Opening Sequence

The **opening sequence**, also referred to as the **intro**, is the sequence that plays at the beginning of most episodes of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony*.

## Masters of Friendship

### Pilot Episodes

One of the simplest intros, the pilot episodes' opening sequence consists of one shot of the generic ninja face (representing Kai in this case) as part of the red background behind Ignacia. The face winks before Wu's Creation Spinjitzu spins across the screen, creating the title card of the episode.

### Season 1: Snakes and Galloping Galas

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is the Green Ninja, though the eyes/eyebrows are Kai's without his eyebrow notch. The song is the Weekend Whip.

At the beginning, a fire appears, which when it disappears, reveals Kai on a dark red background with the Sword of Fire in his hand, while two fires burn next to it. Then he creates Spinjitzu and he shows up without a mask with his name next to him. Then a blue background appears, where Jay jumps and extinguishes Kai's fires with Nunchucks of Lightning in hand. He makes Spinjitzu and shows his name as well as Kai before and everyone after. On a white background, Zane then makes a slide with the Shurikens of Ice. Against a dark gray background, Cole then strikes the Scythe of Quakes and makes a hole in the ground. Then it shows Wu turning while his name is in front of him on a white background. Then Nya appears on a blue background next to her name.

Starting with "Tick Tock," the ninja's original suits are replaced with their ZX designs, as they receive new suits in the prior episode.

The title card consisted of a black silhouette of Ignacia on a green background with the words *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship* and the title of the episode.

### Trivia

* Zane's shot would later appear in-universe as a photo at his memorial in "The Legendary Friend."

### Season 2: The Friendship Continues

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is the same as in Season 1.

This intro is very similar to the previous one, with the main difference being Lloyd's addition. As a child, he tries to make Spinjitzu on a green background, but falls to the ground and shows his name. As a teenager, he creates all the Elements of Creation around him and does Spinjitzu when his name appears. Up until "No Such Childhood," Lloyd had a brief one-shot appearance like Wu and Nya. Once he was aged up, he had a longer sequence similar to the other four ninja's. Because of Lloyd's addition, the Weekend Whip was slightly slowed.

The title card was the same as in Season 1.

### Trivia

* For some reason, Wu's beard resembled its minifigure appearance in the first version of this intro, with the ends curving more upward. It went back to its normal form in the second version.
* Though the ninja gained new kimonos in "Last Train to the Dark Island," the intro was not updated as it was before, in order to save money.
* The shot of the cast at the end of the second version has since appeared in-universe, kept by Dareth at Laughy's Karaoke Bar.

### Season 3: Rebooted

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is Zane. The song is the Weekend Whip (Michael AM 2014 Remix).

At the beginning, a blue radar appears on which the four original ninja walk towards each other in the middle. When they get there, the inscription Ninjago appears in front of the radar, which the ninja then skip. They drag long graphs of their colors as they run across the dark blue background with the numbers moving vertically down. The scene then rotates to show the ninja running up until they change into their names at the ends of the graphs. The names move down where they stay, and the Overlord's eyes appear on a dark green background, along with a crowd of Nindroids walking under his eyes. Lloyd runs up to them in front of them, pulling a graph of teal color behind him and starts fighting the nindroids. Then the scene stops, zooms in and shows his name. The scene is covered by a straw hat, which reveals Sensei Wu. Then he disappears and his name appears. Subsequently, Garmadon appears showing off the moves, when he suddenly turns into pixels and his name appears. Then Nya appears sitting at a desk with a computer, along with her red name in the background. She stretches her hand up and will show all the ninja graphs that are moving up. When they break, the ninja in their Techno outfits (save for "The Surge," where they appear in their Kimono outfits), Nya, and their masters fly out of them and remain standing in the air. Then they disappear and the title card appears.

The title card consists of a black and red silhouette of Ninjago City with the Borg Tower in the middle and a light blue background.

### Season 4: The Princess of Friendship

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is Kai. The song is the Anacondrai Whip).

