Snaketastrophy

Snaketastrophy is the eighth episode of the eleventh season, and the 106th episode overall of LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. It aired on July 13, 2019 in the United States. It is paired up with "Ninja Vs Lava."

Synopsis
The Serpentine attack on Ninjago City is seen from an unexpected perspective - entirely in the style of a live newscast delivered by Gayle Gossip and her cameraman.

Plot
Back in Ninjago City, NGTV is reporting live on the attack by the Pyro Vipers as Fred Finely, their number one reporter, was out live at the scene. Finely talked about a change in the weather as it was raining fireballs and when the fireballs make contact with the ground, it turns into a Fire Fang. At the end of his report, he also questions why the Ninja aren't here to save the day as the people flee from danger.

NGTV then turns to Gayle Gossip who is reporting on a puppy-petting competition, much to her annoyance. As she is reporting, a fireball falls from the sky and turns into a Fire Fang, attacking the puppies and the people petting the puppies. After the interruption, Gossip decides to change her report as she ventures after one of the Fire Fangs.

NGTV then goes to commercial break with the first commercial being about Smith Daryll's car dealership. After he is done advertising, his dealership is under attack by Fire Fangs as the cars were destroyed.

The second commercial is about sunscreen featuring Fireblock SPF 3000. It turns out that the product doesn't actually work when the narrator reads the description, and when the actress puts the sunscreen on, she experiences an allergic reaction mentioned by the narrator.

The final commercial is about Laughy's Karaoke Club and its recent renovations that allowed a reopening of the bar.

NGTV returned live as they turned back to Fred Finely who decided to do some interviewing and ask questions about the Ninja’s whereabouts. Although the first person ran away and the second showed no optimism, the third interviewee, a child, believes the city should have hope that the Ninja will return, but before he could finish, Finely caught sight of a Fire Fang and decided to interview it. When asked what was its purpose in Ninjago City, the Fire Fang responded about causing pain and killing everyone.

After Fred Finely's report, NGTV turns to Gayle Gossip who is actually reporting on the Pyro Vipers as well. After jumping some buildings, they find that the Fire Fangs are surrounding Aspheera who demands them to find the "Treacherous Deceiver". While Aspheera is talking, a Fire Fang finds a model of the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu which is located in the Ninjago Museum of History. Uncertain of where the museum is, Aspheera demands its location and plans to learn this new martial art to use against the "Deceiver". With all of this on tape, Gossip continues to report only to be spotted by Aspheera. After arguing whether the Ninja will return, Aspheera demands Gossip to tell her the museum's location, in exchange for her life. Before Gayle could do anything, a scared Vinny quickly tells Aspheera the museum's location, until realizing his error. Knowing where the museum is, Aspheera has the two captive.

Back inside the newsroom, a horrified Dan Vaapit decides to do a panel discussion with Andrea Thomson and May Robsen, but both of them share the same opinions on "snaketastrophy". After moments of silence, NGTV turns back to Fred Finely who finds no one to interview. As he looks around, he is suddenly picked up by a Fire Fang and nearly devoured; however, the Ninja return and destroy the Fire Fang. After Finely tells the Ninja where Aspheera is, they immediately head to the Ninjago Museum of History.

Aspheera then intercepts the TV and makes a public announcement. She promises she will find the "Treacherous Deceiver" and have revenge or burn all of Ninjago until she does find the traitor. But just as she was about to finish, Dan notifies that Ninjago City News is coming to its conclusion just as a Fire Fang storms the place.

Cast

 * Aspheera - Pauline Newstone
 * Cole - Kirby Morrow
 * Dan Vaapit - Ian Hanlin
 * Dareth - Alan Marriott
 * Fire Fang - Brian Drummond
 * Fred Finley - Bill Newton
 * Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
 * Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
 * Kai - Vincent Tong
 * Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
 * Vinny - Gavin Langelo

Transcript
For the transcript of the episode, click here.

Trivia

 * This episode is different from all other episodes, because it’s style was sketch-comedy like, instead of story plot like.
 * Zane and Nya also make appearances in this episode but do not talk.
 * At the end of the episode, the Ninja return to Ninjago City.
 * The episode is from the POV of NGTV News and their reaction to the Pyro Vipers' attack on Ninjago City.
 * This is the second episode focusing on those other than the Ninja and said people's reaction in a situation. The first being "The News Never Sleeps".
 * One of newscaster remarks on how the city gets attacked over and over.
 * Every time Fred Finley goes on air, he remarks about how many awards he has gotten. Interestingly, every time he remarks about the awards, the number of them goes up, indicating that he may be lying about the number of awards he has gotten. This means he likely has less awards than he claims, or that he may in fact have none at all.