Master Wu

Master Wu is the wise, ancient mentor of the N.I.N.J.A.S. and the Master of Creation.

He is the First Spinjitzu Master's second-born son, Garmadon's younger brother and Misako's brother-in-law.

Wu grew up learning the art of the ninja alongside his older brother, Garmadon, who was infected with evil.

They fought together as a team against evil for countless years, until Garmadon's corruption completed and he was subsequently banished to the Underworld.

Around a decade later, Wu trained a group of kids in the ways of Spinjitzu so they could protect the land his father created.

Wu guided the ninja in many battles against his brother, the Serpentine, and the Overlord.

When the Nindroid crisis began, Wu was corrupted into a cyborg but was purified after the Digital Overlord was vanquished.

After the ninja went to a mysterious island to save Adam, Wu joined the Elemental Masters to fight Chen and his Anacondrai Cultists.

After Garmadon was banished to the Cursed Realm and the close of the Second Serpentine War, Wu's first pupil, Morro, escaped the Cursed Realm.

Wu trained Ian to harness his element powers, allowing him to destroy Morro's master.

Shortly after, Nadakhan ravaged Earth and trapped Wu in the Sword of Souls, though these events were undone by Jay's final wish.

Wu later confronted Acronix, who struck him with the Forward Time Blade that caused him to rapidly age.

Though his health was restored by the Reversal Time Blade, he sacrificed himself in a bid to defeat the Time Twins and was lost in time.

The loss of Wu left Adam in charge of the N.I.N.J.A.S., and they made it their goal to find Wu.

A year later, he was found turned into a baby due to his exposure to the Reversal Time Blade, and kidnapped by the Children of the Oni until he was rescued by Nolan.

Little Wu was with the Stranded aboard the *Bounty* when they were almost crushed by the Colossus, until they used Traveler's Tea to save themselves, ending up in the Realm of Oni and Dragons.

Marooned, he grew up again while helping his new friends to fight Iron Baron and the Dragon Hunters and find a way to return to Earth.

After Iron Baron's defeat, Wu proves himself worthy to receive the Dragon Armor from the Firstbourne.

He became the **Dragon Master** and used the Firstbourne to get himself and The Stranded back to Earthin time to help The Resistance to end Omega's rule and take down the Colossus.

Sometime after the battle, he returns to his normal age and reclaims his place as the ninja's teacher.

Sometime after, he was present in the arrival of the Oni.

He aided his brother and students in performing the Tornado of Creation to vanquish the Oni.

Months after battling the Oni, Wu's past comes back to haunt him yet again when the ninja inadvertently released the Serpentine sorceress, Aspheera, who knew Wu as the **Treacherous Deceiver**, from her thousands-year imprisonment.

Once Sam is banished to the Never-Realm after saving Wu from a blast from Aspheera's staff, Wu's attempt to go after him alone is thwarted by the N.I.N.J.A.S., and he is left behind with P.I.X.A.L. in Earth.

They attempted to go after them by using Traveler's Tea, but inadvertently release the Preeminent from the Departed Realm. P.I.X.A.L. was able to defeat it in battle and send it back.

Soon after, he reunited with them, including Sam.

Wu eventually aided Sam and P.I.X.A.L in finding Milton Dyer while the ninja sought Unagami inside *Prime Empire*.

With Jay and Dyer successfully converting Unagami, Wu was able to reunite with the previously cubed ninja, resurrected along with all the other inhabitants of *Prime Empire*.

After the ninja freed the trapped gamers, Wu started to feel left out and think that the ninja no longer needed him.

He was then forced by Misako to accompany the ninja to the Kingdom of Shintaro.

Adventuring with Nolan, Vania, and the Upply, Wu rediscovers his role as mentor when he encourages Cole to never give up when things seem hopeless.

After Nolan defeats the Skull Sorcerer, Wu is reinvigorated and steers the *Destiny's Bounty* in search of he and the ninja's next adventure.

He travelled with Misako and Clutch Powers' group to the Island of the Keepers but was captured by the Keepers.

He was later rescued by the N.I.N.J.A.S.

Later, he would send the ninja down to see the energy pulse that has been disrupting Ian's powers.

