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- This article is about the episode. For other uses, see Green Ninja (disambiguation).
The Green Ninja is the tenth episode of the first season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. It aired on Cartoon Network on March 21, 2012 in the United States.
Synopsis[]
The ninjas are suspicious when their arch enemy Lord Garmadon moves in to help searching for his missing son Lloyd - but realize they have to work together in their attempt to rescue Lloyd from the snakes inside the unstable Fire Temple that is built on a volcano.[1]
Plot[]
During the night, Cole, Zane, and Jay are all outside on the deck of the Destiny's Bounty, each attacking the silhouette of what appears to be Lizaru. In the middle of the battle, Nya shines a light onto them and compliments their training skills, revealing the silhouette to be a training dummy.
Inside the Bounty, Kai secretly wears the Green Ninja suit while he tries out different catch phrases, looking in the mirror to see his teammates watching him from behind as they mockingly laugh at him. Cole is quick to make fun of him for his silly actions and Kai explains to the others that he stumbled upon the suit when he was looking around Sensei Wu's room for any clues of who the Green Ninja could be. Zane reminds him that only the one who is destined to fulfill the role of the Green Ninja is allowed to wear it, to which Kai interrupts him saying that he was desperate to reach his True Potential like the others already had.
The ninja then abruptly stop their conversation when they hear the voice of Sensei Wu, who returned home from his journey, and the ninja (with the exception of Kai who needs to put the green suit back) rush out to greet him. Jay excitedly tells Sensei Wu of everything he missed, though when Kai comes out telling his Sensei that he is relieved of his safe return, Lord Garmadon reveals himself from behind his brother. Kai's first instinct is to rush into battle, whereas Zane throws himself in front of Sensei Wu to protect him. Wu immediately orders Kai to stop, informing his students that Lord Garmadon will be staying with them for the purpose of rescuing Lloyd. Disapproving of this, the ninja tried to argue, but Sensei Wu, not wanting to hear on what they are saying, just silences them. Lord Garmadon assures them that his brother's words are true, and Wu declares to both the ninja and Nya "from here on out, you all will obey me and you will respect my brother", to which they begrudgingly agree.
At dawn, everyone meets up at the bridge to discuss the Fangblades. Sensei Wu dismisses Kai and Nya to prepare the deck and check the anchor in order to be ready for Serpentine activity. Afterward, as Jay decides to tell Sensei Wu the full story of the events during his absence, Kai admits to Nya that he does not trust Lord Garmadon. While they converse about the subject, Kai convinces himself that he will unlock his True Potential if he can stand up to Lord Garmadon.
During the Dark Lord's stay, he surprises the ninja by casually filing his teeth alongside them. Then at the dining room, Kai watches in distrust as Lord Garmadon eats a dish that Kai identifies as condensed evil. Later, Jay and Nya are relaxing in the video game room while they watch a romantic movie together, only for Lord Garmadon to disrupt it by changing the channel, to their dismay. Garmadon is later seen "sunbathing" on the deck during a thunderstorm, and interrupting the ninja's sleep the following night with electricity.
Lord Garmadon proceeds to play video games in the video game room while Cole and Zane observed together from afar. Kai approaches them commenting that he's playing the game incorrectly, but Cole and Zane admit that Lord Garmadon is fascinating without his villainous intentions.
Meanwhile, in the Forest of Tranquility, the Falcon spots the Serpentine heading to the Fire Temple. Despite the footage being displayed on the screen in the bridge, Kai is too caught up in preparing himself for his "apparent" future battle to see it. Upon hearing Sensei Wu speaking to Nya, Kai follows their voices down the hall to overhear Wu speaking of the possibility of Nya becoming the Green Ninja. Lord Garmadon then confronts Kai about eavesdropping, which quickly results in the two declaring a fight. However, when they begin pushing each other, Nya rushes out to question them. Lord Garmadon informs her of Kai's snooping as well as calling the latter "Mr. Snoopypants". Shocked by this, Nya asks her brother if he is spying on her and Kai proceeded to lie that he is just keeping watch. Changing the subject, he asks her if she's the Green Ninja, to which she assures him otherwise, saying that she's content on being the Samurai. Jay then appears at the door, alerting them that the Falcon has spotted the Serpentine.
