Zane

*“What is on my back?”*

— Zane

* Current
* Ice Chapter
* S3

Ninja

Never-Realm

**Zane** is one of the Ninja, the main protagonists of *LEGO Ninjago*. He is the main protagonist of *Rebooted* and main antagonist of the Ice Chapter of *Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu.*

Zane is the cold and calculating Nindroid of the group. He first met Master Wu while he was chopping wood, several days after the former Master of Ice gifted him his powers. Later, he would be recruited by Wu while meditating under a frozen pond and has been a part of the Ninja team ever since. In Season 3 Zane assisted his friends in defeating the Digital Overlord and sacrificed himself to save them all. He was mourned by many but eventually rebuilt himself into a new shinier version known as the Titanium Ninja. In Season 11, Zane gets banished to the Never-Realm and is tricked by the evil Vex to become the Ice Emperor, who ruled over the Never-Realm with a cold iron fist. He was later rescued by his friends and returned to the Ninja team.

After saving the world from the Crystal King, Zane went missing along with the rest of the Ninja after the Merge, and reappeared during the Ninja's war with Imperium's Claw.

He is the former Elemental Master of Ice, a Master of Spinjitzu, Airjitzu, and a user of Forbidden Spinjitzu.

## Appearance

Zane typically wears a white or silver Ninja gi. In his original appearance he had a straight face with thick rectangle eyebrows and blond flattop hair. After becoming titanium, he had shiny metal skin and glowing blue eyes. His flat top hair also became titanium.

### Ninja Gi

Trainee GiZX GiKimono GiTechno GiZukin GiDeepstone armorAirjitzu GiHonor RobesFusion ArmorResistance RobesHunted giLegacy GiArmor giDigi gi (non-canon)Hero armorIsland giScuba giFugitive GiMerge gi

## Personality

Zane is quick to form strong attachments, the most attached to the idea of his fellow ninja as his "brothers" and finding a deep kinship with the Falcon and companionship with P.I.X.A.L. minutes after meeting them. He has been known to take heavy risks on impulse for the people he loves, even if, in the case of P.I.X.A.L., there is no evidence he should trust them yet. On many matters, Zane's unusualness and people's tendency to ridicule him are a result of his tendency to care deeply in a way others wouldn't—a food fight and a mockery of his pink apron drove him to run off, meeting a fellow android had him falling for her hard and refusing, even before he knew her, to reconcile with her being evil or to leave her behind as an enemy. Zane is often inclined to speak more honestly about emotions that others would tend to mask, like grief or confusion.

## Elemental Powers and Abilities

* **Ice:** Zane is an experienced Elemental Master who had the element of Ice. He typically used this to freeze opponents or for faster travel. His affinity for Ice allows him to freeze objects to varying degrees and perform a chilly Spinjitzu attack.
	+ **Spinjitzu:** Zane is capable of performing Spinjitzu.
	+ **Airjitzu:** Zane is able to perform Airjitzu.
	+ **Titanium Dragon:** Zane, after facing his fear of no longer being himself, gained the ability to summon the Titanium Dragon, an ability that can only be conquered when he faces his fears and doubts.
* **Combat:** Because of his training with Wu, Zane is a skilled fighter and is able to take on multiple opponents with his Spinjitzu.
* **Calculative intelligence:** Along with his fighting skills, Zane is very intelligent and skilled in the art of tactics. This is best seen as when he was confronted by Nadakhan, he deduced the latter met Jay and was careful in his wishes until the Djinn found a loophole. Nadakhan voiced that Zane put up a better challenge than most of the ninja. When faced with Cryptor, he feigned surrender and his act allowed his clone to fall victim to his own weapon.
* **Clairvoyance:** Zane appears to have a premonition ability, as he has visions that later come true. The best examples are when he saw the Titanium Dragon, Aspheera, Boreal, and future glimpses of himself as the Ice Emperor in his dreams. It also implied that he is able to share this abiity with his Ice, as Vex used crystal shard to have a simular ability.
* **Nindroid abilities:**
	+ **Superhuman stamina and durability:** As a Nindroid, Zane has increased stamina and durability compared to his organic comrades.
	+ **Superhuman strength:** Zane was powerful but he was easily outclassed by newer models. After being rebuilt, his new upgraded body is stronger and allows him to overpower the Nindroids, something he made clear in a brawl with one. This was seen again when he fought against the undead Cryptor, easily holding his own.
	+ **Holographic cloak:** Zane gains a new ability with his new upgraded body in between the seventh and eighth seasons, using a holographic cloak to simulate a human form and disguise himself as others.
	+ **Superhuman Intelligence:** Being the smartest of the group, Zane is able to read ancient runes as he read the procefy of the green ninja and later reading over the ancient markings on the tomb walls, translating them into a story of the five Serpentine tribes uniting and the four Fangblades.
	+ **Data storage:** Zane can store data and calculate courses of action through a panel on his wrist.
	+ **Falcon Vision:** Zane has a strong bond with the Falcon, and eventually learned how to see through its eyes for scouting areas or compensating for when his own eyes are unusable.
	+ **Event visualization:** Zane's memory is able to recreate any event that has happened.
	+ **Selective memory:** Zane obtained an upgrade making everyone resemble their current appearances, or changing the story for his benefit.
	+ **Battering ram:** **Zane** is able to become stiff in order to be used as a battering ram.
	+ **Breathing apparatus:** Zane can breathe normally underwater and in outer space without the need of a scuba tank.
	+ **Music:** Zane can play musical recordings from his body.
	+ **Head rotation:** Zane's head is able to fully rotate around.
	+ **Holographic projection** - Zane is able to create both 2D and 3D blue holographic projections from his eyes.
	+ **Illumination** - Zane is able to glow in order for him and his friends to see in the dark.
	+ **Cooling:** Zane is able to open a hatch on his arm and cool down objects like Jay's pudding.
	+ **Prediction:** Zane can survey his environments and predict the likelihood of a possible outcome or tell whether or not there are any better options.
	+ **Scanning:** Zane is able to scan an area, vehicle, or human for various reasons.
	+ **Shurikens** - Zane has a hidden shuriken drill in his arm and was at one point able to produce explosive shurikens.

