Ninja (Team)

## Ninja

The Ninja

> "*♪Because friends are always stay side your side, as we stay together. A friend for YOU!♪*"
> ― The Ninja, singing the final verse of the song before lying down on the intestinal floor.
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The **Ninja** (also known as the **Masters of Spinjitzu** or the **Wu-Cru**) are a group of young warriors formed by Master Wu to protect the land of Ninjago from evil. They are one of the main protagonists of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship*. Since the team's formation, they have fought many foes. After Cole, Kai, Jay, and Zane united, they fought Lord Garmadon and the Skulkin, and later, the Serpentine, which were freed by Lloyd Garmadon. Lloyd would become the fabled Green Ninja, while his father, Lord Garmadon, returned and continued to pose a threat, alongside the Overlord and the Stone Army. They are companions to the Mane Six.

As the years went on, the Ninja faced further obstacles and adversaries, and even gained a new recruit in Nya, who joined the team as the Water Ninja. They battled Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, the Golden Master and the Nindroids, Lord Tirek, Master Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists, Starlight Glimmer, the Preeminent and Morro and the Ghost Warriors, Nadakhan and the Sky Pirates in an erased timeline, Clouse and the Shadow Army, and the Pony of Shadows, Time Twins and the Vermillion.

After Wu's disappearance, Lloyd achieved the rank of Ninja Master and decided to open the Academy of Spinjitzu for the students to teach, and since Wu's return, they have fought Harumi and the Sons of the Overlord backed by the resurrected Overlord himself, Cozy Glow, Iron Baron and the Dragon Hunters, and the Omega, the Oni and the Legion of Doom.

As time went by, the Ninja have had no conflict and stepped down to relax, much to Wu's anger. In order to get back into fighting shape, the Ninja take a trip to Hope Hollow but accidentally went to the Desert of Doom to look for an adventure. However, the Ninja, the Mane Six and the archaeologist Clutch Powers accidentally release the Serpentine sorceress Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers from their tomb in the Ancient Pyramid. However, they were mourned when one of Zane's companion, Fluttershy, was sent to the Never-Realm by Aspheera. Afterwards, the Ninja and the Mane Five traveled there to rescue her, but they will have to face the Ice Emperor and the Blizzard Samurai in order to succeed. The ninja found out that Zane was the Ice Emperor and enslaved the realm. The ninja were able to get through to him after a lengthy battle returning the Ice Ninja to his senses. With Zane back, the ninja were able to return to Ninjago.

## History

### The Return of Lord Garmadon and Nightmare Moon

Dreading the return of his evil brother, Lord Garmadon, who is desperate to claim the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, Master Wu, the younger son of the First Spinjitzu Master, searched the land for four teenagers to find the weapons first. He came across the current Elemental Masters of the Elements of Creation: Cole—Master of Earth, Zane—Master of Ice, Jay—Master of Lightning, and Kai—Master of Fire, whose sister Nya had been kidnapped by Garmadon's army of Skulkin, though none of the four had unlocked their respective Elemental Powers yet. With Wu's teaching, the four became Ninja, learned the art of Spinjitzu, and retrieved all but the last weapon, the Sword of Fire. Unfortunately, Garmadon and Nightmare Moon used Nya and Spike to lure Kai and Twilight to the Fire Temple and stole the sword, the Skeleton Army sneaking up on the sleeping Ninja and Ponies and stealing the other three weapons. One day, on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars aid Nightmare Moon to escape. At once, Nightmare Moon wants the night to last forever. The Mane Six team the Ninja to find the Elements of Harmony.

Wu followed the Skulkin general Samukai to the Underworld, the Ninja and Mane Six following by taming the four Dragons who guarded the Golden Weapons.

After finding the five elements, Nightmare Moon sought chaos, as the night will last forever. However, with her friends, they used the Elements of Harmony to defeat her when it five elements create the sixth element. As a result, Princess Luna reunites with Princess Celestia.

The ten watched as Wu and Samukai fought, each wielding two of the four weapons. Samukai eventually gained a hold of all four, however, their immense power overwhelmed him leading to his death, the ensuing tear through space and time allowing Garmadon to escape to the Realm of Madness, which would enable him to wield all four weapons without death. The Ninja, along with Nya, move to Wu's Monastery, the four Ninja continuing their training for Garmadon's return. Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle lives with her friends, as she is continue her findings about Friendship in her new home, Ponyville.

### Rise of the Serpentine

Unfortunately, lack of action led them to laziness, preferring to play video games instead of staying fit and powerful. Unbeknownst to them, a new threat was brewing. Wishing to live up to his father's feared name, while harbouring feelings of sadness for his dad's departure, Garmadon's son Lloyd sought to cause chaos in Ninjago, and achieve his selfish desires in the process. After the Ninja made a fool of him, he inadvertently led to the successful release of all five tribes of the mythical Serpentine (one tribe, the Hypnobrai, burning down Wu's Monastery, forcing the team to relocate to the *Destiny's Bounty*, a damaged pirate ship Zane found by following a mysterious Falcon), now led by the last of the Anacondrai, Pythor P. Chumsworth, who seeks the Four Silver Fangblades to awaken the Great Devourer.

The Ninja battle the united Serpentine, while a mysterious samurai continuously steals their thunder. Eventually Lloyd, who was taken in by the Ninja after being betrayed by the snakes, is captured and Wu leaves to find someone who can help free him. On their own, the Ninja engage in battle with the Serpentine in order to stop the awakening of the Devourer, each one unlocking their true potential in the process (with the team learning Zane is a Nindroid). They also learn valuable perspectives among the Six. They also learn Nya to be the Samurai.

Nearly a day after the Galloping Gala, Discord, returns after he got turned to stone by Celestia and Luna. Once he was freed, Discord creates eternal chaos, like creating chocolate rain and a difficult maze. The Mane Six become corrupted, until they find the Elements of Harmony, which defeat Discord, resulting of turning him back into stone.

Wu returns with Garmadon to help save Lloyd, who to everyone's surprise (and Garmadon's dismay) is the Green Ninja, the warrior prophesied to defeat the "dark lord." Though the Ninja, with Garmadon's help, are able to recover all four Fang Blades, Pythor steals them and manages to awaken the Great Devourer, though it devours him and Wu. The Devourer is only able to be defeated by Garmadon, wielding all four Golden Weapons, the "dark lord" escaping afterwards.

Finding Wu in a puddle of the Devourer's venom, the Ninja promise to train Lloyd so he'll be ready for the decisive battle against his father.

### A Canterlot Wedding/The Overlord and the Stone Army

After the defeat of the Great Devourer, the Ninja and the Mane Six, along with the Green Ninja, fought against Garmadon, the Overlord, and the indestructible Stone Army. They also defeat Queen Chrysalis, an evil Changeling queen, after she was disguised as Princess Cadance. She was finally defeated by Princess Cadance and Shining Armor's love magic, in which eventually defeat Chrysalis and the army of Changelings.

The Overlord transformed into a Dragon and Lloyd became the Golden Ninja, the Overlord was finally defeated and Garmadon returns to normal, as well as Cadance and Shining Armor got eventually married.

### Attack of the Nindroids/Princess Twilight Sparkle

Ninjago was at peace, thanks to Lloyd, after transforming into the Golen Ninja, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight, who defeated the Overlord, but he returns, having integrated himself the Borg Industries' computers. The Ninja had to fight again with the Overlord, only now with an old enemy, Pythor, and the Nindroids.

