Cole

**Cole** is the current Elemental Master and Ninja of Earth and the son of Lou and Lilly. He was recruited by Wu. With Wu's help, Cole learned Spinjitzu and discovered his other teammates, with whom he embarked on many adventures; battling the likes of the Serpentine and the Stone Army.

After the final battle, peace resumed until the Overlord returned and created the Nindroid army. The Overlord made the Nindroid army by using Zane's blueprints. During this time, a love triangle formed between Nya, Jay, and Cole. The conflict ended when Zane sacrificed himself to vanquish the Overlord. Saddened by Zane's death, the Ninja parted ways but reunited after learning of Zane's survival and set out to rescue Zane on a mysterious island. There, Jay and Cole made amends over Nya, while the Ninja allied with the Elemental Masters to defeat Chen's Anacondrai Cultists, who had caused the Second Serpentine War.

Shortly after, the Ninja battled Morro and spirits from the Cursed Realm. Needing to learn Airjitzu, the Ninja went to the Temple of Airjitzu, where Cole was turned into a ghost. He soon came to terms with his condition and used his new abilities. Following the Battle of Stiix, the Ninja were tormented by Nadakhan, who captured Cole and the other Elemental Masters in the Sword of Souls in order to recreate Djinjago. After Cole and the others were freed, Jay used his last wish to undo recent events. On the Day of the Departed, Cole confronted Yang, who tricked Cole into reviving the Ninjas' old enemies. Cole fought Yang, but eventually made amends with him, and Cole became a human once more via the Rift of Return.

Cole joined his allies in battling the Time Twins and their Vermillion army, as well as seeking the powerful Time Blades. Though their enemies were defeated, Wu was lost in the time vortex but was rediscovered a year later in the form of a baby by Cole. Cole protected the de-aged Wu from a notorious gang that resurrected the Overlord, and the two were later stranded in the Realm of Oni and Dragons with the original Ninja, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight looking for a way home. After the defeat of Iron Baron (the leader of the Dragon Hunters), Cole, along with the other three Ninja, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight and Wu (now the Dragon Master), returned home with the help of the Dragons. They managed to defeat the Colossus while Lloyd, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight defeated Lloyd's grandfather's arch-nemesis, saving Ninjago once again.

Cole fights alongside his friends to defend against the Oni invasion but falls into the darkness attempting to rescue citizens. However, he survives and comes to the monastery to defeat the Oni and witness Jay ask Nya to be his Yang. Months later, Cole and his friends fight against Aspheera and her Pyro Vipers after accidentally releasing them from their tomb. After Zane is banished by Aspheera's sorcery, he and the remaining Ninja send themselves to the Never-Realm in order to rescue him. While Lloyd went to find Zane, Cole and the others protected the Ice Fishers of Great Lake. Cole befriended Krag the Yeti in the mountains, who led him to the Traveler's Tree, allowing them to use its berries to a potent enough dose of tea to go back home. The Ninja fight Boreal the Ice Dragon, and discover that Zane is the Ice Emperor. With Zane having managed to return to his senses in a fight with Lloyd and freeing the Never-Realm from its eternal winter, the team reunites and use Traveler's Tea to head back to their home realm.

## Depictions in the Series

### Early life

At some point as a child, Cole's mother becomes sick. Cole and his father visit her, Cole then goes up to Lilly and hugs her. After telling Lilly he didn't want her to be sick anymore, Lilly replies that we don’t always get what we want. She then said that Lou told her that Cole got in trouble at school, which Cole agreed to. Cole tells her about a big bully picking on younger children got into a fight with him, he continued on by promising to Lilly that he won't fight again. However, Lilly was proud of him standing up to the bully. She promises Cole to always stand up to those who are cruel and unjust, which Cole accepts.

When Cole was seven, Lou wanted him to do a legendary dance move known as the Triple Tiger Sashay, only for Cole to fail and let his quartet down.

Over the course of Cole's education, he went on a number of school field trips to the Ninjago Museum of History, which he enjoyed.

Shortly after his mother's passing, Cole and his father had a falling out as they coped with the loss differently. Then Cole's father sent him to the Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts hoping that he would follow in his footsteps and become a dancer. Unwilling to do so but reluctant to displease his father, Cole secretly ran away from the school, occasionally writing to his father to claim that he was still following the dancer's path.

Cole began drifting from place to place, always seeking new challenges to test his strength and skill. He eventually attempted to climb the tallest mountain in Ninjago. Upon reaching the top, he found Wu sitting there, drinking tea. After telling Wu about his anger towards his father for ignoring him and the loss of his mother, he is told by Wu that grief is dealt with in many forms, sometimes with singing and dancing, and sometimes by climbing mountains. Cole proceeded to ask Wu why he climbed the mountain, after which he learned that Wu was there to meet him. Learning that he had great potential, he followed the old master to the Monastery of Spinjitzu and began training to become a Ninja.

### Hunted

#### Firstbourne

Marooned in the Realm of Oni and Dragons, the Ninja and Alicorns spend a full week in the realm trying to gather supplies. Like Zane, Cole remains calm in the situation and, like Celestia, spends most of the time tending to Wu, who has aged further into a child. Cole is relieved that he is getting closer to returning to normal, but worried since he has no memory of his past. As Kai and Zane work on creating a radio to establish communications with Ninjago or Equestria, Celestia takes a hungry Wu out and calls him Little Wu. This confuses Wu, who gets impatient. Celestia tries to teach Wu one of his own lessons, amusing Cadance.

