Wu (Relationships)

These are the relationships of Wu.

First Spinjitzu Master
The First Spinjitzu Master was Wu and Garmadon's father, and his childhood master. While not much has been made of their relationship, it is clear that Wu loved his father very much and respected his great skill.

It is revealed his father's staff is the key to his tomb in "Winds of Change." This shows his father entrusted his son with this, though Wu was not aware of those symbols prior to Possession.

On "Day of the Departed," at the destroyed monastery, Wu paid tribute to his father as a sign of respect.

During "The Gilded Path," Wu has a dream about his childhood where his father taught him and his brother to have patience and faith. Wu used the lesson as inspiration to lead the Ninja and Faith to the Dragon Armor.

Garmadon
Garmadon is Wu's older brother, with whom he was close to in their youth, and they always had each other's backs. Sadly, once Garmadon was bitten by the Great Devourer, the evils of the venom slowly corrupted him and caused him to blame Wu for it as the latter was distraught at this. Wu greatly regretted his indirect role in Garmadon's turn, and blamed himself wholly.

They remained close however, and a force against evil for the next few centuries after the death of their father. The two brothers fought together in the Serpentine War and in fighting the Time Twins. After Garmadon finally succumbed to the Devourer's venom, he attempted to steal the Golden Weapons, and the two brothers came to blows which ended in Garmadon being defeated and banished to the Underworld. Years later, Wu assembled a team of Ninja to fight against him and his Skeleton Army.

After Garmadon was purified of his evil, he reconnected with his younger brother, and they were both side by side once again, as the Ninjas' masters for a short time.

Once Chen told had Wu of Garmadon's past actions, Wu was infuriated at his brother's actions and felt him unworthy of being a master until Skylor put a stop to it. After that Wu was silently hostile to his brother not bothering to speak to him at the cave, as Garmadon was sad at losing him and Misako.

However, it appears that Wu had forgave his brother as he spoke against the latter's thoughts of banishing himself to the Cursed Realm, to defeat Chen. This seemed to be the case as he proudly called Garmadon Lloyd's master, showing he had taken back his earlier statement that his brother was no master.

When Garmadon was resurrected by Harumi, a de-aged Wu could sense his brother's return and was slightly shaken by it.

During "The Gilded Path," Wu has a dream about his childhood where his father taught him and his brother to have patience and faith. Wu recalled his brother being frustrated at his success. Wu also wanted to return to Ninjago where he hoped to free it from his Garmadon's tyrannical rule.

During "Green Destiny," Wu returned to Ninjago and Garmadon sensed him, realizing he was alive. Wu confronted his brother with Lloyd and they fight as Garmadon declares them as his enemies.

Lloyd
Wu is Lloyd's paternal uncle and Master. Lloyd and the other Ninja really cared about Master Wu and are glad to have Wu as their teacher. Wu looked after Lloyd when he was little which showed that Wu really cared about his nephew. Lloyd always loved and respected Wu as his uncle and Master.

During Season 7, Lloyd and his friends came to Wu's aid when he fought Acronix and was distraught as Wu was wounded by the villain. In Scavengers, Lloyd was sad that may have failed his uncle when he needed help fighting Acronix, and Lloyd wanted to make sure he doesn't fail him again, so he look after him when he was injured and continue to work harder in his training to become a master. When Lloyd infiltrated the Time Twins' base, he went out of his way to save the captive Wu but lost him to the Vermillion. When Wu was lost in time with the Time Twins, the Ninja made Lloyd their master and he said his first order as their master was to get rid of the time blade and find out where Wu was.

During Season 8, they were unknowingly reunited when Wu came back as a baby. Lloyd was unaware of this until Harumi betrayed him and revealed this fact to him, and he couldn't believe that his uncle was the infant the whole time.

After he reunited with his friends, Lloyd spent more time with the de-aged Wu and wondered when he would return to normal.

When a resurrected Garmadon attacked the city, Lloyd protected his infant uncle from harm and refused to let Harumi take him. Despite Lloyd's actions, uncle and nephew would be separated once more after the Ninja and Wu are sent to another realm. Lloyd was unaware of this and believes his uncle is dead along with his friends.