However, the Ninja emerged victorious, from saving the Crystal Empire to Twilight Sparkle becoming an Alicorn Princess, but at the cost of Zane, who sacrificed himself. Unbeknownst to the others however, Zane's mind and spirit had transferred itself into Borg Industries' computers and managed to rebuild himself.

Soon after however, he was captured by Ronin along with P.I.X.A.L. Zane was taken to Chen's Island, where he was stripped of his power and held hostage.

### Keys of Friendship, Master Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists

After the apparent sacrifice of Zane, the Ninja are divided, where they part ways. Before bringing Zane back together, Discord planted plunderseeds to trap Celestia and Luna. In turn, the Mane Six give up the Elements to the Tree of Harmony, causing a scared sprout to bloom, revealing the six locks. However, everything changed when Lloyd attempts to bring them back together and they discovered that Zane was still alive. To rescue him they had to go to the island and take part in the Tournament of Elements.

During this time, they discovered the truth of their powers after they met and befriended the Elemental Masters. The Ninja were also able to unlock the ability to use Elemental Dragons. Soon after, the Mane Six find all the keys to open the chest, with the exception of Twilight's key.

When Lord Tirek escaped from Tartarus, he absorbs all the power and magic from the three pony races. The Mane Six team the Ninja allied with their new friends and old ones to make one final effort at the Corridor of Elders in order to defend their home. After Twilight Sparkle lost her Alicorn magic, she is weakened. However, with the final key found by Twilight, she and her friends finally open the chest, unlocking their Rainbow Power and eventually defeat Tirek and sent to Tartarus. The chest planted at southern side of Ponyville, resulting the formation of Twilight's new castle, the Castle of Friendship.

With the sacrifice of Garmadon, Master Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists were banished to the Cursed Realm.

### The Cutie Map, Morro and the Ghost Warriors

At Twilight Sparkle's new castle, she and her friends sit on their respective thrones and unwittingly activate a holographic map of Equestria, with floating images of their cutie marks pointing to a remote location on it. Deciding to investigate, the six friends follow the map to find a utopian village of ponies who share the same cutie mark, a black equals sign, which eventually fall into a trap by Starlight Glimmer. When opening the portal of the Cursed Realm, a ghost named Morro, who was the first student of Sensei Wu, possessed Lloyd and shortly after takes the Realm Crystal and liberates the Preeminent. The Ninja were faced with problems, as their power depended on Lloyd, which left them powerless, and Cole was turned into a ghost and Ronin betrayed them to the Ghost Warriors. As time went by, the Mane Six continue to use the Cutie Map. However, things shifted for the better as they learned a new technique Airjitzu and Cole learned how to accept his form and learned some new ghost moves. Nya also learned she was the Master of Water and trained to use her powers.

Eventually, Lloyd was freed of his possession and the Ninja regain their powers and put up a better fight with the ghosts. However, Starlight Glimmer uses the magic to open the vortex to stop Rainbow Dash from doing the Sonic Rainboom. Twilight Sparkle and Spike managed to stop her, but things have planned in different future timeline; King Sombra become the ruler of Crystal Empire, Queen Chrysalis as a dictator, Nightmare Moon banished her sister to the moon and any other effect caused by Twilight's failures. In the end, when Starlight Glimmer knows what will the future be, as a result of her friend Sunburst gains her cutie mark, Starlight was worried that Friendships will be torn apart. As a result, Starlight forgives Twilight and travels back to the present day.

In the end, thanks to Nya, who unlocked her True Potential, they defeated the Preeminent and Morro, thus sending them to the Departed Realm. With this, the Ninja achieved victory and gained a new member for their team, while Starlight Glimmer becomes new friends with the Mane Six.

### The Crystalling, Nadakhan and the Sky Pirates

Cadance and Shining Armor finally have an Alicorn foal, Flurry Heart. However, when the Crystal Heart starts to break due to her crying, the Crystal Empire is in siege. The Mane Six and the princesses attempt for Flurry Heart to become a Crystalling. When Clouse, who escaped the Cursed Realm, released Nadakhan, the Ninja will have to stop him before he marries Nya and gains infinite wishes. Unfortunately, he stole the Realm Crystal and released the rest of his crew, who helped him build New Djinjago. Moreover, Starlight Glimmer made new friends, even a Changeling by the name of Thorax, which results Queen Chrysalis to be dethroned. As a result, Jay's last wished caused everyone to forget the majority of the season.

### Day of the Departed

Following the Sky Pirate conflict, Ninjago and Equestria celebrated the holidays, 'Day of the Departed' and 'Nightmare Night', with the Ninja and the Mane Six spreading out across the land of Ninjago and Equestria to remember their ancestors. Zane remembers Dr. Julien at Birchwood Forest, Kai and Nya remember Ray and Maya at their blacksmith shop, Lloyd and Misako remember Garmadon at the Corridor of Elders, the Apple Family remember their parents, Bright Mac and Pear Butter and Wu remembers his father at the Monastery of Spinjitzu, while Jay spends time with his parents at their junkyard.

In the meantime, Cole was suddenly forgotten by his friends and goes to Master Yang's Haunted Temple to settle his debt with the ghostly master. However, a sinister plot by Yang leads Cole to free the spirits of the Ninjas' and Mane Six's old enemies from the Departed Realm, including Samukai, Kozu, Cryptor, Chen, Morro, King Sombra, Tirek, Queen Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon, all of whom possess statues at the Ninjago Museum of History. Seeking revenge, the revived villains spread throughout Ninjago to confront their adversaries.

The Ninja and the Mane Six defeated their ghostly foes and gathered at the museum, where they were told by Wu and Celestia and a redeemed Morro of Yang's intentions and how they forgot Cole. They then realized of the danger Cole is in and rushed to aid him, while Morro returns to the Departed Realm at peace.

With the Yin Blade in hand, Yang proceeded to go to the roof of his temple and activates the artifact, using its reality-warping powers to open the Rift of Return. However, Cole, confronted Yang, they fought with the master being forced the latter to defend himself with the Yin Blade with success, slicing apart Cole's blade in the process.

However, when Cole's support by his friends powered him up, Cole used his charged fists to attack Yang, who attempted to shield himself with the Yin Blade. Unable to withstand the assault, the Yin Blade was shattered by Cole's attack, and with it, its destruction and the ending Yin-Yang Eclipse, the Rift of Return started to close as a result. However, a reformed Yang threw Cole through the rift changing him back to a human and the Ninja gained a new base in Yang's Temple.

### The Pillars of Old Equestria, the Time Twins and the Vermillion

After the Day of the Departed, the Ninja returned to Ninjago Museum of History and discovered that Master Wu and Garmadon confronted two Elemental Masters, after which the Ninja decided to stop the Time Twins, but it was too late as they had recollected the Time Blades. Finally together with Kai, Nya, and Wu traveled to the past, 40 years before, after the defeat of Acronix and Krux. Master Wu sacrificed himself to stop them and Kai and Nya returned to the present to cure their rapidly aging father. Wu then resolved to defeat the Time Twins once and for all. Meanwhile, the Mane Six heard about the legends of Pillars of Old Equestria, and they are the ones who planted the Tree of Harmony. However, when they release the Pillars, the Pony of Shadows is also released, resulting in greater destruction. Eventually, the Pillars and the Mane Six attempt to defeat the Pony of Shadows and sent to Limbo, while freeing Stygian in the process.

Realizing that they lost their master, the Ninja name Lloyd their new master. As leader, Lloyd had the team bury the time blade and to find their teacher who was lost in time.

