Video: Bowen Yang Reacts to WICKED LEGO Minifigure on TODAY

While visiting the TODAY Show to discuss his “Las Culturistas Culture Awards," the hosts presented Bowen Yang with a minifigure of his character Pfannee from the two-part adaptation of Wicked.

"I'm blown away," the SNL alum admitted. "I don't know what to say. As a LEGO kid and a LEGO adult...I can't believe I am a minifig. It is the honor of a lifetime."

The figure is part of the forthcoming set of Glinda & Elphaba Bookends, consisting of over 1300 pieces. The LEGO set, which also features minifigures of Glinda, Elphaba, Madame Morrible, and more, will hit shelves on September 1, 2025. Pre-order here and take a look at the other merchandise for Wicked: For Good coming later this year.

The Las Culturistas Culture Awards celebrate culture’s most iconic and consequential moments of the year. With more than 100 unique award categories, live musical performances, and unexpected celebrity guests, the show will bring culture's most crucial moments to life.

Awards for the 2024 blockbuster Wicked include "Best Crier" for Galinda Upland, "Best Laugher" for Elphaba Thrope, "Best Note Ever Sung" from Defying Gravity, and 5 nominations for the "Harshest Truth About Wicked." Take a look at the full list of nominees here.

In Wicked: For Good, the conclusion of the film adaptation, Yang reprises his role as Glinda's friend Pfannee. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard. 

Meanwhile, Glinda has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible, she is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard. 

As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose, when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

Director Jon M. Chu has previously confirmed several departures from the stage show, including the addition of Glinda's wedding and the inclusion of Dorothy Gale, the character made famous by Judy Garland in the 1939 film. "We tread lightly, but try to make more sense of how it impacts our girls and our characters than maybe the show does," he said. 

Additionally, the new movie will include new songs- one for Glinda and one for Elphaba. “They're great additions to this movie. They were necessary in this movie to help tell the story,” Chu explained. “To have Stephen Schwartz back behind the keys… it's pretty extraordinary to watch him work.”

Check out our trailer breakdown for Wicked: For Good here.

Wicked: For Good will hit theaters on November 21, 2025, and stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Ethan Slater as Boq, and Marissa Bode as Nessarose. The first part, released in 2024, is now available to stream on Peacock.

Part 1 of the Wicked movie received 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. The film won 2 awards at the ceremony: Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.