Lightning

Lightning

Lightning (The LEGO Ninjago Movie)

“An electrical discharge between two points, sometimes a display of power between heaven and earth itself.”

— Glen Lakin on Bluesky

Lightning
Information
Source	Energy
Users	First Spinjitzu Master First Master of Lightning (formerly) Hundreds of generations Jay's mother (formerly) Jay Walker Dragons Firstbourne Ultra Dragon Wisp Fulcrum Guardians (non-canon) Lightning Dragons (First Land) Stormbringer Stormbringer's baby Lightning Dragon Mother (non-canon) Thunder Dragon Jiro Elemental Dragons Lightning Dragon Elemental combination dragons Hydroelectric Dragon Golden Ultra Dragon Wu (using Creation) Lloyd Garmadon (using Golden Power; formerly) Chen (stolen from Jay; formerly) Skylor Chen (copied from Jay) Kai (with the Staff of Elements; formerly) Ronin (briefly; with the Elemental Forge of Lightning; non-canon) Nya (briefly) Nokt (briefly)
Abilities	Electrokinesis
First appearance	"The Golden Weapon" 891833 Jay
Latest appearance	"Chaos Reigns" 71848 The Temple Bounty
Status	Used

Lightning is one of the four main elements of Creation, and is derived from the Source Dragon of Energy. It is generally associated with the colors blue, white, and yellow, and corresponds with the Nunchucks of Lightning, the Lightning Dragon, the Hydroelectric Dragon, and the Golden Ultra Dragon.

