Ninja (Team)

The Ninja (also known as the Masters of Spinjitzu and Airjitzu or the Wu-Cru) are a group of young warriors formed by Master Wu to protect the land realm kingdom world planet and dimension of Ninjago from evil. Since the team's formation, they have fought many foes. After Cole, Kai, Jay, and Zane united, they fought Lord Garmadon and the Skulkin, and later, the Serpentine, which were freed by Lloyd Garmadon. Lloyd would become the fabled Green Ninja, while his father, Lord Garmadon, returned and continued to pose a threat, alongside the Overlord and the Stone Army.
As the years went on, the Ninja faced further obstacles and adversaries, and even gained a new recruit in Nya, who joined the team as the Water Ninja. They battled the Golden Master and the Nindroids, Master Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists, the Preeminent and Morro and the Ghost Warriors, Nadakhan and the Sky Pirates in an erased timeline, Clouse and the Shadow Army, and the Time Twins and the Vermillion.
After Wu's disappearance, Lloyd achieved the rank of Ninja Master, and since Wu's return, they have fought Harumi and the Sons of Garmadon, with both the former and latter backed by the resurrected Lord Garmadon himself; Iron Baron and the Dragon Hunters, and the Omega and the Oni.
After a several month-long period of peace, they battled Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers, and the Ice Emperor (discovered to be an amnesiac Zane manipulated by General Vex) and the Blizzard Samurai.
After freeing the Never-Realm, the Ninja must rise up to face Emperor Unagami, the final boss/ruler of an old and legendary arcade game called Prime Empire, and rescue the gamers trapped within the digital world.
==History==
===Return of Lord Garmadon===
Dreading the return of his evil brother, Lord Garmadon, who is desperate to claim the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, Master Wu, the younger son of the First Spinjitzu Master, searched the land for four teenagers to find the weapons first. He came across the current Elemental Masters of the Elements of Creation: Cole—Master of Earth, Zane—Master of Ice, Jay—Master of Lightning, and Kai—Master of Fire, whose sister Nya had been kidnapped by Garmadon's army of Skulkin, though none of the four had unlocked their respective Elemental Powers yet. With Wu's teaching, the four became Ninja, learned the art of Spinjitzu, and retrieved all but the last weapon, the Sword of Fire. Unfortunately, Garmadon used Nya to lure Kai to the Fire Temple and stole the sword, the Skeleton Army sneaking up on the sleeping Ninja and stealing the other three weapons.
Wu followed the Skulkin general Samukai to the Underworld, the Ninja following by taming the four Dragons who guarded the Golden Weapons.
The four watched as Wu and Samukai fought, each wielding two of the four weapons. Samukai eventually gained a hold of all four, however, their immense power overwhelmed him leading to his death, the ensuing tear through space and time allowing Garmadon to escape to the Realm of Madness, which would enable him to wield all four weapons without death. The Ninja, along with Nya, move to Wu's Monastery, the four Ninja continuing their training for Garmadon's return.
===Rise of the Serpentine===
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Unfortunately, lack of action led them to laziness, preferring to play video games instead of staying fit and powerful. Unbeknownst to them, a new threat was brewing. Wishing to live up to his father's feared name, while harbouring feelings of sadness for his dad's departure, Garmadon's son Lloyd sought to cause chaos in Ninjago, and achieve his selfish desires in the process. After the Ninja made a fool of him, he inadvertently led to the successful release of all five tribes of the mythical Serpentine (one tribe, the Hypnobrai, burning down Wu's Monastery, forcing the team to relocate to the Destiny's Bounty, a damaged pirate ship Zane found by following a mysterious Falcon), now led by the last of the Anacondrai, Pythor P. Chumsworth, who seeks the Four Silver Fangblades to awaken the Great Devourer.
