Ninjago S11 E6

## Plot

The ninja are at the pyramid and ask for Clutch Powers' help getting through it, but he refuses. He gets a call from the Explorers Club telling him that his membership is being revoked, because it requires their members to *explore*, which he hasn't done in twelve years. He agrees to explore the pyramid to keep his membership. Jay triggers a trap, but Kai destroys the spikes they're heading toward before they're skewered. Cole lifts up some debris to get them through a secret passageway. They come across an ancient locking mechanism. They need to assemble a picture to unlock the chamber. It's a sliding puzzle that is way too easy and shouldn't even be there, considering who is locked inside. While Nya and Jay figure it out, Zane reads the hieroglyphics on the other wall. That reminds me of when he translated the scroll with the green ninja prophecy all the way back in season 1. It says "Beware ye who enter the serpent's tomb, for her anger nearly did consume all Ninjago, until a foolish boy, with a staff of power and evil, did destroy." Zane remembers his vision, but he warns Nya and Jay too late not to open the door. They've freed the female Serpentine Aspheera, who asks them where the one who imprisoned her is. Zane says she must be looking for the boy mentioned in the hieroglyphics. Lloyd tells her that was awhile ago, and they honestly don't know who she's talking about. She blasts him. Clutch runs away while the others fight her with their elemental powers. She blasts everyone else back and starts stealing Kai's powers. The others try to stop her with spinjitzu, but it's revealed that she knows it too. She takes Kai's powers and transforms into a fire Serpentine. She spares their lives to "thank" them, and imprisons them in the chamber. She catches up to Clutch and demands that he take her to the nearest village. He tells her that the closest place is Ninjago City, and refuses to take her there. It's revealed that she's a sorceress with a giant fire snake. She tells it to take her to Ninjago City as the pyramid is buried in lava and Clutch is sent flying to who knows where. The next episode… is a lower tier one about how the ordinary people of Ninjago handle another ancient evil invading their main city… again. Nelson, the kid from season 6 and the honorary purple ninja, who is super clumsy and always getting hurt, has become a paper boy. It's his first day. An older girl named Antonia is told to show him the ropes. And then the city is attacked by fire serpents. They see Pixal as Samurai X in a mech suit fighting the snakes. Antonia tells Nelson that it's like that pretty much every day. They may not be ninja, but their job is important too. Clutch Powers eventually lands near them. He tells them that the ninja need help and are trapped in the pyramid, and then he passes out. He's taken away in an ambulance. Nelson wants to help the ninja, but Antonia tells him that's a little out of their league, and it's not their problem. He reminds her that they have a responsibility to let people know what's happening. They take a dangerous route to the monastery and tell Wu what Clutch told them. He thanks Nelson for telling him, and says he reminds him of Lloyd. He's ecstatic at being compared to the green ninja. He has a green backpack and a green bike, he still has his purple ninja hood, and he's never forgotten that ninja never quit. It's fine to see other minor characters, especially since this show has so many good ones, but after the cliffhanger at the end of episode 5, it doesn't really feel worth it.