Final Showdown

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**Final Showdown** is the twentieth and final episode of the Prime Empire Chapter and the fortieth and final episode of the first season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*. It is based on the LEGO Ninjago episode, *Game Over*.

## Synopsis

Unagami breaks into the real world and terrorizes Ninjago City and Equestria with the Overlord while Jay, Nya, Pinkie, Kaya, Okashi, Zane, Fluttershy, Pixal and the Resistance Three attempt to prevent disaster by reuniting Unagami with his creator, Milton Dyer.

## Plot

### The Final Boss

Having finished the creation of the Manifestation Gate, Unagami enters Ninjago, terrorizing the citizens and hunting for his creator Milton Dyer. Jay, Nya, Pinkie, Okashi and Kaya follow him out of the gate on the Cyber Dragon, meeting Zane, P.I.X.A.L., Dyer, Wu, Starlight, Sunset, Trixie, Celestia and Luna. Jay helps P.I.X.A.L. free Zane from the Manifestation Gate. Begging Zane to wake up, the latter does so and is happy to see Jay and Nya again. Asking where everyone else was, Jay tells them the others that the other Ninja got cubed. He then forms a plan for Dyer to meet Unagami at the top of Borg Tower. Asking if Unagami really could have a change of heart, Jay explains to Wu that instead of being evil, he is just confused by anger. Milton blames himself for what is happening around them, as well as making Unagami upset, which Jay confirms. He also tells them to get Dyer to the tower while he lures Unagami there as he and Nya hop back on the Cyber Dragon. When being asked how, Jay tells them he has no idea as he and Nya don their hoods and take off.

Getting above the city, Jay and Nya try to find Unagami. Meanwhile down below, Red Visors and Whack Rats are spawned and terrorize civilians. Back in the air, Jay and Nya hear the Empire Dragon's roar in anger as he causes an explosion, wanting to find his maker. Jay and Nya head over and tackle the Empire Dragon before he could harm two of the Mechanic's Henchmen in a noodle truck. Unagami then chases Jay and Nya and eventually pins them down. Jay then zaps him with a bolt of lightning from his hands, due to being out of Prime Empire. They then take off back into the skies, where Jay and Nya continue to bate Unagami to Borg Tower.

### The Most Important Magic of All

In the streets of Ninjago, Wu, Zane, P.I.X.A.L, Dyer, Starlight, Sunset, Trixie, Celestia, and Luna run towards Borg Tower as well. Zane is easily able to freeze the Red Visors near and Milton continues looking at what he has done from his actions. Meanwhile, Okino protects two citizens from some members of the Whack Rats.

Back with the others, Zane and P.I.X.A.L block off Ritchie from causing havoc and take his car to ride into the tower lobby. While Jay lures Unagami up the tower, Milton Dyer tells everyone he's never been to Borg Tower before while they ride in the elevator. Zane comments that they come here often before they feel the destruction Unagami caused to the tower.

Unagami manages to strike at the Cyber Dragon's left thruster, sending it flying onto the helicopter pad and dissipates, leaving Jay and Nya to stand on their own feet. Unagami, transformed into a corrupted dragon form by the Overlord, roars at Jay, however Jay starts to console him, saying that he could relate to Unagami being abandoned by his creator, as Jay had been adopted and never knew his biological parents. Unagami attempts to bring the conversation to an end, pointing his spear at Jay and Nya, however Dyer appears, wanting to speak with his creation.

Unagami seems to soften upon this and waits. Dyer tries to allow Unagami to understand that what he was doing was not his intended purpose--to instill joy, and not fear and suffering. Dyer tells Unagami that he never understood what he had created, that he had feelings, and was as real as himself. Dyer takes the blame on himself, saying it was entirely his fault, and Unagami was merely doing as he was told and asks to make amends. He asks Unagami to come home, telling him that he would finish his programming and answer his questions. Unagami attempts to kill Dyer, but Jay was able to defeat him, with the help of his friends. The girls make way for Jay's sacrifice and approach him to help, calling him their friend. All of the sudden, his Friendship Meter increase its full power, transforming him into his Daydream form. Possessed Unagami tries to stop him but he was no match due to his stronger powers. However, this causes him to face injuries, when Unagami turns into a dragon, making Dyer horrified. Not giving up, he matches him blow-for-blow, saying no matter how many times they are knocked down, he and his friends will keep getting back up again and again. During Jay and Unagami's final clash, Nya, Kaya, Kai, Cole and Lloyd, all in their Daydream forms, as well as the Mane Six in their Rainbow Power form joins him, and the magic within them ignites similarly to the Elements of Harmony from their resolve to protect Equestria. With a declaration of "friendship is magic!", the Empire Dragon has been defeated as he and Jay end up in a white void.

