A Mermaid's Tale

**A Mermaid's Tale** will be the first part of the twenty-fourth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. This episode, as well as the second part, were the eighth episode of the Masters of the Mountain Arc. Along with "As Gold as it Gets", it was paired with "Bighoof Walking" and "The Fluttershy Effect".

## Synopsis

**Teletoon**: *The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, Oriana and Kaguya were having a Summer Vacation at Koraru Bay, a place where the Mermlings lived in both on land and sea. While encountering a beautiful Mermling, Nya unexpectedly transforms into a Mermling form.*

## Plot

The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, Oriana and Kaguya ride on the *Land Bounty 2.0* to Koraru Bay where all the Mermlings lives both on land and in water. Fluttershy also get to find a Mermling, as part of the Trail Trotters troop to earn the Unusual Mystical Creature Finding Badge. The team went to coastal beach for relaxation, with Kai, Cole, Rainbow Dash and Applejack were playing volleyball, but the ball got hit into Kaguya's head. They apologized to her for the ball hitting on her.

The rest of the Ninja, the ponies and Megan went for swimming at the shore. Jay enjoys laying down by the ocean while floating, and the others were having fun at the beach. Nya then swims further, as she dreams of meeting a Mermling. However, she saw a mysterious Mermling, and she decided to look for her. The Mermling then disappears and what she saw was a magical Shell Pendent, when she wears it, she turns into a Mermling, as her legs turn into a fishtail.

The rest of the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, Oriana and Kaguya were shocked that Nya is a Mermling, and she was unable to turn back into a human. Feeling depressed, Nya then dives into the ocean, and encountered the mysterious Mermling again. The Mermling was none other than the Princess of the Oceans, Miyu. Nya decided that she wanted to turn back into a human, but all those methods won't able to work at all. Miyu tells Nya to rub the pendent three times, then it can turn back into a human. Nya rubs the pendent, and her fishtail turn back into her legs, but as a human, she was unable to breathe underwater, until Miyu managed to save her. The Ninja, the Mane Six, Oriana and Kaguya finally found Nya, and she was all okay. Then, Miyu explained how Nya met her, which realized that she was also one of the Shintaro Crystal Guardians. The Ninja then welcomed Miyu as a new member of the team, but in the mysterious ways was how she live under oceans.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kaguya - Rebecca Shoichet
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Miyu - Kazumi Evans
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Oriana - Erin Matthews
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Koraru Bay
		- Coastal Beach

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Nya
* The title of the episode is a reference to the 2017 film of the same name.
* Along with "As Gold as it Gets", it is the eighth episode of the Masters of the Mountain arc that began in "Uncharted".
* Nya becomes a Mermling in this episode, but she turns back into a human when she rubs the pendent three times.
* The Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan went to Koraru Bay for the first time.
* In order to obtain the Unusual Mystical Creature Finder badge, they must look for a rare creature that was never exist the Sixty Realms. The Mermlings are actually unusual mystical creatures.
	+ However, other unusual creatures such as Claves and Flories were also found here.
* This episode marks Miyu's debut appearance.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* This episode is a filler. None of the events happened in the cartoon.