Zippy

Not to be confused with the set.

“Wait! Look at him. I don't think he's dangerous. I think he wants to play!”

— Nya to the other ninja, "The Keepers of the Amulet"

Zippy is a Jungle Dragon that lives on the Island of the Keepers.

History[]

Lloyd first senses Zippy's presence before he jumps down with a coconut. Before Kai, Jay and Cole are able to attack him, Nya realizes the dragon does not appear to be harmful and plays with him. Jay names him Zippy and Zane states he is docile. When Lloyd expresses his concerns, Nya reluctantly throws a coconut across a distance to keep the dragon preoccupied as they leave. Later on, when Cole is about to drink a coconut, Zippy takes it and keeps it in his mouth. He then cowers in fear at the Stone Guardians.

The Gift of Jay[]

Zippy appeared behind Lloyd, wanting to play. After a few attempts to get the dragon to leave, Lloyd realized he could use Zippy's playfulness to his advantage, throwing coconuts at the Keepers so that Zippy would scare them off. Later, Zippy was being chased by or was chasing some Keepers.

The Tooth of Wojira[]

Zippy appeared and scared the Kryptarium inmates and Ronin.

Seabound[]

The Storm Amulet[]

Zippy was present at the Keepers' Village when Nya and the others were convincing Mammatus to give them the Storm Amulet.

Crystalized[]

Dragon Form[]

During the final battle, Ziggy aided the Resistance with the Merlopians and Keepers, letting Benthomaar ride on his back while fighting the Vengestone Guards.

Roots[]

After the defeat of the Crystal King and his forces, Zippy celebrated in the streets of Ninjago City alongside all others who had fought against the Crystal army.

Official descriptions[]

Ship Wrecked![]

The sky and jungle of the mysterious island are home to a new type of dragon.

LEGO.com description[]

Join Island Lloyd and his powerful dragon to take on the Keepers in a death-defying battle. Jump into the saddle and swoop down to attack! Help Island Zane ride into the action on his surfboard and fire its stud shooters at PoulErik and Thunder Keeper. But beware – they are armed with a scythe and daggers! You must lead the ninjas to victory and seize the storm amulet.^[2]

Nya's Snap of the Day[]

Check out this incredible photo I managed to snap of one of the island’s Jungle Dragons! I took this photo about 0.5 seconds before disaster… when it took an entire wheel off of Lloyd’s Chopper Bike! Whoops… well… at least we know what it eats now? We managed to film our full encounter with the dragon – you can watch the whole thing on episode 3 of our Ninja Vlog series! It’s a must-watch… but maybe not for Lloyd…^[3]

Appearance[]

Zippy is a dragon with teal scales, gray curving horns, a white underbelly, two tusk-like teeth protruding from both side of his mouth, gray and spotted feet and gold spikes running down from his head to tail. His tongue generally is out of his mouth and he looks happy or playful most of the time. He has bulging eyes, gold markings on his forehead, thin, plant-like wings, and a few yellow-orange leaves running down his neck in between his horns and ending at his wings.

Powers and abilities[]

He is shown to be capable of jumping far distances despite his size, and seems to possess remarkable speed.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Unnamed (uncle)
Unnamed (cousins)

Allies[]

Ninja
Twitchy Tim
Misako's expedition group^[4]
Keepers (former enemies)
Merlopians
Benthomaar

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

Sets[]

71746 Jungle Dragon

Ninjago[]

The Island[]

Season 14: Seabound[]

173. "The Storm Amulet"

Season 15: Crystalized[]

209. "Dragon Form"
210. "Roots"

Ninjago Magazine[]

74. Island Attack!
76. Hunted! (mentioned)

Behind the scenes[]

He was originally called the "Tiki Dragon" and served as the dragon of the Keeper shaman. The concept art can be found below within the Gallery section.
Zippy's movement seems to be inspired by that of Scooby-Doo from the franchise of the same name. This is likely because the overall story structure of The Island is inspired by the Scooby-Doo franchise.^[5]
- Zippy's set designer, Jme Wheeler, had in mind a "big hyper dog" for the personality of Zippy.^[6]
He is called the Jungle Dragon in the sets because the sets and the show are developed at different times and it tends to cause some inconsistency at times.^[7]

Trivia[]

He appears to be attracted to coconuts.
In the sets, Zippy has golden blades but he does not have them in the show. The golden blades appear to have been replaced by thin, plant-like wings.
His face resembles a chameleon's as he has bulging eyes.
Jay previously referred to Griffin Turner as "Zippy" in "Spellbound," making it appear that "Zippy" is a go-to nickname of his, coincidentally, he also nicknamed both Griffin Turner and Zippy for their speed.
Despite the Character Encyclopedia New Edition referring to Zippy as Nya's dragon, the descriptions of 71746 Jungle Dragon and "Lloyd & the Jungle Dragon" considered Zippy as Lloyd's dragon instead. However, Lloyd was the only ninja who wasn't interested in Zippy until "The Gift of Jay."
His tongue is five times longer as Master Wu's beard.^[1]
Several years before he was introduced, a Nexo Power named "Jungle Dragon" was created for another LEGO series, Nexo Knights.

Video[]

Island of the Keepers- “Lloyd & the Jungle Dragon” - LEGO NINJAGO

Ninjago Season 3 - The Keepers and Zippy - The Island

Gallery[]

LEGO model[]

Promotional media[]

Concept art[]