Kalmaar

**King Kalmaar** was the ruler of Merlopia and the rest of Endless Sea. Due to his hatred for humans and ponies, Kalmaar became obsessed with reawakening a storm spirit known as Wojira so he can use her powers to destroy the surface. As years went by, Kalmaar kills his father and blamed it on the ninja so he can become king of Merlopia.

Once he became king, he went on a quest to find the Storm Amulet for his main goal. Once he did, he was able to reawakened Wojira and take control of her with his trident. However, during his attack on Ninjago City, Kalmaar was ultimately devoured by Wojira after Benthomaar destroyed the trident.

## Depictions in the Series

### Aquarium Dreams

#### The Tale of Benthomaar (flashback)

Kalmaar and Trimaar wander around in the sea when Kalmaar sees a shipwreck. They then wander over and Trimaar sees Benthomaar being attacked by Eels and Trimaar scares them off. Trimaar then introduces Kalmaar to Bentho, the newest member of their family. Benthomaar over and over again tries to get Kalmaar’s attention by giving him scrolls and sculptures about Wojira. Eventually Kalmaar and Gripe get Benthomaar to swim through the Tartarus Trench by saying that he was sorry for not seeing that Bentho is part of the family. Bentho and Kalmaar swim around gas and eels and make it to the Temple of Wojira. After Bentho saves Kalmaar from eels, Kalmaar tells Bentho to leave. Bentho obeys saying that he hopes Kalmaar gets his wish.

#### Five Thousand Fathoms Down

Kalmaar made futile attempts to awaken Wojira with faux amulets along with some of his guards. One of his scientists, Glutinous, explained that he needed more time, but Kalmaar yelled at him to try again. However, it failed causing the following energy pulse to reveal Nya and Maya's location by making the former glow. Then, Kalmaar saw Nya and Maya, and began to shoot at them by using his trident. He was able to resist a water blast and power down the APS suits. He then takes interest in Nya when he realizes that she is the Master of Water.

#### The Wrath of Kalmaar

Kalmaar was listening to Nya and Maya tell each other about the Keepers and the Storm Amulet. He then asks for the Island of the Keepers's location and asks Nya one more time but is interrupted by Gripe. Gripe lets Kalmaar know that King Trimaar is asking for him. He and Gripe then leave. He then arrives at the throne room and Trimaar asks Kalmaar if he is sinking ships. Kalmaar then declines and his adoptive brother, Benthomaar agrees. Trimaar says the if he finds out Kalmaar is lying he will be mad. He then tells Gripe to make them talk.

#### Long Live the King

Glutionus finds Kalmaar and tells him that the Hydro Bounty was working and didn't get destroyed. Kalmaar then starts to think that surface dwellers are not weak. After the ninja tell Trimaar of Wojira but Kalmaar crashes in. He then argues with Trimaar and says that with Wojira they can correct the wrong of land. Trimaar then tells Kalmaar he is the king and his father and Kalmaar then fires a trident blast at Trimaar and injures him. He then cries for help and frames the ninja of attacking him. Benthomaar runs in and asks Kalmaar if it is true but Kalmaar tells him it is true. Kalmaar says that Benthomaar should comfort Trimaar and Kalmaar then says that he will honor his legacy. He orders Gripe to release the Ripper Sharks on the ninja. Gripe then comes and sees Kalmaar, who now declares himself as "King Kalmaar."

#### Escape from Merlopia

After Benthomaar tells a group of Merlopians that Kalmaar is asking for them, Kalmaar tells the group leader that Bentho is working with the ninja. He, Gripe and the Merlopian group then follow the ninja through the city of Merlopia. They destroy part of Merlopia and follow the ninja, shooting tridents at them. Bentho and the ninja block off part of the area, preventing them from advancing.

#### The Storm Amulet

Glutinous comes and tells Kalmaar that he may have discovered the location of the Storm Amulet and says that the island is in the storm belt. Gripe says nothing is there but Kalmaar corrects him. Kalmaar, Gripe, and other Merlopians travel to the Island of the Keepers and see the Hydro Bounty. When the ninja return with the fake Storm Amulet from Mammatus, Kalmaar, Gripe, and the Merlopians ambush them in the Hydro Bounty. They ask for the Storm Amulet and Nya tells Jay to give it to them but Kalmaar knows it's fake. He then destroys the Hydro Bounty and heads to the Explorers Club.