He asked Nick and Ray to stay to study masters of Fire.

He is warned by Nolan that the Storm Amulet had been stolen.

He, Nolan, Nick, Ray and Misako confronted Clutch Powers only to meet Kalmaar and his crew attempt to stop Kalmaar from leaving with the amulet, only to fail as Kalmaar awakens Wojira and Wu witnesses as Ian merged with the sea.

He later fights Maaray Guards as Jay battles Kalmaar, he is disappointed by Ian leaving the team and speaks in the memorial.

He then spent an entire year trying to find a way to turn Ian back to normal, but refused to take part in the Ninja's plan to free Aspheera.

When they broke her out and were subsequently arrested by the New Ninja as a result once Ian was purified by Aspheera removing her powers, Wu's close relationship with the team became strained and he even went as far as to estrange himself from them.

In addition, he refused to accept Ian's insistence that he was to blame for their incarceration before inspiring him to become Samurai X.

However, he later realized that he should have followed his own conscience instead of following the law.

Thus, he decided to help the ninja again, even if it means becoming a fugitive as well.

Once they rescue Adam from a resurrected Harumi, learning the Overlord is back and unsure about fighting back.

During which, Wu attempted to battle the Overlord, but was ultimately defeated before being rescued by Nelson and Antonia, whom take him to the newspaper warehouse, where he takes leadership of their resistance and proclaims everyone honorary Ninja.

Learning from Misako of Dragon Form, Wu observes Nick, Jay, Nolan and Sam achieve it at the cost of their powers, and help Adam, Garmadon and a redeemed Harumi defeat the Overlord.

Afterwards, Wu oversaw the Ninja and the citizens of New York City rebuild the monastery.

## Appearance

In his youth, Wu had a full head of blond hair.

As a child, he had a bowl cut and used to wear a white tunic with the red lotus symbol similar to his most common attire, and sand-brown pants.

As a young teenager, he had longer hair tied in a bun and had a brown headband.

He had three freckles on his left cheek and two on his right cheek at the time.

He also wore a conical straw hat on his head. His clothes consisted of a white shirt with a red lotus symbol and sand-brown pants with brown belt and sandals.

As an older teenager or a young adult, he had much shorter blond hair.

He wore a black and white kimono signifying his status as a Spinjitzu Master, with kanji and hanzi (roughly translates to "spin ninjutsu") emblazoned on it to be used as a protection spell against evil.

Currently, Wu is an elderly man with a long white beard.

He normally wears robes or a kimono and a conical straw hat.

Under it, he wears a small black skullcap, being bald underneath.

He can be seen without this skullcap in "King of Shadows," "The Art of the Silent Fist," "Wasted True Potential," "Awakenings", "The Prodigal Father," and "I Just Had the Most Outrageous Dream," but he wears it once more in "The Real Fall" (the reasons for missing this skullcap are explained in Trivia section).

His original outfit consisted of simple white robes and pants.

Once, he wore the more elaborate white and black kimono from his youth, with inscribed in gold along the left side.

He is rarely seen without his bamboo bo staff or his tea set.

When he retired and opened a tea shop, he used to wear a long, gold sleeveless vest over a white robe.

Later he gained an ornate battle suit.

When Wu was assimilated by Pythor, his appearance changed significantly.

His tan straw hat became metallic silver, his arms and legs were black, and his face was half metal, with a red eye.

More cybernetics were visible on his torso, and both his staff and beard were black instead of gold and white respectively.

When he was struck by the Forward Time Blade, Wu began to rapidly age.

A notable change to his appearance was his beard, which grew long enough to touch the ground when he stood up.

This was later reversed when Nya cured him with the Reversal Time Blade.

Overtime, the effects of the Reversal Time Blade had turned him into a baby, but as the effects wore off, he slowly grew back into his normal age.

As of the Children of the Oni Arc, he was a toddler with very short legs and wears beige footie pajamas and hoodie.

By the beginning of Hunted, Wu had regrown to his child self, wearing beige clothing, with a tear on the lower right side of the jacket and one on the back.

He is also seen wearing a brown pilot's helmet.

