Crystalized

*“Destruction comes from conflict, from the eternal struggle between light and dark. I will end that struggle. If you serve me, I will destroy the Balance and end the conflict once and for all. There will be peace in the dark.”*

— Crystal King, Episode 13

## Crystalized

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* Poster 2
* Teaser

## Title Card

***Crystalized*** is the fifteenth and final season in the *LEGO Ninjago* series, and the nineteenth installment overall. It first released on May 20th, 2022. Lloyd appears as the mascot Ninja, and the Crystal King is the main antagonist. The Vengestone Army serve as the villainous faction.

It is the sixth and final installment in the Book of Elements arc and marks the end of the *LEGO Ninjago* Saga. This season encompasses the **Destruction Chapter**. The villainous faction retelling is the past villain's ghosts in the Council of the Crystal King. The collectible items in this season are the Weapons of Destruction.

In January 2022, a series of shorts titled *The Virtues of Spinjitzu* were released as the first 2022 Ninjago installments preceding Season 15.

It is preceded by *Seabound* and followed by *Dragons Rising*.

## Plot Summary

The Ninja are back for another season with brand new adventures in NINJAGO: Crystalized! This time they have been locked up in Kryptarium Prison where they are surrounded by some of their old enemies. Here they learn a mysterious Crystal King is recruiting a council of evil enemies. To find out the identity of this new enemy, they escape from prison and become fugitives. Who is the Crystal King? Why is he gathering a powerful counsel? Get ready for another action-packed mission with the ninja!

## Characters

* Antonia - Brynna Drummond
* Aspheera - Kathleen Barr
* Benthomaar - Cole Howard
* Blazy H. Speed - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Clutch Powers - Ian James Corlett
* Cole - Andrew Francis
* Cyrus Borg - Lee Tockar
* Dareth - Alan Marriott
* Fuchsia ninja - Travis Turner
* Fugi-Dove - Adrian Petriw
* Garmadon - Mark Oliver
* Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
* Harumi - Britt McKillip, Andrew Francis (masked)
* Hounddog McBrag - Michael Dobson
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Killow - Gary Chalk
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Maya - Jillian Michaels
* Mechanic - Michael Antonakos
* Mezmo - Paul Dobson
* Miss Demeanor - Erin Mathews
* Mister F - Brent Miller
* Nelson - David Raynolds
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Nyad - Andrea Libman
* Okino - Alessandro Juliani
* Orange ninja - Kelly Sheridan
* Overlord - Scott McNeil
* Pink ninja - Michael Adamthwaite
* Police Commissioner - Michael Donovan
* Pythor - Michael Donovan
* Ray - Vincent Tong
* Ronin - Brian Dobson
* Sally - Ashleigh Ball
* Skyler Chen - Heather Doerkson
* Teal ninja - Ryan Biel
* Twitchy Tim - Brian Drummond
* Ulisses Norville - Charles Demers
* Ultra Violet - Sharon Alexander
* Vania - Sabrina Pitre
* Vangelis - Deven Mack
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Yellow ninja - TBA
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Battles

* Neon Ninja vs. Miss Demeanor
* Ninja vs. Miss Demeanor & her goons
* Neon Ninja vs. Miss Demeanor & her goons
* Ninja vs. New Ninja
* Ninja vs. Aspheera
* Ninja vs. New Ninja
* Ninja vs. Kryptarium Inmates
* Ninja vs. Pythor & Crystal Spiders
* Jay & Cole vs. Mechanic
* Jay, Cole, Kai, & Zane vs. Mechanic
* Lloyd vs. Council of the Crystal King
* Lloyd vs. Mister F
* Master Wu, Nya, P.I.X.A.L., and Skylor vs. Council of the Crystal King
* Lloyd vs. Council of the Crystal King & the Overlord
* Ninja vs. Crystal Army
* Wu vs. Overlord
* Jay vs. Mechanic
* Kai & Skylor vs. Pythor
* Garmadon, Lloyd, & Harumi vs. Crystal King
* Nya vs. The Mechanic
* Ninjago City citizens vs. Crystal Army
* Zane vs. Mister F
* Cole vs. Vangelis
* Jay vs. Pythor
* Kai vs. Aspheera
* Lloyd & Golden Ultra Dragon vs. Crystal King

