Down the Mountain Hole

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**Down the Mountain Hole** is the first part of the fifty-sixth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. This and the next episode are based on the LEGO Ninjago episode, *The Reall Fall*. Along with "Rock Bottom", it was paired with "The Origins of Twivine" and "Who's Really Who?".

## Synopsis

*Can Princess Vania, Kitonaru and Chompy save her friends through the mountain hole?*

**Teletoon**: *Princess Vania brings Kitonaru and Chompy on a mission down the mountain hole, but things go wrong when they are trapped at the spider web.*

## Plot

After Vangelis watches Vania, Kitonaru and Chompy go after Cole, Applejack, Megan, Wu and Gaia by using a pair of Shintaro wings, Vangelis reverts into his civilian outfit and demands the guards to enter. However, though the Winged Guards were blamed for its actions, Princess Twivine Sparkle uses the plundervines to entangle Hailmar, and turns himself evil. She tells Hailmar to not allow Vania and the others back to the Kingdom of Shintaro. Princess Twivine tells Vangelis to stay put and summon the Grief-Bringer, even though Twivine makes a big mistake for putting her friends in danger.

While Cole and Applejack are screaming and falling, he spots Wu and Gaia who is above him. Cole, Applejack and Megan shout to Wu and Gaia, but they cannot hear them. The three then screams even louder to see if both are alright and Wu and Gaia says they're okay for the moment. Applejack then tells Gia to accelerate so she can hear the two, but Gaia tells the three to slow down their fall. They don't know how to stop, and all he gets from Wu is to flap his arms, but Wu yells for the three to use his Elemental Powers and their Friendship Magic. They flap their arms anyways, but it proves to be useless. Megan tried to transform into Sailor Sky, but her Rainbow of Light did not activate as well.

Wu and Gaia then hear Kitonaru, Chompy and Vania from above. She hollers at the two to slow down their fall by flapping their arms, but it doesn't work. Cole, Applejack and Megan then recognizes some vines, so they grab onto a couple, but their momentum causes the vines to break. Realizing it doesn't work, they are able to grab Wu and Gaia's hand and they wait for Vania. She is able to get into their range, and she tells them to grab onto her as he uses the wings; however, they break and all eight fall, but Chompy was able to transform into a giant dragon to save the seven. Unfortunately, with Chompy unable to carry back, it shrinks and continues to fall.

With no end in sight, they all scream until they hit some spider webs and finally land on one. All eight of them are stuck because of the spider web and Cole, Applejack and Megan start to freak out, and Applejack breaks a fourth wall that somebody could ever save them from the spiders. Vania tells Cole, Applejack and Megan to calm down and talks about reading a book by Clutch Powers and according to standards by the Trail Trotters troop. Before she could finish her sentence, she screams in horror as an enormous spider approaches them.

The spider takes Cole, Applejack and Megan and wraps them in webs. Another spider decides to join and fights for the theee. While both are fighting, the one holding the three drops them, but a third spider takes them. Vania, Kitonaru and Chompy are able to break free and distracts the spider by throwing objects at the spider which causes it to drop Cole. The spider then goes after Vania, so she finds some weapons to fight. She throws a spear at the spider, but it continues to head for Vania. She then climbs onto a ledge and when given the chance, she jumps onto the spider and gives Wu a spear to free the three. Cole, Applejack and Megan were worried that they are soon to be eaten by the spider.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Gaia - Diana Kaarina
* Hailmar - Brian Drummond
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Skull of Hazza D'ur - Michael Adamthwaite
* Vangelis/Skull Sorcerer - Deven Mack
* Twivine Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Vania - Sabrina Pitre
* Wu - Paul Dobson

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Shintaro Mountain
		- Kingdom of Shintaro
			* Shintaro Palace
				+ Throne Room
		- Dungeons of Shintaro
			* Giant Spider Web.

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Kitonaru
* This episode was first broadcast in Turkey on Cartoon Network on August 22, 2020, the same day where "Zound Off", "Unboxing Day", "Our Own Hotpot" and "Lantern Crafting" aired in Canada.
* The title of the episode is the pun on the phrase *Down the Rabbit Hole*, a metaphor for adventure into the unknown, from its use in *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*.
* The way Vania throws a shield at a spider is similar to how Captain America throws his Vibranium Shield at people.
* Applejack breaks a fourth wall in this episode that someone have to save them from the spiders.
	+ This is the fourth time a fourth wall is broken, the first three are "Princess Probz", "A Camping We Will Go" and "All Bottled Up".

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life and Ninjago cartoon

* Applejack's falling expression from "All Bottled Up" is reused in this episode.
* Chompy did not get locked, unlike the original Ninjago episode.
* Princess Twivine hypnotized the Winged Guards of Shintaro against Vania and her allies.

## Errors

* In one scene, Gaia was in her Crystal Guardian outfit. When Vania attempt to save the seven of them, Gaia was in her civilian outfit.
* The opening credits misread Adrian Ingat as "Adrian Ingrat" instead.