School Raze: Magic Destiny

Lloyd gaining his powers back.

**School Raze: Magic Destiny** (**School Raze: Green Destiny** and **School Raze - Part II** in other media) is the twelfth and final episode of Hunted and the one hundred thirty-ninth overall episode of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship. The episode is based on LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu episode, *Green Destiny*, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode, *School Raze - Part 2*.

The Ninja and the Alicorn princesses finally return home and unite to stop Emperor Overlord and Twilight Sparkle reunites the Mane Five, as they trying to escape from Tartarus. However, Cozy Glow furthers her plot to take over the School of Friendship, forcing Lloyd to make a decision that will forever change Ninjago, with only the Young Six and the Cutie Mark Crusaders to stop her.

## Plot

### The Ninja and Alicorn Princesses return

As Lloyd's group tends to an injured Nya and the dazed Skylor, Ultra Violet and the Sons of the Overlord surround and attack them. As they're being overpowered, a large portal forms in the sky, catching everyone's attention. Emerging from it are Wu and the ninja who have returned on their newfound dragons. They see the city's state and wonder where their friends are, as Nya contacts Kai to tell them that they need help. Zane tracks the frequency and the ninja move to regroup with the others, Dareth and Nya are happy to see the ninja are back and with dragon power, while Lloyd is very excited they held out to reunite with the others. The Sons of the Overlord are scared by the dragons and run off but Zane's Ice Dragon freezes many of them in place while the other dragons dispatch the remainder. Firstbourne lands and Wu dismounts from her, as Lloyd and Nya are amazed to see that Wu has now aged into a teenager and by his new armor while he voices his support in defeating the Overlord since he isn't an old man on this day.

The group reconnects with hugs and the ninja are updated, as to what happened to the Resistance and Mistaké. Dareth tells his sulking friends to have a final fight against the Overlord, which is accepted. Wu and Lloyd head off intending to face the Overlord, while the ninja evacuate the remaining citizens in the area. These acts cause the people to see their protectors have returned. Dareth even becomes recognized as such when he comes across reporter Gayle Gossip and her cameraman being harassed by the Sons of the Overlord. Dareth stops to help but is taunted by the villains who advance on him as he charges at them but slips on a rock and ironically takes them down, saving the civilians. He asks if it was caught on camera and is pleased with that it was, as he leaves while Gossip is left fawning over him for the rescue.

In Kryptarium Prison, a grunt from the Sons of the Overlord frantically informs his comrades that the ninja have returned to Ninjago. Overhearing this, the imprisoned civilians and Elemental Masters regain hope and desire to help the ninja. They start shouting "The resistance never quits." since they are now inspired to break free. Ronin, Karlof, and Griffin Turner cause a riot in the prison before escaping their cell and releasing their friends from the cells.

Back in Ninjago City, Wu and Lloyd fly Firstbourne to Borg Tower, while Cole, Kai, Jay, and Zane fly their dragons in their battle against the Colossus. Wu and Lloyd search for the Overlord, whose voice is heard remarking about the little "reunion" before labeling them his enemies. Suddenly, he appears from the shadows and starts fighting them. Lloyd is overpowered, while Wu continues fighting against the dark lord using his father's sword. Wu condemns him for his actions on the city, as the Overlord ignores him and says Wu can't stop him as the latter agrees by saying he can hold him. At that moment, Firstbourne intervenes and encases the Overlord in molten rock - however, he breaks free, and unleashes a shock-wave of destructive energy. Wu is flung from the tower, though is saved by Firstbourne, and Lloyd is left to face the Overlord alone.

### Cozy Glow reveals her plans

Back at the school, Cozy Glow enters the office of "Headstallion" Neighsay and expresses how relieved she is that he's there to take charge during Equestria's magic crisis. When she brings up Neighsay's duties as the head of the E.E.A., Neighsay says that protecting the school from threats to Equestria is more important than said duties. Promising that the school will be run in accordance with the E.E.A.'s much stricter guidelines, Neighsay dismisses Cozy Glow from the office, and Cozy indignantly walks away.

Meanwhile, in the catacombs under the school, Sandbar and the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to free Starlight Glimmer from her magic confinement, but whenever they get close, the magic tries to ensnare them as well. With Twilight and her friends trapped in Tartarus and Princess Celestia out of reach in Canterlot, the Crusaders wonder who they can turn to for help, and Sandbar gets an idea.

