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Zane? Oh! When Zane's father was trapped here, he must've built a replacement Zane.”

Echo Zane is a Nindroid built by Dr. Julien using Zane's blueprint. His appearance is somewhat similar to Zane's, except he appears rustier, and instead of Zane's core, he has a wind-up power source. He seems to be less intelligent than Zane, although his sense of loyalty and friendship is no less than his titanium-shelled sibling. Echo Zane was found in the basement through a secret passage found by Jay and Nya in Lighthouse Island.

History[]

Early life[]

After being imprisoned in Lighthouse Island, Dr. Julien, in his loneliness, sought to make himself company through the creation of the Gizmo and Echo Zane, the latter of whom was a dead ringer for his first son, Zane. Unlike his brother, Echo Zane was faulty because he was made out of spare parts in the lighthouse. When the ninja arrived at the lighthouse, Echo Zane was left behind by his creator for unknown reasons.

After Dr. Julien's departure, Echo Zane would presumably often roam around the lighthouse with the Gizmo as his friend, usually repairing himself with the help of his friend.

The Last Resort[]

After Jay and Nya arrived in an attempt to hide from Nadakhan, Echo Zane spied on them but was eventually noticed by Nya. Retreating to the basement to hide, he was quickly exposed, only to make friends when Jay and Nya revealed a lack of hostility towards him. While playing around with the two, Echo Zane noticed Nadakhan and Clancee spying on them through a mirror using the power of the latter's wish and quickly shattered it.

In preparation for the incoming invasion from the Sky Pirates, Echo Zane helped prepare several traps for the incoming enemies. Later, during the attack, he confronted Clancee after the latter got passed the door trap, only to be cornered by two pirates. However, upon seeing Jay and Nya in danger, Echo Zane overpowered his enemies, casually knocking aside Doubloon before confronting Nadakhan. Before he could fight back, however, his damaged state caught up to him and he fell apart into several pieces, being abandoned alongside his friend afterward.

Operation Land Ho![]

With the help of Tai-D, Echo Zane managed to rebuild himself and was rescued from the Lighthouse Prison by Jay, joining his team of replacement ninja. Meeting in New Ninjago City, Echo Zane quickly detected Bucko and Sqiffy, and with the rest of the team succeeded in arresting Sqiffy before hitching a ride on a rising piece of land. Connecting to the rebuilt Djinjago, Echo Zane and the rest of the team managed to retrieve the Djinn Blade and took refuge in a nearby shed. Tasked with absorbing Jay into the Djinn Blade, Echo Zane accidentally mistook his signal "Go" under the wrong context, striking him down. After fending off Bucko and several other Sky Pirates, he reconciled with the freed ninja and his brother Zane, the two delighted on the revelation that they had a sibling.

The Way Back[]

To protect the citizens from the falling chunks of Djinjago, Echo Zane and the rest of the Ninja Replacements headed back down to New Ninjago City alongside Master Wu and Misako and later witnessed the realm's deconstruction.

Separate Ways[]

Later, Jay inspired Echo Zane to go out and become a hero Jay no longer was. Echo Zane then brought Tai-D with him and later was joined by the Falcon on his journey.[1]

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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu[]

Season 6: Skybound[]

Ninjago: Decoded[]

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Behind the scenes[]

  • His primitive rusty design is based on the earliest ideas of the sixth season being based on a steampunk-theme before shifting toward that of sky-faring pirates.[citation needed]
  • Brent Miller called his voice for Echo Zane "higher and goofier" than Zane's.[2]
  • The Hageman Brothers revealed on Twitter that Mr. E from Sons of Garmadon was originally intended to be revealed to be Echo Zane, but this was cut because there was not enough time in the episodes to do the story justice. They also couldn't fit in Nya and Jay's explanation for knowing Echo Zane. Thus, they continue to be separate characters.[3]
    • A video on Brent Miller's YouTube channel reveals the original voice acting and animations for Mr. E being Echo Zane.[2]
    • Andreasen also said he never liked the idea and it didn't make enough sense.[4]
      • In 2022, he stated that "[i]t just didn't make sense that a more primitive version would kick [Zane's] ass and we had reveals going on all over the place."[5]
    • Probably for this reason, Mr. E is voiced by Brent Miller, as well as Echo Zane.

Trivia[]

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  • It is unknown why he bears a strong resemblance to Zane's titanium form since Dr. Julien passed away long before Zane assumed the role. This could be due to the limited supplies and materials that were used to create him, a limitation excluded from Zane's creation, and the fact that Echo Zane does not have nearly as many shell coverings.
  • Despite his decrepit state, Echo Zane does have some ninja-like abilities programmed into him. One prominent ability is scaling up and staying on walls and ceilings.
  • According to Nya in "The Digiverse and Beyond," Dr. Julien built Echo Zane to ease the pain of being separated from Zane.
  • Tommy Andreasen has stated the fate of Echo Zane is "a bit of a dark spot on my subconscious," referring to the fact that he has yet to be rescued from the lighthouse island.[6]
    • Andreasen has also said on Twitter that Jay and Nya haven't told the other ninja about Echo Zane because it would require explaining the entire story of the events of Skybound to the ninja, as those events were undone.[7] One reason Jay and Nya may not want to tell the others about these events is because the trauma associated with them makes it a difficult topic to discuss.[8]
      • In the "interview" with Nya shared by Andreasen in May 2021, Nya states that she wishes to return to the lighthouse to visit Echo Zane at some point.[9]
      • Andreasen later stated, "There is probably a story to be told regarding that".[10]
  • Strangely, in the set he appears in, 70594 The Lighthouse Siege, his minifigure's hair is gold, while in the show, it is a rusty brown color like the rest of his body.
    • Budget does not seem to be a factor, as the hair did not previously exist in this gold color either.
  • His power source appears to be steam. His chest compartment contains both a steam gauge and steam whistle.
  • In Chapter 3 of Tommy Andreasen's non-canon novel, Way of the Departed, Cole mentions how at one point, Jay guessed the new Samurai X "someone called Ekosan, though he quickly disregarded that theory and then flat out denied having ever said it."[11] This is a reference to Echo Zane, and Jay's denial is because the events of Skybound were undone, so Cole would not remember Echo Zane.
  • The Hageman Brothers once jokingly stated that Echo Zane was killed by explosive gas.[12]
  • When asked why Dr. Julien didn't tell Zane about Echo Zane when he and Zane were reunited, Tommy Andreasen said, "The truth is that we didn't know what we would do 25 episodes later when we did 'Last Voyage'."[13] "But I will see if I can come up with something better than that."[14]
    • He later stated that he thinks Dr. Julien chose not to reveal Echo Zane to Zane because he was afraid that doing so would hurt Zane and make him feel that he was replaceable.[15]
    • Tommy Andreasen doesn't know if Echo Zane feels lonely at Lighthouse Island, though he has Tai-D to keep him company.[16]

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