List of unused concepts

Throughout the development of the Ninjago franchise, there have been several concepts that were brainstormed but ultimately scrapped for one reason or another. Below is a list of known concepts that ultimately went unused in the series and sets.
See also concept art. Note that this page mostly includes information that is not evident from concept art alone.
==Early character names==
Character 	Early name(s)
Kai 	Ash,https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/938136860152360960 Dantehttps://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/771438050908012544
Nya 	Aya,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDp5mtznG2s Nia, Aura
Cole 	Blakehttps://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/771627851665645568
Jay 	Ren,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMo8n7YsdPQ Poe, Raynehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeJ2V5oWVvU
Zane 	Boon, Whitman, Wynn
Samukai 	Grim, Samuki
Kruncha 	General Crunch
Nuckal 	Crumble, Captain Cranium
Chopov 	Kronkhttps://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1263581415502827525
Garmadon 	Lord Demichttps://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1164196883524390912
P.I.X.A.L.	Pixelhttps://youtu.be/WX_AoQE2Rbc?t=654
Skylor 	Skyler
Nadakhan 	Azadhttps://youtu.be/2kMWaHNh9Gw?t=316
Unagami 	Urigami, Lord Morigami
Scott 	Will
Vania 	Ayellahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv50SXrjeOc
Lilly 	Janehttps://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1379370681452859393
Arin 	Maxhttps://twitter.com/mikerayhawk/status/1706042269252337757
==Unused concepts for the TV series==
===Pilot episodes===
*Four Weapons Blacksmith is called "Four Arms Blacksmith," with "Arms" being a synonym for "Weapon." At this point, it was already decided that Garmadon would gain four arms, so this would be a reference to that.https://youtu.be/UxZFIPXVf5Q?t=1596
*The Scythe of Quakes is a hammer called the Hammer of Quakes.
*In "Weapons of Destiny," the ninja follow Garmadon into a portal to the future.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/870660507983896576
PilotScript1.jpg|Pilot beat sheet page 1
DBU1HNLXsAA8hf7.jpeg|Ending concept art
===Season 1: Rise of the Snakes===
*Garmadon is the one to release the Serpentine.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/782154502392651776
Garmadon releasing the Serpentine.jpg
===Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja===
*At the end of "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master," Wu, after seeing Misako and Garmadon reconcile, walks away with the Overlord manifesting inside of him as the screen fades to black.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/796477627808829442
===Season 3: Rebooted===
*The season is titled "The Nindroid Agenda."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1262802497850298368
*"The Titanium Ninja" ends with P.I.X.A.L. looking directly at the camera and the outline of Zane being reflected in her eyes when he asks, "Are we compatible now?"https://youtu.be/2kMWaHNh9Gw?t=192
===Season 4: Tournament of Elements===
*The Elemental Masters of Magnetism, Crystal, and Sight appear. The Master of Crystal is named "Gazor."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/847939822153064448https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/874177973062127616 Masters of Time and Water also appear in the season, with the Master of Water being named "Rayne."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1162356054753259520https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1301431304442056704
ECGEqdtXYAID8At.jpg|Master of Time
C7rKW7uXkAAkGoe.jpg|Magno, Master of Magnetism
===Season 5: Possession===
*There is an inappropriate joke about the Preeminent in "Curseworld, Part II."https://youtu.be/BkTxO4MzClY?t=12
===Season 6: Skybound===
*The Djinn Blade sucks its victims' souls out of their bodies, leaving them as lifeless husks.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1286402036930682883
Nadakhan sketch 2.jpg
===Day of the Departed===
*Cole and Lou light a lantern for Cole's aunt.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/839170281918840837
*Nelson accompanies Cole on his journey.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/834164358720663553
===Season 7: The Hands of Time===
*Acronix and Krux are one character named "Kronos."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/858593180861726720
**This is different from the earlier Master of Time conceptualized for Tournament of Elements.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1162363525764984832
*Chen is revealed to be the mastermind behind the Time Twins' betrayal, having planned for the twins to free him from his banishment on his island after the twins seized power.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/894165004882239488https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/972330304269676544
