Terra Karana (Episode)

*Not to be confused with the actual location.*

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**Terra Karana** is the eleventh episode of the Prime Empire Chapter and the thirty-first episode of the first season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*. It is based on the LEGO Ninjago episodes titled *The Glitch* and *The Cliffs of Hysteria*.

## Synopsis

In order to stop Unagami, the Ninja, Kaya and the Mane 6 must obtain three Key-Tanas, the first of is hidden in the game zone Terra Karana - one of Prime Empire´s most dangerous game environments. After which, they must climb the 'Cliffs of Hysteria'.

## Plot

### Okino meets the Ninja and the Mane Six

The episode begins shortly after Okino introduces himself. Lloyd tells Okino his and the other Ninjas' names and who they are. Afterwards, Twilight introduces the Mane 5 and Spike to him. Okino, doing as he is programmed, pledges his service to the Ninja and the Mane Six. As they begin to thank him, Kai and Rainbow Dash ask Okino what he means by "failing his previous masters" and how many were there. Upset, Okino points to the many swords he stuck in the ground that belonged to his fallen masters. Unnerved but still determined to escape the game, the Ninja and the Mane Six give Okino their word to get through the trials. Okino agrees and swears to help them.

### Battle with the bushes

Okino leads the Ninja and Mane Six to the Forest of Discontent. As Kai is confused by the name, three bushes send spikes flying towards them; Okino easily deflects them with his sword and tells a scared Cole and Applejack that the spikes were called "Thorns of Discontent." Lloyd points out that they came from the bushes. As the Ninja and Kaya ready their new Prime Controllers and call out which bush to defeat, Kai "claims" that he will look for bushes from behind. With the team giving Kai and Rainbow Dash odd looks, Kai merely explains that he only has one life left. Fluttershy is also hesitant to help because her ninja companion, Zane, who couldn't enter the game, isn't there to help. Fortunately, Kaya offers her assistance to Fluttershy.

The Ninja and Mane Six, ready (except for a wary Kai and Rainbow Dash), charge for the bushes. They dodge and deflect the thorns that flew towards them and the Ninja use beams from their weapons to destroy the bushes. Cole explains his fondness over their new weapons, when a thorn flies and hits him in the back, killing him. As he re-spawns, Cole sees that he has lost a life, much to his dismay. Okino explains to the group that the forest was dangerous, even saying that "the ground cannot be trusted" as they venture inside.

### The dangers of the forest

As the team and Okino travel through the forest, they complain on the darkness and not being able to see. Jay then opens his inventory and pulls out two torches for him and Cole. The problem now is that they could see what danger awaited for them. A man-eating flower then ends up eating Applejack, and he respawns, seeing that he also lost a life. Nya then asked if what Okino said earlier was true; The Key-Tana being in a maze. Okino confirms this as a yes, as it was to be guarded by a dragon. Lloyd questions on how this was going to be a problem, as they have all faced dragons before. Rainbow Dash points out that dragons are amazing, but Okino denies this and tells them how strong this one really was. Knowing that, she starts to get worried.

As they continue walking, Nya accidentally jumps into a pit. She then begins to sink into it as teeth surround her. Jay and Cole attempt to pull her out in vain and Nya screams as the sand and teeth swallow her. Respawning, Nya is upset as well to see that she has also lost a life. Questioning what that was, Okino explains to Lloyd that was Swampteeth and reminiscences what he said earlier about the ground. Moments later, Kaya also ends up getting eaten by Swampteeth. After she respawned, she remarks that it is even worse than the Bubblegum Pit.

Okino, the Ninja and the Mane Six eventually reach a point where he thinks the upcoming obstacle could be Strangler Vines. Lloyd finds out it's not, but they are ambushed by the Whack Rats. The Ninja defeat the Whack Rats and Ritchie is tied up. They interrogate him and Ritchie revels that Unagami order them to ambush the Ninja and the Mane Six. Lloyd then comments about Unagami preventing the Ninja and Mane Six from winning the game which confuses Okino. Lloyd and Twilight then explain that *Prime Empire* is not a real world and Unagami is the creator of the world. Originally, Okino doesn't believe it causing Jay thinks he is not programmed to understand the truth.

Realizing Unagami is playing dirty, the Ninja are about to leave, but Ritchie urges the Ninja to cut him down because he has an itch. Ritchie then tells the Ninja and the Mane Six that there's a glitch in the game that can allow the Ninja and Mane Six to bypass the Forest of Discontent. They end up letting Ritchie down and he begins scratching his body.