As they travel the realm, Cole notes that he has seen no sign of Oni in the realm, just dragons. Cole hears Wu voice his doubts on being a Ninja before they come across a baby Dragon. After finding the young dragon, Cole notices Wu's fear of dragons and relates that he was afraid of them before but he has seen they are actually friendly. However, a large dragon appears and along with the young one attacks them before Cole and Wu run off. As they are chased by the beasts, Wu questions Cole about his words of friendly dragons as he states he misjudged them and uses his weakened powers to barricade a cave for him and Wu once they reach it and is successful protecting them from harm.

As they hide in the cave, the two find paintings of the Oni and Cole realizes that they are not alone in the new world and Cole wants to tell the others.

They soon manage to find food, but when they return, the six discover their campsite gone and tire tracks left behind. Cole follows Wu's lead when he decides to follow the tracks as that might lead them to their friends.

#### Iron & Stone

Following the tracks, Cole and Wu were able to track the Alicorns to the Dragon Hunters' camp which they found heavily guarded. When Wu tried to charge in and save his friends, Cole was quick to stop him since they were outnumbered and stated they needed to wait. After Wu used one of his quotes "Don't put off 'till tomorrow what could be done today," Celestia asked him if he used Celestia's words against her. Wu stated Celestia borrowed the words from him after he asked.

Wu made the plan to disguised them and ignored Cole's protests before they infiltrated the arena as their friends were forced to fight a Dragon.

Watching from the audience, Cole and Wu were asked who they were and Cole used his alias "Rocky Dangerbuff" for them to blend in and proclaimed Wu as his son, called "Dangerbuff Jr.". However, he was surprised and dismayed to hear that the Dangerbuff were a real a hunter tribe from one of the hunters and they slip away after the latter called some other Hunters over. Cole is annoyed by Wu's criticism of him with disguises before they reach the lever.

They soon get the other Alicorns' attention, with Luna telling Cole that Wu has to leave, as his mere presence (being a quarter Oni) is making things worse for them. When Wu gets an idea, he and Cole pull a lever that throws a vengestone chain to their friends, which helps the Alicorns subdue Slab. When Cole says that may help them before Wu and Cole run off.

#### Radio Free Ninjago and Equestria

Cole goes up to his friends and promises to free them before he is called on by the Hunters.
Gathering around the fire, Cole, who was still mistaken as a member of the Dangerbuff tribe, listens to the tales of the Hunters. He learns more about the Iron Baron and his motives, when a mention of the Oni is brought up, Cole asks about them and just as his question is about to be answered, a dragon appears.

At the weapon, Cole and Wu are ordered to maintain the weapons but "accidentally" knock the other princesses off the stand. They try to rescue them, but the princesses are immediately put back into the back of the Dieselnaut by Daddy No Legs.

Now in the back of the vehicle, they are forced to sit back and watch as the Hunters reel in and eventually capture the Wind Dragon.

Cole promises to figure a way out of this situation for the Alicorns, and the Dragons.

#### How to Build a Dragon

As the Dragon Hunters prepare to cook the Wind Dragon for dinner, Cole and Wu manage to pursuade Daddy No Legs to guard the Alicorns. While "guarding" them, they make a plan on escaping before Cadance suggests they build a dragon as Cole and the other think she is still insane but Cadance told that she remembered what Wu told Jay the first time he met him and decide to make a mech that looks like a Dragon, which they'll believe is the Firstbourne to help out.

Over the next few days, Cole and Wu build the Dragon with parts smuggled out by hiding them in Dragon dung and get them before disposing of it. As their Dragon was now complete, Cole was hoping to take a test flight, but despite losing weight by cutting sweets, it doesn't work. Wu instead insists he will do it.

Later that night, Wu flew the Dragon mech before a shot from Iron Baron knocks the tail off and the real Firstbourne appeared. As she was firing among the camp, Wu and the Ninja provide a distraction for Kai to free the Dragons before they get out themselves.

#### The Glided Path

The Ninja have made it far from the hunters and they see that Wu has aged into a teenager over night. They ask if he has regained any of his memories and he states he vaguely recalls his childhood. As they talk, Heavy Metal appears and threatens the Ninja with her weapon telling them they are her prisoners now. The Ninja don't respond kindly to this and ready for a fight as the hunter interrogates them on Wu truly being the son of the First Spinjitzu Master. After Kai's mumbles, Cole gets scared when Heavy Metal shoots an arrow at his feet once the hunter states they heard Kai. Wu then stepped forward and revealed it was true and introduced himself to her. Rather than attack, Heavy Metal reveals herself to be Faith and that she is on their side and tells him about his father's armor.

#### Two Lies, One Truth

As they continue the journey, Cole tells his master that he can't keep up his charade to Faith for long but Wu tells them to trust his judgment as Cole states he didn't teach the Ninja to take the easy way out. Wu then notices Baron and his Hunters approaching and alerts Cole, who believed he was trying to shift the argument until Wu shows him and they flee the area with the others.