### The Siege of the Storm King

When Wu was lost in time, the Ninja and the Mane Six prepare the annual Friendship Festival in Canterlot, in which, an airship arrives, bringing an arrival to the Storm King. The Ninja and the Mane Six confronted Tempest Shadow, which in turn caused an invasion in Canterlot. However, the Ninja save the princesses from the obsidian orbs. While making an elaborate escape, the Ninja, the Mane Six and the princesses fell into a waterfall. Meanwhile, Tempest Shadow contacts the Storm King about the failure of capturing the Alicorn Princesses.

Twilight comes up with Celestia's suggestion to find the queen of the Hippos. But, it turn out to be the queen of the Hippogriffs. The Ninja, the Mane Six and the princesses arrived at Klugetown but Tempest Shadow and Grubber follow them. They met Capper, who is later captured by the Storm King's forces. Eventually, they board on Captain Celeano's ship and are met by several pirates. However, when they eventually befriend the pirate crew, Tempest and Grubber saw the betrayal of Capper. The Ninja, the Mane Six, Spike and the Princesses managed to escape the ship and aboard Mount Aris. While on Mount Aris, none of them actually showed up. Nevertheless, they find a Hippogriff who reveals to live underwater. The team met Princess Skystar and she brings them to Seaquestria, which is the current home for the Hippogriffs. Eventually, they met Queen Novo and reveals the story that the Hippogriffs lived on Mount Aris. To their surprise, the Mane Six and the Princesses turn into seaponies while Twilight wants to get the pearl so that they can transform back to selves, but Queen Novo denied it. The Ninja, the Mane Five and the princesses cheer Princess Skystar with a seapony party, but they eventually got kicked out due to Twilight stealing the Pearl. Tempest and Grubber finally caught the princesses and Tempest sings about her true backstory.

The Ninja, the Mane Five and Spike were worried that the Princesses are captured, so they decided to team up with recruit heroes to stop the Storm King once and for all. In the end, the Storm King was turned to stone, while Tempest was reformed, as they celebrate the Friendship Festival together.

### The School of Friendship/The Sons of the Overlord

One year later, the Lloyd and Twilight decided to open a school to teach the creatures from Equestria, Ninjago and beyond. However, the Ninja and the Mane Six discovered that a group called the Sons of the Overlord are trying to revive the First Spinjitzu Master's archnemesis. They are also reunited with their master who is revealed to have been de-aged into an infant after his journey through time but is slowly aging back to normal. The Ninja also had to protect the Oni Masks, but what they did not have in mind was that Princess Harumi was really the leader of the Sons of the Overlord.

The Sons of the Overlord finally revived the Overlord, who was able to defeat Lloyd with ease and leave the latter powerless. This allowed the Overlord to take control of Ninjago and Equestria after Kai, Jay, Zane, and Cole, along with Baby Wu and the four Alicorns, ended up in the Realm of Oni and Dragons when they escaped the Overlord's creation, the Colossus, leading everyone to think they were killed.

### The Reign of Emperor Overlord and the Dragon Hunters/Battle for the School

After the Overlord won, the Ninja have been separated as Ninjago and Equestria fall under the control of the Overlord. The remaining ninja, Lloyd and Nya, form a rag-tag team, with Dareth, P.I.X.A.L., and Misako. They were attacked by the Overlord's forces but soon learn their friends were not killed but were instead teleported elsewhere. They are nearly defeated by the enemy but are saved and gather more allies in old friends to form the Resistance in order to defeat the Overlord and his followers as well as save the city.

The Young Ninja also find their ways to unlock the True Potential, and team up with the Young Six to have the pathway to the Elements of Harmony. When headmare Twilight was gone, Starlight Glimmer becomes a temporary headmare.

The four original Ninja (Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane) along with a rapidly aging Wu and the Princesses must face the dangers of the Realm of Oni and Dragons by dealing with the threats of Dragon Hunters led by Iron Baron, as well seeking to free the dragons, and find a way back home to Ninjago and Equestria.

In Ninjago, Lloyd was able to bring hope back to the citizens of Ninjago and Equestria and personally opposed the Overlord in the process. This resulted in the Overlord leading an attack on the resistance's base and having most of his allies imprisoned.

Very soon, the marooned Ninja were able to ally with the hunters, defeat Iron Baron, locate the Dragon Armor and gain new dragons to return home.

The Ninja and the Princesses returned to Ninjago and Equestria and saved Lloyd's group by using the dragons to rescue them. In fact, Twilight reunites her friends to break out of Tartarus, while Cozy Glow decided to rule Equestria with the Overlord. Eventually, the Young Six defeated her, resulting in her being sent to Tartarus for her crimes. While Wu and Lloyd fought the Overlord, the Ninja evacuated the citizens who realized their saviors returned. The Resistance also broke out of Kryptarium Prison to help the Ninja in taking back the city. The Ninja dealt with the Colossus and with help from their allies defeated the behemoth while Lloyd regained his powers after overcoming the Overlord with the help of the Alicorns. In the end, the Sons of the Overlord and the Overlord himself were sent to Kryptarium Prison. The Ninja and Alicorn Princesses were then hailed as heroes by the people for saving them once again.

### The Best Gift Ever

One month after the defeat of the Overlord, the Monastery of Spinjitzu is rebuild by the Ninja. On Christmas Eve, the Ninja rushed to prepare for another holiday, as Lloyd was stressed about the holiday to-do list, especially when his mother, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor and Flurry Heart came in. Cole suggests doing a "Hearthswarming/Christmas Helper" this year—instead of getting multiple presents for all of their friends, by selecting their Elemental symbols and the cutie marks under Applejack's hat. The Ninja decided to do gift exchange, Jay and Cole are helping Dareth at Laughy's, Kai and Zane follow Rainbow Dash and Discord to find a perfect present for Fluttershy, Nya went with P.I.X.A.L. to create handmade scarves in Manehattan and Lloyd joins with Twilight for the to-do list at the Monastery.

When the Ninja and the allies came back for the gift exchange, they encountered a pudding flood and the winterzilla rampage, unfortunately, they both stop by Fluttershy and Twilight. The rest of the Ninja and Mane Six feel equally ashamed of the Hearth's Warming presents they did or did not bring, but their intended recipients quickly forgive them. Realizing how much trouble everyone had in finding the perfect Hearth's Warming gift, Jay recalls the Gift Givers' cryptic rhyme that Pinkie Pie mentioned: "The best gift is more precious than gold, but it cannot be sold. When it breaks, it's not ended, for quickly it's mended. It can never be bought yet is easily sought." Lloyd recognizes this rhyme as a riddle and reveals that its answer is "friendship". In the end, they all have a group hug to celebrate Christmas/Hearth's Warming together.

### The new ruler of Equestria

The Ninja were honored by the city for their feat of defeating the Overlord, as they were rewarded with a restored *Destiny's Bounty 2.0*. When Princesses Celestia and Luna asked the Mane Six that they will retire from ruling Equestria, they will hand over to Twilight and her friends.

They faced a new problem when Faith and Firstbourne arrive in their realm, revealing a threat is coming. Very soon, darkness emerges from the Realm Crystal and the city is engulfed. To combat the threat, they reluctantly free the Overlord from prison to help them have a chance against them. While evacuating the citizens, Cole is lost when dark tentacles start to pull him down and Nya accidentally destroys his ropes, causing him to plummet. They regained hope when Nya decides to forge the Golden Weapons out of the armor and fight the Oni since they fear it.