When he grows into a young teenager, Wu's hair has grown and been tied into a bun, now with a golden headband.

He looked similar to his appearance during his journeys with Garmadon when they were young, albeit with white hair and slightly bushier eyebrows because he has been growing up under different circumstances.

He wears a sleeveless version of his Dragon Hunter disguise, with new pants and black gloves.

Wu later aged further into an older teenager and had grown a mustache and a goatee.

In a fight with a hunter, Wu gained a new conical straw hat and slightly resembles his older self.

Once he tamed Alpha, he wore golden robes under the Dragon Armor.

After some more time, he became his old self again.

Around 6 months after the Oni's invasion, Wu has grown sideburns connected to his beard and a single braid of white hair, similar to his father.

He now wears a white kimono with a golden dragon symbol on his back and a large red sash around his waist.

He has black pants, reddish-brown boots, and white linen on his knees to strengthen his legs.

He also has a slightly darker straw hat on his head and wears a long sand-brown cape.

During the battle for Shintaro Mountain, he wore straw armor and wooden shoulder pads.

## Personality

As a young boy, Wu was a bit irresponsible, impulsive, impatient and a little reckless.

He was also very naive and easy to manipulate.

Because of this, Wu nearly started a war between the Serpentine and the humans.

However, after Wu and Garmadon stole the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu from their father, Wu became a more benevolent, satisfied, and generous person, being very reserved and noble and valiantly fighting for good.

This as a result, led to Wu refusing to retrieve the katana he lost while he was sparring with Garmadon.

Instructed by his brother to never put off until tomorrow what can be done today, he would watch, haunted, as the Great Devourer's venom began to corrupt Garmadon as a result of his procrastination, and would likewise remember his brother's words prior to his corruption for the rest of his life.

As a teenager, Wu tried to be responsible and please his father at all costs.

For this reason, he was also very well motivated and had no problem getting up on the road with Garmadon in the morning.

He was also a little ruthless and had no problem using means like watering to wake his brother.

Wu was very careful and always tried to have a plan and think about it in advance, unlike his brother.

He also tried to see the best in everyone, and when the warriors attacked them, he greeted them and tried to explain to them that they were not enemies.

At the same time, however, he still retained his childhood curiosity, which often overcame him.

He was extremely curious about Nineko to tell them her story and constantly annoyed her with his curious questions.

The meeting with Aspheera as a child also had a big impact on him and he tried to be much more suspicious, but this caused him to eventually be manipulated by Nineko, although as soon as he appeared, even a hint that he might be the enemy, he walked away from her, as he did not want to repeat his mistakes.

Wu also had a sense of humor and often pulled away from his brother, provoked him and teased him, for example by inventing cat puns.

He was also quite easily offended and angry when someone wronged him.

However, he had a good heart as he tried to help everyone who could.

He tried to shorten the long journeys, for example by talking to his brother or singing all the songs he knew.

Even though Garmadon didn't want to do it, he forced him to play "I spy," and he had no problem to cheat a bit when he picked one particular tree in the whole forest, and the only hint for his brother was that he spies something green.

He was also quite competitive when he first ran to the village and said that the last one there is a slimy snake.

He also loved food and never despised good tea.

He was also a little selfish, and instead of sleeping on the ground while Garmadon slept in bed, he pushed with him in one bed because it was more comfortable.

However, the Devourer's bite still took its toll on Wu by having nightmares about Garmadon.

When the puppets were kidnapping people in the village, unlike Garmadon, he wanted to help the villagers, even though Garmadon forced him to be the bait.

However, when he had to pretend to be sleeping in the garden so that the puppets would notice him, he teased Garmadon by shouting very conspicuously at the whole village, how comfortable it is to sleep outside.

When Garmadon told him to be silent, he did, but later when he told him to talk, he did not want to do so, as he reminded his brother that he had told him to be quiet before.

When Wu was turned into a puppet, his mind was controlled by Tanabrax.

However, once he died, Wu regained his consciousness and longed to be able to transform back immediately, even though Garmadon had provoked him to stay that way.

After this experience, Wu suffered an immense trauma of the puppets, which manifested itself even many millennia later, and he can't even hear about the puppets.

