Ninjago S2 E7

## Plot

It turns out that Garmadon remembers the crazy time travel shenanigans of the past episode as well. The Mega Weapon may be gone, but he has a new plan. He tells the Serpentine the origin of Bounty from episode 2. He wants to look for the same Island of Darkness that the pirates were looking for. The Serpentine generals follow him in a helicopter to look for it. The other guys have Lloyd take care of the dragon's… business. They remind him that having a pet requires a lot of responsibility and ask him if his mom ever let him have a one. He doesn't remember his mom. She abandoned him when he was really young. Nya informs them that the museum is asking for them. Something really strange happened. Their Stone Warrior exhibit opens to the public that night. The Great Devourer's venom has seeped into the city's sewer system and brought the gift shop toys to life. They destroy all the toys. One escapes, and Wu chases after it. He destroys it, and runs into a woman he knew a long time ago. He introduces the others to her. She's Misako… Lloyd's mother. *Oh.* She's amazed at how much he's grown. He's angry at her for leaving him. Skales and the other generals betray Garmadon and seize control of the Serpentine again by pushing him out of the helicopter and into the ocean. Misako talks to Lloyd alone. The room he's in has a sinkhole. It doesn't have a bottom. That's where Misako found the Stone Warrior. She knew right away that Lloyd would be the destined Green Ninja and have to fight his father. Okay. Why didn't you tell Wu so that he could raise and take care of Lloyd? And why did you drop him off at a boarding school for evil kids? If you hadn't, then it's possible that the events of season 1 and maybe even season 5 wouldn't have happened. Then again, the flashbacks in the fifth season seem to take place at least forty years in the past (according to season 7), so Lloyd obviously hadn't been born yet. Misako left to learn everything she could about the prophecy, in the hopes of preventing it. She's been trying to save her husband and her son all this time. Okay. Why not bring Lloyd with you? Sure, being a single parent is difficult, but it's not impossible. She starts to tell them the story of Ninjago's creation. Lloyd says that they've heard this story before, but Misako says that they've only heard half of it. Ninjago has always had a balance between good and evil. In order for there to be light, there must be darkness. An evil spirit called the Overlord is the source of all other evil. Wu *knew* about this, but didn't tell his students, in hopes that the name would never be spoken again. Yeah, mentors apparently do this a lot. They know something about an ancient evil, but never tell their pupils until *after* said evil has been released and is causing chaos. The First Spinjitzu Master and the Overlord fought for the longest time. The Overlord created indestructible Stone Warriors to create a Stone Army. Knowing that he would soon lose, the First Spinjitzu Master split Ninjago in half, with a light side and a dark side, to create a yin yang symbol. Since then, there has been no trace of the Overlord or his Stone Army, until Misako discovered one underground. That's why the final battle has yet to be decided. It was never finished in the first place, merely postponed. As long as the balance between good and evil remains even, the Overlord can't enter this world. Misako knew that Garmadon's ambition might tip the balance one day, which is why he must be stopped. She says that leaving Lloyd was the hardest thing she ever had to do, but she did it to save him and the world. The Stone Samurai Warrior is unveiled to the public. However, the Great Devourer's venom touches it, bringing it to life. Misako has yet to find a way to prevent Lloyd from facing his father. They discover that the Stone Warrior has been brought to life. It's indestructible, so none of their weapons can even lay a scratch on it. Lloyd uses his powers on it, but even that doesn't work. He gets an idea and asks the others to hold it off for awhile. Garmadon is alive, and washes up on the Island of Darkness. There, he's guided by the disembodied voice of the Overlord. He says that Garmadon can have everything he wants, but first, he has to do something for him. It's revealed that he's a pulsing sphere of energy with thermal imaging a la the Predator. The Stone Warrior goes after Misako. She runs into Lloyd, and they dodge out of the way in amazing slow motion. Lloyd used the rock-paper-clamp game in real life. He covered the sinkhole with paper, which the heavy stone warrior falls through. Misako says that she's so proud of Lloyd, and she agrees to stay with the team and help them fight the good fight. Lloyd is okay with it, having gotten over his previous anger at her. Garmadon uses his four arms to turn four switches in a rock. This causes the dark half of Ninjago to rise out of the ocean, in, as TV Tropes put it, "an amazing blend of style and 3D animation." Yes, there's the obvious yin yang symbolism with the two islands, but if you turn them on their sides, you'll also see that they resemble dragons, just like the dark dragon on the western island and the eastern light dragon on the continent of Anima in RWBY. It took me until around 2:30 in the morning on July 3rd, 2020 to realize this. This episode originally aired on October 10th, 2012. This took me seven years, eight months, three weeks, and two days to finally realize.