The Forest of Spirits

:Not to be confused with the location.
The Forest of Spirits is the ninth episode of the second season of Ninjago: Dragons Rising and the 29th episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Sorceress searches the storehouse for a spell to rescue Bonzle while Arin intercepts a special package. Then, the remaining Ninja infiltrate the ritual.https://www.netflix.com/title/81519765
LEGO's YouTube Channel: The ninja need to stop J…wait, what’s her name? Jessica? Joanna? Nevermind, it’s not important – they just need to get Bonzle away from whatever her name is so Lord can’t complete the ritual!https://youtu.be/usHWmk6sJ6U
ITVX: Kai, Sora, and Wyldfyre infiltrate the Shadow Dojo as Ras begins the Blood Moon Ritual while Cole and Zane try to escape the Sorceress’s spell vault.https://www.itv.com/watch/ninjago-dragons-rising/10a4725
Extended: Ras orders the destruction of the Cloud Kingdom and prepares the Blood Moon ritual as Kai, Wyldfyre, and Sora defeat Wolf Mask soldiers and infiltrate the Shadow Dojo. Cole, Zane, and the Sorceress experiment with magic to escape the Spell Storehouse and rush to the Cloud Kingdom where they believe Bonzle was taken. Arin and Riyu cross paths with Jordana only to face a greater enemy.https://www.iltalehti.fi/telkku/ohjelmat/lego-ninjago-dragons-rising/655025/cartoon-network/14832912
==Plot==
Many years earlier, a young Ras ended up trapped in a chasm while trying to retrieve his ball and was unable to escape, until a mysterious being shows up. In the present time, Ras looks at the Blood Moon before learning the rest of the Theroxian texts have been translated and tells Cinder to head down to the Shadow Dojo, destroy the Cloud Kingdom, and kill the Writers of Destiny.
Down on the ground, Kai continues to climb the cliff in his Climber Mech with Sora and Wyldfyre, and despite the latter trying to deny her fear of heights and loose boulders, they reach the top, only to be ambushed by Wolf Mask Warriors.
Somewhere in the Wyldness, Lloyd and Nya try to make their way to the dojo, until Lloyd gets a vision of the ritual in process, the Cloud Kingdom’s destruction, and Euphrasia sent into a portal, which ultimately releases one of the Forbidden Five.
Meanwhile, after some toying around, Jordana loads Bonzle into her buggy before driving away. In the Magical storagehouse, Zane manages to disable Jordana’s forcefield holding him, Cole, and Gandalaria before they try to find a way out by searching for a trapdoor. However, one was revealed to be a raging Fang Mouth, one path’s darkness had been made solid, and one door leads a series of infinity doors, until it reached a small one that opens to reveal Lava-Tides dancing around a party toaster. Without any proper ways out, they intend to find a magic potion to unlock the door.
While walking through the jungle, Arin and Riyu emerge and find a path, until they spot Jordana’s buggy passing by before Riyu puts Arin on his back and surprises the latter by flying. They eventually catch up to her before Jordana, after becoming annoyed that Arin doesn’t remember her name, tries to ram them until Arin climbs into the buggy and Jordana prepares to attack him, only for Riyu to throw her off. Briefly introducing himself to Bonzle, Arin drives off a cliff, nearly going over until he uses the buggy’s grappling hook to reach the other side, also admitting it was his first time in a real car as he is used to mechs, and without any way to get out of the box, Bonzle tells Arin to get far away from Ras as he can.
Back by the cliff, Kai, Sora, and Wyldfyre take down the Wolf Warriors before noticing some passing warriors and Sora comes up with the idea of disguising themselves as warriors, taking uniforms from the ones they knocked out as Wyldfyre discovers her leg is now better.
