Do I Belong in the Prime Empire?

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**Do I Belong in the Prime Empire?** is the first episode of the Prime Empire Chapter and the twenty-first episode of the first season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*. It is based on the LEGO Ninjago episode *Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire?*.

## Synopsis

*Pinkie Pie finally enters the Prime Empire game and found Jay and her pet Gummy! But the musical number goes havock when the Ninja and the Mane Six to find their friends and lost families!*

## Plot

Citizens in Ninjago City walk around on the streets. A couple of them are seen on their mobile devices. Clutch Powers grabs a teapot and goes to an alley, then light suddenly shines where he stood. Gayle Gossip walks in front of Laughy's, and Dareth follows her as soon as he sees her. Jake plays a video game on his mobile device in a car. A man smells ramen noodles at a food stand. Lil' Nelson and Antonia fist bump after delivering newspapers. Meanwhile, the Mechanic drives his Noodle Truck to the Warehouse of Curses.

He and his henchmen investigate the hardware in the warehouse, but as soon as he sees it, he claims a motherboard with a V-shaped signature inscribed on it. The Mechanic's affairs are interrupted by the Ninja, Mane Six and Spike who jump towards them from above. They fight, but the Mechanic is able to flee with the motherboard. The Ninja, Mane Six and Spike follow behind.

Cole drives his Rock Cycle, and Kai drives Lloyd, Nya, Zane, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Applejack on his Katana 4x4. They pursue the Mechanic on the streets, but he pushes the Katana 4x4 onto a building, which causes it to lose control and stay behind. Cole remains on the Mechanic's tail, sticking a cable to his truck and tying it to a pole, which ultimately causes the truck to malfunction. As soon as the Mechanic gets out of his Noodle Truck, the Ninja surround him. Pinkie Pie takes the motherboard from the Mechanic, but is confused by the design.

The Police Commissioner sends the Mechanic away, and thanks the Ninja and the Mane Six for their help. Fluttershy continues to examine the motherboard. She tries to give it to the Police Commissioner, but gets interrupted as soon as the police are informed of another emergency and leave. The Ninja, Mane Six and Spike decide to go examine the Mechanic's Headquarters after realizing that the Mechanic tried to escape there.

Pinkie Pie opens the door, peeking to be sure there was no danger. The Mechanic's former arm falls on Lloyd, who is frightened. As soon as Pinkie sees an Arcade Pod, he tells the Ninja all about *Prime Empire*, though they do not feel as excited. Pinkie plugs the Arcade Pod to an outlet to show them the game, but it still does not work. Instead of watching Pinkie Pie make the Arcade Pod turn on, they decide to leave her and go investigate the rest of the Mechanic's Headquarters.

Walking through a hallway, Applejack is captivated by the Mechanic's hats, while remarking that her hat is better. Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie complains that she cannot get the Arcade Pod to turn on. Checking the back of the Arcade Pod, she sees a disc receiver, so she grabs the motherboard he took from the Mechanic and inserts it. The Arcade Pod turns on with a red light, which in a couple seconds releases a shockwave of red energy and knocks Pinkie out. The Ninja, Mane 5 and Spike are surprised by what it was. It passes by the Mechanic in handcuffs entering the Police Station, who cackles. As the surge of energy passes by an arcade, all the video games get replaced with *Prime Empire*. A player puts his hands together, preparing himself to play the game. Pinkie wakes up to see *Prime Empire* booted up on the Arcade Pod, so she approaches the game to play.

Kai sees notes with the same logo on the motherboard on the Mechanic's bulletin board, and Lloyd finds a notebook which also has the logo. A monitor boots up behind some books, so Zane pushes them aside to see it. the monitor questions the Ninja if they found the motherboard, and Zane responds typing in the keyboard. The monitor replies back, saying that Unagami is pleased and to activate the game, then turns itself off. Lloyd questions who Unagami is.

Pinkie Pie continues grinding *Prime Empire* happily. She is greeted with a message saying she reached Level 13 in the game. The Arcade Pod asks if she would like to enter *Prime Empire*. Pinkie responds yes and presses a red button. The Arcade Pod opens like a door, revealing a white light behind what were the screen and buttons. Pinkie Pie is attracted to the light and disappears into the Arcade Pod, which then closes and shuts off.

Afterwards, Pinkie Pie spawns into Prime Empire, confused on what happened. She eventually meets up with Jay, who has been trapped in the game longer than she has. They both sing "A Place Where I Belong", describing how different life is in Prime Empire, compared to reality. Throughout the song, they meet up with Scott and soon encounter the Red Visors, and have no choice but to fight them off.

The Ninja, Mane 5 and Spike return to see Pinkie, but she was already gone. In the rest of Ninjago City, *Prime Empire* begins to boot up on more and more Arcade Pods.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Game Voice - Mark Hildreth
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Leroy - Kelly Metzger
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Older Kid - Vincent Tong
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman (Shannon Chan-Kent as her singing voice)
* Police Commissioner - Michael Donovan
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Red Visor - Sam Vincent
* Scott - Adrian Petriw
* Spike - Cathy Weseluck
* Starlight Glimmer - Kelly Sheridan
* The Mechanic - Michael Antonakos
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Unagami - Dean Redman
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- The Mechanic's Headquarters
		- Kiddie Arcade
		- Warehouse of Curses
		- Ninjago City Police Station
* Prime Empire
	+ Terra Technica
		- Gamer's Market

## Transcript

* Do I Belong in the Prime Empire? (Transcript)

## Differences

* Pinkie Pie takes over Jay's role in this episode.

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: *Pinkie Pie*
* Clutch Powers, Gayle Gossip, Dareth, Jake, Vinny, Lil' Nelson, Antonia, Sammy, and Wu's Chicken all make cameo appearances.
* This is the first episode of the Prime Empire Chapter in the second half of the first season.
* The episode's title is the second question-based title.
* The song, "A Place Where I Belong", is sung to the tune of "A Place Called Slaughter Race" from the 2018 Disney film, *Ralph Breaks the Internet*.
* Pinkie Pie is the first of the Mane 6 to enter Prime Empire.
* Jay has already entered Prime Empire before the episode.
* It is also revealed that Kataru and Seiko got sucked into the Prime Empire game.
* This is the first episode where Scott sings.