Dragon Form

*Not to be confused with the ability.*
 *“Did you truly think you could defeat me? Your powers were a gift from me. It was I who possessed the serpent that bit your hand! It was I who corrupted the Great Devourer and set him against you! All that has happened was by my design! The Devourer was merely a pawn, set in motion by me to provide a worthy vessel for my return. Now, at last, I have such a vessel. I am complete!”*
— The Overlord to Garmadon and Lloyd, "**Dragon Form**"

### Air Date

October 1, 2022 (Australia and New Zealand; Netflix)/br/>October 10, 2022 (US; Netflix)

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**Dragon Form** is the twenty-ninth episode of the fifteenth season of *Ninjago* and the 209th episode overall.

## Synopsis

*Lloyd and Garmadon face the Crystal King as the Ninja strike back at the enemy with old allies and new powers.*

**Extended**: *Lloyd and Garmadon battle the Crystal King in his new centaur-form. The Ninja's allies arrive, and the Ninja achieve their Dragon Form - golden armor and wings of elemental energy. The Crystal King turns Harumi against him when reveals he possessed the snake who would become the Great Devourer. Below, the Ninja defeat the council and restore the Weapons of Spinjitzu, but victory is short-lived.*

**LEGO's YouTube Channel**: *During the battle against the Crystal King, Lloyd asks Harumi if she will side with the Ninja and save NINJAGO City. As more allies arrive, Master Wu realizes that this is the moment prophesized in the scroll to unlock the Dragon Form!*

*Will Harumi help the Ninja save NINJAGO City? Will the Ninja finally be able to use the Dragon Form?*

## Plot

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Lloyd and Garmadon both take the fight to the Overlord on top of the Crystal Island. The Overlord, claiming that defeating him will not be easy, transforms into a centaur-like creature and overpowers both Lloyd and Garmadon. In the process, Killow's exo suit is destroyed. Meanwhile, the Resistance fight off the Crystal Warriors, the Dragonides and the Council of the Crystal King.

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However, due to the influence of the Vengestone on the Crystal Warriors' bodies, the ninja and Skylor's powers are eventually nullified, and Ultra Violet, Killow and Ronin become crystalized. Just when the Resistance are about to be defeated, armies of the ninja's past allies return, such as the Army of Shintaro, the Upply, the Keepers, the Merlopians, the Hypnobrai, many of the former *Prime Empire* NPCs, and their friends and families fight off the Crystal army.

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Realizing the power of unity, the four ninja are able to unlock their Dragon Forms and fight off their respective Crystal Council counterparts; Zane fights Mister F, Cole battles Vangelis, Kai fights Aspheera, and Jay faces off Pythor while Nya, with help from Okino, takes on the Mechanic. As this occurs, the Overlord continues to overpower Lloyd and Garmadon, and reveals that he was responsible for corrupting the Great Devourer, resulting in Garmadon's corruption as a child, and everything influenced by the Overlord was all part of his design leading up to this moment. Harumi, however, is devastated upon the revelation of this and that it was the Overlord who indirectly took her parents from her during the Great Devourer's attack, and immediately turns against the Overlord, finally siding with Lloyd and Garmadon.

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As the ninja reclaim their individual Golden Weapons, they channel their Elemental Powers to break the crystals corrupting them and restoring them back to their pure energy once more. This renders the Crystal Warriors powerless, and they are destroyed by the members of the Resistance. However, just when they think they've secured victory, Aspheera claims that the ninja and the others will be corrupted by the Overlord before being frozen by Zane. The Overlord only begins to grow stronger in power, and fights back Harumi, Lloyd and Garmadon. Wu finally realizes that what Aspheera said was accurate; that the Overlord plans to corrupt the Elements of Creation, which will petrify all life in Ninjago, and that they are too late to stop the Overlord's plan.

## Appearances

### Characters

#### Cast

* Aspheera - Kathleen Barr
* Cole - Andrew Francis
* Garmadon - Mark Oliver
* Harumi - Britt McKillip
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* The Mechanic - Michael Antonakos
* The Overlord - Scott McNeil
* Vangelis - Deven Mack
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zane - Brent Miller

#### Non-speaking

* Benthomaar
* Blazey H. Speed
* Dareth
* Ed
* Edna
* Fugi-Dove
* Fungus
* Gayle Gossip
* Gleck
* Glutinous
* Hailmar
* Killow
* Korgran
* Leroy
* Lou
* Maaray Guards
* Maya
* Mezmo
* Milton Dyer
* Misako
* Mister F
* Murtessa
* Nelson
* Okino
* Plundar
* PoulErik
* Ray
* Red Visors
* Ronin
* Sally
* Sally's parents
* Sammy
* Scott
* Skales
* Skylor
* Unagami
* Ultra Violet
* Vania
* Vengestone Guards
* Vinny Folson
* Whack Rats
	+ Ritchie

