Eternal Submarine of the Spotless Mind

**Eternal Submarine of the Spotless Mind** is the first part of the twenty-sixth episode of the fourth season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 174th episode overall. This and the next episode are based on LEGO Ninjago episode, *Unsinkable*. Along with "That Sinking Feeling", it aired first in English on May 7, 2021, in the UK. It was released in the US via HBO Max on September 21, 2021. paired with "A Party at the Aquarium" and "Showtime Showdown".

## Synopsis

*The team goes to investigate the source of what causes the loss of magic and Nya and Caralisa's elemental powers.*

**Extended**: *The potion magic, Nya and Caralisa's elemental power, the magic from Ocejago and the rest of Merlopia and the marine life are disrupted, so the team set to investigate what cause behind it. However, Tako prevented the team by unleashing the frog monster. After passing through, the team went under the Potion Ocean with the Hydro Bounty to the Endless Sea, which there is a magical ocean current known as the Glittering Blizzard, connecting from the two oceans!*

**Tiny Pop**: *To investigate what was the cause of the loss of magic in Merlopia, and the disruption of Nya and Caralisa's elemental powers, the team sets off to the Potion Ocean to investigate.*

**HBO Max**: *The Ninja and the ponies go on an investigation to find out what cause the loss of magic in the Potion Ocean and Merlopia, and the disruption of Elemental Powers from Nya and Caralisa*.

## Plot

In Ocejago, while Miyu is about to show the nymphlings to the Seaheart Market, Maylia and Ava are fascinated with her butterfly fish watch, only to find that it cost more than 35 Merzos. Just as Dover pays the butterfly fish watches with the enough cash, a magical blackout occurs, with the owner told the customers that the market is temporarily closed. Back at the Crystal Coral Castle, Miyu informs her parents about the magical blackout, and they set to investigate. Moments later, they reached the Dream Lagoon and Delta told the royalties and the nymphlings that the Pearl of Merlopia is started to lose its magic, and without it, the Mermlings and the rest of the Merlopians are unable to carry on their daily lives and the Mermlings also lost their ability to transform into mermaids. Miyu, Delta and the nymphlings went to the surface to tell the ninja and the ponies.

Meanwhile at Sugarcube Café, the ninja, the young ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, the Wild Siders, Kaya, Potion Nova, Antonia, Akita and Spike are experimenting potions with the Cotton Candy Comet crystals that Pinkie Pie extracted in "The Crystal Capturing Contraption". While Nelson tries to create a special potion using rare comet crystals, he realized that the Rainbow Water has lost its magic, the same goes when Rarity uses the Hair Grower Brew when she find out that her mane did not grow. Twilight Sparkle, Lloyd and Potion Nova were suspicious as the magic potions do not realized that they lost some kind of magic. Rainbow Dash thinks that it was Discord who steals some potion magic, and they all agree on her hypothesis.

In Discord's realm, the team seeks Discord that he is the one that causes the potion magic to lose. Discord told them that he never did that, even though he just kept a bottle of chaos magic for himself. Nya forces Discord to tell her the truth, but he refuses. Nya uses her Water Lyre to create a powerful spell on Discord, but her powers have failed. Caralisa also find out that her water powers are also failing. Zane found such theory of the mechanical octopus that they got attacked in the previous episode, and the deepest part of the ocean affecting Nya and Caralisa's elemental power, the marine life and the potion magic. Potion Nova finds what is another source behind this; the Potion Ocean. In Merlopia, the Merlopian Quartet find out that the heroes are off to Potion Ocean to find a problem, and Tako can deal with them by releasing another Balaena.

The team, along with Maya, Ray, Lena , James , P.I.X.A.L. and Starlight Glimmer, went to the Potion Ocean to investigate what cause the loss of magic, and Potion Nova finds out that the Potion Ocean is actually the connection to the Endless Sea. P.I.X.A.L. brings the *Hydro Bounty* for underwater mysteries, just in case. Before boarding on, a frog monster by the name of Kaeru face the ninja and the ponies. Lloyd had realized that it was Tako who implement it, as Kaeru uses his sticky tongue to catch Caralisa. Luckily, Nya transforms into her Guardian form and uses the lyre to release her, abit her powers are still failing. Megan transforms into Ultra Sailor Sky and uses her Love Power Rod to defeat Kaeru.

The team decided to board on the Bounty, but Ray and James are upset that they'll have no one to play *Prime Empire* with but Kai and Jake says that he'll stay because Wu wants to see the history of Fire users, Kimberly is going to fit for her friends’ jobs to deliver newspapers assigned by Sammy and that Cole will stay to help protect Ninjago if anything should happen and he also looks after Kitonaru. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, the Williams sisters, Spike, Akita, Starlight and Kaya will stay with the ninja, as they want to learn more about the cosmic wish energy and the true origins of the cosmic sisters. Discord pleads that he will come, and Fluttershy accepts. As such, the rest of team board the *Bounty* and submerges under the Potion Ocean.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Antonia - Bryanna Drummond
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Atlaua - Peter Kelamis
* Ava - Anna Cathcart
* Caralisa/Scuba Caralisa- Tabitha St. Germain
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien/Scuba Damien - Andrew Francis
* Delta - Vincent Tong
* Discord - Peter New
* Dover - Brian Drummond
* Echo - Connor Parnall
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Fugu - Nicki Burke
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Glutinous - Sam Vincent
* Hotate - Ana Sani
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* James - Brian Drummond
* Jay/Scuba Jay -Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaeru - Brian Drummond
* Kalmaar - Giles Panton
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lightning Chill - Bethany Brown
* Lena - Ashleigh Ball
* Lloyd/Scuba Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Maya - Jillian Michaels
* Maylia - Grey Griffin
* Megan Williams/Ultra Sailor Sky - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nelson/Scuba Nelson - David Reynolds
* Nyad/Potion Nova - Chanelle Peloso
* Nya/Guardian Nya/Scuba Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Starlight Glimmer - Kelly Sheridan
* Sugar Snap - Ana Sani
* Tako - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Tamaru - Ali Liebert
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Uni - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Wade - Ian Hanlin
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zachary/Scuba Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zale - Kelly Sheridan
* Zane/Scuba Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
	+ Potion Reserve
		- Potion Ocean
* Chaosville
	+ Discord's house
* Endless Sea
	+ Merlopia
		- Ocejago
			* Seaheart Market
			* Crystal Coral Castle
		- Dream Lagoon
		- Tartarus Trench
			* Temple of Wojira