At the beginning, a fire appears, which reveals Kai with another Fire in his hands as he stands on a rock against a red background. The scene then zooms out, revealing that he is standing on his large stone name with vines, right on the letter 'K'. The scene moves to Cole's stone name captured by the vines. Cole then jumps to the name and stands in the middle of the letter 'O', where his hand glows green and black, using the Earth. Through the letter 'O', the scene moves to Jay, who first jumps to the letter 'J' and then jumps down between 'A' and 'Y' and creates Lightning. Subsequently, a side shot of Lloyd's name is shown along with his exploration of the environment. Then he creates a ball of Energy and throws it into the screen. The scene turns several times and shows Zane's name when a dagger lands on it, which adds paper with Zane's picture to the stone seen in "The Invitation." A spark will appear and then Nya, who has a welding helmet on and uses a welder to attach metal to her stone name. Then the scene moves to Wu and Garmadon, who perform the same movements. The image zoomed out, showing their names, Garmadon horizontally and Wu much larger vertically above and below the letters 'GAR'. Then a group shot is shown, where everyone creates Spinjitzu and throws a picture with Zane. Then they cover the screen and the title card appears.

The title card consisted of a dark red jungle silhouette from Chen's Island with a red background and an unknown stone symbol.

### Trivia

* Nya does Spinjitzu at the end of the intro, just like the others. However, it is not canon, as she is confirmed to have later learned it between the Changing Effect and Day of the Departed.
* Despite the fact that Garmadon still had Destruction, his Spinjitzu color in this intro was erroneously different being a dull silver color instead of dark purple.

### Season 5: Marks of Possession

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is Lloyd. The song is "the Ghost Whip."

At first, a few green Skreemers circle on a black screen until a graveyard with green mist appears near the Temple of Airjitzu and is noticed by Kai with a fire in his hand and frightened. When he defends himself against Skreemers, the shot stops and for a moment it shows him in a cartoon's appearance along with his name, which is is simalar to the Rift of Return from Day of the Departed, as is the case with everyone else. Then he shots a fire in front of him. When he disappears, Nya appears there, frightened with a flashlight, exploring the area. Skreemer steals the flashlight and then throws it back. Then she lights a flashlight and her name appears. The scene moves to Jay, who is trying to create lightning, but when he is attacked by Skreemers, he stops and gets scared while his name appears. The scene moves to Master Wu, who is holding a lantern. The Skreemers fly past him and he looks at them as his name appears. This is followed by a shot of Zane, through whom body Skreemer flies. Zane then settles down and his name appears. Skreemers again fly on Cole, who tries to defend them while his name is shown. The scene moves to Lloyd, who fears Skreemer until his name is revealed. Then he grabs his head. Then a group shot of everyone next to each other appears, with a confused Lloyd in the middle. He then remembers and puts on a mask. This is followed by a shot of his eyes with a strange green light. The following is a shot of the graveyard with Creation Spinjitzu, which will show the title card.

The title card consisted of a black silhouette of a graveyard, haunted trees, and the Temple of Airjitzu with a green mist.

### Trivia

* This is the only intro to use a part of "the Weekend Whip" besides the chorus.
* Wu wears his classic kimono in this intro, although he didn't wear it directly during the season, except for the brief animation errors in "Cutie Markless" and "Grave Danger."
* Cole has shoulder pads despite never wearing them outside of animation errors, as he became a ghost in "Castle Mane-ia" before the shoulder pads were added to the ninja's suits this season.

### Season 6: The Changing Effect

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is Jay. The song is "the Pirate Whip."

At the beginning, an orange mist appears, revealing a cloudy sky. Wu's hot air balloon, in which he sits with Misako, arrives first. Then the scene stops and their names appear in gold. In the background, Kai is visible doing Airjitzu. The scene moves to him, and when he stops his Airjitzu and kicks his feet forward, the scene stops and shows his name. The clouds gradually darken and Zane appears on an ice slide along with the ghost Cole, who then does Airjitzu. He will then stop and their names will appear. The scene continues deeper into the clouds and shows Lloyd flying on his Energy Dragon. When he creates a ball of Energy with his hands, his name will appear. Even deeper in the clouds, Jay flies on his Elemental Lightning Dragon with Nya, who flies with the water she has on her hands and drives with it like with jets. Then their names will appear. Nadakhan then appears on almost completely dark clouds with orange lightning and then he disappears. Another, brighter cloud pops up and the title card appears.

