Bubble Trouble

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**Bubble Trouble** is the second part of the twenty-fifth episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 129th episode overall. Along with "Terrorarium", it aired first in English on April 4, 2021, in the UK and Ireland. It aired in the US on April 17, 2021, paired with "The Scheduling Nightmare" and "Bread-tastrophe".

## Synopsis

*Akita, Spike, the Ninja, the ponies and the Williams sisters find a super fun magical bubble wand inside one of the mysterious balloons.*

**Extended**: *When Spike and Akita both found a magical bubble wand inside mysterious balloons, they blow bubbles much to their amazement. However, as the bubbles do not pop, the bigger the bubble means more trouble, causing their friends to get trapped. Although they tried to pop the balloon, they only found a way, meditate. With this, the bubble lands down and pops itself, and later Okino guides the Ninja and the Mane Six some calming meditations.*

**Tiny Pop**: *Akita and Spike found a magic bubble wand that can blow bubbles without popping, but it cause more trouble when they blow bigger, and stressing the Ninja and the ponies to space!*

**Teletoon**: *Akita and Spike discovered a super magic bubble wand that can blow bubbles that cannot pop easily, but it brings much pressure when they blow bigger.*

## Plot

One of the magic balloons from "Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind" produces a bubble wand in front of the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters. After the previous episode, Pinkie Pie is wary of this wand until Akita and Spike seize it for themselves to play with. The two discover that the bubbles he makes with the wand do not pop, instead simply floating up into space.

Kai and Rainbow Dash get stuck inside one of the bubbles, and when the rest of the Ninja, the ponies and the Williams sisters try to save them, they get stuck in it as well. The bubble starts to float up toward space, and Lloyd and Twilight Sparkle tells Akita, Spike, Kitonaru and Gleam to go get help. The Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters try various attempts to pop the bubble and free themselves, but all of their attempts fail, causing them to become extremely panicked.

Eventually, Akita, Spike, Kitonaru and Gleam told Okino that the Ninja and the Mane Six are trouble, so he brings Tank holding a tablet screen so they can communicate with the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters. As they all panic over their situation, Okino suggests they calm down, and he plays a calming video for them. The team become less stressed out, and the bubble floats back down to the ground and finally pops. Akita and Spike apologize for causing his friends so much stress, and the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters decide to engage in some calming meditation with Okino as the sun rises.

### Friendship 101

**Okino**: Take one breath in as you breathe.... (He inhales, along with the rest.) And let it slooooowwww... (Exhales, while the rest follow.) Welcome back.

**Lloyd**: Today, Okino and my friends will talk about mindfulness in our everyday lives, especially for yourself.

**Jay**: Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment.

**Applejack**: If you spent too much time planning, problem-solving, daydreaming, or thinking negative or random thoughts, you are more likely to experience stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression.

**Nya**: So, it is important to meditate yourself in order to calm yourself down, especially in stressful situations.

**Rarity**: Here's how you can meditate when you practice mindfulness, you need to pay attention what was surrounding you.

**Rainbow Dash**: Find something joyful to live on the moment, and you need to accept yourself.

**Fluttershy**: And if you have negative thoughts, you need to focus on your breathing.

**Twilight Sparkle**: Sometimes, you've got to take it easy on yourself and let go of those nerves and frustration.

**Zane**: That way, we can tell what was wrong and simply make it better to suit yourself.

**Kai**: We all know that we are kind of a stressful situation.

**Cole**: But if you practice mindfulness, life can be easier.

**Pinkie Pie**: And also, you can manage your time wisely.

**Okino**: Great work, the Ninja and the ponies. We can practice mindfulness whenever we get stress, so that you can live your life better.

**Lloyd**: Well then, chat you all later.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Caralisa - Tabitha St. Germain
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nelson - David Reynolds
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Okino - Alessandro Juliani
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Serene Voice - Andrea Libman
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
		- Ponyville Park
* Ninjago
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
* Outer Space

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Spike
* This episode first aired in France on February 25, 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 Okino plays a calming video to calm the Ninja and the Mane Six down was shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on March 29, 2021.
* On Tiny Pop website, there is an activity based on this episode where the viewers get to make their own homemade bubbles.
* Zane thinks that the giant bubble that Spike and Akita have blown is the largest bubble that no one in Ninjago and Equestria has ever blown as a new record. The bubble is five times larger than the world's largest bubble blown by Gary Pearlman, which attains the Guinness World Record for the largest bubble in outdoors on July 20, 2015.

### Friendship 101

* **Hosts**: Okino, the Ninja and the Mane Six
* This episode focus on practicing mindfulness.
* The clips used in this segment are this episode, "Down and Under", "Cute Impact", "Pony Surfin' Safari", "All That Jitters" and "Pinkie Pie: Hyper-Helper".
* **Moral**: We can practice mindfulness whenever we get stress, so that you can live your life better.

## Continuity

* The bubble wand is one of the six objects found inside one of the mysterious balloons. The others are the Tiara of Truth, MaoMao the Kitten plushie, Hawthorne the Third, the Schedule Follower Potion and Super Yeast.
* Okino was also shown meditating in "Okino the Samurai".
* Akita still remembers Jay blowing bubbles using the orange bubble tube in "Razzle Dazzle" and "If We Had Rainbow Wings".
* It is revealed that the Ninja and the Young Ninja can not perform Spinjitzu in the bubble, as it can bounce back.
* It is stated by Spike that the bubbles from the magic bubble wand cannot pop easily, and floats into space. However, only one method can pop the bubble and that is meditation.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* Akita and Spike both discovered the magic bubble wand inside one of the mysterious balloons.
* The Ninja and the Young Ninja use Spinjitzu and Elemental Powers to pop the bubble, but it did not work.
* Okino plays a calming video to the Ninja and the ponies.
* The Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters practice mindfulness with Okino at the end.