As they escape, they deal with repeated attacks from the Hunters but are able to hold them before dealing with an Ice Dragon, but Faith detains it. Wu also gets rid of the hunter on his and Cole's vehicle with him stating he was taking responsibility, as Cole smirks.

Arriving at the Oni Fortress, the Ninja see the area is abandoned and Faith gets frustrated that Baron lied to her and the hunters when discovering the Oni already vacated the realm centuries ago. Wu is asked about the armor's existence and he admits that he doesn't know it's real as she further descents into rage. As she does so, Wu soon notices something on the fortress' door and has Faith move. When Wu shows that door holds a map to the armor, Cole is happy at this as is everyone else.

#### The Weakest Link

When the Ninja woke up, Faith handed them chain guns and they start training by chaining up a rock. When they, and Wu, succeeded, they have Wu ride Stormbringer.

When they stopped to look at their map, they realize the Hunters were following them. They were able to defeat them, but Faith has been captured.

#### Saving Faith

At Wu's pleas, the Ninja go to rescue Faith from the Hunters. She berates them and warns them it was trap but the Hunters appear and capture them.

Cole is later tied to a stand with Kai and Zane, Cole shares banter with the others to keep their spirits up. He explains to Wu of why this is important and they share a laugh. He watches as Faith tells the other Hunters that Baron lied to them about the Oni who have been gone from the realm for centuries and tells them that he possibly killed the Hunters to get Dragonbone Blade. After Baron silences any growing rebellion by asking threatening them, an annoyed Baron hushes his prisoners by turning on the elemental device.

However, the torture causes Wu to regain all of his memories and slightly aged further into an older teenager. Cole watches as Wu breaks free of his bonds and begins to fight Wu with the Dragon Hunters but is knocked aside. He watches as Baron negotiates with Wu who accepts the offer of leading him to the armor to return to Ninjago. Cole, Faith, and the Ninja tell him not to help Baron but he tells them to believe in him.

Cole is left to watch as Wu and Baron leave in search of the armor.

#### School Raze: Lessons of Friendship

Cole and the others were still stuck on the wooden stakes. After they notice that the other Hunters are arguing down below. While they're distracted, they try to rock their bodies side to side in order to knock the stakes over. Zane remarks that it will not be helpful, but considering they have no other choice, they do it anyway.

The rocking seems to be working, and they cheer. As they do, Jet Jack asks them what they're doing, and she cuts them down. After the Ninja are freed, they are skeptical of the Hunters' intentions and Kai tells them if they plan on eating them to eat Cole first since he is filled with cake as his friends are shocked by this. Cole tries to deny this statement since he hasn't eaten any in a year. However, the Hunters reveal they want the Ninja to defeat Baron as they see Baron was only using them and will become even more dangerous with the armor.

They arrive at a bridge that leads to the armor, and find that it's too late, as the bridge has fallen.

Wu then rides back the Firstbourne out of the nest without any chains, and discovers the Ninja, Faith, and the other Dragon Hunters, who had since turned on Baron in his absence and freed the Ninja. As soon as he lands, he reveals Iron Baron's fate. The Ninja bow to him as Dragon Master, but Wu claims that it is he who should bow to them, as it was they who taught him everything since they arrived in the realm. Cole points out that their job isn't finished, Wu asks the Firstbourne if she will get him and his former students home. She agrees to do so, calling upon four other Dragons for the Ninja to ride. Cole gains the earth dragon Slab as his dragon.

With their work finally finished in the Realm of Oni and Dragons, Cole and the others ride the dragons out of the realm, and begin their return to Ninjago.

#### School Raze: Magic Harmony

Arriving in Ninjago through a portal forming in the air, Cole, Wu and the Ninja are devastated by the city's state and look for their friends. They don't have to search for long as Nya contacts them and they make it in time to save them from Ultra Violet and her lackeys who are scared off by the dragons. Cole then reunites with his other friends who are happy that he and the others are back.

The Ninja continue fighting against the Colossus, using their Vengestone Harpoons to try and incapacitate it. However, the chains prove to be ineffective, and they eventually run out of them. Kai jumps onto the Colossus and begins binding the chains together even tighter.

The ninja soon run out of chains and wonder what to do, before Firstbourne returns and Wu fires his chain gun at the behemoth. The tides continue to turn in the ninja's favor as their allies return to the city to help defeat the Colossus. Very soon, the Ninja and their allies incapacitate the Colossus using the chains, and it falls to the ground. Once the Overlord loses his power, the Colossus crumbles apart and the ninja are victorious. They then have the Sons of the Overlord arrested before Lloyd and the princesses arrive with the defeated Overlord and the Ninja celebrate his restored power while the Overlord is arrested.

Several days later, the Ninja clean up the Royal Palace before Wu tells them there's trouble. The Ninja run out of the palace and find a crowd celebrating their victory. During this time, Cole spots a tray of cakes and happily digs in as he craved his favorite snack.

## Appearance

Cole has a muscular body (hence his past as a rock climber, being the strongest of the Ninja even without his Elemental Power, though it does give him his super-strength) with the basic yellow flesh of a LEGO character. He has long, shaggy black hair and bushy eyebrows, and from Seasons 8 to 10, a more relaxed look to his eyes. Before Season 8, his hair was shorter and swept to the right. His eyebrows were thinner and woollier.