The title card consisted of storm clouds and the sun rising from behind them. The text was gold and three-dimensional.

### Trivia

* Wu's hot air balloon was never seen in the show, but it appeared in 70604 Tiger Widow Island.
* The sky becomes darker as the intro progresses.
* The order of characters is identical to the order of their capture and entrapment in the Sword of Souls through the season.
* This is the only pre-movie intro not to feature a group shot of the ninja at the end.

### Day of the Departed

At the beginning, a shot of a scroll with a glowing Rift of Return covering the moon appears. It then turns into real sun in the Sea of Sand, which the ninja gradually pass through on the divided Ultra Stealth Raider. They talk while their names are gradually shown in green in each case. Wu also appears on the screen in Ultra Stealth Raider with his name. A short scene follows, after which the ninja combine their vehicles into one to get to the museum behind Wu in time. When they do, a title card appears behind their vehicle. Instrumental versions of "We Are Ninjago" and "the Rift Whip" are played throughout the scene.

The title card consists of rocks in the desert and a white sign.

### Trivia

* Unlike other intros, this intro is rather a short scene that is related to the plot of the special. This is probably due to the fact that there is no time for a full-fledged intro in the 45-minute special.

### Season 7: The Pillars of Time

In the *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot a ticking orange transparent clock appears on a clock tower, which then moves away to show Kai and Nya. The song is "the Temporal Whip."

At the beginning, Zane's foot appears, from which the scene then moves forward, where the ninja and Wu are visible. They are located inside the clock tower with orange mist, sparks and gears flying in the air. The whole intro is stopped in time, so nothing but the scene moves. First, a shot of Master Wu appears along with his name, then a shot of Cole and a group shot, followed by a chopped shot and Cole's name. This is followed by a shot of Lloyd, Jay, and Zane with their names, and then a shot of Kai and Nya with their names attacking the Time Twins with their elements or weapons. The group shot follows as everyone attacks the turned Time Twins with Time Blades in their hands. Then the scene shifts and goes through the clock and shows the title card.

The title card consisted of a large black clock on a clock tower with transparent orange glass, behind which were visible gears.

### Trivia

* According to Tommy Andreasen, the building seen in the beginning of the intro is not Darkley's but it's a clock tower and a cool image.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, it was never planned that the battle between the ninja and the Time Twins seen in the intro would ever occur during the season.
* The color scheme for the logo is changed from magenta to dark purple and white.

### LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: The Movie

The movie starts with the opening logos, then transitions to the the purple spark. As the the tempo gets faster, a bright flash explodes in glitter, revealing the movie title. It scrolls down to the sky. The song We Got the Beat! plays when the flying Pegasi flying towards Canterlot, and zooms to the panning shot of all the ponies and the people arriving at the Friendship Festival and Spike runs through town with an armful of scrolls.

### Trivia

* A tune of *My Little Pony theme* was played before the film opens.

### LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Decoded

The intro for Decoded combined all the previous main season intros, using the Weekend Whip (Michael AM 2014 Remix) as the song.

### Season 8: The Overlord Sons

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is Lloyd. In the last episode, Lloyd appears from a slightly greater distance and has more concerned look on his face. In this season the intro was reresigned. The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic theme was played.

Starting with The Jade Princess, the theme is given a complete overhaul centered around the School of Friendship and the Academy of Spinjitzu. As in the original, it begins with Twilight and Spike descending in the Twinkling Balloon. During "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh...", Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolts burst through the clouds before Rainbow curves down toward the school. Various characters appear in the first establishing shot of the school, including Cranky Doodle Donkey, Matilda, Cheerilee and a class of foals, Trixie, and Zecora. It also shows Dareth, Misako and several other known students in the school. In the second establishing shot of Twilight's castle and school side-by-side, Maud Pie chips at a rock with a pickaxe, Twilight and Starlight Glimmer trot past DJ Pon-3, the Cutie Mark Crusaders appear near Big McIntosh and Sugar Belle, and several students are seen, including Silverstream, Yona, and Sandbar. Thorax and Ember fly past the screen, and Twilight and Lloyd see their friends at the front door of the school.

