“For countless generations, we have fulfilled our duty as the First Spinjitzu Master tasked us. Now, for reasons we know not, Wojira awakens. Wojira rises! So we send her this gift, the Gift of Jay!”
The Gift of Jay is the third episode of The Island and the 163rd episode overall of Ninjago. It aired on March 14, 2021, paired up with "The Tooth of Wojira." It released in the US on November 19, 2021, alongside the rest of the episodes of The Island and Seabound.
The ninja find themselves captured by the ‘Keepers of the Amulet’, who seem to be treating Jay particularly well. Meanwhile, Lloyd stages a rescue.
Extended: The Leader of the Keepers order Nya, Kai, Zane, and Cole into a prison where they're reunited with Master Wu, Miskao, and Clutch Powers. However, Jay is brought to a luxurious hut and fed amazing food while the Keepers refer to him as the "Gift of Jay". Lloyd mounts a rescue mission to save his friends and they realize that Jay may be in the most danger of all.[1]
Plot[]
After Mammatus told the ninja that they will be their prisoners, he ordered the Keepers to take the ninja away while take Jay elsewhere. Once the ninja were thrown into a cell, they meet up with Misako's expedition group and assumed that Clutch Powers attempted to steal the Storm Amulet from the Keepers, who claimed otherwise.
Meanwhile, Lloyd told Twitchy Tim that he's going to go to the Keepers' Village to rescue his friends. Although, Twitchy warned Lloyd not to go out due to it being dangerous, but Lloyd inspired him that he can be brave despite being scared. At the Keepers' Village, PoulErik met with Jay at one of the huts, offering him food while calling the Gift of Jay. Jay began to believe that the Keepers wanted him to be their king because of his lightning powers.
Once Lloyd traveled to the Keepers' Village, he realized that Zippy was following him. While trying to get rid of Zippy by playing fetch with him, he soon found out that he could use Zippy's love for fetch as a way to get pass the Keepers. Once he threw Zippy's coconut at the Keepers, Zippy distracted the Keepers long enough for Lloyd to free the others. However, once Lloyd realized that Jay was taken somewhere else, he and the others looked for Jay while Clutch and Dwayne attempted to steal the Storm Amulet.
After they found out Jay was gone, they learned that Clutch Powers was attempting to steal the Storm Amulet. When the ninja tried to convince him to return it, they were discovered and electrocuted by the Keepers and were recaptured. After they were tied to some poles on the shore near a pier, they witnessed Jay being placed on a raft and realized that the Keepers were only treating him nicely because they were to give him to someone as a gift. Once Jay was placed on the raft, Mammatus made a speech about Wojira. During the speech, the ninja eventually learn that the First Spinjitzu Master was the one who tasked the Keepers to protect the Storm Amulet, and that the Keepers intended to sacrifice Jay to Wojira so she could return to her deep sleep.
As part of the 44-minute special version of The Island, instead of the episode ending with Kai saying "I guess someone did want Jay," it ends with Jay saying "There's something big out here!"
The English version of this episode (along with the next) actually premiered in Taiwan two days before the Canadian premiere. This is because Taiwan aired all four episodes at once, while Canada split the episodes into two parts.
Jay mentions that when he was young, his mother Edna would call him her "precious little gift".
Errors[]
In the previous episode, two ponytailed Keepers were standing next to Mammatus. However, in this episode, the two ponytailed Keepers were replaced by the ones that have blue markings.
When Lloyd puts paint on his face, there is no paint on his hands.
When Lloyd was with Twitchy Tim, he indirectly mentions the Keepers and that he has to rescue the other ninja from them. However, Lloyd didn't know about the Keepers and what happened to the ninja until later on in this episode, as he was separated from them in "The Keepers of the Amulet."
While Jay was being sacrificed to Wojira, there were a few frames where the ropes that tied the ninja to the poles were missing.
While Clutch Powers was tied upside down on a pole, his eye patch is seen covering his right eye instead of his left.
In the extended's synopsis, Misako's named is spelled out as "Miskao" instead.
Videos[]
Island of the Keepers- “Lloyd & the Jungle Dragon” - LEGO NINJAGO
LEGO NINJAGO - Season 3 Episode 3- The Gift of Jay
Ninjago - Gift of Jay - Cartoon Network Africa
Ninjago - Lloyd to the Rescue! - Cartoon Network UK