As a ghost, Cole's body was no longer tangible. His face was a pale green and the rest of his body was transparent. He was outlined by a pale green and appeared to glow like other ghosts do. During Day of the Departed, Cole was thrown into the rift to the Departed Realm by Yang, reverting him to a human once again. However, since Cole barely made it out, he received a ghostly green scar going down the left side of his face. Post Season 8, his scar is no longer, and is only so when he uses the Earth Punch, which causes the scar to glow orange. As of Season 11, the scar now looks longer.

He generally prefers black or dark clothing. Since "Applebuck Season," Cole's civilian outfit is mainly a dark gray hoodie and black pants with a brown belt. As seen in Season 6, he still wore this outfit while off-duty but due to becoming a ghost, it was tinted pale green and transparent.

## Age

Like the majority of his fellow Ninja, Cole is currently in his late teens. However, the Ninja do not officially have specific ages, as they are meant to be perpetually in their teenage years for the duration of the show.

***Potential Estimations:*** During the events of the pilot and Season 1, he was at least 15 or 16 years of age. As the most recent events take place three to four years after the events of Season 2, he is most likely around 19.

## Personality

Cole used to be more uptight and strategic, disapproving of Kai's impulsiveness. Before meeting Wu, Cole lacked direction and purpose. At this time, his mother just passed away and he was struggling to take care of the family himself. As a ninja, Cole thoroughly enjoys helping others in need and feels accomplished with a job well done.

In the Pilot Episodes, Cole insisted he was without fear, though Zane quickly pointed out his fear of dragons. When the Ninja had to recruit their dragons, Cole awkwardly stood on top of the Earth Dragon instead of properly mounting him. Despite his initial hesitance, he grew to accept the Earth Dragon, even learning to care for him more than the other Ninja cared for theirs. He was also worried to face his dad and dance in Season 1. He had a fear of ghosts in Season 5, which he was also able to overcome after turning into a ghost and facing Master Yang. This was the same with singing in Season 8. Cole has had the most fears expressed and conquered, despite acting like the bravest of the Ninja.

He is shown to have motherly tendencies, caring for baby Wu as his own in Season 8, even going to the extent of calling him Cole Jr. before figuring out the baby's identity. Throughout the season, Cole was his main caretaker. Another example of those tendencies was in Season 11, where Cole threatened the Yeti with a parent-like punishment: to not let him play video games.

Cole has a strong relationship with his father, Lou, since Season 1. Before, he would lie to his father through letters about his dance practice, not wanting to disappoint him. Whenever the Royal Blacksmiths would be performing, Cole would point out his dad proudly. Since then as well, Cole has been more confident in his dancing and singing. He occasionally does the move Triple Tiger Sashay in a fight and in Season 8, he openly sang.

He is also addictive, mainly his love for cake. He has also shown these same tendencies for noodles from Chen's Noodle House. In general, Cole seems to have a great love for food and eating, despite in Season 1 being a terrible cook. Sometimes he eats without thinking though, like when Dareth hid weapons in a cake for them, or eating the fortune cookie without taking out the fortune. In Season 9, the others joked about how he might be overweight but Cole shown a lot of self restraint in Seasons 8 and 9 by staying away from cake.

At the beginning of Season 8, Jay comments that Cole has become a party pooper since Wu has gone missing. This was due to Cole giving up cake. It seems like a drastic change for him, and may be inferred that the loss of Wu affected Cole immensely. Similarly, the death of his mother, Lilly, prior to the series, shows his tendency to become a leader and take more responsibility to deal with loss.

"I just lost someone... [My father is] never home! Leaving all the chores for me." - Cole S8 E3

".. I'm the responsible one. With Master Wu gone, someone has to keep us in check." - Cole S8 E1

He and Zane are the most serious and focused of the Ninja, but that does not stop him from allowing his one-track mind or competitiveness to get the best of him. Once he really sets his mind to something, he will remain interested in it until it is fulfilled (for instance, when he was itching for a fight in "Last Train to the Dark Island").

Cole is one to put himself at risk before his friends, shown in giving Jay the Jadeblade during Season 4. He has shown sympathy toward Zane, Lloyd, and young Wu when they were melancholic. However, when trying to comfort his allies, he seems to have difficulty finding the correct words to do so, only able to accomplish the task with the example of his teammates. He always encourages his friends to do the right things but tries not to force them. This happened with Jay in Season 6 and Wu in Season 9. If it comes down to it though, he will try to solve the problem.

Sometimes Cole is shown to not think things through. One of these occurrences was in Day of the Departed when he was bitter about being turned into a ghost and went to face off against Yang alone. He realized the depths of his actions and the effect they had on his friends and felt guilty though he managed to get past his inner turmoil and defeat Yang. He showed understanding to Yang's plight and was able to get him to overcome his pain and attempted to get him to go through the rift with him.

Cole has been shown to make allies easily. Examples of this include Master Yang, the Yeti in the Never-Realm, and the Upply in Shintaro. Cole seems to be very understanding and willing to help those who need it. Cole is also never willing to leave someone behind, as shown in Season 4 with the factory workers. This was an early example in the show of his promise to his mother to "always stand up to those who are cruel and unjust."