### Cozy Glow's machinations

Chancellor Neighsay addresses the school students and declares that Twilight's administration is over and that the school will be shifting over to E.E.A. guidelines. Cozy Glow commends Neighsay for his inspiring speech but points out to the students that there won't be any more lessons taught by Twilight and her friends, causing the students to worry. When Cozy mentions that Celestia and Luna supported Twilight's school and that Neighsay once tried to close it, she incites a full-blown student uprising against Neighsay.

The students tie Neighsay up in chains in Twilight's office, and Cozy Glow disposes of his magic medallion. When Neighsay asks Cozy why she's doing this, she explains that because friendship is the most powerful force in the world, she wants to take over the school and harness the friendship of its students to become the most powerful pony in Equestria. As Cozy Glow exits the office, the Cutie Mark Crusaders appear before her to serve as a diversion. They congratulate her on becoming the school's new headmare and ask if they can help in any way. Cozy explains that she needs help cleaning the school, but upon leading the Crusaders to a supply closet, she locks them inside, fully aware that they were just distracting her.

While the Crusaders keep Cozy Glow occupied, the Young Six sneak into Twilight's office and find Neighsay chained up and trying to retrieve his medallion. Neighsay believes the six have come to gloat, but they release him from his chains and reveal Cozy Glow's true nature and plans to him. With this knowledge, Neighsay uses the remaining magic in his medallion to open a portal to Canterlot so he can inform the princesses.

### Escape from Tartarus

Back in Tartarus, Twilight enacts a plan to channel the magic of its imprisoned creatures to open a way out. Tirek boasts that her plan is futile because every ounce of Equestrian magic will be gone by sunset. Twilight points out, however, that once the magic is gone, Tirek will be trapped forever with the ponies he hates as his permanent company. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity tire out Cerberus, Fluttershy convinces the other creatures to donate their magic for Twilight's plan, and Pinkie Pie convinces Tirek to help as well by tormenting him with her hyperactive personality.

The creatures and Tirek give their magic to Twilight, and Twilight uses their combined magic to open the gates of Tartarus. Twilight and her friends escape through the doors just before they close again. Unfortunately, the sun has already gone down by this time, meaning all the magic of Equestria is now gone for good.

### Battle for the school

Sandbar leads his friends back into the catacombs under the school, where Starlight Glimmer is still trapped with the collected magic of Equestria. Ocellus deduces that Cozy Glow has linked the six artifacts from Firstbourne together to drain magic from Equestria like a magnet and that removing the artifacts from the circuit should deactivate it. She warns, however, that feedback from the deactivation could destroy the school entirely. Upon hearing this, Cozy Glow appears with the rest of the students and convinces them that the Young Six are trying to destroy Twilight's school as Neighsay forewarned.

The Young Six try to convince the other students that Cozy is manipulating them, but Cozy has completely persuaded them to her side, even leading them to believe the Young Six sent Twilight and the others to Tartarus and captured Starlight Glimmer. The students attack the Young Six, and as they try to fight back, Gallus gets caught in the magic sphere with Starlight, and his friends get caught as well while trying to save him. A vortex in the ground suddenly opens up and starts to transport them and Equestria's magic to another location.

Cozy Glow starts to lead the students away, but the chamber suddenly lights up with the magic of the Tree of Harmony, ignited by the Young Six's friendship and loyalty in one another. As their bodies glow in a manner similar to the Elements of Harmony, the Young Six grab the artifacts and shut off the magic-draining spell, causing all the magic of Equestria to be released and returned to its rightful owners. With her magic restored, Twilight is able to teleport herself and her friends back to the school.

### Friendship and power

Starlight teleports herself and the Young Six to safety, and Cozy Glow angrily curses the Young Six for ruining her plans. When the Mane Six appear to confront Cozy Glow for deceiving them, she tries desperately to save face, but the ponies tell her that Tirek told them everything. Twilight, disagreeing with Cozy's views about friendship, explains that friendship is indeed powerful, but power isn't the sole purpose of friendship.

Twilight regrets not being able to teach this to Cozy, but the Young Six argue that they wouldn't have been able to defeat Cozy without Twilight's teachings. Cozy Glow callously dismisses the values of friendship and tries to escape so that she can try her plan again somewhere else, but she is stopped by the other students, the princesses, Chancellor Neighsay, and the royal guards.

