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* {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Tai Lung]] being a prestigious student of the BigGood who turned to evil upon being denied prestige he felt he deserved and turned evil as a result, with the added exception that he manages to redeem himself in the end.

* MaybeEverAfter: Although Harumi reconciles with Lloyd, their relationship remains unknown whether they are back together.

* AmbiguousSituation: After she reconciles with Lloyd, their relationship remains unknown, mostly whether or not they are still together.

* EasilyForgiven: Zig-Zagged. She [[HeelFaceTurn assists Lloyd and Garmadon]] in defeating the Overlord in Season 15, but the other Ninja are obviously wary of trusting her before Lloyd clarifies she helped them. She's shown helping rebuild the Monastery in the series finale, albeith with the Commissioner being behind her, suggesting that the police are keeping watch over her.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: WordOfGod confirms he is younger than Chen, despite looking about the same age as him.

* EasilyForgiven: Zig-Zagged. She [[HeelFaceTurn assists Lloyd and Garmadon]] in defeating the Overlord in Season 15, but the other Ninja are obviously wary of trusting her before Lloyd clarifies she helped them. She's shown helping rebuild the Monastery in the series finale, albeit accompanied by the Commissioner, suggesting that the police are keeping watch over her and she was sent to Kryptarium alongside her former teammates in the Sons of Garmadon.

* UnwantedRescue: "Social Media Ninja," he somehow ends up stuck in a tree, yet doesn't want Kai helping him down.

[[Characters/NinjagoNinja Ninja]] | [[Characters/NinjagoAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/NinjagoElementalMasters Elemental Masters]] | '''Villains''' | [[Characters/NinjagoOthers Others]]]]-]]]

The first antagonists of the show, the Serpentine are SnakePeople who initially plotted to unite the five tribes and release the Great Devourer in order to get revenge on the humans that locked them underground.
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* BigBadEnsemble: At first each tribe had their own separate goals to conquer Ninjago and had no intention of working alongside each other... But then after Skales ascends to the throne of Hypnobrai, he's able to form an alliance with the Fangpyre due to being friends with their own leader, later on Pythor unites all 5 tribes under his rule to unleash the Great Devourer.
* BreakoutCharacter: Out of all the series' groups, the Serpentine have been the longest lasting out of all of them due to their popularity, getting a lot of expansion in the lore, and being rare among the groups to have some of its ranks show up long after their major role in the toyline ended.
* HeelRaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Season 3, they're no longer intent on harming Ninjago, and even help its civilians in times of need. After the defeat of the Golden Master, they've integrated into Ninjago's society and are now no more evil than the average civilians in Ninjago.]]
* HeroicBystander: [[spoiler:What they pretty much become from Season 3 onward. While they have made peace with Ninjago's citizens and occasionally lend their help, most often times they will opt to not get involved in human affairs if they can help it. An example being in the Oni Trilogy, where according to Turner the Serpentine decided to stay out of the conflict between the Ninja and Garmadon after witnessing the Time Twins' abuse of the Vermillion]].
* MookCarryover: They serve Garmadon for the first half of Season 2, until [[spoiler:Skales usurps his position]].
* SerpentStaff: The Serpentine Generals Skales, Slithraa, Fangtom, Acidicus, Skalidor and Pythor all have golden snake-shaped staffs as their [[StaffOfAuthority symbols of authority.]]
* SnakesAreSinister: They are villainous snake people. [[spoiler:Subverted after their HeelRaceTurn.]]
* TheWorfEffect: They're completely outmatched against the Stone Army, with the latter trapping them underground for the rest of Season 2.

[[folder:The Great Devourer]]
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->'''First Mentioned:''' "Can of Worms"\\
'''Debut:''' "Tick Tock"

According to a legend, once all five Serpentine tribes unite, they will be able to find the four Silver Fang Blades and unleash the "Great Devourer". The Fang Blades are said to enhance the Devourer's abilities and make it unstoppable, releasing a terrible evil that will turn day into night. According to Sensei Wu, she will keep growing as long as she consumes. Garmadon was nice until he got bit by the Devourer as a child, turning him into the villain he is today.

The Devourer slept under the Lost City of Ouroboros until Pythor put the Fang Blades into the statue of her and she rose out from underneath the city. She was destroyed by Lord Garmadon with the power of the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu.

* AllYourPowersCombined: All of the Great Devourer's abilities, attacks, and traits appear to be [[KingMook beefed]]-up versions of the main five Serpentine tribe's abilities. She can burrow across vast distances like the Constrictai, can swallow entire buildings whole à la the [[LastOfHisKind near-extinct]] Anacondrai, even a single drop of her venom can turn people evil or bring inanimate objects to life (similar to the Hypobrai's mind control and the Fangpyre's ability to infect and zombify others into fellow Fangpyre or various Snake/X chimeras), and her skin color and venom greatly resemble that of the Venomari.
* AnimalisticAbomination: A giant snake that causes destruction wherever she goes.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Has one on the top of her head. [[spoiler:Garmadon kills her by diving off the top of a building with all four Golden Weapons and attacking this weak point.]]
* TheCorruption: The Devourer's venom causes anyone bitten by her to gradually become corrupted over time. [[spoiler:Turns out she herself is a victim of this trope, as the penultimate episode of the series reveals that The Overlord had corrupted her with darkness.]]
* TheDreaded: Even her worshipers are terrified of her.
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Her entire existence essentially serves as one for the Overlord, given that she was brainwashed and corrupted into becoming his pet/daughter. When one takes the Overlord out of the equation, she's just a normal garden snake.]]
* ExtremeOmnivore: She basically just wants to eat everything, including her own Serpentine Worshippers.
* FangsAreEvil: She's got fangs and she's a dangerous villainess.
* FemaleMonsterSurprise: [[spoiler:In Season 7, it's revealed that the Great Devourer is female, because Krux uses her eggs to make the Vermillion army.]]
* FinalBoss: The final enemy the Ninjas face in the first season. As an {{Arc Villain}}ess, however, this is inverted. She is the first of the many {{Arc Villain}}s of the series.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The Great Devourer having been corrupted by the Overlord is foreshadowed by the fact that her venom actually benefits the Overlord's plan. Namely, corrupting Garmadon and making him a suitable vessel for the Overlord to possess (as well as being purged from Garmadon's body when Lloyd first defeats the Overlord) and also bringing the Stone Army to life.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:The Great Devourer started out as just a normal snake before being corrupted into the monster she's feared as by the Overlord]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: Although the Devourer is killed at the end of the first season, her influence remains in Ninjago for many story arcs to come.
** Pythor's goal in Season 1 was to release her from her prison in order to wreak havoc on Ninjago.
** The Devourer was responsible for biting Garmadon and triggering his StartOfDarkness, making her the GreaterScopeVillain of the 4 part pilot and a large portion of Season 9 as well.
** Her venom revived the Stone Army, giving Lord Garmadon and the Overlord an army.
** [[spoiler:Her eggs were used by Acronix and Krux to create the Vermillion, giving them an army.]]
** [[spoiler:Her rampage in Ninjago City caused her to kill Harumi's biological parents, thus driving her to become the Quiet One.]]
* GreenAndMean: She's primarily colored green and she threatens to eat all of Ninjago.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:She bit Garmadon and turned him evil in the first place. It's ultimately Garmadon who destroys her. Also: if Lord Garmadon hadn't become evil, he never would have sought the power to wield all four golden weapons. The only way to kill the Devourer? Strike her weak spot with all four golden weapons simultaneously]].
* KnightOfCerebus: Nothing about her is remotely funny and she was always treated as a serious threat by everyone during her time alive. [[spoiler:Long after her death she still manages to be this with the reveal that [[CerebusRetcon people died in her rampage]], horrifyingly averting NoEndorHolocaust, as well as being indirectly responsible for Harumi's StartOfDarkness.]]
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The more she eats the bigger she gets.
* OmnicidalManiac: Her goal is basically to eat everything, even her Serpentine worshippers.
* PsychoPink: Her eyes are hot pink, she seemingly eats and kills Pythor upon awakening, and becomes the main villain for the last episode of season one who's threatening to devour all of Ninjago in her feeding frenzy.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed. Her eyes are hot pink (a lighter shade of red), and she ends up being the FinalBoss in Season 1.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sleeping and inactive under the lost city of Ouroboros until Pythor placed the Fang Blades back in their proper place, releasing her.
* StartOfDarkness:
** Described in the fourth graphic novel:
-->"Once, when the world of Ninjago was new, all things were bright and peaceful. Farmers toiled in their fields, in harmony with all the creatures of land, sea, and air. But in all things, there must be a balance. And so darkness crept upon the land, and came upon a lone snake in the grass."
** What's especially ironic is that the Devourer herself is responsible for Lord Garmadon's StartOfDarkness. Note also that the "darkness" responsible for the Great Devourer's transformation seems to be an incarnation of [[spoiler:[[EarlyBirdCameo the Overlord]]]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:While the Great Devourer is a BeastOfTheApocalypse, keep in mind that prior to her run-in with the Overlord, she was in every sense, a wild animal acting out on instinct rather than evil, something she still mostly does after being corrupted. It was only after the Overlord indoctrinated her into his cause that she turned into a monstrous superpredator.]]

!!Hypnobrai
[[folder:In General]]
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->'''Debut''' "Rise of the Snakes"

The Hypnobrai are a blue-colored faction of the Serpentine. As their name implies, they use hypnosis. They are the first tribe to be released.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Generally colored blue and off-white.
* HypnoticCreature: They use hypnosis as their main form of attack.
* HypnoticEyes: They have dark red spirals on their eyes, which they use to hypnotize people.
* LogicalWeakness: Their hypnotism only works if they make eye contact with their targets. Kai has undergone training to fight them while blindfolded.
* PinkMeansFeminine: The only pink Hypnobrai seen, Selma, is naturally one of the two female Hypnobrai identified.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All of them have red eyes. Whenever they take control of anyone their eyes become red as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: If a person who is hypnotized by them is out of their range, they can spy on wherever that person is.