Users' abilities

• Electrokinesis - The user can create, generate, increase, convert/store, shape, and manipulate electricity of various intensities.
  • Technokinesis - One application of Lightning, as Jay taught Lloyd, is to overload, control, and power electrical devices or systems. Lloyd used his Lightning powers to overcharge a light bulb, allowing him to use the shards of glass to free himself from his bonds. Jay was even able to use his power to create a specific image (a Steep Wisdom teapot) on multiple screens.
    • Electronic Disruption - Lloyd was able to disrupt a message sent to the Ultra Sonic Raider by his father, Lord Garmadon, and play a video game instead.
  • Electrokinetic Attacks - The user can attack using Lightning.
    • Electric Blast - The user can release electricity over a specific target area which causes great damage and/or delivers great shockwaves of pure force.
    • Electrokinetic Bolt Projection - The user is able to create and project bolts of electricity and control the intensity/power of their projectiles, the bolts aren't weak but may not be as powerful as a full-powered attack.
    • Electrical Ball Projection - The user is able to project a ball of electricity as seen when Jay tried to break Cole free from Skales' hypnosis. These balls can be concussive as when Nya used this against Nokt.
      • Hypnosis Negation - As seen in "Home", it is possible to use these electrical balls to shock a person out of hypnosis.
      • Electric Bomb Generation - As seen in "Truth and Lies", the user can likely create or launch bombs of electricity, such as when Nya fired one that caused a small explosion on Nokt.
    • Electrokinetic Infusion - The user can infuse objects (usually a weapon), beings, body parts, vehicles, or powers with electricity, empowering and energizing them and allowing the user to manipulate their qualities and efficiency and use electricity in various ways to attack.
      • Electric Strike - The user can use electricity to power a strike, allowing shock damage from the electricity used in the strike.
    • Electrokinetic Beam Emission - The user can produce and project beams of concentrated electricity, which can shock or cause electrocution, pierce through almost anything, or create destructive explosions upon impact.
    • Electrokinetic Wave Emission - The user can create waves, spirals, rings, pulses, blasts, balls, and bursts of electricity.
  • Electrokinetic Flight - The user can fly, glide, or levitate using electricity.
    • Electrokinetic Levitation - The user can levitate using electricity.
  • Electrokinetic Resistance - The user is partially resistant against electricity and lightning.
  • Electrified Surface - The user can send electricity through a surface (often the ground or a floor) to channel it, sending electric shocks to anything in contact with them or the surface.
  • Electric Conductivity - The user can safely conduct all forms of electricity through their bodies, self-generated or otherwise, which by extension makes them functionally invulnerable to electricity, no matter the voltage. They can also discharge electricity through conductive media (metal, water, etc).
    • Electric Channeling/Discharge - The user can channel electricity for various purposes and control its flow through any matter. Jay was able to channel his lightning powers through water to recharge the Hydro Bounty's battery despite the whole bay being flooded and Lloyd assuming his powers were useless underwater.
  • Electrokinetic Constructs - The user can create objects out of electricity, as seen when Jay created an electrical heart shape in "Codename: Arcturus".
    • Electro-Flyrogenesis/Electrokinetic Shield Construction - The user can generate a force field/shield of electricity as a defensive tactic (similarly to its elemental shield).
      • Elemental Shield - The user can create a Lightning elemental shield.
        • Radiation Resistance - The user's elemental shield can resist the radiation from entering the planet's atmosphere.
        • Space Survivability - The user's elemental shield likely allows them to survive in the vacuum of space, as seen in "The Titanium Ninja" while the Ninja were about to enter their planet's atmosphere.
  • Bio-Electrokinesis - The user can manipulate and generate electricity from their bodies.
    • Electrokinetic Speed - The user is able to use Lightning to achieve superhuman speed. Jay used this ability when he, Zane, and Cole were chasing the Skulkin after they stole three of the Golden Weapons.
    • Electric Recharge - The user is able to recharge batteries by infusing them with electricity, but this can prove dangerous in some situations.
    • Electrocution/Electric Shock - The user can release extreme electrical current to destroy almost anything.
    • Electrified Body/Electric Aura - When the user is in a state of rage or extreme emotion, their body will be infused and crackle with electricity.
    • Electrokinetic Absorption/Electrical Attraction - The user can absorb electricity, while removing it from its source and into their body, and use it in various ways. While out in a storm, Jay attracted all the stray lightning directly into him and in "The Oni and the Dragon," he used the electricity he absorbed from a light to shut down Mr. E's motorcycle.
      • Lightning Redirection - It can also be used to redirect lightning to attack an adversary or as a defense.
    • Scintillakinesis - The user can create, manipulate, and generate different sparks of electricity through a luminous disruptive electrical discharge.
      • Fireworks Generation - As shown by Nokt when he received Lightning after winning his match against Nya in "Truth and Lies," the user can release electrical sparks in a similar fashion to fireworks.
  • Harming Ghosts - The user can use lightning to harm ghosts, from the Cursed Realm or from the Spectral Lands, as Jay managed to electrocute Wrayth, breaking his chain flail, causing him to release Zane and fall into the Endless Sea. In "Day of the Departed", he managed to defeat Samukai with electricity-infused nunchucks while in "Chaos Reigns", he took out Zarkt’s ghost in the Cave of Bells in Mysterium using his Mech Dragon (even though it wasn't coated in Prismatic Ore) and used the mini-mech to also fight Zarkt.
• Dragon Creation - The user can create a Lightning Dragon.

Via the users' True Potential

• Electrokinetic Body - The user can temporarily transform their body completely into electricity.
  • Electroportation - This allows the user to also "teleport" short distances using electrical currents and possibly move through electrical circuits and wires.

Higher-level powers

• Dragon Form - Like the rest of the users of the elements of Creation, Lightning Elementals can unlock their Dragon Form, though it can only work through a sense of unity and a sequence of movements.
  • Humanoid Dragon Physiology - Dragon Form will cause the user to become a humanoid dragon.
    • Wing Manifestation - Once in Dragon Form, the user gains wings on their back.
      • Flight - Using said wings, the user can fly.
    • Vengestone Immunity - In dragon form, the user's powers are unaffected by Vengestone.
    • Infectious Crystal Immunity - A user of Dragon Form is unaffected by infectious crystals.
    • Enhanced Elemental Powers - A user of Dragon Form has their Elemental Powers heavily enhanced.
      • Shockwave Generation - The user has the ability to create shockwaves. Jay used this against Pythor in “Dragon Form”.
    • Purification - A user of Dragon Form can undo corruption from the infectious crystals.

