Underworld helmet

*You may be looking for Lord Garmadon's other helmets.*

*“I think there'll be some changes in management around here.”*

— Garmadon to Samukai, "An Underworldly Takeover"

The **Underworld helmet** was Garmadon's first helmet and a symbol of authority in the Underworld. It previously belonged to Samukai. When Garmadon put on the Helmet of Shadows, he left this helmet behind next to the Celestial Clock.

## History

### Long before the pilot episodes

Once fallen warriors began to populate the Underworld as undead Skulkin, the helmet was put to use as a symbol of authority amongst the skeletons, with Samukai eventually arriving and seizing it for his own.

### An Underworldly Takeover (flashback)

With Garmadon banished to the Underworld, the disgraced hero sought a means of escaping the realm by taking control of the Skulkin, and after defeating a vengeful Samukai in combat, donned the helmet for his own.

With the symbol of Skulkin authority now his, Garmadon would proceed to command the skeletal beings, wearing it even after betraying and forsaking the fallen warriors.

### The Day Ninjago Stood Still

Offered the Helmet of Shadows by The Overlord in order to begin the countdown of the Celestial Clock, Garmadon accepted the being's offer, discarding the helmet.

## Appearances

Sets
* 2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress
* 2506 Skull Truck
* 2507 Fire Temple
* 2256 Lord Garmadon
* 9446 Destiny's Bounty
* 9450 Epic Dragon Battle
* 70618 Destiny's Bounty (easter egg)
* 70664 Spinjitzu Lloyd vs Garmadon (Legacy)
* 70679 The Ultra Dragon (Legacy)
* 71701 Kai's Fire Dragon (Legacy)

*Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*
Pilot episodes
* 1. "Way of the Ninja (pictured)
* 3. "King of Shadows"
* 4. "Weapons of Destiny"

Mini-movies
* 4. "An Underworldly Takeover" (flashback)

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes
* 4. "Never Trust a Snake" (dream)
* 7. "Tick Tock"
* 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
* 9. "The Royal Blacksmiths"
* 10. "The Green Ninja"
* 11. "All of Nothing"
* 13. "Day of the Great Devourer"

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja
* 14. "Darkness Shall Rise"
* 15. "Pirates vs. Ninja"
* 16. "Double Trouble"
* 17. "Ninjaball Run"
* 18. "Child's Play"
* 19. "Wrong Place, Wrong Time"
* 20. "The Stone Army"
* 21. "The Day Ninjago Stood Still"

Season 3: Rebooted
* 28. "The Art of the Silent Fist" (flashback)
* 32. "Codename: Arcturus" (flashback)

Season 4: Tournament of Elements
* 44. "The Corridor of Elders" (flashback)

Season 5: Possession
* 45. "Winds of Change"

Ninjago: Decoded
* 1. "Legacy"
* 4. "Ninjago's Most Wanted"
* 7. "Beasts and Dragons"
* 8. "Rise of Garmadon"
* 9. "Prophecy of the Green Ninja"
* 10. "Greatest Battles"

Season 9: Hunted
* 92. "Saving Faith" (flashback)

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu
* 1. "Master Class" (painting)
* 2. "Green and Gold" (painting)
* 3. "The Weekend Drill" (painting)
* 4. "Elemental Rider" (painting)
* 5. "Blue Lightning" (painting)
* 6. "Samurai X-Treme" (painting)

Season 10: March of the Oni
* 95. "The Darkness Comes" (painting)
* 98. "Endings" (painting)

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu
* 99. "Wasted True Potential" (painting)

Season 13: Master of the Mountain
* 145. "Shintaro" (painting)

The Virtues of Spinjitzu
* 1. "Curiosity" (painting)

Video games
* *Spinjitzu Smash DX* (non-canon)
* *LEGO Battles: Ninjago* (non-canon)
* *LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin* (non-canon)

## Trivia

* In the design phase, Kruncha's minifigure wore a helmet that looked identical to the original version of this helmet.

* In the sets, the helmet comes in two forms; The first in the 2011 sets, being comprised of the traditional Samurai helmet with the small bone piece, and later the 2012 (and Legacy) version, with the helmet now replaced by the new, narrower helmet used on Samurai X.
* It is unknown what happened to the helmet after Garmadon discarded it, though it was likely left on the Dark Island.
* There are a few errors involving the switch between the helmets.
	+ Garmadon did not appear to remove his original helmet before donning the Helmet of Shadows in "The Day Ninjago Stood Still," and the original helmet is nowhere to be seen in the following moments.
	+ In "The Last Voyage," when Garmadon was coming down to see the Stone Warriors and the Dark Matter, he was wearing his original helmet, even though he should have been wearing the Helmet of Shadows by then.

* One of the evil samurai in "The Mask of Deception" and "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago" (both released in 2018) wears a helmet identical to the original version of this helmet despite the part being retired since 2011.
* While not appearing in Master of the Mountain aside from the Ninjago history mural, the helmets the Re-Awakened wore bear a striking resemblance to this helmet, though the helmet and bone were colored black.
* In the graphic novel, *Night of the Nindroids*, Lloyd jokingly calls the helmet a "bone hat".

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## References

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