### Mentioned

* First Spinjitzu Master
* Harumi's father
* Harumi's mother
* Quanish the Elder

### Creatures

* Adam
* Chompy
* Dragonides
* Great Devourer (mentioned)
* Zippy

### Items

* Benthomaar's spear
* Golden Weapons/Weapons of Destruction
	+ Nunchucks of Lightning/Nunchucks of Destruction
	+ Scythe of Quakes/Scythe of Destruction
	+ Shurikens of Ice/Shurikens of Destruction
	+ Sword of Fire/Sword of Destruction
* Harpoon guns
* Infectious crystals
	+ Central crystal
* Keeper spears
* MiniPix Seven
* Robo-arm
* Samurai X suit
* Shintaro wings
* Tridents
* Vangelis' mask
* Vengestone

### Events

* Attack of the Great Devourer (indirectly mentioned)
* Battle for Shintaro Mountain (mentioned)
* Final Prophecy of Quanish the Elder
* The Devourer's bite (mentioned)

### Locations

* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- Newspaper warehouse
* Ninjago's sky
	+ Crystal Island
* Endless Sea (mentioned)

### Species

* Crystal Warriors
* Crystal zombies
* Dragons
* Geckles
* Giant spiders
* Humans
* Islanders
* Merlopians
* Munce
* Nindroids
* Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
* Serpentine
	+ Anacondrai
	+ Hypnobrai
* Sky Folk

## Transcript

For the transcript of the episode, click here.

## Trivia

* **Narrator:** Wu
* This is the seventh episode to include the word "Dragon." Other episodes include "Flight of the Dragon Ninja," "The Day of the Dragon," "Beasts and Dragons," "The Oni and the Dragon," "How to Build a Dragon," and "The Maze of the Red Dragon."
* The Overlord being behind the Great Devourer was first implied in *Tomb of the Fangpyre*, which released over 10 years before this episode aired.
* The Overlord's centaur form is similar to his dragon form from "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master."
	+ Both of these forms are an upgrade from The Overlord's previous humanoid form, to a more animal-like appearance.
	+ Coincidentally, both of these forms allow The Overlord to fly.
* The beginning of The Crystalized Whip plays as the Ninja achieve their dragon forms.

### Cultural references

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* As the ninja begin to unlock their Dragon Forms, Jay's poses resembles the infamous dab meme.
* Harumi's betrayal of the Overlord is a reference to Darth Vader's betrayal of Emperor Palpatine in *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi*.
	+ The difference is however, Harumi lives while Darth Vader died shortly afterwards.
	+ The Overlord electrocuting Lloyd and Garmadon is reminiscent of Palpatine electrocuting Luke Skywalker around the end of film. The Overlord also tells them "all that has happened was by my design!," similar to Palpatine's "everything that has transpired has done so according to my design."

### Continuity

* This episode marks the return of many of the ninja's past allies. These include:
	+ Skales, Ray, Maya, Okino, Unagami, Milton Dyer, the Army of Shintaro, Vania, the Geckles, Munce, the Upply, the Merlopians, the Maaray Guards, Ed and Edna first appearing since "The Turn of the Tide."
	+ Chompy first appearing since "Master of the Sea."
	+ Scott, Red Visors and Whack Rats first appearing since "Game Over."
	+ The Keepers and Zippy making their first appearance since "The Storm Amulet."
	+ Lou also makes his first physical appearance since "Pause and Effect," and his first appearance overall since the flashback in "Dungeon Crawl!"
	+ This marks the third episode where a resistance of some form made up of the ninja and their many allies are gathered to battle the villainous faction in a final battle, with the first time being "The Corridor of Elders," and the second time being in "Green Destiny."
* The Overlord confirms that he was responsible for corrupting the Great Devourer to purposely turn Garmadon evil and use him to create strife and chaos, which set his plan to obtain a 'worthy vessel' in motion.
	+ The Overlord also claims Garmadon's power was a 'gift' from him, although Garmadon's elemental essence of Destruction stems from his Oni heritage, it's possible the Overlord meant that the Devourer boosted Garmadon's destructive powers to a level that he would not have reached had he not been corrupted.
* Harumi finds out the Overlord is responsible for her parents' demise.
	+ This is slightly inaccurate as Pythor was the one who released the Great Devourer, therefore he too was indirectly responsible for her parent's death.
* When Okino appears, Nya says "He is Okino!" referencing how Okino frequently says the line "I am Okino," throughout Prime Empire.
* Zane freezes Aspheera at the end, similar to how he did in "Vengeance is Mine!."

### Errors

* When MiniPix Seven arrives in the Ninja Ultra Combo Mech, P.I.X.A.L.'s right armor pad is missing.
* When Scott was revealed as one of the many allies that came to help the Resistance, he was first seen in his avatar appearance instead. He appears in his human appearance later.
* The Overlord mistakes the Great Devourer as a male, yet it is actually a female.
* When the ninja achieved their Dragon Form, the Scythe of Quakes and one of the Shurikens of Ice were seen in their purified state, despite them being the Weapons of Destruction until they were claimed by the ninja.
* When Jay purified the Nunchucks of Lightning, they were seen with blue electricity, though in the next scenes they appear in and throughout the next episode, they do not have the electricity connecting them.

## Videos

LEGO® NINJAGO - Season 4 Episode 29- Dragon Form
## Gallery

For the gallery of the episode, click here.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.foxtel.com.au/tv-guide/Ninjago/135847882