The Ninja proceed to forge their weapons, while Cole, who survived the drop, narrowly manages to avoid being petrified in the city and used his drill vehicle to escape the Oni and head for the monastery to help his friends.

As the Ninja prepare for their confrontation, the Oni make their way to the Monastery where they fight their enemy. Despite using the golden weapons and having a fully powered Overlord, Alicorns, Garmadon, and Wu on their side, the Ninja are unable to do much until Cole arrives and helps them with the tides evening for a while, but the Oni still have the upper-hand. However, Lloyd got the idea to use the Tornado of Creation to fight them off. In the process, Lloyd meets his grandfather who praises him on his efforts and gives him the chance to stay, but Lloyd declines and reunites with his friends.

With the battle over and the Oni seemingly vanquished, the Ninja commemorate their victory on the Monastery Mural while the Overlord leaves the monastery to head out on his own path.

### Let the Rainbow Remind You

Six months after the fight with the Oni, with the new Monastary and Canterlot Castle under construction, the Ninja and the Mane Six were able to enjoy a time of peace, but became so lazy that Wu and Celestia easily tossed them aside in training.

The Ninja resorted to traveling around the city to find a sense of adventure but nothing came up as most of their enemies are either arrested, in the Departed Realm, or in hiding. As a result, they travel to the Desert of Doom with explorers Clutch Powers and Daring Do. Unknowingly, the Ninja accidentally release the Serpentine sorceress Aspheera, who steals Kai's power and leaves them trapped.

The Ninja are saved by P.I.X.A.L and learn Aspheera is destroying the city looking for a "treacherous deceiver." The Ninja and Mane Six split up and they learn of Aspheera's history, believing that the deceiver is Garmadon. However it turns out it is Wu, who revealed his past with her and being forced to defeat her with his brother.

The Ninja had to get the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu in order to stop her since she has the first one. Lloyd, Nya, and Zane interrogated Clutch Powers and raced off to the Explorers Club to fetch the second scroll. Eventually, they stole it, when they refused to give it to them.

They are confronted by Aspheera at the Underground Base and fight against her forces. After a long battle, they are able to defeat her, but at the cost of Zane and Fluttershy being banished to the Never-Realm after saving Wu from the blast.

Once they have learned that Zane was still alive, they insisted on going with Wu to find Zane, much to his dislike. So they fought a brawl with Wu for possession of the Traveler's Tea to use in the Never-Realm, after they find Zane. They arrived in the Never-Realm and found the place was cursed under an eternal winter.

There, they also met new friends in the Great Lake and discovered Zane was presumably held prisoner in the Castle of Ice.

Lloyd set up a plan for the Ninja to go rescue Zane. However, the Blizzard Samurai attacked the village. After they defeated the army, Lloyd decided to go after Zane himself, while the rest of the Ninja stay behind to defend it village from any possible attack. During his journey, Lloyd encountered a shapeshifter, a Formling named Akita. At first, Lloyd was upset that Akita did not show her true self, but soon they reconciled and Akita told her story to Lloyd.

Meanwhile, Nya is training with her friend's help, Sorla, to control ice and Cole is upset with losing the Traveler's Tea. However, he soon found a possible way to get back, using Traveler's Tea leaves from the legendary Traveler's Tree from the mountains. While looking for the Traveler's Tree, he meets a creature named Krag. At first, he attacks Krag, believing he is the monster the villagers spoke of, but soon realizes that Krag was only protecting himself and was actually trying to take care of him. Eventually, he invited Krag to join him in the village.

Unfortunately, the Ice Emperor learns of his forces failing to destroy the Great Lake and dispatched Boreal to handle the threat. There, Boreal freezes the villagers of the Great Lake and captures Lloyd when he flies back. When Lloyd is brought in front of the Ice Emperor, Lloyd realizes his scepter is a Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and the Ice Emperor is none other than Zane himself. It is revealed that after his banishment, Zane wandered the realm and had his memories erased by Vex the Formless who manipulated him into subjugating the realm for decades.

Lloyd is confused with why Zane is the Ice Emperor and eventually concludes that Zane was corrupted by the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu. He tries to convince him to put it down, but is seized within moments and sent to be locked in the dungeon.

After Boreal froze the Great Lake, the Ninja and Krag search for the Land Bounty. While they are searching, they are chased by wolves, which fortunately leads them to the Land Bounty. From there, they scare off the wolves for some time and proceed to fix the Bounty.

When Lloyd wakes up in the dungeon, he finds himself next to another prisoner, which turns out to be Kataru, Akita's long lost brother. Lloyd replies that there is always hope, which Vex overhears and mocks him. Kataru tells Lloyd he is sorry that he is locked in such a hopeless place, but Lloyd reassures him that Akita and his friends will come and Ninja never quit.

Ironically, Cole considers giving up, but before he can think any further, Krag picks up the wolves' scent. Jay, Cole, and Krag hold off the wolves long enough for Nya and Kai to get the Land Bounty starting up again and they are able to use it to outrun the wolves.

Meanwhile, Vex returns from his visit to the dungeon, but he does not notice Grimfax run off to the dungeon himself. Grimfax questions Lloyd about Zane and he eventually frees Lloyd. As a result, Lloyd starts up a new Resistance. They escaped into the halls of the castle and Grimfax told them to truly reach Zane that they needed to destroy Vex's Crystal, since it would give them away. However, Vex confronted and attacked, which forced Lloyd to slip away and confront Zane.

As this was happening, the remaining Ninja were closing in on the castle but were confronted by Boreal. After managing to incapacitate the beast, they discover it was made of Ice and that the Ice Emperor could only be Zane, due to the corruptive power of the scroll that he still had. The ninja decided to warn Lloyd but Boreal regain strength and attacked, as they lost the bounty in the process. Fortunately, Kai regained his full power of Fire and destroyed the dragon, allowing them to progress.

Lloyd confronted as he fought Akita. Still denying his past, Zane fights Lloyd as well as froze Akita, to Lloyd’s dismay until Zane froze him by the steps. Vex then attempted to get Zane to kill his friend, but he relents while Vex decides to do it. Fortunately, Zane regained his memories and impeded Vex before destroying the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu, freeing the Never-Realm. After Zane froze Vex, the other Ninja soon arrive to the throne and see Zane back to his old self and the latter greets them with a hug.

Sometime later Grimfax took back power and with the Formlings came to the mutual decision to banish Vex to the outskirts of the Never-Realm for his crimes. The Ninja returned to the Great Lake and learn there was no way to return to Ninjago until Cole finds a way and a portal is open. With that done, they returned to Ninjago to reunite with their master and P.I.X.A.L. who were overjoyed.