During the lyric "big adventure", Rainbow Dash and Kai appear at the Wonderbolt Academy with Misty Fly, Soarin, Spitfire, and Fleetfoot. During "tons of fun", Pinkie Pie and Jay teach a class and fire a cake out of her party cannon that splats on the screen. During "a beautiful heart", Rarity and Nya appear at Canterlot Carousel with Sassy Saddles. During "faithful and strong", Applejack bucks an apple tree during class, with Cole watching it behind, and apples rain down on the screen. During "sharing kindness", Fluttershy feeds an apple to Angel, who eats it at a slower pace than he usually does, at the Sweet Feather Sanctuary with Discord suntanning, Zane reading the book and Harry the Bear having a tea party with other animals in the background.

During "it's an easy feat, and magic makes it all complete", Twilight and Lloyd briefly fly in front of the castle before sitting with her friends, the Young Six, the Young Ninja and several background students and posing for a class photo taken by Photo Finish. After the camera flash, Spike uses his fire breath to send the photo to Canterlot, but the castle throne room now matches its appearance from *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: The Movie*, with two thrones for Celestia and Luna. Celestia, Luna, Wu and P.I.X.A.L. appear with Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart when the photo arrives. They look at the photo together, and the theme song ends on the show's logo.

The title of the episode, along with the credits, the title of the season, and *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship* appeared above the crossed-out silhouette of the city on a red background.

### Trivia

* This season, *My Little Pony theme* is used instead of the Weekend Whip, because "a positive poppy song" would not fit the dark tone of the season, especially "Dead Man's Squall" when Zane was seemingly killed by Mr. E, when the song of Zane's death (Built to Protect) was used. In some episodes, a short scene also appears before the intro begins, much like how most MLP episodes start with a cold opening.

### Season 9: Hunted

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is the Overlord. The title card consisted of a black silhouette of the Dead's End on an orange background and a large black strip across.

As in the original, it begins with Twilight and Spike descending in the Twinkling Balloon. During "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh...", it starts off with the Marooned Ninja running away from the Dragon Hunters, and the shot pans into dragons, transitioning into Ninjago City, overtaken by the Sons of the Overlord. First the Colossus is seen, then Lloyd and Nya hiding, then Ultra Violet, Harumi and Killow. The lyrics segment remains unchanged until "it's an easy feat, and magic makes it all complete", where there is a photo shoot in two realms.

After the camera flash, Spike uses his fire breath to send the photo to the First Realm, when the princesses are marooned here. They look at the photo together, and the theme song ends on the show's logo.

### Trivia

* There is no specific reason for why Ultra Violet wears the Oni Mask of Vengeance in this intro.

### Errors

* During the first part of the sequence, only Zane is wearing his Hunted outfit. The rest of the ninja are wearing their Resistance outfits.
* Ultra Violet is wearing the Oni Mask of Vengeance yet doesn't have the effects of wearing it.

### Season 10: March of the Oni

The *Previously on Masters of Friendship* shot is Cole.

Starting with Uprooted, the theme is given a complete overhaul centered around the Monastery of Spinjitzu. As in the original, it begins with Twilight and Spike descending in the Twinkling Balloon. During "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh...", the panning shot is similar to the beginning of The Hands of Time. Various characters appear in the first establishing shot of the monastery, including the Pillars of Old Equestria, Cheerilee, Ronin, Skylor and Karlof. In the second establishing shot of Twilight's castle and school side-by-side, Maud Pie chips at a rock with a pickaxe, Twilight and Starlight Glimmer trot past DJ Pon-3, the Cutie Mark Crusaders appear near Big McIntosh and Sugar Belle, and several students are seen, including Silverstream, Yona, and Sandbar. Thorax and Ember fly past the screen, and Twilight and Lloyd see their friends at the front door of the school.

