The Night Setter

**The Night Setter** is the first part of the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 161st episode overall. Along with "A Seastarry Sleepover", it aired first in English on April 29, 2021, in the UK. It was released in the US on August 14, 2021, paired with "The Seaheart Market" and "Eat or Be Eaten".

## Synopsis

*Damien, Jake and Kimberly are watching a marathon of Space Chasers, resulting the three to have lack of sleep.*

**Extended**: *At night, Damien, Jake and Kimberly are watching a special marathon of the sci-fi series, Space Chasers, for three days, until they can't have enough sleep. The other ninja and the Mane Six sort to help the three get back on their sleep cycles, but nothing work. Luckily, Lloyd find a way to restore their sleep cycles, the SleepyCatcher 700, and it worked.*

**Tiny Pop**: *After watching a marathon of their favorite TV show, Damien, Jake and Kimberly struggles in their daily life, but with lack of sleep cycles.*

**HBO Max**: *Something got trouble when Damien, Jake and Kimberly cannot get back in bed at night.*

## Plot

At the monastery, Kimberly and Jake are done doing their homework and they are off to watch TV with Damien as their reward. The trio were eager to binge watch the sci-if series, *Space Chasers*, featuring five astro warriors fighting against Prince Deathlapse, the ruler of the Naro Galaxy. The show features all episodes in the lead up to the series finale over three days. Though the trio are watching all episodes for three nights, Caralisa, Lloyd and Jay warned them that watching a marathon at night for long periods can ruined their sleep cycles, but the trio ignored stating that they will not miss it.

Three nights later, the trio faced many problems; they cannot concentrate in class while falling asleep, too tired to defeat all the baddies and have restless nights. The Ninja, the other Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters tried to make the trio fall asleep, a lullaby by Nya, an audio bedtime story podcast using Circify, a glass of warm milk and a bedroom with the starry projector. Despite these, nothing works and the trio are sleepy during the day. Twilight Sparkle finds another solution to get back on their sleeping track.

The team (sans Damien, Kimberly and Jake) seek help from Princess Luna, as she briefs them that prolong active nights can cause their sleep cycles to thrown out of whack. The reverse cycle can have negative effects through day and night. Lloyd told her is there is way to help the trio get well rested, so Luna founds a special machine called the SleepyCatcher 7000, a helmet that activates a person to fall into deep sleep. The team managed to let the trio well-rested with the special helmets, and restore their sleep cycles. The next morning, the trio decided to watch the back-to-back new episodes of *The Running Corpse*, but Caralisa told them that even though the TV Show will ruin their sleep cycles, it also rated R17, which is restricted for adults.

## Cast

* Announcer - Sam Vincent
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Astro Warrior #1 - Brian Drummond
* Astro Warrior #2 - Brent Miller
* Caralisa - Tabitha St. Germain
* Cole - Kirby Morrow; Andrew Francis
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Jay - Michael Adamhwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nelson - David Reynolds
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Princess Luna - Tabitha St. Germain
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Tanya - Caitlyn Bairstow
* The Mechanic - Michael Antonakos
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane - Brent Miller
* Zombie - Sam Vincent

## Locations Featured

* Ninjago
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
			* Jay's Bedroom
			* Nya's Bedroom
			* Living Room
			* Kitchen
			* Courtyard
	+ Ninjago City
		- Ninjago Middle School
		- Ninjago City Bank

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Damien
* This episode was first broadcast in the UK on April 29, 2021.
* A sneak peek of the episode featuring Princess Luna talking about irregular sleep cycles and revealing the SleepyCatcher 7000 is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube channel on April 28, 2021.
* This episode depicts the characters having insomnia due to the lack of sleep, and other characters find their way to sleep well at night. Other depictions include:
	+ In *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode "InSPONGEiac", SpongeBob seeks help with Patrick after finding out he is unable to sleep.
	+ An episode in *Regular Show* called "Sleep Cycle", when Mordecai and Rigny have trouble sleeping after spending nights watching a movie marathon.
* Circify is a play on Spotify.
* Space Chasers is a play on *Star Trek* TV series.
* The Running Corpse is a play on AMC thriller apocalypse series, *The Walking Dead*.
* Near the end of the episode, Caralisa pointed out that The Running Corpse is rated R17, which is a reference to the NC-17 rating by MPAA or the 18 certificate by BBFC.

## Continuity

* Nya found a lullaby called The Siren Lullaby, when Miyu first sang to the nymphlings back in Merlopia.
* This is the third episode to feature someone singing a lullaby. The first two are "Dead Man's Squall" and "The Belly of the Beast".
* Princess Luna returns in this episode, after the long absence from the first arc of the third season.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life and Ninjago cartoon

* There is no events related to the season’s plot, as it is a filler.