### "It was Right There in Front of Me"

In the void, Jay offers Unagami his hand in friendship, stating that he only wishes for Dyer to help him. Unagami tearfully accepts, and the two turn back to normal before reappearing at the Borg Tower. He accepts his apology to the maker and his proposal, agreeing to return with Dyer, who requests that he release those trapped in Prime Empire, as they are living beings. Unagami accepts but he declares he will release the game characters to give them a chance at life and freedom if they wish. Dyer compliments him on his quick learning of compassion.

The portal then released all those who were previously cubed and the others once trapped in the game, including the Weather-Controlling Pegasi, Twilight's old friends, DJ Pon-3, Spike and Scott. NPCs and other players seen before exit the warehouse where the gate had been built.

Jay and Nya embrace and share a kiss, the other Ninja and the Mane Six all gather around and ask what happened, as they only remember their time in the game up until they were cubed. Jay says he'll explain everything later, as it's a long story. After the Red Visors and Whack Rats return to the game since Ninjago doesn't impress them, the ninja ask about Unagami. Jay replies that he's "where he belongs", with Dyer, and like everyone else formerly trapped in the game, is happy to be home.

This episode ends with the song, Right There in Front of Me, where the main cast never forgets them in touch, as they and the recurring characters and the others dancing within the streets of Ninjago City, Borg Tower, Sugarcube Café, outskirts of Ponyville and in the Prime Empire game, and ends on a large group shot of the Ponyville and Canterlot ponies and Ninjago City citizens with the Ninja and the Mane Six in the middle.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole/Daydream Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Indigo Zap - Kelly Sheridan
* Jay/Daydream Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai/Daydream Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaya/Daydream Kaya - Nicole Bouma
* Lemon Zest - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Lloyd Garmadon/Daydream Lloyd - Sam Vincent (Andrew Francis as his singing voice)
* Milton Dyer - Mark Hildreth
* Minuette - Rebecca Hussain
* Mrs. Dyer - Mary Black
* Nya/Daydream Nya - Kelly Metzger (Shannon-Chan Kent as her singing voice)
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman (Shannon Chan-Kent as her singing voice)
* Princess Celestia - Nicole Oliver
* Princess Luna - Tabitha St. Germain
* Princess Okashi - Trish Pattendon
* Police Commissioner - Michael Donavan
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain (Kazumi Evans as her singing voice)
* Sour Sweet - Sharon Alexander
* Spike - Kelly Metzger
* Starlight Glimmer - Kelly Sheridan
* Sugarcoat - Sienna Bohn
* Sunny Flare - Britt Irvin
* Sunset Shimmer - Rebecca Shoichet
* The Mechanic - Michael Antonakos
* The Overlord - Scott McNeil
* Trixie - Kathleen Barr
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong (Rebecca Shoichet as her singing voice)
* Unagami/Empire Dragon - Dean Redman, Zion Simpson
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
	+ Sea of Sand
		- Kryptarium Prison
* Equestria
	+ Canterlot
		- Canterlot Castle

## Differences between this episode and Ninjago episode, Game Over

* Unagami transformed into the Empire Dragon due to the corruption by the Overlord, while in the actual episode, the Empire Dragon is his true form.
* Nya and Jay both stop Unagami.
* The Ninja appear no longer cubed in the final battle against Unagami.

