Hypnobrai

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“Their hypnotizing powers are useless if their opponent can fight without relying on his eyes.”

— Kai to Wu, "All of Nothing"

Hypnobrai
Information
Leader(s)	Mambo I (formerly; deceased) Mambo V (formerly; deceased) Aspheera (briefly) Slithraa (formerly) Skales
Members	Unknown Elemental Master (deceased) Mezmo Rattla Hypno Vipers Translucent Blue Viper (non-canon) Selma Skales Jr. Clancee (half) Aspheera Pyro Destroyers Pyro Whippers Pyro Slayers Mambo's advisor Aspheera's cellmates (non-canon) Mezmo Junior (non-canon) Mikloshe Spitz SsssSsss Underwood Hantro Delphee Delphee's mother
Affiliation	Serpentine Lloyd (formerly) Lord Garmadon (formerly) Crystal army (unwillingly; formerly) The Resistance (formerly)
Element	Unknown (Unknown Elemental Master) Fire (Pyro Vipers; stolen from Kai; formerly) Darkness (Aspheera and Mezmo; formerly)
Status	Alive
First appearance	"Rise of the Snakes" 9441 Kai's Blade Cycle
Latest appearance	Strike of the Serpentine 892305 Aspheera

The Hypnobrai are a tribe of Serpentine, based on the speckled cobra with a hint of the rattlesnake as well. They are known for their hypnosis abilities, hence the name.

An ancient group of Hypnobrai would later be resurrected and become known as the Pyro Vipers.

History

Background

How the Hypnobrai came to be is unknown, but their ancestors had a truce between the humans and Serpentine. They were ruled by King Mambo's ancestors before being shortly ruled by Aspheera. As time passed, their tribe would come to have arguments and conflicts with the other four tribes of the Serpentine and later humans as well. They were involved in the Serpentine War, and were locked underground for 40 years for their crimes.

Rise of the Snakes

Years after, Lloyd had released them, and they served under his command until Skales took control and became their general. They would soon work under Pythor, who became their King, they helped Pythor in acquiring the four Fangblades of the Great Devourer, only to retreat after the beast is released.

Legacy of the Green Ninja

They would again switch command with Garmadon then Skales becoming their King, until they were trapped again when trying to bury Ninjago City. After their second imprisonment, they would eventually come to peace with the humans and stop their acts of vengeance, refusing to be included in any affairs of the surface world.

Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

The ancient Hypnobrai would later be risen back to life after the sorceress, Aspheera escapes her imprisonment, becoming Pyro Vipers.

Appearance

Hypnobrai have usually blood red eyes with concentric circle patterns resembling a large spiral surrounding their pupils, which multiply and expand outwardly at a rapid pace when they use their hypnosis. They also have a cobra-like hood, with the Soldiers, Warriors, and Generals having a full cobra head. Their colors are generally blue with medium/dark gray bodies and yellow accents. Some female Hypnobrai, such as Selma, SsssSsss Underwood, Hantro and Delphee's mother, however, are pink or purple.

Ordinary Hypnobrai don't have long tails and instead have legs as opposed to the General, who gains a long tail from their staff. Hypno Vipers are relatively small and look like actual snakes.

Abilities

• Hypnobrai hypnosis: The Hypnobrai have the power to mentally enslave anybody with their eyes. They rattle their tails and stare at the victim, and if the victim happens to look their way, they are placed under their control. The Hypnobrai Staff has an anti-venom that will undo the hypnotic spell.
  • Secretive hypnosis: The Hypnobrai can also plant post-hypnotic commands, turning the victim into a sleeper agent as Skales did with Cole. In this state, the Hypnobrai can see through their victim's eyes, and enforce their hypnotic control at any time.
• Protective eyelids: The Hypnobrai have a protective second eyelid over their eyes, for when they are not hypnotizing someone.

Weaknesses

• Eye contact: The Hypnobrai's hypnotic stare only works if they can make eye contact with a victim for a certain time. As such, avoiding eye contact will prevent one from becoming hypnotized, but the difficulty of fighting blind can be a hindrance. In "All of Nothing," Kai trained himself to fight with his eyes closed to avoid losing his advantage over the Hypnobrai, while in "Ninjaball Run," Zane simply turned his head around to avoid being hypnotized by Rattla.
• Concentration: Another way to avoid the Hypnobrai's gaze is to attack them or otherwise break their concentration, as Skales did during his battle against Slithraa in the Slither Pit. However, the Hypnobrai can still induce partial hypnosis in their victims if interrupted, as seen when Skales attempted to hypnotize Cole; although the hypnosis was interrupted, Skales was still able to see through Cole's eyes at will and actively command him to attack the other ninja when they attacked Lloyd's treehouse fortress.
• Reflective surfacing: The most beneficial means of circumventing Hypnobrai hypnotism is to use a reflective surface to bounce their gaze back at them—not only does this negate their attempt to hypnotize their victim, but it also leaves them suggestible to commands. Lloyd inadvertently discovered this weakness when Slithraa accidentally reflected his hypnotic gaze onto himself with the surface of an icicle, allowing Lloyd to gain control of the Hypnobrai through their brainwashed general.