**This concept was later used in Chapter 9 of Way of the Departed.
*In a longer scene in "Lost in Time," young and older Wu briefly interact with each other, and it's explained more clearly how the timeline would be kept intact.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/869225953410646016
*The seasons ends with the twins arriving forty years in the future.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1158409151246213121
74script1.jpg|Deleted scene page 1
74script2.jpg|Deleted scene page 2
74script3.jpg|Deleted scene page 3
HoTConceptEnding.jpg|Season ending concept
===Season 8: Sons of Garmadon===
*Mr. E is revealed to be Echo Zane.https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/1030838862447177728
*The scene where Garmadon rams a garbage truck into the police station in "True Potential" "was gonna be a lot cooler but censors kinda spoiled it."https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/974812806095683585
*Hutchins returns later as a red herring for the Quiet One.https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/1117145503123197953
NINJAGO MR. E full story and 3 behind the scenes videos!|Animatics of Mr. E's reveal as Echo Zane
===Season 9: Hunted===
*Garmadon resurrects Harumi.https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/1286534121397788673
===Season 10: March of the Oni===
*At the end of "Endings," Garmadon flies away on Firstbourne with the four Golden Weapons to create a new realm as the First Spinjitzu Master had done.https://youtu.be/S3FqrPHYUmc?t=3816
===Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu===
*At the end of "Awakenings," Nya takes control of Boreal with her powers and rips its wings off instead of crushing it with ice.https://youtu.be/v1CBwdInVGc?t=5260
===Season 12: Prime Empire===
*Jay's mother is connected to the creation of Prime Empire, powering the game.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1254764492313034752
**Also presumably in this season, Jay's mother's relationship with her father is explored.https://youtu.be/iqK6VLLqqSk?t=5851
*There is an episode in which,https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1367554336625201153 "After the Speedway Five Billion, the Keytana was [stolen] by the rats. The ninja recruited the League and had to enter the highly glitchy sewers and face Atta the Ratta. The rat king was an unfinished mess that could only be remedied by the Keytana... The Rats weren't so bad after all."
===Season 13: Master of the Mountain===
*Presumably in this season, Lilly's illness is further explored.
*The ending of "The Son of Lilly" has the Geckles and Munce build a statue of Cole next to Lilly's in the Heart of the Mountain. This scene was cut due to running time.https://twitter.com/bragischutjr/status/1287454457375023104
**Bragi Schut stated that a statue of Cole was built, as far as he's concerned.https://twitter.com/bragischutjr/status/1287747943349407748
MotM Script-1.png|Season ending concept page 1
MotM Script-2.png|Season ending concept page 2
===Season 14: Seabound===
*The season is called "The Abyss."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1497578957876592645
===Season 15: Crystalized===
*The season was orginally going to be spider-themed as Harumi returned as a spider-like cyborg. But this was overturned due to Monkie Kid already having the idea before the season's release.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1590728317988048896
*Nadakhan was considered to be a part of the Council of the Crystal King. However, the idea was scrapped since his return would have been too complicated to explain.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwvezZyxItw
**The plan for his return was for Clutch Powers to drop the Teapot of Tyrahn and it would break, freeing Nadakhan to join the council.
*The original ending of the season was gonna have Garmadon actually die, resulting into Lloyd liberating his Oni Form like in the final episode. However, in this scrapped ending, Oni Lloyd would destroy the Overlord rather than with him riding the Golden Ultra Dragon, before taking the Crystal King's throne while completely corrupted by his Oni side. The Ninja would then defeat Lloyd and take away his Oni Form. The concept of Oni Lloyd being in the Crystal King’s throne is still visible in official set images for 71774 Lloyd's Golden Ultra Dragon.
===Miscellaneous===
*The characters go to a ninja school.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1426172468159516673
*A statue of the First Spinjitzu Master comes to life to help save Ninjago.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1370778651072028675
*Rebooted is followed by a season about aliens, which was set up by the Project Arcturus storyline from "Codename: Arcturus" and "The Void."https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/690049286860595200
*Following Zane becoming titanium and Cole becoming a ghost, Jay becomes a master of disguise and Kai becomes a rock fire lava monster when he gets angry.https://youtu.be/BkTxO4MzClY?t=579
*Ronin's daughter, a teenager or young adult, is introduced.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/979675388866695168
*What would come to be Ninjago: Decoded is instead a clip show written by Tommy Andreasen, having a melancholic tone and focusing on Lloyd reading lessons written by Wu in the Book of Spinjitzu.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/934094451370274817
