Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
Run time	Episode 1/2: 30 min. Episode 3/4: 20 min.
First released / aired	US: Jan. 14, 6:00 PM EST Ger: Jan. 23, 1:15 PM March: 8:30
Theme	Ninjago

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.

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. The Dragon then turns to finish off Kai and Nya.

Meanwhile, Garmadon's shadow has traveled 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, losing his voice. 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 Sensei Wu awakes in the Underworld, his journey having knocked him out. He begins to search for Lord Garmadon.

Zane, Cole, and Jay arrive at the Fire Temple, but Zane's sixth sense tells them that all four weapons are now in the underworld, and that Kai and Wu have failed. Cole admits with a sigh that they have been defeated, and that there's no way now to regain control of the weapons. He is proven wrong in several moments, as Kai and Nya appear aback the Fire Dragon, whom now fully understands the situation and has the ability to cross to the underworld.

Cole points out that there's no way for all of them to fit on the one dragon. Kai has a solution, returning to all three of the other elemental dragons. The dragons pass to the Underworld, and the four Ninjas attempt to silently sneak into Garmadon's Fortress. Swinging from stalactites, the Ninjas are close to their goal when Jay, still speechless, notices that they are actually hanging from the legs of Bone Spiders. Unable to receive his warning, the four plummet to the ground, where Nuckal and Kruncha raise the Ninja Alarm.

Jay is able to gain usage of his voice back in time to remind the others of the Tornado of Creation, which they successfully attempt, turning the fortress into a caged Ferris wheel and entrapping the skeletons inside it.

Meanwhile, in Lord Garmadon's throne room, Sensei Wu has used the Sword of Fire to destroy a group of skeletons, stating that Garmadon will have to take the sword from him. Garmadon calls on Samukai, who now holds the Shurikens, Nunchuks, and the Scythe. The four Ninjas arrive to witness the battle, but choose to let Wu fight Garmadon on his own. Samukai defeats Sensei Wu and obtains the Sword.

He turns on Garmadon, keeping all the power for himself, but is unable to contain all of the energy streaming through him. The weapons fuse and disintegrate Samukai, in the process opening a time portal to the Overworld. Garmadon jumps through the portal and escapes the Underworld, but not before promising to one day wield all four weapons and use them to recreate the world in his image.

Though Garmadon is gone, Wu sighs and states that he will one day return, perhaps with the power to do as he pleases. The four Ninjas pick up the golden weapons, now lying on the ground. Turning to Wu, Kai says "And we'll be ready for him". They return on the dragons to the blacksmith shop and reunite with Nya, becoming heroes across Ninjago.

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 training, but then Kai tells him riding their 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 because 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. Once they are there, they 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 off 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 (13 Episodes)

Rise of the Snakes

Sensei Wu wants the Ninja to start training again, because ever since Lord Garmadon escaped they have done nothing but play video games. The Ninja then go on a mission to stop Lord Garmadon, but is just his son who has escaped his boarding school for bad boys, Lloyd Garmadon. He demands candy or he will unleash the Serpentine. Then, the Ninja find a scroll that says that one Ninja will rise above the others and become the Green Ninja. After the Ninja stop him and Lloyd makes an enemy of them, he finds a Serpentine temple and unleashes them on the village. The Ninja then put on Kendo Armor and compete to see who is the Green Ninja. Cole and Kai win the first two battles and start to compete for the title, when Kai's Dragon Sword of Fire, catches fire and Sensei Wu stops the battle and says that none of the ninja are close to becoming the Green Ninja. Lloyd Garmadon then uses the Hypnobrai to steal all the candy. Then, the Ninja show up and they steal Slithera's Snake Staff and cure all the villagers of the Hypnobrai's effects, everyone but Cole.

Home

Zane starts acting weird, because he is sad he has no home. Meanwhile, Lloyd Garmadon forces the Hypnobrai to build him a clubhouse, then as Zane is following a crow he discovers the clubhouse and runs as fast as he can to warn the other Ninja. Then, the next morning they come back and plan to take down the treehouse. Skales then commands Cole to destroy the Ninja since he is still under his control. Sensei Wu and Nya show up on Flame, the Fire Spinjitzu Dragon and Sensei cures Cole with a flute as old as the Serpentine. When they return to the Monastery it has been burnt down by the Hypnobrai and they stole their staff back. Skales then challenges Slithera to a fight in the Slither Pit and Skales wins the Staff. Lloyd grabs the map to the Serpentine Shrines when no one was looking and Skales banishes him. Then, Zane finds the Ninja a boat as their new home.

