Stop, Drop and Side Scroll

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**Stop, Drop, and Side Scroll** is the sixteenth episode of the Prime Empire Chapter and the thirty-sixth episode of the first season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*. It is based on the LEGO Ninjago episode of the same name

## Synopsis

The ninja and ponies barely have time to mourn the loss of their fallen friends before being thrust into the madness of Terra Domina.

**Discovery Kids**: After losing her close friends, the surviving Ninja, Kaya, Akita, the Mane Four, Spike and the Shadowbolts thrust into the madness at the fourth and final zone - Terra Domina. But to do this, they have to face their old enemies!

## Plot

The remaining Ninja, Kaya, Spike, the Mane 4 and Shadowbolts head through Terra Technica and sneak past Red Visors. As they move, they watched of replay Kai, Cole, Rainbow Dash and Applejack being cubed from the Speedway Five-Billion, discouraging them. Lloyd tells the eight of them that Kai, Cole, Rainbow Dash and Applejack would want them to keep on moving, which they do so. As they move towards the last Arcade pod, the Ninja all sing one more reprise of Arcade Life before heading off to Terra Domina.

When arriving, they find themselves in a side-scrolling platform, where they have to beat all the levels to reach the end. Jay describes how this works: As they keep moving, the ground will disappear behind them and will go faster as they progress, as they keep moving they will need to dodge objects and falling bricks, if one of them dies, they all have to start over. As Nya questions the last rule, she is hit by a giant swinging sledgehammer with spikes, killing her.

The trio respawn back at the beginning, with Nya on her last life. Lloyd expresses his annoyance on having to repeat that again. Jay tells them if they pay attention, they can do this. As they get farther, Jay passes three of the same hammers that killed Nya earlier. As he flosses in his victory, he barley evades a falling brick. As he laughs at the brick, another one falls and crushes him.

They respawn back at the start again, now with Jay standing on his last life. They move on again and Lloyd gets blocked by a giant wall. He tries to double jump over it, but doesn't have enough room to get high enough. Instead, he hits the wall and falls to his death.

The three respawn back at the beginning once more, now with all of them down to one life. Jay tells them that they can't afford anymore mistakes. This time, they make it through the first section.

The music gets faster and Jay realizes this as the game is getting harder. They are then greeted by an infinity maze going upwards and the floor slowly disappearing beneath them. They travel upwards and after a while, they slowly get tired. Just as they think the side-scroller is endless, Nya gets a Loot-Box and unlocks the ability to perform Airjitzu. Jay and Lloyd tell Nya to go on without them, but says for them to grab and hold tight and flies up to the top.

When they arrive at the top, they find themselves having to choose a champion to face their most dreaded challenger and obtain the Orange Key-Tana. Lloyd is chosen and walks in the fighting arena. Unagami chooses and spawns Lloyd's most dreaded challenger, which was Harumi, which surprises Lloyd. Jay and Nya try to warn him of what Unagami is doing, but a dome blocks them from entering the arena and mutes their voices from the inside.

Harumi starts by tricking Lloyd to make him not want to fight her, and seizes the opportunity to get a first hit on Lloyd. Lloyd holds back, not wanting to fight her. Jay and Nya try to tell Lloyd to fight her since this was not the real Harumi, but their efforts were useless. Lloyd starts making counter-attacks on Harumi, and as Harumi locks swords with Lloyd, she tries to trick him by saying that she was sorry for everything. Lloyd asks Harumi if it was really her. Jay again tries to warn his friend, but cannot due to the dome interfering. Lloyd breaks away from Harumi and proves if this was really her by asking her what they did the first night they were alone together. When Harumi answers incorrectly, Lloyd sees through this, realizing that this was not the real Harumi. Harumi and Lloyd start trading hits and blows that each other, both at low health now. Both make a final charge at each other, and make a final attack on each other. Harumi dies first, while Lloyd loses his final life, turning into an Energy Cube and getting absorbed by a drone.

However, Lloyd defeating Harumi earned the Orange Key-Tana, which Jay and Nya obtained. Jay and Nya mourn Lloyd's loss for a short period of time before Nya asks Jay what to do. Jay grabs the Key-Tana and tells her that they will stop Unagami and get their friends back. Nya nods as the door in front of them opens and they walk through.

