Mermling Out of Water

**Mermling Out of Water** is the first part of the second episode of the fourth season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 150th episode overall. Along with "The Pearl of Dreams", it aired first in English on April 21, 2021, in the UK. It was released in the US via HBO Max on July 3, 2021, paired with "Families Gone Wild" and "The Tale of Nyad and Nyanko".

## Synopsis

*The Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, Molly and Gleam return to Ocejago for a distress call.*

**Extended**: *While having a day vacation at Koraru Bay, a coastal town near the Endless Ocean, Caralisa founds a crystal shell, meaning that Ocejago is in danger! The Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, Gleam and the Wild Siders go on the wildest underwater adventure to seek help with Miyu and her royal family.*

**Tiny Pop**: *A vacation turns into a serious mission, when Caralisa founds a crystal shell. As the team went to Ocejago, they found out what the Mermlings are afraid of: the Merlopians.*

**HBO Max**: *The ninja and the ponies went back to Ocejago and reveal that the undersea city is part of Merlopia, before it was separated.*

## Plot

The Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, Gleam, Potion Nova and the Wild Siders are having a day vacation at Koraru Bay, with some playing volleyball, while collecting glittered seashells by the beach. When Caralisa retrieved a special shell that resembles the platinum shell, Nya realized that the platinum shell is revealed to be a crystal shell, signaling that there is a new danger in Ocejago. The Young Ninja, Molly, Gleam and the Wild Siders don't know what is Ocejago look like, and Potion Nova has an idea to bring the team on an underwater adventure. She introduced the upgraded version of the *Sub Bounty*, known as the *Hydro Bounty*. P.I.X.A.L. made such amendments to the *Bounty* with larger size to accommodate, and also included the Potion Dispenser. They travelled underwater with the *Hydro Bounty* to Ocejago.

As they reached the underwater kingdom, they wore their Crystal Bubble Helmets, while the Mane Six transform into seaponies, impressing the Wild Siders. Lightning Chill wondered what if the Wild Siders transform into aquatic forms, so Potion Nova brings the Water-shifter Blend for the Wild Siders, transforming Lightning Chill, Echo and Sugar Snap into a seatiger, a seabat and an aqua peacock. They arrived at the Crystal Coral Castle, but everything has gone wrong. Most of the Mermlings started the protest against the other aquatic species they hate the most, which is why the crystal shell has called them. Princess Miyu greets the team here, with new visitors.

When they reached the throne room, Miyu brings the team to King Atlaua and Queen Doris, as they were excited to meet their new friends from the surface. Nya and Caralisa wondered why the Mermlings started the protest against those other species. Doris uses the Pearl of Myths to tell the story of what happened to the Mermlings right now. At first, Ocejago was a capital of Merlopia, an aquatic city where many of the Merlopians (including the Mermlings) are at peace. However, when King Trimaar's son Kalmaar wanted to awake Wojira and destroy many people's dreams in the entire cosmic universe, he betrayed his father, Atlaua and Doris, so that he can create an armageddon between the Sixty Realms. He creates an army of Maaray Guards to hunt for Dream Magic from the Cotton Candy Comet, since the three amulets can create the power of illusions. Due to this, many Mermlings and the Merlopians started a war, and many Mermling soldiers died during the war. As a result, Trimaar and Doris make an agreement to separate Ocejago from Merlopia, with a cosmic barrier to prevent any other Merlopians from entering.

Now they know why the Mermlings are trembled with fear with the arrival of the Merlopians, many Mermlings continued to protest about the Merlopians and the awakening of Wojira. Miyu and Doris stop all the Mermlings from protesting about the Merlopians, and they found a solution to stop Kalmaar from stealing the dream magic from the Cotton Candy Comet; a special pearl that protects all the Dream Magic and the people's beautiful dreams, with Delta, the Dream Mermling protecting it at the Dream Lagoon. The team then preceded with Miyu to the Dream Lagoon to find the Pearl of Merlopia. While in there, four humanoid-snake ladies - the Merlopian Quartet, ordered from Kalmaar to find the Dream Magic from the source.

