NINJAGO: Masters of Spinjitzu
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Episode 1/2: 30 min. |
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US: Jan. 14, 6:00 PM EST |
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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu is a Ninjago TV series released in 2011. The first two episodes were aired in the US on Cartoon Network, in Germany on SuperRTL and in Finland on Nelonen. It was split into two parts, Way of the Ninja and King of Shadows. When it was released on DVD it became four episodes (Way of the Ninja, The Golden Weapon, King of Shadows, and Weapons of Destiny). It featured a song called "The Weekend Whip" by The Fold.
Contents
Season 1 (10 episodes)
Sensei Wu to Kai- "Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the First Spinjitzu Master using the four weapons of Spinjitzu: The Scythe of Quakes, the Nunchucks of Lightning, the Shurikens of Ice, and the Sword of Fire. Weapons so powerful, no one can handle all their power at once. When he passed away, his two sons swore to protect them. But the oldest was consumed by darkness, and wanted to possess the weapons. A battle between brothers broke out, and the oldest was struck down and banished to the underworld. Peace returned, and the younger brother hid the weapons. but knowing his older brother's relentless ambition for power, he placed a guardian to protect them. And for fear of his own demise, a map for an honest man to hide."
(The first four episodes conclude each other.)
Part 1: Way of the Ninja
thumb|300px|right|Way of the Ninja The episode opens with Kai and Nya working in their family blacksmith shop, Four Weapons, after their father's recent death. The two are approached by Sensei Wu, who shows disdain for the weapons they make, saying they are useless in the art of stealth, and are no weapons for a Ninja.
Kai drives him off, who in turn disappears when Kai turns his back. Moments later, a dark cloud appears over the village, catching the eye of the local villagers and farmers. On the edge of the hill, a large vehicle (the skull truck) appears along with a group of motorcycles, all of which have skeletons on board, notably General Nuckal, Kruncha, and Samukai. The skeletons begin to attack in search of a map, causing the villagers to flee in terror.
Kai fashions a set of hand-crafted samurai armour, a helmet, and a sword, before engaging in battle. Nya disobeys Kai's order to stay back, and begins attacking skeletons. Kai is nearly killed by Samukai, only to be saved by Sensei Wu, who reappears just in time. Nya, meanwhile, is snagged by a skull grappling hook, and kidnapped under the orders of someone named "Lord Garmadon."
Wu tells Kai the story of Ninjago, finishing by telling him that Kai's father was given a map made by Sensei Wu to hide the Golden Weapons from Garmadon, Wu's younger brother. Realizing that Garmadon has struck a deal with Samukai, king of the underworld, Wu asks Kai to join him in his battle against Garmadon as a Ninja of Fire. Kai at first refuses to get involved, until realizing he won't stand a chance without Spinjitzu, which Sensei Wu promises to teach.
Kai begins to train in Sensei Wu's Monastery, by completing an obstacle course. When he completes the course and asks for his Spinjitzu training, Wu simply says that he has already learned Spinjitzu, and that his final test will come. When preparing for bed that night, Kai is attacked by three mysterious Ninjas...
Part 2: The Golden Weapon
thumb|300px|right|The Golden Weapon ...and the ensuing battle causes him to be thrown out onto the training grounds. Kai activates the training course and the obstacles disarm the attackers.
Moments later, Sensei Wu stops the fight, revealing that the three are his other students. Wu then uses spinjitzu to transform them into different coloured outfits. The four are introduced to each other: Cole, the black ninja of earth, who is solid as rock; Jay, the blue ninja of lightning; Zane, the white ninja of ice and seer with a sixth sense; and Kai, the red ninja of fire.
Introductions are cut short as Wu announces the search for the golden weapons has begun. The first destination is the Caves of Despair, where Kai races off in hopes of finding Nya. Krazi, a skeleton sees him and nearly raises alarm, but the remaining three Ninjas disarm him quietly and reunite with Kai, also snatching the map from Samukai.