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Endless Sea
		- Lighthouse
	+ Desert
		- Twitchy Tim's shop
		- Kryptarium Prison
		- Samurai X Cave
	+ Ninjago City
		- Ninjago City N-line Railroad
		- Mayor's office
		- Ninja courthouse
		- Hanger-Bay
		- Borg Tower
			* Borg Tower Vaults
	+ Mountains of Impossible Height
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
			* Undergound Base
	+ Kai's dojo
	+ Primevals Eye
		- Temple of the Crystal King

## Sets

Lloyd and the Golden Ultra Dragon is the mascot, and the Weapons of Destruction are the collectible items of the season. The set background is based on Ninjago City, darkened with purple clouds and a floating island in the center, with the Crystal Samurai and Ninjago City citizens around it fighting against each other.

* 71768 Jay's Golden Dragon Motorbike
* 71769 Cole's Dragon Racer
* 71770 Zane's Golden Dragon Raider
* 71771 Temple of the Crystal King
* 71772 The Crystal King
* 71773 Kai's Golden Dragon Raider
* 71774 Lloyd's Golden Ultra Dragon
* 71775 Nya's Samurai X MECH

### *Ninjago: Core* sets

The sets that represent the *Virtues of Spinjitzu* episodes. These sets do not have an official mascot, but Wu is featured on most of the boxes even though he only appears in only one of them. Seven banners are the collectible items. The set backgrounds are in a cartoonish style, and it seems like they resemble the Mountains of Impossible Height.

* 71757 Lloyd's Ninja Mech
* 71759 Ninja Dragon Temple
* **71760 Jay's Thunder Dragon EVO**
* 71761 Zane's Power Up Mech EVO
* 71762 Kai's Fire Dragon EVO
* 71763 Lloyd's Race Car EVO
* 71764 Ninja Training Center
* 71765 Ninja Ultra Combo Mech
* 71766 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon
* 71767 Ninja Dojo Temple
* 71776 Jay and Nya's Race Car EVO

### Spinners

* 70688 Kai's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
* 70689 Lloyd's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
* 70690 Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training