## Members

### Teachers

* Master Wu (Lloyd's Uncle/Master of Creation/Dragon Master)
* Master Garmadon (Lloyd's Father/Master of Destruction)

### Ninja

#### Current

* Master Lloyd Garmadon (Green Ninja/Golden Ninja/Master of Energy/Former Master of Golden Power/Leader)
* Kai (Red Ninja/Master of Fire)
* Cole (Black Ninja/Master of Earth/Former Leader)
* Jay (Blue Ninja/Master of Lightning)
* Nya (Water Ninja/Master of Water)
* Zane (White Ninja/Titanium Ninja/Master of Ice)

### Honorary Members

* Dareth (Honorary Brown Ninja)
* Skylor (Orange Ninja/Master of Amber)
* Nelson (Honorary Purple Ninja)

### Allies

#### Current Allies

* Clutch Powers (adventurer)
* Misako (Lloyd's Mother/History Informant/Archaeologist)
* P.I.X.A.L. (Samurai X)
* Ed (Jay's Adoptive Father)
* Edna (Jay's Adoptive Mother)
* Lou (Cole's Father)
* Ray (Kai and Nya's Father)
* Maya (Kai and Nya's Mother)
* Cyrus Borg (Helps make vehicles and weapons for the Ninja)
* Falcon (Zane's Companion/Communication for the Ninja)
* Ronin (Business Partner)
* Jake
* Elemental Masters
	+ Karlof (Master of Metal)
	+ Paleman (Master of Light)
	+ Griffin Turner (Master of Speed)
	+ Ash (Master of Smoke)
	+ Neuro (Master of Mind)
	+ Gravis (Master of Gravity)
	+ Bolobo (Master of Nature)
	+ Jacob Pevsner (Master of Sound)
	+ Tox (Master of Poison)
	+ Shade (Master of Shadow)
	+ Chamille (Master of Form)
* Skulkin ("The Best Night Ever")
* Serpentine
* Nindroids (Some of them became Borg's security droids as shown in "A Secret Invitation")
* Police Commissioner
* Tommy
* Simon
* Faith
* Dragon Hunters
* Ice Fishers
	+ Sorla
	+ Uthraug
	+ Boma
	+ Yukiko
	+ Other Ice Fishers
* Formlings
	+ Akita
	+ Kataru
* Grimfax
* Dragons
	+ Elemental Dragons
		- Elemental Fire Dragon (Kai)
		- Elemental Lightning Dragon (Jay)
		- Elemental Earth Dragon (Cole)
		- Elemental Ice Dragon (Zane)
		- Elemental Water Dragon (Nya)
		- Master Wu Dragon (Wu)
		- Golden Dragon (Lloyd/First Spinjitzu Master)
		- Elemental Energy Dragon (Lloyd)
		- Fusion Dragon (Kai and Nya)
		- Hydro Electric Dragon (Jay and Nya)
	+ Firstbourne
	+ Stormbringer (Jay's Dragon from the Realm of Oni and Dragons)
	+ Slab (Cole's Dragon from the Realm of Oni and Dragons)
	+ Fire Dragon (Kai's Dragon from the Realm of Oni and Dragons)
	+ Ice Dragon (Zane's Dragon from the Realm of Oni and Dragons)
* Creatures of Equestria
* Echo Zane (Found by and aided Jay and Nya in "Every Little Thing She Does" and joined Jay's team in "To Where and Back Again: Operation Land Ho!"; memory erased; later turned evil then reform back to his normal self)

#### Former Allies

* Captain Soto (Aided the Ninja in "Enkrypted" and became part of Jay's team in "To Where and Back Again: Operation Land Ho!"; memory erased)
* Sky Pirates (those that turned on Nadakhan; memories erased)
* Pythor P. Chumsworth (fought on their side against Chen and the Anacondrai Cultists, now their enemy again after his attack on Lloyd in "Day of the Departed")
* "Dr. Saunders" (Revealed to be an enemy; Lost in Time)
* The Overlord (fought on their side to defeat the Legion of Doom and the Oni so he could conquer the Sixteen Realms himself)

#### Deceased Allies

* Dr. Julien (Zane's Father/Creator)
* Stone Army (Controlled by Dareth in "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master")
* Morro (Master of Wind; officially reformed in "Day of the Departed")
* Emperor of Ninjago
* Empress of Ninjago
* Hutchins (Master-at-Arms of the Royal Family)
* Mistaké (An Oni who helped the Resistance)
* Harumi (Princess of Ninjago; revealed to be an enemy)

## Abilities

The Ninja have six Elemental Powers (one element for each Ninja) that give them amazing abilities of their Elements, which includes summoning their respective Elemental Dragons and performing Spinjitzu and Airjitzu.

### Elements

* Energy (Lloyd)
* Golden Power (Lloyd; formerly)
* Fire (Kai)
* Earth (Cole)
* Ice (Zane)
* Lightning (Jay)
* Water (Nya)

The Ninja also have three powerful martial arts that they use in battle, Spinjitzu, a move that allow them to spin in a tornado, Airjitzu, a move that allow them to fly in a vortex, and Forbidden Spinjitzu, a corrupted counterpart of Spinjitzu that the Ninja learned in the eleventh season.

### Spinjitzu

* Lloyd (Energy; green)
* Lloyd (Golden Power; gold)
* Kai (Fire; red)
* Jay (Lightning; blue)
* Cole (Earth; brown)
* Zane (Ice; white/ice blue)
* Nya (Water; light blue/silver)
* Wu (Creation; gold)
* Garmadon (Destruction; purple)
* Misako (Element-less; silver)

### Airjitzu

* Lloyd (Energy; green)
* Kai (Fire; red)
* Jay (Lightning; blue)
* Cole (Earth; orange)
* Zane (Ice; white)
* Nya (Water; light blue)
* Morro (Wind; ghostly green)
* Wu (Creation; gold; *The Dark Island Trilogy* only)

### Forbidden Spinjitzu

* Lloyd (Energy; green)
* Kai (Fire; red)
* Jay (Lightning; teal)
* Cole (Earth; orange)
* Zane (Ice; turquoise)
* Nya (Water; light blue)
* Wu (Creation; gold)
* Garmadon (Destruction; purple)

## Weapons

The Ninja (except Nya and Lloyd) have had major weapon tiers that they used in battles. They are the Golden Weapons, Elemental Blades, Techno Blades, and Aeroblades.

### Golden Weapons

* Kai (Sword of Fire)
* Jay (Nunchucks of Lightning)
* Zane (Shurikens of Ice)
* Cole (Scythe of Quakes)

### Elemental Blades

* Kai (Fire; Red/Orange)
* Jay (Lightning; Blue/Yellow)
* Zane (Ice; Gray/White)
* Cole (Earth; Green/Purple)

### Techno Blades

* Kai (Large Sword; Red)
* Jay (Chainsaw Blade; Yellow/Blue)
* Zane (Staff; Blue/White)
* Cole (Flail; Green)

### Aeroblades

* Kai (Red)
* Jay (Yellow)
* Zane (Light Blue)
* Cole (Orange)

### Other Weapons

* Lloyd: Sword, Golden Sword
* Kai: Katana, Golden Katana
* Jay: Nunchucks, Golden Kusarigama
* Zane: Shurikens, Bow and Arrow, Golden Shurikens, Staff of Ice
* Cole: Scythe, Hammer, Golden Hammer
* Nya: Spear, Golden Spear

## Ages of the Ninja

The Ninja are in their teenage years, with the exception of Zane, who is decades older but was built to have the appearance of one. Kai, Jay, Cole, and Nya have grown up from their mid-teens (or young teens in the case of Nya) to their late teens over the course of the show, Jay referring to themselves as "grown-up teenagers" in Season 9: Hunted. Lloyd became physically around the age of his older friends due to the effects of the Tomorrow's Tea, but is still chronologically the youngest of the team due to having originally been a pre-teen, and is now currently in his young teens.

While the Ninja are officially teenagers, the amount of time that passes and their specific ages are kept vague for the purpose of perpetually keeping them in an age-range that is young and relatable to the show's target audience.