Rarely does Cole back down from a fight, for better or worse. When Jay aggravated Cole about Nya, Cole was willing to fight back. However, it doesn't seem like it was about Nya as much as seeing who was the better of the two. However, his maturity shines through, finally ending the fight in the Tournament of Elements. Since then, Cole is proud to be considered Jay's best friend.

Season 11 showed how sensitive Cole is to keep his friends happy and hates letting them down. This is most evident when Cole felt extreme guilt for losing the Traveler's Tea. He also seemed like a pretty good artist, making some Ninja puppets to tell the kids stories. The other time we see drawings from him are the ones hanging in Lilly's room when he was younger in Season 13.

In Season 12, he and Kai heroically both sacrificed themselves for the others to win the Speedway Five-Billion. Both Jay and Cole in this season were shown to be the video game experts.

Cole has a lot of ideas that seem to typically be shot down or cause doubt. In Season 4, as he tried to find the trigger for a secret passage in Kai's suite, the other ninja questioned him. Later in the season as he and the factory workers plan an escape, his plan of rolling into giant egg rolls was rejected. His argument against a roto jet was also ignored. In Season 13, Cole seeing a purple creature in his bedroom wasn't believed by the Ninja or Wu. Later, Cole tries to lead Wu, Vania, and the Lowly out of the mountain by making choices like riding the minecart and using the stone mech to push it. Not only was there doubt, but when they barely succeeded each time, Cole would claim dizzily, "Another great idea!"

Cole has a lot of confidence in his super strength. In Season 4 after Chen took his elemental power, Cole yelled that they couldn't take his super strength, in which he was quickly proven wrong. This happened again when the Ninja were put in jail. In Season 8, his advice to Lloyd to impress Harumi was to act tough and flex his muscles.

Cole is the most likely Ninja to give nicknames. Some nicknames/name calling include calling Zane "Tin Can," or "Pinky" (when Zane's gi was pink) and calling Jay "Motormouth," "Zaptrap," and "Bluebell." He also makes fun of his friends' crushes, like when Kai thought Skylor could've been related to him, or after Lloyd went into town with Harumi. For himself, he has shown subtle interest in Princess Vania, though nothing romantic occured between the two and he assured Lloyd that he doesn't like her in that way since they just met. It shows a great deal of maturity, as the other Ninja have all pursued their love interests in the same season they met them. This is the first time a Ninja's potential love interest remains a friend. (as of the end of Season 13)

Cole has poor naming sense. It's unknown if he was the one to name his Earth Dragon "Rocky," but other names he came up with has been "Rocky Dangerbuff," "Dangerbuff Jr.," "Snake Jaguar," and "Cole Jr."

## Weapons and Abilities

Cole commands the element of Earth, giving him great physical strength and durability. He can stand his ground to a supernatural degree—enemies frequently act as though they have hit a person-shaped brick wall when they bump into him. At full power, he can manipulate the earth below his feet, causing earthquakes, creating fissures, throwing rocks and dust at enemies, or even burying things in rapidly-rising mounds of dirt. Like his fellow Ninja, he can also perform Spinjitzu and Airjitzu. In a way he is the physically strongest of the Ninjas, Cole is like the brawn of the group.

After coming to terms with his dancing heritage, Cole gains a surprising amount of grace and flexibility, allowing him to wriggle out of tight spaces when he relaxes himself. His new agility also enables him to perform the Triple Tiger Sashay, which is effective against multiple opponents or for getting himself out of trouble.

In battle, Cole favors scythes, especially the Scythe of Quakes. He later wields an Elemental Blade with the power of Earth, allowing him to use his elemental powers to great effect once more, he has also wielded a green techno blade attached to a flail allowing him to hack machines, an orange Aeroblade with the ability to destroy ghosts, he briefly used the yin blade to try to defeat Yang, and in Hands of Time he uses a longer scythe with two blades. As of Season 8, Cole uses a Hammer.

After becoming a ghost, Cole obtains ghost powers such as **possessing** materials (like snow), objects (like a keyhole), and mechanisms (like Zane's mech). He also has the ability to **phase** through solid objects, but become solid himself if he concentrates. This state does, however make him weak to water. He can also **levitate**, and turn **invisible**. However, upon becoming a mortal again, he has lost these abilities.

After defeating Yang, Cole obtains superhuman strength, even more so than before. This is seen in use when his arms glow orange. Cole himself doesn't even know the extent of this new ability, nor is he an expert at controlling its power. At times, his hands appear to have a mind of their own when the power is activated. But over time he manages to control it and summon it at will.

