Ninjago S2 E3

## Plot

Jay is trying and failing to teach Lloyd how to properly harness his lightning powers. Wu tells him that sometimes the greatest opponent we face is ourselves, and that's especially true of Lloyd. Nya invites Jay to the auto body shop. She got a part time job there, and plans to fix the tank in her off time. She also has a letter for Lloyd. It's from his old boarding school. Since the guys were last there, they've changed from teaching boys how to be villains to teach them how to be good children. They've invited Lloyd to a ceremony to award him an honorary degree in excellence, because his change inspired them. Garmadon gathers the Serpentine to brainstorm on how to use the Mega Weapon to destroy the ninja. He reminds them that the weapon can only create, not destroy, and that he can only use it once a day. He gets an idea and wishes for the ninja to finally meet their match. This creates evil duplicates of them. The guys are riding the dragon to the school. They meet an old classmate of Lloyd's, Brad Tudabone. They don't see anyone in class. Brad says that this is because they stay out of sight for Ninja Day, to thank the ninja for showing them the light. He takes them to Principal Noble's office. The guys find it weird that they haven't seen a teacher yet. It's revealed that the students have taken over the school, and are still evil. They meet another one of Lloyd's old classmates, Gene, who knocks them all out with sandbags. The ninja are imprisoned with the rest of the staff. The invitation was just a trick to lure Lloyd there and convince him to turn evil again and be their leader. The evil duplicates talk to Wu. He can tell that something's off with them and quickly confirms that they're not his students. He fights them, but is pinned to the wall by shurikens. He'll never tell them where the ninja are. They leave for the auto body shop when they hear Nya's message for Jay on his phone. Evil Jay learns where the real ninja are and kisses Nya. He also takes the tank, which explains how they got there. The principal reveals that no one knows the school very well because they're all new. The old teachers were evil and quit in protest when the school turned good. They decide that since it's an evil school, it's safe to assume that there's hidden passages somewhere. They escape the room, but run into spiders. Lloyd tries to trick the students into untying him by saying that he couldn't stand being good, but they don't believe him. The evil ninja duplicates show up. They easily defeat the kids, who run. Lloyd shatters a light bulb on purpose to use the glass to cut the rope. That's actually pretty smart. I don't care if he doesn't have fingers though, using sharp glass shards to cut something probably would've given him some kind of cut. The students come back and barricade themselves in the room. Gene tells him that his friends are pure evil. The real ninja finally escape and meet their evil counterparts. The students see them fighting, and Lloyd knows that it must be his father's doing. Gene observes that it's like fighting a mirror, and no one can land a blow. The kids tie Lloyd up again when he says they should help his friends, because they want to help the evil ninja. Lloyd admits that he's good, but says that Brad is too. On the day they first met, he was nice to Lloyd. He tries to say that he did it to get in good with his dad. Lloyd says that it's because deep down, he's good. And so is everyone else. Lloyd has a plan that involves sewing. They make ninja costumes for themselves that confuse the evil ninja. The ninja *finally* defeat their evil counterparts. Lloyd has learned to harness his lightning powers.