The Ninja battle the united Serpentine, while a mysterious samurai continuously steals their thunder. Eventually Lloyd, who was taken in by the Ninja after being betrayed by the snakes, is captured and Wu leaves to find someone who can help free him. On their own, the Ninja engage in battle with the Serpentine in order to stop the awakening of the Devourer, each one unlocking their true potential in the process (with the team learning Zane is a Nindroid). They also learn Nya to be the Samurai.
Wu returns with Garmadon to help save Lloyd, who to everyone's surprise (and Garmadon's dismay) is the Green Ninja, the warrior prophesied to defeat the "dark lord." Though the Ninja, with Garmadon's help, are able to recover all four Fang Blades, Pythor steals them and manages to awaken the Great Devourer, though it devours him and Wu. The Devourer is only able to be defeated by Garmadon, wielding all four Golden Weapons, the "dark lord" escaping afterwards.
Finding Wu in a puddle of the Devourer's venom, the Ninja promise to train Lloyd so he'll be ready for the decisive battle against his father.
===The Overlord and the Stone Army===
After the defeat of the Great Devourer, the Ninja, along with the Green Ninja, fought against Garmadon, the Overlord, and the indestructible Stone Army.
The Overlord transformed into a Dragon and Lloyd became the Golden Ninja, was finally defeated and Garmadon returns to normal.
===Attack of the Nindroids===
Ninjago was at peace, thanks to Lloyd, who defeated the Overlord, but he returns, having integrated himself the Borg Industries' computers. The Ninja had to fight again with the Overlord, only now with an old enemy, Pythor, and the Nindroids 
However, the Ninja emerged victorious, but at the cost of Zane, who sacrificed himself. Unbeknownst to the others however, Zane's mind and spirit had transferred itself into Borg Industries' computers and managed to rebuild himself.
Soon after however, he was captured by Ronin along with P.I.X.A.L.. Zane was taken to Chen's Island, where he was stripped of his power and held hostage.
===Master Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists===
After the apparent sacrifice of Zane, the Ninja are divided, where they part ways. However, everything changed when Lloyd attempts to bring them back together and they discovered that Zane was still alive. To rescue him they had to go to the island and take part in the Tournament of Elements.
During this time, they discovered the truth of their powers after they met and befriended the Elemental Masters. The Ninja were also able to unlock the ability to use Elemental Dragons.
The Ninja allied with their new friends and old ones to make one final effort at the Corridor of Elders in order to defend their home.
With the sacrifice of Garmadon, Master Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists were banished to the Cursed Realm.
===Morro and the Ghost Warriors===
When opening the portal of the Cursed Realm, a ghost named Morro, who was the first student of Master Wu, possessed Lloyd and shortly after takes the Realm Crystal and liberates the Preeminent. The Ninja were faced with problems, as their power depended on Lloyd, which left them powerless, and Cole was turned into a ghost and Ronin betrayed them to the Ghost Warriors. However, things shifted for the better as they learned a new technique Airjitzu and Cole learned how to accept his form and learned some new ghost moves. Nya also learned she was the master of Water and trained to use her powers.
Eventually, Lloyd was freed of his possession and the Ninja regain their powers and put up a better fight with the ghosts.
In the end, thanks to Nya, who unlocked her True Potential, they defeated the Preeminent and Morro, thus sending them to the Departed Realm. With this, the Ninja achieved victory and gained a new member for their team.
===Nadakhan and the Sky Pirates===
When Clouse, who escaped the Cursed Realm, released Nadakhan, the Ninja will have to stop him before he marries Nya and gains infinite wishes. Unfortunately, he stole the Realm Crystal and released the rest of his crew, who helped him build New Djinjago. Jay's last wished caused everyone to forget the majority of the season.
===Day of the Departed===
Following the Sky Pirate conflict, Ninjago celebrated the holiday Day of the Departed, with the Ninja spreading out across the land of Ninjago to remember their ancestors. Zane remembers Dr. Julien at Birchwood Forest, Kai and Nya remember Ray and Maya at their blacksmith shop, Lloyd and Misako remember Garmadon at the Corridor of Elders, and Wu remembers his father at the Monastery of Spinjitzu, while Jay spends time with his parents at their junkyard.
