Ninjago (TV series)

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Genre	Animation Action Comedy Fantasy Martial Arts
Written by	The Hageman Brothers
Directed by	Michael Hegner Justin Murphy
Starring	Vincent Tong Michael Adamthwaite Paul Dobson Brent Miller Kirby Morrow Kelly Metzger Mark Oliver Brian Drummond Michael Kopsa Jillian Michaels Ian James Corlett
Music by	Jay Vincent Michael Kramer The Fold Zack Jones Erin Chapman
Country of origin	Denmark
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Erik Wilstrup
Running time	Pilot Episodes: 44 minutes Season One: 282 minutes
Production company	Wil Film Aps
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11) – present

Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu is a 2011 action comedy family animated TV series that centers around a young man named Kai who transforms his life from Blacksmith to Ninja. The series is based on the Lego toy series of the same name. Two pilot episodes were shown on Cartoon Network on January 14, 2011, sometimes split into four episodes. A video-game called Lego Battles: Ninjago was based on the movie. Due to the popularity of the pilot episodes, the series was launched from December 2011 - April 2012 alongside a new line of sets marketed as "Rise of the Snakes". The pilot episodes were released on DVD during 2011, and the first season is scheduled to be available on DVD on June 26, 2012.

Plot

Prologue

Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the First spinjitzu master. Using the four weapons of Spinjitzu: the Nunchucks of Lightning, the Sword of Fire, the Shurikens of Ice and the Scythe of Quakes. When he passed away he instructed to his sons Garmadon and Wu to protect the four weapons. But Garmadon was filled with evil (thanks to the ancient demon snake called the Great Devourer, whose venom consumed Garmadon's emotions of greed and darkness) and tried to take the four weapons himself. There was a battle between brothers and Garmadon was banished to the underworld, turning into a being without life, but unable to die. Wu, knowing his brother would find a way to escape from his imprisonment and make his dreams into reality, hid the 4 weapons across Ninjago and placed elemental dragons there to guard them.

Pilot Episodes: Masters of Spinjitzu

The episodes feature an aging ninja master, Sensei Wu, struggling to train four young Ninja in the ways of an ancient battle art called Spinjitzu (which manifests as a spinning movement faster than any normal fighting style) to defeat his evil brother Lord Garmadon, ruler of the underworld, and stop him from gaining The Four Golden Weapons, which would make his power limitless. Travelling across Ninjago, Sensei Wu and his four elementally-attuned students, Kai, Jay, Cole and Zane (Fire, Lightning, Earth and Ice respectively), recover the Golden Weapons, together with trying to find and rescue Kai's sister, Nya. When they recover the Sword of Fire, they are confronted by Garmadon in Shadow-form. Kai rescues Nya and makes peace with the Dragon guardians, but, in order to keep the Sword of Fire from Garmadon, Wu sacrifices himself and travels to the Underworld. The four ninja follow him down on their dragons, who are magical and so can exist in both worlds. After defeating the skeleton army with the ultimate Spinjitzu move, the Tornado of Creation, they come upon Sensei fighting the general of the Skeleton Army, Samukai, who is in possession of three of the Golden Weapons (stolen from the Ninja earlier while they rested in the forests near the Temple of Fire). Wu is defeated and Samukai tries to take the weapons for his own, but their combined power, too much for any normal being to control, destroys him and creates a portal into another realm, allowing Garmadon to escape.

Season One: Rise of the Snakes

Season Two focuses on Garmadon's young son Lloyd Garmadon, who has released an ancient evil: an army of five snake tribes known in legends as the Serpentine. The four ninja must stop them from uniting to unleash The Great Devourer, a huge snake and god to the Serpentine, with the power to consume all of Ninjago and a bite that can turn people evil. It is revealed that the Great Devourer's venom transformed Garmadon into what he is now. Also, the Serpentine hold Lloyd as a hostage, and Lord Garmadon and the Skeleton Army has agreed to aid the ninja in rescuing Lloyd and stopping the Serpentine, considering the fact that Garmadon wants himself to be the one to threaten Ninjago and no one else. In the end, the Snake King Pythor, the last of the much-feared tribe known as the Anacondrai, manages to release the Great Devourer in a mad attempt to gain his revenge on the people of Ninjago. He and Wu are eaten by the Devourer, leaving only the Ninja, Nya (who has become a secret fighter known as Samurai X) and Lloyd (revealed to be the Green Ninja, a fighter destined to defeat Garmadon, something which trouble both father and son, as they geniunely love each other) to destroy the Devourer. To everyone's surprise, it is Lord Garmadon who destroys the Devourer, using the combined might of the Four Golden Weapons. After the snake's destruction, Wu is found to have survived and Garmadon vanishes with the weapons. Despite losing the weapons, the Ninja are prepared to train Lloyd of his Spinjitzu skill so that he can face his father one day for the sake of Ninjago, something which he is afraid of. Season two is set to premiere on July 18 at 8:30/7:30 c on Cartoon Network