Tomb

The Hypnobrai Tomb is located in the Glacier Barrens, and the inside of the tomb is entirely made of ice.

Symbol

The symbol for the Hypnobrai is a blue circle with a yellow outer ring and a swirl inside, referencing their hypnotic abilities.

Official description

Character Encyclopedia New Edition

The Hypnobrai tribe were sealed away in the snowy mountains until Lloyd Garmadon accidentally released them. This cobralike tribe have hypnotic powers. With one look of their swirling red eyes, Hypnobrai warriors can force their enemies into doing whatever they want.

Appearances

Set

Boxed Sets

• 9441 Kai's Blade Cycle
• 9444 Cole's Tread Assault
• 9446 Destiny's Bounty
• 9456 Spinner Battle Arena
• 70672 Cole's Dirt Bike
• 70674 Fire Fang
• 70675 Katana 4x4
• 70677 Land Bounty
• 71769 Cole's Dragon Cruiser

Magazine Gifts

• 891954 Pyro Whipper
• 892305 Aspheera

Books with Minifigure Gifts

• Book of Adventures
• Adventures in Ninjago City

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

• 1. "Rise of the Snakes"
• 2. "Home"
• 3. "Snakebit" (mentioned)
• 4. "Never Trust a Snake"
• 5. "Can of Worms"
• 6. "The Snake King"
• 7. "Tick Tock"
• 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
• 9. "The Royal Blacksmiths"
• 10. "The Green Ninja"
• 11. "All of Nothing"
• 12. "The Rise of the Great Devourer"
• 13. "Day of the Great Devourer"

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

• 14. "Darkness Shall RiseDevourer"
• 15. "Pirates vs. Ninja"
• 16. "Double Trouble"
• 17. "Ninjaball Run"
• 18. "Child's Play"
• 19. "Wrong Place, Wrong Time
• 20. "The Stone Army"
• 21. "The Day Ninjago Stood Still"

Season 3: Rebooted

• 30. "The Curse of the Golden Master"
• 34. "The Titanium Ninja"

Season 4: Tournament of Elements

• 40. "Spellbound" (flashback)
• 44. "The Corridor of Elders"

Season 5: Possession

• 45. "Winds of Change" (statue)

Season 7: The Hands of Time

• 71. "Secrets Discovered"

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

• 99. "Wasted True Potential" (dream)
• 100. "Questing for Quests" (pictured)
• 102. "The Belly of the Beast" (dream)
• 103. "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them"
• 105. "Ninja vs Lava"
• 106. "Snaketastrophy"
• 107. "Powerless"
• 108. "Ancient History"
• 109. "Never Trust a Human" (flashback)
• 110. "Under Siege"
• 111. "The Explorers Club"
• 112. "Vengeance is Mine!"
• 113. "A Cold Goodbye" (dream)
• 115. "Fire Maker"
• 118. "The Message" (puppet)
• 126. "A Fragile Hope" (flashback)
• 128. "Awakenings" (flashback)

Season 12: Prime Empire

• 131. "Level Thirteen" (TV screen)
• 140. "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll" (pictured; pixelated)

Season 14: Seabound

• 165. "A Big Splash" (painting)
• 180. "The Turn of the Tide" (no lines)

Season 15: Crystalized

• 182. "The Call of Home"
• 187. "Ninjago City vs. Ninja"
• 188. "Kryptarium Prison Blues"
• 189. "Hounddog McBrag"
• 202. "Brave But Foolish"
• 204. "Return of the Ice Emperor"
• 207. "Distress Calls"
• 209. "Dragon Form"

Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 1

• 1. "The Merge: Part 1"
• 3. "Crossroads Carnival"
• 13. "Wyldly Inappropriate"
• 15. "They Call It Doom"
• 16. "Land of Lost Things"

Season 2

• 22. "Shattered Dreams"
• 24. "Force From the East"
• 25. "The Spell at the Waterfall"
• 26. "To Mysterium"
• 27. "Fugitives From Madness"
• 28. "Secrets of the Wyldness"
• 31. "The Shape of Motion"

Season 3

• 48. "Crashing Together" (flashback)
• 50. "The Shatter Dragon"
• 52. "Human Resources
• 54. "Casket of Bones"
• 55. "The Screaming Earth" (drawing)
• 56. "Under the Light of a Mechanical Moon"
• 57. "The Vault of Focus"
• 58. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
• 60. "Chaos Reigns"