## Spells Used

* Tidal Judgement - used by Nya against Discord, but failed.
* Harmony of the Waves - used by Nya against Kaeru, but failed.
* Celestial Midnight Eternal Vaporation - used by Ultra Sailor Sky to defeat Kaeru.

## Transcript

* Eternal Submarine of the Spotless Mind (Transcript)

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Nya
* This episode was first broadcast in the UK on May 7, 2021.
* A sneak peek of the episode showing the giant frog attacking the heroes is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube channel on May 7, 2021.
* This episode and "That Sinking Feeling" were released in the US on HBO Max on September 25, 2021, one week before their premiere on Discovery Family.
* The title of the episode is a reference to the 2004 film *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*.
* The scene when the ninja and the ponies go to the *Hydro Bounty* in slow motion is similar to the scene from *LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers* when Clutch and his team go to their spaceship.
* The loss of magic in Merlopia and the marine life due to Kalmaar could be later referenced in the G5 film *My Little Pony: A New Generation*, in which Equestria has lost most of the magic due to disharmony.

## Continuity

* This episode is a spiritual sequel to "Potion Mystery".
	+ Twilight and Lloyd referenced to this episode about some investigations regarding about the loss of magic.
	+ The ninja and the ponies experimenting potions are reused from the previous episode, now with Rarity, Applejack, Nya, Cole and Molly.
* This is the fourth episode where one of the locations lost their magic, in that case, the whole of Merlopia. The first is "Crystal to Framed - Part I" where the Crystal Empire lost their magic due to the shattering of the Crystal Heart, the second is "School Raze: Lessons of Friendship", with the whole of Equestria losing magic and the third is "The End of the Rainbow", where Hope Hollow loses its magic, resulting in a colorless state.
* This is the third time a ninja stays behind, in this case, Kai, Cole, Kimberly and Jake. The first was Zane in "The 13th Level" and the second is Nya in "Nervestruck".
	+ The Young Ninja also stayed behind in "Nervestruck", as they are in charge of taking care of Nya.
* This is also the first episode where some of the Mane Six stayed behind, in that case, Applejack and Rainbow Dash.
* The comet crystals from "The Crystal Capturing Contraption" reappears as the team are experimenting potions with the crystals, besides as an ingredient for various baking recipes.
* Just like in "Road Tripping", Discord pleads to go on a trip with the ninja and the ponies. Unlike the former episode, Fluttershy accept his request.
	+ Again in that episode, the Bounty is under attack by a giant creature; Kaeru was attacking the *Hydro Bounty* and caught Caralisa, while Beohernie attacks the *Land Bounty*.
* The ninja and the ponies went to Discord's realm again since "Journey to the Center of the 'cord".
* Zane, who has downloaded thousands of books and movies with sailors and pirates and speaks almost the entire episode with a pirate accent, refers to "Prime Empire: Blessing or Curse?," where he downloaded thousands of books and movies about detectives and spoke with a detective accent.
	+ This is the second episode where Zane speaks with a pirate accent, the first time in "Peak-a-Boo."
		- It also references Zane downloading thousands of ninja movies in *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*.
* The soundtrack when the ninja and the ponies are walking to the *Hydro Bounty* is reused from Cole fighting Yang's students in "Day of the Departed."
* The Seaheart Market is seen again in this episode since the the titular episode of the same name.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life and Ninjago cartoon

* Nelson, Caralisa, Damien, Zachary, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, the Wild Siders, Discord, Potion Nova, Lena and Antonia join Lloyd, Jay, Zane, Nya, P.I.X.A.L. and Maya on a board on *Hydro Bounty* under the depths of the Potion Ocean.
* The beginning of the scene until the part where the Hydro Bounty submerged underwater is used, except the Monastery of Spinjitzu scene is replaced with the Potion Ocean.
* Kalmaar was absent in the original Ninjago episode.
* Just before they board on the *Hydro Bounty*, a monstrous frog appears and attacks the *Bounty*.

## Errors

* During the attack of Kaeru, Damien was in his Armor robe instead of his Scuba suit.
* In the credits, Doris is still listed, even though she does not have any lines in the episode.
* In one scene, Spike does not have wings.
* Kitonaru explains to Cole that he was unable to go underwater because it was cold. However, Kitonaru was in underwater in "Down and Under" and several ocean-themed episodes.