[[folder:Skales]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Rise of the Snakes"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanJamesCorlett

Snake General of Ice, commander of the Hypnobrai Tribe, and current Snake King. Formerly Slithraa's second-in-command, He took his place as General after defeating him in the Slither Pit.

* BigBadWannabe: After becoming the Snake King, he leads the other Serpentine in an attempt to bury Ninjago City underground. However, he ends up releasing the Stone Army, and his forces are easily defeated by them.
* TheDragon: First to Slithraa, before [[TheStarscream betraying and usurping him]] and later to Pythor during the latter's tenure as the King of all Serpentine.
* DragonAscendant: He planned on becoming the new leader of the Serpentine after Pythor was eaten by the Great Devourer, but Lord Garmadon wins their trust before he does and leaves him with only the other Generals.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the later episodes, [[spoiler:after getting a wife and a kid]]. He cements this by [[spoiler:helping the people of Ninjago take shelter during the attack of the Golden Master and later by assisting them in fighting against the Fake Anacondrai army.]]
* MonsterIsAMommy: [[spoiler:Has a son in the time between the Overlord's defeat and his return in digital form.]]
* SourSupporter: Formerly one of Lord Garmadon's, but with a heavy emphasis on the sour part. Nowadays he serves as the Ninja's, being willing to help but showing some reluctance to help.
* SssssnakeTalk: More so than all the other Serpentine.
* TheStarscream: He often tried to be this to whomever he served. With Slithraa and later Garmadon, he managed to pull it off though in the latter case his victory was short-lived; against Pythor he never got to do so directly, and ultimately just took the reins once Pythor was defeated. To further the similarities, when he betrays Garmadon and seizes control of the Serpentine he even [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie holds a crowning ceremony]] to announce the start of his reign, shortly before he is upstaged by the bigger villains.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: [[spoiler:Non-fatal example but this is what ultimately got him and the Serpentine trapped underground for the rest of the Green Ninja arc and would [[NiceJobFixingItVillain indirectly lead to him and his kind's]] eventual HeelRaceTurn offscreen]].
* SurroundedByIdiots: Often ends up as the OnlySaneMan with the other Serpentine Generals and troops.

[[folder:Slithraa]]
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->'''Debut''' "Rise of the Snakes"\\
'''Voiced by:''' John Novak

Snake of Ice and Warrior for the Hypnobrai Tribe. When Lloyd stumbled upon the Hypnobrai, Slithraa attempted to mind control him but ended up controlling himself, thus allowing Lloyd to take over the Hypnobrai tribe, much to the dismay of the others. He was formerly general of the tribe before Skales took his place after defeating him in the Slither Pit.

* BroughtDownToNormal: His fate after losing the Slither Pit duel with Skales.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Hasn't physically appeared since the Season 3 finale.
* DragonInChief: To Lloyd when he had control of the Hypnobrai, as the only reason he had any authority among them was because Slithraa was the General. When Skales defeats him and takes his place as leader, Slithraa loses all authority over the Hypnobrai and Lloyd is banished.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He attempts to hypnotize Lloyd, but due to the latter's clumsiness, he falls over and causes Slithraa to hypnotize himself after staring at his reflection on an ice wall.
-->'''Lloyd:''' No. I will control ''you'' from now on.
* OutOfFocus: After Skales takes his place as leader, Slithraa begins appearing less frequently. "The Titanium Ninja" is the last episode he appears in before disappearing entirely.
* PetTheDog: During the battle with the Overlord, he leads all of Ninjago citizens to safety despite having no reason to help them yet as the Serpentine's relationships with the people of Ninjago were still heavily strained.

!!Fangpyre
[[folder:In General]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Snakebit"

The Fangpyre are a red-colored faction of the Serpentine. Their poisonous fangs can convert machines into living biomechanical snake-themed vehicles or mutate organic lifeforms into snakes. They are the second tribe to be released.

* EvilVersusEvil: Lloyd releases them in the hopes they will defeat the Hypnobrai. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately]], it turns out Skales and Fangtom (their generals) [[InterspeciesFriendship are actually friends]].
* InterspeciesFriendship: Why Lloyd's plan to defeat the Hypnobrai with the Fangpyres backfired.
* MinorMajorCharacter: While the Fangpyre at least get one episode to serve as the main antagonists, they mostly seem to exist just to build up the lore of the Serpentine and take part in the ArcVillain's plans.
* MultipleHeadCase: Can happen to them when bitten by another Fangpyre or themselves.
* OrganicTechnology: See TheVirus below.
* PunnyName: Their name is somewhat of a mix between Vampire and Fang, referencing their bite which can turn objects into Fangpyre objects and people into Fangpyres.
* TheVirus: Their poisonous bite can turn objects into snake-themed weapons and people into snakes. There are two ways to reverse the bite: the antidote in their stuff or [[spoiler:by raising people's heart rate]].

!!Anacondrai
[[folder:In General]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Never Trust a Snake"

The Anacondrai are a purple-colored faction of the Serpentine. They have the power to turn invisible. When they were locked away there was a lack of food so they turned cannibal until only Pythor was left. According to Skales, they are the most feared tribe. They were the third tribe to be released.

* TheDreaded: Are the most feared Serpentine tribe, which is precisely why Chen wanted to imitate their abilities.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: While they did fight in a war that implicitly killed a lot of people, [[spoiler:they had been duped by Master Chen, and just wanted peace the same as the humans.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Anacondrai were so powerful they nearly overwhelmed the original Elemental Masters and took over Ninjago before the masters found a way to seal them.

[[folder:Pythor P. Chumsworth]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Never Trust a Snake"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson

The last of the Anacondrai Tribe. Sensei Wu reveals Pythor is their most dangerous enemy yet. He plans to unite the five Serpentine tribes to find the four Silver Fang Blades and unleash the Great Devourer. He's ultimately eaten by the Great Devourer, later returns to free the Overlord from his digital prison, then gets shrunk and stuck in an alliance with the Ninja to fight Master Chen. He disappears afterwards before resurfacing as part of the villain group in ''Day of the Departed'' before leaving the scene again, still on the loose to this day.