Season Two: Year of the Pirates

After months of peace, the four Ninja, Sensei Wu and Nya, together with the future Green Ninja Lloyd, are called into action against two powerful, magical clans of Pirates; the undead Ocean Plunderers and the half-sea-creature Wave Marauders. But a new threat arises as the mystical Stone Army, accidentally released by the Ninja from their resting place on the island of Insula Lapidem, threatens Ninjago, and old adversaries rise to threaten everything and everyone. As the forces of good and evil prepare for the final battle, Lloyd must unlock his full potential to accept his destiny and battle his father for the fate of Ninjago...

Characters

Main Characters

• Kai (voiced by Vincent Tong) – Kai is the Red Ninja, the Master of Fire. He was a blacksmith and fought like a samurai before Sensei Wu found him. Kai is Nya's brother. Being very impatient and aggressive, Kai was last to unlock his true potential. He is first to discover the identity of the legendary Green Ninja, Lloyd, and the last one found by Sensei Wu. When using his true power, he becomes transparent and a red fiery color, though he can still hold objects or people without burning them. He is shown to be able to fly while in his Elemental form.
• Jay (voiced by Michael Adamthwaite) – Jay is the Blue Ninja, the Master of Lighting. He was born in a junkyard to Ed and Edna Walker. He has a crush on Nya (Kai's sister). He unlocked his true potential after Nya kissed him. He is an inventor, not to mention the funniest as he is always cracking jokes. He doesn't take many things seriously, in most episodes. In the final episode, he goes crazy when confronted with the power of the Great Devourer. When using his true power, he becomes a being of pure lightning (becoming transparent and glowing an electric blue), giving him extra strength, together with the abilities to teleport and levitate.
• Zane (voiced by Brent Miller) – Zane is the White Ninja, the Master of Ice. He is the smartest of the ninja. Zane is a "Nindroid" built to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Zane is very calm and quiet and takes things a little too seriously to the point of having little to no humor (unless he turns on his funny switch). He has a connection with the falcon. He can hold his breath for about ten minutes. Meaning his material is water-proof. He was first one to find his identity and the first to unlock his true potential. When he uses his true power, he becomes like a statue of ice, only he is able to move as in his normal form. His seen powers include freezing his immediate surroundings, moving faster than normal when performing Spinjitzu and unleashing streams of ice, which he uses to freeze the Treehorn Queen after they are attacked by her clan.
• Cole (voiced by Kirby Morrow) – Cole is the Black Ninja, the Master of Earth. Cole is the strong, solid leader of the team. Though enrolled to become a dancer by his father, he was hopeless and ran away from the school, lying to him in his letters, afraid that his father would be crushed by the truth. He was afraid of dragons until he rode the Earth Dragon, bonding with it and naming it 'Rocky'. He is the only dancer to succeed in preforming the 'triple tiger sashay' move since its creation. His relationship with his father is what kept him back. He was third to unlock his true potential. When he uses his true power, he becomes an Earth Elemental, turning a transparent brown color and gaining extraordinary strength and endurance. In the episode 'Home', he is put under hypnosis by Skales and attacks his friends, only being saved by the timely intervention of Sensai Wu with the Sacred Flute.
• Lloyd (voiced by Jillian Michaels) – Lloyd is the son of Dark Lord, Garmadon. He escaped from his boarding school for bad boys (because he was bullied by a kid named Finn), loves candy, and is a high-spirited boy. Lloyd has a large desire for candy and when having the snakes under his control, he steals candy first, or only. He was determined to live up to his father's expectations as a dark lord by releasing the Hypnobrai, Fangpyre, and Anacondrai tribes. He later aids the Ninja in stopping the Serpentine after being betrayed by Pythor. He is also the legendary Green Ninja, who is destined to destroy the dark lord (who is a Lord Garmadon), something which troubles both his father and himself(but Lord Garmadon and Lloyd do not know until later in season 3) as they genuinely love each other. In the final of season 3 he unlocks his true potential.
• Nya (voiced by Kelly Metzger) – Nya is the mysterious Samurai X, and Kai's younger sister. Treated as someone not equal to them by the Ninja and Sensai Wu, she took on the persona of the Samurai to show what she could do and beat them at their own game. Having the exosuit, gadgets, and a shrinkable samurai suit, it makes her an inventor, which is similar to Jay. Her identity as the Samurai was discovered by Kai. Jay has a crush on her, which she seems to know and encourage, since she also has feelings for him. She always wants to be like the boys and never wants help during a fight. She also confessed to Jay that she was the Samurai while nearly being skilled on a broken rollercoaster in "Once bitten, twice shy". Now she is known for what she is by all the Ninja and respected more as an equal because of it.
• Sensei Wu (voiced by Paul Dobson) – Sensei Wu is the master of the ninja who trains them. He is also the Dark Lord's younger brother, as well as Lloyd's uncle. Wu also hid the Golden Weapons and put the dragons as the guards. He also saved the last Sacred Flute from destruction, allowing him to free Cole from his hypnosis and tell the Ninja its secrets. He loves to drink tea. He has a larger wisdom than Zane and good at hand to hand combat, though he also has a sense of humor (as shown in episode 2 of the pilot).