However, Lloyd later learned the truth of his uncle's status from Mistaké and was happy to hear he was alright.

In "Green Destiny," Wu is reunited with his nephew and quickly comes to rescue by fighting off the Sons of Garmadon with the Ninjas' aid. Lloyd was amazed that Wu was almost back to normal but is still in his right mind. Wu even assured him that he still had him without his powers and helped his student in fighting his father before he was forced out of the fight. Wu was later happy to see Lloyd has regained his powers and defeated Garmadon in battle. At the end, Wu became an old man again and acknowledged Lloyd as a fellow master once peace was restored.

Misako
In his younger years, Wu had much affections for her and it seemed they were reciprocated but Misako fell in love with Wu's brother Garmadon. Wu did not object to their union, in spite of his heavy feelings for her and accepted Misako's choice as well her into the family.

They met again after Garmadon's evil fully corrupted him, the two get along very well and often share jokes as Misako once remarked she should have married Wu while dealing with Garmadon's evil. While it looked like they would be a couple again, Misako's love for Garmadon was maintained and she along with Lloyd reconnected with him as Wu was happy to see them as a family again.

It is revealed in Spellbound, that in his youth Wu had wrote Misako a love letter but Chen had intercepted it and had Garmadon (who felt the same) write his name on it, which caused her to fall in love with him. The two were unaware of this act until Chen revealed it and they were devastated by this news and angry at Garmadon for committing the act. They got closer in that time but both showed that they still loved Garmadon as they were against his choice of banishing himself to the Cursed Realm.

Following the Second Serpentine War and Garmadon's sacrifice, the two had officially became a couple to make up for the years lost due to Garmadon's deception. They are often paired up and closer than before with occasional smiles and intimate talks between them on missions. During Season 7, when faced with a nightmare revealing his greatest failures, Wu showed that he still regretted not telling Misako his feelings more directly before she went to his brother instead.

In Season 8, it is revealed by Lloyd that Misako had went off to find Wu (after he was lost in time) at some point in the year between seasons. In "Dread on Arrival," it is mentioned by Harumi that Misako was successful in locating him before they were captured by the Sons of Garmadon.

Morro
Morro was Wu's first pupil, Wu found Morro after he and a few other children were rummaging through the monastery's trash bins. Taking pity on him, Wu invited him to live in the monastery and learn the ways of the Ninja, an offer that was accepted by the child. Wu later discovered that Morro was the elemental master of Wind and thought he was the next Green Ninja.

However, this was the not the case as Morro would become more arrogant at the opportunity to have such amazing power. Wu soon saw the true depths of his error in judgment as the Golden Weapons did not choose him, meaning that he was not the chosen one. Wu tried to comfort him but Morro set out to prove destiny and his master wrong, this proved to be a fatal mistake as he would die on his journey, much to Wu's sadness.

Morro later came back to Wu as a Ghost and possessed the true green Ninja Lloyd who was also Wu's nephew. The two became enemies with them clashing in their encounters with Morro blaming his old master for his fate and Wu defending his choices. Despite this, Wu tried to save Morro from death after the Preeminent started to drag him down into the water. However, Morro saw the error of his ways and simply resigned himself to his fate but not before giving Wu the Realm Crystal and bidding him farewell. Wu was very devastated at seeing his pupil die having a sad look on his face.

In "Day of the Departed," Morro is resurrected and meets his old master. Wu was shocked to see him again and told him that while he was pained they would have to fight again, he won't hesitate to do it again. However, he was shocked to hear that Morro had no intention of fighting him but came to warn him about Yang's plans. Wu later defended Morro from being attacked by the Ninja and told them Morro came to help as the latter told the Ninja of what Yang was planning. As Wu had the Ninja go stop the evil master, he thanked Morro for his actions as his redeemed pupil bid farewell and returned to the Departed Realm.

Despite making peace with his fallen pupil, it is shown in Season 7 that Wu is still haunted by guilt and reminded of the path his former student went down as he had nightmares about Morro blaming him for his fate.

Kai
Kai is Master Wu's student, along with the other Ninja. In the beginning of the series, Kai was recruited by Master Wu to become a Ninja. At first, Kai didn't care about training with Wu even considering him a crazy old man. But as the series went on, they grew closer. Kai and the other Ninja cared about their master and is glad to have him mentoring them.

