Legacy of the Green Ninja

*“We've come a long way and there's no reason why we can't use what we've learned in our everyday lives. And who knows? We may have gotten the balance right today, but there's always tomorrow. There's no way of knowing what's around the corner. But as long as there's something worth fighting for, there's always a need for a ninja. And we'll be ready.”*

— Kai, "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master"

## Legacy of the Green Ninja

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## Title Card

***Legacy of the Green Ninja*** is the second season and third installment of the *Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu* series. It was originally released on July 18th, 2012. The Gold Ninja is the mascot character for this season and Lord Garmadon is the main antagonist. The Stone Samurai Warriors serve as the villainous faction.

It is the third and final installment in the Prophecy of the Green Ninja arc. It ends the final battle between Light and Dark, which is between Lloyd, the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, and the Overlord. The collectible weapons of this season are the Elemental Blades.

It was originally intended to be the end of the series, but an outcry of support from the fans encouraged the writers to make Season 3.

It is preceded by *Rise of the Snakes* and followed by *Rebooted*.

## Plot Summary

With the Golden Weapons now in Lord Garmadon's possession, the ninja begin training Lloyd so he can face his father one day and save Ninjago, something which he was afraid of because of their bond. Garmadon works to thwart the prophecy by recruiting the masterless Serpentine and merging the 4 Golden Weapons into the powerful Mega Weapon. After Garmadon's last attempt ended with Lloyd being aged into a teenager, like his four mentors, Garmadon attempts to change the events of the past. The original four ninja follow Garmadon and use the Golden Weapons of the past to destroy the Mega Weapon, restoring the timeline and sending the Golden Weapons into space.

While Garmadon ends up being stranded on an island with a disembodied voice called the Overlord, the venom of the Great Devourer seeps into catacombs beneath Ninjago and reawakens the Stone Army, trapping the Serpentine underground in the process. Along with Misako, Lloyd's mother, the ninja travel to the Dark Island to stop Garmadon. The ninja fail to stop the countdown to the final battle, and the Overlord is revealed to be the dark lord from the prophecy. He possesses Garmadon and heads to Ninjago.

After they found a way out of the Island, Lloyd uses his newfound Golden Power to defeat the Overlord and become the Golden Ninja. After the Final Battle, Lord Garmadon is purged from evil and comes back to Ninjago as Sensei Garmadon.

## Characters

* Acidicus - Paul Dobson
* Bizarro Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Bizarro Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Bizarro Kai - Vincent Tong
* Bizarro Zane - Brent Miller
* Brad Tudabone - Kathleen Barr
* Captain Soto - Alan Marriott
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Chokun - Ian James Corlett
* Ed - Colin Murdock
* Edna - Jillian Michaels
* Dareth - Alan Marriott
* Dr. Julien - Mark Oliver
* Fangtom - Mackenzie Gray
* Garmadon - Mark Oliver
* Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
* Gene - Kathleen Barr
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kozu - Paul Dobson
* Kruncha - Brian Drummond
* Lasha - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd Garmadon - Jillian Michaels
* Lou - Kirby Morrow
* Mezmo - Vincent Tong
* Misako - Kathleen Barr
* Mystake - Mackenzie Gray
* No-Eyed Pete - Paul Dobson
* Noble - Paul Dobson
* Nuckal - Brian Drummond
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Patty Keys - Cathy Weseluck
* Postman - Michael Adamthwaite
* Rufus McCallister - Paul Dobson
* Samukai - Michael Kopsa
* Skales - Ian James Corlett
* Skalidor - Michael Dobson
* Skulkin - Michael Adamthwaite
* Snike - Ian James Corlett
* Stone Warrior - Scott McNeil, Alan Marriott
* The Overlord - Scott McNeil
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Battles

* Ninja vs. Serpentine Generals
* Pirates vs. Ninja
* Ninja vs. Bizarro Ninja
* Ninja vs. Ninjaball Run racers
* Ninja vs. Grundle
* Ninja vs. Garmadon and Shadow Garmadon
* Ninja vs. Giant Stone Samurai Warrior
* Ninja vs. Leviathan
* Ninja vs. Stone Samurai Warriors (2x)
* Lloyd vs. Garmadon
* Lloyd vs. Overlord Dragon

