The New Kids on the Block

**The New Kids on the Block** is the second part of the twenty-eighth episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 132nd episode overall. Along with "Damien's Lucky Charm", it aired first in English on April 8, 2021, in the UK. It aired in the US on April 18, 2021, paired with "Time After Time Capsule" and "The Great Cowgirl Hat Robbery".

## Synopsis

*While in futuristic Ninjago City, Nelson, Jake and Zachary bring Gleam to Ninjago Middle School for a Science project, but Irma plans to freeze the entire class!*

**Extended**: *Kai, Zane, Lloyd, Nelson, Jake, Zachary and Gleam find themselves in futuristic Ninjago City, filled with technological advancements. Though they are having fun here, Nelson forgets there is a Science project in Ninjago Middle School. Showcasing Gleam for an experiment, Irma attempts to find Zane in the future timeline.*

**Tiny Pop**: *In futuristic Ninjago City, Kai, Zane and Lloyd seek help with his future self about a threat coming from the present, while Nelson, Jake and Zachary brings Gleam for a Science project.*

**Teletoon**: *Nelson, Jake and Zachary bring Gleam with their new students for their Science project.*

## Plot

Through the portal the team sucked into in "Time After Time Capsule", Kai, Zane, Lloyd, Nelson, Jake, Zachary and Gleam wind up in Ninjago City in the future timeline, 20 years from now. They explore such futuristic changes, like flying vehicles, drones look like Aerial Drones helping the citizens navigating their way, and droids looked like Red Visors, except they are green. As they enjoy their time taking a tour in futuristic Ninjago City, Nelson forgets that there is a Science project for freshmen students at Ninjago Middle School. The six and Gleam have to split up, Kai, Zane and Lloyd will go to the Monastery of Spinjitzu to look for his own future self, while Nelson, Jake and Zachary went to the Middle School on time.

When Nelson, Jake, Zachary and Gleam enter middle school, everything was different. BorgPads were used in classroom lessons, the cafeteria is self-automated, science labs are now protected with virtual instruments for dissection and students outside Ninjago City, including from the other Sixty Realms are featured. Just then, three unusual students came over the trio, a Munce named Mersha, a Geckle named Gergen and a Formling named Yuili. They need something interesting for a science project. Nelson, Jake and Zachary bought Gleam for a Science project, handed over by the teacher Ms. Irene. During the project on light, Mersha asked Gleam to glow, which she can illuminate herself from her body.

When Kai, Zane and Lloyd reached the monastery, everything also changed: there is an elevator under the mountain. They meet Lloyd's future self, his wife Akita and their two children, Colten and Chika. Lloyd tells his future self that someone from the present came to awake Wojira with the Time Pendant. As such, they went to Ninjago Middle School. Back at school, Irma sneaks in the classroom for a science project, and when Mersha plays with Gleam by touching her belly, Irma uses her Time Pendant to pause the class and Ms. Irene. She then brings Gleam and runs away, only to be found by Lloyd, Kai and Zane in their Island Robes. Nelson, Jake and Zachary also came and demand Irma to return Gleam back. With Gleam reunited, the six have to get back to the present timeline. However, as an exchange, Irma captures Zane, and the five follow her using the FloatScoots that Kai saw earlier.

### Friendship 101

**Lloyd**: Hey. Today Nelson, Jake, Kai and myself will talk about changes in our environment.

**Kai**: In the future, everything has changed due to an existence in technology. From flying vehicles, cashless payments and electronic newspapers to BorgPads for lessons, drones and droids all around. You won't believe changes are even cooler than you have imagined.

**Jake**: And one thing for sure is that change can be sometime good, there are other changes when you are uncomfortable.

**Nelson**: If you have unable to cope with changes, think about how you can manage it and why this change is so important to you. Change also means life. If you felt something that is in distress, talk to an adult if this happens.

**Lloyd**: Everyone can adapt to changes, whether you liked it or not. Until next time.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Chika - Kelly Metzger
* Colten - Dean Petriw
* Gergen - Kyle Rideout
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Green Visors - Sam Vincent
* Irma - Chanelle Peloso
* Irene - Kelly Sheridan
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Kai/Island Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd/Island Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Mersha - Erin Matthews
* Nelson - David Reynolds
* Yuili - Sabrina Pitre
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane/Island Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Ninjago (future timeline)
	+ Ninjago City
		- Ninjago Middle School
			* Cafeteria
			* Classroom 7B
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Zachary
* This episode first aired in France on February 26, 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 Nelson, Zachary and Jake meeting new students at futuristic Ninjago Middle School was shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on March 29, 2021.
* Irma captures Zane as an exchange for getting Gleam.
* Zachary explained that the Ninja and the Mane Six got separated in the portal due to the time paradox they kept their items in the Time Capsule. Since Irma absorbs all her powers using the Time Pendant from the energy of the Time Capsule, she can travel through time anywhere.
* Things have changed in the future timeline in Ninjago City, differing from the present:
	+ Green Visors and drones have appeared.
	+ Cashless Payments are mandatory.
	+ Flying vehicles, including FloatScoots, are used as a mode of transport.
	+ Students used BorgPads during lesson time.
	+ The cafeteria is self-automated.
	+ Digital instruments are used in various science labs for safety purposes.
	+ An elevator was installed at the Monastery of Spinjitzu.

### Friendship 101

* **Hosts**: Kai, Lloyd, Nelson and Jake
* This episode explains about adapting to changes in an environment.
* The clips used are this episode, "Superstar Rockin' Jay", "Damien's Lucky Charm" and "The Comet Section".
* **Moral**: Everyone can adapt to changes, whether you liked it or not.

## Continuity

* This episode takes place 20 years in the future, as stated in "The Fate of Lloyd" and the end of "Awakenings".
* This is the second time in the series where Zane got captured in the end. The first is "Prime Empire: Blessing or Curse?".
* The Ninjago City in the future timeline bears some resemblance to the Terra Technica in *Prime Empire*.
* The music that plays when the group split up is the same music at the beginning of "The Hands of Time" and plays again in at the end of "Megan's Eternal Wish".

## Changes

### Changes from the Ninjago cartoon

* Scenes from the beginning of "Superstar Rockin' Jay" are used when they explore the futuristic Ninjago City.