* ArcVillain: While the five tribe leaders were on even footing at first, he eventually manipulated his way into this role in Season 1.
* AssholeVictim: After he's eaten by the Great Devourer and presumed dead, none, not even Skales, mourns him, which is fitting considering he was the one who released it without thinking of the consequences.
* BackForTheFinale: He returns after 6 years of absence in Season 15, ''Crystallized'' as part of the Council of the Crystal King.
* TheBadGuyWins: An interesting case. He succeeds in unsealing the Great Devourer and causing mayhem as he had intended, but gets eaten by it soon after, though survives this fate. He still technically succeeded in his goal, even if the Devourer was ultimately killed in the end.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He pretends to be Lloyd's friend while in truth he only used him so he can get the map.
* BlackSheep: Dialogue from both Arcturus and Pythor in Season 4 implies that Pythor was an outcast to the rest of the Anacondrai due to his lack of noble traits and it's only after he helps save Ninjago that the generals finally give him approval.
* BreakoutVillain: While the Serpentine as a whole are extremely popular, Pythor all on his own is the most enduring of the group, having appearances in both the show and toy sets all on his own and frequently having major roles in the Seasons and storylines he shows up in. Along with Garmadon, he is one of the only individual villains of the first two Seasons who has made more than one reappearance and received several redesigns. He's also one of only four villains from ''Masters of Spinjitzu'', the others being the Mechanic, [[spoiler:Harumi, and the Overlord]] to not only carry over into the SoftReboot, but make it to the ending of the series in ''Crystallized''.
* CardCarryingVillain: Slightly, he doesn't exactly say he is evil but its obvious he knows what he is doing to other people is wrong and cruel and is shamelessly proud of the repercussions of his actions.
* ColonelBadass: Serves as the General of the Anacondrai (and SoleSurvivor of their sealing) and leader of the serpentine. But it only lasts up until The Great Devourer shows up and eats him, though he returns later on and keeps being a competent threat to the Ninja either alone or as a high ranking general.
* CompanionCube: Had one in the form of a ball he painted a face on and named "Rodrigo" while in prison.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Pythor implies that he personally knew Samukai, and also somehow got word of his death at some point in addition to Garmadon's betrayal of the Skulkin.
* TheChessmaster: He played Lloyd like a fiddle, stole three of the fangs easily, and waited for the Ninja to arrive with the fourth. He is able to pull off his plan of unleashing the Devourer without much of a hitch and only really fails because [[EvilIsNotAToy the Devourer isn't one to be controlled]].
* DemotedToDragon: In ''Rebooted'' he serves as The Overlord's [[TheDragon Dragon]], though he's initially much more [[DragonInChief active]] than his boss.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's the ArcVillain for most of Season 1, but at the climax of the penultimate episode of the Season gets seemingly killed by the Great Devourer but [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated actually survived]].
* DragonInChief: Becomes this to the Digital Overlord, given how it was trapped on a hard drive. He steps out of this role once the Overlord sucks out Lloyd's energy and becomes the Golden Master, gaining a physical body.
* EnemyMine: Forms one with the heroes to stop Master Chen's plans, once it's over he returns to being a villain.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dislikes Chen's plan of creating fake Anacondrai, saying that it dishonors his kind.
* EvilBrit: Has a semi-British accent, for whatever reason.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Finds out too late that the Great Devourer will eat the ''Serpentine'' along with everything else, and becomes its first victim along with Wu.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Has an almost wheezy voice for Season 3 while hooded, no doubt a result of his recovering from being in the Devourer's stomach, and he's also a treacherous villain. Pythor's voice does recover however following the events of "The Curse of the Golden Master".
* FatalFlaw: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough REALLY poor planning]]. He tried to resurrect the Great Devourer not realizing it would eat him too. He teamed up with the Digital Overlord, and while what would have happened was never stated, WordOfGod says it would have ended horribly for him. When he and some resurrected villains each went after individual ninja, he took on Lloyd (the most powerful) and unlike the others did not bring an army or any resemblance of a plan.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks politely and has some outwardly polite manners, but is ultimately a treacherous jerk with limited loyalty.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Helps the Ninja in Season 4, mainly because he hates Chen more than the Ninja and can't stand Chen's plan to make Fake Androcandai. He goes back to his evil ways in "Day of the Departed" and has stayed that way to this day.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When he awakens the Great Devourer he's one of its first victims. He does survive albeit bleached.
* HumiliationConga: Shrunk by the Ninja, and then arrested and kept in a doll's house in prison. Then he's subject to numerous size jokes, before being captured by Chen and used as fuel for the man's spell while being chased by a swamp rat. It'd be cruel if it were happening to anyone else other than [[{{Jerkass}} Pythor]].
* IAmAHumanitarian: Ate one of the judges at a dancing so he could replace him as part of a plan to get one of the Fangblades. He also attempts to swallow Wu during their fight.
* InvisibleJerkass: Uses his invisibility powers in evil schemes or to spy on his enemies. The WordOfGod even states that he may've gone to the Dark Island and back with them!
* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed}}. His latest appearances up until Season 14 had him defeated and forced to flee by Lloyd, but other than that he's currently still on the loose and has kept out of the Ninja's radar for a while, avoiding further consequences.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: His luck ran out offscreen before the events of ''Crystallized'' with the New Ninja capturing and imprisoning him offscreen. Though he gets broken out soon after by Kabuki Mask.
* KneelBeforeZod: His first act after defeating the other Generals to become the Serpentine King is order all the Serpentine to bow before him.
* LastOfHisKind: Is the last of the Anacondrai. He's implied to have ''[[GenocideFromTheInside eaten]]'' [[GenocideFromTheInside the others]] to avoid starving.
* LightIsNotGood: His skin bleached into a pale white with faint purple highlights after being freed from Great Devourer and most of the time wears white clothes, but is still on the side of evil besides a brief team-up with the Ninja against Chen.
* LogicalWeakness: His invisibility allows him to hide from enemies as well as evade direct attacks with ease, but since he's still physically present he remains vulnerable to area-of-effect attacks. [[spoiler:Jay defeats him during their one-on-one duel in Season 15 by electrocuting the roof they're fighting on, knocking Pythor out instantly despite Jay not being able to see him.]]
* LongBusTrip: After having made his last appearance in "Day of the Departed" (which takes place between Seasons 6 and 7) and the canon book "Pythor's Revenge" (which canonically takes place the day after "Day of the Departed", while the book was published in one real life year after the special), Pythor would finally make his return in "Season 15: Crystalized" as a member of the [[LegionOfDoom Council of the Crystal King]].
* LongNeck: Even among the Anacondrai, he has a rather long neck.
* ManipulativeBastard: Pretended to be Lloyd's friend so he could steal his map leading to the other Serpentine tombs.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: What his name's middle initial, "P.", stands for is unknown.
* NeverMyFault: In "The Greatest Fear of All", Pythor blames the Ninja, Wu, and Garmadon for feeding him to the Great Devourer and shrinking him, while ignoring the fact he unleashed the Devourer in the first place without considering that the beast would eat him too, as well as the fact that the shrinking pill was meant for the Overlord and it was Pythor who made the choice to jump and swallow the pill in his master's place.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: It's implied he ate the rest of his kind to survive while locked in the tomb.
* OneManArmy: Defeated all the Serpentine generals at once, and by himself, though he did need the special flute to prevent them from overwhelming him.
* PsychoPink: He originally had pink eyes. Not so much after Season 3; while he's still evil, he also has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]. [[spoiler:When he is given powers by the Overlord in Season 15, his eyes turn pink once again.]]
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: He has a lot of respect for his species, and Chen's treatment of their memory pisses him off to the point that he willingly sides with the Ninja.
* TheQuisling: Up until ''Crystalized'', he is the only Serpentine (or person in Ninjago in general) to willingly serve the Overlord, since the Stone Army was created to do so, the Nindroids are merely carrying out their programming to do so, and Garmadon was both corrupted and manipulated by the entity.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed. His eyes, much like the Great Devourer, are hot pink (which is a lighter shade of red), and he's the BigBad of Season 1. Played straight after Season 3, where his eyes are genuinely red.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He survived being eaten by the Devourer while everyone else (the audience included) thought he was dead, though ended up bleached afterwards and for the rest of the series.
* SoftSpokenSadist: [[FauxAffablyEvil Is very polite in his speech]], but it's rather clear he's a monster who relishes the suffering he inflicts.
* TakingTheBullet: Eats the shrinking pill meant for Overlord in the Season 3 finale which leads to his defeat.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The already evil Anacondrai has done a lot of bad deeds. Like unleashing the Great Devourer, kidnapping Lloyd twice, and betraying Lloyd in "Day of the Departed" even though the two ended up having a truce in Season 4. But by Season 15, he's an even bigger jerk where he is more prone to mocking the ninja for such things like being inferior towards the New Ninja and taunts Nya for losing her powers.
* UndyingLoyalty: Surprisingly, Pythor's loyalty to Overlord is ''genuine'' and knows no bounds: from eating and vomiting his master without killing him to hide the fact that he is weakened from his troops to [[TakingTheBullet intercepting a shrinking pill]] for him, there is nothing that Pythor wouldn't do for the Golden Master. [[spoiler:Funnily enough, he rejoins the Overlord's side in Season 15 without a second guess, even if Harumi is now replacing him as Overlord's right hand and he himself isn't quite aware of who the Crystal King is.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: He freaks out when he discovers that the Great Devourer isn't under his control and tries to flee before Wu prevents him from doing so.
* VillainHasAPoint: Makes a good point on the humans of Ninjago turning against the Serpentine over rumors during times of peace, and how horrible it was to be sealed underground for years, given that he had to implicitly eat the other members of his kind to survive.
* VillainTeamUp: Steals the Overlord's hard drive and allies with him.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Chen's cult in Season 4, they may be anacondrai cultists but at the end of the day, Chen was the one person responsible for the extinction of the Anacondrai and the Human/Serpentine war, the latter's cult's transformations into Anacondrai knockoffs didn't help any matters as while Pythor was an outcast, he still respected his tribe's legacy and culture.
** And in "Day of the Departed", he sides with the revived villains and Yang.
** He joins the Crystal King's Council in ''Crystalized'' too at Kabuki Mask's request.

!!Constrictai
[[folder:In General]]
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/constrictai.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "Can of Worms"

The Constrictai are a black and orange-colored fraction of the Serpentine. They can dig underground to ambush their enemies and have a fierce grip. They are the fourth tribe to be released.

* DumbMuscle: Seems to be a trait with the Constrictai, most notably with their leader Skalidor. His new evil plan was to release the Great Devourer, the very same being that was already destroyed and would have killed them.
* MinorMajorCharacter: The most noticeable example among the Serpentine. They only exist to support Pythor and Garmadon's plans and build up the Serpentine lore, and they get the least amount of characterization among the Serpentine tribes.
* TunnelKing: They are very efficient borrowers who do most of the digging for the Serpentine.

!!Venomari
[[folder:In General]]
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/venomari.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "Can of Worms"

The Venomari are a green-colored cobra/viper-themed faction of the Serpentine. Their toxic venom can make anyone hallucinate. They are the fifth and final tribe to be released.

* ExtraEyes: Most of the Venomari have four eyes, with the exception of Lasha, who appears to have lost a few.
* GreenAndMean: They are vibrant green Serpentine warriors.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: All of them sport these.

[[folder:Acidicus]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Can of Worms"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Paul Dobson, John Novak ("All of Nothing")

The general of the Venomari. After his HeelFaceTurn he serves as a Serpentine Elder and historian.

* AllThereInTheManual: Acidicus's name was not mentioned during season one to season ten, only appearing in other media such as the toys. This only gets averted at last when in season eleven Acidicus' name is finally mentioned by Skales.
* HiddenDepths:
** Season 3 shows that he has an extensive knowledge of Serpentine legends and acts as a sort of knowledge keeper who can be relied on for informing others of the fact.
** Season 11 reveals that Acidicus likes books and even became a librarian offscreen.
* MrExposition: He told the Ninja about the Legend of the Golden Master, later telling the Ninja about the history of Aspheera.
* TheStoryteller: Has this role among the Serpentine, telling legends of their race to outsiders.
* WiseSerpent: As both the storyteller and the librarian of the Serpentine, Acidicus becomes a source of knowledge regarding Serpentine legends to outsiders. The Ninja hear the Tale of the Golden Master and the backstory of Aspheera from him.

!The Overlord's Army
[[folder:The Overlord/Golden Master]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Overlord's original form]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for spoilers]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drago_4.PNG\\
His form when possessing Garmadon[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for spoilers]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overlord_lego_ninjago.png\\
His true form[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:480:[[labelnote:Click here for spoilers]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_overlord_digital.jpg\\
As the Digital Overlord[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for spoilers]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overlord_as_the_golden_master_7.jpg\\
As the Golden Master[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Stone Army"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil

An ancient evil from Ninjago's past that fought with the First Spinjitzu Master in the past. He helped Lord Garmadon turn Ninjago into his own image, but later betrayed him and took over his body before ultimately being destroyed by Lloyd in the FinalBattle, purifying Garmadon and bringing peace to the land.

This peace would sadly be short-lived, as Season 3 saw the Overlord's resurrection as an evil computer virus known as the Digital Overlord inside the systems of Borg Industries [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom due to Cyrus Borg building his company over the site of the Overlord's destruction]]. With Pythor's assistance, he became the instigator of the Nindroid conflict with plans of stealing Lloyd's golden power and using it to escape the digital realm and become the prophesized Golden Master.