In Season 7, he and the other Ninja come to his aid when he fights Acronix by himself when Nya saves Wu from succumbing to the effects of the time blades. with Wu back to normal, he helps them foil the time twins plan. He later aids Kai and Nya battle the Time Twins but when the villains prepare to finish the Ninja off, Wu sacrifices himself to save them. Though happy at their victory, Kai couldn't help but be worried when his master was feared lost in time with their enemies. He and the Ninja elect Lloyd as their master and are happy to hear his first order is to discover what happened to Wu.

In Season 8, Kai and the others are still searching for Wu before dealing with the Sons of Garmadon. They find an infant and after said child starts to walk and talk, they realize he is in fact their master de-aged because of the time blades.

During Season 9, while they are stranded in the Realm of Oni and Dragons Kai is the Ninja who is amazed at Wu returning to normal and the thought of teaching him his old lessons to better help him. Kai was relieved to see him become himself again. After his master rapidly aged into an adult and regain his memories, Kai was excited to see he was back.

In "Green Destiny," Kai and Wu fought against Garmadon's forces and were victorious in the conflict.

Cole
Cole is Wu's student along with the other Ninja. When Cole and the other trained to become Ninjas, he is shown to really care about Wu and glad to have him mentoring them. Cole is the closest with Wu, as he was his first student as a Ninja.

Like the other Ninja, Wu sees Cole as one of his best students.

Following Wu's sacrifice to defeat the Time Twins, Cole and the others were devastated by his loss and made plans to find their lost master. Cole was the most devastated by the loss of his master.

In Season 8, Cole and the others are still searching for Wu before dealing with the Sons of Garmadon. Cole finds an infant and brings him back to his friends, after said child starts to walk and talk, they realize he is in fact their master de-aged because of the time blades.

During Season 9, while they are stranded in the Realm of Oni and Dragons Cole acts as the Ninja who mostly teaches Wu his old lessons to better help him. Cole was later relieved to see his master aged into an adult and regain his memories.

Zane
Zane is one of Wu's student, along with the other Ninja. When Zane and the others trained to become Ninja, they showed to really cared about Wu and are glad to have Wu as their master. Like the other Ninja, Zane respects Wu, who in turn views Zane and the others as his greatest students.

Wu was devastated by Zane's presumed death but stated Zane sacrificed himself for the greater good as he protected his friends.

In Season 4, when Zane was restored and came back to Ninjago with the other Ninja, Wu was happy to see his pupil alive again and complimented him on his new form after reuniting with him.

In Season 8, Zane and the others are still searching for Wu before dealing with the Sons of Garmadon. It is also revealed that the two already met forty years ago, Wu had searched for Elemental Master of Ice but discovered that the latter had passed his powers to Zane. He was interested in Zane's habits and told Zane that he might call upon for something in the near future. Zane couldn't recall this as Julien wiped his memory before his first death.

The Ninja later find an infant and after said child starts to do strange things, the others deduce he is Wu. After Nya came up with a theory for their master de-aged because of the time blades, Zane believed it was a matter of time until he returned to normal.

During Season 9, while they are stranded in the Realm of Oni and Dragons Zane is the Ninja who notes of Wu's aging and with the others tries to teach him his old lessons to better help him. Zane was later relieved to see his master aged into an adult and regain his memories.

In "Green Destiny," Zane and Wu fought against Garmadon's forces and were victorious in the conflict.

Jay
Jay is one of Master Wu's students along with the other Ninja. When Jay and the others trained to become Ninja, they showed that they really cared about Wu and glad to have him as their master.

Like the other Ninja, Jay respect Wu who in turn views him as he expressed concern for the latter when he was attacked by Acronix and began to rapidly age due to the affects of the time blade. Along with the Ninja, Jay wanted to find his master after he was lost in time with the Time Twins.

In Season 8, Jay and the others are still searching for Wu before dealing with the Sons of Garmadon. They find an infant and after said child starts to walk and talk, as a shocked Jay is the first to realize the baby is in fact their master de-aged.

