During an Oscars® night that was mostly fueled by politics -- from Patricia Arquette's moving female-equality speech to Common's powerful "Glory" acceptance speech to Citizenfour winning Best Documentary -- it was The Lego Movie's silent protest that may have stolen the show.

The Lego Movie wasn't nominated in the Best Animated Feature category (see all of the night's winners here), and so when it came time for a performance of the film's song, "Everything Is Awesome," which was nominated (but lost to "Glory"), members of the massive ensemble handed out Lego Oscars to a bunch of the celebrities in the audience. Then, for the remainder of the evening, every other shot of a celeb featured them clutching their Lego Oscar -- and whether they realized it or not, all of those shots added up to one hilariously awesome silent protest. 

Watch the entire musical performance below. 

Batman fans who paid close attention to the performance probably noticed that not only was Batman there rocking out, but inside the Bat-suit was none other than Will Arnett, who voiced the character in The Lego Movie. Oh, but there's more! That Batman suit Arnett was wearing has a history of its own, according to Lego Movie co-director Chris Miller, who tweeted the following...

 

Batman forever!

(Now that's awesome!)