rising very fast, beyond the usual limit
Coffee sales are through the roof, sir.The Lego Movie · 2014 — Chapter 7 of 22 · 5'17" · B2
President Business Reveals the Kragle, Explained: No more Mr. Nice Guy
President Business runs his empire like a boardroom musical: he approves posters, applauds his robots, and keeps saying everything is perfect. Then he unveils the Kragle and demonstrates it on Bad Cop's own parents. "All I'm asking for is total perfection" is the whole moral of his world.
What happens
Inside the Octan tower, President Business takes reports from his staff and robots, approves a Taco Tuesday poster, and shows Bad Cop his collection of relics. He then reveals the Kragle, disguised as TAKOS, and demonstrates it by freezing Bad Cop's parents in place. He orders Bad Cop to finish the job.
Listen for
through the roofnever gets oldNo more Mr. Nice Guygo about your day
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Phrase of the scene
No more Mr. Nice Guy
announcing the end of being pleasant
总统商务冻结了坏警察的父母，然后宣布 No more Mr. Nice Guy，逼他选边站。
They ignored two warnings, so no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Also in this scene
- through the roof
rising very fast, beyond the usual limit
- never gets old
still funny or enjoyable every time
- go about your day
to carry on with your normal routine
Everything marked in this scene
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weak form
Coffee sales are through the roof, sir.Glad to hear it. Let's rebuild that roof to be even higher!We love listening to this song over and over again.Keep it up, guys.liaison
Keep it up, guys.still funny or enjoyable every time
Hilarious. That never gets old.I hear it's super painful to take off.- You wanna try it on? - Well, um...and torturing them and whatnot.The one thing that I asked you to take care of.That's super frustrating.It makes me just wanna pick up whoever...I wanna do it so bad.And it's not just you, Bad Cop, that keeps messing up my plans.cleft sentence: The cleft frame singles out one culprit and hints there are more.
And it's not just you, Bad Cop, that keeps messing up my plans.A way to keep things exactly the way they are supposed to be.I call it...with a bunch of super-scary nozzles like this one!- I'll show you how it works. - Sir, I don't know if this is necessary.Okay, Pa. I just want you to act naturally.- Like you're going about your day. - Gotcha.Get back to where you were!All I'm asking for is total perfection.All I'm asking for is total perfection.Hold still, you guys.finish the job.Your Good Cop side's making you soft, Bad Cop.I'm just gonna make sure it doesn't happen again.announcing the end of being pleasant
No more Mr. Nice Guy!stress
No more Mr. Nice Guy!purpose clause with so that: The so that clause states the goal behind an extreme plan.
so that everyone will stop messing with my stuff!President Business Reveals the Kragle, explained
What's really going on
The scene turns a boardroom into a horror film. President Business opens with corporate pleasantries — "Coffee sales are through the roof" — and slides without a beat into cruelty, freezing Bad Cop's parents to prove a point. His mantra, "All I'm asking for is total perfection," is the same demand the whole city lives under: nothing may move, change, or be improvised. The parents play along, insisting "We're okay, son. Just a little stuck, is all," which turns their paralysis into the film's joke about compliance. And when Bad Cop finally begins to object, President Business dismisses it as his "Good Cop side" making him soft. Control here is not just physical; it is the demand to feel the right thing.
Theme
PowerPresident Business controls employees, robots, and even a rival's parents, treating total obedience as the definition of perfection.
AbsurdityA corporate meeting becomes a hostage demonstration, and the victims politely insist they are fine being glued in place.
Listen for
- through the roof — weak form
- Keep it up — liaison
- No more Mr. Nice Guy — stress
People everywhere are always messing with my stuff.President Business names his grievance: other people's freedom reads to him as interference with his possessions.
All I'm asking for is total perfection.His one demand, and the film's warning: perfection means nothing may change or be improvised.
A way to keep things exactly the way they are supposed to be.His description of the Kragle: a tool for freezing the world into his preferred arrangement.
We're okay, son. Just a little stuck, is all.The parents' line undercuts the villainy with politeness, joking away being glued in place because they don't want to make trouble.
Questions about this scene
What is the Kragle?
The most powerful relic in President Business's collection, and the weapon he plans to use on Taco Tuesday. He renames it TAKOS (Tentacle Arm Kragle Outside Sprayer), with the S silent, so it sprays glue over everyone and everything.
Why does President Business freeze Bad Cop's parents?
To demonstrate the weapon and to test Bad Cop's loyalty. By gluing his parents in place, he forces Bad Cop to choose between obedience and family, turning the demonstration into a threat.
What does total perfection mean to President Business?
A world where nothing moves or changes — everyone fixed exactly where he wants them. It is the villain's philosophy in three words, and the opposite of what Master Builders do.
Does Bad Cop turn against President Business?
He starts to. He hesitates and says he doesn't want to do it, but the pressure increases — and the film follows that crack in his loyalty into the next part of the story.
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Chapter 2between the linesEmmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
Chapter 3I hate to tell you thisEmmet Touches the Piece of Resistance
Chapter 4a blank slateBad Cop Interrogates Emmet
Chapter 5drop the actWyldstyle Rescues Emmet
Chapter 6no time to loseVitruvius Explains the Universe
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Chapter 8blend inEmmet Fails the MasterBuilder Test
Chapter 9in the first placeEmmet Invents the Double-Decker Couch
Chapter 10Trust your instinctsEmmet Learns to Trust His Instincts
Chapter 11tale of woeEmmet Addresses the MasterBuilders
Chapter 12every man for himselfCuckoo Land Gets Raided
Chapter 13after allBusiness Mocks the Double-Decker Couch
Chapter 14the last thing someone expectsEmmet Pitches His Master Plan
Chapter 15out of the blueEmmet Plans the Tower Heist
Chapter 16put on a tough actLucy Reveals Her Real Name
Chapter 17made it upVitruvius Reveals the Prophecy Is Fake
Chapter 18special little snowflakeLord Business Releases the Kragle
Chapter 19sounds like a cat posterGhost Vitruvius Reveals the Truth
Chapter 20a face in the crowdWyldstyle Rallies the Universe
Chapter 21Fire in the holeDad Finds His Lego Collection Wrecked
Chapter 22back from the deadLord Business Offers His HandChapter 7 of 22 · about 51 min to go