During Season 9, while they are stranded in the Realm of Oni and Dragons Jay is the Ninja who is amused at the thought of trying to teach Wu his old lessons to better help him as he rapidly ages. Wu was also put off by Jay's acceptance of being stranded but was relieved to see him become himself again. After master rapidly aged into an adult and regain his memories, Jay was excited to see he was back.

In "Green Destiny," Jay and Wu fought against Garmadon's forces and were victorious in the conflict.

Nya
Wu is the mentor of the Ninja, she gets along well with as it was thanks to that her brother was able to save her from Garmadon. Though not a Ninja in the first four seasons, Wu and Nya were shown to get along and he was able to impart wisdom into her whenever she felt left out of the Ninjas' activities. Wu is later revealed to be an old friend of Nya and Kai's father, which explained why he kept a close eye on them.

In Season 5, Wu informed a surprised Nya that she was the elemental master of water and started to train her in the usage of her power to become a Ninja. Nya is now one of Wu's students along with her brother Kai.

In Season 7, she and the other Ninja come to his aid when he fights Acronix by himself. She later saves Wu from succumbing to the effects of the time blades with Wu back to normal, he helps them foil the time twins plan. He later aids Kai and Nya battle the Time Twins but when the villains prepare to finish the two Ninja off, Wu sacrifices himself to save them.

Though happy at their victory, Nya couldn't help but be worried when her master is feared lost in time with their enemies.

In Season 8, Nya and the others are still searching for Wu before dealing with the Sons of Garmadon. They find an infant and after said child starts to do strange things, the others deduce that he is actually Wu and inform Nya of this. Nya doesn't believe it to actually be him, though she realizes that is indeed Wu after hearing the baby talk and drink tea the same way her master does. She was the Ninja who came up with a theory for how he de-aged because of the time blades. The pair are separated the season 8 finale and Nya was under the impression that he was dead until she realized otherwise in Season 9.

In "Green Destiny," Wu is reunited with his pupil and saves her and Lloyd from their enemies. Nya was amazed to see that Wu was almost back to normal but is still in his right mind. At the end, she is relieved to see him back as an old man again once peace is restored.

Time Twins
Wu was once good allies with them in the Serpentine War but enmity formed between them after they decided they should rule Ninjago. Wu and his brother fought them together and they stole their enemies' powers, which they trapped in blades and threw in a Temporal Vortex. Wu watched as his foes went after them but they saw they'd return. Forty years later, Wu fought Acronix but had his age rapidly after being struck by the latter. As he suffered, Wu regretted that he didn't tell his pupils to help and felt guilt for not taking care of them sooner. The Time Twins soon abducted him and used Wu as leverage against Kai and Nya, they mocked his situation even after the Ninja complied they had refused to cure him after what he and his brother put them through.

After being cured by his students, Wu got his revenge on the twins by confronting them with his students. The twins were shocked by his return and fought him again. When Wu saw the aftermath of the villains' actions on his friend Ray and nearly watched them kill Kai and Nya, he decided to finally put an end to them by sabotaging the Iron Doom and choosing to stay behind to finally end their conflict.

Wu then fought both of his foes for the last time and he presumably defeated them, avenging the actions done onto him and his friends by their hands. Wu also left the Time Twins behind in the vortex and they are currently still lost in time.

Iron Baron
Because Wu helped Cole in saving the other Ninja from the Hunters, Baron despised him and chased him and the Ninja.

When they met face to face, Baron wasted no time in attacking Wu but Faith saved him. Baron then discovered Wu was the son of the First Spinjitzu Master, he was very shocked and focused his entire hunt to capture Wu instead since the latter was quarter Oni.

Wu was later captured by Baron along with the Ninja after they tried to save Faith. He broke free and fought Baron and his hunters but the latter offered him a deal locate the Dragon Armor and he will free the Ninja. Wu agreed to this and led Baron to the path of the item.

Along the journey, Wu was disgusted by Baron's reason of lying to the Hunters, despite that Wu saved him from falling and was met with ungratefulness from him. After they located the armor, Baron revealed he was lying and ordered the dragons to kill Wu who was not surprised but explained to Baron that he lied as well since the armor did not allow his father to control the dragons but they sensed his good heart. Wu watched as the Dragons attacked Baron and encased him in molten rock.