Kickin' Into High Gear

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**Kickin' Into High Gear** will be the seventh episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. In Canada, it will be paired with "The Crystal Treehouse", but in most countries and in production order, it was paired with "Princess Probz".

## Synopsis

**Teletoon**: *Princess Twivine summons a Thorntus named Runio, in attempts to attack the next main target, the Academy of Spinjitzu. The Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan fight against the monster, but their Spinjitzu and Forbidden Spinjitzu powers are ineffective. With Cole's major Crystal Guardian shares the advice to the Ninja that they have to believe the five Crystal Guardians to face against the new enemy, the Skull Sorcerer, they receive their new transformation items, to evolve themselves into Hero Ninja and a powerful martial art stronger than Forbidden Spinjitzu, Spinjitzu Burst.*

**Cartoon Network Asia**: *A new school year for the Young Ninja turns to be the worst when the substitute teacher turns into a monster to steal the Eternity Crystals. The Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan attempt to fight against her, but their Forbidden Spinjitzu powers were ineffective. Thanks to Gaia, the Ninja received a new martial art that Lilly used, Spinjitzu Burst.*

## Plot

### Part 1

#### One Normal Day Turns Gray

It's raining in Sugarcube Café, and Megan was unable to go out. Jay comes in and cheers her up with the new cupcakes on the menu. He shows her the new Orange Cupcakes with Zesty Frosting, one of Pinkie Pie's new creations. Megan seemly enjoys eating her cupcakes, much to Jay and Pinkie Pie's disappointment through their appetite.

Cole then shoves aside to Jay that something have been strange throughout the night. One of the Shintaro Crystal Guardians, namely Gaia, was telling Cole that the Skull Sorcerer was using wicked powers to turn the Sixty Realms into danger, by turning all of cities wrapped by the Dark Plundervines. She also said that if he and the rest of the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan didn't restore the Crystal of Growth, the realm will collapsed. Jay wondered that there will be an armageddon happening this time, until they were able to save the Kingdom of Shintaro.

It has stopped raining, and Nya finally decided that they can go out. The rest of the Ninja and the Mane Six all agreed with her, because it is a new school year for in the Academy of Spinjitzu. Lloyd fulfills their promise from Headmistress P.I.X.A.L., as she told them to hire new staff, including Racer Seven, who was now a dean at the Academy of Spinjitzu. Megan came with the twelve, but she doesn't know about the school. Lloyd decided to take a tour on the Academy of Spinjitzu, and the Ninja and the Mane Six gradually accepted with her.

#### School Tour

In Ninjago City, the Young Ninja were admitted as the third-year students, and Damien decided that they will managed to work hard to graduate in the Academy. Headmistress P.I.X.A.L., the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan were appeared with the students, as new students from the Academy of Spinjitzu are entering as their first-year students. P.I.X.A.L. announced that all of them are welcomed at the Academy. She told the third-year students will have to take their one final form to unlock their inner selves, by learning Airjitzu, as well as managing their new Elemental Powers, like the true masters. The Young Ninja, as well as their third-year students are highly agreed to work hard, so they can graduate. Megan decided to take a look around the school, and the Ninja and the Mane Six are agreeing with Megan, by not touching things without permission.

The Ninja guide Megan to the school compound, now they added a mural of each of the current Ninja with their Elemental powers. Megan was so tired, so she decided to take a seat, but she burned her booty, due to the sun heating up the bench. Zane explains her that metal is the good conductor of thermal energy, causing her to have burns. Next, they went to a cafeteria where they serve different cuisines daily, and since it is Wednesday, it will be Korean food. Kai tells Megan to try Kimchi, as his favorite food. As Megan tried kimchi, she breathes with fire, thinking that it was too spicy, and she shouts for water, but Nya accidentally drenched Megan with her water powers, making her wet.

Megan tries going to other locations in the school, the Science Lab, the Training Simulator, the Blacksmith room and the Computer Lab, but with that, Megan faced terrible results. Feeling guilty, Megan decided to leave somewhere, but Lloyd and the others followed them.