### Cannot fight, but can resist

As Lloyd was unable to defeat the Overlord due to his stronger powers, he seeks advice from the four Alicorn princesses. They came to aid Lloyd to defeat the Overlord and take back their positions as rulers of Equestria, after sending Cozy Glow to somewhere. The Ninja continue fighting against the Colossus, using Vengestone Chains to try and incapacitate it. However, the chains are ineffective, and they eventually run out of them. Kai jumps onto the Colossus and begins binding the chains together even tighter. On the tower, the Overlord continues fighting Lloyd and the Alicorns. Lloyd tries urging the Overlord to change his ways, but his pure evil soul has no redemption in sight; he proclaims that people don't change, they only reveal who they truly are. In the city, the Ninja run out of chains and wonder what to do before Firstbourne returns and Wu fires his chain gun at the behemoth as the Ninjas' allies return to the city to help defeat the Colossus. They bring it to its knees, ending the threat. Back at the tower, Lloyd realizes he and the alicorns are unable to defeat the Overlord, who is only empowered by their fight, and they use one of Garmadon's lessons to resist him—by avoiding the Overlord's blows, they fight without fighting. As Lloyd and the Alicorns use the tactic, the Overlord's power starts to weaken. The Overlord tries shooting blasts of darkness energy, but is soon unable to—as his power vanishes, Lloyd's Element is finally restored, due to the Young Six returning back the magic and the Elemental Powers. As a result, the Colossus crumbles apart and Skylor is cured of her poison, waking up to Kai reassuring her they won.

### A time to celebrate

Defeated, the Overlord tells Lloyd and the alicorns to finish him off, but they refuse to. The Overlord ominously states that it's not over, but it will be when "they" come, and nothing will be left. Following the battle, the Sons of the Overlord are arrested, along with the Overlord, as Ninjago and Equestria are free from his reign with the alicorns as rulers of Equestria once more. Some time later, Neighsay admits to Twilight that she truly is the only one capable of running the School of Friendship. The Young Six appear in graduation gowns, believing saving Equestria from Cozy Glow qualifies them to graduate from school. However, Twilight tells them learning everything about friendship takes more than one semester, much to their disappointment. Neighsay also admits how wrong he was about non-ponies being incapable of learning about friendship. The Cutie Mark Crusaders finally break out of the closet that Cozy Glow locked them inside, and Twilight and Celestia assure them that Cozy Glow is somewhere where she can't cause any more trouble.

Several days later, the Ninja clean up the Royal Palace before Wu tells them there's trouble. The Ninja run out of the palace and find a crowd congratulating their victory. As the Police Commissioner states that the citizens wanted to personally thank the Ninja for saving the day. As the heroes celebrate, Nya invites Skylor, Dareth and P.I.X.A.L. up since they also made it possible to save the city. The celebration goes on, as Cole dines on cake while the others Nya and Jay, Zane and P.I.X.A.L., as well as Kai and Skylor, share a loving reunion. Finally, the Ninja agreed Lloyd to sing "Photo Booth" to celebrate our fun times they had together, once again.

### Post Credits: The Oni are truly coming

In the post-credits, Lloyd finds Wu on the palace's roof, saying "goodbye" to the Firstbourne before she returns to the First Realm. Lloyd informs Wu that he and the alicorns are unnerved by the Overlord's warning, and wonders if the Oni truly are coming. Meanwhile, Princess Luna and the royal guards escort Cozy Glow into Tartarus and lock her up in a cage next to Tirek's. Cozy Glow greets her fellow inmate and ominously asks if he wants to be her friend as she gives off a sinister smile.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Apple Bloom - Michelle Creber
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Cozy Glow - Sunni Westbrook
* Dareth - Alan Marriott
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gallus - Gavin Langelo
* Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
* Griffin Turner - Doron Bell Jr.
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Karlof - Scott McNeil
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent (Andrew Francis as his singing voice)
* Misako - Kathleen Barr
* Neighsay - Maurice LaMarche
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Ocellus - Devyn Dalton
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Police Commissioner - Michael Donovan
* Pony Student - Cathy Weseluck
* Princess Cadance - Britt McKillip
* Princess Celestia - Nicole Oliver
* Princess Luna - Tabitha St. Germain
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Ronin - Brian Dobson
* Rufus MacAllister - Paul Dobson
* Sandbar - Vincent Tong
* Scootaloo - Madeleine Peters
* Silverstream - Lauren Jackson
* Skylor - Heather Doerksen
* Smolder - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Spike - Cathy Weseluck
* Starlight Glimmer - Kelly Sheridan
* Sweetie Belle - Claire Corlett
* The Overlord - Scott McNeil
* Tirek - Mark Acheson
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Yona - Katrina Salisbury
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Song

