The Call of Home

> I can never be happy here. And I'm terrified that if I stay here any longer, I'll begin to forget again. Forget who I am. Who I was.
>
> Nya

### Air date

May 20, 2022June 6, 2022 (UK)June 18, 2022 (Canada)June 28, 2022 (Australia)

### Director

Daniel Life

**The Call of Home** is the second episode of the fifteenth season of *Ninjago* and the 182nd episode overall. It aired on May 20, 2022 on LEGO's YouTube channel.

## Synopsis

*Nya, who is now a water dragon, begins to uncover her true identity after she rescues a drowning man. With the help of another water elemental, Nyad, Nya searches for her lost memories.*

*Can Nya regain her memories and reunite with her friends?*

## *Plot*

A boat is caught in the storm and in the process, a man is thrown overboard. The rest of the crewmates scramble to find him and briefly see a bright light swim through the ocean. Suddenly, a Water Dragon rises out from the sea behind them and sets Kwon down on the boat. Kwon thanks them and when the dragon answers his thanks, the crew gasps and realize Nya had saved them. The dragon confusedly repeats the name he said, before diving into the ocean again. They watch her go as Kwon thanks her again.

Down below, the dragon swims through the sea, trying to recall where she heard the name, Nya, and was able to remember there was a Nya from Ninjago but could not remember if there was anyone else. She is soon approached by another water spirit who questions her actions. The dragon tells her she interfered because it's who she is, yet she cannot remember who she was. They travel to the bottom to see if a boat was what she was looking for but it does not help her. So the water spirit suggests her to look above on the surface instead to which the dragon thanks her and says she will.

On her way to the surface, she sees lights floating along the water. The lights turn out to be lanterns with messages and she reads some of them about thanking Nya and missing her presence. The last one she reads tells her Jay must be very sad without Nya and asks her to come home. At Jay's name, she regains her memories, reminiscing those of her closest friends, family, and herself. She transforms into her humanoid water form and declares herself as Nya. Above the waters, she sees where the line of lanterns ends and swims for Lighthouse Island.

However, when she arrives, she finds the lighthouse empty, except for some more lanterns and paintings of herself and Jay. She wonders how long she's been gone when she sees Jay's portrait of himself with a beard and she suddenly loses form. She struggles to maintain it and realizes she has to get back to the ocean. There, Nya finds the water spirit and tells her she remembers everything about herself and who Nyad is, the one who fought off Wojira. Although Nyad doesn't remember that and simply tells Nya that was nice. Nya then begs for her help to break free from the ocean to go home but Nyad tells her that is impossible since she merged with the sea, connecting her completely with the sea forever.

Discouraged, Nya sinks to the bottom and Nyad comes after her, asking why she was sad when she had everything in the ocean forever. Nya replies that she can never be happy in the ocean when all her friends were back home and she fears of forgetting everything again. Nyad apologizes and tells her with the sea connected to her elemental powers, there was no way she could give those up. At that, Nya realizes that if she could give up her powers, she could sever herself from the ocean. Nyad tells her it could be possible but tells her she is her powers and asks what she would be without them. Nya confesses that was her greatest fear, becoming ordinary, but knows that losing her friends would be worse. She hugs Nyad and thanks her for everything, telling her she has to go. When Nyad asks where, Nya says "Home" and takes off to find her friends.

## Appearances

### Characters

#### Cast

* Captain - Brian Drummond
* Kwon - Brent Miller
* Maya - Jillian Michaels (archival audio)
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Nyad - Andrea Libman
* Sailor 1 - Paul Dobson

#### Miscellaneous

* Jay (flashback)
* Collins (uncredited)
* Kai (flashback)

### Events

* Alternate timeline (flashback)
* Great Flood (flashback)
* Battle of Nine Days (mentioned)

### Items

* Amulets of Wojira (flashback)
	+ Storm Amulet
	+ Wave Amulet
* Bell of Divinity (flashback)

### Vehicles

* Mary Louise
* APS suits (flashback)
* Hydro Bounty (flashback)

### Locations

* Lighthouse Island
* Endless Sea
	+ Tartarus Trench
		- Graveyard of ships
* Djinjago (flashback)
* Ninjago (flashback)
	+ Ninjago City
		- Ninjago City Police Station
		- Ninjago News Center

### Species

* Humans
* Whales
* Fish
* Sea serpents (flashback)

## Trivia

* **Narrator:** Nyad
* The name of the episode is similar to the name of the second episode of Season 14: Seabound, "The Call of the Deep." The names of the two episodes thus form a parallel between when Nya was called by the sea and when she was called by her home.
* Scenes from "The Last Resort" and "The Way Back" are included in Nya's flashbacks, marking the first time WILFilm ApS footage has been used in a WildBrain season. This inclusion was first mentioned by Tommy Andreasen on Twitter.
* Despite being named in the episode, Mariano is credited as "Sailor 1".

### Continuity

* Nyad is revealed to still exist within the Endless Sea, stating that she and Nya became eternal as a result of merging with it.
* Nya regains her memories and decides that to become mortal again, she must find a way to give up her elemental powers.
* Nya remembers her greatest fear of being ordinary from looking at the Mirror of Fears in "The Explorers Club."

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3A0H64ID7I
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1520406090407624705