While trying to find a way out of the storehouse, Gandalaria tries to find the correct spell in a box full of items, but finds useless ones that include an anti-gravity potion, including its reversal, slime that could take and return a person's voice, which Cole ends up the unfortunate victim, a potion that causes the affected person grow big or shrink, which Zane ends up the unfortunate victim, a potion that turns someone into a dog, which Cole, again, ends up the unfortunate victim, but managed to revert back to normal when he sneezed, and eventually finds a potion that can instantly open anything hard to open. But when she goes to open the doors, she ends up tripping and sends the potion to a sarcophagus, disturbing a Geckle mummy inside. Cole soon comes up with the idea of using Zane’s current predicament by having the latter shrink to fit through the keyhole and once he regrows large, he’ll open it from the other side, which works. Seeing the Cloud Kingdom and spotting it lose altitude, Cole, Zane, and Gandalaria head for it as the size manipulation spell eventually wears off Zane before Cole and Zane use Spinjitzu to climb up the chain while Gandalaria uses her hat.
Down by the dojo, as Kai, Sora, and Wyldfyre reach it, Ras has Cinder position Euphrasia, Suetonius, and three more Cloud Monks as sacrifices for the Forbidden Five and begin the ritual before noticing Jordana is late, but she arrives to inform Ras of Arin’s interference, leading to Ras going after him himself as Cinder teases her for her failure. Ras manages to catch up to Arin and Riyu before incapacitating the two despite their attempts to hold Ras off with the latter retorting that Arin reminds him of when he was younger before meeting his master and leaves with the buggy and Bonzle, telling him to find a true master to teach him strength. Before losing consciousness, Arin spots Lloyd and Nya approaching him, but his blurred vision makes him believe it's his parents. Intending to use Ras' departure as a distraction, Kai, Sora, and Wyldfyre head for the sacrifices, only for Ras to return with Bonzle.
==Appearances==
===Characters===
====Cast====
*Arin - Deven Mack
*Bonzle - Michelle Creber
*Cinder - Ian Hanlin
*Cole - Andrew Francis
*Gandalaria - Tabitha St. Germain
*Jordana - Diana Kaarina
*Kai - Vincent Tong
*Lloyd - Sam Vincent
*Nokt - Deven Mack
*Nya - Kelly Metzger
*Ras - Brian Drummond
*Riyu - Brian Drummond
*Sora - Sabrina Pitre
*Wyldfyre - Kazumi Evans
*Zane - Brent Miller
====Non-speaking====
*Euphrasia
*Suetonius
====Mentioned====
*Janet
===Creatures===
*Fang Mouth
===Items===
*Party toaster
*Vengestone
*Climber Mech
*Gandalaria's crystal ball
===Vehicles===
*Off-Road Buggy Car
===Events===
*Ritual of the Blood Moon
===Locations===
*Blood Moon
*Nether-Space
*Wyldness
**Forest of Spirits
***Magical storagehouse
***Shadow Dojo
*Cloud Kingdom
===Species===
==Transcript==
For the transcript of the episode, click here.
==Trivia==
===Continuity===
*Zane pulling the voice stealing slime off of Cole's mouth is similar to when Zane was trying to pull the piece of metal out a Jay's mouth when Nadakhan wished for him to be silent in "The Way Back".
*Zane being able to change into miniature and giant sizes may be a callback to Lloyd and Nya's miniature and giant forms respectively in the Wu's Teas short, "Secret Teas."
**Also, Cole being temporarily transformed into a dog is identical to Jay turning into an octopus from said short.
*Kai, Sora and Wyldfyre disguising themselves as wolf warriors to spy on the ritual closely resembles the scene featuring Kai, Jay, Cole and Lloyd disguising themselves as Anacondrai Cultists in "Only One Can Remain."
*When Kai is wearing his disguise, his hair is shorter than it usually is making it look similar to his original hairstyle he had from the Pilot Season-Season 7 of the original series.
*This episode marks the first time that Arin properly shouts "NINJA-GO!" as he is about to do Spinjitzu and is also the first of the new Ninja to use the phrase.
===Cultural references===
*Zane's change of size could be a reference to a Marvel character, Ant-Man, being able to miniaturize and increase size.
===Errors===
==Videos==
The Forest of Spirits - LEGO NINJAGO® Dragons Rising - Season 2 Episode 9
==Gallery==
For the gallery of the episode, click here.
==Translations==
==References==
de:Der Wald der Geister
fi:Henkien metsä (jakso)
es:El Bosque de Espíritus
pl:Las Duchów (odcinek)
ru:Лес духов (эпизод)
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Category:Episodes
Category:Episodes of Season 2 (Dragons Rising)