As the four capture the weapon, they are attacked by Samukai and a whole legion of Skeletons. Jay notices the enemies to be similar the training course, and after traveling through the motions Wu taught him, he manages to summon a tornado of energy corresponding with his element, finally preforming Spinjitzu. The others follow, remembering the motions from the training course.
Samukai and his army retreat, as they are unable to deal with all four Ninjas. Just as they are about to escape, the Earth Dragon guardian of the Scythe appears behind them and attacks, believing them to be stealing it. In desperation, Kai uses the scythe, despite Wu's instruction not to use the weapon's power, as no mortal is powerful enough to wield it. A rift appears in the cave ceiling, partly crushing the dragon, and the ninjas escape with Spinjitzu. Though triumphant, Sensei is angry at Kai for using the weapon.
The video ends with Samukai addressing his dark master, who has not yet been shown, telling him he has failed. With a laugh, however, the shadow speaks that everything is going according to plan.
Part 3: King of Shadows
thumb|300px|right|King of Shadows As the ninja are heading to the shurikens of ice, Sensei Wu tells them of the most powerful move in spinjitzu: the Tornado of Creation. Kai attempts it solo, with a warning from Wu that if done incorrectly, it will lead to disastrous consequences. The boat arrives, crashing into the island and knocking them down, causing Kai to mistake the crash for his own doing with the Tornado of Creation, however Sensei Wu tells him otherwise as they embark onto the frozen plains.
Zane is frozen when he makes contact with the Shurikens, and using him as a toboggan, the other three escape yet another dragon. Later, at the Floating Ruins, it is discovered that they are being followed by Samukai, who now has full knowledge of Lord Garmadon's plan. Using one of Jay's more useful inventions, the four escape the lightning dragon, as well as a battalion of skeletons, by jumping down to escape the lightning dragon.
Using the wings from Jay's invention, coupled with the high altitude from the Floating Ruins, they are able to fly all the way to the Forest of Tranquility, the location of the sword of fire. After a campfire party, followed by bedtime beside the embers, Kai is awoken by none other than... Nya. She runs away, and Kai chases her through the forest, eventually entering the fire temple.
Nya runs onto a platform and morphs into a giant black shadow, having only been an illusion made by Lord Garmadon to trick Kai into the Fire Temple to steal him the Sword of Fire, as in his shadow form he cannot touch it. He exploits the fact that Kai had forgotten his sword, and that the real Nya is hanging from chains above the lava. Garmadon tells him the only way to cut the chains to save Nya is to pull the Sword of Fire out of its rock.
Kai obtains the sword, cuts Nya free and is then confronted by Garmadon's shadows, which he cannot harm. Wu arrives and attempts to save them, but Garmadon awakes the Fire Dragon, who believes them to be stealing the Sword of Fire. Sensei decides to make a sacrifice and take the Fire Sword to the Underworld. Kai tries to ask swap places with Sensei, as he blames himself for going after "Nya" alone, but it is too late. Garmadon's shadow travels to the forest, where the skeletons have tied Cole, Jay and Zane to a tree and tells Samukai and his army to return to the Underworld to unite the weapons before it's to late.
Jay grabs Nuckal's sword and is able to cut the rope and release them just as the skeletons are leaving. The three ninjas begin chase the skeleton's convoy and regain the golden weapons, however are struck with difficulty slowing down the Skull Truck. When the vehicles travel fast enough, they create portals to the Underworld.
Because of the Skull Truck's massive size, it must go faster to make the crossing. Bonezai tries to get the truck up to speed, but is slowed down by Cole. Jay tries to save the Golden Weapons, but is accidentally hit by Cole as well. Zane attempts to take control of the driving seat, but Samukai is already there. Tossing Bonezai aside, he grabs the wheel and floors the pedal, throwing Zane, Cole, and Jay off onto the road. The truck is able to make the crossing to the Underworld just before it would have hit a stone wall.