* The Weekend Whip
* Photo Booth

## Transcript

* School Raze: Magic Destiny (Transcript)

## Trivia

* This is the last episode written by the Hageman Brothers.
* This is also the first time a 2-parter has two different writers writing the respected episodes (Dubuc for part 1, Haber for this one).
* This is the only episode in Season 9 that does not take place in the Realm of Oni and Dragons.
	+ In addition, this is also the only episode where the Dragon Hunters do not make a physical appearance.
* All the prisoners of *Ultra Hunt* break out of Kryptarium Prison and assist the Ninja in defeating Colossus, including those not captured like the Postman and Rufus MacAllister.
* Cozy Glow is defeated in this episode, and sent to Tartarus for crimes. Eventually, she befriends Lord Tirek.
* Lloyd regains his powers in this episode.
	+ All of the Elemental Powers and Magic return from the vortex after the Young Six shut off using the artifacts. This also happens in "Leap of Faith" where Kai broke Chen's staff and return all the powers to the respective owners.
	+ Lloyd was last seen with his powers in True Potential.
* The Sons of the Overlord, including the Overlord, are arrested.
	+ Killow is not seen, leaving his whereabouts unknown until "The Weekend Drill," where it is confirmed that he was arrested.
* LEGO versions of the Fold appear in this episode.
* The Overlord loses his power while Lloyd regains his own.
	+ Because of this, the Colossus is destroyed as well.
	+ Additionally, Skylor's poison wears out.
* The Overlord warns Lloyd and the alicorns that "they" are coming, and his powers were the only thing keeping them in check, and that nothing will be able to stop them.
	+ At the end of the episode, Lloyd tells Master Wu he thinks "they" are the Oni. This was confirmed in the following season.
	+ Though most likely a coincidence, "Oni" is the Russian word for "they".
* When the Tree of Harmony starts to free the Young Six, each of them have a different color, which represents the Elements of Harmony.
	+ Silverstream: Laughter
	+ Ocellus: Generosity
	+ Sandbar: Kindness
	+ Smolder: Loyalty
	+ Yona: Honesty
	+ Gallus: Magic
* The artifacts from "Firstbourne" appear again in this episode, as they create the vortex to another realm.
* Now that the entire Ninja team are back together, they all revert back to wearing their Season 8 suits.
* This is the only episode where the Marooned Ninja wear their Ninja hoods with their Season 9 outfits. Lloyd wore his too, but he previously wore it in "Radio Free Ninjago and Equestria". This means that Nya is the only Ninja who didn't wear their hood with their Season 9 outfit.
* At the end of the episode, Master Wu is an old man again, but still sounds slightly more youthful, and is no longer wearing the Dragon Armor. He is wearing his original attire again.
	+ However, the Firstbourne probably took it back with her to the First Realm or most likely Wu still has it.
	+ Present-day Wu was last seen as an old man in "To Turn Back Into Time - Part II".
* One of the civilians in this episode reuses Mistaké's face sculpt despite being a different character.
	+ This also happens for Sorla in "The Northern Light of Friendship", which her face is similar to Mistaké's.
* Kai and Skylor are together now.
* The Ninja and Mane Six are fully reunited and the Alicorns are back home for the first time since "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria".
	+ Many reunions are made following the team being reunited (Jay and Nya, Kai and Skylor, as well as Zane and P.I.X.A.L.).
* Prior to this episode, the Young Six made several references to the season eight premiere.
* This is the fifth season finale where the final battle takes place in Ninjago City, after Season 1 against the Great Devourer, Season 2 and Season 3 against the Overlord, and Season 8 against the Overlord and Harumi.
	+ The final battle takes place at the site where the Overlord was defeated in Season 2 and Season 3.
* The Great Devourer was mentioned by Jay.
* This is the first time Lloyd sings, but Andrew Francis provides his singing voice, rather than Sam Vincent.
	+ Despite Sam Vincent being a singer, he will not provide his singing voice for Lloyd.
* When Zane says they need thicker chains, it's a reference to when Clouse says that in "Flight to the Finish."
* Lloyd and the alicorns use the Art of the Silent Fist when they fight the Overlord.
* At the end, when Lloyd called Wu "Master Wu", Wu also called him "Master Lloyd".
* Gayle Gossip might now have a crush on Dareth.
* Gossip asking Dareth who he was refers to the famous meme in the 2012 Marvel movie, *The Amazing Spider-Man*.
* This is the second time Lloyd says a statement that greatly impacts the Overlord, the first being, "The Resistance never quits!"
	+ This is repeated by the captured members and citizens in Kryptarium Prison.
* Cole goes back to eating cake after accomplishing his goal of finding Wu.
* Jay mentions he can't understand how anyone can live in Ninjago City, due to the repeated dangers of the last few seasons.
* This is Zane's first time using his cloak upgrade since "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria".
* The Young Six decided to graduate at the School of Friendship, but Twilight said that they must complete any courses before they leave the school.
* The scene where after the Overlord loses his powers and wants Lloyd and the alicorns to finish him off is most likely a reference to *Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi* where Emperor Palpatine wants Luke to strike Darth Vader down while he is weak.
* Tommy and Simon are seen helping chain the Colossus down.
* This is the second episode to have a post-credits scene, the first being "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2".
* This is the second finale episode to have the Overlord be defeated by Lloyd, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight, the first being "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master".
* This is the last episode of Masters of Friendship where the Overlord is an antagonist.
* The original title was "School Raze: New Magic Harmony".

