Boobytraps and How to Survive Them

Not to be confused with the book.

“Beware, ye who enters the Serpent's tomb. For her anger nearly did consume all Ninjago, until a foolish boy with a staff of power her evil did destroy.”

— Zane reading the inscription

Boobytraps and How to Survive Them
Information
Air date	July 6, 2019 (US) August 5, 2019 (Australia) August 24, 2019 (Canada)
Written by	Bragi Schut
Directed by	Daniel Ife
Episode guide
Previous	"The Belly of the Beast"
Next	"The News Never Sleeps"

Boobytraps and How to Survive Them is the fifth episode of the eleventh season, and 103rd overall of LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. It aired on July 6, 2019 in the United States. It is paired up with the "The News Never Sleeps."

Synopsis

The ninja team up with a reluctant Clutch Powers to enter a mysterious pyramid where they inadvertently unleash an ancient evil.

Plot

Before the Ninja enter the Ancient Pyramid, they attempt to convince Clutch Powers to enter the pyramid with them, but they are unable to persuade him until he gets a call from Cecil Putnam from the Explorers Club. Putnam explains that Powers' membership from the Explorers Club is voided due to the fact that Powers has not explored anything in over ten years. After getting the phone call, he agrees to explore the Ancient Pyramid with the Ninja in order to keep his membership.

The Ninja along with Clutch Powers enter the Ancient Pyramid and bypass the first trap using one of Powers' method he mentioned in his book. As they continued to explore the pyramid, they come across stairs leading down, but it's covered with cobwebs. Powers tells everyone to jump over the cobwebs, but Jay disobeys his order and walks through the cobwebs which sets a trap, causing the stairs to disappear and become a slope. The Ninja and Clutch Powers nearly slide into a hole of spikes, but Kai is able to use his elemental power to get rid of the spikes.

Safe from danger, the Ninja continue to explore and after some walking, they come to a sliding puzzle. While Jay and Nya solve the puzzle, Zane reads an inscription talking about someone's history. After reading, Zane realizes it's a Pyro Vipers tomb, and tells Jay and Nya to stop solving the puzzle, but they are too late as they free Aspheera.

Now free, Aspheera demands the Ninja to tell her where the "boy" is, but the Ninja are uncertain who Aspheera is talking about. After Lloyd said he didn't know, he is immediately blasted by Aspheera's staff. The Ninja fight Aspheera, but she is able to hold off their attacks. She then shows interest in Kai and steals his Elemental Power, Fire. The Ninja try to stop Aspheera, but she uses Spinjitzu against them and wards off their attack. With Aspheera now having an Elemental Power, she spares the Ninja and lock them up in chains.

Meanwhile, Clutch Powers, who decided to escape while the Ninja were fighting Aspheera, finally makes it outside the pyramid, but he is immediately confronted by Aspheera who demands Powers to take her to the nearest village. Powers hints at Ninjago City being the closest, but refuses to take her. This causes Aspheera to erupt the pyramid with lava. Powers then slides down the walls of the pyramid to avoid the lava before a rock causes him to fly away from the pyramid. In the end, Aspheera got on her Fire Fang and rode to Ninjago City.

Cast

• Aspheera - Pauline Newstone
• Cecil Putnam - Paul Dobson
• Clutch Powers - Ian James Corlett
• Cole - Kirby Morrow
• Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
• Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
• Kai - Vincent Tong
• Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
• Nya - Kelly Metzger
• Zane - Brent Miller

Transcript

For the transcript of the episode, click here.

Locations Visited

• Ninjago
  • Desert of Doom
    • Ancient Pyramid

Trivia

• Narrator: Jay
• This is the first episode where Serpentine are freed from a tomb since "Can of Worms."
• This is the first episode of the series where Jay narrates the title card.
• The episode title is based on a book written by Clutch Powers.
  • It could also be a reference to the film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
• This episode title is tied for the second longest with six words, with the other episode being "On a Wish and a Prayer."
  • The longest episode title is "Out of the Fire and Into the Boiling Sea," with nine words.
• This episode marks the third time Kai lost his Fire powers. The first is "The Forgotten Element" by Chen, and the second is "Winds of Change" by Morro when he possessed Lloyd.
• The deceased "competitor" of Powers is named Hageman, which is likely a reference to The Hageman Brothers, the original writers of the show.
• When Clutch Powers said "Nein danke," it is German for "no thanks."
• This is the first time multiple characters that know Spinjitzu attack each other while in the tornado form.
• Clutch Powers complimenting Hageman as a good competitor is almost similar to what Indiana Jones said about Forrestal in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Errors

• When attacking Aspheera, Kai is seen with his mask off, though he put it on before using his powers on her.
• Before Aspheera attacks Lloyd, Kai is in front of Zane and Cole is in the back, but in the next shot, they switch places.

Gallery

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"Hageman"

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The First Spinjitzu duel

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