Part 4: Weapons of Destiny
Weapons of Destiny|The Golden Weapon|thumb|300px|right|Weapons of Destiny The ninja then go to the Fire temple where Zane senses the Sword of Fire was there but there to late. Then Kai and Nya appear with the fire dragon. After they get the other dragons of their elements, they go to the underworld where they then battle the skeleton army and giant spiders using the Tornado of Creation. Meanwhile, in Lord Garmadon's throne room, Sensei Wu battles some skeletons with the Sword of Fire, which are quickly destroyed, and then fights Samukai, who has the other three Golden Weapons. Samukai defeats Wu, but does not kill him. Samukai then grabs the Sword of Fire, so he is now holding all of the Golden Weapons. He plans to destroy Garmadon with the weapons but soon disintegrates from all of the power streaming into him from the Golden Weapons and in his place is a time portal which Garmadon goes through to make himself more powerful, powerful enough to handle all of the weapon's power. When he is gone, Sensei Wu says that he will return. The four ninjas go back to Kai's shop, Four Weapons, where Nya is waiting for them, and they become the heroes of the day.
Secrets of the Blacksmith
thumb|300px|right|Secrets of the Blacksmith Jay takes Nya back to the Four Weapons blacksmith shop on his dragon so she can pack since she is now moving in with the ninjas. She packs tons of weapons and put a necklace on her arm. Then Wyplash and three skeletons attack only to be defeated by Nya. Jay hears them fighting, and goes to see whats wrong, he sees Nya is alright and she tells him she just "Knocked down some samurai helmets and stuff.". They both get on the dragon to fly back to the monastery while Wyplash and the other three skeletons decide not to tell anyone what happened.
Flight of the Dragon Ninja
thumb|300px|right|Flight of the Dragon Ninja Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane decide to have a race with there dragons to earn the title "Dragon Ninja". Jay thinks he will win since he won the last time they raced. At first Zane is worried Sensei Wu might find out they are not, but then Kai tells him riding there dragons is a type of training. They all race, It ends up with Cole winning, but he is told "We'll get you tomorrow" by Kai, Which makes Cole upset they didn't agree to have him Dragon Ninja for a month.
The New Masters of Spinjitzu
thumb|300px|right|The New Masters of Spinjitzu The episode begins showing Nuckal and Kruncha who are still on the feris wheel the ninjas made using the tornado of creation. Kruncha then comes up with the idea to use the golden weapons so they can do spinjitzu temselves. They use the Skull truck to go to the over world so they can get to the monastery. Ounce they are there, the sneak up on the ninjas while they are sleeping and steal there golden weapons. They were able to do spinjitzu, but they couldn't control it and ended up turning the training course on. Kai then (not noticing the generals) turns of the training coarse and yells at Jay to fix it who reply's "I'll do it tomorrow". Nuckal and Kruncha then decide to put the weapons back where they found them. The episode ends with the generals arguing over who's idea it was.
An Underworldly Takeover
thumb|300px|right|An Underworldly Takeover Cole asks Sensei Wu how Lord Garmadon had control over the Skulkin, Wu tells him that him and Garmadon used to be friends before he fell. A flashback then shows Garmadon after he fell into the Underworld, then Samukai and his skeletons close in on him. Garmadon then fights Samukai and uses spinjitzu to win, he then takes Samukai's helmet and claims the title "King of the Underworld". It is then revealed Wu doesn't know how Garmadon became leader and then thinks they "Talked it over a nice cup of tea".
Return to the Fire Temple
thumb|300px|right|Return to the Fire Temple Kai and Nya are seen riding the fire dragon they nicknamed "Flame". Flame then takes them back to the Fire Temple to show them a secret entrance that leads to the Underworld where Wyplash and Krazi (who's name is misspelled "Krazy" in the credits) along with four other skeletons are standing. Krazi notices Kai and then tells Wyplash "We've got company". Wyplash then tells the other four skeletons to attack Kai while Krazi stays by Wyplash's side. Kai uses the Sword of Fire to knock out the skeletons axes, but the skeletons manage to pick up Kai. Kai can not escape the grasp of the skeletons, not even using spinjitzu helps. Flame uses his fire breath to throw a fire ball at the skeletons. The skeletons then escape through the entrance which later becomes blocked by boulders. Kruncha then blames Nuckal for "leaving the stove on" thinking that was the reason for the boulders.