Weaknesses

• Deflection - Jay's lightning powers can be reflected back at him, as shown by Reflectra.
• Underwater Environments - Lloyd mentioned that Lightning wouldn't be effective underwater. But this can be unlikely as Jay was able to recharge the Hydro Bounty's battery despite the whole bay being flooded.

Symbol

• Lightning symbol from seasons 1-7
• Lightning symbol from the Tournament of the Sources

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The symbol of Lightning is an octopus. The silhouette of the octopus and its tentacles resemble a storm cloud discharging lightning. It may refer to Jay's energetic and intelligent nature.

The symbol of Lightning shown in the Tournament of the Sources represents two lightning bolts.

Notable users

• First Spinjitzu Master
• First Master of Lightning (formerly)
  • Hundreds of generations
    • Jay's mother (formerly)
      • Jay Walker
• Nya (briefly)
• Nokt (briefly)

Via objects

Nunchucks of Lightning

• Garmadon (formerly)
• Samukai (briefly)
• Nuckal (briefly)

Staff of Elements

• Master Chen (formerly)
• Kai (formerly)

Elemental Forge of Lightning (non-canon)

• Ronin (formerly)

Via other Elemental Powers

Creation

• Wu

Golden Power

• Lloyd Garmadon (formerly)

Amber

• Skylor Chen (formerly)

Creatures

• Source Dragon of Energy
• Dragons
  • Firstbourne
  • Lightning Dragons (First Land)
    • Wisp/Ultra Dragon
    • Stormbringer
      • Stormbringer's baby
    • Lightning Dragon Mother (non-canon)
  • Thunder Dragon
  • Jiro
• Elemental Dragons
  • Lightning Dragon
  • Elemental combination dragons
    • Hydroelectric Dragon
    • Golden Ultra Dragon

Materials/Substances

• Chronosteel (absorbed; formerly)
• Blue Crystal (absorbed; formerly)
• Dragon Ivory (channeled)

Tools/Objects

• Nunchucks of Lightning/Storm Glider (destroyed)
• Lightning Elemental Blade
• Lightning Techno Blade (channeled; formerly)
• Lightning off-roader (channeled; formerly; destroyed)
• ElectroMech (channeled; formerly; destroyed)
• Staff of Elements (absorbed; formerly; destroyed)
• Elemental Forge of Lightning (destroyed; non-canon)
• Elemental Golem (destroyed; non-canon)
• Obsidian Nunchucks (lost in the Ethereal Divide; non-canon)
• Ghost Taker GT (channeled; formerly; destroyed)
• Djinn Blade (absorbed in an alternate timeline; formerly; destroyed)
• Lightning Bike (channeled; formerly)
• Firstbourne Mech (channeled; destroyed)
• Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu (channeled; briefly)
  • Zane's scepter (channeled with a Forbidden Scroll; briefly; destroyed)
• Crowns of Horns (channeled)
• Elemental Cup (absorbed; formerly)
• Lightning Daggers

Techniques

• Spinjitzu (channeled)
  • Tornado of Creation (briefly)
  • Forbidden Spinjitzu (channeled; formerly)
• True Potential
• Elemental shields
• Elemental Dragons
  • Elemental combination dragons
• Elemental Golems (non-canon)
• Airjitzu (channeled)
• Dragon Form (formerly)