## Appearances

### *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship*

#### Pilot Episodes

* 1. "The Mare in the Moon"
* 2. "The Elements of Harmony"
* 3. "Queen of Shadows"
* 4. "Friendship is Magic"

#### Mini-Movies

* 2. "Flight of the Dragon Ninja"
* 3. "The New Elements of Harmony"
* 4. "A Moonly Takeover"

#### Season 1: Snakes and Galloping Galas

* 1. "The Ticket Master"
* 2. "Home"
* 3. "Snakebit"
* 4. "Boast Busters"
* 5. "Call Upon a Cutie"
* 6. "Can of Worms"
* 7. "Suited for Success"
* 8. "Dragonshy"
* 9. "The Show Stoppers"
* 10. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
* 11. "Swarm of the Century"
* 12. "Applebuck Season"
* 13. "A Dog and a Pony Show"
* 14. "The Chosen One"
* 15. "Owl's Well That Ends Well"
* 16. "The Best Night Ever"
* 17. "The Final Hour - Part 1"
* 18. "The Final Hour - Part 2"

#### Season 2: The Friendship Continues

* 19. "Lesson Zero"
* 20. "Ninja vs. Pirates"
* 21. "May the Best Pet Win!"
* 22. "The Competition"
* 23. "Valentine's Day"
* 24. "The Last Roundup"
* 25. "No Such Childhood"
* 26. "It's About Time!"
* 27. "Read It and Weap"
* 28. "The Stone Army"
* 29. "The Day Ninjago and Equestria Stood Still"
* 30. "The Last Voyage"
* 31. "Last Train to the Dark Island"
* 32. "Ponyville Confidential"
* 33. "The Last Hope"
* 34. "A Canterlot Wedding Battle - Part 1"
* 35. "A Canterlot Wedding Battle - Part 2"

#### Season 3: Rebooted

* 36. "The Surge"
* 37. "The Art of the Silent Fist"
* 38. "Spike at Your Service"
* 39. "Welcome to Wonderbolts Academy!"
* 40. "Blackout"
* 41. "Too Many Pinkie Pies"
* 42. "One Bad Apple"
* 43. "The Curse of the Golden Master"
* 44. "Sleepless in Ponyville"
* 45. "Just for Sidekicks"
* 46. "Games Ponies Play"
* 47. "The Core of the Crystal Empire - Part 1"
* 48. "The Core of the Crystal Empire - Part 2"
* 49. "Magical Mystery Cure"
* 50. "Codename: Sunset Shimmer"
* 51. "The Void"
* 52. "The Legendary Friend"

#### Season 4: The Princess of Friendship

* 53. "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1"
* 54. "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2"
* 55. "A Secret Invitation"
* 56. "Only One Can Remain"
* 57. "Flight to the Finish"
* 58. "Rarity Takes Manehattan"
* 59. "Ninja Roll"
* 60. "Pinkie Pride"
* 61. "Maud Pie"
* 62. "Twilight Time"
* 63. "It Ain't Easy Being Breezies"
* 64. "Leap of Faith"
* 65. "Game to the Fame"
* 66. "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1"
* 67. "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2"

#### Season 5: Marks of Possession

* 68. "Cutie Markless - Part 1"
* 69. "Cutie Markless - Part 2"
* 70. "Stiix Sweet Stiix"
* 71. "Castle Mane-ia"
* 72. "Princess Spike"
* 73. "Make New Friends But Keep Discord"
* 74. "Amending Fences"
* 75. "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?"
* 76. "Peak-a-Boo"
* 77. "Slice of Life"
* 78. "Crusaders of the Lost Mark"
* 79. "Grave Danger"
* 80. "Curseworld - Part I"
* 81. "Curseworld - Part II"

#### Season 6: The Changing Effect

* 82. "Crystal to Fame - Part I"
* 83. "Crystal to Fame - Part II"
* 84. "On Your Marks"
* 85. "Enkrypted"
* 86. "No Second Prances"
* 87. "A Christmas Tail"
* 88. "Stranger Than Fan Fiction"
* 89. "Dungeons and Discord"
* 90. "Buckball Season"
* 91. "28 Pranks Later"
* 92. "On a Wish and a Prayer"
* 93. "My Dinner With Nadakhan"
* 94. "The Times They Are a Changeling"
* 96. "To Where and Back Again: Operation Land Ho!"
* 97. "To Where and Back Again: The Way Back"

#### The Dark Island Triogy

* "Dark Island Trilogy, Part II"
* "Dark Island Trilogy, Part III"

#### Season 7: The Pillars of Time

* 98. "The Hands of Time"
* 99. "The Hatching"
* 100. "Parental Glidance"
* 101. "Rock Solid Friendship"
* 102. "A Time of Traitors"
* 103. "Not Asking for Trouble"
* 104. "The Perfect Pear"
* 105. "Triple Threat"
* 106. "To Change a Changeling" (mentioned)
* 107. "Scavengers"
* 108. "A Line in the Sand"
* 109. "A Flurry of Emotions"
* 110. "Uncommon Bond"
* 111. "Secrets Discovered"
* 112. "Pause and Effect"
* 113. "To Turn Back Into Time - Part I"
* 114. "To Turn Back Into Time - Part II"

#### Movie

* "LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: The Movie"

#### Season 8: The Overlord Sons

* 115. "The Mask of Deception - Part I"
* 116. "The Mask of Deception - Part II"
* 117. "The Jade Princess"
* 118. "The Oni and the Dragon"
* 119. "Snake Jaguar"
* 120. "Surf and/or Turf"
* 121. "Dead Man's Squall"
* 122. "The Quiet One"
* 123. "Game of Masks"
* 124. "The Break Up, Break Down"
* 125. "Dread on Arrival"
* 126. "True Potential"
* 127. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria"