#### Riddle of the Sphinx

After the Trial by Sphinx, Kai, Ray, Wu, Cole, and Misako go a room where they meet Clutch Powers. Kalmaar and Merlopians break down the wall demands the Storm Amulet from Clutch. Clutch gives it to Wu and him and Kalmaar fight. Kalmaar and Wu push each other back and continue fighting.

#### Papergirl

After Nelson and Antonia ride around Ninjago mentioning events like Unagami's invasion and Aspheera, they see Kalmaar break out of the Explorers Club fighting Wu. Kai starts fighting him and the storm amulet rolls over to Antonia. She grabs it and rides away with Nelson. Kalmaar, Gripe, and other Merlopians chase her trying to get the amulet. Antonia and Nelson get cornered by them but they ride off a ramp. Kalmaar jumps down and gets in a truck. He starts chasing them but Kai jumps in with him. They drive off another ramp and fall in the sea. Kalmaar emerges and grabs the Amulet. Kalmaar asks if Antonia is a Ninja, an Elemental Master, a mystic, an Oni, a Serpentine, or a Vermillion but Antonia says she is a papergirl. Kalmaar laughs and then dives into the sea and swims away.

#### Master of the Sea

At Ninjago Harbor, Kalmaar started imagining the fate of Ninjago once Wojira awakens until he was interrupted by Wu. However, he was able to capture him and the others after he overpowered them. When Kalmaar attempt to drown them, he realized that the other group managed to return to Ninjago to stop him. During the battle, Kalmaar battled Nya and Benthomaar until he decided to get away with the Storm Amulet. During the getaway, he tried to blast Nya with a torpedo, who managed to dodge it and take the Storm Amulet from him. Unbeknownst to Nya, she actually took the fake Storm Amulet from the Island of the Keepers while Kalmaar got away with the real one.

#### The Calm Before the Storm

After Kalmaar awakens Wojira with the Storm and Wave Amulets, he takes control of her by using his trident then takes her to Ninjago City as his first act of destroying the surface world. Two days later, he and Wojira were able to get to Ninjago City and created a tsunami to flood the city.

#### The Turn of the Tide

During his reign and control over Wojira, he faces off against Nya. While fighting, he eventually ends up having to fight an enraged Jay due to the fact that he electrocuted Nya mid-battle. He soon kicks Jay off of Wojira's head, and later fights Benthomaar, who subsequently broke his staff, ending his control over Wojira. Wojira then writhed around, threw Kalmaar into the air epically and then opened her enormous jaws to swallow him whole, killing him at last.

## Personality

Kalmaar is a cruel person who has little regard for anyone except himself and his goals. He is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, even going as far as to killing his own father to carry out his plans of awakening Wojira. Kalmaar heavily despises humans, and while the other Merlopians were happy to coexist with them, Kalmaar did everything in his power to commit mass genocide against humanity.

He is also quite manipulative and exploits off of others, as he uses his adopted brother, Benthomaar to pass through the poisonous vents to get to the Temple of Wojira. Afterwards, he shows no gratitude for his brother's assistance and instead insults Benthomaar by saying he will never see him as family, showing his cold-hearted nature.

While he is very arrogant, Kalmaar does not underestimate his enemies when they actually pose a threat to him. He also developed some degree of respect towards Antonia for being a "mere papergirl" who was able to keep the Storm Amulet away from him the longest. His arrogance adds to his short temper, as he is not tolerant of failure and will become incredibly angry if things do not go his way.

Kalmaar is shown to be very intelligent and seems to have knack for learning new things, specifically over the legends of Wojira. Despite this, Kalmaar does not seem to understand sarcasm, as shown when he exchanged remarks with Kai in a truck while fighting him.