Appearances

Sets 70602 Jay's Elemental Dragon 70660 Spinjitzu Jay 70673 ShuriCopter 70682 Spinjitzu Slam - Jay 70690 Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training 71768 Jay's Golden Dragon Motorbike 71796 Elemental Dragon vs. The Empress Mech 71818 Tournament Battle Arena 71841 Dragonian Storm Village 71866 Ninja Character Display 15th Anniversary 891833 Jay 892175 Jay 892181 Jay 892302 Golden Dragon Jay 892403 Jay Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Pilot episodes 2. "The Golden Weapon" 3. "King of Shadows" 4. "Weapons of Destiny" Season 1: Rise of the Snakes 1. "Rise of the Snakes" 2. "Home" 3. "Snakebit" 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 16. "Double Trouble" 19. "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" 23. "Island of Darkness" 25. "Return of the Overlord" 26. "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master" Season 3: Rebooted 32. "Codename: Arcturus" 33. "The Void" 34. "The Titanium Ninja" Season 4: Tournament of Elements 35. "The Invitation" 36. "Only One Can Remain" 37. "Versus" 38. "Ninja Roll" 41. "The Forgotten Element" 42. "The Day of the Dragon" 43. "The Greatest Fear of All" 44. "The Corridor of Elders" Season 5: Possession 45. "Winds of Change" 52. "Grave Danger" 54. "Curseworld, Part II" Season 6: Skybound 55. "Infamous" 56. "Public Enemy Number One" 57. "Enkrypted" 58. "Misfortune Rising" 59. "On a Wish and a Prayer" 61. "Wishmasters" 62. "The Last Resort" 63. "Operation Land Ho!" 64. "The Way Back" Day of the Departed "Day of the Departed" Season 7: The Hands of Time 65. "The Hands of Time" 66. "The Hatching" 69. "A Line in the Sand" 70. "Lost in Time" Season 8: Sons of Garmadon 76. "The Jade Princess" 77. "The Oni and the Dragon" 79. "Dead Man's Squall" 81. "Game of Masks" 82. "Dread on Arrival" 84. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago" Season 9: Hunted 87. "Radio Free Ninjago" 88. "How to Build a Dragon" 91. "The Weakest Link" 94. "Green Destiny" Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu 2. "Green and Gold" 5. "Blue Lightning" 6. "Samurai X-Treme" Season 10: March of the Oni 95. "The Darkness Comes" 98. "Endings" Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu 99. "Wasted True Potential" 106. "Snaketastrophy" 107. "Powerless" 112. "Vengeance is Mine!" 115. "Fire Maker" 117. "The Absolute Worst" (story) 120. "Krag's Lament" 128. "Awakenings" Season 12: Prime Empire 144. "Game Over" Season 13: Master of the Mountain 145. "Shintaro" 147. "The Worst Rescue Ever" 149. "Queen of the Munce" 157. "The Darkest Hour" The Island 162. "The Keepers of the Amulet" 163. "The Gift of Jay" (mentioned) Season 14: Seabound 168. "Five Thousand Fathoms Down" 169. "The Wrath of Kalmaar" 170. "Long Live the King" 176. "Master of the Sea" (mentioned) 180. "The Turn of the Tide" Ninjago: Reimagined 4. "Sweatin' to the Goldies" The Virtues of Spinjitzu 1. "Curiosity" 5. "Generosity" 6. "Courage" Season 15: Crystalized 183. "The Shape of Nya" 184. "A Mayor Problem" 188. "Kryptarium Prison Blues" 191. "The Fifth Villain" 192. "The Council of the Crystal King" 201. "A Lesson in Anger" 203. "Quittin' Time!" 208. "An Issue of Trust" 209. "Dragon Form" 210. "Roots" Ninjago: Dragons Rising Season 1 6. "Return to Imperium" 9. "The Calm Inside" 10. "The Battle of the Second Monastery" 14. "The Last Djinn" 19. "We Are All Dragons" Season 2 26. "To Mysterium" 27. "Fugitives From Madness" (flashback) 28. "Secrets of the Wyldness" 32. "Enter the City of Temples" 34. "Inside the Maze" 36. "Truth and Lies" 37. "The Sword Shatters" 38. "Clues and Suspects" 39. "The Final Game" 40. "Elements of Betrayal" Season 3 50. "The Shatter Dragon" 54. "Casket of Bones" 57. "The Vault of Focus" 60. "Chaos Reigns" Video games LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (non-canon) The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame (non-canon)