Villains

• Lord Garmadon (voiced by Mark Oliver) – Lord Garmadon was the former King of the Underworld and the Dark Lord. He used to be the loving brother of Sensei Wu until he was consumed by evil from the great devouerer. He has four arms and wants to possess the 4 Weapons of Spinjitzu to create Ninjago in his own image. The way he got four arms is by absorbing Samukai's power when he went through a portal of darkness. He serves as the main antagonist of the pilot epsidoes, and later as an anti-hero of Season 1. Despite being the Lord of Darkness, Lord Garmadon genuinely loves his son Lloyd and wants him to find his own destiny, and is somewhat discomforted that Lloyd is destined to be the Green Ninja, knowing that they would have to face each other in the future. In the finale of Season 1, Lord Garmadon has managed to collect all four Golden Weapons, but only because the Ninja are allowing him to do so to destroy the Great Devourer, the evil creature who is responsible for his transformation into the Lord of Darkness. Following the defeat of the Great Devourer, Lord Garmadon disappears with the Weapons. Lord Garmadon becomes leader of the serpentine and makes the bounty mark 2 with the weapon's power. It has been said that Lord Garmadon should come back with Pythor's tail thinking that the four weaopons hit Pythor while he was consumed alive. Lord Garmadon might return with Pythor's power in season three.

Skeletons

• Samukai (voiced by Michael Kopsa) – He was the Skeleton General of Fire and the former King of the Underworld and wore the helmet Lord Garmadon wheres. He was usurped by Garmadon following his arrival to the Underworld. He serves as the secondary antagonist of the pilot episodes. In the end of the pilot episodes, he betrays Garmadon by attempting to claim the Golden Weapons for himself to take Garmadon down and reclaim control of the Underworld, but is vaporized into a portal by their power as Garmadon expected, as he doesn't have the necessary strength to control them. He is mentioned only once in Season 1 by Pythor.
• Wyplash (voiced by Michael Dobson) – He is the Skeleton Ice General. He became the new King of the Underworld following Samukai's demise and Lord Garmadon's disappearance. He wears a hat like Sensei's.
• Kruncha (voiced by Brian Drummond) – The Skeleton General of Earth. He starts off as a supporting antagonist in the pilot episodes, and later makes cameo appearances in Season 1. Kruncha wears a helmet similar to Lord Garmadon's but without the bone.
• Nuckal (voiced by Brian Drummond) – The Skeleton General of Lightning who is constantly fighting with Kruncha. He has a lack of intelligence. He starts off as a supporting antagonist in the pilot episodes, and later makes cameo appearances in Season 1. He has spikes on his head.
• Bonezai – The googly-eyed white Skeleton of Ice. Maker of the skeletons' vechicles.
• Krazi (voiced by Trevor Devall) – The Skeleton of Lightning.
• Frakjaw – The never-ending talker. The Skeleton of Fire.
• Chopov – The Skeleton of Earth.

Serpentine

The Serpentine are sorted into the Anacondrai Tribe, the Hypnobrai Tribe, the Fangpyre Tribe, the Constrictai Tribe, and the Venomari Tribe. They were locked underground for many years inside tumes. They claim they should have been the rulers of the surface of the Earth instead of the humans. The tribes were first all against each other until they united. Every tribe has a general and every general has a tail and the mebers have legs. Generals also wield a staff with a snake design in the center of it and a glowing pearl like object in a color representing the tribe. The object is put in the staff holding venom. If any member of a tribe dares combat their general to become the next general, if the member succeeds, they earn a tail and a new design on their body and the original general gets legs and a different design on their body.The Serpentines are listed by their types.