During the lyric "big adventure", Rainbow Dash and Kai appear at the Wonderbolt Academy with Misty Fly, Soarin, Spitfire, and Fleetfoot. During "tons of fun", Pinkie Pie and Jay teach a class and fire a cake out of her party cannon that splats on the screen. During "a beautiful heart", Rarity and Nya appear at Canterlot Carousel with Sassy Saddles. During "faithful and strong", Applejack bucks an apple tree during class, with Cole watching it behind, and apples rain down on the screen. During "sharing kindness", Fluttershy feeds an apple to Angel, who eats it at a slower pace than he usually does, at the Sweet Feather Sanctuary with Discord suntanning, Zane reading the book and Harry the Bear having a tea party with other animals in the background.

During "it's an easy feat, and magic makes it all complete", Twilight and Lloyd briefly fly in front of the castle before sitting with her friends, the Young Six, the Young Ninja and several background students and characters and posing for a class photo taken by Photo Finish. After the camera flash, Spike uses his fire breath to send the photo to Canterlot, but the castle throne room. They look at the photo together, and the theme song ends on the show's logo.

### Trivia

* This is the first intro that takes place in the Monastery.

### Season 11: Rainbow Roadtrip

The intro begins with Rainbow Dash receiving the letter from Hope Hollow, and shows a panning shot with the other ponies, with Rainbow Dash in the middle. As the ponies are packing, Rarity packs some supplies but accidentally put Opalescence inside her bag, Applejack packs her apples in her bag, Fluttershy carries her bag from the animals, Pinkie Pie brings the bag while hopping outside, Twilight and Spike bring papers into their bags. The ponies then move to Hope Hollow, and ends with Rainbow Dash wears her sunglasses and fly, revealing the logo.

The title cards of the episodes are similar to the original Ninjago episode, but added shadow silhouettes for some characters.

In the Ice Chapter, Fluttershy is the lead of the song.

### Trivia

* Since Season 11, the style of the intro has been drastically changed as the length of the episodes has been reduced to ten minutes, so the intro had to be shortened as well.
* This is the first song in *My Little Pony* animated history to not use the iconic My Little Pony jingle at any part of the theme song. The franchise name itself is also never referred to in the song.

## Living the Pony Life

### Season 1: Sugarcube Gamer

#### Candy Empire Chapter

This is the first season to use a new theme, with some basic structures of the intro.

It starts with a purple void, then during "It's a sweet life!", the 12 main characters reveal in vertical boxes, while the translucent version of the ninja wearing the hoods are taken from Wasted True Potential. In "Still a little messy Magic life", it shifts to Sugarcube Café where Pinkie Pie messes up the kitchen with piles of cakes and pies. In "Full of surprises, fast life!", the Red Dragon was roaring and shows Kai's Mech Jet running. Then it shows Rarity throwing gems in her wardrobe while saying "Gaze upon my gems!", with Nya saying "Whoo!" at the background. The red gem revealed the Ninja in *Prime Empire*, as the Ninja double-jump while confronting the Red Visors. During "Livin' life in our own way", it shows Jay and Nya dancing while points are given, then transiting to the Ninja and the Mane Six heading to Chocolate Bar & Cafe. During "Come on, grab a slice of cake!", it shows the ninja freeing Jay out of the Bubblegum Pit, and shifting to Rainbow Dash zipping around, as she was flying to Carousel Boutique in "It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute", as it shifts to Carousel Boutique shows almost of the Mane Six appears. During "Friendship, rainbows, whoo, all right". Pinkie Pie splash the pudding bowl, splattering across other ponies. Then they all have a hug. During the "It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute" sequence, it shows the Ninja and the Mane Six based on their personality; Fluttershy and Zane are sweet, Twilight Sparkle and Lloyd are magic, Rainbow Dash and Kai are fast, Rarity and Nya are posh, Applejack and Cole are fun and lastly Pinkie Pie and Jay are cute. The song ends with the show's logo.

#### Prime Empire Chapter

Unlike the Candy Empire chapter, the song features "The Arcadian Whip" instead of the main theme.

The whole intro uses a red filter. At the beginning, the Prime Empire motherboard appears, which activates and passes through a wave of energy to a nearby arcade cabinet, followed by others. All cabinets contain short clips from previous episodes. At the end, several cabinets with Unagami's symbol appears, and the one in the middle opens the show's logo, except the background is red.