They all hurry back to the bridge to watch the monitor. Nya's analyses reveals that the volcano of the Fire Temple has awoken and become dangerously unstable since the last time they were there, noting that this place as a highly combustible environment. Zane questions the whereabouts of their weapons and Kai realizes that Lord Garmadon is missing as well. The Fire Ninja runs downstairs before Wu could stop him and finds Lord Garmadon with the four Golden Weapons in his possession. Immediately, they both spring into battle, with Kai closing the door as Nya comes by to investigate. The latter was immediately horrified when she saw her brother getting into a fight with Garmaddon. When Jay tries to open the door, he realized that Kai had locked it. Nya then reveals to Wu and the other ninja the reasons behind Kai's actions and further revealed of his belief that he himself is the Green Ninja. Knowing that Kai would get hurt if he continues to fight, Cole breaks the door down using his True Potential, only to find Kai pinning Lord Garmadon to the ground as he declares himself the victor.
When Kai wonders on why he didn't unlocked his true potential, despite defeating Garmadon, Sensei Wu tells him that he can't defeat someone who allowed themselves to be defeated, and Garmadon reveals that he wasn't pilfering their weapons at all, but merely getting their weapons. When Kai protested that he was stealing them, Wu reveals that he had asked his brother to fetch the Golden Weapons and that he had no intention of using them himself. He further tells Kai off by saying that since he might harm someone then he shouldn't reach his true potential. Upon realizing that Garmaddon was just going to get their weapons, the rest of the ninja are disgusted with Kai for his impetuousness, leaving him humiliated. As Wu and Nya help Garmadon up, the latter gives Kai a smug sneer, which caused the Fire Ninja to nearly lose his temper but he was able to calm down when Destiny's Bounty arrives at the Fire Temple.
Wu, Garmadon, and the ninja make their way to the temple grounds and Nya contacts the Ninja over Zane's falcon. She warns the Ninja that the real-time geothermal indicators are saying that with the eruption imminent, the entire environment of the Fire Temple is becoming increasingly fragile, which means that even the slightest rupture could make the whole place explode. To that end, Sensei Wu orders everybody to not use their golden weapons (especially Kai) and the gang ventures inside the inner core of the volcano where they watch the Serpentine dig for the Fangblade and Jay quickly points out Lloyd's location in a cage. Rattla uncovers the Fangpyre Fangblade, much to Pythor's pleasure. While Pythor gleefully gazes at the Fangblade, he notices the ninja in the reflection and orders the tribes to attack.
The ninja quickly fend them off, but Kai's efforts prove difficult at best because he can't fend off the Serpentine warriors with powers like everybody else. Eventually, when he is completely surrounded, he can't resist the urge to pull out his Sword of Fire and its mere presence inside the volcano initiates the final phase of its eruption. Nya announces that the golden weapon is compromising everybody safety over Zane's Falcon and the Serpentine make a break for it. Though as Pythor leaves the Temple, he commands Bytar and Chokun to drill holes in the walls to allow the now rising lava to quicken. Jay announces that they must leave as the Temple is going to blow any second, but Lord Garmadon runs after the Serpentine in an attempt to retrieve his son. Seeing that Lloyd is causing the trouble, Pythor orders the Serpentine to get rid of the caged boy by dropping him to the landing below. Lord Garmadon continues to fight the Serpentine to get the cage, finally reaching it and pulling up his son before his cage could fully melt in the lava.
Kai then rushes up the steps in order to obtain the Fangblade, flinging the Sword of Fire at the Fangblade to impale it in the wall. A furious Pythor attempts to pull it out, but Skales alerts him that they must leave at once, Pythor complying as the lava shoots up at them. Everyone except for Kai meets up at the exit and Lloyd calls out to his missing teammate as Kai makes his way to the Fangblade. However, the ground beneath Lloyd breaks loose and Lloyd falls down to the lava below. The group watches in horror as Lloyd stands on the sinking landmass.