Anacondrai Tribe

The Anacondrai Tribe is the most feared of the Serpentine tribes. The Anacondrai Tribe were sealed away and regressed to killing each other leaving only one Anacondrai Tribesman alive. They were locked in a tume with a fang like structure all dusty. They have the ability to swallow anything their size at maximum and become invisible. They have pink eyes. The staff of the Anacondrai has no symbol and the color is purple. The member is:

• Pythor A pun on "python" (voiced by Michael Dobson) - He was the general and last remaining Anacondrai. He serves as the main antagonist of Season 1. He became the first Snake King by defeating the other four generals in combat in the "Ourabouras Arena" for their allegiance and their staffs. Pythor has the ability to become invisible and to swallows things. He has a form with a tail and a very long neck. He has yellow traingular shapes on his body with a light blue pearl-like design in the middle and on his head. Pythor has purple arms with black hands. He is planning to use the allegiance of the tribe to unleash an evil creature called the Great Devourer to attack the people of Ninjago for locking up his kind underground for so many years. He is presumably killed when he was devoured by the Great Devourer, yet his body was never found after Sensei Wu survived following the Great Devourer's demise at the hands of Lord Garmadon.

Hypnobrai Tribe

A pun on "Hypnotize"The Hypnobrai Tribe are a tribe of cobra-type Serpentines that specialize in mind-control. They were locked in a frozen tume in a tundra. The symbol of the staff and the Hypnobrai looks like a hypnotizing shape like a swirl. The color is blue. Among its members are:

• Skales A pun on "scales" (voiced by Ian James Corlett) – The General of the Hypnobrai tribe and second in command to Pythor. He serves as the secondary antagonist of Season 1. In the end, he replaces Pythor as the new Snake King. He combated Slithraa (the original general)and succeeded making him the general. He has white, wide PAC-MAN-like shapes on his body. He has two black upside triangle starting from his neck to his chest. On the sides, he has a pattern of gray arrows and a yellow desingn of the Hypnobrai going vertically. He has blue arms and gray arms.
• Slithraa (voiced by John Novak) – He is the original General and keeper of the Hypnobrai Staff. He is occasionally seen as a cameo.
• Mezmo (voiced by Michael Adamthwaite, Brent Miller, Ian James Corlett, and Michael Adamthwaite) – He is a soldier of the Hypnobrai tribe. He is seen eating rather than fighting, like eating cotton candy while the others chase Samurai X's Mech which stole the Hypnobrai Fangblade.
• Rattla (voiced by Paul Dobson) – He is the Scout of the Hypnobrai tribe. He is listed mistakenly as "Loyal Hypnobrai."

Fangpyre Tribe

The Fangpyre Tribe are a tribe of pit viper-type Serpentines where anyone they bite transforms into a Fangpyre. When a vehicle is bitten by a Fangpyre, the vehicle developes snake-like traits. If a Fangpyre bites another Fangpyre, the Fangpyre grows another head. Among its members are:

• Fangtom (voiced by Mackenzie Gray) – The two-headed General of the Fangpyre tribe and an old friend of Skales'.
• Fangdam – The two-headed warrior of the Fangpyre tribe.
• Fang-Suei (voiced by Michael Adamthwaite, Ian James Corlett, and Brent Miller) - He is the soldier of the Fangprye tribe.
• Snappa – He is the scout of the Fangpyre tribe.

Constrictai Tribe

The Constrictai Tribe are a tribe of boa constrictor-type Serpentines. They can constrict anyone and can burrow underground. Among its members are:

• Skalidor (voiced by Michael Dobson) – The General of the Constrictai tribe.
• Bytar (voiced by Kirby Morrow) - He is the strong (second to Skalidor) Constrictai warrior, seen with others doing Pythor's dirty job.
• Chokun (voiced by Kirby Morrow and Vincent Tong) - He is the soldier of the Constrictai Tribe.
• Snike (voiced by Brent Miller) – He is the scout of the Constrictai tribe.

Venomari Tribe

The Venomari Tribe are a tribe of spitting cobra-type Serpentine that have odd tusks and multiple eyes. They are known to spit hallucination-inducing venom. Among its members are:

• Acidicus (voiced by Paul Dobson) – He is the General of the Venomari tribe.
• Lizaru – He is the warrior of the Venomari tribe.
• Spitta (voiced by Kirby Morrow, Michael Adamthwaite and Vincent Tong) - He is the Soldier of the Venomari Tribe.
• Lasha – He is the scout of the Venomari tribe.

