The Weekend Drill

“Okay, that didn't go as planned. Two big guys now.”

— Cole

The Weekend Drill
Air date	December 19, 2018
Written by	Tommy Andreasen
Directed by	Jeppe Sandholt
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The Weekend Drill is the third short film from the Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu mini-series based around the ninja and Master Wu, taking place sometime before the tenth season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.

Cole is the focus ninja, the Giant Stone Warrior serves as the main antagonist, and Killow serves as the secondary antagonist of this episode.

Synopsis

“The past is our guiding light – or our journey into the future will be shrouded in darkness.” – Master Wu.
The ninja are rebuilding the Monastery of Spinjitzu. 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. Like the time Earth Ninja Cole used his Earth Driller to break into Kryptarium Prison to help Warden Noble take down the big Stone Warrior and Killow… Get ready to rock and roll!

Plot

Wu, examining the Ninjago history mural, notices the Earth Driller on the painting, and asks why it's there. Then, it transitions to Cole, driving his newly rebuilt Earth Driller. He gets called to fight the Giant Stone Warrior in Kryptarium Prison. Before he arrives, however, some police officers are facing the Giant Stone Warrior on their own. The Stone Warrior easily defeats them and moves to attack the Warden, before the Earth Driller bursts through the ground. Cole fights the Stone Warrior, accidentally letting Killow and Ultra Violet out of their cells.

Killow and the Stone Warrior try to destroy the Driller, before Cole, inspired by the song "The Weekend Whip," spins incredibly fast. Killow is thrown back into his cell and crashes into Ultra Violet, but the Stone Warrior still attacks. Using his swords, he catches the Driller just as it bursts out of the ground. Cole is once again inspired by the song and turns out the driller, throwing the Giant Stone Warrior back into it's cell. Cole jumps out of the cockpit triumphantly, before being booed and jeered by the rest of the prisoners and being confused by Noble glaring at him.

The camera then goes back to Wu, saying to just leave the painting, as "it's just an Earth Driller."

Appearances

Characters

Cast

• Cole - Kirby Morrow
• Killow - Garry Chalk
• Noble - Paul Dobson
• Wu - Paul Dobson

Non-speaking

• Misako
• Monks
• Giant Stone Warrior (flashback)
• Prison guards (flashback)
• The Mechanic (flashback)
• The Fold (flashback)
• Sons of Garmadon (flashback)
  • Ultra Violet
  • Chopper Maroon

Miscellaneous

• Lloyd (painting)
• Kai (painting)
• Jay (painting)
• Zane (painting)
• Garmadon (painting)
• Harumi (painting)
• Iron Baron (painting)
• Colossus (painting)
• Acronix (painting)
• Krux (painting)
• Ray (painting)
• Maya (painting)
• Clouse (painting)
• Nadakhan (painting)
• Morro (painting)
• Ghoultar (painting)
• Soul Archer (painting)
• Ronin (painting)
• Chen (painting)
• The Overlord (painting)
• Cryptor (painting)
• Min-Droid (painting)
• Kozu (painting)
• Pythor (painting)
• Skales (painting)
• Acidicus (painting)
• Fangtom (painting)
• Skalidor (painting)
• Samukai (painting)
• Kruncha (painting)
• Nuckal (painting)
• Nya (mentioned)

Creatures

• Firstbourne (painting)
• The Preeminent (painting)
• Great Devourer (painting)

Events

• Fall of Ninjago (painting)
• Alternate timeline (painting)
• Ghost invasion (painting)
• Second Serpentine War (painting)
• Nindroid crisis (painting)
• The Final Battle (painting)
• Attack of the Great Devourer (painting)

Items

• Bo staff
• Butterfly Swords (flashback)

Vehicles

• Earth Driller
• Samurai Mech (painting)
• Storm Glider (painting)
• Blade Cycle (painting)
• Snowmobile (painting)
• Tread Assault (painting)
• Destiny's Bounty (painting)
• Iron Doom (painting)
• Golden Mech (painting)

Locations

• Ninjago
  • Mountains of Impossible Height
    • Monastery of Spinjitzu
  • Sea of Sand (flashback)
    • Kryptarium Prison

Species

• Djinns (painting)
• Ghosts (painting)
• Humans
• Nindroids (painting)
• Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
• Stone Warriors
• Serpentine (painting)

Transcript

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Trivia

• The title is both a reference to "The Weekend Whip," the song that served as the main intro theme for the series until Season 8, and Cole's new Earth Driller.
• This is one of two Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu episodes that is completely accurate to the timeline, considering the ninja's design changes, because the event is shown as a flashback that happened between Hunted and March of the Oni.
• The Legacy set that appears in this episode is 70669 Cole's Earth Driller.
• While a Stone Scout, a Stone Warrior and Kai appear in the set, they are absent in this episode.
• As Cole talks to Noble, a prison guard let's out the Wilhelm Scream.

Continuity

• This episode confirms that Killow was placed in Kryptarium Prison off-screen after Hunted.

Errors

• Pythor was placed in the credits, despite not appearing in the episode.

Episode

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu - LEGO NINJAGO - The Weekend Drill

Gallery

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