In the meantime, Cole was suddenly forgotten by his friends and goes to Master Yang's Haunted Temple to settle his debt with the ghostly master. However, a sinister plot by Yang leads Cole to free the spirits of the Ninjas' old enemies from the Departed Realm, including Samukai, Kozu, Cryptor, Chen, and Morro, all of whom possess statues at the Ninjago Museum of History. Seeking revenge, the revived villains spread throughout Ninjago to confront their adversaries.
The ninja defeated their ghostly foes and gathered at the museum, where they were told by Wu and a redeemed Morro of Yang's intentions and how they forgot Cole. The ninja then realized of the danger Cole is in and rushed to aid him, while Morro returns to the Departed Realm at peace.
With the Yin Blade in hand, Yang proceeded to go to the roof of his temple and activates the artifact, using its reality-warping powers to open the Rift of Return. However, Cole, confronted Yang, they fought with the master being forced the latter to defend himself with the Yin Blade with success, slicing apart Cole's blade in the process.
However, when Cole's support by his friends powered him up, Cole used his charged fists to attack Yang, who attempted to shield himself with the Yin Blade. Unable to withstand the assault, the Yin Blade was shattered by Cole's attack, and with its destruction and the ending Yin-Yang Eclipse, the Rift of Return started to close as a result. However, a reformed Yang threw Cole through the rift changing him back to a human and the Ninja gained a new base in Yang's Temple.
===The Time Twins and the Vermillion===
After the Day of the Departed, the Ninja returned to Ninjago Museum of History and discovered that Master Wu and Garmadon confronted two Elemental Masters, after which the Ninja decided to stop the Time Twins, but it was too late as they had recollected the Time Blades. Finally they together with Kai, Nya, and Wu traveling to the past, 40 years before, after the defeat of Acronix and Krux. Master Wu sacrificed himself to stop them and Kai and Nya returned to the present to cure their rapidly aging father. Wu then resolved to defeat the Time Twins once and for all.
Realizing that they lost their master, the Ninja name Lloyd their new master. As leader, Lloyd had the team bury the time blade and to find their teacher who was lost in time.
===The Sons of Garmadon===
One year later, the Ninja discovered that a group called Sons of Garmadon are trying to revive Lloyd's father, but in his evil form. They are also reunited with their master who is revealed to have been de-aged into an infant after his journey through time but is slowly aging back to normal. The Ninja also had to protect the Oni Masks, but what they did not have in mind was that Princess Harumi was really the Quiet One and leader of the Sons of Garmadon.
The Sons of Garmadon finally revived Garmadon, who was able to defeat Lloyd with ease and leave the latter powerless. This allowed Garmadon to take control of Ninjago after Kai, Jay, Zane, and Cole, along with Baby Wu, ended up in the Realm of Oni and Dragons when they escaped Garmadon's creation, Colossus, leading the others to think they were killed.
===The Reign of Emperor Garmadon and the Dragon Hunters===
After being defeated, the Ninja have been separated as Ninjago falls under the control of Lord Garmadon. The remaining ninja Lloyd and Nya form a rag-tag team with Dareth, P.I.X.A.L., and Misako. The were attacked by Garmadon's forces but soon learn their friends were not killed but were instead teleported elsewhere. They are nearly defeated by the enemy but are saved and gather more allies in old friends to form The Resistance in order to defeat Garmadon and his followers as well as save the city.
The four original Ninja (Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane) along with a rapidly aging Wu must face the dangers of the Realm of Oni and Dragons by dealing with the threats of Dragon Hunters led by Iron Baron, as well seeking to free the dragons, and find a way back home to Ninjago.