## Notes

* This is the first season where Cole is played by Andrew Francis, the voice actor of Morro, after the unfortunate passing of Kirby Morrow.
* This season is referred to as "Season 4," by many channel providers and LEGO as the "fourth" season of the new LEGO Ninjago series that started with Season 11. Netflix released this season in batches starting with Season 4 Part 1, similarly to how *The Island* and *Seabound* were referred to as Season 3 Part 1 and Part 2 respectively.
* This season's official poster is based on the theatrical poster for *Avengers: Endgame* (2018). It is composed the exact same way with similar colors and character placements.
* P.I.X.A.L. notes that Nya will be unfrozen if her temperature rises above 0 degrees. This may imply that Ninjago uses the Celsius Scale of temperature measurement.
* The Ninja, as a team, are arrested for the second time in this season. The first time after *Skybound*.
* Several prominent Ninjago fans in the community were made into minifigures and added as background characters in this season.
* Dareth as a lawyer is reminiscent of Saul Goodman, a character from the tv shows *Breaking Bad* and *Better Call Saul*. His business card and billboard seem to be based on the likeness of Saul Goodman's business card as well.
* This season marks the second time that a group of previous villains return to destroy the Ninja, and coincidentally, Pythor has been a part of both of these groups.
* The first 12 episodes of *Crystalized* were released on LEGO's YouTube channel on May 20th but were taken down three days later. Allegedly, they were uploaded prematurely due to "technical issues."
	+ A week and a half later the episodes returned to LEGO's YouTube channel and were released on Netflix as "Season 4, Part 1."
* When given a suggestion for a fitting final line for the series, Tommy Andreasen replied, "I think 'remarkable' would be fitting." Revealing that the final line of the series will be "remarkable."
* Tommy Andreasen noted that the name of this season is similar to *Seabound* in that it is an indirect spoiler to allude to what happens at the end of this season. In *Seabound*'s case, Nya literally became bound to the sea. In this season's case it's possible that the thing that gets "crystallized" is the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, and the city itself being crystalized.
* When Zane mentions that the rebuilding of the Monastery will take 12 years, 8 months, 2 months, and 3 days, it is a reference to when the Hageman Brothers began to write the pilot episodes.
* According to Niek van Slagmaat on *The Virtues of Spinjitzu*, "After the specialized launches like Prime Empire and Seabound, the markets asked for a wave with the classic Ninjago identity. We would not get any story continuing content in order to make sure we could get started on 2HY 2022 as early as possible. Thus, Core was born. On top of all that, there was an ask to make sure this line helped recruit younger kids into Ninjago. Between our 4+ and our usual 7+ and up sets, there was a gap. We wanted to have a number of 6+ sets to fill that gap. In order to ensure an appropriate building experience for the 6+ agemark we started a lot of model and element concepts to explore the 3 cornerstones of Ninjago: Vehicles, dragons and mechs."
	+ When asked if it will be canon to the TV show, Niek van Slagmaat replied that "The short answer is not directly. There will be several shorts featuring some of the models from this wave, but they will not pick up [where Seabound left things.]
* This season has a total of 6 spin-off episodes dedicated to it.
* Amount of times a different character reads a title card:
	+ **Lloyd**: 6
	+ **Garmadon**: 5
	+ **Harumi**: 3
	+ **Wu**: 3
	+ **Jay**: 2
	+ **Dareth**: 2
	+ **Zane**: 2
	+ **Nyad**: 1
	+ **Ulysses Trustable**: 1
	+ **Hounddog McBrag**: 1
	+ **Antonia**: 1
	+ **Skylor**: 1
	+ **P.I.X.A.L.**: 1
	+ **Cole**: 1