## Episodes/Chapters

### Pilot Episodes

* 1. "Way of the Ninja"
* 2. "King of Shadows"

### *Rise of the Snakes*

* 1. "Rise of the Snakes"
* 2. "Home"
* 3. "Snakebit"
* 4. "Never Trust a Snake"
* 5. "Can of Worms"
* 6. "The Snake King"
* 7. "Tick Tock"
* 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
* 9. "The Royal Blacksmiths"
* 10. "The Green Ninja"
* 11. "All of Nothing"
* 12. "The Rise of the Great Devourer"
* 13. "Day of the Great Devourer"

### *Legacy of the Green Ninja*

* 14. "Darkness Shall Rise"
* 15. "Pirates vs. Ninja"
* 16. "Double Trouble"
* 17. "Ninjaball Run"
* 18. "Child's Play"
* 19. "Wrong Place, Wrong Time"
* 20. "The Stone Army"
* 21. "The Day Ninjago Stood Still"
* 22. "The Last Voyage"
* 23. "Island of Darkness"
* 24. "The Last Hope"
* 25. "Return of the Overlord"
* 26. "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master"

### *Rebooted*

* 27. "The Surge"
* 28. "The Art of the Silent Fist"
* 29. "Blackout"
* 30. "The Curse of the Golden Master"
* 31. "Enter the Digiverse"
* 32. "Codename: Arcturus"
* 33. "The Void"
* 34. "The Titanium Ninja"

### *Tournament of Elements*

* 35. "The Invitation"
* 36. "Only One Can Remain" (pictured)
* 37. "Versus"
* 38. "Ninja Roll"
* 39. "Spy for a Spy"
* 40. "Spellbound"
* 41. "The Forgotten Element"
* 42. "The Day of the Dragon"
* 43. "The Greatest Fear of All"
* 44. "The Corridor of Elders"

### *Possession*

* 45. "Winds of Change"
* 46. "Ghost Story"
* 47. "Stiix and Stones"
* 48. "The Temple on Haunted Hill"
* 49. "Peak-a-Boo"
* 50. "Kingdom Come"
* 51. "The Crooked Path"
* 52. "Grave Danger"
* 53. "Curseworld, Part I"
* 54. "Curseworld, Part II"

* *The Realm of Shadows*

### *Skybound*

* 55. "Infamous"
* 56. "Public Enemy Number One"
* 57. "Enkrypted"
* 58. "Misfortune Rising"
* 59. "On a Wish and a Prayer"
* 62. "The Last Resort" (pictured)
* 63. "Operation Land Ho!"
* 64. "The Way Back"

### *The Dark Island Trilogy*

* 1. "Dark Island"
* 2. "Shipwrecked" (mentioned)
* 3. "Volcanic Fury"
* 4. "The Long River"
* 5. "Road Rage"
* 6. "The Final Battle"