## Trivia

* All of the Ninja (and Sensei Wu, Misako, and P.I.X.A.L.) have changed their physical appearances in the show.
	+ Jay, Kai, Zane, and Cole turned into kids in "No Such Childhood," but turned back to teenagers.
	+ Lloyd was a child until he was hit by Tomorrow's Tea in "No Such Childhood" and aged into an old man in "The Times They Are a Changeling." He reverted back to a teen due to Jay's last wish.
	+ Zane was originally a Nindroid in human form until "The Legendary Friend" and debuted in his titanium form in "A Secret Invitation." In "The Mask of Deception," he gains a cloak that turns him into his human-like form whenever he wants.
	+ Cole was a human being until "Castle Mane-ia," where he was turned into a ghost by Yang but turned human again in "Day of the Departed." He now has a scar from the transformation, though it has faded as of Season 8 and only shows when he performs his Earth Punch.
	+ Nya's lips are no longer red following Season 6 onward.
	+ In Season 8, all the Ninja have different appearances similar to their movie counterparts.
	+ After being touched by the Reversal Blade, Wu has become a baby. Throughout the eighth and ninth season, Wu started to grow to a toddler, child, young teen, teen with mustache and goatee, and finally back to his old form.
	+ Misako's white streak of hair was absent for Season 7, and then appeared again in Season 8 more prominent than previous seasons.
	+ P.I.X.A.L. originally had the same hair piece as Tox but in Season 8, it was changed to a silver variant of Nya's Season 8 hair.
	+ Garmadon gains his movie counterpart's appearance after being resurrected in The Beginning of the End.
* Nya is the only Ninja to have died in the series, but was quickly restored.
* Jay was the only Ninja to appear in every episode until "The News Never Sleeps in Canterlot" and "Never Trust an Alicorn" aired, with Cole and Nya following behind him.
* All of the original Ninja (and Master Wu) have traveled to another realm.
	+ The original four (and Master Wu) have been to the Underworld and Realm of Oni and Dragons, along with the four Alicorns.
		- Nya also went to the Underworld as well but was not a Ninja at the time.
	+ The original four have traveled to the Cloud Kingdom.
		- Lloyd was also there but he was possessed at the time.
		- Due to his fight with Morro, Lloyd is the only one to go to the Cursed Realm and Chima. This causes Lloyd to the one with the most travels to other realms.
	+ All of the Ninja have traveled to the Never-Realm in order to rescue Fluttershy after she was banished there, with the help of the Mane Five and Spike.
	+ This also marks the first time where all six Ninja travel to another realm.
* Five of the current Ninja have traveled to space.
* All of the Ninja are swallowed by a person or a creature.
	+ Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane and Wu were swallowed by Firstbourne in "How to Build a Dragon."
	+ Zane was swallowed by Beohernie in "The Belly of the Beast," alongside Fluttershy.
	+ The six Ninja got swallowed by Beohernie in "Sun and Lava" and "The Winter Farewell," and the giant black amoeba in "One Small Caring," alongside the microbes.
	+ Lloyd was swallowed by Beohernie "Under Siege," alongside Twilight Sparkle.
	+ Jay, Cole and Nya got nearly swallowed by Boreal in "The Secret of Friendship", until Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Krag, saved them.
	+ The six Ninja went inside Akita in "One Small Caring," in order to save her.
* Excluding their allies, Nya is the only female on the team.
* After Cole's physical reformation in "Day of the Departed," Zane once again becomes the only biologically non-human on the team. Lloyd is mostly human, but also part Oni and Dragon.
* Kai, Jay, and Cole are the only three Ninja to canonically have every different suit shown in the show. This is due to Lloyd and Nya joining the team later on, and Zane lacking a tournament robe, as he did not compete in the Tournament of Elements.
* Technically, all of the Ninja have the title "Master," as they are all Masters of an element. This was shown in "Twilight's Kingdom," when Arcturus identified Lloyd as "Master Lloyd."
	+ As Ninja however, Lloyd is the only one who has achieved the rank of Sensei/Master.
* At some point, all members of the team (and some allies) have turned against their team and been reverted back or some allies have been evil in the past:
	+ Princess Luna turned evil as Nightmare Moon after her bitterness is revealed. She was the main antagonist of the Pilot Episodes.
	+ Garmadon was turned evil in his childhood by the Great Devourer and was also the main antagonist of the Pilot Episodes.
	+ Lloyd was a minor antagonist in Season 1 and possessed by Morro in Season 5.
	+ Cole was hypnotized by Skales.
	+ Discord was the secondary antagonist of Season 1, because of his ability to bring madness and chaos. He also worked with Tirek in Season 4, but later he got betrayed.
	+ Princess Cadance turns evil and corrupts Shining Armor. It is later revealed to be Queen Chrysalis, as she disguised herself as Cadance.
	+ Nya, Cole, and Jay were corrupted by Dark Matter (although the last two were only briefly corrupted before Lloyd undid the effects).
	+ P.I.X.A.L., Cyrus Borg, and Sensei Wu were controlled by the Overlord.
	+ Sunset Shimmer was a major antagonist in Season 3, as she steals Twilight’s crown and becomes the Princess instead.
	+ The Elemental Masters were competing in Master Chen's Tournament of Elements.
	+ Skylor was working for Chen.
	+ Kai was briefly corrupted by the Staff of Elements and nearly attacked Lloyd and Skylor.
	+ Starlight Glimmer was one of the main antagonists in Season 5, as she does the “cutie un-marking” and travel back in time to stop the Sonic Rainboom.
	+ Ronin was paid by Chen to kidnap Zane and P.I.X.A.L., was forced by Morro to betray the Ninja in "Crusaders of the Lost Mark," and hired by the police to capture the Ninja "On Your Marks."
	+ Misako was controlled by Bansha in “Grave Danger” and was corrupted by Dark Matter in “The Dark Island Trilogy.”
	+ Twilight Sparkle became Midnight Sparkle in "Curseworld" and becomes her nightmare in "Day of the Departed."
	+ Nya was possessed by Dilara.
	+ Thorax was working with Queen Chrysalis, until he betrayed her due to the power of love.
	+ Ray and Maya were forced to work for the Time Twins during their enslavement.
	+ Tempest Shadow was working with the Storm King and captured the four Alicorns, until she got betrayed.
	+ P.I.X.A.L., as Samurai X, was controlled by the Quiet One during Season 8 before Zane killed the spider thus freeing her.
	+ Discord disguised himself as Grogar, until he was deceived by the Legion of Doom.
	+ Princess Celestia turned evil as Daybreaker and teamed with Aspheera.
	+ The Ninja and the Mane Five were forced to tie up Master Wu as he demanded the Traveler's Tea when using the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu on them.
	+ Zane was corrupted by the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and became the Ice Emperor and held Twilight and Snowblossom hostage.
	+ Fluttershy was also corrupted by the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and became Flutterfrost, in order to get revenge.
* Although Lloyd is the leader of the team, every Ninja aside from Nya has taken on the role of the leader.
	+ In earlier seasons, it was more often that Cole or Kai would take charge of the team.
* After Season 3, the Ninja (except Nya) could only harness their elemental powers while dependent on their leader, Lloyd, because he shared his Golden Power between them.
	+ However in "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria," when Lloyd lost his powers, the other Ninja still have theirs. Tommy Andreasen said this may have been because of the passage of time and the Ninjas' powers have grown stronger and more independent.
