Green Ninja

:This article is about the legendary ninja and its associated lore. For the person who became the Green Ninja, see here. For the episode, see here.
The Green Ninja (also known as the Chosen One) is a legendary figure said to be the strongest of all ninja, destined to defeat evil in a final climactic battle for the fate of Ninjago.
The legend of the Green Ninja plays a major role during the return of the Serpentine, as the heroes search for his identity and eventually begin training him to fulfill his role as the Chosen One.
==History==
===Rise of the Snakes===
====Rise of the Snakes====
After their first meeting with Lloyd Garmadon in Jamanakai Village, the ninja realized that they had accidentally brought Master Wu's satchel with them in their haste to stop "Lord Garmadon". Within the satchel was a scroll detailing the prophecy of the Green Ninja, said to be a ninja who would rise above all others and become the savior of Ninjago. Upon reading the scroll, the Ninja believed that the Green Ninja was meant to be one of them, with each Ninja believing that he was the destined one.
When they returned home, the Ninja immediately set up a fighting tournament to see which of them was the strongest—and thus, which of them was the most likely to be the Green Ninja. It eventually boiled down to a battle between Kai and Cole, but the fight went out of control when the former lost control of the Sword of Fire. Master Wu managed to extinguish the resulting blaze using the Shurikens of Ice, admonishing his students for thinking that any of them had what it took to be the Green Ninja; however, the Ninja interpreted this as a suggestion to train harder, in order to reach their full potential and become the prophesied hero of legend.
====Home====
After leading the ninja to the Destiny's Bounty, Zane asked Master Wu if he was going to be the Green Ninja. Wu then explained that it is too early to tell, but if it is in his path, Zane would know.
====Never Trust a Snake====
One night, Zane had a strange dream that culminated in Lord Garmadon attacking him aboard the Destiny's Bounty. He was saved from the villain by the Green Ninja, who demonstrated several incredible abilities while defeating Lord Garmadon. The dream caused Zane to oversleep, and he told his friends about the dream when they questioned his uncharacteristic tardiness. Unfortunately, their excitement over the dream caused them to neglect their daily training, forcing Master Wu to punish them with endless training until they could answer a riddle: "What is the best way to defeat an enemy?"
Unable to answer the riddle, the Ninja reluctantly accepted their training—however, they began discussing the Green Ninja in Zane's dream the moment their master was out of earshot. Each believed that an aspect of the Green Ninja pointed to them being the Chosen One; Kai noted his use of Fire, Cole pointed to the Green Ninja's incredible strength, Jay noted the use of the Nunchucks of Lightning, and Zane reminded them of the Green Ninja's apparent connection to the Falcon.
====The Snake King====
After Samurai X beat them to a Serpentine attack at Mega Monster Amusement Park, the Ninja were feeling upstaged and angry at the mysterious warrior. Master Wu suggested that they take it as motivation to become stronger, but the Ninja interpreted it as a hint that whoever discovered the identity of the Samurai would be the one destined to become the Green Ninja. As such, they began competing with each other to find and capture the Samurai, only to be outmaneuvered at every turn by their rival.
====Once Bitten, Twice Shy====
After the other ninja discovered Nya is Samurai X, Kai revealed that he found out first and reminded them of their bet that whoever learns the identity of the Samurai would be the Green Ninja. However, the others denied ever making such a bet.
====The Green Ninja====
As the hunt for the Fangblades took priority, the Ninja largely put the matter of the Green Ninja aside—all except Kai, who grew increasingly convinced that he was the legendary hero. He took to wearing the Green Ninja's gi and training alone at night, only to be highly embarrassed when the others caught him in the act. Kai's obsession with becoming the Green Ninja made him more high-strung than normal, which proved problematic when Lord Garmadon took up residence on the Destiny's Bounty (in order to help the Ninja save his son, Lloyd).
