Sick Day

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**Sick Day** (**Flu Season** in Nickelodeon Switzerland and Cartoon Network Turkey airings) is the second part of the thirty-third episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. Along with "Potion Mystery", it was paired with "Vania Visits the City" and "Let's Play Skyball!".

## Synopsis

*When flu season emerges in Ninjago City and Equestria, the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and the Shintaro Crystal Guardians battle quickly spreading sickness while trying to fill a cupcake order for Princess Celestia.*

**Teletoon**: *When the other Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and the Shintaro Crystal Guardians are having a flu, the rest of the healthy ponies and the Ninja must step up to prevent the flu virus from getting it.*

## Plot

Gayle Gossip reports in the news that many people and ponies were affected by the flu season, and Ninjago City and Ponyville have confirmed a million of cases, not even worse than the coronavirus outbreak.

Back at Sugarcube Café, the Ninja and the ponies receive a large order of cupcakes from Princess Celestia. However, since flu season has hit in Ponyville and in Ninjago City, Twilight, Fluttershy, Lloyd, Jay and Megan have already fallen ill, and Pinkie Pie has started to develop symptoms. As the rest of the Ninja and the Mane Six take over the task of filling Celestia's order, Applejack and Kai also starts developing symptoms, leaving only Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Nya, Cole and Zane to fill the order. Pinkie gives them a large book of elaborate instructions to follow.

Cole, Zane and Nya went on a video call stated that the Shintaro Crystal Guardians are also sick due to the flu virus. The trio decided to cure the common flu in three ways, firstly they must shrunk down the *Sub Bounty* and enter one of the Ninja's body to fight off the virus, using Cole's video game skills, but the virus are so strong that it cause the *Sub Bounty* to be out of the body. Secondly, they use some potions to make it feel better, but they bought the wrong potion for different illness. Lastly, they were have to take flu shots, but Kai has a fear of needles. All three methods won't work, but Cole managed to solve one problem, an adequate rest, but they have to order cupcakes for Celestia urgently.

The five start baking cupcakes but quickly run into kitchen difficulties. To make matters worse, Rarity gets a phone call from Celestia, who says she will be arriving early to pick up her order. From inside her bedroom, Pinkie Pie gives Rarity, Rainbow, Cole, Nya and Zane delirium-induced directions and advises them to read the instructions she gave them. Included with Pinkie's instruction book is a hologram telling the five to do the opposite of whatever Pinkie says in her state of delirium.

While managed to get cupcake order for Princess Celestia, Zane comes down with the flu, but for most Nindroids, it is a computer flu. Cole and Nya let Zane have an adequate rest while they both went to follow instructions from the cupcake order. By following these instructions, the quartet successfully fill Celestia's order just in time for her arrival. Some time later, the rest of the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and the Shintaro Crystal Guardians have all made full recoveries from their sickness, and Pinkie thanks her friends for filling in for her while she was sick. Unfortunately, Rarity develops a new illness that causes her to vomit gems, and Nya has suffered from a seasonal flu, causing her to stay at the Monastery.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cathy - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Flu Virus #1 - Michael Adamthwaite
* Flu Virus #2 - Kelly Sheridan
* Flu Virus #3 - Tabitha St. Germain
* Flu Virus #4 - Adam Trask
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gaia - Diana Kaarina
* Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kaguya - Rebecca Shoichet
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaze - Ian Hanlin
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Miyu - Kazumi Evans
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Oriana - Erin Matthews
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
* Princess Celestia - Nicole Oliver
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* White Blood Cell - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Cafè
* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- Ninjago City Hospital
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
* Lloyd's Body
	+ Bloodstream

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Nya
* This episode was first broadcast in Turkey on Cartoon Network on July 11, 2020, the same day where "Uncharted" and "The Blue Moon Heist" aired in Canada.
	+ In some European, Southeast Asian and Australian broadcasts, the episode title was called "Flu Season".
* This episode and "Potion Mystery", as well as "Pinkie Pie: Hyper-Helper" are the only two episodes to be pulled off in both Discovery Family and Cartoon Network broadcasts, due to the main characters getting unwell because of the flu virus, which causes growing fears for viewers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
	+ However, this episode still airs on Cartoon Network Asia, and its sister channel, Boomerang and on Tiny Pop in the UK. The episode also appears on Cartoon Network On Demand in the U.S., as well as the Discovery Family GO! app.
* The title and the plot of the episode is similar to *Unikitty!* episode of the same name, where Dr. Fox catches a “common cold” and does everything in her power to cure herself, ignoring the gang’s pleas that she take the day off and rest.
* When Applejack said "gesundheit", it means healthy in German.
* When Nya uses the flu go-away potion to make Jay feel better and it didn't get better, as the potion stated that it was used to cure measles, not flu.

## Continuity

* This is the second episode where the Ninja were having an infectious illness, the first is "Night of the Living Coronavirus".
	+ Even though coronaviruses don't affect Nindroids, this is the first episode where Zane was caught by the flu virus.
* This is the fourth episode to utilize anime-style animation. The first is "The Absolute Worst", the second is "Gearing Up!" and the third is "Ambushed".
	+ This is the second time since "The Absolute Worst" to feature the anime versions of Lloyd, Nya, Zane, Cole, Kai, and Jay.
	+ It is also marks the debut of the anime versions of Cathy, the White Blood Cell and the flu viruses.
* Cole and Rainbow Dash were the only two who were not caught by the flu virus.
	+ However, Rainbow Dash got a flu in "Pinkie Pie: Hyper-Helper".
	+ Cole also got sick due to the coronaviruses he fought off.
* This is the fifth time the Ninja enters someone's body using the *Sub Bounty*. The first being "One Small Caring", the second is "The Secret of Friendship", the third is "Pinkie and the Candy Beans" and the fourth is "Night of the Living Coronavirus".
* Kai's fear of needles was revealed in this episode.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* The episode starts off with Gayle Gossip reporting the news about the flu season in Ninjago City, adding the ideas to combat the flu, but nothing has to be done and ends with Nya staying at home in the Monastery, while having a flu.