* AIIsACrapshoot: He becomes a computer virus in Season 3.
* AncientEvil: He's a dark primordial being from Ninjago's past.
* TheAntichrist: [[spoiler:As the Golden Master, a prophesied figure said to possess power equal to that of the First Spinjitzu Master who would go on to conquer the world and enslave every man, woman, and Serpentine for all eternity]].
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: During the final battle, he gives a speech, saying "as long as there is light, there must always be shadow," implying that he's this trope. [[spoiler:Considering neither having a massive explosion go off INSIDE HIM and destroy his physical form or getting frozen to the point of shattering weren't enough to kill him, he probably has a point.]]
* BackForTheFinale: After 8 years and 12 Seasons of absence, he would finally return in the 15th and final season, under the new identity of [[spoiler:the Crystal King]].
* BigBad: Initially acted as this when the series was meant to end after the second season before being {{uncancelled}}, being the true overall villain of the series and the cause of everything going wrong in the world. [[spoiler:He officially retakes this role in Season 15, revealing not only that he has planned his return for past few seasons, but that he is also responsible for Garmadon's corruption in the first place.]]
* BigNo:
** Gives a series of them upon realizing Lloyd is about to destroy him.
** [[spoiler:Gives one in Season 3 when the Ninja manage to reboot the system, and another upon his defeat by Zane]].
* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:When the Ninja botch his attempt to regain his physical form by siphoning Lloyd's golden power, he returns in the form of a purple blob that's barely able to hold a shape. [[OneWingedAngel Once he's stable enough, however...]]]]
* CompleteImmortality: As a primordial being of darkness, he can never be killed for good, even destroying his physical form twice only makes his spirit lay dormant temporarily.
* TheCorrupter: His dark matter has the ability to turn whatever it touches evil. He also makes Garmadon worse and worse through his manipulations. [[spoiler:He's also the being responsible for creating the Great Devourer and thus turning Garmadon evil in the first place.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Obviously, with his element being Darkness and his desire to throw the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil out of whack.
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite his largely humorless personality, when Garmadon complains that the Overlord could have warned him that the Garmatron's cannon had to warm up, the Overlord responds with "How could I? You were monologuing."
* DevourTheDragon:
** The Overlord eventually betrays Lord Garmadon and possesses his body.
** According to the creators, he would've likely done the same to Pythor.
* DigitalAbomination: Season 3 has the Overlord resurrecting inside Borg Industries' computer systems as the Digital Overlord, a virus capable of corrupting nearly any electronic device as well as create new ones to suit his own needs. Within the digiverse, he appears as a gigantic mass of shadowy pixels with tentacles and is capable of warping the entire surrounding. [[spoiler:After the Overlord [[OneWingedAngel regains his physical form and becomes the Golden Master]], he's able to use the same powers he had in the digiverse in reality]].
* EldritchAbomination: He's a formless evil who has been around since before time had a name, can bend beings to its will through dark matter, and according to the creators, is impossible to kill due to effectively being the very concept of evil itself.
* EvilerThanThou: To Lord Garmadon when he hijacks his body.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has an incredibly deep voice.
* GreaterScopeVillain: While the BigBad of Seasons 2 and 3 [[spoiler:as well as 15]], he's indirectly responsible for the following:
** [[spoiler:Long before the events of the series, he had corrupted the Great Devourer, which would end up leading into Garmadon's corruption and the events of the pilot episodes and Seasons 8 and 9. Through the Devourer's offspring (the Vermilion), he's also indirectly responsible for Season 7. Garmadon's corruption also influenced young Lloyd to follow in his footsteps, leading to him awakening the Serpentine and causing the events of Season 1. Pythor being out and about also leads to Season 4's final two episodes.]]
** The ninja getting involved with the Tournament of Elements was caused by Zane's HeroicSacrifice in Season 3, Morro's escape from the Cursed Realm was caused by [[spoiler:Garmadon's banishment]] in Season 4, and Clouse escaping the Cursed Realm (and awakening Nadakhan) was caused by the ending of Season 5, meaning the Overlord's attack on New Ninjago City was indirectly responsible for kickstarting the chain of events that includes Seasons 4, 5, and 6. This also results in the Mechanic getting sent to Kryptarium Prison thanks to his involvement in Chen's plans, which would end up somewhat leading to him becoming TheDragon for Unagami in Season 12.
** [[spoiler:As the Crystal King, he commanded Harumi to build an army for him, which she did by purchasing vengestone from Vangelis, meaning he indirectly played a part in Season 13.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Happens to him three times in "The Titanium Ninja" after [[spoiler:becoming the Golden Master. The Ninja hide in the Temple of Fortification and wear Stone Warrior armor over their clothes, both having been designed by the Overlord to withstand the golden power that he now wields. Then later, Zane absorbs the aforementioned golden power from the Overlord and uses it in tandem with his ice powers to defeat him]].
* IdiotBall: Seems to have grasp this during Season 3. [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Except not really.]] After being defeated by Lloyd and he became a computer virus, he could potentially have whatever body or even bodies he wants yet insists on reclaiming his original, it appears to be this trope. But there are three reasons why reclaiming his original body is the ''smarter'' thing to do: 1) Since he requires electricity to function in his digital state, and the Ninja have the Technoblades, which are capable of stopping, and perhaps even destroying, him while he remains in the system, he has a very valid point for regaining corporeal form. 2) He wants to skip finding a host so that they won't fight him from the inside this time. And 3) The process would also have the benefit of making him even ''more'' powerful]].
* {{Immortality}}: As per word from the series' creator, he's flat-out unkillable as he is a primordial being that balances Ninjago's light, all you can try to do is seal him and/or destroy his physical forms to temporarily put him out of commission.
* IndianBurialGround: Cyrus Borg had the idea to build his company over the site of the Overlord's first defeat to symbolize Ninjago's defiance against any evil that would seek to invade it. Little did he know that [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom doing so would allow the Overlord to resurrect inside his computer systems and terrorize Ninjago once more]].
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Don't expect a tactic that defeated him once to work twice in a row.
** In the far past, the First Spinjitzu Master defeated him with the help of mechanical golden armor. He has the transformed Garmatron (piloted by a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy corrupted Nya]]) shoot it down before it can reach him.
** In ''Rebooted'', he turns Lloyd's golden power (which was the reason for his second defeat) against him by absorbing it with special robots he had Cyrus Borg develop.
* KnightOfCerebus: The first villain in the series (at least the first one with a mind of its own) to have absolutely ''no'' comical traits at all, with an army of [[NighInvulnerability Nigh Invulnerable]] stone soldiers, and later [[MechaMooks hi-tech Nindroids]], at his command.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:His Golden Master incarnation is clad in bright golden armor, both times, yet is no less evil for it.]]
* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:Zane defeats him the second time by absorbing his power and freezing him until this happens.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulated Garmadon into thinking he was the BigBad, so he'd complete his ultimate weapon and disrupt the Balance between good and evil, freeing the Overlord from his prison and allowing him to recover his original form.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The form he takes when possessing Garmadon has a very un-Minifigure-like design to it, including fingers, toes, and several insectoid features. Averted with all later designs, which depict him as a Minifigure.
* OneWingedAngel:
** After taking over Garmadon's body, he takes the form of a gigantic black dragon. Though this is stated to be his ''true'' form, as opposed to a genuine transformation.
** [[spoiler:When the Ninja confront him in the digital world, he becomes a giant vaguely humanoid entity made of darkness with numerous tentacles where his legs would be.]]
** [[spoiler:Once he returns to full power as the Golden Master, his power takes on the level that he had in the digital world... in reality, with a robotic body made out of the smelted Golden Weapons attached to his lower half to go with it.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His true form is a giant black dragon.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Purple is incredibly common in his color scheme (with all of his forms having the color in some way), and he is by far one of the most dangerous enemies the Ninja have faced.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:He manages to escape the digital realm, but is unable to drain all of Lloyd's power and can barely keep his new body together until Pythor and his minions help him get the means to better control it]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Gains red eyes as the Digital Overlord and [[spoiler:the Golden Master]].
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: By the time he made his debut, Lord Garmadon has shown a kinder side that loves his son and a tragic backstory revealing his evilness was basically a poison corrupting his mind. The Overlord takes up the original role of a person who is evil for the sake of it and an enemy to all of Ninjago.
* SatanicArchetype: Pretty much the closest Ninjago has to one anyway. Is it any wonder he turns into a dragon for the final battle of Season 2?
* SealedEvilInACan:
** The Overlord and the evil side of Ninjago which he inhabited were supposed to remain disappeared for as long as the Balance between good and evil remained in check. However, Lord Garmadon's ambition to remake Ninjago in his image upsets that balance.
** Season 3 has the Overlord's soul becoming trapped in cyberspace after losing his body in the final battle with Lloyd. While it gives him a lot of stuff to control, he still wants a new body instead of remaining inside a computer. [[spoiler:He eventually gets it.]]
* SpiderTank: Rides a three-legged one in Season 3 after [[spoiler:becoming the Golden Master]].
* ThisCannotBe:
** Is left in disbelief when Lloyd begins to fight back against him, unable to believe a mere human could manage to match him.
** [[spoiler:Happens again when Zane pulls off his HeroicSacrifice, absorbing the Golden Master power to ultimately defeat him.]]
* UnseenEvil: Spends most of his screen time as a disembodied voice but is considered to be the evilest entity in the entire series. When he finally appears in person, he's as frightening and powerful as he was made out to be. [[spoiler:[[BackFromTheDead All three times]]]].
* WorfHadTheFlu: The only reason Lloyd managed to stand any chance at all in their first fight was because Garmadon was FightingFromTheInside, and even then, the Overlord beat him and left him with an injured leg. Even after Lloyd obtains his GoldenSuperMode in their ultimate rematch, the Overlord is able to fight him fairly evenly before finally being defeated.

[[folder:The Stone Army]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stone_army.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Stone Army"

An army of indestructible stone warriors who serve as Garmadon's (but moreso the Overlord's) soldiers in the second half of Season 2.