## Continuity

* It has been one year since Nya's disappearance, and all the Ninja are taking it a different way. Zane and Cole remain at the Monastery, but Zane has turned off his emotion switch to increase productivity.
	+ Kai has become a teacher at his own school, teaching kids to run into battle and destroy the enemy without thinking.
	+ Lloyd has resulted in cleaning windows in Ninjago City.
		- Lloyd cleaning windows was foreshadowed in a chapter of *The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye* when he tells Clancee, "I am not going to be cleaning any windows or anything else. My priorities are greater than that."
	+ Jay has become a recluse and started living in Dr. Julien's lighthouse.
		- This mimics the beginning of Season 4 when the Ninja split up after the loss of Zane.
		- This marks the first appearance of the lighthouse since Season 6.
	+ Even after one year, the Vengestone smuggling continues.
		- The mayor has hired a new group of Ninja to handle the threat, known as the New Ninja, to combat this.
	+ It is also mentioned that since *Seabound*, Benthomaar has succeeded his father as the King of Merlopia.
* Nyad's physical form is shown off for the first time. She helps Nya regain her memories, and in a flashback, her death in the undone *Skybound* timeline is shown.
	+ Since the First Master of Amber's appearance in *Amber Spiral*, this marks two of the first Elemental Masters being shown.
* The Ninja use Aspheera's staff to turn Nya human. They were reminded to do this after Kai got his powers taken from the same staff.
	+ After her powers are taken, she returns to normal, and she feels powerless to help the Ninja out of prison. Wu reminds Skylor that no one can ever be powerless. This is a reminder that even after Kai's powers were drained in the same way, they were able to return sometime later.
* Aspheera returns this season after being arrested in *Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu*. After she helps save Nya and escapes, she is recruited to join the council of the Crystal King by Harumi.
* The mayor makes reference to several times the Ninja have indirectly caused danger to the city, namely the Oni Invasion, Aspheera's attack, Prime Empire's invasion, and Kalmaar's invasion.
	+ In Dareth's defense against the Ninja, he recalls the times the Ninja saved the city from Garmadon, Unagami, and The Quiet One.
		- In the case of Harumi, she didn't actually take over the city, but she had a hand in it
* Skylor returns in this season, after having last appeared at the end of *Seabound* to mourn Nya, and after her last speaking role in *Hunted*.
	+ It is revealed that her power of stealing powers fades after some time.
* Dwane, who was originally a junior member of the Explorer's Club, now works for the mayor.
* After regaining her memories and losing her powers, Nya remembers her greatest fear of being normal from looking at the Mirror of Fears in "*The Explorers Club*."
* In the vaults below Borg Tower, Cole and Jay go to steal Aspheera's Staff. There, Cole reminds Jay that in these vaults are the Sword of Sanctuary (last seen in *March of the Oni*,) and the Oni Mask of Vengeance (last seen in *Hunted*.)
* It is revealed that since their powers dampened at the end of *March of the Oni*, the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu have been kept in the Samurai X Cave at the Monastery. However, as it is reminded throughout the past few seasons, it's impossible to truly lose all power. (Such is the case with Kai in *SotFS*, Nya currently, and Skylor.)
	+ After their power is returned to them and they come together, the weapons are destroyed and the powers within them are released. They take form into the Golden Utra Dragon.
* Wu's age is made direct mentioned by him, as he tells Aspheera that he is "thousands of years old."
* Ultra Violet, Ronin, and Captain Soto are shown to be imprisoned in Kryptarium again. Soto and Ultra Violet haven't been seen in the show since *Prime Empire*, meaning both of them have been arrested since then, and Ronin remains there after being arrested in *The Island*.
	+ Ultra Violet being in prison means that she was either put there some time after the events of *Garmadon*, or that this season takes place before it. Later events seem to decanonize the events of *Garmadon*, so Violet being in prison makes no difference.
* King Vangelis returns this season after having been imprisoned in *Master of the Mountain*. He is recruited into the Council of the Crystal King by Harumi.
* Pythor returns this season after last being seen in *Day of the Departed* and *Pythor's Revenge*. He was last mentioned in *Master of the Mountain* as having been on the run, but it is revealed that he was defeated and captured by the New Ninja. He is later broken out of prison and recruited to join the Council of the Crystal King by Harumi.
* Zane uses his human cloak for the first time in this season since *March of the Oni*, making it the first time he has used it in the Book of Elements Arc.
* Twitchy Tim and his gas station return in this season after last appearing in *The Island.*
* Krux, Acronix, and Garmadon are mentioned in this season when the Ninja speculate as to who will be joining the Council of the Crystal King, but Lloyd recalls that the three of their whereabouts are unknown.
	+ This confirms what we've known about the Time Twins for some time, that their disappearances at the end of "*Golden Hour"* are ambiguous.
	+ It also likely means that the events of *Garmadon* take place before this season, as the Ninja still don't know his whereabouts either.
* Kabuki Mask, the masked person who recruited Vangelis, Pythor, Aspheera, and the Mechanic to join the Council of the Crystal King, is revealed to be Harumi.
	+ This marks her first physical appearance since *Saving Faith* in Season 9, not counting Avatar Harumi's appearance in *Prime Empire*.