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Jay
	+ In the Polish version of the episode, the narrator is Lloyd instead of Jay. Strangely, the narrator in the Latin American version is Cyrus Borg even though he never appeared in the episode.
* The title is a reference to games where the player is either defeated (runs out of lives, health bar depleted, hit points (HP) reach zero), fails any type of mission: such as stealth, timed, raced, and QTEs, or like in arcade games, doesn't press 'Continue' after 10 seconds.
* The original title of the episode was *Miracles*.
* The Daydream Ninja and the Mane Six in Rainbow Power alludes to the Sailor Guardians and Princess Serena defeating Queen Beryl in the final episode of *Sailor Moon*.
* Unagami's child version shirt has a style of the Namco famous 1980's arcade game, *Pac-Man*.
* The ending in which Unagami becomes a real boy may serve as a reference to the ending of Disney's *Pinocchio*.
* This episode marks the last of the few things:
	+ This is the last episode where Kelly Metzger voiced Spike before Tabitha St. Germain takes over.
	+ This is also the last episode to have Shannon Chan-Kent, Kazumi Evans and Andrew Francis as Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Lloyd and Nya's singing voices respectively. However, Rebecca Shoichet will still become the singing voice for Twilight Sparkle in the next few seasons.

## Continuity

* The Ninja's Daydream forms are introduced in this episode, hence this is the first appearance of someone wearing Daydream forms since "Curseworld - Part II" as Daydream Shimmer.
	+ Their way of defeat is similar to the way the Ninja and the Mane Six defeat King Sombra in "The Beginning of the End: Into the Breach".
* Princess Okashi forgives Celestia and Luna in this episode.
* All the Cubed players, including the Ninja, Mane Five and Scott return to Ninjago City and Equestria.
	+ As a result, the Earth Ponies continue doing agriculture, the Pegasi continue to control weather and the Unicorns can continue to protect danger, after they got released from the Prime Empire.
	+ Okino, Racer Seven, Starsong, Kimono, Blue Dreamer, Sunny Blaze, the Dance-Bot and Star Catcher enter Ninjago City and Equestria.
	+ Nelson can be seen with his mother, Roise, upon exiting the warehouse.
		- This confirms that Roise was also trapped in *Prime Empire*, as Nelson mentioned her playing the game in "Gayle Gossip: A Closer Look."
	+ The Red Visors and Whack Rats also arrive in Ninjago, yet many willingly return to *Prime Empire*, if not all.
* Despite having the characters from *Prime Empire*, this is the second episode of the season since its debut to not feature the *Prime Empire* video game, the first being "Prime Empire: Blessing or Curse."
* This is the third season finale to have the final confrontation take place on Borg Tower, the first two being "The Legendary Friend" and "School Raze: Magic Destiny."
	+ Additionally, Lloyd and the Alicorns defeated The Overlord at that spot in "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master" before the tower was built.
* It is the sixth season finale where the final battle takes place in Ninjago City. The first was in Season 1 against the Great Devourer, Season 2 and Season 3 both faced The Overlord and Seasons 8 and 9 against Harumi, along with the Overlord.
* The Mechanic, Antonia, Clutch Powers, Gayle Gossip, Vinny, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Mayor Mare all make cameos in the episode.
* Milton Dyer and Unagami make amends at the end of the episode, similar to Wu and Morro in "Curseworld - Part II."
* Jay picks Nya up and spins her around the same way he did when the ninja were dancing to "The Weekend Whip" in "True Potential."
* Unagami finally reforms in this episode, and he accepts Friendship to the Ninja and Milton Dyer.
	+ This is due to taking Jay's hand to try something new, just how Sunset did to Twilight.
* The Overlord escapes into hiding after his defeat.
* The ending of Right There in Front of Me is similar with the Ninja, the Mane Six, the recurring characters and all background characters appear in the group shot, similar to the ending of Friends Are Always There For You.

## Errors

* When three Red Visors are charging at Wu, Zane, P.I.X.A.L, Celestia, Luna, the Resistance Three, Fluttershy, Kaya, Okashi and Dyer, they have their normal red visors over their 'faces', however after Zane freezes them in ice, one Red Visor's visor disappears.
* At the end of the episode when Jay replies to Cole's question, Kai is nowhere to be seen, although he can be seen next to Lloyd in the next frame.

## Gallery

Daydream KaiDaydream ColeDaydream ZaneDaydream NyaDaydream JayDaydream LloydSaving ZaneCorrupted Dragon UnagamiFree at last!"He's home"