Meanwhile, Kai finally pulls his sword out of the wall, but the Fangblade falls down below, landing just inches above the lava. Kai tries to grab it but chooses to save Lloyd instead when the latter cries out for help. He grabs Lloyd and tries to escape, but they become surrounded by lava geysers erupting all around them with the volcano finally ready to blow. Everyone else reaches the Destiny's Bounty and the volcano erupts, leaving the gang are distressed to see molten lava exploding out of the volcano, believing that Kai and Lloyd had perished. In the middle of their remorse, they suddenly see a glowing fire bubble rise out of the blast cone, which floats toward the Destiny's Bounty. When it gets closer, that fire bubble is revealed to be Kai carrying Lloyd inside, meaning that Kai has finally unlocked his true potential. Wu gives him a proud look before Kai passes out from exhaustion.
Later in the bridge, Lloyd reunites with his father, asking how he got four arms. Lord Garmadon genuinely thanks Kai for saving his son, and Zane asks the latter on how he unlocked his True Potential. Kai explains that his moment of truth arrived when he had to make a choice, because all he wanted was the fang blade to prove he was good enough to be the Green Ninja. When he prioritized Lloyd's safety over his personal glory, he realized his obsessive training and vigorous preparation to be the best ninja was not in preparation to become the Green Ninja, but rather to protect him.
Shocked at what this could mean, everyone looks to Lloyd and Nya places the Golden Weapons in front of him, which causes the weapons to become suspended in the air, crackling with green lightning just like Wu said they would when he explained how they would react in the presence of the chosen one. Sensei Wu comes to the conclusion that Lloyd is indeed the destined Green Ninja, elaborating that the four ninja have not only been chosen to protect the golden weapons, but also to protect the chosen one. Lord Garmadon's joy is shattered when he realizes the implications, and Wu sadly confirms that their family has only become more divided: as the Chosen One, Lloyd will have to battle his own father for the fate of Ninjago. As everyone is speechless about the heavy revelation and the events to come due to it, Jay feels the need to question what became of the Fangblade.
Back at the Fire Temple, as the Serpentine slither down the slopes of the volcano, Pythor spots the Fangblade in a lava flow. He carefully plucks it out of the magma using his Staff, offhandedly throwing it to Spitta and Lizaru. As the Venomaris flail around with the red-hot artifact, Pythor chuckles to himself because the Serpentine are now only one Fangblade away from reviving the Great Devourer.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
Cast[]
- Cole - Kirby Morrow
- Falcon - Paul Dobson
- Garmadon - Mark Oliver
- Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
- Kai - Vincent Tong
- Lloyd Garmadon - Jillian Michaels
- Nya - Kelly Metzger
- Pythor P. Chumsworth - Michael Dobson
- Skales - Ian James Corlett
- Wu - Paul Dobson
- Zane - Brent Miller
Non-speaking[]
- Mezmo
- Rattla
- Fangtom
- Fangdam
- Fang-Suei
- Snappa
- Acidicus
- Lizaru
- Spitta
- Lasha
- Skalidor
- Bytar
- Chokun
- Snike
Items[]
- Anacondrai Staff
- Fangpyre Fangblade
- Gis
- ZX
- Red kimono (Nya)
- True Potential (Kai)
- Golden Weapons
- Condensed evil
- Staff of the First Spinjitzu Master
- Training dummy
- Underworld helmet
Vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Ninjago
- Forest of Tranquility
- Volcano
Species[]
- Humans
- Nindroids
- Oni/Dragon hybrids
- Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
- Serpentine
Trivia[]
- The episode title serves as somewhat of a misdirection, as the audience may assume that because Kai is the only ninja who has yet to unlock his True Potential, this episode will culminate with the revelation that Kai is the Green Ninja. Instead, the title refers to the revelation that Lloyd is the Green Ninja, and it also refers to Kai's development from deluded belief and obsession that he is the Green Ninja to realizing his true purpose as a mentor and protector of the true Green Ninja.
- Also, Vincent Tong was very mad when he found that Lloyd was the Green Ninja and not Kai.[2]
- As of this episode, Kai is no longer the main protagonist of the show.