#### Season 9: Hunted

* 128. "Firstbourne"
* 129. "Iron & Stone"
* 130. "Radio Free Ninjago and Equestria"
* 131. "How to Build a Dragon"
* 132. "Yakity-Sax"
* 133. "The Glided Path"
* 134. "Two Lies, One Truth"
* 135. "What Lies Beneath"
* 136. "The Weakest Link"
* 137. "Saving Faith"
* 138. "School Raze: Lessons of Friendship"
* 139. "School Raze: Magic Harmony"

#### Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

* 1. "Master Class"
* 2. "Green and Gold" (painting)
* 3. "The Weekend Drill"
* 4. "Elemental Rider" (painting)
* 5. "Blue Lightning" (painting)
* 6. "Samurai X-Treme" (painting)

#### Season 10: March of the Oni

* 140. "The Beginning of the End: The Darkness Comes"
* 141. "The Beginning of the End: Into the Breach"
* 143. "Lloyd's Seven"
* 145. "Common Interest"
* 146. "She's All Yak!"
* 147. "Frenemies" (mentioned)
* 149. "Going to Seed"
* 150. "Student Counsel" (mentioned)
* 152. "Between Dark and Dawn"
* 153. "The Last Laugh"
* 154. "2, 4, 6, Greaaat"
* 155. "A Ninja is Born"
* 156. "The Summer Sun Setback"
* 158. "Dragon Dropped"
* 162. "The Big Mac Question"
* 163. "The Ending of the End: The Fall"
* 164. "The Ending of the End: Endings"
* 165. "The Fate of Lloyd"

#### Season 11: Rainbow Roadtrip

* 166. "Wasted True Potential"
* 167. "Questing for Quests"
* 168. "Road Tripping"
* 169. "The Belly of the Beast"
* 170. "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them"
* 172. "Sun and Lava"
* 173. "Snaketastrophy"
* 174. "Magicless"
* 175. "Ancient History"
* 177. "Under Siege"
* 178. "The End of the Rainbow"
* 179. "How to Grow a Flower"
* 180. "The Explorer's Club"
* 181. "Razzle Dazzle"
* 182. "The Winter Farewell"
* 183. "The Northern Light of Friendship"
* 184. "Princess Snowblossom"
* 185. "The Never-Ending Snowflakes"
* 186. "Young DREAMER"
* 187. "If We Had Rainbow Wings"
* 188. "The Absolute Worst"
* 189. "One Small Caring"
* 190. "Gearing Up!"
* 191. "The Secret of Friendship"
* 192. "Return to Seaquestria"
* 193. "Shine Like Rainbows"
* 194. "Harmony and Hope"
* 195. "Awakenings"

#### LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Decoded

* 1. "Legacy"
* 2. "Vehicles and Mechs"
* 3. "Legendary Places"
* 4. "Ninjago and Equestria's Most Wanted"
* 5. "The Digiverse and Beyond"
* 6. "Elemental Masters and Magic"
* 7. "Beasts and Dragons"
* 8. "Rise of Garmadon"
* 9. "Prophecy of the Chosen One"
* 10. "Greatest Battles"
* 11. "The Sixteen Realms"
* 12. "The Magic of Friendship"
* 13. "The Future Timeline"