* BadassArmy: An army of [[NighInvulnerability Nigh Invulnerable]] soldiers.
* BoringButPractical: While they don't have much going for them other than extreme durability, it's more than enough to make them some of the most formidable opponents the Ninja have ever faced.
* CurbStompBattle: They effortlessly defeat the Serpentine in "The Day Ninjago Stood Still", trapping them underground for the rest of the season.
* DoomTroops: Nearly invulnerable and incredibly formidable, they stand out as being some of the fiercest {{Mooks}} in the series.
* ImplacableMan: Nothing the Ninja hit them with can do more than slow them down [[spoiler:until the Ninja get their upgraded elemental powers]].
* NighInvulnerability: Aren't called the "indestructible Stone Army" for nothing. [[spoiler:Turns out they have one weakness: the Ninja's pure elemental powers obtained at the temple of light.]]
** [[spoiler:And going by most of them being dead by the time of "Day of the Departed", they are clearly vulnerable to the Light powers of the Spinjitzu Masters.]]
* NoSell: They're completely immune to the Serpentine's respective powers.
* SealedEvilInACan: Were sealed underground with the defeat of the Overlord, but unleashed by the Serpentine accidentally unearthing them.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The entire Stone Army (save for Kozu) are linked with the Helmet of Shadows, giving them command over the army, if the helmet falls into the hands of someone else, the army will obey their orders rather than of their original master. Garmadon and Kozu learned that the hard way.

[[folder:General Kozu]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Day Ninjago Stood Still"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulDobson

The General of the Stone Army created by the Overlord, and Lord Garmadon's personal translator.

* BackFromTheDead: Temporarily in "Day of the Departed", but returned to the Departed Realm upon being defeated by Dareth wielding the Helmet of Shadows.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A slight case, Garmatron shoots him down along with the rest of the Stone Army when Dareth tries to have them clear the way for the Ninja to confront the Overlord, but isn't shown to be killed and is ultimately destroyed by Lloyd's golden power's WorldHealingWave.
* TheDragon: To Garmadon, at first, however his true loyalty lays with the Overlord.
* EliteMook: The General of the Stone Army who resembles the usual soldiers (who are already extremely tough) but is even stronger.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Gets destroyed by his own Stone Army soldiers due to Dareth controlling them with the Helmet of Shadows in "Day of the Departed".
* HumanCannonball: Amusingly falls victim to this trope when he attempts to load the Garmatron's cannon, only for Wu to kick him into the loading bay and leading the Overlord to mistakenly fire him at Ninjago instead. Kozu survives due to his immense durability, but now finds himself overwhelmed by Darreth's students as they gang up on him and tie him up.
* ItsPersonal: Apparently holds enough of a grudge against Dareth that he chooses to go after him instead of one of the Ninja in "Day of the Departed".
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has multiple arms and is the general of the already dangerous Stone Army.
* TranslatorBuddy: Acts as this for Lord Garmadon, being the only member of the Stone Army that can speak the Ninjago language.
* UncertainDoom: Until "Day of the Departed", his actual fate was unknown as he and the rest of the Army vanishes after the Overlord is defeated.
* UseYourHead: How he was defeated the second time in Day of the Departed, by his own army no less (Thanks to Dareth using the Helmet of Shadows).
* VerbalTic: "GLUTAVU?"

[[folder:Nindroid Army]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Surge"

The Overlord's new soldiers in Season 3, created using a modified version of Zane's schematics.

* BackFromTheDead: Some of them were resurrected in "Day of the Departed", but returned to the Departed Realm alongside Cryptor after being defeated by Zane.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The Stone Army was a force of ancient stone soldiers given life through supernatural means who used brute strength and durability to overwhelm their opponents. The Nindroids are ultra-hi-tech robotic warriors manufactured from the most state of the art technology who utilize martial arts and various other abilities like EyeBeams and a built-in InvisibilityCloak to give them an edge in combat.
* EvilKnockoff: All of the Nindroids are essentially this to Zane, their schematics having been based on his. Lampshaded at one point by Pythor when Cryptor claims Zane to be ''his'' copy instead of the other way around.
* EyeBeams: They can fire lasers from their eyes.
* EyepatchOfPower: All of them have one eye covered up.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: The Nindroids controlled by Cyrus Borg from Season 6 onward wear white robes instead of black.
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: [[spoiler:Reprogrammed/rebuilt by Cyrus Borg to serve the good sometimes between the third and fourth Seasons]].
* InvisibilityCloak: They have a built-in one that allows them to move around hidden.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: General Cryptor, Min-Droid and most of them after [[spoiler:Zane's HeroicSacrifice]].
* MechaMooks: They are all robots and the Overlord's new set of minions.
* MiniMook: One Nindroid is much smaller than the rest (apparently due to a lack of material). He is appropriately nicknamed Min-Droid.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All of them have red eyes, and they're the Replacement army for the Overlord.
* ReplacementMooks: They replace the Stone Army as the Overlord's foot soldiers in Season 3.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Upon their debut they were much stronger and faster than their predecessor Zane was. Gets turned back on them in Season 4 after Zane acquires his new body.
* TooDumbToLive: When the Nindroids find the mass that was once the Golden Weapons, [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Cryptor refrains his subordinates from touching it directly as only the Overlord can handle the massive power emanating from it]]. One of them decides to anyway and gets vaporized.
* TheWorfEffect: The remaining Nindroids locked up in Kryptarium Prison in Season 4 are [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly defeated]] by Zane to show off how much stronger his new body is compared to his old one. The Nindroids controlled by Cyrus Borg were also unable to do much against Nadakhan or the Mechanic and his army of Kryptarium inmates either.

[[folder:General Cryptor]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Art of the Silent Fist"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardNewman

The general of the Nindroid Army created by the Overlord in Season 3.

* BackFromTheDead: Was resurrected in "Day of the Departed", but returned to the Departed Realm after being defeated by Zane.
* BadBoss: Doesn't treat his subordinates with much respect, especially Min-Droid. A lot of instances has Cryptor throwing them out of the vehicles they're driving so he can drive them instead.
* TheDragon: To the Overlord, until Pythor enters the picture.
* EliteMook: The general of the Nindroid Army.
* SmugSnake: Cryptor believes himself to be the greatest warrior of all time and never misses an opportunity to mock his minions or enemies. His arrogance was ultimately the reason of his downfall, [[spoiler:twice]].

[[folder:Min-Droid]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Art of the Silent Fist"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Michael Adamthwaite

A Nindroid who was made smaller than the others due to the factory he was made in running out of metal.

* BerserkButton: Hates having his size being made fun of.
* ButtMonkey: Is constantly made fun of for his appearance, and suffers a lot of abuse from Cryptor.
* TheDogBitesBack: Finally stands up to Cryptor in "The Titanium Ninja" after overhearing the general belittling him and starts beating him up.
* MiniMook: Is much smaller than all the other Nindroids, and is often made fun of for it.

!Master Chen's Cultists
[[folder:In General]]
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:They end up being sent to the Departed Realm alongside the Ghost Army upon the Preeminent's defeat at the end of Season 5 due to them still being trapped in the Cursed Realm up until that point, with Clouse being the only survivor (albeit as a ghost)]].
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:All of them except Skylor get banished to the Cursed Realm by the Anacondrai generals at the end of Season 4. The exception being Clouse who was sent there in an earlier episode by Garmadon, but somehow managed to escape.]]
* FacialMarkings: They all have tattoos on their faces.
** Chen's is red spades around his eyes.
** Clouse's is grayish-purple around his eyes and above his eyebrows.
** Eyezor's is a purple snake on the right side of his face and red circles on his eyes with a scar on his left.
* SnakePeople: They become Anacondrai through a special spell that requires an Anacondrai's essence to be permanent. They do this in order to become powerful enough to take over Ninjago.

[[folder:Master Chen]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Only one can remain!"]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Invitation"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanJamesCorlett

An old master who organizes a tournament for the descendants of the elemental masters. He convinces the Ninja to participate as he knows the whereabouts of the supposedly deceased Zane.

* AbusiveParent: He's a terrible father to Skylor, showing no real concern for her well-being, and treating her as nothing more than a pawn for his plans.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Via the Staff of Elements, he is capable of absorbing all the elements for his own usage, with the only main elements he doesn't have being Time, Water, and Wind. However, he only uses some of these on screen, those being [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[SuperSmoke Smoke]], [[GreenThumb Nature]], and [[ExtraOreDinary Metal]].
* ArcVillain: Of Season 4. His goal is to steal the powers of the Elemental Masters so he could perform a spell that would turn him and his followers into Anacondrai so he could invade and conquer Ninjago.
* ArchEnemy: Becomes this to Kai, due to him being the main antagonist of the first season with Kai as the focus character.
* AttentionWhore: Chen can't stand it when anyone other than him is the center of attention and will try everything in his power to get back his spotlight.
* BackFromTheDead: Was temporarily resurrected in "Day of the Departed", but returned to the Departed Realm upon being defeated by Kai and Nya.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He brings a lot of funny moments to the series and is overall the most comedic antagonist so far, but he's still evil and was the architect of the Serpentine-Human War that led to countless tragedies while feeling no remorse for his actions and nearly won requiring Garmadon to sacrifice himself to stop his plans.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Is also a collector of many artifacts and oddities, including a scale from the Great Devourer, Captain Soto's peg leg, a cog from the Celestial Clock, and Zane's pink gi ([[AllThereInTheManual supplementary materials]] revealing that he got the last one by getting one of his minions to secretly switch it out with a white one while Lloyd was washing it).
* DesecratingTheDead: [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary materials]] reveal that his hat and the Jadeblades are made from the bones of dead Anacondrai, which he obtained from raiding their tombs. [[spoiler:One more reason that the Anacondrai generals have to be displeased with him for.]]
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate. Garmadon brings back the Anacondrai generals, who drag Chen and his cultists into the Cursed Realm.]]
* ElementalAbsorption: The Staff of Elements does a form of this, stealing the elemental powers of those who lose in his tournament.
* EvilIsHammy: He is definitely this.
* EvilIsPetty: Part of his motivation for stealing the Elemental Masters' powers is because he wasn't born with any and was told in his youth that he would amount to nothing. Plus, in general, he's just kind of a jerk.
* EvilMentor: To Garmadon, decades ago.
* EvilRedhead: Flashbacks show his hair used to be red when he mentored Garmadon and Clouse.
* {{Expy}}: To Shang Tsung from the first ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game, as an old sorcerer who brings warriors in a sailboat to his island, to fight in a tournament for his own evil goals.
* ForTheEvulz: He started the first Serpentine war pretty much solely because he was bored.
* GreenEyedMonster: He is jealous of those born with powers, which is why he set up the tournament so he could steal others' powers for himself.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dies after getting one of his own missiles deflected back at him by Nya in ''Day of the Departed''.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Chen only cares about himself, anyone he is nice or friendly with is merely a pawn to be used and discarded when he no longer needs them. His "worship" of the Anacondrai is skin-deep, only caring about how powerful they are and how their abilities could give him some of that power.
* ItsPersonal: Seems to have built up quite the grudge against Kai and Nya in "Day of the Departed", presumably due to their respective roles in his first defeat.
* {{Jerkass}}: Does not go one second without belittling his henchmen.
* LaughablyEvil: Without a doubt the single most comedic main antagonist in the series, even if he still is a threat.
* ManipulativeBastard: He stoked hostilities between the humans and Serpentine, pushing them into an all-out war for his own benefit.
* PsychopathicManchild: "Maturity" is not a word in Chen's dictionary, as he frequently insults his guests and cultists and throws a tantrum when his attempts to cheat are exposed.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: He and his men have a snake motif or, more specifically, an Anacondrai motif. Which is fitting as he sided with the Serpentine during the war against them. Averted later when it's revealed he played both sides hoping they will destroy one another and lies to make sure peace could never happen. His desire to become an Anacondrai is purely physical, as he scoffs at their more noble traits and culture.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: He wears a funky snake-bone hat. [[spoiler:Which hides the fact he has red hair like Skylor.]]
* StupidEvil: Has the ability to steal and use elemental powers with his staff, but only uses it to turn himself and his cultists into Anacondrai copies.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Somewhat {{inverted|Trope}}. Ninjago is a fairly dark series despite having the Lego aesthetic, yet Chen is without a doubt the most comedic main antagonist in the series in spite of still being a threat.