	+ It is shown in Episode 13 that she died in the fall, but in another realm met with the Overlord, who gave her new life and new purpose. It is shown that following her revival, she returned to the Oni Temple and placed a crystal in the pedestal of the Mask of Hatred, which erected many other crystals in the temple. One of them showed the image of the Crystal King, who is revealed to be the Overlord.
	+ In this flashback it is also revealed that the Crystal King sent Harumi to make him an army out of the enemy's weakness, (Vengestone.) It is shown that Harumi had been giving money to King Vangelis in Shintaro in exchange for large amounts of Vengestone, revealing that their operation with the Crystal King has been going on for at least a year or two. Additionally, Harumi was meeting with Vangelis in the moments before the Ninja's arrival in Shintaro and happened to be there while they spoke to the King.
		- The Ninja faulted her plans for now, but later picked the operation back up while enlisting the help of Miss Demeanor. The shipment that they delayed at the beginning of *Seabound* happened to be one of the last ones.
		- It is also revealed that Lloyd actually attempted to save Harumi after the building fell on her, but she was no longer under the rubble.
		- Harumi tells Lloyd that the Crystal King's ultimate plan is to steal the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, which have been under the Monastery since the end of *March of the Oni.*
* In the Council of the Crystal King, an updated model of Mr. E is seen, who is referred to as Mister F.
* In the episode "*The Council of the Crystal King*," Clutch Powers can be seen holding onto the Teapot of Tyrahn. This marks the fifth appearance of the teapot in the Book of Elements Arc, having first appeared in the belly of Beohernie in *Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu*, then later held by Clutch in *Prime Empire*, wondered about its whereabouts by Lloyd in *Master of the Mountain*, and then being seen at the Explorer's Club in *Seabound*.
	+ The only installment in the Book of Elements Arc it has not appeared in at all is *The Island.*
* The character Sally that appears in "*The Benefit of Grief"* is reminiscent of another character named Sally who was originally featured in Season 3. Both of them wear similar glasses and share a name, so it's not implausible that the girl in Master Wu's class from *Rebooted* grew up wanting to be a singer and dyed her hair pink.
* Lloyd uses his Oni powers for the first time in Episode 14, revealing that like his father, his Oni power is fueled by anger. This marks the first time Lloyd uses the Element of Destruction.
* The Samurai X Cave appears for the first time in this season, the first time in the WildBrain seasons, and the first since "*Secrets Discovered"* in Season 7.
* When Lloyd meets the Overlord for the first time again, he calls back to Lloyd saying, "It ends now," in "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master." from Season 2.
* The Overlord reveals that his new plan must be to "crystalize" the Ninja in order to stop them fully, because if he was to destroy them, their powers would take on new hosts. This fully confirms the concept that Elemental Powers may "find" new hosts when they lack one. It was originally merely hinted that was the case by creators in regard to Morro's power of Wind, but this confirms it outright.
	+ This is further confirmed in *Dragons Rising* when the new Elemental Master of Wind is revealed to be a woman living in the Cloud Kingdom.
* It's revealed that since *March of the Oni* and *Garmadon*, Garmadon has been living in an apartment with NGTV's Vinny and has been sending Wu newspaper clippings forewarning him of the Overlord's immanent return.
	+ The episode "*Christofern"* actually decanonizes the events of the *Garmadon* comic. It's revealed that instead of encountering Lord Mogra and the Red Crows to find himself and learn empathy, Garmadon instead began living with Vinny right after the events of Season 10 and learned empathy by taking care of a potted plant he named "Christofern."
* The Crystal Army's weakness is revealed to be pure Dragon or Oni power, demonstrated by Garmadon who harnesses this. Lloyd being part Oni makes him also able to achieve this feat.
* Quanish the Elder, Fenwick's brother, is said to have created a prophecy about achieving the Dragon forms, the opposite of an Oni form. This is a reference to *The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye* Chapter 11, which dictates the point where Quanish wrote this scroll.
* In "*Compatible*," Kai flirts with Skylor using the same technique he taught Jay during Episode 1 of *March of the Oni*.
* Following Season 12, Racer Seven has renamed herself Blazy H. Speed.
* It is stated by the Overlord, which was already hinted at since Season 2, that the Great Devourer was corrupted by himself, which was part of his design to corrupt Garmadon to become his vessel. While it was known that destiny would lead Garmadon and the Overlord together all that time ago, it was never specifically stated until now that the Overlord himself created the Great Devourer.
* At the end, the Overlord is defeated for good, and the original four Ninja's powers leave them to go back to where they came from. It is hinted that they may return some day.
	+ It is revealed that they do in fact return to them in a canon book series set after *Crystalized*. By the time *Dragons Rising* starts, all of their powers have been restored.
* The *Virtues of Spinjitzu* episodes show Wu using his Creation powers to the fullest extent we've ever seen it, being able to manifest entire locations and beings and impress them on the Ninja.
* The flashback in which Lilly dances with Lou in *The Virtues of Spinjitzu* may be inspired by *Way of the Departed*, where it is mentioned in Chapter 3 that Lilly and Lou often danced outside on the terrace of their house, and Cole secretly watched.

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