Planet of the Apps

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**Planet of the Apps** is the first part of the twenty-ninth episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 133rd episode overall. Along with "Back to the Present", it aired first in English on April 9, 2021, in the UK. It aired in the US on April 24, 2021, paired with "Mirror Me This" and "Aunt Roselle Makes a Visit".

## Synopsis

*In a futuristic Ponyville, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle must save Fluttershy from robots and find a way back home. Meanwhile in the futuristic Ninjago, Kai, Lloyd, Nelson and Jake have to rescue Zane from the hands of Irma.*

**Extended**: *Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash have to rescue Fluttershy from the mecha-ponies and demand to return the calculator back. Meanwhile, Kai, Lloyd, Nelson, Jake and Zachary went on top of Borg Tower to rescue Zane from overpowering from Irma. As they stop Irma from furthering her plans, her Time Pendant is destroyed, sending back to her time period. As their mission is complete, they return back to their time period as well.*

**Tiny Pop**: *As Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash rescue Fluttershy from robots, Kai, Lloyd, Nelson, Jake and Zachary go on a duel against Irma and her time pendant.*

**Teletoon**: *As Twilight and Rainbow find Fluttershy in futuristic Ponyville, a search for Zane becomes hard when tamed by Irma.*

## Plot

Through the portal the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, Kitonaru and Gleam were sucked into in "Time After Time Capsule", Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy end up in the distant future, in which Ponyville is very technologically advanced and occupied by robotic ponies called "mecha-ponies". Fluttershy is quickly taken away by mecha-ponies, and before Twilight and Rainbow can make a plan to save her, another two mecha-ponies appear before them. They introduce themselves as Pulverizer and Natalie and appear friendly; Twilight befriends them, but Rainbow Dash does not trust them.

Back in Ninjago in the future timeline, Kai, Lloyd, Nelson, Jake and Zachary went back to the monastery and tell Future Lloyd, Future Akita, Colten and Chika that Zane was captured by Irma. As his future self want to tell him that he realised that Irma is awakening Wojira with Zane's power source, they have to get past Borg Tower where Irma whereabouts were. Future Lloyd then asked Future P.I.X.A.L. to bring the *Sonic Bounty*, a futuristic version of the *Destiny's Bounty 2.0*. At Borg Tower, Irma uses Zane's power source and summons Wojira with an army of corrupted Green Visors. The group finally make it to the top, and they transform into their Island Robes to find Zane. Future Lloyd will also follow what they are doing.

In futuristic Ponyville, Pulverizer and Natalie offer to help Twilight and Rainbow find Fluttershy, tracking her to an establishment called "Sucrose Quadrant". Rainbow believes the mecha-ponies are leading them into a trap to turn them into mecha-ponies themselves, but Twilight tells Rainbow to give them a chance. When Twilight and Rainbow hear Fluttershy call out for help inside a floating structure, Twilight gets pulled inside via tractor beam. Rainbow eventually finds her way inside the structure as well and believes she was right not to trust Pulverizer and Natalie, but the structure's interior is revealed to be a snack shop like Sugarcube Café.

Zane was stuck by a programme that Irma made, but the Ninja then fight back with their elemental powers. Zane then kicks Irma and destroy the Time Pendant, sending her back to her time period. As she returns to the present, Michella fired her, and a silhouette of Joyce saw her being fired. Back at the futuristic monastery, Future Lloyd thanked the Ninja and Gleam for saving the day. Kai then saw Colten reading *Boobytraps and How to Survive Them* by Clutch Powers, and he realized that it was the same book that Kai kept in the time capsule. Colten gives Kai back the book, as Chika have one with their book they owned. With the book in Kai, Zane, Lloyd, Nelson, Zachary, Jake and Gleam's possession, a portal opens to take them back to their own time period.

In a nearby room, Rainbow Dash finds Fluttershy playing a virtual reality game and Twilight eating cookies. Realizing her friends were never in any danger and that she was wrong about mecha-ponies, Rainbow apologizes to Pulverizer and Natalie for judging them based on their appearance. When Pulverizer suggests playing a new game, it is revealed to be the calculator Twilight put in the time capsule; the ponies ask for the calculator back, and the mecha-ponies happily oblige. With the calculator in Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy's possession, a portal also opens to take them back to their own time period.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Chika - Kelly Metzger
* Colten - Dean Petriw
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Green Visors - Sam Vincent
* Irma - Chanelle Peloso
* Jake/Island Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Joyce - Sabrina Pitre
* Kai/Island Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd/Island Lloyd/Future Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Michella - Cathy Weseluck
* Natalie - Laara Sadiq
* Nelson/Island Nelson - David Reynolds
* Pulverizer - Rebecca Shoichet
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zachary/Island Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane/Island Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Equestria (future timeline)
	+ Ponyville (future timeline)
		- Surcrose Quadrant
* Ninjago (future timeline)
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
	+ Ninjago City
		- Borg Tower
		- Ninjago Middle School (present timeline)
			* Michella's Research Room

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Twilight Sparkle
* This episode first aired in France on February 27, 2021, as part of sneak peak for the season's main arc.
* This episode, along with other episodes of the third season's second arc, was leaked on Pop! On-Demand in the UK on April 2, 2021.
* A sneak peak featuring Twilight and Rainbow at Sucrose Quadrant with Pulverizer and Natalie was shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on March 29, 2021.
* The title is a play on the science fiction franchise *Planet of the Apes*.
* The Time Pendant is destroyed by Zane, causing Irma to go back to the present.
* Fluttershy's line "Take me to your leader!" is a popular catchphrase used in science-fiction.
* A futuristic version of *Destiny's Bounty 2.0*, known as the *Sonic Bounty* is featured when P.I.X.A.L. upgrade this bounty in the future timeline.
* When the Green Visors said "You are terminated" to the Ninja, it is the same quote the Terminator said in *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines*.
* Colten and Chika are both fans of Clutch Powers, as they read the *Boobytraps and How to Survive Them* book.

## Continuity

* This episode ends the Time Pendant arc that started in "Time After Time Capsule", as Irma got fired from Michella for not summoning Wojira.
* This is the first episode to feature the double transformation of Kai and Jake transforming into Islander Ninja.
	+ They are also the sixth and the final pair to feature Islander Robes during the transformation sequence, after Lloyd, Nelson, Nya, Caralisa, Cole, Damien, Zane, Zachary, Jay and Kimberly.
* When the Irma ordered the Green Visors to stop the Ninja, they are similar to how the Red Visors attempt to capture Jay in "The Stowaway".

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* A scene where the Ninja and Future Lloyd attempt to rescue Zane from Irma are added.
* Few scenes from the original Pony Life episodes are cut out due to time constraints.