Trivia

• Despite the element being shown as blue in the TV series, Lightning is mostly a yellow color in the sets. Although the yellow was later adapted into Dragons Rising, there is no in-universe reason for this as it is simply an animation detail.
  • Lightning is one of 9 Elemental Powers to have more than two colors associated with them. The other 8 are Heat, Gravity, Earth, Decay, Time, Fire, Mind, and Fusion.
• In his original Character Card, Lloyd's dominant element was listed as Lightning, though according to Tommy Andreasen, this isn't canon to the TV series. However, Lloyd was shown using the Nunchucks of Lightning in Zane's dream in "Never Trust a Snake," and the Golden Weapons made green lightning when they revealed that Lloyd was the Green Ninja.
  • Additionally, in the "Meet the Heroes" video released for the 10th anniversary, it is stated that his original dominant element was lightning.
  • Despite no longer having Lightning, Lloyd was still able to generate green electricity to charge the Titan Mech's battery in "The Message", possibly because Energy is a combination of the four elements of Creation (including Lightning).
    • In "Ghost Story," Morro was able to shoot green lightning. This is not normal lightning, but rather a manifestation between Energy and ghost power.
• Similarly, Lord Garmadon's Destruction is represented as lightning on the cards, and he was shown to be able to generate lightning in "The Green Ninja."
  • Interestingly, Garmadon's Destruction Spinjitzu is shown to have a Lightning-like appearance only when fully corrupted by the Great Devourer's venom and transformed following the Battle Between Brothers. In the episodes that came afterwards, his Spinjitzu lacked this electrical design (except when enhanced as Forbidden Spinjitzu).
• Jay's LEGO.com description for Rebooted stated, "When Jay uses his electrical powers to his fullest, he creates 1.21 gigawatts." However, this may not be canon.
  • 1.21 gigawatts is a reference to the power input required to operate the DeLorean time machine from the Back to the Future trilogy.
• Lightning seems to be one of the three Elements (along with Energy and Fire) besides Water that are capable of harming ghosts. This was shown when Jay electrocuted Wrayth, causing him to release Zane and fall into the Endless Sea.
  • Another time, in "Chaos Reigns", Jay managed to take out ghost Zarkt in the Cave of Bells in Mysterium, using his Mech Dragon (which wasn't coated in Prismatic Ore).
• In the story about Jay that Fugi-Dove made up in "The Absolute Worst", Jay was shown riding on lightning and creating lightning ropes, although these are purely a part of Fugi-Dove's imagination.
• Nuckal and Krazi are affiliated with Lightning in promotional material and the Ninjago Spinners game, though this is non-canon.
  • Nuckal briefly did have access to Lightning via the Nunchucks of Lightning in "The New Masters of Spinjitzu."
• When asked about which element he would like to have, Tommy Andreasen said, "I kind of like lightning. Ever since I saw the Emperor do that in Return of the Jedi in 1983."
• Jay has been zapped by lightning a few times, in "Kingdom Come", "On a Wish and a Prayer", and "Sweatin' to the Goldies". This also happened in the issue 23 of the Ninjago Magazine. A ninja is also depicted being zapped by lightning on the spinner card, Power Surge.
  • Characters will often briefly appear as skeletons when zapped with lightning. This is seen happening to the Stone Swordsmen in "The Last Hope," Spitta in "Green and Gold," Cole in "Krag's Lament," and Jay in the aforementioned "Sweatin' to the Goldies."
• One of the Ninjago Magazine shows Lighting is able to go against Cinder's Shatterspin, though this comic is non-cannon.
• Tommy Andreasen once stated in 2021 that, regarding Wojira's Fury of the Storm ability, "It takes wind (or quake) and water to produce a wave. It takes wind, water and lightning to make a perfect storm." Years later, a fan asked Doc Wyatt on Bluesky if it could be assumed, according to Tommy's statement, that both Quake and Lightning were directly a part of this ability, to which Doc simply responded, "I buy this." Later, he clarified stating that while Quake was not connected to this ability (specifically its aspects of Wave and Storm), Lightning is.
  • This implies a potential connection between Lightning and Storm that fits with the appearance of Storm and Fury of the Storm even if only Wind and Water are mentioned in the show. Kai even compares the Stone Guardians's Storm with Jay's Lightning in "The Keepers of the Amulet."
• Chris "Doc" Wyatt stated that the Source Dragon imprisoned by Imperium is not "the Lightning Source Dragon" because even if he is the source of Lightning, his true title is "Source dragon of Energy".
  • It was eventually revealed that the Source Dragon of Energy is the source of Lightning.
• Of the four Elements of Creation, Lightning has the least known Elemental Masters, having only two.