### *The Hands of Time*

* 65. "The Hands of Time"
* 66. "The Hatching"
* 67. "A Time of Traitors"
* 68. "Scavengers"
* 69. "A Line in the Sand"
* 70. "The Attack"
* 71. "Secrets Discovered"
* 72. "Pause and Effect"
* 73. "Out of the Fire and Into the Boiling Sea"
* 74. "Lost in Time"
* "Golden Hour" (mentioned)

### *Way of the Departed*

* *WotD #3* (mentioned)
* *WotD #6*
* *WotD #7* (mentioned)
* *WotD #14* (mentioned)
* *WotD #22* (mentioned)

### *Sons of Garmadon*

* 75. "The Mask of Deception"
* 76. "The Jade Princess"
* 77. "The Oni and the Dragon"
* 78. "Snake Jaguar"
* 79. "Dead Man's Squall"
* 80. "The Quiet One"
* 81. "Game of Masks"
* 82. "Dread on Arrival"
* 83. "True Potential"
* 84. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago"

### *Hunted*

* 85. "Firstbourne"
* 86. "Iron & Stone"
* 87. "Radio Free Ninjago"
* 88. "How to Build a Dragon"
* 89. "The Gilded Path"
* 90. "Two Lies, One Truth"
* 91. "The Weakest Link"
* 92. "Saving Faith"
* 93. "Lessons for a Master"
* 94. "Green Destiny"

### *Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu*

* 1. "Master Class"
* 4. "Elemental Rider"

### *March of the Oni*

* 95. "The Darkness Comes"
* 96. "Into the Breach"
* 97. "The Fall"
* 98. "Endings"

### *The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye*

* *TSitBME* #3 (mentioned)
* *TSitBME* #5 (mentioned)
* *TSitBME* #9 (mentioned)

### *Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu*

* 99. "Wasted True Potential"
* 100. "Questing for Quests"
* 101. "A Rocky Start"
* 102. "The Belly of the Beast"
* 103. "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them"
* 105. "Ninja vs Lava"
* 106. "Snaketastrophy"
* 107. "Powerless"
* 108. "Ancient History"
* 110. "Under Siege"
* 111. "The Explorers Club"
* 112. "Vengeance is Mine!"
* 113. "A Cold Goodbye" (dream)
* 114. "The Never-Realm"
* 117. "The Absolute Worst" (mentioned)
* 118. "The Message"
* 121. "Secret of the Wolf"
* 122. "The Last of the Formlings" (flashback)
* 123. "My Enemy, My Friend"
* 125. "Corruption" (flashback)
* 126. "A Fragile Hope"
* 127. "Once and for All"
* 128. "Awakenings"

### *Prime Empire Original Shorts*

* 2. "Upgrade"
* 6. "Gayle Gossip: A Closer Look"

### *Prime Empire*

* 129. "Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire?"
* 130. "Dyer Island"
* 131. "Level Thirteen"
* 137. "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
* 141. "Ninjago Confidential"
* 142. "The Prodigal Father"
* 144. "Game Over"

### *Master of the Mountain*

* 145. "Shintaro"
* 146. "Into the Dark"
* 147. "The Worst Rescue Ever"
* 148. "The Two Blades"
* 150. "Trial By Mino"
* 155. "Grief-Bringer"
* 157. "The Darkest Hour"
* 159. "The Upply Strike Back!"
* 160. "The Son of Lilly"

### *The Island*

* 161. "Uncharted"
* 162. "The Keepers of the Amulet"
* 163. "The Gift of Jay"
* 164. "The Tooth of Wojira"

### *Seabound*

* 165. "A Big Splash"
* 166. "The Call of the Deep"
* 167. "Unsinkable"
* 168. "Five Thousand Fathoms Down"
* 169. "The Wrath of Kalmaar"
* 170. "Long Live the King"
* 171. "Escape from Merlopia"
* 172. "The Tale of Benthomaar"
* 173. "The Storm Amulet"
* 174. "Riddle of the Sphinx"
* 176. "Master of the Sea"
* 177. "The Calm Before the Storm"
* 178. "Assault on Ninjago City"
* 179. "Nyad"
* 180. "The Turn of the Tide"

## Creation and Development

* Zane's name changed in early concepts of the series. Some of these names were Boon, Whitman, and Wynn.
* In preliminary concepts of Zane, he was supposed to be a "rad snowboarder" type of character. Voice actor Brent Miller was told to do a chill and laid back voice for him. His performance, in the end, inspired the Hageman Brothers to then change his character to a droid to fit his monotonous voice and straight-cut military hair.
	+ The idea of a snowboarding Zane is still mentioned in the *Official Guide* and the synopsis for *Zane: Ninja of Ice*.
* When asked why Zane had not discovered he was a robot earlier, Tommy Andreasen said, "If we add too much reason to Ninjago, we will end up with a very realistic but boring story." He also noted that not everything was planned out from the beginning, and the show is a cartoon, so things like this are allowed to happen.

