| Michael Arthur Long/Michael Knight | |
|---|---|
| |
| Character Information | |
| Name | Michael Arthur Long/Michael Knight |
| Gender | Male |
| Franchise | Knight Rider |
| Weapons/Accessories | None |
| Vehicles and/or Gadgets | K.I.T.T. |
| Occupation | FLAG Secret Agent |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
- “Hi. I'm Michael Knight from Knight Industries. I've got a really cool jacket and a talking car. How can I help?”
- — Michael's first line when entering the game
- “Did anyone call for a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law? I hope so because I'm not saying all that again.”
- — Michael's second line when entering the game
- “Time to prove that one man can make a difference.”
- — Michael's third line when entering the game.
Michael Knight is one of the Fun Pack characters in LEGO Dimensions. He appears in 71286 Fun Pack for the Knight Rider franchise.
Background[]
Born originally as Michael Arthur Long to a blue-collared family outside of Los Angeles on January 9, 1949, Michael Knight started getting involved in crime-fighting as early as in the 1960's when he was drafted into the US Army, working for the Green Berets and spending three years at Vietnam as an intelligence officer. While in the country, he was caught snooping around, only to escape from a POW camp he was held at, incurring an injury that required brain surgery which gave him a steel plate on the back of his head.
After his stint in Vietnam was finished, he was later discharged from the Army somewhere around 1972 and recruited to the Los Angeles Police Force where he would work for the next 10 years. However on August 8, 1982, while on a special assignment for the LAPD undercover as a security guard at Consolidated Chemical Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada, he got injured, being shot by industrial espionage expert Tanya Walker after being betrayed by her, while losing his longtime partner, Muntzy, to a gunshot shootout.
That same day he was declared killed in action and was whisked away by the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG), a private arms division of Knight Industries headed by industrialist Wilton Knight. He received medical attention and was given a new face through facial reconstruction surgery.
World[]
Knight Rider: Los Angeles
Abilities[]
Quotes[]
- “Ah, rats! I gotta go buy more car wax for KITT... Be back later, okay?”
- — Michael's first line when leaving the game
- “Oh, I just remembered! Devon wanted me to return his tea cozy. Better do it now before I forget.”
- — Michael's second line when leaving the game
- “Uh oh! I think my hair might be a little out of place! I gotta get to a mirror FAST!”
- — Michael's third line when leaving the game
- “Alright, KITT. Let's go, buddy!”
- — Michael when entering K.I.T.T.
- “Oh, wait. I got this. I got this! Stand aside, everyone and prepare to be amazed!”
- — Michael when about to solve a puzzle
- “Wow! What do we have here? Looks just as valuable as KITT's Molecular Bonded Shell, but WAY brighter!”
- — Michael when picking up a collectable
- “Oh man, this isn't exactly my wheel house.”
- — Michael's first line when unable to solve a puzzle
- “Oh man, I've got to solve this or KITT will never let me hear the end of it.”
- — Michael's second line when unable to solve a puzzle
- “Hey KITT....”
- — Michael's first idle response to K.I.T.T
- “....shaddup.”
- — Michael's second idle response to K.I.T.T.
- “Sorry, Marty. I gotta say, that jacket DOES kinda look like a life preserver. Trust me, I know a thing or two about being a lifeguard.”
- — Michael when encountering Marty McFly
- “Ah, you're Ethan Hunt, right? The man who can completely change his face. Man, I know what that's like.”
- — Michael when encountering Ethan Hunt
- “I might be a lone crusader in a dangerous world... but it's the world of the Knight Rider so that's fine by me.”
- — Michael while in the Knight Rider World
- “KITT? Wow! What happened to you, pal? You get an upgrade?”
- — Michael when riding the Goliath Armored Semi
- “Okay, KITT. What's going on? You used to be a car, remember? This is all VERY confusing...”
- — Michael when riding the K.I.T.T. Jet
- “Knight "Boat"?... Sorry, Homer. I think you're got me confused with someone else.”
- — Michael when seeing Homer Simpson
- “Oh hi, Abby. You're one of those, uh, "Phantom Busters", right? Say, if you see a black car driving by itself, that's normal, okay? It's not a ghost or anything. Honest, I mean, a ghost driving a car? Like that would ever happen!”
- — Michael when seeing Abby Yates
- “Alright, the Hoff-warts Express! Sorry, I meant "HOG-warts" Express. Dunno what I was thinking there...”
- — Michael when riding the Hogwarts Express
- “No, Gandalf, I said Knight Rider! Not Nine Riders! Oh man people are always making that mistake...”
- — Michael when seeing Gandalf
- “Doo do do doo... Doo do do doo... Man, I'm gonna have that stuck in my head all day now.”
- — Michael when remaining idle
- “More bad guys? Wish I had some kinda catchphrase to stop people from hassling me...”
- — Michael when in combat
- “Might need a little help with this, I guess there are some problems that even the car ownership can't solve!”
- — Michael when unable to solve a puzzle
- “Well...definitely didn't bluff my way through that one...don't blow it Michael, everyone thinks you're cool.”
- — Michael after solving a puzzle
Trivia[]
- In the show, he was portrayed by David Hasselhoff. He is voiced by Piotr Michael in the game due to Hasselhoff being unavailable at this time.
- Michael also voices Garthe Knight.
- He shares the same hairpiece with Frodo, Sam, Garthe Knight, and Gray Mitchell.
- His toy tag's design displays K.I.T.T.'s front and scanner on the front side, and the Knight Industries logo on the backside.
- Michael is so far the only character in both Years 1 and 2 to be an exclusive to GameStop North America (some other characters, such as Jay, Laval, and Marceline, were previously made as exclusives to Toys R' Us (and in Marceline's case, Argos UK), while Excalibur Batman is announced to be an exclusive to Target for a limited time).
- His hearts, player portrait, and targeting reticle all are themed off of K.I.T.T.'s scanner.
- During the fifth Meet That Hero! episode, he walks in slow motion while on a beach. This may be an allusion to Baywatch, a show that Hasselhoff stars in as a lifeguard.
- Michael’s second line when entering the game is a reference to his narration in the opening titles of Knight Rider.
- Michael's line when talking to Marty McFly is both a reference to David Hasselhoff's appearance in Baywatch and everyone mistaking Marty's jacket for a life vest in Back to the Future.
- Michael Knight and Ethan Hunt are currently the only characters that don't have a reaction line for either seeing a giant character or when riding a mech.
- Michael's line when talking to Homer Simpson is a reference to Knightboat: The Crime Solving Boat, a parody of K.I.T.T. which is featured in The Simpsons episode And Maggie Makes Three.
- Michael's line when talking to Ethan Hunt is both reference to the first pilot episode of Knight Rider when Michael receives plastic surgery and changed his identity and the first Mission: Impossible movie as when Ethan disguises himself as the Ambassador and Jim Phelps.
- Michael is the only character to not have a line when in the vortex.
- Michael Knight is one of the few characters who doesn't come with an accessory. The others are Bane, Betelgeuse, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Cyberman, Robin (The LEGO Batman Movie), Scooby-Doo, Sloth, Starfire, Stay Puft, Stripe, Supergirl, Superman, and Unikitty.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Michael Knight/Gallery