## Trivia

* In some languages, "kalmar" means squid.
	+ His name could also be a play on the word calamari, which is a type of squid dish.
		- Nya, Rarity and Discord refer to Kalmaar as "Calamari".
		- Another member of the Merlopian Quartet, Tako, is also a mean octopus. It is also play on takoyaki, a Japanese octopus ball dish.
* His name is also similar to that of Tommy Kalmar, one of the crew members in charge of the franchise.
	+ His name is also similar to Kalmar FF, a Swedish football club.
* His name is also similar to that of Kalmah, one of the Barraki warlords from *Bionicle.*
	+ Interestingly, both characters are antagonists in their respective lines' ocean-themed storylines and have squid characteristics (Kalmaar is a humanoid squid; Kalmah had tentacles and used squid as weapons).
* His face resembles that of Gill-Man's from *Creature from the Black Lagoon.*
* He is similar to the Squid Warrior from *LEGO Atlantis*, as they are both based on squid, have tentacles instead of legs, have mustache in the form of the tentacles, live underwater and use a trident as a weapon.
* He is similar to Squirk from G1 *My Little Pony 'n Friends* episode "The Ghost of Paradise Estate", as they both ruled in an underwater realm and attempts to flood the whole universe.
* He is similar to Aspheera, as both were able to overthrow a person of a higher rank (Trimaar and Mambo V).
* He is also similar to Scar from *The Lion King*, who wanted to overthrow his brother Mufasa and become king, but unlike him, Kalmaar is the older son of King Trimaar, and he kills him by injuring him.
* He is similar to Rex Dangervest in *The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part* as their intentions is to wipe out humanity from the universe.
* He is also similar to Horde Prime from *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*, as both have adopted brothers (Benthomaar for Kalmaar and Hordak for Horde Prime). He also controlled the main characters to force them to do their plans (Discord for Kalmaar and Catra for Horde Prime).
* He is similar to Tirek as he once allied with Discord, but later betrayed him.
* He is the fourth prince to appear in *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony*, the first three being Blueblood, Shining Armor, and Nadakhan.
* He is one of the twelfth main antagonists to not appear in the first episode of their season, the others being Pythor, the Overlord, Queen Chrysalis, the Preeminent, Principal Cinch, Midnight Sparkle, Okashi, Unagami, Twivine Sparkle, Vangelis, Michella and Mammatus
* He is the first character to kill a sapient character onscreen in *Living the Pony Life*, not counting Princess Black Nova killing the ninja and the Mane Six for the Eternity Crystals.
* He is the first character to commit parricide (killing of a parent), as well as the first to commit regicide (killing of a king) onscreen.
	+ Okashi also attempted parricide on her parents, but she was defeated by the ninja and the ponies.
* According to his voice actor, Giles Panton, "Kalmaar is the handsomest, strongest, and most intelligent of all the Merlopians."
* He appears to have dirty teeth, as stated by both Tako and Uni in "Heavy Dental".
* He speaks with a British accent.
* He is the thirteenth known king in *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony*, the first twelve being Pythor, Skales, Sombra, Khanjikhan, Nadakhan (in an erased timeline), Thorax, the Storm King, Mambo the Fifth, Grimfax, Atta the Ratta, Atlaua, Vangelis and Trimaar.
* He is the fifth child of a monarch that is shown to succeed their parent, the first being Nadakhan (in an erased timeline), the second being Thorax, the third being Vania and the fourth being Gaia (although it was succeeded as a queen off-screen).
	+ Unlike the others, he killed his king (his father) rather than inheriting the position.
* He is the fourth villain to show intelligence, the first being Echo Zane (as the Ice Emperor), the second being Twivine Sparkle and the third being Michella.
* He is the fourth main antagonist who didn't appear in a season finale, due to already being defeated in a season penultimate episode. The first is Iron Baron, the second is the Omega, and the third is Vex.
	+ This is mainly due to the final episode being a filler to tone down strong emotions.
* According to Giles Panton, Kalmaar would consider Pythor insignificant and the only human food he likes is pizza.
* He knows of Oni, Serpentine, and Vermillion.
* He knows how to drive, albeit poorly.
* He has received several nicknames from the Ninja, like "Calamari" from Nya, Rarity and Discord, "ugly purple squid guy" from Caralisa, "Blur Sotong" from Echo and Sugar Snap and "Tentacles" from Kai.
* Kalmaar's voice actor, Giles Panton, often replies to people on Twitter with mini-videos talking in the voice of Kalmaar.
* He hates catchy songs, as he thinks that those songs are annoying and get stuck inside his head. This is also the reason why Wild Heartbeats and Reach the Dream are his two of his most hated songs.
* He is also similar to Pythor:
	+ Both of them have purple as their main color scheme.
	+ They have a British accent.
	+ They both first appear in the fourth episode of the season where they serve as the main antagonist.
	+ They both wish to awaken a giant serpent: Wojira and the Great Devourer respectively.
	+ Coincidentally, both were devoured by the ones who they wished to re-awaken.
		- However, Pythor awakened the Great Devourer in the penultimate episode, whereas Kalmaar awakened Wojira earlier.