* Excluding Nya, the Ninja are the only Elemental Masters that have the main elements in Ninjago (Water is a secondary element).
* Four of the Ninja have had their main color changed.
	+ Lloyd was green, then gold, but is now green again.
	+ Zane was white, then silver, but now can alternate between white and silver.
	+ Cole was black, then alternates between gray and brown whenever the Ninja wear predominantly black gi.
	+ Nya was red, then alternating between azure, maroon and gray.
* All six of the Ninja have seasons or TV Special that focus on them.
	+ Kai was the focus of the Pilot Episodes, the Mini-Movies, Season 1, Season 4, Season 7 and Season 11.
	+ Jay was the focus of the Mini-Movies, Season 1, and Season 6.
	+ Zane was the focus of the Mini-Movies, Season 1, Season 3 and Season 11.
	+ Cole was the focus of the Mini-Movies, Season 1, and "Day of the Departed."
	+ Lloyd was the focus of Season 2, LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: The Movie, and Season 8.
	+ Nya was the focus of Season 5 and Season 7.
* All the Ninja but Lloyd have traveled to the past. Kai is the only one who has traveled to the past thrice.
	+ Kai, Cole, Zane, and Jay went to the past in "It's About Time!."
	+ Kai, along with Nadakhan, in "No Second Prances."
	+ Kai, Nya, and Master Wu in "Shadow Play."
* Nya and Jay are the only Ninja to remember what happened in Season 6, although Lloyd showed signs of experiencing déjà vu, while the rest may have gained some recollection.
* Lloyd is the first and only one of Wu's students to gain the rank of master.
* Each of the Ninja have their own signature color.
	+ Kai's signature color is red.
	+ Jay's signature color is blue.
	+ Zane's signature color is white.
	+ Cole's signature color is black.
	+ Nya's signature color switches between maroon, azure and gray.
	+ Lloyd's signature color is green.
* Each of the six Ninja have individual animal symbols that correspond to their characteristics (as of Season 6, depicted on their suits with matching colors and elemental resemblance).
	+ Kai's is shown as an orange (with red outline) Lion—resembling his aggression.
	+ Jay's is shown as a dark blue (with purple outline) Octopus—resembling his active nature.
	+ Zane's is shown as a blue (with white outline) Tiger—resembling his intelligence.
	+ Cole's is shown as a yellow (with orange outline) Gorilla—resembling his strength.
	+ Nya's is shown as a white (with light blue outline) Phoenix—resembling her determination.
	+ Lloyd's is shown as a yellow/gold (with green outline) Dragon—resembling his power (and later revealed to be his ancestry).
* Each of the six Ninja have their own signature weapon that they are most known for and later changed their signature weapons to match their movie counterparts (except for Jay), until Season 11.
	+ Kai's signature weapon was a single Katana, then a pair, and now a single golden katana.
	+ Jay's signature weapon was a pair of nunchucks, and now a golden kusarigama.
	+ Zane's signature weapon switches between Shurikens, and Bow and Arrows.
	+ Cole's signature weapon was a Scythe, then a Hammer, and now a golden one.
	+ Nya's signature weapon was a pair of daggers, then a Spear, and now a golden one.
	+ Lloyd's signature weapon was a pair of katanas, then a sword, and now a golden one.
* Zane is the oldest Ninja of the team, as he was created forty years ago although in Season 4, he has a new body that would physically make him younger.
	+ By Season 11, Zane is even older than the other Ninja after spending decades in the Never-Realm, where time passes differently there.
* Lloyd is the youngest, though was aged physically to be the same age as his friends.
	+ However, in Season 6, when Lloyd aged into a old man, he was temporarily the oldest Ninja of the team before reverting back to a teen.
* All of the Ninja have had a love interest which was another focus in a season.
	+ Jay and Nya had an attraction to each other in the first two seasons and following a break-up in Season 3, they got back together in Season 6 and remain a couple.
	+ Kai has an interest in Skylor, the daughter of Chen, in Season 4. They are now together at the end of Season 9.
	+ Zane had an interest in P.I.X.A.L. in season 3 and they have remained together since.
	+ Cole had an interest in Nya during Season 3 which caused a rivalry between him and Jay until she chose Jay.
	+ Lloyd had an interest in Harumi in Season 8, but she was later revealed to be evil. Although, she seemed to have only been using him, the way she looked at him before she died implied that she did really have feelings for him after all. He also seemed saddened by her death, implying he still had feelings for her. However, he also has an interest in Akita in Season 11, and she accepts his proposal.
* As of Season 8, the Ninja now have their names and signature colors on their weapons.
* As of "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria," Nya is the only Ninja who has never lost her powers.
* Lloyd and Kai are the only Ninja who have lost their powers three times.
* Although, Lloyd is the Green Ninja, Cole is physically the strongest of the team, due to his super strength. This is proven when Cole pulls the bars of a cage wide open in "Dread on Arrival."
* Cole is the only Ninja without a love interest.
* Prior to the movie, Kai, Jay, and Nya were the only three Ninja whose appearances stayed the same throughout most of the show since their debut.
	+ Kai, Jay, and Nya are also the only Ninja to be completely human for the entirety of the show's run.
* All six Ninja and their allies have been held captive by villains.
	+ Kai was held captive by the Nindroids, Chen, and Iron Baron.
	+ Jay was held captive by Chen, the Sky Pirates, and Iron Baron.
	+ Cole was held captive by Chen, Yang, the Sons of the Overlord, and Iron Baron.
	+ Zane has been held captive by Chen and Iron Baron.
	+ Lloyd has been held captive by the Serpentine, the Digital Overlord, Morro, and the Sons of the Overlord.
	+ Nya has been held captive by Lord Garmadon (twice) and the Sky Pirates.
	+ Wu has been held captive by the Nindroids, the Vermillion Warriors, and Iron Baron.
	+ Kai, Jay, Cole, and Zane were held captive by the Serpentine.
	+ The Ninja (except for Nya and Jay), Wu, Misako, Karlof, Griffin Turner, and other Elemental Masters were trapped in the Sword of Souls and the Teapot of Tyrahn.
	+ Cole, Zane, and the Elemental Masters were forced to work in a noodle factory in *The Princess of Friendship*.
	+ Kai, Jay, Lloyd and the Elemental Masters were briefly held captive by Chen.
	+ Jay, Cole and Zane were held captive by the Skulkin.
	+ Misako was held captive by the Stone Army.
	+ Ray, Maya, Lou, Cyrus Borg, Karlof, and others were captured by Acronix and Krux.
	+ The Ninja were trapped in the Ancient Pyramid by Aspheera, alongside the Mane Six.
	+ Kai, Jay, Cole, Wu, P.I.X.A.L., Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Spike and Starlight Glimmer were briefly held hostage by the Pyro Vipers.
	+ Twilight was captured by the Blizzard Samurai.
* Jay is the only Ninja to have never met his biological parents, due to being left to be raised by the Walkers.
* All of the Ninja (and Wu) have at least one personal enemy.
	+ Kai's personal enemies were Chen and the Time Twins.
	+ Jay's personal enemy was Nadakhan.
	+ Cole's personal enemy was Yang.
	+ Zane's personal enemies were Cryptor and Mr. E.
	+ Lloyd's personal enemies were Pythor, Garmadon, the Overlord, Morro, and Harumi.
	+ Nya's personal enemies were Dogshank, Chen, and the Time Twins.
	+ Wu's personal enemies were Garmadon, Morro, the Time Twins, Iron Baron, and Aspheera.
	+ Garmadon's personal enemies were Samukai, Clouse, Chen, and the Time Twins.
* Lloyd and Jay are the only Ninja to have a confirmed surname.
* According to Wu in Season 11, the first Ninja were originally monks living in the mountains of Ninjago. As predators killed the monks they had to become faster, stronger and more cunning in order to survive, eventually evolving into Ninja.