[[folder:Clouse]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clouse.jpg]]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here for him as a ghost]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11e90a26_cd01_4d44_83bc_97661443c429.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Invitation"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil

Chen's second-in-command, rival of Garmadon, and a user of dark magic. Following his banishment to, and subsequent escape from, the Cursed Realm, Clouse attempted a number of various revenge schemes toward the Ninja but was ultimately banished to the Underworld. His current status is unknown.

* ArchEnemy: To Garmadon. Both he and Garmadon were Chen's disciples, and Clouse clearly resents Garmadon.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:He becomes the first to fall victim to Nadakhan's JackassGenie tendencies. First, he wishes for his spellbook back. It was burnt, so immediately after he gets it, it bursts into flames. Then he wishes to be human again, which hurts. Then he wishes for the pain to go away, which Nadakhan twists into sucking him into the Teapot of Tyrahn. The djinn even says this to him verbatim.]]
* TheDragon: He is Chen's right-hand man. He is one of the masterminds of the plan to lure the Elemental Masters to their demise. However, later on, he becomes a...
* DragonAscendant: Finally manages to become the main antagonist in ''The Dark Island'' trilogy before he gets...
* DraggedOffToHell: ...sent to the Underworld and at the mercy of the Skulkin.
* EvilSorcerer: Has shown the ability to cast spells.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When he and Garmadon fought, he opens up a portal to the Cursed Realm in the hopes of trapping Garmadon there. Garmadon not only ends up escaping but also pushes him in instead. [[spoiler:He also ends up imprisoned in the Teapot of Tyrahn by the very Djinn he freed from it.]]
* TheRival: He was Chen's disciple alongside Garmadon, and clearly resents Garmadon.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:The only one to survive the destruction of the Cursed Realm, albeit as a ghost.]]
* TheUndead: [[spoiler:He becomes a ghost after his escape from the Cursed Realm's destruction.]]
* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:It's never mentioned exactly how he managed to survive the Cursed Realm's destruction, especially considering its prisons and chains were said by Garmadon to have been inescapable.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:All we know of what happened to him after his defeat in ''The Dark Island'' novel is that he ended up in the Underworld. Whether he is still there and whether he's taken it over is yet to be seen.]]
* YoungerThanHeLooks: WordOfGod confirms he is younger than Chen, despite looking about the same age as him.

[[folder:Eyezor]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eyezor_show.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click to see him as Eyezo'rai]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silvereye2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Invitation"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDonovan

A former "general" of the Anacondrai Cultists, and slave-master in Chen's Noodle Factory.

* BackFromTheDead: Was temporarily resurrected in "Day of the Departed" in his Anacondrai form, but returned to the Departed Realm alongside Chen and Zugu upon being defeated by Kai and Nya.
* BadBoss: He is pretty mean to Chop and Kapow, though admittedly they were talking bad about him first.
* EliteMook: Leads the other mooks and shares the third-in-command position alongside Zugu.

[[folder:Zugu]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zugucropped.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click to see him as Zugu'rai]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zugucondrai.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "Only One Can Remain"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDobson

Another former "general" of the Anacondrai Cultists, and slave-master in Chen's Noodle Factory.

* AllThereInTheManual: Additional materials reveal he used to be a sumo wrestler before Chen recruited him. He also suggested ways of boosting the army's morale, only for Chen to shoot down all of his ideas.
* BackFromTheDead: Was temporarily resurrected in "Day of the Departed" in his Anacondrai form, but returned to the Departed Realm alongside Chen and Eyezor upon being defeated by Kai and Nya.
* BenevolentBoss: Additional materials reveal he suggested ways of boosting the army's morale, showing he cares for them.
* TheBigGuy: He's the most physically imposing member of the army.
* EliteMook: Is another one of Chen's commanders, sharing the third-in-command position with Eyezor.

[[folder:Chope and Kapau]]
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Kapau (left) and Chope (right)]]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see them as Chop'rai (right) and Kapau'rai (left)]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/choprai_and_kapaurai.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "Only One Can Remain"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Ian Hanlin (Chope) and Creator/AlessandroJuliani (Kapau)

A pair of guards with dreams of greatness.

* AscendedExtra: They get more screen time than any other mooks in Chen's army.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: They wanted to be more important in Chen's army. Unfortunately, Chen is a BadBoss and then they end up like the rest of his army.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're best friends and are always seen together.

[[folder:The Mechanic]]
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[[quoteright:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see his Crystalized appearance.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crystalized_mechanic.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "Enkrypted"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Michael Antonakos (Seasons 6-11 onward), Alan Marriott (Season 8)

A former employee of Master Chen, who repaired the Chen's Noodle Trucks.

* AscendedExtra: In the original series' run he was just a recurring villain, but after the SoftReboot, he becomes a major antagonist in Season 12 and ends up a member of the Council of the Crystal King in Season 15.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if the Mechanic was born without a left arm or if he lost his left arm for [[NoodleIncident unknown reasons]].
* BackForTheFinale: Returns in Season 15, ''Crystalized'' as part of the Council of the Crystal King.
* {{Cyborg}}: Has a Nindroid visor over his left eye and a mechanical left arm that can detach and operate remotely.
* TheDragon: Serves as Unagami's Dragon in Season 12.
* TheHeavy: Acts as the main threat of the real world side of Season 12's story.
* NeverMyFault: He blames the Ninja for making him lose his job and getting thrown in jail after they defeated Chen. Zane retorts that the Mechanic has no one to blame but himself for his incarceration, as he knew of Chen's criminal background yet still willingly choose to work for him anyway.
* NoodleIncident: It's never revealed how the Mechanic lost his left eye or how he lost his left arm, [[AmbiguousSituation assuming that he was born with a left arm but he lost it for unknown reasons]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: The Mechanic was already a big dick since his debut, from trying to dismantle Zane and causing all sorts of crimes in Ninjago, but by Season 15, he gets worse, as he is not only more prone to mocking the ninja but joins the ranks of the worst villains among the Council of the Crystal King. A great example being how he mocks them for being out of shape, or teasing Nya for not being a "real" ninja because of her power loss, only calling her, "girl", as if he sees her as nothing significant.

!Ghost Army
[[folder:In General]]
An army of ghosts hailing from the Cursed Realm, led by the Preeminent.

* AchillesHeel: Their main weakness is [[KillItWithWater water]].
* KillItWithWater: Dousing them with water causes them to disintegrate.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Deepstone may be one of the only things that can hurt them, but the fact it ''can'' hurt them says something.

[[folder:Morro, the Master of Wind]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Corridor of Elders"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson (The Corridor of Elders), Creator/AndrewFrancis (Season 5 onward)

The leader of the army. A former student of Sensei Wu who was banished to the Cursed Realm. He gets free when Garmadon sacrifices himself and possesses Lloyd during "Winds of Change", spending most of the season in his body.