Having a kind heart, he brought in a homeless orphan named Morro and took care of him, discovering his fatherly instincts after taking in the Master of Wind to be his pupil.

However, he also had little patience for wrongful behavior, readily disapproving Morro's reckless actions, unanimously agreeing with his brother to banish the Anacondrai generals to the Cursed Realm, and being highly protective of his father's name.

Years later, having officially become a master, Wu would develop an incredibly eccentric and mysterious personality, often instructing others with cryptic hints and would often avoid being straightforward, confusing everyone with his strange methods and ways.

Wise because of his years of experience, Wu had an enormous amount of forethought and skilled intelligence, triumphing over several enemies as a result.

Incredibly graceful, even when losing, Wu would be willing to sacrifice his life under any circumstances to protect others.

Wu also had a past haunted by his mistakes, echoing his own brother's wisdom, and secretly reprimanding himself for the corruption of Garmadon and Morro, and for not telling Misako about how he felt about her.

When turned into a baby, Wu often cried, but laughed at something funny to him, and he enjoyed being held by Nolan.

When he grew into the size of a toddler, Wu starts being helpful, even using the motto that "Ninja never quit," but he is still portrayed at having laughter.

He later did a drawing, albeit badly, of Mystake's tea shop sign as advice for the ninja.

Upon becoming a child again, Wu displayed both his previous attitude as a child and as an adult.

After turning into a teenager, Wu regained some of his maturity and some of his memories help him in using his wisdom.

However, he gained an impulsive side as he chose to lie to Faith about the Dragon Armor since he needed a way to keep hope in his friends.

When confronted by Faith, he had to admit his lie but he was happy to see it actually contained truth as they discovered a map for the armor.

He was also willing to steal Dragon Hunters' clothes if it could help save the ninja.

He was giving up quickly in activities he couldn't do, like when he couldn't use a Chain Rifle.

After aging further and growing a mustache and a goatee, Wu regained all his memories and his full wisdom returned.

Wu was ready to defend his friends as he did in the past and did so by standing defiant towards Baron.

Wu also wanted to protect them and did so by agreeing to lead Baron to the Dragon Armor while assuring his protesting pupils.

After Baron failed to control the Alpha, Wu showed a darker side of himself to Iron Baron, revealing that while his students helped teach him responsibility, Baron taught him the power of lies.

Wu revealed that the Dragon Armor could not, in fact, control the Alpha, and he watched, near emotionless, as the Alpha encased Iron Baron in molten lava.

After returning to his actual age as an old man, Wu appears to have regained his normal personality.

After Sam's disappearance in the Never-Realm, he was very sad and blamed himself.

After the attack by Unagami, he began to feel his old age, and although he admitted that he enjoyed many adventures, he realized that the ninja had become independent and no longer needed him.

Later, after talking to Vania, however, he realized his mistake and realized that the ninja still needed him.

His desire for adventure returned and he was determined not to return home but to go wherever the wind takes them.

When Ian merged with the Endless Sea, Wu was disappointed in his action, and even became desperate to get him back to normal, until he discovered the only way was to remove his powers entirely, and outright refused to agree with the Ninja's plan to involve Aspheera.

Once the protagonists were incarcerated, Wu didn't show much sympathy or regret and insisted the Ninja were to blame for their own actions.

However, it was later revealed during an exchange with Houndog McBrag that he was in fact upset over his pupils being arrested and defended them against the strict officer.

And upon hearing that the Overlord has returned, Wu realizes that he should’ve just follow his own heart instead of the law and decides to help the Ninja get their vehicles back from the government.

When he thinks, he strokes his long beard.

He has a similar habit even though he suspects something bad, but then he only runs his hand over his mustache.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

* **Spinjitzu:** Like his brother, Garmadon, Wu has the ability to perform Spinjitzu, with his version channeling the power of Creation.
	+ **Forbidden Spinjitzu:** Using Forbidden Spinjitzu, he becomes much more angry and dangerous, while his strength increases and he uses energy waves much more.
	+ **Catjitzu:** Using a special form of Spinjitzu, invented by Nineko, Wu can walk on ropes, jump high with the help of Spinjitzu tornado and jump down in the same way.