#### To Ruined School Days or Not To

At Boba Sweets Shack, Megan was crying while sipping Brown Sugar Milk Tea with pearls, until Scott and Kataru arrived. She told them the school she have experienced was a total disaster. Scott reminds her that he also have the same experience while in his old school. Both Megan and Scott laughed, and Kataru asked her that he also made mistakes when he first visited the Academy of Spinjitzu. Megan was not the only one make her school visiting worst, as recounting their own experiences.

The Ninja and the Mane Six finally arrived, and they were all looking for Megan once. Megan apologizes to them that she made terrible mistakes while in school, although she experience was quite a handy. Lloyd told her that everyone made mistakes, but on a second try, they already used to with the guidance of the teacher. They all shared a hug, and Kataru decided to meet Akita and her new Formling friend, Emiko at Wazaki Mall. They all agreed to go to the mall.

Meanwhile in Skull Sorcerer's lair, one of an Awaken Warrior sent Princess Twivine Sparkle a Rewind Seed, and planted to a ground to see what the Ninja and the Mane Six are doing. She was looking at them with Kataru and Scott at Wazaki Mall. Princess Twivine is going to summon a monster named Runio, a school staff to steal energy from the students. She planted the Revival Seed and awakened Runio, heading towards the next main target, the Academy of Spinjitzu.

### Part 2

#### No Substitute for a Teacher

After some shopping, Megan was relieved with the Ninja and the Mane Six to go back to school. Akita and Emiko were also glad to visit the Academy of Spinjitzu anytime. Emiko introduced Megan herself, and she can turn into an elephant, in which Akita warned not to, except during emergencies. With all that, they went to school.

Back at the Academy, P.I.X.A.L. was surprised that there is a new teacher named Mrs. Runio, and she leads her to class 3B, the class that Young Ninja studied currently. Mrs. Runio introduces the students as the new teacher, much to Kimberly's disappointment that Ms. Seven is the new teacher. Unfortunately, Ms. Seven is busy, so Runio decided to teach them a new lesson, gathering negative energy, which is not part of the third-year syllabus. Runio uses her powers to grow plundervines and steals energy from the students. But Caralisa managed to fight her off with her Water powers, which made her ineffective. Runio then scratched Caralisa's knee agonizingly, until P.I.X.A.L. battles her with the Samurai X mech. P.I.X.A.L calls the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan to fight against the Thorntus made by Princess Twivine Sparkle. Since Runio have stronger ability to fight against the Ninja, they have to use the powerful weapon they have experience, Forbidden Spinjitzu, even though they could still try it.

The Mane Six and Megan transformed into their Crystal Guardian forms and Sailor Sky, and came with the Ninja to the Academy of Spinjitzu. As Gayle Gossip was interviewing about the school catastrophe, the Ninja, the Crystal Six and Sailor Sky came and punish Runio. Crystal Rarity uses Generosity Diamond Blast against Runio, but she uses her plundervines to deflect her powers. Crystal Twilight saw Caralisa getting injured, and Nelson tells her to heal her using Magical Star Recharge. The battle continues, as the Ninja uses their Forbidden spells against Runio, and they managed to succeed. However, Runio uses a large plundervine to eradicate the Ninja, lying on the ground.

#### A new Ninja form

As Runio continued to gather energy to the students, the Ninja felt that they were very weak to stop her, until Cole asked Gaia what to do. Gaia came and Cole told her that they were weak, even Forbidden Spinjitzu powers were ineffective. Likewise, the Ninja believed that they have the power to stop the Skull Sorcerer, by having faith to the Shintaro Crystal Guardians. As such, Gaia gives them a new bracelets, and it is not the ordinary one. These bracelets will transform them into their new Ninja form. The six Ninja decided to wear the bracelets and activate with their password assigned to each Ninja. They transformed into their Hero forms, filled with Knight-like armour and new weapons.

