlw
Video about the blurring and removal of certain shots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV1mGF8dIis
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/The_LEGO_Movie_Videogame_(Windows,_PlayStation_3,_PlayStation_4,_Xbox_360,_Xbox_One,_Wii_U,_Mac_OS_X)#Unused_Characters
Michelangelo in-game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibF4dMhX9c
Activision obtains TMNT license:
https://metro.co.uk/2013/02/07/activision-gets-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-licence-3398308/
EA gets Simpsons license:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-secures-exclusive-simpsons-license/1100-6137028/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKZy9LYHGlw
Video about the blurring and removal of certain shots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV1mGF8dIis
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/The_LEGO_Movie_Videogame_(Windows,_PlayStation_3,_PlayStation_4,_Xbox_360,_Xbox_One,_Wii_U,_Mac_OS_X)#Unused_Characters
Michelangelo in-game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibF4dMhX9c
Activision obtains TMNT license:
https://metro.co.uk/2013/02/07/activision-gets-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-licence-3398308/
EA gets Simpsons license:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-secures-exclusive-simpsons-license/1100-6137028/
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