Snakebit

Ed and Edna (Jay's Parents) come to visit and meanwhile Lloyd Garmadon unleashes the Fangpyre to get revenge on the Hypnobrai for betraying him. Then, when they return to the junkyard they find that Fangpyre have invaded it looking for vehicles to turn evil. The Dragons then have to fly East because of the process of a Dragon turning into an adult. The Ninja go to visit Ed and Edna when, the Fangpyres attack them. They then get away with the staff filled with the Antidote needed to turn Jay's parents back. The Fangpyre have turned a motorbike, helicopter and a car into a Rattlecopter and two Fangpyre Monster Trucks. Then, a statue of Jay that his father was building in his honor was bit by a Fangpyre and turned evil and tried to destroy the Ninja. Then, the Ninja discover that their Golden Weapons can turn into vehicles and they use them to get Ed and Edna back to normal.

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 called Hypnorabi. 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
• Pythore 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)

Sets That Appeared

Season 1

• 2111 Kai
• 2112 Cole
• 2113 Zane
• 2114 Chopov
• 2115 Bonezai
• 2116 Krazi
• 2170 Cole DX
• 2171 Zane DX
• 2172 Nya
• 2173 Nuckal
• 2174 Kruncha
• 2175 Wyplash
• 2254 Mountain Shrine (As part of 2504 Spinjitzu Dojo)
• 2255 Sensei Wu
• 2256 Lord Garmadon
• 2257 Spinjitzu Starter Set
• 2258 Ninja Ambush
• 2259 Skull Motorbike
• 2260 Ice Dragon Attack
• 2263 Turbo Shredder
• 2504 Spinjitzu Dojo
• 2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress
• 2506 Skull Truck
• 2507 Fire Temple
• 2508 Blacksmith
• 2509 Earth Dragon Defense
• 2519 Skeleton Bowling
• 2520 Ninjago Battle Arena
• 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle
• 30080 Ninja Glider
• 30082 Ninja Training
• 30083 Dragon Fight (Set is Smaller)
• 30084 Jay

Season 2

• 2111 Kai
• 2112 Cole
• 2113 Zane
• 2170 Cole DX
• 2171 Zane DX
• 2172 Nya
• 2173 Nuckal
• 2174 Kruncha
• 2254 Mountain Shrine (As part of 2504 Spinjitzu Dojo)
• 2255 Sensei Wu (White Robes)
• 2256 Lord Garmadon
• 2260 Ice Dragon Attack
• 2504 Spinjitzu Dojo
• 2507 Fire Temple (Only Dragon)
• 2509 Earth Dragon Defense
• 2519 Skeleton Bowling
• 2520 Ninjago Battle Arena
• 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle
• 30082 Ninja Training
• 30083 Dragon Fight (Set is Smaller)
• 30084 Jay
• 30087 Cole (Set is Smaller)
• 5000030 Kendo Jay Booster Pack
• 9440 Venomari Shrine
• 9441 Kai's Blade Cycle
• 9442 Jay's Storm Fighter
• 9443 Rattlecopter
• 9444 Cole's Tread Assault
• 9445 Fangpyre Truck Ambush
• 9446 Destiny's Bounty
• 9455 TBA (Maybe)
• 9456 TBA (Maybe)
• 9551 Kendo Cole
• 9552 Lloyd Garmadon
• 9553 Jay ZX
• 9558 Training Set (Maybe)
• 9561 Kai ZX
• 9562 Lasha
• 9563 Kendo Zane
• 9564 Snappa
• 9566 Samurai X
• 9567 Fang-Suei
• 9579 Starter Set

Vehicles

Introduced in Season 1

Ninjas

• An unknown horse carriage (never released as a set yet at least)
• An unknown ship (probably later used to be based on Destiny's Bounty)
• Ninja Glider

Skulkin

• Skeleton Monster Truck
• Skull Motorbike
• Turbo Shredder

Introduced in Season 2

Ninjas

• Blade Cycle
• Storm Fighter
• Tread Assault
• Snow Mobile
• Destiny's Bounty

Serpentine

• Rattle Copter
• Fangpyre Truck
• Unnamed motorcycle-like vehicle
• Unnamed wrecking ball crane
• Unnamed robot
• Unnamed Snake Robot

Trivia/Goofs

• In one version of Rise of the Snakes, the video game the Ninja are playing is LEGO Battles: Ninjago.
• In Weapons of Destiny, Cole claims that Flame the Fire Dragon can not carry all four Ninja. But in Home, Flame is seen carrying Kai, Cole, Jay, Nya, Zane and Sensei Wu.
• In the sets, Kruncha has a monicle, a grey cloth and grey helmet. But, in the series he has no monicle, a red cloth, a black helmet and a cracked tooth.
• The Floating Ruins themselves appear to be nunchucks themselves. There are two round towers, (handle) and a chain linking them together. They even have lightning surronding it.

Links

• Cartoon Network site

• Teletoon site

Gallery

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

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