**A similar concept was used in Chapter 9 of Way of the Departed.
*The eighth season acts as more of a continuation of The Hands of Time and does not include Garmadon's resurrection.https://youtu.be/oPuPNMlIAWI?t=3614 (live-chat)
FSM tommy1.jpg|Statue of the First Spinjitzu Master
FSM tommy2.jpg|Statue of the First Spinjitzu Master
FSM tommy3.jpg|Statue of the First Spinjitzu Master
Matt-betteker-ninjago2021-conceptart-dawnofthedevourers.jpg|An Unused Concept for "The Dawn of the Devourers"
Matt-betteker-ninjago2021-conceptart-thearrival-01.jpg|
==Unproduced media==
===Christmas shorts===
In 2012, Tommy Andreasen wrote five Christmas shorts that ultimately went unproduced due to a lack of budget.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/768772804330287104https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1290368253399900160
===Legends of Chima crossover short===
Tommy Andreasen wrote a crossover short between Ninjago and Legends of Chima, whose plot would have gone as follows: Watching Legends of Chima on TV, Jay falls asleep and dreams about being on an adventure with Eris. Other ninja and animals show up, and the two groups get into a conflict because of a misunderstanding. Fighting each other, the ninja use Spinjitzu and the animals use CHI, and at one point there is CHI-powered Spinjitzu. Ultimately, Jay wakes up and accidentally calls Nya Eris, angering Nya.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789582419477270528https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789712142727520257https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789829398069379072
===Amber Legacy===
An unpublished story titled Amber Legacy would have introduced Skylor's mother and explained why she wasn't in the Serpentine War, why she married Chen, and what her ultimate fate was.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1254873935482626052 The story was not released due to the poor distribution of the Dark Island Trilogy.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1255045216710594560 A story titled Amber Spiral, loosely based on Amber Legacy, was later released on LEGO.com in 2022.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1522616390573826054
===Female-led spinoff series===
At some point, possibly after Skybound,https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/1231456322320625665 there were plans to have a female-led spinoff series that focused on Skylor, Nya, P.I.X.A.L., and a new character, with Ronin acting as their boss.http://web.archive.org/web/20200223055823/https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/1231455645997518849
===Pilot remake===
Tommy Andreasen proposed that the pilot episodes would be remade as a movie for the 10th Anniversary of the series, but the budget didn't allow it.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1527427302077898752
===Monkie Kid crossover===
Tommy Andreasen wrote a treatment for a crossover between Ninjago and Monkie Kid where Ninjago was more of a framing device.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1529213346469257218 In it, "The ninja would find themselves pinned down in a difficult situation and Wu would tell them a story MK which inspired them to fight back in diffferent clever ways."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1683884077118631941
===Tea Time Terror===
The fifth Spinjitzu Brothers book, focusing on Garmadon and Wu's formative years. It was about Wu and Garmadon discovering a tea brewery, believing the owners have a tea plant that can cure Garmadon from the Devourer's bite. It was canceled and replaced with a LEGO DreamZzz book. It was never written.
Tea Time Terror Promo.jpg
==Unreleased sets==
===Lloyd's treehouse fortress===
A prototype for Lloyd's treehouse fortress was designed but ultimately never developed into a set.
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===Serpentine Express===
The designers were originally going to include the Serpentine Express in the second Rise of the Snakes wave of sets, but, according to Simon Lucas, it was ultimately not produced because there were many other great options to choose from, such as the Samurai Mech.https://youtu.be/K7z1JA7sGD0?t=458
LEGO designer Mark Stafford displayed a model of the Serpentine Express at AFOLCON in 2012, though this model was not made with the intention of being released.https://www.flickr.com/photos/timjohnsonlego/7138426969/in/album-72157629955159787/
492px-SnakeTrain.jpg|Mark Stafford's model
===70630 Monastery of Ice===
A set called 70630 Monastery of Icehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-70630-Monastery-Building-Block/dp/B0765C2PN9 would have involved the ninja visiting the home of a scientist who worked on combining elemental powers in his lab. The set was not produced because it was never integrated into a storyline in the TV series.https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1391439565899055107
Tommy Andreasen has stated that The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye is based on the synopsis he wrote on for "an unreleased Ice Temple set", which may refer to this set.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1549085566536454145
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Cloud concept.jpg
Cloud3.jpg
===Twitchy Tim's Bizarre Adventure===
According to Niek van Slagmaat, Twitchy Tim was going to be part of a minifigure accessory set, but it was canceled due to a bottle neck in production.https://twitter.com/Toothdominoes/status/1499859471505440771 It would have been named "Twitchy Tim's Bizarre Adventure."https://twitter.com/Toothdominoes/status/1499859734538690569
==References==
Category:Lists
Category:Pilot episodes
Category:Rise of the Snakes
Category:Legacy of the Green Ninja
Category:Rebooted
Category:Tournament of Elements
Category:Possession
Category:Skybound
Category:Day of the Departed
Category:The Hands of Time
Category:Sons of Garmadon
Category:Hunted
Category:March of the Oni
Category:Ninjago: Decoded
Category:Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu
Category:Prime Empire
Category:Master of the Mountain
Category:2011
Category:2012
Category:2014
Category:2015
Category:2016
Category:2017
Category:2018
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