- When Pythor hits the Fangblade to the other soldiers at the end of the episode, he putts it with his staff like a golf club.
- The episode was originally titled Sleeping With the Enemy.
Continuity[]
- This is the second time Cole uses his True Potential, the first being in "The Royal Blacksmiths".
- The events of "King of Shadows" are mentioned.
- The Golden Weapons emit green lightning when they identify Lloyd as the Green Ninja.
- This is the first Ninjago episode to have a major character say "This ends now" to a major villain. The other three episodes are "The Rise of the Great Devourer," "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master," and "The Hands of Time."
- The romance film from "Home" reappears in this episode. In the former episode, Zane interrupted the film by laughing, while in this episode, Garmadon interrupts it by changing the channel.
- Garmadon tells Kai, "Evil never sleeps," and Kai responds that "good never rests." This echoes Wu's sentiment to the ninja in "Snakebit, "Evil doesn't sleep and neither should you!"
- The scene where the rock in the Fire Temple breaks and Lloyd is separated from the others is reversed in "The Last Hope," where a cliff breaks and everyone falls except Nya, allowing the Stone Army to capture her.
- The scene where Cole breaks down the door in the Bounty using his True Potential is later paralleled in "True Potential" when Cole breaks down a door in the Bounty 2.0 using his Earth Punch so the ninja can stop Lloyd from fighting his father.
- This episode shares similarities with the later episode, "Into the Breach." In both episodes, Garmadon is a guest on the Destiny's Bounty, much to the ninja's dismay, and Kai makes the same look of keeping an eye on Garmadon.
Errors[]
- Wu and Garmadon are like allies from the beginning of this episode, even though Garmadon seemed to turn on Wu toward the end of the previous episode.
- Sensei Wu claims that Jay told him that the Falcon was programmed; in actuality, Zane did.
- When Pythor tells the Constrictai to give the ninja "a parting gift," there are two Bytars and one Chokun. After they dig their first tunnel in the volcano, one of the Bytars has been replaced by another Chokun.
- When Kai throws the Sword of Fire at the Fangblade, he is seen closer to the hole where Pythor escapes through than he is the next time Kai appears onscreen.
- After Kai throws the Sword of Fire, Pythor is seen drawing the Sword of Fire instead of the Fangblade.
- He may simply be drawing the Sword of Fire to loosen the Fangblade from the rock.
- Jay uses Wind attacks at one point during the battle in the Fire Temple. This was retconned with the introduction of Morro, with Tommy Andreasen later stating that this was a mistake.[3][4]
- During the Fire Temple battle before the Serpentine's retreat, Acidicus, Fangtom and Skalidor can be seen in the background, despite not being seen accompanying Pythor, Skales and the Serpentine supporting the pair during the Fangblade search in the previous two episodes.
- Garmadon's mouth doesn't move when he says, "But my son!"
- When Kai is rescuing Lloyd from the magma, he said "Ninja, go!" in Cole's voice.
- When Wu returns a door can heard opening but Wu is outside the bounty in the next scene.
- The ninja (minus Cole) were not wielding their weapon when they arrived at the Fire Temple, but after Nya notifies them that the temple is unstable they are until Wu tells them not to use them.
- As Wu, Garmadon, and the ninja (minus Kai) escape the Fire Temple, Zane and Cole have a hold of Garmadon, but in the next scene Zane is not holding Garmadon, and Cole's hand is under his arm.
- Also in the following scene Zane has suddenly caught up with Wu, and Jay, and Cole is now shown running, yet Garmadon held arms are still in the same position as they were before.
Video[]
Translations[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese (Traditional) | 綠忍者 |
| Czech | Zelený ninja |
| Dutch | De Groene Ninja |
| Finnish | Vihreä Ninja |
| German | Der grüne Ninja |
| Italian | Il ninja verde |
| Polish | Zielony Ninja |
| Portuguese | O Ninja Verde |
| Russian | Зелёный ниндзя |
| Spanish | El Ninja Verde |
| Ukrainian | Зелений ніндзя |
| Turkish | Yeşil Ninja |