Blue Lightning

“Take that, exalted Serpentine King, Pythor Chumsworth! That'll teach you not to mess with honesty, dependency, distributives, or fine foods!”

— Jay

Blue Lightning
Air date	December 19, 2018
Written by	Tommy Andreasen
Directed by	Peter Egeberg
Episode guide
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Blue Lightning is the fifth short film from the Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu mini-series based around the ninja and Master Wu, taking place sometime before the tenth season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.

Jay is the focus ninja, while Pythor serves as the main antagonist of this episode.

Synopsis

As the mural at the Monastery of Spinjitzu progresses, Jay relives good old memories of fighting off the ninja’s old enemy, Pythor P. Chumsworth and his Venomari henchmen. Ah, that was one epic truck/Storm Fighter jet chase that was sure to go down in NINJAGO® history! Jay also discovers a new skill he should probably work on…

Plot

Jay stares at the new mural on the wall of the Monastery of Spinjitzu and remembers using his jet. He recalls preventing Pythor from stealing some of the noodle trucks, and by the time he awakens from his daydream, it is nighttime.

Appearances

Characters

Cast

• Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
• Pythor P. Chumsworth - Michael Dobson
• Venomari - Michael Adamthwaite
• Wu - Paul Dobson

Non-speaking

• Monks

Miscellaneous

• Garmadon (painting)
• Harumi (painting)
• Iron Baron (painting)
• Colossus (painting)
• Acronix (painting)
• Krux (painting)
• Ray (painting)
• Maya (painting)
• Cyrus Borg (painting)
• Clouse (painting)
• Nadakhan (painting)
• Morro (painting)
• Ghoultar (painting)
• Soul Archer (painting)
• Ronin (painting)
• Chen (painting)
• The Overlord (painting)
• Cryptor (painting)
• Min-Droid (painting)
• Kozu (painting)
• Giant Stone Warrior (painting)
• Skales (painting)
• Acidicus (painting)
• Fangtom (painting)
• Skalidor (painting)
• Samukai (painting)
• Kruncha (painting)
• Nuckal (painting)

Creatures

• Firstbourne (painting)
• The Preeminent (painting)
• Great Devourer (painting)

Events

• Fall of Ninjago (painting)
• Alternate timeline (painting)
• Ghost invasion (painting)
• Second Serpentine War (painting)
• Nindroid crisis (painting)
• The Final Battle (painting)
• Attack of the Great Devourer (painting)

Items

• Jay's nunchucks
• Nunchucks of Lightning (flashback)
• Artificial limbs (painting)

Vehicles

• Storm Glider (flashback)
• Noodle trucks (flashback)
• Samurai Mech (painting)
• Blade Cycle (painting)
• Snowmobile (painting)
• Tread Assault (painting)
• Destiny's Bounty (painting)
• Earth Driller (painting)
• Iron Doom (painting)
• Golden Mech (painting)

Locations

• Ninjago
  • Mountains of Impossible Height
    • Monastery of Spinjitzu
  • Sea of Sand (flashback)
    • The Teeth

Species

• Humans
• Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
• Serpentine
  • Anacondrai (flashback)
  • Constrictai (painting)
  • Fangpyre (painting)
  • Hypnobrai (painting)
  • Venomari (flashback)
• Nindroids (painting)
• Djinns (painting)
• Ghosts (painting)
• Stone Warriors (painting)

Transcript

For the transcript of the episode, click here.

Trivia

• The Legacy set appearing in this episode is 70668 Jay's Storm Fighter.
  • While Nya appears in the set, she is absent in this episode.
• One of the comics sold at Ninjago Doomsday Comix is called "Blue Lightning," though this is likely a coincidence.
• Lasha lets out the Wilhelm scream after being knocked off the noodle truck by Jay.
  • Interestingly, a snake ^{[ What snake? ]} from "The Rise of the Great Devourer" also lets out the scream after being knock out of the tour bus by Jay.
• It is possible that the events of the flashback in this episode are meant to happen right after the Storm Glider with Jay flew away at the very beginning of the flashback in the previous mini-movie, "Elemental Rider."

Continuity

• This is the first appearance of Jay's Storm Glider and Pythor in his original purple form since "Day of the Great Devourer."
  • This is also the first time Pythor appears in the show since "Day of the Departed" and overall since Pythor's Revenge.
• Pythor's appearance in this episode is different from his original appearance. In addition to his Legacy look, he no longer has scales and has smaller red eyes instead of larger pink ones.
  • His voice also sounds a little different.

Errors

• When Jay calls Wu via a computer, the gate of the monastery is visible behind Wu, although by the time Pythor was released from the tomb, the monastery was already burned down.
  • It is possible that only Jay remembered it that way, since the flashback is just his memory.

Gallery

For the gallery of the episode, click here.

Episode

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