The Snake King

"Bow to your master! Bow to your master Serpentine!" - Pythor

The Snake King is the sixth episode in the first season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.

Plot
The episode begins with Skales and Pythor looking for The Lost City of Ouroboros, so they can release the Great Devourer. Despite Skales's skepticism, they keep pressing on. Pythor finds a switch under the sand and pulls it, revealing the city.

Back at the Destiny's Bounty, Lloyd Garmadon is discussing with the Ninja how he would attack a Serpentine. The Ninja correct him excessively, and Lloyd asks Sensei Wu how he would attack a snake. Sensei Wu replies with an old proverb, and then tells them that he has new suits for them. The Ninja are happy to receive their ZX suits and are ready for a test run. Nya reports that Serpentine are terrorizing the Mega Monster Amusement Park. The Ninja are more than ready to reply to the call.

Upon arriving, however, the Ninja find that the Serpentine threat has been taken care of. Nya, who was at the scene, mentions to the Ninja that a figure known as Samurai X had already arrived and handled the problem. The Ninja are perplexed, and Sensei Wu, who comes out of a gift shop with cotton candy, tells them that the Samurai may help them better themselves through healthy competition. The Ninja strike a bet that whoever catches the Samurai first deserves to be the Green Ninja.

Kai, who is patrolling Ninjago City, drops Lloyd off at the Arcade, much to Lloyd's protest. After Kai speeds off, Lloyd overhears the Serpentine preparing to head to the Lost City of Ouroboros. Lloyd dons a Serpentine disguise, and follows the snakes on to a bus to the city. After a long drive, they reach the city, which is resting in the Sea of Sand. They all pile into a colosseum, where Pythor is announcing a Slither Pit. He tells the Serpentine that if he beats all of the Generals at once, he wants their complete, undivided loyalty. Skales, who is secretly supporting Pythor, gives him the stolen Sacred Flute, which he uses against the Generals during the fight. Once Pythor emerges from the Slither Pit as the victor, he demands for the Serpentine to bow to him. When Lloyd attempts to bow as well, however, he accidentally drops a part of his disguise, revealing himself to the tribes.

The Ninja, back at the Destiny's Bounty, are complaining about their failed attempts to try and capture the Samurai. Sensei Wu comes in, noting that Lloyd is not present. Kai tries to claim Cole was supposed to pick him up, but Cole places the blame on Jay. Sensei Wu, who is utterly afraid of what might have become of his nephew, tells the Ninja to go find him.

They head over to the Arcade Kai dropped Lloyd off at and watch security camera footage from outside the building, spotting Lloyd putting on a Serpentine costume. Upon discovering his footprints outside, the Ninja use their vehicles and begin to track down Lloyd. They come upon the gates of The Lost City of Ouroboros, and slip past the guards. They come upon the border of the colosseum and spot Lloyd in a cage beside Pythor, but when they rush in to save him, they trigger a trap and are locked inside a cage as well, dropping their Golden Weapons. The Ninja are led to the center of the colosseum, and Pythor announces another Slither Pit. Just then, Samurai X is also led out. The duel begins and the Samurai throws projectile weapons at them, but they dodge most of them. Pythor makes the game more interesting by tilting the stage and revealing spikes. As the Ninja hang onto Samurai X's exo-suit, he tells them to keep the charade up, and begins flying. However, the suit is too heavy and he ejects himself from the mech, allowing the Ninja to escape safely, much to their anger.

As the exo-suit falls to the desert ground, Zane, Jay, and Cole fall as well, with the exception of Kai who fell in a different direction. Kai spots Samurai X without his mask, revealing himself to be Nya. Nya explains to Kai that she was tired of how much focus was being placed on the Ninja and she wanted to help out in her own way. Kai promises he won't tell the others, and Nya hands Kai the Golden Weapons she secured.

Back at the Destiny's Bounty, Kai explains to his teammates that Samurai X just handed him the Golden Weapons and left. As Sensei Wu leaves the Ninja to go to bed, he hands Nya one of the Samurai's weapons, telling her knowingly that "iron sharpens iron, and sibling sharpens sibling," expanding upon what he told the Ninja earlier on.

Trivia

 * The name of the episode was given because Pythor declares himself the Snake King of all the Serpentine, as he defeated all four generals. However, Skales threw the match under Pythor's orders.
 * Bytar has his first line during the Samurai/Ninja battle.

Cast

 * Kai - Vincent Tong
 * Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
 * Cole - Kirby Morrow
 * Zane - Brent Miller
 * Lloyd - Jillian Michaels
 * Sensei Wu - Paul Dobson
 * Nya - Kelly Metzger
 * Pythor - Michael Dobson
 * Skales - Ian James Corlett
 * Fangtom - Mackenzie Gray
 * Skalidor - Michael Dobson
 * Acidicus - John Novak
 * Fan 1 - Kelly Metzger
 * Fan 2 - Jillian Michaels
 * Mailman - Michael Dobson

Soundtracks