Spellbound

Spellbound is the fortieth episode of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, and the sixth episode of season four.
== Plot==
In a blimp above Chen's Island, each of the contestants are acting hostile towards each other in some way: Griffin Turner announces to Jay that he'll be eliminated next due to his broken leg, Kai is still convinced that Shadow is the spy, and Skylor is annoyed with Invizable flirting with her. Lloyd is nervous about the height they're at, as is Neuro who enters the cockpit only to find no one driving the blimp.
On a screen, Chen announces the competitors won't be hunting for jadeblades: they'll be hunting Nya,
 with the promise of moving the one who captures her to the final round.
 The Ninja realize she has the spell and that they'll need to find her 
before the others do. Chen then tells everyone that he'll open the 
bottom to start the challenge and releases parachutes for everyone 
except Garmadon,
 claiming he didn't know he was there. The bottom opens and everyone 
scrambles to grab a parachute while free-falling. Everyone except Lloyd 
and Garmadon get a parachute, so Lloyd lets his father take the last 
parachute and leaves him shocked.
Meanwhile, in the Samurai X Cave, Misako is trying to 
make contact with Nya and Dareth, but to no avail. Sensei Wu comes and 
offers tea, surprising Misako that he's so calm. He then tells her that 
he has faith in Garmadon and he'll be able to aid the ninja.
In the same time, in the Noodle Factory, Karlof is listening in on a conversation between some of the Anacondrai Cultists, who are discussing how Cole and Zane
 escaped. After they leave, Karlof calls the "all clear." Zane and a 
flour-covered Cole emerge from behind two barrels and begin to work on 
an escape plan. Zane says that he analyzed the sewer systems and that 
the elemental masters will be able to escape because the sewers will be 
able to hold their weight by a slim margin. At that moment, two 
Anacondrai Cultists shove a captured Dareth
 into the factory. Dareth walks over to the Ninja, greeting Cole and 
commenting that Zane "looks different." Noticing Dareth's bulging 
stomach, Karlof asks Cole by how slim of a margin the sewers will hold 
their weight if his weight was added. With a sigh, Cole says that the 
plan won't work and goes back to brainstorming ideas. Dareth, in the 
meantime, is only worried about making his favorite food again.
Lloyd tries to summon his dragon. Just before he hits the trees,
 he overcomes his fear of falling and creates the Green Dragon
 to safely land himself. After the elemental masters land, Chen says 
that there are "special gifts" hidden around the island to aid the 
elemental masters in their search for Nya. Shade takes a bow and arrows 
while Jay reluctantly decides to take a mech so he doesn't have to walk.
 The elemental masters set off following footprints, while Lloyd and 
Garmadon spot the Samurai X symbol and follow that. 
A few minutes later, Lloyd questions his father about how he even came 
to be one of Chen's students in the first place. Garmadon decides to 
tell him the whole story: due to the Great Devourer's bite taking years 
to consume him, he began training under Chen with Clouse. During one of 
their training matches, Chen tells the two that they're holding back and
 promises the winner will become his righthand and be granted lordship. 
At that, Clouse uses his magic to bring the training dummies to life, 
only for Garmadon to use his Spinjitzu
 to destroy them and knock Clouse down to win. Clouse complains, but 
Chen stated Garmadon did what he needed to do, calling him Lord 
Garmadon. During this point, the Serpentine Wars were underway and both 
sides wanted a truce. Chen, on the other hand, is against it and tells 
the Lord to never trust a snake. He then gives his second-in-command a 
letter from Wu written for Misako, saying it could sway how she felt 
about one of the brothers and all he had to do was sign. Garmadon does, 
though is seen by Clouse doing so. Lloyd is surprised to hear about the 
letter, though Garmadon says to his son that he has no regrets as Lloyd 
wouldn't exist if he didn't.
Chen, meanwhile, in the captured DB Express, is testing all the 
different buttons on the control console and complaining about its lack 
of trapdoors when Clouse
 walks in. Chen tells Clouse that his "special gifts" are implanted with
 tracking devices, saying, "Before this day is over, Clouse, there will 
be no more fighters and no more Tournament!"
 Clouse then leaves to capture the elemental masters on the island. Nya 
is seen running and narrowly avoids being spotted by Shadow, who stops 
upon hearing the loudspeaker go off. He is soon surrounded by Clouse and
 6 Anacondrai Grunts, realizing the ninja were telling the truth before 
being captured, much to Nya's shock.
In another part of the jungle, Kai calls out to his sister and 
realizes he's being followed. Before he can launch an attack, it's 
revealed to be Skylor with both noticing the other doesn't have one of 
Chen's treats. Still working for her father, she easily convinces Kai to
 work with her to find Nya. Accepting the proposal, Kai also adds how he
 can still trust her, which she agrees with. In the DB Express, Clouse 
and Eyezor return, having captured Paleman while he was invisible. The 
Master of Light tells Chen he won't succeed, though Chen calls him 
boring and orders Eyezor to lock him up. As Chen countinues to complain 
about no trapdoor features, Clouse informs him of his daughter being 
with Kai while Lloyd and Garmadon are nowhere to be found. Chen then 
orders his subordinate to find the latter two as well as capture the 
remaining masters.