## Cast

* Avatar Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Avatar Chrysalis - Kathleen Barr
* Avatar Dogshank - Nicole Oliver
* Avatar Gaea Everfree - Kelly Metzger
* Avatar Harumi - Britt McKillip
* Avatar Chrysalis - Kathleen Barr
* Avatar Midnight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Avatar Vex - Michael Kopsa
* Fighting Game Voice - Michael Adamthwaite
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Indigo Zap - Kelly Sheridan
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kaya - Nicole Bouma (Tabitha St. Germain as her singing voice)
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent (Andrew Francis as his singing voice)
* Nya - Kelly Metzger (Shannon Chan-Kent as her singing voice)
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Sour Sweet - Sharon Alexander
* Sunny Flare - Britt Irvin
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong

## Locations Visited

* Prime Empire
	+ Terra Technica
		- Gamer's Market
			* Weapon Shop
			* Key-Tana Stall
	+ Terra Domina
		- Side-Scrolling Platform
		- Infinity Maze
		- Battle Arena
		- Temple of Madness

## Transcript

* Stop, Drop, and Side Scroll (Transcript)

## Differences between this episode and the Ninjago episode

* Twilight ends up being cubed with Lloyd.

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Jay
* This marks the second time Lloyd and Nya turn into geometrical shapes, and the first time for Jay.
* Lloyd, Harumi, Twilight and Midnight Sparkle have a face-off in this episode.
	+ Lloyd and Twilight also lose all their lives after the fight against Harumi and Midnight Sparkle in this episode.
	+ This makes Jay, Nya, Lloyd and Kaya the only ninja, and Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy the only ones still alive in the game.
* The Ninja and Mane 3 obtain the final Key-tana in this episode.
* This marks the first physical appearance of Harumi since "Saving Faith," and Midnight Sparkle since "What Lies Beneath," albeit as an Avatar.
* Pixelated avatars of Aspheera, Garmadon, Dogshank, Queen Chrysalis, Tirek, Gaea Everfree and Vex appear, as an opponent for Lloyd and Twilight was being selected.
* This episode marks the first appearance of Airjitzu since "The End of the Rainbow."
	+ Nya refers to it as "Cyclondo", much like how Jay referred to it in Marks of Possession, much to the displease of the other Ninja and Mane Six.
* This episode shares similarities with "The Times They Are a Changeling", much like all of Prime Empire sharing similarities with *The Changing Effect*.
	+ Lloyd losing his final life, only leaving Jay and Nya standing, is similar to the end of "Wishmasters", where Jay and Nya are also the only Ninja left standing.
	+ Like *The Changing Effect*, Jay and Nya are the only Ninja left to take on the season's main antagonist (being Unagami in the case of *Sugarcube Gamer*, similar to Nadakhan in *The Changing Effect*.)
* Lloyd references the events from "The Jade Princess" during his fight with Harumi.
* Unagami's Temple floating in the skies is similar to Yang's Temple when seen in the Ethereal Divide.
	+ In order to get past Unagami's Temple, a dangerous mountain called Nightmare Peak is where it was located.
* Jay performs the "Hype" dance from *Fortnite*.
* Jay, Nya, Lloyd, Kaya, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Spike, Akita and the Shadowbolts each lose one of their two lives while navigating through the game.
* The arcade machine in which the Ninja enter the game is similar to Kai's Arcade Pod.
* In the side-scrolling section, the Pegasi and the Alicorn ponies lose their ability to fly, in order to prevent cheating. This is stated when Twilight, Fluttershy and Indigo Zap have their wings stuck, and can't fly.
	+ This is also similar to "A Line in a Sand" where Daring Do can't fly in the pyramid to save Rainbow Dash, like in Sonammbula's story.
* During the boss battle, Twilight is able to use her magic to battle Midnight Sparkle
* The two main gaming sections of the episode can be compared to various real-life videogames:
	+ The side-scrolling segment shares similar attributes to that of *Donkey Kong*, *Shovel Knight*, *Super Mario Bros.*, *Terraria* and numerous other side-scroll games.
	+ The boss battle between Lloyd and Harumi and Twilight and Midnight Sparkle shares similar attributes to that of *Street Fighter* and *Mortal Kombat*.
		- Twilight's signature powers, Alicorn Tiara Magic and Magical Cure are attributing Moon Tiara Magic from *Sailor Moon* and *Pretty Cure Power* in Pretty Cure.
* The music played in the side-scrolling section uses the 8-bit version of *My Little Pony* theme song.