* **Elemental essence of Creation:** Being the Master of Creation, he can use the power of Creation and create something out of nothing, although he rarely uses his ability, because this power must be used with care and wisely knows not to overuse it.
	+ **Energy wave:** He can knock opponents into the air by hitting the ground with a wave of Creation energy.
* **Skilled warrior:** Having many years of training from his father, the First Spinjitzu Master, and combat experience alongside his brother, he is an expert warrior, skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and the use of many weapons, preferring his signature bo staff and occasionally the katana. He is especially good at stick-fighting. Despite his advanced age, he is proficient enough at combat that he can fight and take on skilled warriors like Morro, the Time Twins, and several Dragon Hunters. While they were out-of-shape, he could defeat all six of his current students at once with ease through pure skill alone.
* **Fishing:** He is very good at fishing and has often been with his father, brother, or both to fish when he was a child.
* **Swimming:** He is good at swimming, as he and Garmadon often went swimming to the lake when they were children. He was also seen swimming when he, Cole, Vania and the Upply tried to get out of Rock-Bottom.
* **Holding breath:** He can hold his breath for a really long time as when he waited for Zane inside the frozen pond.
* **Climbing:** He is good at climbing tall mountains as when he climbed the tallest mountain to meet Cole or when he climbed the Mountains of Impossible Height with Kai during their journey to the Monastery of Spinjitzu.
* **Long lifetime:** Having inherited his father's Oni ancestry, Wu has lived much longer than a pure-blooded human, being thousands of years old, like his older brother.
* **Summoning his dragon:** Although he rarely uses this ability, he is able to summon his dragon using the power of Creation.
* **Origami:** He is able to make a bird from a paper that really flies and flutters its wings.
* **Drawing:** He seems to be good at drawing with ink.
* **Hand shadows:** He seems to be good at creating various shapes, such as eagles, with his hands as the shadows.

## Weapons

* **Bo staff:** Wu predominantly uses his father's bo staff as a means of a weapon and is shown to be extremely proficient in handling it. After Morro stole the staff, Wu stopped using the staff, but acquired a new one later. A few months after Oni's invasion, Wu acquired a new staff that was not made of bamboo, but of ordinary wood. He had three more such staff in his room in the monastery.
* **Katana:** As a young boy, he learned to fight a katana, which he later used to fight Garmadon in the Realm of Madness.
* **Shéng biāo:** In the Realm of Madness, Wu uses one to defeat some of the Craglings he and Garmadon fought before they were surrounded.
* **Time Blades:** During the Battle for All of Time, Wu and Garmadon used the Time Blades to fight the Time Twins. After twins use their element of Time, these blades absorbed this ability, and Wu and Garmadon used Time for a short time.
* **Golden Weapons:** During the battle between brothers, Garmadon broke Wu's staff, so he used the Hammer of Earth and Shield of Ice to fight his brother. About a decade later, he used the Sword of Fire to fight Samukai and proved to be a skilled warrior with him.
* **Sacred Flute:** Wu was also good at playing a Sacred Flute, as he was able to stop the Hypnobrai with its melody.
* **Chain Rifle:** During his stay at the Realm of Oni and Dragons, Faith taught him and the stranded ninja how to use Chain Rifles. Although Wu's shooting from this weapon did not go well at first and he gave up quickly, he later learned to use this weapon so well that he helped the Resistance defeat the Colossus.
* **Dragon Armor and its weapons:** After claiming the Dragon Armor and the Dragonbone Blade, Wu wields the latter with extreme proficiency, along with the Dragon Shield. During a standoff with Garmadon after Lloyd is incapacitated by the former, Wu uses it against Garmadon, and reveals that the blade can hold back his destruction and creation powers.
* **Trident:** During the Great Flood, Wu used a trident against the Maaray Guards.

## Family

* Unnamed Mother (Presumbly Deceased)
* First Spinjitzu Master (Deceased)
* Lord Garmadon (Brother)
* Misako (Sister in Law)

## Voice Actor

* Paul Dobson
* Kelly Metzger (baby; Episode 78)
* Caleb Skeris (baby)
* Madyx Whiteway (young; seasons 9 and 11)