## Trivia

* He was the first ninja to reach his True Potential.
* Zane's greatest fear is losing his humanity. He also appears to have a fear of living food.
* He is the first ninja to have sacrificed his body in some way, the second is Cole and the third is Nya.
* Season 8 finally gave an explanation as to how he got his powers: it was told through a flashback in "Snake Jaguar" that the previous Master of Ice stayed at Dr. Julien's for a while and took a great interest in Zane. When the Master of Ice left, Zane acted "stranger than usual", implying that the Master of Ice gave his powers to Zane.
	+ Dan and Kevin Hageman have revealed that this explanation is borrowed from a fan's idea.
* Though rebuilt Zane is called "Zane 2.0" in some sources, this refers to his new body, and he is still the same person. His consciousness was transported to Borg Tower in a similar way to a power surge or computer wi-fi.
	+ Though Zane stated in "The Day of the Dragon" that he was merely a replica of his original self, this is simply because "He was doubting himself and had amnesia."
* As of Season 4, both Zane and his father were "resurrected" and imprisoned on an island for a villain's plan. Dr. Julien was imprisoned by Samukai at Lighthouse Island to build Skulkin Vehicles for Samukai's army, while Zane was imprisoned by Chen (at the hands of Ronin) on Chen's Island to lure the other ninja to the island.
* After Zane rebuilt himself, he no longer had his original power source and is now powered by ordinary tech.
* He is the second ninja to be an antagonist, the first being Lloyd in *Rise of the Snakes*, prior to being a ninja, and *Possession*, through Morro's possession.
* Aspheera banished Zane into the past of the Never-Realm, where he stayed for around 60 years as the Ice Emperor before he was brought back to normal and taken back to Ninjago. Combined with his age before being sent back, this would technically make Zane around 100 years old.
* He is known to have been responsible for at least one genocide, as the Blizzard Samurai killed all of the Yeti aside from Krag.
	+ Because of this, Zane is the second ninja to be responsible for the most deaths after Nya, who destroyed the Cursed Realm (and by extension Djinjago), though in Nya's case she had to do this to save everyone in Ninjago and possibly the rest of the realms.
* Zane was thought to be dead thrice, those episodes being "The Titanium Ninja," "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago," and "Vengeance is Mine!."
* His original 2015 LEGO.com description referred to him as "Zane (Frosty)", likely referencing when Cole used the nickname "Frosty" for him in "Home."
* Zane is damaged, out of commission, or malfunctioning nearly every season.
	+ In Season 1, he was damaged by the Great Devourer in "Day of the Great Devourer", tearing off half of his "human" face covering.
	+ In Season 2, part of his face covering began falling off in Darkness Shall Rise.
	+ In Season 3, he began to be dismantled by the Nindroids in "The Art of the Silent Fist" and his body was later destroyed when he sacrificed himself to defeat the Golden Master in "The Titanium Ninja".
	+ In Season 4, he was imprisoned by Chen for the first few episodes and did not have his powers for the majority of the season.
	+ In Season 5, his voice module was damaged in "Stiix and Stones," causing him to speak in different various ways for a few episodes.
	+ In Season 6, he had P.I.X.A.L. deleted from his hard drive before being trapped in the Djinn Blade for a number of episodes.
	+ In Season 7, he was damaged in "The Hatching" which put him out of commission for a bit and messed up his speech again, and when he was back to normal, P.I.X.A.L. was gone once again.
	+ In Season 8, he was nearly killed by Mr. E in "Dead Man's Squall".
	+ In Season 11, he was banished to the Never-Realm by Aspheera and spent the second half of the season as the Ice Emperor.
	+ In Season 12, he, along with P.I.X.A.L., were unable to go into *Prime Empire* with the rest of the ninja due to the complexity of the game's code and then kidnapped by the Mechanic and hooked up onto the Manifestation Gate to power it.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, Zane's surname may be "Julien" like his father, but it is unconfirmed.
* Michael Knap sees Epic Battle Zane as "a different suit/skin. I imagine he have a variety of different ones he can chose form depending on the situation."
* He wears a scuba helmet in Seabound even though he doesn't have to. The reasoning behind this is because he wants to wear a complete attire.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, Zane had to have used the bathroom when he had his original body, because otherwise he would have realized he was a Nindroid a lot sooner, but his new body does not need to use the bathroom. This is consistent with his line in "On a Wish and a Prayer" that he does not need to drink, which would logically extend to food as well.