In Ninjago, Lloyd was able to bring hope back to the citizens of Ninjago and personally opposed his father in the process. This resulted in Garmadon leading an attack on the resistance's base and having most of his allies imprisoned.
Very soon, the marooned Ninja were able to ally with the hunters, defeat Iron Baron, and locate the Dragon Armor and gained new dragons to return home.
The Ninja returned to Ninjago and saved Lloyd's group by using the dragons to rescue them. While Wu and Lloyd fought Garmadon, the Ninja evacuated the citizens who realized their saviors returned. The Resistance also broke out to help the Ninja in taking back the city. The Ninja dealt with the Colossus and with help from their allies defeated the behemoth while Lloyd regained his powers after overcoming his father. In the end, the Sons of Garmadon and Garmadon himself were sent to Kryptarium Prison. The Ninja were then hailed as heroes by the people for saving them once again.
===Fighting The Darkness===
The Ninja were honored by the city for their feat of defeating Garmadon, as they were rewarded with a restored Destiny's Bounty 2.0. They also have rebuilt the Monastery of Spinjitzu and moved back into their old home.
They faced a new problem when Faith and Firstbourne arrive in their realm, revealing a threat is coming. Very soon, darkness emerges from the Realm Crystal and the city is engulfed. To combat the threat, they reluctantly free Garmadon from prison to help them have a chance against them. While evacuating the citizens, Cole is lost when dark tentacles start to pull him down and Nya accidentally destroys his ropes, causing him to plummet. They regained hope when Nya decides to forge the Golden Weapons out of the armor and fight the Oni since they fear it.
The Ninja proceed to forge their weapons, while Cole who survived the drop narrowly manages to avoid being petrified in the city and used his drill vehicle to escape the Oni and head for the monastery to help his friends.
As the Ninja prepare for their confrontation, the Oni make their way to the Monastery where they fight their enemy. Despite using the golden weapons and having a fully powered Garmadon and Wu on their side, the Ninja are unable to do much until Cole arrives and helps them with the tides evening for a while, but the Oni still having the upper-hand. However, Lloyd got the idea to use the Tornado of Creation to fight them off. In the process, Lloyd meets his grandfather who praises him on his efforts and gives him the chance to stay, but Lloyd reunites with his friends.
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With the battle over and the Oni seemingly vanquished, the Ninja commemorate their victory on the Monastery Mural while Garmadon leaves the monastery to head out on his own path.
===A Tale of Flames and Frost===
==Members==
===Ninja===
*Master Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon (Green Ninja/Golden Ninja/Master Ninja Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Energy Green Power Green Light Power Magic Twilight Balance Friendship Dragon Flame Dragon's Flame Dragon Fire and Dragon's Fire//Former Master of Golden Power Shining Light and Golden Energy/Leader)
*Kai Smith (Red Ninja/Master Ninja Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Fire Flame Heat Warmth Burn Burning and Hot/Former Unofficial Leader)
*Coleman "Cole" Hence/Bucket/Brookstone (Black Ninja/Master Ninja Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Earth Rock Stone Boulder Rock Roll Nature and Magma/Former Unofficial Leader)
*Zane Julien (White Ninja/Titanium Ninja/Master Ninja Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Ice Frost Technology Science Snow Arctic Cold Cryo Frigid Polar Glacial Frozen Freeze Winter Chill North and Blizzard)
*Jason "Jay" Walker/Gordon (Blue Ninja/Master Ninja Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Lightning Electric Electricity and Thunder)
*Nya Smith (Water Ninja/Master/Mistress Wizard/Wizardess Sorceress Mage/Magess and Magician/Magicianess of Water Seas Tidal Aqua Hydro Deep Depths Surf Waves Oceans Tides and Fluids)
