Will Arnett

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Ratatouille (2007); The Lego Movie (2014); The Lego Batman Movie (2017); Is This Thing On? (2025); Arrested Development (series); BoJack Horseman (series); Teen Titans (animated series).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Batman (1966 Adam West film) (1966): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan.
    “it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes.
    “It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Batman (Burton/Keaton films): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Batman (Burton/Keaton films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The film shares the Burton/Keaton take that Batman is fully broken and has not processed his parents' deaths.
    “this movie sort of has the Burton Keaton take of like, he's fully broken by this fucking thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:40:08 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Doctor Who: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs.
    “But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Galaxy Quest (1999): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Galaxy Quest ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Phantom Zone security system gets the Galaxy Quest joke: who would ever build this?
    “It's like the Galaxy Quest joke of like, why would this ever be your security system?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:49:34 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Grant Morrison: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Grant Morrison ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The film's premise is Morrison's idea that every Batman era is canon, so the goofy and the grim must coexist.
    “which is he did his run where he was like, every single thing that Batman's ever done is canon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:43 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Hanna-Barbera cartoons and Mike Judge: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Hanna-Barbera cartoons and Mike Judge ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Repeating slightly varied copies of a drawing makes still characters vibrate, and the Lego films use the same trick on flames and clouds.
    “if you want to have a character standing still, essentially trace the same drawing 3 times on 3 different pieces of paper.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:52:26 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Jerry Bruckheimer: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Jerry Bruckheimer ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Its action is played like a Bruckheimer movie, with jokes placed inside as character jokes.
    “Like the joke is kind of treating this all like it's a Bruckheimer movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:05:46 · Griffin Newman (0.80 sure it was them)

Jerry Maguire (1996): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Jerry Maguire ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke.
    “just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Michael Bay: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Michael Bay ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The camera work deliberately copies real rigs, down to a constant circling Michael Bay shot.
    “This sort of constant circling Michael Bay shot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:09:11 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Movie (2014), which they acted in: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read). Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Superman (Christopher Reeve films): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too.
    “Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker.
    “It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

The Lego Movie (2014): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie.
    “It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Lego Batman Movie (2017), which they acted in: Wreck-It Ralph ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Wreck-It Ralph began the modern IP-mashup movie, then The Lego Movie and this, then Space Jam-style follow-ons.
    “But it's also like Wreck-It Ralph was really the 1st of the modern Ralph, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:07:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Lego Batman Movie (2017): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lego Movie (2014), which they acted in: The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie.
    “It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019): 1 line

  1. verdict (verdict) · through The Lego Movie (2014), which they acted in: The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (the host's read). The sequel is a fun but big step down from the original.
    “It's a big step down.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:22:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (7) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Will Arnett → H. Jon Benjamin. Arnett, like H. Jon Benjamin, has several iconic voice roles that all sound like him.
    “Arnett is in that H. John Benjamin zone, though, also, where it's like he has multiple iconic voice performances.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:41:19 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Will Arnett → Arrested Development (series). New Line was buying spec scripts for Arnett vehicles in Arrested Development's first half-season.
    “already New Line was like buying spec scripts to develop for Will Arnett vehicles.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:43:15 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Will Arnett: Ben waited on Will Arnett at the Spotted Pig and says he was super nice and tipped well.
    “I waited on him at the spotted pig.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:23 · Ben Hosley (0.50 sure it was them)