Battle Between Brothers
thumb|300px|right|Battle Between Brothers Zane notices Sensei Wu's new kimono and tells him it is "most extraordinary". Wu thanks Zane and tells him it has powers against evil and reminds him of the day Lord Garmadon was banished to the underworld. Then there is a flashback showing a young Garmadon taking the weapons from there stands. The young Wu tells him the weapons are for display, but Garmadon tells him "Tell me, brother, what good is a weapon if all its used for is collecting dust?". Wu tells him not to be a fool only for Garmadon to tell him their father was a fool. Wu and Garmadon then battle over the weapons leading to Garmadon getting struck by lightning and falling into the Underworld. The flash back is over and the present Wu tells Zane there were many years of peace after Garmadons fall.
Season 2 (said to be 13 episodes)
In late 2011, LEGO announced a second season set to air in 2012 on Cartoon Network. The second season will be called Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: Rise of the Snakes The new episodes would air after a total of six mini-movies on Ninjago.Lego.Com leading up to the 13-part film, each either showing the four Ninja going on misadventures, or some even revealing more about Sensei Wu and Lord Garmadon's past, specifically the final mini-movie Battle Between Brothers. The new movie would revolve around the next wave of 2012 sets, where Kai, Cole, Jay and Zane would fight alongside Garmadon's son Lloyd and learn new upgrades to Spinjitzu in order to fight Lord Garmadon and an army of "snake people" called the Serpentine for the Five Jeweled Snake-Staffs. A total of thirteen episodes will air in January, and the final 2-part episode will most likely air near the end of February. A list of the episodes to air can be viewed at the link below. The movie is set to air on December 2nd, 2011. A list of the new episodes can be found here: [1]. Also, Lloyd Garmadon's actor Jillian Michaels will be voicing another character called "Edna"[2]. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1871731/
thumb|300px|right|Cartoon Network sneak peek
Characters (cast)
Introduced in Season 1
- Kai - Vincent Thong
- Jay/Mailman - Michael Adamthwalte
- Zane - Brent Miller
- Cole - Kirby Morrow
- Nya - Kelly Metzger
- Sensei Wu - Paul Dobson
- Lord Garmadon - Mark Oliver
- Samukai - Michael Kopsa
- Kruncha/Nuckal - Brian Drummond
- Wyplash - Michael Dobson
- Krazi (Misspelled "Krazy" in the credits)/Skeletons - Trevor Devail
- Frakjaw (cameo)
- Krazi (cameo)
- Chopov (cameo)
- Bonezai (cameo)
- Farmers
- Mountain Climbers (Cole's flash back)
- Unknown people in straw hats (Zane's flash back)
- Shadows of Kai
- Ninjago Dragons
Introduced in Season 2
- Lloyd Garmadon/Edna - Jillian Michaels
- Skales - Ian James Corlett
- Slithera
- Fangtom
- Fangdam
- Snappa
- Fang-Suei
- Rattla
- Pythal P. Chumsworth
- Green Ninja
- Ed
Settings
- The Fire Temple
- The Forest of Tranquility
- Monastery
- Underworld
- Garmadon's Fortress
- Four Weapons
- Caves of Despair
- Floating Ruins
- Frozen Wasteland
- Ninjago (whole setting)
Vehicles
Introduced in Season 1
Ninjas
- An unknown horse carriage (never released as a set yet at least)
- An unknown ship (probably Destiny's Bounty)
- Ninja Glider
Introduced in Season 2
Ninjas
- Rattle Copter
- Fangpyre Truck
- Unnamed motorcycle-like vehicle
- Unnamed wrecking ball crane
Links
Gallery
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The Green Ninja from the "Ninjago: Rise of the Snakes" trailer
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The snake army from the "Ninjago: Rise of the Snakes" Trailer
Videos
<videogallery> Video:LEGO Ninjago Teaser Trailer 1|Trailer 1 (Unavailable with original sound) Video:LEGO Ninjago Teaser Trailer 2|Trailer 2 with music Video:Ninjago 2012 Trailer (01:00)|Trailer for "Rise of the Snakes". </videogallery>