## Differences between this episode, a Ninjago episode "Green Destiny" and MLP episode, "School Raze - Part 2"

* The Alicorns came to aid Lloyd to stop the Overlord, rather than him alone.
* At the beginning of the episode, Twilight came to Tartarus from the First Realm vortex, rather than going to Ninjago City.
* Princess Cadance did not appear in the original MLP episode.
* The Ninja did not sing Photo Booth in the original Ninjago episode.

## Errors

* Despite being frozen by Zane in the beginning of the episode, Ultra Violet can still be seen unconscious on the ground behind Lloyd, Nya, and Dareth when they watch the Ninja scaring away the SotO on the bridge.
	+ Additionally, the same happens to "The Absolute Worst", where Ultra Violet is unconscious after Zane froze her.
* When Ultra Violet is frozen with the Sons of the Overlord, she can be seen without her bandana.
* When the Overlord knocks Lloyd and the Alicorn princesses over a rock and before he manages to disarm the Green Ninja, Lloyd can be heard briefly yelping with a clip of his younger voice. This could be due to a lack of grunt noises from Sam Vincent, or simply as a callback to Lloyd's old voice.
* In one scene, Cadance's cutie mark is violet, instead of blue.
* When the Ninja run up to Lloyd after he returns from Borg Tower, Nya can be seen with her Season 8 outfit on, despite the fact that she isn't meant to be wearing it until the next scene.
* After Karlof breaks down the bars on his cell, they appear intact in the next shot.
* When Ronin, Karlof and Griffin break out of their cell, Griffin's eyebrows are missing.
* After Sandbar said "You all better get clear!", one of the Pegasi ponies have the wings overlapped.
* In spite of the Colossus being made from the Overlord's Elemental Power, even crumbling upon him losing it, the Ninja binding it in Vengestone Chains has little effect on it.
* When the Ninja land their Dragons, Wu runs away from Lloyd and Nya, but then he walks back towards them when the Ninja dismount their Dragons.
* When the Ninja are celebrating, Misako is absent from the celebration.
* During the bird's eye view shot where Kai says "just another day in Ninjago" Nya is missing, despite being present in that scene.
* When Rufus MacAllister is about be crushed by debris he is roped around by Kai who is riding on his new Dragon. However in the next shot he is holding on to the rope instead of being tied around by it like in the previous shot.
* During the song Photo Booth, Nya was slightly higher-pitched.
* When the Ninja taking photo booth at the end of the episode, Lloyd wears the Hunted Gi in one of the pictures, even though he wears the Overlord Sons suit.
* At the climax of the episode, Cozy Glow said "Wanna be friends", when befriending Tirek. It is unknown if Cozy becomes friends with Tirek.
	+ Oddly enough in "Frenemies", Cozy Glow decided to be friends with Chrysalis and Tirek, as they tend to argue at first.