| “Hey, we didn't look like that back then.” “I told you, it was an enhanced visual augmentation.” “Whatever.” |
| — Kai and Zane, "Elemental Rider" |
Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu is a series of six videos from the LEGO website made to promote the Ninjago: Legacy sets. It is preceded by Season 9 and succeeded by Season 10. A team of painters is creating a mural of the ninjas' past victories, while the team train in the newly rebuilt Monastery of Spinjitzu and reminisce about the past.
The flashbacks are canon, but with some details being different than what actually occurred because they are fantasies, dreams, or visual augmentations.[1]
Contents
Official Description
The ninja of LEGO® NINJAGO® are rebuilding the Monastery of Spinjitzu after it was burned down by the Hypnobrai tribe. To preserve the Legacy of Spinjitzu for generations to come, Master Wu is overseeing the making of a mural that depicts some of the most defining and epic moments in the history of Spinjitzu. Watch these all-new original stories to see how the ninja remember past LEGO NINJAGO adventures!
Plot
Master Class
Master Wu gives the ninja a review in Spinjitzu, talking them through rotation, balance, and harmony.
Green and Gold
Lloyd dreams of what happened to the Ultra Dragon, and finds that he returned to the First Realm.
The Weekend Drill
Cole, driving his newly rebuilt Earth Driller, gets called to fight the Giant Stone Warrior in Kryptarium Prison.
Elemental Rider
Zane and Kai recall a time when they fought off some Venomari using their Golden Weapons in vehicle form.
Blue Lightning
Jay remembers beating Pythor off of some noodle trucks using his jet.
Samurai X-Treme
Nya talks about how she would upgrade her Samurai Mech if she had made it today.
Cast
- Cole - Kirby Morrow
- Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
- Kai - Vincent Tong
- Killow - Garry Chalk
- Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
- Noble - Paul Dobson
- Nya - Kelly Metzger
- Pythor P. Chumsworth - Michael Dobson
- Venomari - Michael Adamthwaite
- Wu - Paul Dobson
- Zane - Brent Miller
Episodes
| Season Ep # | Series Ep # | Image | Episode name | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mini-Movie | 
|
"Master Class" | December 19,
2018 |
| 2 | Mini-Movie | 
|
"Green and Gold" | December 19, 2018 |
| 3 | Mini-Movie | 
|
"The Weekend Drill" | December 19,
2018 |
| 4 | Mini-Movie | 
|
"Elemental Rider" | December 19,
2018 |
| 5 | Mini-Movie | 
|
"Blue Lightning" | December 19,
2018 |
| 6 | Mini-Movie | 
|
"Samurai X-Treme" | December 19,
2018 |
Trivia
- It appears that the inconsistency between the designs used in the Legacy sets and how the events actually happened in the show is explained by the ninja remembering the past in an exaggerated way or having selective memory.
- The movies are confirmed to be canon by Tommy Andreasen, explaining that "Two of them are set in present day. The other 4 all start and end in present day; however, the stories are memories, fantasies, dreams, visual augmentations which means they are saturated by the ninja's current state of mind and self image."[1]
- The only flashback (if one considers it a flashback) that seems to be completely accurate is the one in "The Weekend Drill," as it takes place after Season 9, and Cole having the Earth Driller is explained as Nya giving him a new one as a gift. The Giant Stone Warrior he fights is the same one from Season 2, which is still in Kryptarium Prison.
- Zane explains that the reason he and Kai look different than they actually did in a data log of a fight with Venomari taking place at some point during the first season is because it is a visual augmentation, and he has selective memory to make himself look cooler.
- Lloyd looks and sounds like he currently does in a flashback that takes place after the second season because it is a dream. What remains consistent is that he does not have green eyes.
- In Nya's flashback to her Samurai X days, she imagines the additions she would give to her mech if she had made it in the present, saying that she would have made it less bulky.
- Jay's flashback to using the Nunchucks of Lightning in a fight against Pythor during Season 1 is a daydream.
- This seems to contradict how Cole, Zane, and Jay kept their original designs in the previous pre-Season 8 flashbacks in "The Jade Princess," "Snake Jaguar," and "How to Build a Dragon" respectively. However, it can be explained because Cole didn't have a flashback in "The Weekend Drill," Zane's may have gotten his enhanced visual augmentation feature or decided to upgrade his memories to their old designs after the events of his flashback in "Snake Jaguar," and as mentioned above, Jay was daydreaming so the past was not meant to be fully accurate.
- The movies are confirmed to be canon by Tommy Andreasen, explaining that "Two of them are set in present day. The other 4 all start and end in present day; however, the stories are memories, fantasies, dreams, visual augmentations which means they are saturated by the ninja's current state of mind and self image."[1]
- In the Monastery of Spinjitzu, there is a mural most of the adventures of the ninja going from the confrontation with the Skulkin of the Pilot Episodes until the confrontation with Garmadon in Season 9: Hunted. Even the Dark Island Trilogy is included. "Day of the Departed," however, is not.
- Nya encounters a young Harumi and her parents in the village she helps save them from the Skulkin in "Samurai X-Treme."
- Killow and Ultra Violet appear in "The Weekend Drill." The members of The Fold also make an appearance as prisoners at Kryptarium.
- Each of the shorts are known for having a character to focus on them.
- Wu in "Master Class," Lloyd in "Green and Gold," Cole in "The Weekend Drill," Kai and Zane in "Elemental Rider," Jay in "Blue Lightning," and Nya in "Samurai X-Treme."
