Ninjago S2 E5

## Plot

Lloyd is distracted. He wants to play and have fun like the normal kids, but he can't. He wants to go out and buy a comic, but the others won't let him. They remind him that as the Green Ninja, the fate of Ninjago rests on his shoulders, and he doesn't have time for such childish things. Nya informs them of a break in at the history museum. The security cameras picked up Garmadon. They leave to try and stop him before he uses the Mega Weapon again. They watch the Serpentine and Garmadon talk about a skeleton of a creature called the Grundle. When it was alive, it was the most dangerous and feared creature in all of Ninjago. Garmadon tries to bring the creature back to life so it can hunt down and eat the ninja. They stop him, and his forces retreat. Skales and the other generals try to steal a golden sarcophagus, and the ninja go after them. It can't fit through the sewer, and the generals run away. The ninja discover that thanks to Garmadon's wish for the Grundle to be young, and their interference, that they've been turned into kids. How was Zane turned into a kid if he's a robot? Well… They lampshade it and don't get it either. The police think that they're behind the museum heist and arrest them. Wu and Nya get worried when they don't come back. They put Lloyd in charge of the Bounty while they look around town. In the morning, the mini ninja realize that the wish worked on the Grundle too because its bones are missing. None of the adults believe them though. They're too small to use spinjitzu properly. They steal some casual clothes off of a field trip of kids. They call Lloyd and tell him where to meet them and to bring their weapons. He meets them, and it actually doesn't take him long to believe them. He think it's funny though, because now they know what it's like to be treated differently. Lloyd gets an idea about how they can defeat the Grundle. He takes them to a comic book store and introduces them to the owner, Rufas McCallister. They ask him how they would "theoretically" defeat a Grundle. Its hide is impervious to all their weapons. It's nocturnal and will only hunt at night. The only way to defeat it is with light, like a vampire. He's willing to give them light swords for that, but they can only be won in a comic book trivia contest. Luckily, Lloyd has read every issue of the comic. He calls Wu and Nya back at the Bounty and tells them what happened. There's only one person who could turn them back to normal: The tea shop lady, who finally has a name: Mistaké. Yes, her name is basically mistake. Feel free to snicker and laugh. Tomorrow's Tea can make someone older. She only has one in stock in the back, but she misplaced it. Lloyd comes close, but he loses the competition because he didn't read the latest issue. Just then, the Grundle attacks. The door is jammed, so they can't escape. The kiddie ninja grab spare costumes and the swords. However, the swords are just toys and are easily broken. Lloyd uses his energy power to generate light, but the Grundle just hits him. Nya and Wu arrive with the tea. It'll return the others to normal and make the Grundle dead again. It can't be undone though. If they use it now, Lloyd will turn old too, and he'll miss out on the rest of his childhood. They don't want to do that to him, since it's not fair. Lloyd uses the tea, and it works. Everything goes back to normal… and Lloyd is now a teenager. I love his new design. It's cute. This means that the time for the final battle with his father has grown nearer though. Rufas tries to give him his copy of the comic he wanted, but Lloyd says that he already knows how it ends. Wu says that there comes a time when we must all grow up. When that time comes, it's important not to forget the lessons of our childhood, because our childhood is the greatest training of all.