Graphic novels

• Strike of the Serpentine

Ninjago Magazine

• 20. "The Oncoming Storm" (non-canon)
• 30. "Raiders of the lost trophy!"
• 51. "Save a Saviour" (visualized)
• 52. "In Search of Adventures" (vision; non-canon)
• 53. "When Two Quests Meet" (non-canon)
• 54. "Who's Hiding in the Dark?" (mummy)
• 55. "Hot in the City" (non-canon)
• 56. "Fire at Will" (non-canon)
• 57. "The Serpent Coming!"
• 94. "Fury in the Forest!" (non-canon)
• 98. "The Arrest!" (flashback; non-canon)
• 101. "Pyramid Payback" (non-canon)
• 117. "Agents All Around!"
• 124. "The Recruit" (non-canon)

Ninjago: Legacy Magazine

• 2. "The New Sacred Flute" (non-canon)
• 8. "The Book of Lessons"
• 10. "It's on Like Comic Con!"
• 18. "Dark Matter Comics" (non-canon)

Trivia

• The Hypnobrai was the first snake tribe to appear in the TV series. It is also the first and, so far, only tribe to have seen a revolt, or a Slither Pit duel to determine a new general.
• Their name is derived from the word "Hypnosis," due to it being their main trait. It also comes from cobra, which they resemble, such that the name comes from Hypnobra plus the suffix -ai.
• The Hypnobrai have the lowest number of Warriors seen in the series—they never appear to have more than one at any given time, and Slithraa mostly disappears from the series after "The Snake King," leaving the Hypnobrai ranks to be filled by Soldiers and Scouts.
• When they rattle their tail and tilt their head, that warns people that they will be put in a hypnotic trance, thus they will be able to avoid their glare.
• The Staff of Elements appears to have a Hypnobrai tail.
• In the Korean dub , Hypnobrai is pronounced as "HYPE-no-brye".
• The Character Trailer for the Hypnobrai misspells them as the "Hybnobrai."
• It appears that the higher the rank within the Hypnobrai tribe, the more blue coloring a Serpentine has.
  • In Ninjago: Dragons Rising, this system seems to stop working because Spitz is not affiliated with his tribe in any matter, but his body is almost entirely blue, and several non-blue Hypnobrai were introduced.
• Though their minifigures use the navy blue LEGO color, the Hypnobrai in the TV series often appears as a lighter shade, being more of a cross between that color and the recently-revived teal.
• A Hypnobrai general is seen in the flashback to the Serpentine War in "Spellbound," but it's unknown whether this was Slithraa or a previous general who was replaced during entombment.
• A bronze statue of a Hypnobrai general is seen in the Ninjago Museum of History in "Winds of Change" and "Day of the Departed." It's unknown if this was created to resemble Skales, Slithraa, or an earlier general.
• They are the tribe with the most named members with twelve individuals, thirteen if Clancee is counted.
• It seems that only the males of the Hypnobrai of the current era are dark blue in color as all known females are another color except Mikloshe (who was supposed to have a light blue skin according to concept art, before finally receiving the same design as Mezmo). The females skin color varies between pink, purple and reddish.
• Their power of hypnosis is based on a myth of snakes being able to hypnotize their prey.

Videos

LEGO® Ninjago -- Hypnobrai

Gallery

Notable members

Mambo V (deceased)

Aspheera

Mambo's advisor (deceased)

Pyro Destroyers/Whippers (deceased)

Pyro Slayers/Whippers (deceased)

Unknown Elemental Master (deceased)

Skales

Slithraa

Mezmo

Rattla

Hypno Vipers

Selma

Skales Jr.

Hypnobrai child

Mikloshe

Yellow eye Hypnobrai (red arms and legs)

Spitz

SsssSsss Underwood

Hantro

Delphee

Delphee's mother

Clancee (half)

Yellow eye Hypnobrai (grey arms; non-canon)

Aspheera's cellmates (non-canon)

Translucent Blue Viper (non-canon)

Minifigures

Skales

Slithraa

Mezmo

Mezmo (Legacy)

Rattla

Rattla (Legacy)

Clancee

Clancee (armor)

Aspheera

Aspheera (crystalized)

Pyro Destroyer

Pyro Slayer

Pyro Whipper

Mezmo Junior

In set form

The Hypnobrai Staff

The Hypnobrai symbol

Hypno Viper

Promotional media

Cole DX vs. the Hypnobrai general

Skales in the Rise of the Snakes mural

Skales with the ninja, the Elemental Masters, and the citizens of Ninjago in the Tournament of Elements mural

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

Season 3: Rebooted

Season 4: Tournament of Elements

Hypnobrai general in the Serpentine War

Season 5: Possession

Statue in the museum of a Hypnobrai general

Season 7: The Hands of Time

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

Hypnobrai mummies

Ancient Hypnobrai

Season 15: Crystalized

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

In other media

Concept art of a Hypnobrai mask

Translations

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	摄魂派
Japanese	ヒプノブライ種族
Polish	Hipnokobry
Ukrainian	Гіпнобраї