## Cast

* Applejack/Seapony Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Atlaua - Peter Kelamis
* Caralisa - Tabitha St. Germain
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Doris - Tabitha St. Germain
* Echo/Seabat Echo - Connor Parnall
* Fluttershy/Seapony Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Fugu - Nicki Burke
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Hotate - Ana Sani
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kalmaar - Giles Panton
* Kano - Kyle Rideout
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lightning Chill/Seatiger Lightning Chill - Bethany Brown
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Mermling #1 - Sabrina Pitre
* Mermling #2 - Alyson Court
* Mermling #3 - Andrew Francis
* Miyu - Kazumi Evans
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nelson - David Reynolds
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie/Seapony Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Potion Nova - Chanalle Peloso
* Rainbow Dash/Seapony Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity/Seapony Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Sugar Snap/Aqua Sugar Snap - Ana Sani
* Tako - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Twilight Sparkle/Seapony Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Uni - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Endless Sea
	+ Ninjago
		- Koraru Bay
			* Coastal Beach
			* Shallowing Heights
			* Merlopia
				+ Ocejago
					- Crystal Coral Castle
					- Coral Square

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Miyu
* This episode was first broadcast in the UK on April 21, 2021.
	+ This and "The Pearl of Dreams", along with "Families Gone Wild" and "The Tale of Nyad and Nyanko", are the first episode of the fourth season in English to air in the UK on Tiny Pop.
* A sneak peak of the story of how Ocejago and Merlopia gets separated is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on April 20, 2021, one day till the release of the episode.
* The episode title is a play on "fish out of water", which refers to someone being in a situation wherein they're not able to be their best, explaining why the Mermlings aren't able bring peace with the Merlopians.
* The separation of Ocejago from Merlopia is similar to how Singapore was separated from Malaysia in 1965, following the Racial Riots in 1964.

## Continuity

* This is the first episode where the *Hydro Bounty* was shown. Potion Nova said that P.I.X.A.L. upgraded the *Sub Bounty* to the *Hydro Bounty* to accommodate large group of people and have more space for living, with the inclusion of the kitchen, the Aqua Lab, the Potion Dispenser, a living room, a bedroom with glowing stars and mint-flavored pillows and the wardrobe room.
* Miyu returns in this episode, after a long absence from the final episode from the Black Nova arc.
* This is the second episode where the Mane Six turn into seaponies. The first is "As Gold as it Gets".
	+ This is the first episode where the Wild Siders transform into a seatiger, a seabat and an aqua peacock.
* Molly, the Young Ninja, Gleam, Kitonaru and the Wild Siders went to Ocejago for the first time.
* The Merlopian Quartet (Uni, Tako, Hotate and Fugu) make their first appearance in this episode, although the four appeared in silhouettes. Kalmaar also made an appearance in this episode since he was mentioned in "Time After Time Capsule", but only his voice was heard.
* Like how the Keepers protect the Storm Amulet, the Mermlings and the other Merlopians protect the Wave Amulet by keeping from being put on Wojira's head.
* A third amulet, the Cosmic Amulet, is revealed as the three powerful amulets created from the Cotton Candy Comet. It is responsible for the Dream Aliens to create dream magic using this amulet.
* Ocejago was part of Merlopia, until it got separated.
* The soundtrack where the ninja, the young ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters and the Wild Siders are enjoying the beach at Koraru Bay is the beach scene at the Potion Ocean at the beginning of "Pony Surfin' Safari".

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life and Ninjago cartoon

* The *Hydro Bounty* doesn't appear in the original Ninjago episode until "Unsinkable".
* Kalmaar did not make his debut appearance in the original cartoon until "Five Thousand Fathoms Down".

## Errors

* When the Mermlings start to protest, the green Mermling has two clones instead of one.
* The Pearl of Myths turn pink from white after showing the story of how Ocejago got separated from Merlopia.