When the Ninja battled the Serpentine in the volcano behind the Fire Temple, Kai brazenly attacked Pythor in order to "prove" he was the Green Ninja. He successfully knocked the Fangpyre Fangblade from the Anacondrai's hand, only for a dilemma to present itself when Lloyd became trapped on a rock in a sea of lava. With the volcano growing increasingly unstable, Kai was forced to choose between retrieving the Fangblade or saving Lloyd and eventually chose the latter, leaping across the sea of fire to pull Lloyd to slightly safer ground.
As he shielded Lloyd from the building eruption, Kai had a revelation: his destiny was not to become the Green Ninja but to protect the Green Ninja. The realization caused him to unlock his True Potential, allowing him and Lloyd to escape the volcano as it erupted. When Kai returned to the Destiny's Bounty and reunited Lloyd with Lord Garmadon, he explained how he had unlocked his True Potential, only for everyone to realize the implications for Lloyd. Quickly, the Golden Weapons were held in front of the boy, where they began floating and emitting green electricity between them—to everyone's amazement, Lloyd himself was none other than the Green Ninja.
===Legacy of the Green Ninja===
====Child's Play====
After Lloyd told the ninja that he wants to go and buy the latest issue of Starfarer, Kai told him that since he is the Green Ninja, he doesn't have time for such childish things.
====Wrong Place, Wrong Time====
Garmadon used the Mega Weapon to travel back in time and prevent the ninja from becoming a team, which would in turn prevent Lloyd from becoming the Green Ninja.
====The Stone Army====
After Lloyd was reunited with Misako, she explained that the reason she left was because she knew he was the Green Ninja and she wanted to study the prophecy so that she can prevent the Final Battle from happening.
====Island of Darkness====
Misako explained that it is said in the prophecy that the Green Ninja would go to the Temple of Light and that once he finds an instrument of peace, he would strike it, giving him the power of the Golden Dragon.
====Rise of the Spinjitzu Master====
When climbing the tower that the Garmatron had become in order to get to the Overlord, they encounter a corrupted Nya inside a machine. After Kai offered to deal with her so that Lloyd can get to the top, Lloyd protested and said they can do it together. However, Kai answered that there is only one Green Ninja and that this is Lloyd's fight.
===Tournament of Elements===
====The Invitation====
Lloyd mentioned Kai thinking that he was going to be the Green Ninja while talking to him at Yang Tavern.
====The Forgotten Element====
Kai said that he should have been the Green Ninja when being controlled by the Staff of Elements.
===Possession===
====Winds of Change====
After meeting Lloyd, Morro expressed his annoyance at Wu "choosing" Lloyd to be the Green Ninja.
====Ghost Story====
Master Wu revealed to the Ninja that he had at one time believed that Morro, the Elemental Master of Wind and his original pupil, might become the Green Ninja. Unfortunately, when Wu shared this hope with Morro, it led Morro to develop an arrogant streak. When the Golden Weapons failed to react to him as had been foretold, Morro became furious and set out to prove himself worthy.
====Curseworld, Part I====
After Morro said told the Four Ghost Masters not to let their guard down, Soul Archer told him not to worry and that he will soon be the Green Ninja, and that the Realms will be theirs.
====Curseworld, Part II====
As a result of banishing Lloyd to the Cursed Realm, Morro was able to take Lloyd's position as the Green Ninja due to being in Ninjago. However, upon Lloyd's return, the status was contested and eventually returned to Lloyd with Morro's demise.
===Sons of Garmadon===
====The Jade Princess====
Lloyd and Harumi speak of the expectations put on them by the roles of Green Ninja and princess respectively, and Lloyd remarks that at least he got to wear a mask.
====Big Trouble, Little Ninjago====
After suffering from injuries in his fight against his father, Lloyd loses his powers and after waking up, he claims that with no powers, he is no longer the Green Ninja.
===March of the Oni===
====Endings====
After defeating the Oni, Lloyd finds himself in the Grasslands and is greeted by the Golden Dragon, as well as the First Spinjitzu Master. Lloyd bows in respect to meet his grandfather. The First Spinjitzu Master expressed his gratitude and offered to take Lloyd somewhere or to return him to his friends so that he can continue his duties as the Green Ninja, with him gradually forgetting the meeting.
===Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu===
====Wasted True Potential====
Zane mentions his vision about the Green Ninja to Jay.
==Trivia==
*The Green Ninja was presumably based off the Green Ninja from Lego Systems Ninja Series. The latter predated 11 years before the series was ever produced.
*At various points before the revelation, Master Wu thought that either Morro or Nya might be the Green Ninja."Ghost Story""The Green Ninja"
**When the First Spinjitzu Master told Wu about the prophecy, he thought he could become the Green Ninja.The Book of Spinjitzu
* When Kai wore the Green Ninja outfit, the suit had the classic balaclava thier original suits had, but when Lloyd wore it, it somehow changed to the ZX suits balaclava.
** Its also shown with the former on the Previously on Ninjago opening from Seasons 1 and 2, and on some promotional media covers.
*The Green Ninja was the first character seen wearing a , during his appearance in "Never Trust a Snake."
*The Green Ninja's eyebrows resemble Kai's in the "Previously on Ninjago" shot of every episode of seasons 1 and 2 (though without the minor notch on Kai's eyebrow), and Lloyd's in Zane's dream in "Never Trust a Snake", while the box art and promotional material for the pilot episodes sets used the same generic face design that appeared in the pilot intro.
*In the iOS app, Rise of the Snakes, the Green Ninja is the rarest character. He appeared in Daily Battles only once and the only other way to get his character was battling him in Rivals and dropping his character or by Fortune Favors You at the end of a battle.
*In "The Green Ninja," the Green Ninja suit lacks the armor and headpiece of the ZX version.
*Though the prophecy stated that one ninja would "rise above the others and become the Green Ninja," Lloyd was not a ninja before he became the Green Ninja, making the prophecy slightly inaccurate.
*The Green Ninja made a few minor appearances as a character in The LEGO Movie.
*The Green Ninja's description is similar to the Avatar from the cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Both are the destined saviors of their worlds and can use all four respective elements of their world.
*Kirby Morrow thought Kai was going to be the Green Ninja, but he liked that it ended up being Lloyd.https://youtu.be/Z6C44_tmYwg?t=165
*When asked who he would choose to be the Green Ninja if he was Wu in real life, Paul Dobson said he would probably just get the ninja to draw straws.https://youtu.be/alwZpGtSn_8?t=175
*In the 2014 blooper reel, it's said that Jay was originally going to be the Green Ninja, but it was changed to Lloyd because it would be a better surprise.
*When Wu is using the Golden Weapons to see if Morro is the Green Ninja in the flashback in "Ghost Story," the Sword of Fire is replaced with an ordinary golden katana. Though this was previously thought to be an error, Tommy Andreasen has asked, "Might Wu have made a terrible mistake and laid down the wrong sword? Was Morro intended to become the green ninja but robbed of his legacy by Wu’s negligence?"https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1356983361940705281
==Videos==
How Lloyd Became the Green Ninja - LEGO Ninjago - Stop Motion
==Gallery==
===Minifigures===
LloydZX.jpg|The Green Ninja suit in Minifigure form
===Promotional media===
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Lloyd's original symbol.png|Original Green Ninja symbol
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LloydZXalternate.png|Alternate version of the Green Ninja ZX suit from a Wu-Cru game
Ninjago 1m.jpg|The Green Ninja (right side) as he appears in the Rise of the Snakes mural.
Gn prophecy concept.png|Concept art of the prophecy
===In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu===
====Season 1: Rise of the Snakes====
Season1Open.png|In the Season 1 and 2 "Previously on Ninjago" opening. Note these are Kai's eyebrows
The green ninja 2 ep.4.png|The Green Ninja fighting Lord Garmadon in Zane's dream
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Green kai.PNG|Kai wearing the Green Ninja suit
====Season 5: Possession====
MoS53NyaGreen.png|Nya wearing the Green Ninja suit
== Translations ==
==References==
de:Grüner Ninja
ru:Зелёный ниндзя
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