The Ninja thanked Gaia for their new powers, as the new powers are stronger than Forbidden Spinjitzu, namely Spinjitzu Burst. They use their Spinjitzu Burst spells against Runio, which she was unable to defeat them due to their stronger powers. This gives an opportunity for Sailor Sky to eradicate her using Rainbow Crown Magic, turning her back into a dark Plunderseed.

After a second School Tour, Megan was elated that she never made mistake for a second time. Emiko was here again but she transformed into an elephant and blow Akita, until she got covered with papers. Unhappy with her paper cut effect, the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan laughed, no matter how mistakes were made at first.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Applejack/Crystal Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Caralisa Todd - Tabitha St. Germain
* Clara - Kazumi Evans
* Cole/Hero Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Cole's Hero Bracelet Voice - Mark Hildreth
* Damien Crystalrock - Andrew Francis
* Emiko - Britt Irwin
* Felix Flame - Giles Panton
* Fluttershy/Crystal Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gaia - Diana Kaarina
* Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
* Jay/Hero Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Jay's Hero Bracelet Voice - James Kirk
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Kai/Hero Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kai's Hero Bracelet Voice - Mark Hildreth
* Kataru - Cole Howard
* Kimberly Walker - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Lil' Nelson - David Reynolds
* Lloyd Garmadon/Hero Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Lloyd's Hero Bracelet Voice - Jim Conrad
* Megan Williams/Sailor Sky - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya/Hero Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Nya's Hero Bracelet Voice - Tabitha St. Germain
* Pinkie Pie/Crystal Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Rainbow Dash/Crystal Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity/Crystal Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Runio - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Scott - Adrian Petriw
* Skull Sorcerer - Ervin M Jordan
* Spike - Cathy Weseluck
* Twilight Sparkle/Crystal Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Twivine Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zachary Nison - Gavin Langelo
* Zane/Hero Zane - Brent Miller
* Zane's Hero Bracelet Voice - James Kirk

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- Boba Sweets Shack
		- Wazaki Mall
		- Academy of Spinjitzu
* Shintaro Mountain
	+ Dungeons of Shintaro
		- Skull Sorcerer's Lair

## Spells Used

* Generosity Diamond Blast - Used by Rarity against Runio but failed.
* Magical Star Recharge - Used by Twilight Sparkle to heal Caralisa's wounds.
* Drops of Desire - Used by Nya along with Loving Flame and Crystal Enchantment against Runio.
* Loving Flame - Used by Kai along with Drops of Desire and Crystal Enchantment against Runio.
* Crystal Enchantment - Used by Zane along with Drops of Desire and Loving Flame against Runio.
* Strength of the Core - Used by Cole along with Harmonic Flash and Vitality of Life against Runio.
* Harmonic Flash - Used by Jay along with Strength of the Core and Vitality of Life against Runio.
* Vitality of Life - Used by Lloyd along with Strength of the Core and Harmonic Flash against Runio.
* Sonic Terrapunch - Used by Cole against Runio.
* Ardent Flame Enrage - Used by Kai against Runio.
* Tidal Whirlpool Strike - Used by Nya against Runio.
* Thunderclap Blast - Used by Jay against Runio.
* Blizzard Storm Surround - Used by Zane against Runio.
* Crystal Leaf Evolution - Used by Lloyd against Runio.
* Rainbow Crown Magic - Used by Sailor Sky to defeat Runio.

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Lloyd
* The Young Ninja enter their Third Year at the Academy of Spinjitzu.
* The Ninja use the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to fight against Runio.
	+ This is the only episode to feature Forbidden Spinjitzu.
* Gaia grants the Ninja their new Elemental powers as they give their new transformation items, the Hero Bracelets, to transform into their Hero forms.
	+ This marks the first time that the Ninja wear their Hero forms, only when they are having missions.
* Emiko is the fourth named Formling to be introduced in this episode. Her animal form is an elephant.
* Unagami, Leroy and Holly make their cameos in this episode.