* ArcVillain: While he's technically just TheHeavy to the Preeminent, Morro is still the leader of the Ghost Army and the primary enemy of the Ninja throughout the season as he schemes to release her.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He's a very skilled fighter and has complete mastery over his elemental powers, although it alongside his desire to be the Green Ninja ended up giving him a rather large ego. To say he didn't take finding out that he wasn't the Green Ninja very well is an understatement.
-->'''Morro:''' You think you're better than me!? NO ONE IS BETTER THAN ME!
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: He was Wu's first student until he became arrogant and power-hungry when he believed he could be the Green Ninja. When the Gold Weapons didn't respond to him as they would for Lloyd, Morro became furious with Wu and set out on his own to prove him and destiny wrong.
* BackFromTheDead: Was temporarily resurrected in "Day of the Departed", but willingly returned to the Departed Realm after helping the Ninja.
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: He was trapped in the Cursed Realm, rather than the Departed Realm after he died.
* BerserkButton: Destiny. More specifically, destiny proving that he is unworthy of being the Green Ninja.
* BlowYouAway: The Elemental Master of Wind.
* TheChosenWannabe: His desire to be the Green Ninja is what made him a vengeful ghost. [[spoiler:He eventually gets over it though and is able to reconcile with Wu.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Although it's closer to "Being un-barred from the Afterlife Equals Redemption", since he was already dead. When the Preeminent is performing a TakingYouWithMe on Morro, Wu tells Morro to [[TakeMyHand take his hand]]. Morro, realizing the error of his ways, refuses, and instead gives Wu the Realm Crystal, so Wu may bring back Lloyd. He also ends up being the TokenGoodTeammate of the Departed Souls in Day of the Departed.]]
* DemonicPossession: Spends most of the arc in Lloyd's body.
* DragonInChief: Is the servant of the Preeminent, but she's still sealed away and thus her influence is limited.
* DyingAlone: The Ninja eventually find his former body in an abandoned mine.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Tai Lung]] being a prestigious student of the BigGood who turned to evil upon being denied prestige he felt he deserved and turned evil as a result, with the added exception that he manages to redeem himself in the end.
* TheHeavy: He does all the work throughout Season 5. To start, he possesses Lloyd Garmadon, as only a Spinjitzu Master could locate the tomb. He then embarked on a quest, during which he used the Allied Armor of Azure to conjure allies from the Cursed Realm at will. After a long journey, Morro obtains the Crystal, and summons his master, the Preeminent, in an effort to curse the Sixteen Realms.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Dragged to his death by the very evil he unleashed.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Directly contrasting against Chen, Morro's introductory episodes are much darker and more serious, and he's shown to be a far more serious threat, with absolutely ''no'' goofy elements to his actions whatsoever.
* LightIsNotGood: He's a power-hungry villain who gives a green glow.
* MyGreatestFailure: Is one for Wu.
* PaintItBlack: His possession turns Lloyd's hair black.
* PhosphorEssence: Glows an eerie green, traces of which even show through when he's possessing Lloyd.
* TheResenter: He's psychopathically resentful toward Lloyd for being the Green Ninja.
* ScrewDestiny: This is his primary flaw. Because his arrogance cost him the right to become the Green Ninja, he set out to prove both destiny and Master Wu wrong.
* ShadowArchetype: He's essentially what any of the Ninja could have become had they let their desire to be the Green Ninja consume them. More specifically, he's this to Kai, as the Red Ninja was the most vocal about wanting to be the Green Ninja and both of them have a similar HotBlooded streak and attitude, with the difference between them being that Kai managed to let go of the desire to get the title with time while Morro remained fixated.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:During the special "Day of the Departed", he's the only resuscitated villain who doesn't attack his target and instead helps the Ninja before willingly returning to the Departed Realm. He did go through his redemption already, so this isn't surprising.]]

[[folder:Wrayth]]
[[quoteright:624:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wrayth.png]]
[[caption-width-right:624:Chain Master Wrayth]]
->'''Debut:''' "Ghost Story"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Michael Adamthwaithe

The first ghost that Morro summons. He turns a normal motorcycle into his huge personal cycle and uses a chain in combat.

* BadassBiker: Good for him that Morro summoned him at a biker bar since it allowed him to quickly find a ride.
* BackForTheFinale: After getting killed in his debuting episode, he's later resurrected by Morro in the two-part season finale to help guard the Realm Crystal.
* BackFromTheDead: As stated above.
* ChainPain: Bears the title of Chain Master and wields one with a staff grip and ghost blade.
* CoolBike: His Chain Cycle.
* EvilCounterpart: To Jay: Both wield chains as their prominent weapon and have an affinity for vehicles. They even share the same voice actor, Michael Adamthwaite. This may be a result of Morro's attempt to emulate Lloyd, the true Green Ninja.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/GhostRider.
* KryptoniteFactor: [[spoiler:Water, as the Ninja learn by accident.]]

[[folder:Soul Archer]]
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[[caption-width-right:593:Bow Master Soul Archer]]
->'''Debut:''' "Stiix and Stones"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDobson

A ghost armed with a cursed bow, able to turn whatever it hits into ghosts. Having made a bet with Ronin before being sent to the Cursed Realm, he now seeks payment.

* EvilCounterpart: To Zane: they both rely on ranged weaponry, generally act as the calmer and tactical of their group, and both have histories with Ronin; Ronin owes Soul Archer a debt, and likewise, Ronin was the one who brought Zane to Chen's island. This may have been a result of Morro's attempt to emulate Lloyd, the true Green Ninja.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: His arrows don't kill people, they just transform whatever or whoever they hit into ghosts.
* RhymesOnADime: "Run, run, run away! My arrow will find you anyway!"

[[folder:Ghoultar]]
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[[caption-width-right:833:Scythe Master Ghoultar]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Temple on Haunted Hill"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulDobson

Ghoultar was one of the Ghost Warriors banished to the Cursed Realm and is potentially among some of its oldest prisoners, considering his clothes are worn away and his flesh had decayed enough to reveal the skull on his face.

* BigEater: Many of the ghosts are this, but Ghoultar is a stand-out example. He once ate enough to ''slow down'' the Ghost Warrior's ship, to Morro's frustration and confusion.
-->'''Morro:''' How are you slowing us down? You're a ''ghost''!\\
'''Ghoultar:''' Ghoultar likes Puffy Potstickers.
* DumbMuscle: Easily the least intelligent of the named ghosts.
* EvilCounterpart: To Cole: They both wield scythes, are the strongest members of their group, and have BigEater tendencies. This may have been intentional as a result of Morro's attempts to emulate Lloyd, the true Green Ninja.
* HulkSpeak: He talks in the third person.
* SinisterScythe: He's called "Scythe Master" for a reason.

[[folder:Bansha]]
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[[caption-width-right:586:Blade Master Bansha]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Temple on Haunted Hill"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenBarr

Bansha was a ghost imprisoned in the Cursed Realm and a sorceress with the power to mind-meld and take over someone's body from a distant location.

* EvilCounterpart: To Kai: They both wield blades, have red as part of their color scheme, and generally act more hot-tempered than the rest. This may be a result of Morro's attempt to emulate Lloyd, the true Green Ninja.
* MasterSwordsman: Called the Blade Master and wields swords.
* MeaningfulName: "Bansha" sounds like "banshee", a female spirit in Irish mythology with a terrible scream.
* SuperScream: She can emit a sonic scream, even with her mask on.

[[folder:The Preeminent]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Queen of the Cursed]]
->'''First Mentioned:''' "Stiix and Stones"\\
'''Debut:''' "Kingdom Come" (Illusion), "Curseworld, Part I"

The Preeminent (also called the Queen of the Cursed) was an eldritch horror who was the embodiment and thus the ruler of the Cursed Realm.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:For one episode, "The Kaiju Protocol", when Wu and P.I.X.A.L. resurrect her by accident.]]
* DimensionLord: Of the Cursed Realm, thus her title 'The Queen of the Cursed'. According to [[spoiler:Garmadon]], she ''is'' the Cursed Realm. Destroying her will destroy the realm as well.
* EldritchAbomination: Even more so of one than the Overlord - she's literally the Cursed Realm.
* GeniusLoci: A living, sentient dimension.
* GreaterScopeVillain: While the Ghost Warriors all answer to her, the Preeminent can't do anything herself due to being sealed away, and doesn't even make a proper physical appearance until the finale.
* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: Is stated multiple times to be sentient and a cool-headed planner, and clearly communicates with Morro, but never speaks at all in the show, presumably to make her an even more foreign and mysterious presence.
* MeaningfulName: Her name generally means 'above others' or 'the supreme'. She's the ruler of the Cursed Realm, and one of the single largest threats in the series thus far.
* MultiversalConqueror: She wants to conquer all 16 realms.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Is notably much less LEGO-like than the rest of the setting in her true form, making her EldritchAbomination nature all the more noticeable.
* RespawnPoint: Acts as this for her minions, being the Cursed Realm.
* SealedEvilInACan: Is imprisoned in another dimension.
* SilentAntagonist: Never speaks a word (though deep, alien grunts can be heard from time to time).
* SuperDrowningSkills: How she meets her demise.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: She's one of the very few Ninjago villains to not actually have a set devoted to her, constructable or otherwise. An ancient EldritchAbomination with NonStandardCharacterDesign ''would'' be pretty hard to build.
* TheVoiceless: Never speaks a word throughout all her screen time.
* YourSoulIsMine: Implied. Morro mentions that she absorbs souls and it is said that she grows stronger and bigger with the more she has, but it's unknown if there are conditions to be met before she can suck them out of a person.

!Sky Pirates

A crew of pirates lead by the djinn Nadakhan.

* MookCarryover: [[spoiler:After the events of Skybound are undone by Jay's wish, they join Clouse in the Dark Island trilogy.]]
* SkyPirate: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's in their name.]]

[[folder:Nadakhan]]
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[[caption-width-right:845:"Your wish is yours to keep."]]
->'''Debut:''' "Infamous"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil

A formally imprisoned Djinn Prince from Djinjago, and captain of the Sky Pirates. Following the destruction of his realm, Nadakhan [[StealthPun wishes]] to tear apart Ninjago, to rebuild Djinjago.

* ArcVillain: Of Season 6. He sets off to claim the Realm Crystal and reunite his crew. Likewise, he [[spoiler:plans to marry Nya so he can grant himself unlimited wishes, recreate Djinnjago and resurrect his deceased lover, Delara]].
* AFatherToHisMen: [[spoiler:Subverted in the final episode of Season 6, "The Way Back".]]
* BeatItByCompulsion: One of Nadakhan's weaknesses is that he must grant every wish he hears, so long as the person wishing still has at least one wish left.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Despite being an ArcVillain, he genuinely seemed to love his father.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely is [[spoiler:distraught when he and his kingdom disappear]]. Also, Delara.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:When Jay wishes no one had found his teapot prison in the first place, Nadakhan is forced to grant it. And since Jay's words were specific, he has no way of twisting the wish.]]
* HookHand: Fitting for the captain of the Sky Pirates.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:In "The Way Back", when he acquires infinite wishes after marrying Nya.]]
* JackassGenie: Besides the typical twisting of wishes into something harmful for the wisher, Nadakhan also hurries the wishers into having the third wish and then traps them inside the lamp, and later the sword.
* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Presumably after Djinjago falls with the Cursed Realm, making him the last Djinn. ''Dragons Rising'' reveals there is another, Arrakore]].
* TheLostLenore: Delara is this to him.
* ManipulativeBastard: Exploits the fears of the wishers in order to panic them into making a third wish so he can trap them.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: He has four arms, but only three have hands at the end, the other having a hook.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He frequently gets up in his victim's faces when taunting them, or pressuring them to make a wish. It's particularly evident with Jay and Nya.
* OhCrap: Has this when he realizes [[spoiler:Jay's final wish is one he cannot twist to his benefit.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: He was trapped inside the Teapot of Tyrahn by Soto and was freed by Clouse. After Jay's wish cause the events of Skybound to be undone, he is once again trapped inside the Teapot of Tyrahn.
* StoryBreakerPower: After he gains infinite wishes, Nadakhan proves almost impossible to stop. It takes a sniper shot of the only substance he is explicitly weak to and that eventually wears off just to slow him down. Said substance is fatal to humans. His only other weakness is that he is still forced to grant wishes, and he's [[spoiler:sealed away via a CosmicRetcon]] just so the Ninja don't have to fight him again.
* TragicVillain: He found out his lover is dead and had to watch his father and home realm die in rapid succession. He understandably went mad with grief.
* YourSoulIsMine: His Djinn Blade has the power to capture his opponents' souls.

