[the words "8½ years later…" appear on screen.] [the scene cuts to a man named Emmet Brickowski waking up in his apartment and turns off his alarm clock; cut to his bedroom view; he gets out bed, yawns and stretches, and walks through to his living room as the camera pans left]
Good morning, apartment! Good morning, doorway! Good morning, clock. Good morning, wall. Good morning, ceiling. Good morning, floor! Ready to start the day! [cuts to the row of books; he looks for it and grabs a book from a shelf] Ah, here it is! [cuts to a close-up of the instruction book; he reads the front cover manual] The instructions to fit in, have everybody like you, and always be happy! Step 1: breathe. [cuts to Emmet inhales and exhales deeply] Okay, got that one down. [cuts to the page of instruction book] Step 2: greet the day, smile and say... [cut to exterior apartment; all the Lego citizens opening their windows and yelling]
Good morning, city! [the citizens all say, "Good morning, city!"; camera zooms out to show the city]
Good morning, city! Top of the morning to you, city! [cuts to Emmet continuing with the instructions from the manual]
Step 3: exercise. Jumping jacks, hit 'em! [he start jumping on the spot] One! Two! Three! I am so pumped up! [cuts to the page of instruction book] Step 4: shower. [cuts to Emmet getting in the shower and starts washing himself] And always be sure to keep the soap out of your--- ahhh! [he screams as the soap gets into his eyes; cuts to Emmet standing in front of the bathroom mirror shaving] Shave your face, brush your teeth. Comb your hair. [he laughs to himself as he brushes his hair; cuts to the page of the instruction book] Wear clothes. [cuts to Emmet walking out of his apartment naked until he realizes] Oops! Almost forgot that one! [he turns back into his apartment; cut to his bedroom quickly trying on different outfits] No. No. Uh-uh. No. Not that. Wrong. [he finally wears his construction uniform] And that's it, check. [cuts to kitchen, where Emmet is making breakfast] Step 9: eat a complete breakfast with all the special people in your life. [cut to him sitting in his living room eating his breakfast alone; he turns to his pot plant] Hey, Planty! What do you want to do this morning? Watch TV? Me too! [he turns on the television; cuts to the front TV showing President Business giving a presentation]
Hi, I'm President Business, president of the Octan Corporation and the World. Let's all take extra care to follow the instructions... [whispers into microphone] ...or you'll be put to sleep [shouting] And DON'T forget Taco Tuesday's coming next week! [mariachi band shows up and confetti falls as they start celebrating and dancing] That's the day every rule-following citizen gets a free taco and my love! Have a great day, everybody! [cut to Emmet]
You have a great day, too, President Business. Man, he's such a cool guy. I always wanna hear more of... wait! Did he say “put to sleep”?! [suddenly, Emmet gets distracted by the TV showing a promo of a sitcom]
Tonight on "Where are my Pants?"
Honey? Where are my pants? [he steps out showing that he's not wearing any pants and we hear canned laughter; cut to Emmet laughs histarically at this and falls of the couch]
What was I just thinking? I don't care. [scene cuts to the page of instruction book] Step 12: Greet your neighbors. [camera pans right to Emmet’s neighbors walk by] Hey Joe.
Hey, pal!
Hey, brah.
Good morning, Sherrie, [Sherrie’s cats walk by] Oh, hey Jasmine, hey Dexter, hey Luke, hey LeRoy, hey Fluffy, hey Fluffy Jr., hey Fluffy Sr., hey Jeff.
Meow.