* Lloyd and Zane are the only Ninja that were antagonists.
	+ Lloyd once allied with the Serpentine in his desire to be like his father before being betrayed by Pythor, prior to becoming a Ninja. He was also possessed by Morro, who wanted the Realm Crystal.
	+ Zane was the Ice Emperor for unknown reasons due to being under the influence of the Forbidden Scroll.
* Lloyd and Zane are the only Ninja to have a different singing voice, as of Season 9 and Reimagined shorts. Lloyd's singing voice is Andrew Francis, and Zane's singing voice is Gabriel Brown.
* Each of the Ninja have possessed the Elements of Harmony with the Mane Six.
	+ Kai: Loyalty
	+ Jay: Laughter
	+ Cole: Honesty
	+ Zane : Kindness
	+ Lloyd: Magic
	+ Nya: Generosity
* In the future timeline, the Ninja have children, as of "The Fate of Lloyd."
	+ Lloyd and Akita have two children, which are Chika and Colten.
	+ Jay and Nya also have two children, which are Bobby and Gabby
	+ Zane and P.I.X.A.L. have two children, which are Snowblossom and Seaspark. This is the first couple to have different species, as their parents are Nindroids, while their children are Alicorns.
	+ Kai and Skylor have one child. According to Tommy Anderson, his name is revealed to be Topaz.
* In "The Fate of Lloyd," Lloyd is the only Ninja to have his major change. He is similar to Wu in "Saving Faith", because he gains a mustache and a goatee.
	+ The Ninja also have major change in the future timeline as well, especially Jay has an eyepatch.
* Each of the Ninja (including Wu) narrate the episode title throughout the series.
	+ Kai narrates the episode title, "Magicless."
	+ Jay narrates the episode titles, "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them" and "One Small Caring."
	+ Cole narrates the episode titles for Season 10 and "The End of the Rainbow".
	+ Zane narrates the episode titles for Decoded shorts, "The Winter Farewell" and "The Never-Ending Snowflakes".
	+ Lloyd narrates the episode titles for Season 8 episodes (except "The Mask of Deception - Part I", "The Jade Princess", "Snake Jaguar", "Dead Man’s Squall", "Game of Masks", and "Dread on Arrival"), "Questing for Quests", "Snaketastrophy", "Princess Snowblossom" and "Return to Seaquestria".
	+ Nya narrates the episode titles for "How to Grow a Flower" and "The Secret of Friendship".
	+ Wu narrates the episode titles for most episodes in Season 1-7 and "Wasted True Potential".
* All of the ninja (except Kai) have defeated a main antagonist at some point in the show.
	+ Garmadon has defeated the Great Devourer and Master Chen.
	+ Lloyd has defeated the Overlord and Emperor Garmadon.
	+ Zane has defeated the Overlord, Aspheera, and Vex.
	+ Nya has defeated the Preeminent and Wojira.
	+ Jay has defeated Nadakhan.
	+ Wu has defeated the Time Twins and Iron Baron.
	+ Cole has defeated Vangelis.
* Out of all the ninja, Kai is the only one not responsible for orchestrating most major events.
	+ Lloyd freed the Hypnobrai, the Fangpyre, and Pythor prior to becoming a ninja in Season 1.
	+ Cole set Samukai, Kozu, Cryptor, Chen, and Morro free from the Departed Realm while set on revenge against Yang in "Day of the Departed."
	+ Nya and Jay solved the puzzle that set Aspheera free from her entombment in Fire Chapter of Season 11.
	+ Zane trapped the Never-Realm in an eternal winter upon Vex erasing his memories, overthrowing Grimfax, and established himself as the Ice Emperor in the Ice Chapter of Season 11.
* Wu, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, Nya, Lloyd, and P.I.X.A.L. are the only characters in the entire series to appear in every consecutive installment since their initial introduction.
	+ Wu, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, and Nya have all appeared in every season since their introduction in the pilot episodes, as well as the Dark Island Trilogy and "Day of the Departed."
	+ Lloyd has appeared in every season since his introduction in Season 1, as well as the Dark Island Trilogy and "Day of the Departed."
	+ P.I.X.A.L. has appeared in every season since her introduction in Season 3, as well as the Dark Island Trilogy and "Day of the Departed."
	+ Garmadon's streak was broken when he did not appear in Season 6, after appearing in every season since his introduction in the pilot episodes.
	+ Misako's streak was broken when she did not appear in Season 11, after appearing in every season since her introduction in Season 2, as well as the Dark Island Trilogy and "Day of the Departed."
* The Ninjas' future reflections, apart from Cole and Lloyd, are shown in the ice labyrinth in Season 5. While it would seem the cast's change in appearance after the movie means these visions are no longer accurate, Tommy Andreasen has implied they may still look like this in the future.
* When asked about how the future reflections didn't seem to compare to the Season 8 designs, he replied "That reflection is like 50 years into the future … season 8 is not."
* When someone said that the timeline was altered by Wu in Season 7, he said "No he didn't. We did a design update. Shows do that and we will do so again sometime."
* Whatever may happen in-universe, the appearances of the ninja will most likely not revert to their original designs within the show itself.
* Cole is the only ninja whose future or older self has not been seen, as everyone but he and Lloyd had future reflections in the ice labyrinth, while Lloyd temporarily became an old man in the second half of The Changing Effect.
* Tommy Andreasen does not think whether the ninja have different heights or not is relevant to the story.
* Kai and Cole are the only ninja who have not been shown to cry or shed a tear at any point, the instances of the other ninja being Zane in "Dragonshy," Jay in "Home" (as a tear of happiness) and "The Way Back," Lloyd in "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria," and Nya in "The Fall" and "Endings."
* The ninja have distinctive eyebrows in order to easily identify them when they have their masks on.
* The ninja's names were chosen "Quite carefully ... and with legal checks to avoid any infringements."
* Every ninja has at least one episode where the ninja learns secrets about one of his or her parents. Zane's remembers his father in "Dragonshy" and learns he is alive and reunites with him in "The Last Voyage," Garmadon tells Lloyd about his past in the Serpentine War in "It Ain't Easy Being Breezies," Jay learns he was adopted and his father was Cliff Gordon in "Misfortune Rising," Kai and Nya find their parents and learn why they disappeared in "Pause and Effect," and Cole learns about his mother unlocking the Spinjitzu Burst in "Masters Never Quit."
* Although originally the ninja used pajamas often during sleep, in newer seasons they are already sleeping in their gi, due to simpler animation because of modest budget (or in-universe because it allows them to leap into action more quickly).
* According to Tommy Andreasen, if the ninja had YouTube channels, Jay would make game videos, Kai would give bad dating tips, Nya would make self-improvement videos, Cole would do "the joys of cake," and Zane would make Brent Miller parody videos.
* The ninja don't have official birthdays. However, Jay and Lloyd's birthdays seem to take place after Season 7, since within the season, they both received early birthday gifts but did not celebrate their birthdays.
* In Ninjargon, "ninja" means one who protects.
* During "Stiix Sweet Stiix" Cole, Kai, Jay and Zane had a total of less than two hundred in cash. At present, however, their assets are unknown.
* Each of the Ninja (except Kai) have their own songs as the main singer:
	+ Wu and Garmadon: Lotta Little Things
	+ Lloyd: Let it Rain
	+ Jay: A Place Where I Belong and The Clutch Powers Song
	+ Zane: Hello My Baby and The Clutch Powers Song
	+ Nya: Reach the Dream
	+ Cole: Glow Worm and Shallow