====Teachers====
*Master Wu (Lloyd's Uncle/Master of Creation Light Good Hope and Love/Dragon Master)
*Master Garmadon (Lloyd's Father/Master of Destruction Creation Darkness Magic Dark Magic Dark Energy Evil and Hatred; formerly; turned evil again)
===Honorary Members===
*Dareth (Honorary Brown Ninja)
*Seliel (Phantom Ninja; Non-canon)
*Skylor "Wendy" Chen (Orange Ninja/Master/Mistress Wizard/Wizardess Sorceress Mage/Magess and Magician/Magicianess of Amber Absorption Stealing Draining and Stripping)
*Nelson (Honorary Purple Ninja)
===Allies===
====Current Allies====
*P.I.X.A.L. (Samurai X)
*Misako (Lloyd's Mother/History Informant/Archaeologist)
*Ed (Jay's Adoptive Father)
*Edna (Jay's Adoptive Mother)
*Lou (Cole's Father)
*Ray (Kai and Nya's Father)
*Maya (Kai and Nya's Mother)
*Cyrus Borg (Helps make vehicles and weapons for the Ninja)
*Falcon (Zane's Companion/Communication for the Ninja)
*Ronin (Business Partner)
*Jake
*Elemental Masters
**Karlof (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Metal)
**Paleman (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Light)
**Griffin Turner (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Speed)
**Ash (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Smoke)
**Neuro (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Mind)
**Gravis (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Gravity)
**Bolobo (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Nature)
**Jacob Pevsner (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Sound)
**Tox (Master/Mistress Wizard/Wizardess Sorceress Mage/Magess and Magician/Magicianess of Poison Acid Toxic and Venom/Elemental Master/Mistress of Poison Acid Toxic and Venom)
**Shade (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Shadow)
**Chamille (Master/Mistress Wizard/Wizardess Sorceress Mage/Magess and Magician of Form)
*Skulkin ("All of Nothing")
*Serpentine 
*Nindroids (Some of them became Borg's security droids as shown in "The Invitation")
*Police Commissioner
*Tommy
*Simon
*Faith
*Dragon Hunters (Except Iron Baron)
*Dragons
**Elemental Dragons
***Elemental Fire Dragon (Kai)
***Elemental Lightning Dragon (Jay)
***Elemental Earth Dragon (Cole)
***Elemental Ice Dragon (Zane)
***Elemental Water Dragon (Nya)
***Elemental Creation Dragon (Wu)
***Golden Dragon (Lloyd/First Spinjitzu Master)
***Elemental Energy Dragon (Lloyd)
***Fusion Dragon (Kai and Nya)
***Hydro Electric Dragon (Jay and Nya)
**Firstbourne
**Stormbringer
**Slab
**Fire Dragon
**Ice Dragon
*Akita
*Kataru
*Grimfax
*Krag
====Former Allies====
*Captain Soto (Aided the Ninja in "Enkrypted" and became part of Jay's team in "Operation Land Ho!"; memory erased)
*Echo Zane (Found by and aided Jay and Nya in "The Last Resort" and joined Jay's team in "Operation Land Ho!"; memory erased)
*Sky Pirates (Those that turned on Nadakhan; memories erased)
**Flintlocke
**Dogshank
**Clancee
*Pythor P. Chumsworth (fought on their side against Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists, now their enemy again after his attack on Lloyd in "Day of the Departed")
*"Dr. Saunders" (Revealed to be an enemy; Lost in Time)
*Clutch Powers (Gave up adventuring)
====Deceased Allies====
*Dr. Julien (Zane's Father/Creator)
*Stone Army (Controlled by Dareth in "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master")
*Morro (Master Wizard Sorcerer Mage and Magician of Wind and Air; officially reformed in "Day of the Departed")
*Emperor/King of Ninjago (Harumi's Adoptive Father)
*Empress/Queen of Ninjago (Harumi's Adoptive Mother)
*Hutchins (Master-at-Arms of the Royal Family)
*Mistaké (An Oni who helped The Resistance)
*Harumi (Princess of Ninjago; revealed to be an enemy)
*Ultra Dragon (Combination of the Four Dragons)
**"Rocky" (Cole's Earth Dragon)
**"Flame" (Kai's Fire Dragon)
**"Shard" (Zane's Ice Dragon)
**"Wisp" (Jay's Lightning Dragon)
==Abilities==
The Ninja have six Elemental Powers (one element for each Ninja) that give them amazing abilities of their Elements, which includes summoning their respective Elemental Dragons and performing Spinjitzu and Airjitzu.
