Tornado of Creation

The Tornado of Creation is a powerful Spinjitzu maneuver that combines the individual elements of Creation into a maelstrom of pure energy that is said to create something out of nothing."King of Shadows" However, the ninja have used it to absorb items in their surroundings to construct new objects and weapons, such as a bone Ferris wheel, a slingshot, and the Ultra Sonic Raider. The tornado could only be used through the combined power and presence of the Golden Weapons.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1067687234743214080 If done incorrectly, the tornado was said to have disastrous consequences. Since the Golden Weapons were depowered and later destroyed, it is currently once again impossible to use the Tornado of Creation.
==History==
===Pilot episodes===
====King of Shadows====
Master Wu first told the ninja about the Tornado of Creation during the trip to retrieve the Shurikens of Ice. He explained that the ninja had to focus and combine their powers, because if they were careless, the technique could have disastrous consequences.
====Weapons of Destiny====
While sneaking through the Underworld to rescue Master Wu and the Sword of Fire, the ninja were confronted and surrounded by an army of Skulkin and Spykor. With no other options, they took Jay's suggestion and used the Tornado of Creation for the first time, sucking in their enemies (except for one who jumped off the edge), the Skulkin's vehicles, and parts of Garmadon's Dark Fortress. When the ninja completed the technique, they discovered that they had created a massive ferris wheel, with cage-like gondolas imprisoning the Skulkin.
===Rise of the Snakes===
====The Snake King====
When the ninja were captured in the Lost City of Ouroboros, Pythor forced them to fight Samurai X in a Slither Pit. Outgunned by the enigmatic warrior, the ninja used the Tornado of Creation, building a gigantic slingshot they used to damage the Samurai Mech.
====The Royal Blacksmiths====
Before the ninja performed in Ninjago Talent, Kai mentioned the Tornado of Creation as an option to score perfect tens, though the ninja did not end up using the technique.
====Day of the Great Devourer====
After narrowly escaping being consumed by the Great Devourer, the ninja fled to Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk to formulate a new plan. Using a set of blueprints and the massive amount of scrap lying around, they used the Tornado of Creation to build a vehicle to fight the Devourer: the Ultra Sonic Raider.
===Aftermath===
After Lord Garmadon took the Golden Weapons and they were blasted into space,"Wrong Place, Wrong Time" the weapons were obtained and melted into the Golden Armor."The Titanium Ninja" With the weapons destroyed, it was no longer possible to summon the Tornado of Creation.
===Ninjago: Decoded===
====Greatest Battles====
In order to combat the Digital Overlord from taking over Zane, the ninja remembered the Tornado of Creation and Nya downloaded it into Zane's system, but it did not have an effect on the Overlord virus.
===March of the Oni===
====Endings====
After failing to defeat the Oni and when Kai reforges the weapons, Lloyd has an idea to use the Tornado of Creation, with the help of Wu, Garmadon, and the rest of the ninja, to defeat the Oni. After the tornado is formed, a wave of Golden Power spreads throughout realms, saving everyone who had been petrified. After it was used, Lloyd is knocked unconscious and sees a vision of the First Spinjitzu Master.
==Appearances==
===Sets===
*70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu (painting; Legacy)
===Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu===
====Pilot episodes====
*3. "King of Shadows" (mentioned)
*4. "Weapons of Destiny"
====Season 1: Rise of the Snakes====
*1. "Rise of the Snakes" (mentioned)
*6. "The Snake King"
*9. "The Royal Blacksmiths" (mentioned)
*13. "Day of the Great Devourer"
====Ninjago: Decoded====
*10. "Greatest Battles"
====Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu====
*1. "Master Class" (painting)
*3. "The Weekend Drill" (painting)
*4. "Blue Lightning" (painting)
*5. "Elemental Rider" (painting)
*6. "Samurai X-Treme" (painting)
====Season 10: March of the Oni====
*95. "The Darkness Comes" (painting)
*98. "Endings"
====Season 13: Master of the Mountain====
*145. "Shintaro" (painting)
====Season 14: Seabound====
*165. "A Big Splash" (painting)
====The Virtues of Spinjitzu====
*1. "Curiosity" (painting)
====Season 15: Crystalized====
*186. "A Painful Promise" (painting)
*200. "Christofern" (flashback)
*210. "Roots" (painting)
===Video games===
*LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (non-canon)
*The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame (non-canon)
==Trivia==
* Even though it has been said that if done incorrectly it will lead to disastrous consequences, it is never revealed what they are.
* Though the order of the elements that the ninja shout seems to be the (lowest to highest) altitudes that they are most commonly found at, the Tornado of Creation itself makes the elements appear in a different order (from bottom to top): Ice, Lightning, Earth, Fire.
*The Tornado of Creation is featured in The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame. However, here it is depicted as a vortex that summons structures and pieces used for hub world renovations a la LEGO Dimensions.
*Until March of the Oni, the Tornado of Creation had not been used since "Day of the Great Devourer." This is because it is impossible without the Four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, which were taken from the ninja in "Day of the Great Devourer", then melted into the Golden Armor in "The Titanium Ninja". In March of the Oni, as a result of the Golden Weapons being reforged by Kai, the Tornado of Creation was accessible again. In addition, Lloyd, Nya, Wu, and Garmadon were involved in summoning it. After the Golden Weapons lost their power because of the tornado, it is once again no longer possible. 
**However, the ninja did create a tornado in "Weapons of Destiny" and "The Snake King" without golden weapons, which turned out to be a mistake. 
***It is possible that they simply needed the weapon's presence, thus not needing to hold them.
***If so, It is unknown if the ninja could do the Tornado of Creation in the presence of the Mega Weapon, Golden Armor, or the Golden Ultra Dragon.
*Ironically, the March of the Oni recreated Tornado of Creation had Destruction in it, due to Garmadon's presence in the tornado. 
**The Hageman Brothers once said that they loved the idea of a "tornado of destruction."https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/896374245743251456
*Tommy Andreasen once stated that the Tornado of Creation would most likely not work if Lloyd and Nya tried to participate in it.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/840847796651601921https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/841202334260707328 This is likely because March of the Oni had not been written at the time.
*The idea of the ninja creating the Ultra Sonic Raider in the junkyard with the Tornado of Creation calls to mind to the junkyard tornado fallacy, a philosophical argument attempting to disprove the possibility of life evolving from non-living matter by comparing it to the possibility of a specific type of airplane being created by a tornado in a junkyard.
==Gallery==
===Promotional media===
PilotEpisodes-0.jpg|The Tornado of Creation in the pilot episodes mural
Matt-betteker-ninjago-2019-tornado-of-creation-001.jpg|Concept art for the Tornado of Creation in March of the Oni
===In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu===
====Pilot episodes====
ToC4.png|The Tornado of Creation used in the Underworld.
====Season 1: Rise of the Snakes====
Tornado6.png|Tornado against Samurai X during "The Snake King"
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====Season 10: March of the Oni====
Pilotepisodes.png|The Tornado of Creation on the Season 10 opening.
tornados10.png|The Tornado of Creation as shown in March of the Oni, now powered up with Lloyd, Nya, Wu, and Garmadon inside.
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=== In other media===
SorTOC.png|In Shadow of Ronin
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