A Mino Encounter

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**A Mino Encounter** is the second part of the fifty-fourth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. This and the previous episode are based on the LEGO Ninjago episode, *Trial By Mino*. Along with "The Geckle Judgement", it was paired with "Queen Murtessa" and "Who's the Modest?".

## Synopsis

*After facing the Mino and realized that she's a friendly one, Gulch appoints Kai as the leader.*

**Teletoon**: *Oriana and Kaguya help the Ninja and the Pegasi ponies against the Mino, in which Fluttershy grows into a giant to take off the Mino's armour. As the result that they are innocent, Gulch appoints Kai as the new chancellor.*

## Plot

The Mino continues to charge the two Ninja, the Pegasi and Spike, until Oriana and Kaguya come down to the arena and transform into their Crystal Guardian Forms. Oriana uses her Sunshine Scepter to perform Sunlight Beam Blow against the Mino, but her attack was ineffective. When Kaguya attacks the Mino with Lunatic Crescent Slash, her powers are also ineffective as well. Rainbow Dash tells them that the Mino's armor is made of Vengestone. As Gulch told the opponents not to mock the Geckle civil code, Fluttershy angers herself and turns into her giant form. She manages to remove the Mino's armor, and it calms down, even rolling over and licking them. Kai yells that since friends help friends, not-skeletons should help not-skeletons too, and they are brought before Gulch again.

Gulch questions the Ninjas, the Pegasi and the Crystal Guardians' identities, and Gleck suggests that they are Elemental Masters and the ponies who wielded the Elements of Harmony, which means they may know Gilly. Meanwhile, Zane notices Gleck's necklace and realizes that it is the one Cole claimed to have seen. The four tell them that while they do not know Gilly, they are Elemental Masters, and they display their powers. Zane states that they are looking for their friends, and Gulch agrees to help them in light of the dishonor they brought upon themselves by suspecting the Ninja and the Mane Six. He then promptly resigns as chancellor and gives the position to Kai, which all the Geckles agree to by throwing rocks at him. He accepts the position reluctantly and tells them not to throw things at him anymore, but the Geckles throw more rocks at him in support of his proposal, while Rainbow Dash becomes the vice chancellor. He then asks for information on the Skull Sorcerer and Princess Twivine Sparkle at Zane's suggestion.

Gulch takes them to the story cave and tells them of their people's origin. During their dark ages, a great hero Gilly arrived, along with Gear Butter and Princess Eternity, to save them from Grief-Bringer and gifted them with the Blades of Deliverance, but it was stolen by the Munce. Kai quickly cuts him off, as they already knew that part of the story, and asks about the Skull Sorcerer. Gulch says that six adventurers had ventured deep into the tunnels where all Geckles are forbidden to enter, and awoke an ancient evil - the Skull Sorcerer and the Awakened Warriors. He also free the Dark Princess of the Plundervines, Twivine Sparkle, and captured many Geckles and Munce to mine for him, and where they once lived openly, they must hide and pray that the Skull Sorcerer doesn't find them.

Kai decides that to defeat the Skull Sorcerer, he must unite the Geckles and Munce, so he proposes teaming up with the Munce, only for the suggestion to be perceived as a joke. He states that they need a different approach, to which Zane, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy express their agreements by throwing a rock at his head.

## Cast

* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Garpo - Sabrina Pitre
* Ginkle - Tabitha St. Germain
* Gleck - Brian Drummond
* Groko - Peter New
* Gulch - Andrew McNee
* Kaguya - Rebecca Shoichet
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Mino - Brian Drummond
* Oriana - Erin Matthews
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Shintaro Mountain
		- Dungeons of Shintaro
			* Eastern Caves
				+ Geckle Strong-Cave
					- Geckle Courthouse
						* Mino Pit
					- Story Cave

## Spells Used

* Sunlight Beam Blow - Used by Oriana against the Mino, but failed.
* Lunatic Crescent Slash - Used by Kaguya against the Mino, but failed.

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Fluttershy
* This episode was first broadcast in Turkey on Cartoon Network on August 22, 2020, the same day where "Zound Off", "Unboxing Day", "Our Own Hotpot" and "Lantern Crafting" aired in Canada.
* This is the seventh time in the series where Fluttershy grows into a giant, the first six were "The Gelatinous Protocol", "The Best of the Worst", "Cute-pocalypse Meow", "The Trail Less Trotten", "Death of a Sales-Pony"and "Bighoof Walking."
* It is revealed that the Skull Sorcerer was reawakened by the six adventurers, who founded the Skull of Hazza D'ur. This is further detailed in "How the Upply Were Formed".
* Oriana and Kaguya transformed into Crystal Guardians using "Solar Bravery Power" and "Lunar Bravery Power!" for the last time in this episode.

## Changes

### Changes in the Ninjago cartoon

* Instead of Zane, Fluttershy in her giant form remove the Mino's armor.
* Gulch tells the story about the six adventurers instead of three, because Linette, Maylia and Bubbles are added in this episode.