===Elements===
*Energy (Lloyd)
*Golden Power (All except Nya; formerly)
*Fire (Kai)
*Earth (Cole)
*Ice (Zane)
*Lightning (Jay)
*Water (Nya)
The Ninja also have three powerful martial arts that they've used in battle: Spinjitzu, a move that allows them to spin in a tornado, Airjitzu, a move that allow them to fly in a vortex, and Forbidden Spinjitzu, a corrupted counterpart of Spinjitzu that the Ninja accessed by holding the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu.
===Spinjitzu===
*Lloyd (Energy; green)
*Lloyd (Golden Power; gold)
*Kai (Fire; red)
*Jay (Lightning; blue)
*Cole (Earth; brown)
*Zane (Ice; white/ice blue)
*Nya (Water; light blue/silver)
*Wu (Creation; gold)
*Garmadon (Destruction; purple)
*Misako (Element-less; silver)
===Airjitzu===
*Lloyd (Energy; green)
*Kai (Fire; red)
*Jay (Lightning; blue)
*Cole (Earth; orange)
*Zane (Ice; white)
*Nya (Water; light blue)
*Morro (Wind; ghostly green)
*Wu (Creation; gold; The Dark Island Trilogy only)
===Forbidden Spinjitzu===
*Lloyd (Energy; green)
*Jay (Lightning; aqua)
*Cole (Earth; orange)
*Zane (Ice; turquiose)
*Wu (Creation; gold)
*Garmadon (Destruction; purple)
*P.I.X.A.L. (Element-less; silver)
==Weapons==
The Ninja (except Nya and Lloyd) have had major weapon tiers that they used in battles. They are the Golden Weapons, Elemental Blades, Techno Blades, and Aeroblades.
===Golden Weapons===
*Kai (Sword of Fire)
*Jay (Nunchucks of Lightning)
*Zane (Shurikens of Ice)
*Cole (Scythe of Quakes)
===Elemental Blades===
*Kai (Fire; Red/Orange)
*Jay (Lightning; Blue/Yellow)
*Zane (Ice; Gray/White)
*Cole (Earth; Green/Purple)
===Techno Blades===
*Kai (Large Sword; Red)
*Jay (Chainsaw Blade; Yellow/Blue)
*Zane (Staff; Blue/White)
*Cole (Flail; Green)
===Aeroblades===
*Kai (Red)
*Jay (Yellow)
*Zane (Light Blue)
*Cole (Orange)
===Other Weapons===
*Lloyd: Sword, Golden Sword
*Kai: Katana, Golden Katana
*Jay: Nunchucks, Golden Kusarigma
*Zane: Shurikens, Bow and Arrow, Golden Shurikens, and Scepter
*Cole: Scythe, Hammer, Golden Hammer
*Nya: Spear, Golden Spear
==Ages of the Ninja==
The Ninja are in their teenage years, with the exception of Zane, who is many decades older but was built to have the appearance of one. Kai, Jay, Cole, and Nya have grown up from their mid-teens (or young teens in the case of Nya) to their late teens over the course of the show, with Jay referring to themselves as "grown-up teenagers" in Season 9: Hunted. Lloyd became physically around the age of his older friends due to the effects of the Tomorrow's Tea, but is still chronologically the youngest of the team due to having originally been a pre-teen, and is now currently in his young teens.
While the Ninja are officially teenagers, the amount of time that passes and their specific ages are kept vague for the purpose of perpetually keeping them in an age-range that is young and relatable to the show's target audience.