A Twitchy Situation

**A Twitchy Situation** is the first part of the forty-first episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 145th episode overall. This and the next episode are based on the LEGO Ninjago episode, *Uncharted*. Along with "The Other Side of the Storm", it aired first in English on April 19, 2021, in the UK. It aired in the US on June 12, 2021, paired with "The Search for Supplies" and "The Legend of Wojira".

## Synopsis

*After the people being missing in Potion Island, the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, Haruna and Potion Nova recruit Twitchy Tim and the Wild Siders on a rescue mission.*

**Extended**: *An expedition gone awry for the Explorers Club and the Trail Trotters, as they wander around Potion Island. The Ninja and the ponies have to do with an unconscious Nelson had his Potion Shard removed from Michella and her gang. To get to Potion Island, they need help with an explorer named Timothy Batterson AKA Twitchy Tim, and the new wild friends for help.*

**Tiny Pop**: *Many people and the ponies they know are gone missing in Potion Island, so the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, Haruna and Potion Nova recruit Twitchy Tim, Lightning Chill, Echo and Sugar Snap as a friend in need.*

**Teletoon**: *The team, Haruna and Potion Nova set off to Potion Island with the help of Twitchy Tim and the Wild Siders.*

## Plot

Misako, Clutch Powers, Dwayne, Celestia, Discord, Daring Do, Octavio Pie, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Wu are on an expedition in the jungle, accompanied by Clutch's interns, who are carrying his tanning bed. As they make their way through the brush, they encounter a living statue, one which conjures lightning and attacks them.

Back at the monastery, Cecil Putnam, manager of the Explorers Club arrives with the unfortunate news that Misako's membership has been cancelled, effective immediately, on the grounds that she is presumed lost at sea. On Twilight Sparkle's smartphone, she also realized that Princess Celestia and the group of Trail Trotters are also missing. The ninja, the ponies and the Williams sisters are concerned with Misako, who is revealed to have been on an expedition along with Wu, Clutch Powers, Celestia and the Trail Trotters attempting to navigate the Storm Belt off the coast of southern Ninjago. She was attempting to prove her theory of the mysterious Potion Island, but has not made contact with the club and the scouts for several weeks, and is now considered by them to be lost. The Young Ninja also arrived, but with Nelson unconscious, they unable to find Michella and her gang, as they set off to sea. For the help needed to save Nelson and rescue the lost people, the Ninja and the Mane Six activate the Anywhere Mirror to bring the Wild Siders in.

Later, P.I.X.A.L., Haruna and Potion Nova explains that the Storm Belt is an area off the southern coast plagued by storms, where numerous ships are known to have gone missing. Zane says that to his knowledge, there is only one person to have emerged from the Storm Belt, a man named Timothy Batterson. He was part of a balloon tour that was blown off course, and eventually crashed on this uncharted island. Lloyd orders the team to find out where this Timothy Batterson is, and to pack for the trip.

The team arrives at Batterson's shop, and are greeted by the man, who wears unkempt clothes tattered from an apparently treacherous journey. Batterson introduces himself as "Twitchy Tim," and offers the ninja fuel for their ship. Lloyd questions Tim about the island, but Tim is unwilling to help. He goes into a frenzy, twitching every few moments, yelling about monsters and storms that make the island extremely dangerous. Tim reveals that he was struck by lightning 12 times there. He twitches again (giving off electricity) and asks the ninja once again what type of fuel they would prefer. Lloyd tries to steer the conversation back to the island, and discusses that they are desperate for help, as Tim, as well as the Wild Siders, are the only ones who can help them navigate. Tim denies their request again, and after a series of twitches, once again asks them what their preferred fuel is. He eventually comes around, and boards the ship.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Apple Bloom - Michelle Creber
* Caralisa - Tabitha St. Germain
* Cecil Putnam - Paul Dobson
* Clutch Powers - Ian James Corlett
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Daring Do - Chiara Zanni
* Discord - Peter New
* Dwayne - Sam Vincent
* Echo - Connor Parnall
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Haruna - Onalea Gibertson
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lightning Chill - Bethany Brown
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Octavio Pie - Jesse Inocalla
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Potion Nova - Chanelle Peloso
* Princess Celestia - Nicole Oliver
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Scootaloo - Madeleine Peters
* Sweetie Belle - Claire Corlett
* Sugar Snap - Ana Sani
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Twitchy Tim - Brian Drummond
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Endless Sea
	+ Ninjago
		- Mountains of Impossible Height
			* Monastery of Spinjitzu
			* Hangar Bay
		- Ninjago City (TV screen)
			* Ninjago Park (TV screen)
		- Desert
			* Twitchy Tim's shop
	+ Potion Island
* Storm Belt
* Portal from the Wild Side

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Wu
* This episode first aired in France on March 4, 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 the team meeting Twitchy Tim is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on March 29, 2021.
* The Bounty moving from one location to another in a straight line as marked by a map is a reference to the Indiana Jones franchise, previously alluded to "A Line in a Sand".
* The headline on the newspaper with Ronin on it reads "Fugidove Finallt Captured".
	+ The second word is likely a misspelling of "Finally".
	+ The rest of the newspaper is the "dummy text" used to fill up papers, the "Lorem Ipsum Dolor" passage.
	+ The stone inscription *HELP* in Ninjargon refers to similar inscriptions from shipwreckers from various media.

## Continuity

* The Wild Siders return in this episode, after the six and a half episode absence from "The Black Hole Problem".
* Daring Do finally makes her physical appearance in this episode, although she was first mentioned by Rainbow Dash in "The Tiara of Truth".
* It is unknown whether Twitchy Tim's shop is located in the Desert of Doom, Sea of Sand, or in a completely different desert.
* Ronin, Fugi-Dove, the henchmen, Kryptarium inmates, and an unknown chicken make cameo appearances throughout the episode. The Detrimental Potion Busters are also mentioned as well.
* Ninjago Park appears for the first time since The Hands of Time, although only in the picture in Ninjago City News.
* The police's promising Ronin to clear his name in return for helping them is similar to the story in *School for Crooks*. However, this episode describes Ronin as simply rounding up criminals, while he was helping reform criminals in the story.
* In "Portal Combat", Twilight was able to bring the portal to the Wild Side, which Lloyd opened it via the Anywhere Mirror in this episode.

## Changes

### Changes from the Ninjago cartoon

* The Ninja and the Young Ninja check whether Nelson is alive without the Potion Shard.
* Lloyd opens the Anywhere Mirror to let the Wild Siders in, and asking them to join the mission to save their family and friends.

## Errors

* The newspaper headline with Ronin on it misspells "Finally" as "Finallt".
* When the Wild Siders criticize the Storm Belt is indeed dangerous, Lightning Chill's cutie mark is inverted.
* When checking on Nelson, Potion Nova had wings.
* In P.I.X.A.L.'s last shot inside the Monastery of Spinjitzu, her armor is missing.
* Twitchy Tim says 'Leaded or unleaded', three times, but Jay claims he said it twice. It is likely he meant twice before the third time.