Ninjago S1 E1

## Plot

In the monastery, Sensei Wu is meditating. The ninja aren't training, they're lounging around eating pizza and playing video games. Wu berates them for slacking off just because Garmadon vanished. Since he did, Ninjago has had nothing but peace. Wu gives them the age old saying "Never put off 'till tomorrow what can be done today." They haven't even scratched the surface of their true potential. They don't even know about all the secrets their golden weapons hold. Zane tries to assure Sensei that they will be ready when Lord Garmadon returns. Then Nya comes running in, saying that Lord Garmadon has returned. He was spotted near Jamanikai village. The ninja are... less than effective. (Putting it lightly). They all look forward to facing Lord Garmadon... except it's not him, but just some kid named Lloyd Garmadon, AKA son of Lord Garmadon. Lloyd broke out of his boarding school to demand candy from the people of the village. (The boarding school teaches kids how to be evil). Lloyd says that if they don't, he'll release the Serpentine on them. Kai thinks that the Serpentine are just an old fairytale. Zane believes that the Serpentine are real. As this is going on, poor Lloyd is getting vegetables thrown at him. Sure, he's a bad kid, but he doesn't deserve that. Complete with lots of awful jeering *at a child!* Also, Cole reveals that he's also afraid of snakes. The ninja decide to... hang Lloyd on a pole and laugh at him instead of, you know, *returning him to his boarding school?* Are we sure the ninja are the good guys? While getting ready to go back, the ninja find a scroll in Sensei's bag, which Kai grabbed during the rush. It's a prophecy. It says: "One ninja will rise above the others, and become the Green Ninja. The ninja destined to defeat the Dark Lord." The ninja assumes that this means Lord Garmadon. The picture on the scroll shows them, too! The ninja start bickering over who will be the Green Ninja, but Cole, the leader, stops them before things get out of hand. He reminds them that they're a team. He says that they weren't meant to see the scroll, and probably for good reason. (Admittedly, Wu does have a pretty good reason). Meanwhile, Lloyd is wandering through a blizzard. This is what happens when children are left unsupervised and no one bothers to try and bring them home. Lloyd finds a real Serpentine tomb, and falls into it. The tribe is the Hypnobrai. The general accidentally hypnotizes himself and is under Lloyd's control. So now, Lloyd has an entire tribe of snake people under his command. Good thing he's a child with really petty ideas of what evil is. Back at the monastery, the ninja are training extra hard to determine who the green ninja will be. They get a little overzealous with their golden weapons, and Kai accidentally causes a fire. Sensei Wu puts it out with Zane's shurikens. Wu tells them that they weren't meant to see the scroll and that none of them are near the level it takes to be the Green Ninja. Nya is in Jamanikai village when Lloyd attacks with Serpentine. He wants them to steal their candy. Lame. The snakes hypnotize the villagers. Wu sees what's happening via meditation and tells the ninja. They find Nya and come up with a plan. They stop the snakes, but Skales, a snake that doesn't like Lloyd, is able to partially hypnotize Cole. They get the anti-venom in the general's staff and free the whole village.

## Review

This was a good episode. Wu didn't tell them about the Serpentine even though they could've (and now have) become a threat to Ninjago. Just saying. I'm saving up a rant for later.