### An ambush in the glitch

Ritchie guides the Ninja to the glitch and he jumps in. Okino is confused at the sight as the rest of the Ninja enter as well. The Ninja are teleported to a purple cubed room. They walk forward and all of a sudden, the Red Visors appear and begin shooting the Ninja. The Ninja pull out their Prime Controllers to defend themselves as Ritchie looks on before leaving the room. The Ninja begin to lose lives until Okino enters and fights the Red Visors allowing the Ninja a chance to escape. Everyone but Lloyd is able to escape because Lloyd wants Okino to come along. Okino decides to stay with Lloyd as he pushes him through the portal.

The Ninja and Okino land outside the Forest of Discontent. Lloyd thanks Okino, but he is kneeling realizing the world he lives in is not real. Okino thinks he's a pawn, but Lloyd downplays the idea as he tells Okino that he made his own decision, not Unagami. Lloyd then tells Okino to trust in himself and in the Ninja as friends and as an ally to help them get pass Terra Karana.

### Onward to the Cliffs!

The Ninja and the Mane Six start their journey towards the next challenge in Terra Karana, The Cliffs of Hysteria. Along the way, the Ninja sing "Arcade Life", telling each other that they should never give up, in order for them to reach their goal.

Later on, the Ninja and the Mane Six all notice that Okino was still upset over losing his masters and from learning that his world, along with him, is fake. They try to make conversation and jokes with him, both failing.

They all soon arrive at the Cliffs of Hysteria, with the Ninja being impressed and scared by its size. Cole even notes this as a wall that never ends. Due to being in Prime Empire the longest, Jay notes that if he can't climb it, his friends can't, somewhat hurting them from his brash comment. Okino, still down in the dumps, tells them that they can make it up the cliff by talking to Shifty. When they question who that is, Okino points to a shop being run by Shifty himself.

Shifty welcomes the Ninja and Okino to his shop and over exaggerates about his knick-knacks. Shifty's attention gets caught on Nya and begins to compliment her until a jealous Jay steps in and asks him for a rope. This gives Shifty the impression that they want to climb the cliffs and tells them that he indeed does have a rope. Cole's eye catches the grappling hooks and Shifty sells them for 20 credits each (For "Flower Nya" it's 15). Shifty then "shows them the ropes", one being the Rope of Supreme Durability and the Rope of Questionable Integrity. The Team thinks it's an obvious choice to pick the first option and Shifty offers to give them all one for the same price, that being 600 credits (Nya's discount coming with a Poisoned Tipped Arrow). The Ninja are left driven by the thoughts of picking the old nasty rope and getting the Key-Tana quicker, grinding for credits to get the strong and clean rope, or going by Jay's idea, ganging up on Shifty and stealing the rope. Lloyd denies the second two options, One being they don't have the time and the other being just wrong.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaya - Nicole Bouma
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent (Andrew Francis as his singing voice)
* Nya - Kelly Metzger (Shannon Chan-Kent as her singing voice)
* Okino - Alessandro Juliani
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Red Visor - Sam Vincent
* Ritchie - Sam Vincent
* Shifty - Alessandro Juliani
* Spike - Kathy Weseluck
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong

## Locations Visited

* Prime Empire
	+ Terra Karana
		- Forest of Discontent
		- Cliffs of Hysteria

## Potions Used

* Glitching Potion - Used by Lloyd against the Red Visors, but accidentally glitched Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.
* Supersonic Potion - Used by Cole to escape from the Rat Pack.

## Trivia

* **Narrator:** Jay
* Jay reveals each of the Ninja and the Mane 6 have an inventory.
* Okino becomes a close friend of the Ninja and the Mane 6.
* Ritchie and several members of the Rat Pack appear in this episode.
* Okino finds out that *Prime Empire* is a game.
* Unagami is actively trying to stop the Ninja and the Mane 6 from finding him and is cheating by creating glitches to trap them.
* All the Ninja and Mane 6 (Except for Kai) lose several lives in this episode, leaving:
	+ Jay, Nya , Lloyd, Kaya, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Twilight, Spike, and Fluttershy with 2 lives.
	+ Kai, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Cole with 1 life.
* Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle glitched their forms is similar to the ones in *Minecraft*.
	+ The three also glitched into their Claymation forms in the Pony Life Claymation shorts.
* The scene where Okino saved the Ninja and the Mane Six from the Red Visors, accepting his friendship to them and cheering up Okino were used in the video completion of Friendship Moments, which were uploaded to the YouTube Channel on June 30, 2020, which is also as International Friendship Day.

## Easter Eggs

* Cole references his fall off the *Destiny's Bounty* in "The Ending of the End: The Fall" when his rope snaps and he falls off the Cliffs of Hysteria.
* Applejack mentions the Great Seedling in "Going to Seed", when she saw some plums making a left sign to the Cliffs of Hysteria.