Still following the symbols, Lloyd is confused that his father 
trained with Chen, yet fought alongside Wu in the wars and questions the
 reason the truce was abandoned. Garmadon continues on: the serpentine 
attacked first, and although the Elemental Masters fought back easily, 
they had never encountered anything like the Anacondrai, who were 
stronger, smarter and natural leaders in battle. After the Elemental 
Alliance was subdued, Jamanakai Village was captured in the name of 
General Arcturus, the leader of the Anacondrai and the Serpentine. Chen 
had thought he could get momentum by siding with the Serpentine and 
wanted Garmadon by his side. However, the Lord only wanted to fight for 
Misako and decided to leave Chen to battle by Wu's side. As the sons of 
the First Spinjitzu Master,
 they led the alliance into battle and began to win: however, Chen 
managed to unravel that, as he convinced the Elemental Master of Earth 
to fight for the snakes, resulting in the alliance being weakened. With 
inspiration from a snake charmer, Garmadon had the masters use sacred flutes
 to hypnotize each Serpentine tribe, divide them and have them locked 
away in seperate tombs. Chen and Clouse were exiled for their treason, 
and Arcturus and the 6 remaining generals, under Mystake's suggestion, were banished to the Cursed Realm
 so they couldn't set foot in Ninjago again. Lloyd is amazed Wu and 
Misako are still in the dark about Garmadon's past with Chen, where he 
states that telling them would have caused him to lose them both. Using 
the advice he had been given earlier, Lloyd convinces his father to come
 clean: in response, Garmadon agrees to do so after they defeat Chen 
ends and they go back to finding Nya.
In the factory, Cole crosses off on the captives' plan to encase 
themselves in industrial size egg rolls and asks for another suggestion.
 Karlof states that since he was a aeronautic engineer in in his home 
Metalonia, they could build a roto jet to blow their way out: Cole, 
however, points out they don't have a roto jet and that it would be 
useless since they're underground. Dareth is still determined to make 
puffy potstickers and decides to make a machine capable of doing so. 
Zane then realizes that Dareth is right: the captives could use machine 
parts to build the jet. He and Karlof go to create blueprints for the 
schematic while the others find parts, leaving Cole to complain that 
they're still underground.
Back in the jungle, Jay continues to look for Nya and finds her 
symbol only to encounter Clouse, who states his search for his 
girlfriend and his time in the Tournament is over before launching an 
assault. Jay mocks his magic, angering him to create a mech out of rocks
 to even the odds. Not far from them, Nya is carving her symbol and 
rushes to the ensuing battle. She begins to explain the spell to Jay, 
though Clouse prevents her from doing so. She escapes, while Clouse 
accidentally activates the self-destruct feature in Jay's mech. As it 
explodes, Kai and Skylor notice the blast and begin crossing a marsh, 
thinking Nya was involved. Skylor decides to freeze the water so they 
can cross, though Kai is confused that she has powers of Ice until he 
realizes Skylor has been the spy and had absorbed Zane's powers. While 
trying to explain, she ultimately reveals she is Chen's daughter, while 
Chen himself appears and orders her to battle Kai. While fighting, Kai 
pieces everything together and out of rage, he uses his spinjitzu to 
melt the ice, causing Chen to drown and forcing Skylor to help him while
 the Master of Fire escapes. Chen has had enough and ensnares Kai in a 
multitude of vines.
By now, Nya has caught up to Lloyd and Garmadon and tells them of
 what happened before giving them the spell. Upon seeing it's a 
transformation spell, Garmadon realizes Chen plans to turn his followers
 into an army of Anacondrai and states that though the the Tournament is
 over, the next Serpentine War is on the verge of beginning. Back at the
 DB Express, Kai is thrown into its cell with the others, while Jay 
states Lloyd can still save them. Chen declares he's planning on it and 
while he laughs in triumph, Skylor looks at Kai knowing she had not only
 betrayed his trust: she had broken his heart.
== Trivia ==
* The flashback in this episode, which features the original Anacondrai attacking Jamanakai Village, proves that the Anacondrai are the only Serpentine whose head molds are all the same, excluding the general, Pythor.
** Oddly enough, however, there are five other generals, despite 
the fact that each Serpentine tribe normally has only one general. 
*** It is possible that Pythor became a general at some point during Arcturus' absence, or vice versa.  
*** Another possibility is that the tribe simply has more than one
 general, which is justified with the Anacondrai's superiority over the 
other snake tribes. 
* The factory breakout plotline is covered in greater detail in LEGO Ninjago: Breakout.
* Lloyd's Green Dragon makes its debut, due to facing his fear of falling.
* Griffin and Neuro were never seen being captured, resulting in them being tied for the same place in the Tournament.
* Ignacia, the Fire Temple, and the Caves of Despair can be seen under surveillance in the Samurai X Cave while Miskao is talking to Wu.
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