Gallery

In LEGO form

Promotional media

Lightning Symbol

Nunchucks of Lightning.

The Nunchucks of Lightning in LEGO form.

The lightning symbol along with the elemental symbols of Energy, Fire, Water, Ice, and Earth.

The Elemental Blade of Lightning with the other Blades.

Jay performing Lightning Spinjitzu

Jay performing Lightning Spinjitzu with his kusarigama

Jay using his Lightning powers

Jay stealing Cole's sandwich

Jay and Kai on their dragons

Jay organizing his name

Pythor fighting Jay

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

The Nunchucks of Lightning

Jay running very fast using lightning

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

Jay firing a Electric orb

Jay's True Potential

Jay demonstrating his True Potential by generating electrical currents

Garmadon generating lightning during his stay aboard Destiny's Bounty

Green lightning from the Golden Weapons

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

Lloyd generating Lightning

Jay using a electrical force field

Season 3: Rebooted

Season 4: Tournament of Elements

Jay using lightning to fight Cole

Kai using Lightning (with the Staff of Elements)

The Lightning Dragon

Season 5: Possession

Jay's electricity creating digital images of the Steep Wisdom logo

Morro using green lightning

Season 6: Skybound

Jay acting as a lightning rod to protect the boat.

Jay using electrical infusion to power up his punch

Dark Island Trilogy

Day of the Departed

Season 7: The Hands of Time

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

Season 9: Hunted

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

Season 10: March of the Oni

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

Season 12: Prime Empire

Season 13: Master of the Mountain

The Island

Season 14: Seabound

Jay's eyes glowing white with lightning

Ninjago: Reimagined

Jay shocked by his own lightning

The Virtues of Spinjitzu

Season 15: Crystalized

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 1

An Ice Dragon and Earth Dragon erroneously using Lightning

Ras' hammer vs Jiro's Lightning blast

Season 2

White, blue and yellow lightning in Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Nokt gets drained of this element.

Season 3

In Quest for the Lost Powers

In other media

Card 37 - Spiral Vortex

Card 47 - Power Surge

Card 63 - Crushing Bolt

Garmadon controlling blue lightning on an activity book cover

In the issue 39 of the Ninjago Magazine

Translations

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	电
Czech	Blesk
Dutch	Bliksem
Finnish	Salama
French	Foudre
German	Blitz
Hungarian	Villám
Italian	Fulmine
Japanese	イナズマ
Polish	Błyskawice
Portuguese	Raio Relâmpago
Russian	Молния
Slovak	Blesk
Spanish (Latin America)	Rayo Relámpago (Dragons Rising 3)
Spanish (Spain)	Rayo Luz ("The Gift of Jay"; translation error)
Ukrainian	Блискавка