Samukai
- “You're powerful, Garmadon, but don't forget who rules this place with four iron fists.”
- ―Ninjago Official Guide
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Samukai is a four-armed Ninjago Skeleton. According to the Ninjago Website, he is the King of the Underworld and Skulkin general of fire, until Lord Garmadon arrived in the Underworld and defeated him in a duel, thus Garmadon became the new King and relegated Samukai into being a servant of his, though Samukai remains general of the Skulkin army.
Background
In the beginning of LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, he and his army steal a map from Kai and Nya's shop that leads to the four weapons. The ninjas, Cole, Jay, Zane, and Kai, later steal the map back. Samukai and his army face them after the ninjas retrieve the Scythe of Quakes, but retreat when they see the Earth Dragon. Later, he and his army ambush the ninjas in the Forest of Tranquility and escape with three of the four weapons to the Underworld. As Samukai approaches Lord Garmadon with the weapons, he fights and defeats Sensei Wu, taking the last weapon from him. However, instead of giving his master the weapons, he betrays Garmadon and takes them for himself. Ironically, he was destroyed by the power he swore he'd once contain. Garmadon said it was a vortex through space and time.
In LEGO Battles: Ninjago
Samukai appears in LEGO Battles: Ninjago with many of the other skulkin. He appears in many of the game's cutscenes. Most of these are from the Skulkin story. They are as follows:
- Build Your Army- Samukai appears before Garmadon and bows. Garmadon turns around to face Samukai, and casts a cloud of dark smoke, in which appears pictures of each golden weapon. Garmadon then points to the door, and gives an evil laugh.
- What's That Rumbling- Samukai is questioning Nya about the map to the golden weapons. He leans forward to hear what she says, and she headbutts him in the face. He then leaves her with Nuckal and Kruncha.
- Dark Places- In order to get to the Scythe of Quakes, he is ordering the Skulkins to use their bulldozers to dig out the collapsed tunnel leading to the cavern where the scythe is located.
- Within Grasp- He battles Sensei Wu, who begins to gain the upper hand over Samukai, until Garmadon blasts Wu with dark magic. He drops The Sword of Fire, and Samukai takes it instead of giving it to Garmadon. The Weapons then lift Samukai into the air and transform him into a portal. Garmadon then leaves via the portal.
In the game, his first form features him with no weapons and he punches his enemies. His second form features him with his knives. His third form is identical to his second except that he has two Skulkins that always follow him.
Notes
- The preliminary images showed him in 2520 Battle Arena, but he does not actually appear in that set.
- Samukai, in a way, resembles Frenzy and General Grievous due to his four-armed appearance.
- Samukai's mouth opens and closes similar to the Rock Monsters from the Power Miners theme.
- His name is a play on the word "Samurai".
- He , Snike and the Serpentine generals are the only Ninjago characters
to have no spinner. This is possibly due to his large size (for a minifigure) making him less balanced.
- Samukai could be considered the rarest figure in the 2011 Ninjago line as he only appears physically in the two largest sets, 2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress and 2507 Fire Temple.
- In the Spring 2011 catalogue, under the minifigures for 2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress, Samukai was mistakenly labelled "Kai" and given Chopov's torso.The names are in the same order as the 2011 January catolouge.
- In LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Samukai is similar to General Grievous by advancing on Kai with four arms outstretched and hands rotating, while holding daggers, and also by pushing a minion away from the driver's seat of a vehicle.
- In most promo images and pages on Ninjago.com, Samukai has different cloths.
- In the offical guide, it says However, Samukai is not stupid enough to find Wyplash and his hiding spot also.
- He is the only Ninjago minifigure with an opening mouth.
- He was defeated by Sensei Wu and Lord Garmadon.
- Samukai was briefly mentioned by Pythor P. Chumsworth in the episode All of Nothing, when he claimed Lord Garmadon had betrayed him and the Skeleton Army.
- Samukai and Wyplash are the only skeletons that do not appear in the app Ninjago: Rise of the snakes.
- In the season finale of Masters of Spinjitzu, when Samukai picked up the Dragon Sword of Fire, the Shuriken of Ice in his lower left arm was missing.
- In a picture, Samukai is holding 4 daggers that look similar to the Fang Blades.
Appearances
- 2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress
- 2507 Fire Temple
- Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- Pilot Episodes
- Mini-Movies
- An Underworldly Takeover (flashback)
- Season 1
- All of Nothing (mentioned)
- Season 2
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time (past)
- LEGO Battles: Ninjago
Gallery
From LEGO Battles: Ninjago.
See Also