The Great Devourer

The Great Devourer is a giant Serpentine snake worshipped as a god, and is known to be very dangerous and deadly. It's responsible for the events happening in the series, as it transformed the once-loving Garmadon into the hating Lord of Darkness with its venom and it was the same reason Pythor choose to unite the Five Serpentine tribes to attack the people of Ninjago, thus it's the true villain of the pilot episodes and Season One.

Other

• The Ocean Plunderers - One of the groups of pirates. Its enemy is the stone army.
• The Wave Marauders - One of the groups of pirates. Its enemy is the stone army.
• The Stone Army - A army of stone.

Other characters

• Ed and Edna Walker (voiced by Colin Murdock and Jillian Michaels) – They are Jay's parents who live in a junkyard.
• Lou (voiced by Kirby Morrow) – Cole's father. He is a Royal Blacksmith who lives in Ninjago City.
• Julien – Zane's father and creator seen in episode 7 "Tick Tock." He is now deceased, after he passed away in his old age.

Animals

Dragons

• Rocky – Rocky is the brown Dragon of Earth. Guardian of the Scythe of Quakes. Cole's dragon.
• Flame – Flame is the red Dragon of Fire. Guardian of the Sword of Fire. Kai's dragon.
• Shard – Shard is the white Dragon of Ice. Guardian of the Shurikens of Ice. Zane's dragon.
• Whisp – Whisp is the blue Dragon of Lightning. Guardian of the Nunchucks of Lightning. Jay's dragon.
• Ultra Dragon - This dragon has 4 heads, one for each element.

Other

• Falcon – A robot made by Zane's father to be Zane's companion.

The Four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu

• The Sword of Fire – Kai's weapon. Blasts out fire and trigger violent action inside the volcano where it was held. Found at the Fire Temple. Can turn into the Blade Cycle.
• Scythe of Quakes – Cole's weapon. Creates earthquakes when it hits the ground. Found at the Caves of Despair. Can turn into the Tread Assault.
• Shurikens of Ice – Zane's weapon. When it hits something, it freezes. Found at the Frozen Wasteland. Can turn into the Snowmobile.
• Nunchucks of Lightning – Jay's weapon. Shocks anyone. Found at the Floating Ruins. Can turn into the Storm Glider.

Episodes

Main article: List of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu episodes

Season	Episodes	Season premiere	Season finale	DVD Release
Pilot	2	January 14, 2011		November 1, 2011
Mini-Movies	6	November 21, 2011 (online)	December 2, 2011 (online)	N/A
1	13	December 2, 2011	April 11, 2012	June 26, 2012
2	13	July 18, 2012	October 10, 2012	TBA

Cast

• Vincent Tong as Kai
• Michael Adamthwaite as Jay, Fang-Suei, Mezmo
• Kirby Morrow as Cole, Spitta, Lou (Cole's Father)
• Brent Miller as Zane, Snike
• Kelly Metzger as Nya
• Paul Dobson as Sensei Wu
• Mark Oliver as Lord Garmadon and Zane's Father
• Michael Kopsa as Samukai
• Brian Drummond as Nuckal, Kruncha
• Ian James Corlett as Skales
• Jillian Michaels as Lloyd Garmadon, Edna Walker (Jay's mother)
• John Novak as Slithraa, Skalidor
• Mackenzie Gray as Fangtom
• Colin Murdock as Ed Walker (Jay's father)
• Michael Dobson as Wyplash, Pythor, Samurai X
• Trevor Devall as Krazi, Skeletons

Release

Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu premiered in the United States on January 14, 2011. It was split into two episodes, Way of the Ninja and King of Shadows. It was released in Europe on January 24, 2011. It premiered on TSN in the Bahamas and Canada on April 17, 2011.

All episodes feature a theme song called "The Weekend Whip" performed by The Fold.

Five episodes aired in Canada Nov. 25th. The series once again aired in Canada from January 11, 2012 to April 11, 2012. Two episodes aired in the United States Dec. 2nd. The series once again aired in the United States from January 11, 2012 to April 11, 2012. Ninjago has been recommissioned for a second season, which will premiere on July 18, 2012.

Video Game

A video game named Lego Battles: Ninjago was released in Spring 2011 and was based on the first two episodes of the series. It features the characters from the original series who didn't appear in the episodes.

External links

• Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu at The Internet Movie Database