Cole

"We're a team. It's time to start acting like it." -Cole

 Cole  is the Ninja of Earth. His father wanted him to be a dancer, but he wasn't very good at it, and became a Ninja instead.

Background
As a child, Cole ran away from his father because he could not sing and dance, like his father did. he first met Sensei Wu while climbing the highest mountain in Ninjago that no one else has ever scaled before. He is also said to have always been trying to do dangerous tasks on his own. But in the episode Home his father is mentioned when Cole recieves a letter. Recently it is discovered that his father believed him to be learning how to be a performer, eventually he reveals the truth and his father accepts it.

Appearance
Cole has the basic Lego body with yellow flesh. He has shaggy black hair and bushy eyebrows. He wears a black ninja costume with a grey belt and ropes that whind around his upper body, clipped on by a gold medallion that deeply resembles the Earth Dragon. For more images on Cole's appearence in his different ninja suit, click here.

Personality
Cole is the smart, steady and clam leader of the ninjas. He knows when to give orders and when to let his fellow ninjas follow their own instinct. He has a complicated relationship with his father, a performer who wishes for him to follow in his footsteps, but accepts Cole as a ninja eventually allowing him to unlock his true potential.

Trivia

 * It is soon revealed that Cole has a deep fear of dragons, but he later gets over it.
 * His favorite color is black.
 * His father, Lou, is first seen in The Royal Blacksmith.
 * His hobbies include rock climbing.
 * Cole believes in doing as much planning as possible and often doesn't sleep at night before a battle.
 * He is voiced by Kirby Morrow
 * His name, Cole, may be a pun on the fossil fuel, Coal, which is found in the earth. However, this may not be true, as Cole is an actual name.