Misfortune Rising

“Well, I guess one little wish wouldn't hurt. But no one else would find out, right? This stays between you and me?”

— Jay to Nadakhan

Misfortune Rising
Information
Air date	January 10, 2016 (Asia) June 30, 2016 (United States)
Written by	Dan & Kevin Hageman
Directed by	Peter Hausner
Episode guide
Previous	"Enkrypted"
Next	"On a Wish and a Prayer"

Misfortune Rising is the fourth episode of the sixth season of LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, as well as the 58th overall in the series.

Official Description

The ninja are on a collision course; to find the map to stop Nadakhan, they must first find him.

Plot

The Ninja split up and search for the Sky Pirates through looking for their whereabouts, but do not find any traces of them. Jay and Nya infiltrate the police, while Kai and Zane find the Destiny's Bounty 2.0 in a vehicle impound, but are chased off by the owner.

Elsewhere, Lloyd and Cole check Gypsy's Beach, the last known location of the Sky Pirates, but didn't find them nor any trace of them.

Meanwhile, the Sky Pirates are traveling in the skies on Misfortune's Keep, which has been converted into an aerial VTOL. Nadakhan and Flintlocke begin making plans to trap the Ninjas' souls in the Sword of Souls, so that the Sky Pirates are powerful enough to conquer Ninjago, and Nadakhan teleports away. Flintlocke then accidentally steers the ship into a mountaintop.

Elsewhere, Jay and Nya finish their infiltration and have lunch, where they speak to each other and Nya reveals that she knows about Jay's feelings which she tried to ignore but eventually couldn't. Nadakhan spies on the two from a distance and appears to Jay after he walks away from Nya to clean off his shirt. Nadakhan grants Jay a wish, where Jay wishes to not have been born in a junkyard, and that he could be wealthy so that he can give Nya anything that she wants. The mailman rides up to Jay in a bicycle and informs Jay that his father passed away, and that he inherited his wealth. Jay quickly rushes to the Junkyard in a fit of panic, where he believes his adoptive father, Ed has died, but Ed turns out to be alive and reveals to Jay that he was an adopted child and Edna hands Jay the key and address to his father's home.

Jay travels to his father's home, where he finds out that his father was Cliff Gordon, who played his favorite TV character, Fritz Donnegan. He reads a book in Cliff's home about how to attract girls, and is greeted by Nadakhan, who attempts to manipulate Jay into being trapped in the Sword of Souls, but fails, and Jay quickly wishes that he wasn't alone with Nadakhan. Suddenly, Nya appears at the door, and tells Jay that she found him by asking his parents. The two then go back to meet up with the Ninja.

Meanwhile, Nadakhan returns to his crew, who's ship struck the top of a mountaintop, but safely managed to land on it. Flintlocke greets Nadakhan, and offers the idea of attacking Ninjago City to distract the Ninja, so that they can be trapped. Nadakhan agrees, and they begin setting their plan into motion. At a fighting club, the Ninja discuss about finding Nadakhan, where they are interrupted by a news report that shows that the Sky Pirates have attacked Ninjago City. The Ninja quickly rush out to save the city, and temporarily work alongside the reluctant police chief, and battle the Sky Pirates.

Kai is suddenly ambushed by Nadakhan, and is teleported to a beach, where he manipulates Kai into wishing to "go back," causing him to be teleported to Ninjago City, but decades back from the present. Kai sees a young version of his father carrying weapons, who falls and asks Kai for assistance in picking up the weapons. Frustrated by Nadakhan's word-twisting, Kai refuses to meddle with the past and in desperation makes another wish, where he is teleported into a reality where all of the girls are "crazy for him", and runs away from them, boarding himself up inside of a building. However, the girls break in and proceed to drag him off, and Kai is manipulated by Nadakhan to wish "for it all to go away", and is successfully trapped inside of the Sword of Souls.

In Ninjago City, the Ninja are fighting the Sky Pirates, and Cole jumps onto Misfortune's Keep and grabs the lantern that contains the map to Tiger Widow Island, but is ambushed by Flintlocke, who fires his gun at Cole in an attempt to kill him, but the bullet travels right through Cole, since he is a ghost, and ricochets into the Realm Crystal, accidentally shattering it to pieces. Cole then runs from Flintlocke with the lantern, along with Jay.

Nadakhan returns to Flintlocke and his crew, and reveals that he has acquired Kai's soul, and the Pirates fly away from the city on their ship. The Ninja meet up and examine the map, but realize that Kai is not with them, where they suddenly hear a loud crashing noise.

Meanwhile, the owner of the impound hears his dog barking, and walks out from his shack only to see an enormous crater, where a large piece of Ninjago formerly was, revealing that Nadakhan successfully rose most of Ninjago up into the sky, turning Ninjago into a chain of floating islands.

Locations Visited

• Ninjago
  • Ninjago City
    • Ninjago City Police Station
  • Mountain of a Million Steps
  • Repo Yard
  • Gypsy Cove
  • Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk
  • Cliff Gordon's Villa
  • Yang Tavern
  • Gypsy's Beach
  • Ninjago Sky

Cast

• Business Woman - Jillian Michaels
• Clancee - Ian James Corlett
• Cole - Kirby Morrow
• Dogshank - Nicole Oliver
• Doubloon - Vincent Tong
• Ed Walker - Colin Murdock
• Edna Walker - Jillian Michaels
• Flintlocke - Paul Dobson
• Fritz Donnegan Replica - Paul Dobson
• Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
• Kai - Vincent Tong
• Lloyd Garmadon - Jillian Michaels
• Monkey Wretch - Ian James Corlett
• Nadakhan - Scott McNeil
• News Reporter - Michael Adamthwaite
• Police Commissioner - Michael Donovan
• Postman - Michael Adamthwaite
• Ray - Vincent Tong
• Repo Man - Ian James Corlett
• Simon - Vincent Tong
• Tommy - Scott McNeil
• Zane - Brent Miller

Transcript

For the transcript of the episode, click here.

Notes

• The events of "Pirates Vs. Ninja" are referenced. It's also revealed that all office buildings destroyed in said episode were finally repaired in this episode.
• This would seemingly be the first time Kai sees his father, Ray, after his disappearance. However, the event was erased due to Jay's final wish.

Trivia

• El traje ZX de Jay puede ver en el santuario de su padre.
• Apparently the ninjas use bracelets very similar to those of Nya, although it is unknown where they came from.
• Its revealed that Jay is adopted.

Gallery

Yang Tavern

Ninjago City Police Station

Ninjago police station

Nya disguised as a cop

"Hey, what's the password again?" - Jay

Nadakhan and Jay

Jay and the Mailman

Jay with Edna and Ed

Jay with Cliff Gordon's letter and key

Jay in Gordons house

Jay looking at his biological father's shrine

Jay looking at a book.

Jay reading chapter one out of the book.

Jay with a blaster

Nadakhan with Jay

Nadakhan with the sword

Jay lying down

Ninjago City in the past

Nadakhan absorbing Kai's soul into the Blade

Kai and Nadakhan in the past

Kai trapped in the Sword

Police captain holding a taser

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