Season 1: Snakes and Galloping Galas

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The **first season** of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship, subtitled **Snakes and Galloping Galas**, was preceded by the Pilot Episodes and Mini-Movies and succeeded by The Friendship Continues. The four Ninja were the focus Ninja, Lloyd was the mascot, Twilight was the focus pony, Pythor served as the main antagonist, and the Serpentine were the villainous faction of the season.

This season is based on LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Season 1, subtitled *Rise of the Snakes*, and the remaining episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic season one and the last two being based on the season two MLP premiere, The Return of Harmony.

## Episodes

1. The Ticket Master
2. Home
3. Snakebit
4. Boast Busters
5. Call Upon a Cutie
6. Can of Worms
7. Suited for Success
8. Dragonshy
9. The Show Stoppers
10. Once Bitten, Twice Shy
11. Swarm of the Century
12. Applebuck Season
13. A Dog and a Pony Show
14. The Chosen One
15. Owl's Well That Ends Well
16. The Best Night Ever
17. The Final Hour - Part 1
18. The Final Hour - Part 2

## Trivia

* The collectible items featured in this season are the Golden Weapons, the Serpentine Staffs, and the Fangblades.
* This is the only season to contain 18 episodes and the only season in which the Golden Weapons appear in every episode.
* This season reveals multiple things about the Ninja:
	+ Zane is a Nindroid.
	+ Cole is a dancer, like his father.
	+ Jay was apparently born in a junkyard.
	+ Lloyd is revealed to be the Green Ninja in episode 14.
* It is revealed in Season 8 that during the Great Devourer's rampage on Ninjago City, Harumi's parents were killed in the destruction, leading into her transformation into the Quiet One.
* Cole mentions Clutch Powers in the twelfth episode, referencing the 2009 LEGO movie, *LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers*.
* The Ninjas' four Elemental Dragons—Flame, Wisp, Shard, and Rocky—left the Ninja in the third episode, only to return in the season finale, now as the Ultra Dragon—a hybrid of all four Dragons.
* The identity of the Green Ninja (being Lloyd) was accidentally revealed in February of 2012, two months before the actual reveal episode, "The Chosen One" was released.
* This season has two arcs, "Rise of the Snakes" (episodes 1-7), and "Search for the Fangblades" (episodes 8-18).

### Focus Characters

* This is the only season where all four original Ninja (Kai, Jay, Zane, and Cole) were the focus Ninja (not counting the Mini-Movies).
	+ Although the four original Ninja were the focus Ninja, Nya and Lloyd also played a vital role.
	+ The four original Ninjas' focus was their True Potential in episodes 8-14.
* Kai was the focus Ninja in episode 14.
* Jay was the focus Ninja in episodes 3 and 10.
* Zane was the focus Ninja in episodes 2 and 8.
* Cole was the focus Ninja in episode 12.
* Lloyd was not a Ninja in the beginning, but his identity had changed several times throughout the series.
	+ Lloyd was an antagonist in episodes 1-4, but he became a protagonist starting from episode 5.
	+ Lloyd was revealed to be the Green Ninja in episode 14, which was vital to the whole story.
	+ Lloyd was the focus character in episode 14.
	+ Lloyd did not show an appearance in the main title, but the Green Ninja is seen in the beginning of each episode.
* Nya was not the focus character, but her identity of Samurai X was also a vital story line in episodes 6 and 7.
* Wu also had some capacity in the show (like his past with Garmadon in episode 8 and Wu versus Pythor in episode 17), but the appearance of Wu was less than the six main characters.

### Antagonists

* Pythor served as the main antagonist of the season.
* Skales served as the secondary antagonost of the season.
* Other important antagonists include Lloyd (episodes 1-4), Slithraa (episodes 1-2), Fangtom, Skalidor, Acidicus, Lord Garmadon (episodes 10-18), Discord, and the Great Devourer (Episode 18).
* The Serpentine were the villainous faction of the season. The Skulkin appeared in Episode 16, but not as antagonists.