## Locations

* Ninjago
	+ Ignacia
		- Four Weapon's Blacksmith
	+ Ninjago City
		- Grand Sensei Dareth's Mojo Dojo
		- Ninjago City Museum
		- Doomsday Comix
	+ Endless Sea
		- Lighthouse
	+ Birchwood Forest
	+ Glacier Barrens
	+ Crashcourse Canyon
	+ Sea of Sand
		- Golden Peaks
		- The Lost City of Ouroboros
	+ Darkley's Boarding School for Bad Boys
	+ Forest of Tranquility
		- Fire Temple
* Underworld
* Dark Island
	+ Garmadon's Camp
	+ Temple of Light
	+ No Man's Bluff

## Sets

The second half of the season was branded as "The Final Battle," with Golden Lloyd as the mascot character. The box art depicts the Dark Island, and most of the sets portray ninja vehicles or Stone Army vehicles. The collectible items are the Elemental Blades.

* **70500 Kai's Fire Mech**
* 70501 Warrior Bike
* **70502 Cole's Earth Driller**
* 70503 The Golden Dragon
* 70504 Garmatron
* **70505 Temple of Light**

## Notes

* This is one of the two seasons to contain 13 episodes, the other being Rise of the Snakes
* This season has two arcs, one of which revolves around Garmadon's Mega Weapon and the Serpentine (episodes 14-19) and the other which is based on the Final Battle and the Stone Army (episodes 20-26).
* Information regarding how the season was split up
	+ The Hageman Brothers explained the reason for this split, stating, "when we were obligated to start writing, we didn’t know who the baddies were (stone army). So to buy time, we had a buncha one offs with a new Garmadon threat each episode."
	+ In the words of Tommy Andreasen, "We didn't know where to go with the story so we wrote 80s tribute episodes until we found out."
* The ending of the season was always planned to be Lloyd saving Garmadon.

## Continuity

* The Ninjago City Museum makes its first appearance this season, although Doctor Sander Saunders does not appear yet.
	+ The Serpentine sarcophagus seen in the museum will later be revealed to be that of one of the ancient Hypnobrai that Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers once belonged to. It is possible that Char is currently entombed in it.
	+ Krux, under the guise of Sander Saunders, builds his army of Vermillion behind the walls of the museum in secret.
	+ The serpentine portraits on display in the museum are said by Skales to be fakes. In Season 4 it is revealed that Master Chen has the authentic paintings on display on his island.

* The Overlord is destroyed in the center of Ninjago City, which will eventually become the birthplace of New Ninjago City and the location of Borg Tower (as well as the birthplace of the Digital Overlord.)
* The Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu are destroyed in the past in the episode *Wrong Place, Wrong Time*, as they are shot into space. They will eventually land on Delta V, a comet flying in the solar system nearby. Because of a time paradox, the Golden Weapons will be sent there more than once and turn into a huge ball of Golden Metal.
* The guts of the Great Devourer that seeped over the city at her death continue puddling through the city. Her guts dripping onto the Stone Samurai Warriors is what causes them to be awakened.
* It's revealed in this season that the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago and was at war with the Overlord at the beginning of Time. In order to defeat him, he bisected Ninjago in half, turning the Overlord's side into what will become known as the Dark Island.
* It is revealed that Dr. Julien apparently has been alive all along, after supposedly having died before rebooting Zane. He was imprisoned in a lighthouse guarded by a Leviathan for years, forced to build the weapons and machinery for Garmadon's Skulkin Army. When Samukai never returned, Julien was left all alone to fend for himself in the lighthouse for years before the Ninja showed up.
* This season marks the introduction of the character Noble, who is introduced as the principal of Darkley's School for Good Children. He is later seen in the series as the warden of Kryptarium Prison in Season 4 onwards.