Both chapters also received the title card, but in a different styled manner based on the storyline. The text is also different depending on the episodes. Unlike *Masters of Friendship*, it has a writer credit in it showing "Written By:" below the title.

### Trivia

* In the Candy Empire Chapter, the intro bares some resemblance to intro sequence in *Teen Titans Go!* and *Unikitty!*
* The title cards in most episodes are similar to the ones in *The Fairly OddParents* and *Adventure Time*.

### Season 2: The Nature Calls

The season once again used the Living the Pony Life theme, except there are few changes. During "Livin' life in our own way", after showing Jay and Nya dancing while points are given, it transitions to the *Destiny's Bounty 2.0* heading to Shintaro, while the Winged Guards carried it. In "Come on, grab a slice of cake!", it shows Lloyd escaping the Awakened Warriors in Dungeons of Shintaro. The rest of the intro remains unchanged.

### Season 3: Magical Potion Adventure

#### Black Nova arc

The intro uses the same one as it used in the second season.

#### Island of the Keepers arc

The intro also used the same theme as the first arc, but most of the changes have revealed due to the second arc.

In "Full of surprises, fast life!", Lloyd meets Zippy and the introduction to the Wild Siders are shown. It then Nya saying "Whoo!" at the background. Several parts have change; Prime Empire was changed to Potion Island, PoulErik gives a bowl of fruits to Jay, Red Visors are replaced with the Keepers and the Ninja confronting the Stone Golems. During "Livin' life in our own way", it shows Lloyd playing with Zippy and the Wild Siders hugging each other. During "Come on, grab a slice of cake!", it shows Mammatus uses the staff. The rest of the intro uses snippets of We Shine Brighter Together. The "It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute" sequence remains unchanged and ends with the show's logo.

### Season 4: Aquarium Dreams

The intro uses the same sequence as of Magical Potion Adventure, except there are few changes. Potion Nova says "seatbelts everypony!", During "Livin' life in our own way, come on grab a slice of cake", it shows the *Hydro Bounty* traveling to Ocejago, visiting the Cotton Candy Comet and Nya sneezing out the *Bounty* from her nose. The rest of the scenes uses snippets of Wild Heartbeats. The "It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute" sequence remains unchanged and ends with the show's logo.

### Trivia

* The sequence during the intro with Potion Nova saying "seatbelts everypony!", resembles the opening sequence in *The Magic School Bus* and the reboot series, *The Magic School Bus Rides Again*.

## Songs used

* The Weekend Whip
* My Little Pony Theme
* The Legend of Everfree (Day of the Departed)
* Rainbow Roadtrip (Season 11: Rainbow Roadtrip)
* My Little Pony Theme (Equestria Girls remix) (Decoded)
* Living the Pony Life theme

## Trivia

* Since Season 4, the intro does not appear in the first episode of the season and only the title card of the episode appears directly in the episode without the title card background. However, from Season 7 to Season 9, the background is also present, although the intro is absent. Since Season 11, the background is again missing and only the title card of the episode appears in a certain scene. In each season since Season 4, an opening scene also appears before the title card. Season 10 is the only season where the intro is also in the first episode, probably because it does not reveal the story of the season like the other intros.
	+ This was broken in Season 3, where it was already clear in the intro of the first episode that the Overlord will be the main antagonist and that he will have an army of Nindroids.
	+ From Season 2: The Nature Calls onwards, the cold opening was played after the intro.
* Season 8 has the longest opening scene, as the title card does not appear until the 6th minute.
	+ In The Princess of Friendship and The Changing Effect the title card appears around 40 seconds, in Marks of Possession, The Pillars of Time, Hunted and Magical Potion Adventure around one and a half minutes, in Rainbow Roadtrip and The Nature Calls around two minutes and in Sugarcube Gamer around 5 minutes.
		- Season 1 also contained a short introductory speech by Wu before the intro, which lasted about 10 seconds.
* Seasons 8 and 9 are the only seasons where credits also appear during the opening scene.
* Each intro lasts on average about 20 seconds and *Previously on Ninjago* lasted 15 seconds.