A Trick for the Worse

**A Trick for the Worse** is the second part of the fourteenth episode of the third season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life and the 118th episode overall. Along with "The Birthday Lineup", it was first premiered in the UK on September 23, 2020, and paired up with "The Legendary Rainbow Scepter" and "Scott's Worst Day". However, in most other countries, this episode was paired up with "The Great Collide" and "Sportacular Spectacular Musical Musak-ular."

## Synopsis

*The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, Molly and the Upply fight back against Princess Black Nova after stealing the Eternity Crystals from the Alicorns.*

**Teletoon***: As Princess Black Nova decided to hunt for the Eternity Crystal, the Ninja, the Mane Six, Molly and the Upply fight against her, until she takes the Eternity Crystals from the Ninja and the Mane Six.*

## Plot

As Megan strolls by at the park, she feels some negative energy indicated that Princess Black Nova removed all of the Eternity Crystals from the Alicorn Princesses. Having been felt behind a nightmare, she runs to Sugarcube Café to stop Black Nova from taking Twilight's Eternity Crystal, in attempts for her to rule Ninjago and Equestria.

Black Nova brings the Skull of Hazza D'ur and the army of the Awakened Warriors to the Sugarcube Café. As the Ninja, the Mane Six, Spike, Molly and the Upply finished decorating for Megan's birthday, they had decided to wait for Megan until she comes, but when Korgran opens the door, he and the others realized that Black Nova brought an army of Awakened Warriors and Grief-Bringer. She demanded to steal the Eternity Crystal from Twilight, after she took all of the crystals from Celestia, Luna and Cadance. Showing the crystals of the three Alicorn princesses, the Ninja, the Mane Six and Molly are all shocked. As Twilight doesn't want to have her own Crystal, Black Nova charges the army against them. The Ninja, the Mane Six and Molly transform into their Hero forms, their Crystal Guardians and Sailor Heart. The Upply and Spike also join them against the army.

Sailor Sky had arrived just in time, and criticized Black Nova not to steal the Crystal from Twilight. She ruthlessly wanted to rule Ninjago and Equestria with all of the army, in order to pay revenge to the Skull Sorcerer who was defeated months ago. Sailor Sky pleaded not to do such things, until Grief-Bringer smacked her to the wall. Black Nova then releases a volley of dark energy blasts from her horn. Suddenly Rainbow Dash leaps in front of Twilight while the other ponies and the Ninja stand guard against the Upply, Spike and Sailor Heart. The twelve are hit and their Eternity Crystals exposed. Black Nova summons the crystals to her and laughs. The bodies of the Ninja and the Mane Six fall to the floor, reverting back to their normal forms. Sailor Sky starts to cry, as Lloyd and Cole tell them that they need her against Black Nova. The ponies and the Ninja also want her to stand up to those who are cruel and unjust to them. The Ninja and the Mane Six begin to glow and suddenly disappear in burst of Elixir Sparks.

Sailor Sky started a meltdown that she lost all of her closest friends, but the Upply, Spike and Molly attempt to cheer her up that she had a way to stand against the evil forces. She will need a new recruitment.

## Cast

* Applejack/Crystal Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole/Hero Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy/Crystal Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Fungus - Ian James Corlett
* Jay/Hero Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai/Hero Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Korgran - Paul Dobson
* Lloyd/Hero Lloyd -Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams/Sailor Sky - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams/Sailor Heart - Chantal Strand
* Nya/Hero Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie/Crystal Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Plundar - Adam Trask
* Princess Black Nova - Lisa Ann Beley
* Rainbow Dash/Crystal Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity/Crystal Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Skull of Hazza D'ur - Michael Adamthwaite
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle/Crystal Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane/Hero Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
		- Ponyville Park

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Skull of Hazza D'ur
* This episode was first broadcast in the UK on Tiny Pop on September 23, 2020.
* This episode and "The Birthday Lineup" are paired with "The Great Collide" and "Sportacular Spectacular Musical Musak-ular" in broadcast order.
	+ In the UK airing on Tiny Pop, these episodes are paired with "The Legendary Rainbow Scepter" and "Scott's Worst Day" in broadcast order.
* This episode featured the "death" of the Ninja and the Mane Six, but they were resurrected at the end of Black Nova arc of the season.
* This is the sixth episode where a ninja is believed to be dead (in this case, the Ninja), the first being "The Legendary Friend," the second being "Day of the Departed," the third being "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria," the fourth being "The Ending of the End: The Fall" and the fifth is "The Fate of Lloyd".
* Black Nova attempting to steal the Eternity Crystals and cause the deaths of the heroes resembles Sailor Galaxia stealing the Star Seeds from the four Inner Scouts in *Sailor Stars*.
* Cole telling to Megan saying that she must face against those who are cruel and unjust is the same quote that Lilly told him.