## Trivia

* His name means "swarthy, coal-black, and charcoal" in English.
* Cole was the third ninja to unlock his True Potential.
* Cole used to be afraid of dragons until he met Rocky.
	+ He seems to care for Rocky more than the other ninja care for their own Dragons, as Cole was the most upset when the Dragons had to leave in "Snakebit." He was also the happiest to see that Rocky had returned as the Ultra Dragon.
		- In "Can of Worms," Cole claimed that he now officially hated snakes.
		- Additionally, Cole wore his DX suit to the Tournament of Elements, implying it is his favorite suit and reflects on how much he cared for his Dragon.
* His hobbies include rock climbing, drawing, cooking, and sometimes, dancing.
* He is extremely determined in culinary arts, but according to the other ninja, he is a 'terrible chef', even Kai and Lloyd critisized Cole's chilli. However, his Snogfruit Punch (made in "The Best Night Ever") was apparently fairly decent, as the ninja were all seen drinking some at the end of the episode.
* Cole's favorite color is orange, according to trivia from the Rebooted version of the official site. This is reflected in a number of his suits, including his Airjitzu suit (with orange highlights and arms), his "Day of the Departed" suit which also featured orange arms and highlights, and his The Overlord Sons suit, which also has small orange highlights. As of Sons of Garmadon, his scar turns orange when he activates the Earth Punch.
	+ Orange was also Kirby Morrow's favorite color for accents, while green was his favorite color overall.
	+ In both of Cole's focus installments, the colors orange and green play a significant role, with green being the villain's color and orange serving to enhance the setting or aesthetic. In "Day of the Departed", the lanterns are orange and Yang's ghostly theme color is green, and in Master of the Mountain, the Skull Sorcerer's theme color is green and the Dungeons of Shintaro are orange.
* In "Curseworld" Cyrus Borg reveals that Cole's favorite music genre is soft rock.
* Though it seems Cole and Nya had some feelings for each other in Rebooted, Tommy Andreasen stated "Cole was just a bit confused because of the attention she showed him."
	+ When Nya chose Jay, Cole had no problems and accepted their union.
	+ Kai has stated that Cole loves her like a sister (March of the Oni)
* Cole has slight motion sickness, as shown in "The Final Hour" and "The Last Hope."
* Cole ultimately conquered all of the phobias he displayed in the show, having lost his fear of dragons when becoming Rocky's friend, making peace with the Serpentine, embracing his transformation into a Ghost, and singing in front of others.
* Cole and the other ninja (except Nya) can only harness their elemental powers by being dependent on Lloyd. This may due because Lloyd shares his Golden Power with them. However, this has changed since, during Hunted, when Lloyd has become more independent and self-confident in his worth without his powers, as the ninja were able to use their elements when Lloyd lost his.
* There are several occasions where Cole is shown to be very fond of cake:
	+ He asks if there's going to be cake at Lloyd's "ceremony" in "May the Best Pet Win!." Later, when flying the Ultra Dragon to Dareth's dojo, he can be seen enjoying cake.
	+ He questioned if Cyrus Borg's surprise was cake in "The Surge," only to be disappointed it was a statue.
	+ Out of all the food his suite offered, he quickly went for the cake he found in "Only One Can Remain."
	+ He asked if there's any cake after devouring the factory's products in "???."
	+ He accidentally ate the cake that was supposed to hide supplies to help the ninja escape the jail in "Enkrypted."
	+ In "The Mask of Deception" Cole was almost tempted to eat cake despite giving up on sweets.
	+ In "The Weakest Link," Cole regretted giving up eating cake.
	+ He went back to eating cake in "School Raze."
	+ He was eating cake in the Bell of Divinity, while Wu lectured the ninja, and the latter attempted to eat it in "Wasted True Potential."
	+ After a misunderstanding in the Kryptarium Prison, he wondered if the cafeteria has any cake in "Questing for Quests."
* Cole was the first ninja to be the focus on a TV Special ("Day of the Departed").
	+ This is also the first time he was the main focus of the show, the second time being the Nature Calls. "Day of the Departed" marks Cole as the second-to-last ninja to be a mascot character, followed by Nya in Marks of Possession.
	+ Cole had a big role in the Overlord Sons and Hunted with him being the protector and moral compass of the rapidly aging baby who is revealed to be Wu.
	+ He also made a big impact in March of the Oni when he fell off the Bounty.
	+ His mother was mentioned to have died in a flashback in the Overlord Sons.
* Despite their contrasting personalities and previous rivalry over Nya, Cole's best friend is Jay.
* A stand-in used for Cole's name before the ninja were given actual names was Blake.
* Tommy Andreasen revealed on Twitter that Cole got his elemental powers from his mother and that she inherited them from her father, the Past Elemental Master of Earth.
* Cole is the second ninja to be presumed dead (in "Day of the Departed", "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria", and "The Ending of the End"), the first being Zane (in "The Legendary Friend").
* After returning to a human again from "Day of the Departed" until sometime after The Pillars of Time, Cole has a ghost scar. In the Overlord Sons, the scar is no longer visible normally, but it reappears when he's in his Earth Punch form, now colored orange. Tommy Andreasen said this would be explained in his non-canon novel, *Way of the Departed*.
* He is the introduction character for March of the Oni.
* He is physically the strongest of the ninja, though Lloyd is the most powerful.
* Despite being turned into a ghost in "Castle Mane-ia," the intro for Marks of Possession isn't updated.
* Cole pees in the pool, but only Luke Cunningham knows this, besides Zane.
* According to Bragi Schut, the directors haven't established whether Cole is colorblind or not after failing to recognize the colors of the Skull of Hazza D'ur. However, Schut said "I wouldn't be surprised if he [Cole] was."
* While has his father's eyebrows in his pre-Season 8 design, they more closely resemble his mother's in his current design.
	+ Jimmy also has the same eyebrows as post-movie Cole.
* When asked in an interview with Brent Miller (Zane's voice actor) who Cole's best friend was, Kirby Morrow, Cole's voice actor, jokingly said "Cole's best friend is Sensei Wu. Nobody knows, but we have this whole secret thing where Sensei Wu and I actually, we go and fish on Sundays, and we talk about all sorts of things, mostly about how Zane is not very good at ninja moves."
	+ In recent years, Wu and Cole have been grouped together throughout various points in the story, specifically in seasons 8, 9, and 13.
* Cole was originally thought to be the leader of the team, but this was never officially part of the show and was a result of non-canon media (such as websites and books) claiming him to be the leader based on his level-headedness.
* Cole is the only ninja whose future or older self has not been seen. Everyone but him and Lloyd had future reflections in the ice labyrinth, while Lloyd temporarily became an old man in the second half of The Changing Effect.
	+ He is also so far one of the only two ninja (along with Jay via the League of Jay) whose pre-Season 8 design has been seen in the WildBrain (aka post-Season 10) animation, albeit in child form.
* According to Kai in "Superstar Rockin' Jay," Cole is the team's gaming guru.
* In the Exclusive Blooper Reel!, Cole's full name is "Cole Bucket", though this is non-canon. Kirby Morrow disapproves of the name, instead suggesting "Cole Steel".
* His post-movie design uses the same eyebrows as Jimmy.
* Out of his first first four vehicles, two (the Earth Driller and roto jet) were not specifically his in the show but were marketed as such in the sets.
	+ Conversely, the Fire Stone Mech was his in the show but marketed as primarily Kai's in the set.