[[folder:Clancee]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clancee.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "Enkrypted"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanJamesCorlett

A [=Hypnobrai/Venomari=] hybrid Serpentine belonging to no tribe in particular and a member of Nadakhan's crew, serving as the least evil member of the crew.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Implied. Like Pythor before him, Clancee apparently had trouble fitting in with his fellow Serpentine due to being a hybrid and decided to live a life of piracy.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in the could-be canon novel ''The Splinter In The Blind Man's Eye''.
* ChekhovsGunman: In a sense. Clancee offhandedly mentions that he is the only one out of the crew to have never wished for anything from Nadakhan, which the djinn eventually takes advantage of to help deal with the remaining ninja.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:He finds himself on the receiving end of this, when gets banished to another dimension for simply mouthing off to Nadakhan.]]
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Downplayed. [[spoiler:While he does [[GrewASpine stand up]] when he realizes Nadakhan is ultimately [[ItsAllAboutMe out for himself]] and calls him out on it, he never gets beyond it due to Nadakhan banishing him to another realm alongside Monkey Wrench and Doubloon.]]
* NervousWreck: A lot of his mannerisms and stuttering are indicators of this.
* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary materials]] reveal him to be half-Hypnobrai and half-Venomari.
* SeaDogPegLeg: Lost his left foot at a young age and has had a peg leg in its place ever since.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While he does engages in pirate activities and actively antagonizes the Ninja, he never shows the maliciousness of most of his crewmates. [[spoiler:It's somewhat downplayed in the Season 6 finale, when Dogshank and Flintlocke pull a HeelFaceTurn after they realize how far off the deep end their boss has gone.]]
* VomitDiscretionShot: A RunningGag of his, where he's frequently shown puking over the side of the ship whether in the sea or in the air.

[[folder:Doubloon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doubloon.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' "Enkrypted"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Vincent Tong

A former thief who talked constantly who somehow learned the art of Spinjitzu. He was discovered by Nadakhan when he tried stealing loot from ''Misfortune's Keep''. However, he was caught in the middle of the act, and upon seeing his skills Nadakhan made his face a fusion of two masks, so he can only look happy or sad, costing him his voice.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He has two faces that look like Kabuki masks, and never speaks.
* IKnowKungFu: Turns out he can do Spinjitzu. It's never explained where he learned it from.
* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:[[BadBoss Nadakhan]] banishes him to an unknown realm alongside Monkey Wretch, simply because he was in the same room as Clancee when the latter bad-mouthed Nadakhan.]]
* MotorMouth: Was once this before Nadakhan got his hands on him.
* WasOnceAMan: He was once this and even had a regular face, then he decided to rob Misfortune Keep.
* TheVoiceless: He cannot talk now due to his distorted face.

[[folder:Dogshank]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dogshankcropped.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Not the most attractive. Not the most athletic... But the best!]]
->'''Debut:''' "Enkrypted"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NicoleOliver

The largest member of Nadakhan's Sky Pirate crew.

* TheAce: Her strength, speed, endurance, and skills granted by Nadakhan made her the best at her school (at least according to the skeleton narrating her backstory).
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When Nadakhan banishes Clancee, Doubloon, and Monkey Wrench, she decides to defect to the Ninja side with Flintlocke. Sadly she doesn't do it a second time in the Dark Island trilogy and ends up in jail for her troubles.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Inverted with Flintlocke. Flintlocke is the same size as most other characters in the show, while Dogshank is a bigfig.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: She's no different from male bigfigs from other Lego themes, but she is a female.
* NobleDemon: When Nya gets trapped in a giant spider web, Dogshank helps her out, proclaiming that she prefers a fair fight. [[spoiler:She also [[HeelFaceTurn helps]] the Ninja alongside Flintlocke after Nadakhan decides he no longer needs his crew after Clancee mouthed off to him.]]
* ShipTease: With Flintlocke of all people; Flintlocke calls her "buttercup", and "lady", among other names; confides in her, and when [[spoiler:Clancee, Monkey Wrench, and Doubloon are banished by Nadakhan both of them hold on to each other for comfort before joining the Ninja]].
* WasOnceAMan: She used to look much more human, but when Nadakhan offered his assistance, she decided to get a new much stronger form to become the "best".

[[folder:Flintlocke]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Enkrypted"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulDobson

Nadakhan's second-in-command

* TheDragon: Nadakhan's first mate. [[spoiler:At least until the Season 6 finale, where he joins the Ninja to defeat Nadakhan. He later becomes Clouse's dragon, and this time there's no HeelFaceTurn.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: With antiquated weaponry, no less.
-->'''Nadakhan:''' Is your powder dry?\\
''(Flintlocke whips around and fires 4 shots into a flock of gulls; none of them are hit)''.\\
'''Nadakhan:''' You missed.\\
'''Flintlocke:''' Did I?\\
''(The top promptly falls off of the palm tree behind the gulls)''
* ShipTease: With Dogshank of all people; he calls her "buttercup", and "lady", among other names; confides in her, and when [[spoiler:Clancee, Monkey Wretch, and Doubloon are banished by Nadakhan both of them hold on to each other for comfort before joining the Ninja]].

[[folder:Monkey Wretch]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Enkrypted"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanJamesCorlett

Monkey Wretch is a regular human transformed into a monkey who would become a mechanic of the Sky Pirates.

* FusionDance: A forced one between the human named Monkey Wretch and an actual monkey, courtesy of Nadakhan.
* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:[[BadBoss Nadakhan]] banishes him to an unknown realm alongside Doubloon, simply because he was in the same room as Clancee when the latter bad-mouthed Nadakhan]].
* PunnyName: Is a play on "monkey wrench".
* WasOnceAMan: The [[AllThereInTheScript website]] says he was the ship's mechanic, before he made the mistake of wishing to [[JackassGenie his boss]] to have more hands and be faster.

[[folder:Squiffy and Bucko]]
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Spiffy (left) & Bucko (right)]]
->'''Debut:''' "Wishmasters"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Michael Adamthwaithe and Creator/BrianDobson

Two modern-day citizens of Ninjago who joined Nadakhan's crew.

* MeaningfulRename: Their names originally weren't Sqiffy and Bucko, but Nadakhan changed them after having them join the crew.
* TheQuisling: They are modern Ninjago citizens who volunteered to join Nadakhan's crew.

[[folder:Delara]]
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[[caption-width-right:392:Nadakhan's photo of Delara]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenBarr

A deceased sky pirate, and Nadakhan's lover.

* BackFromTheDead: After Nadakhan is granted infinity wishes he uses one to bring Delara back into Nya's body.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In her short screen time she's shown to not be any better than Nadakhan, but she legitimately loves him.
* IdenticalStranger: She looks ''exactly'' like Nya, which is why Nadakhan wants to use the latter as a vessel for her resurrection.
* TheLostLenore: Is this to Nadakhan.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died long before the start of Season 6.

!Time Twins & Vermillion Warriors
[[folder:Time Twins In General]]

The Time Twins, a.k.a the Hands of Time, are the powerless Elemental Masters of Time. Their goal is to travel back in time to rule Ninjago.

* TheAce: They're pretty great fighters. It took all of the previous Elemental Masters and four blades made from Chronosteel to remove their powers to stop them.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Both are extremely arrogant fighters and time manipulators, something noted in the story. They themselves call their enemies out on this trope on occasion.
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:Once they decide Machia is no longer useful to them, they end up forcing the snakes that compose her to power the Iron Doom. Apparently, their mistreatment of the Vermillion in general ended up being enough for the Serpentine to decide to sit out the conflict between the Ninja and Garmadon during the Oni Trilogy.]]
* BashBrothers: Naturally. [[{{Pun}} They're even actual twin brothers.]]
* BadassCape: They wear green capes and are incredible fighters.
* BigBadDuumvirate: The twins are the main villains of Season 7 and plan on ruling Ninjago together.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Time Blades.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Krux is the Brains and Acronix is the Brawn.
* BroughtDownToBadass: The two don't have their Time Powers anymore but that doesn't stop them from being extremely capable fighters. Wu even admitted Acronix is one of the best fighters he's ever seen.
* CoordinatedClothes: PlayedStraight, {{Subverted}}, and {{Inverted}} Their outfits are exactly alike except inverted, especially in the past but later they both underwent;
* CostumeEvolution/ NonUniformUniform: Their outfits became more different over time.
** Krux: Before they reunited, he began wearing an hourglass with a chain attached on his left torso and right leg, showing he prefers a low-tech life and appreciates the past, and the coloration became much darker and faded due to his being older than Acronix's.
** Acronix: As of "Scavengers", he wears a phone with green earbuds on his right torso and left shoulder along with having a Borg-Watch on his left wrist, showing his love and appreciation for technology in contrast to his brother's disdain for it.
* {{DePower}}: They were stripped of their Time Powers via Chronosteel, which created the Time Blades.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Time Twins love each other very much despite getting on each other's nerves about their opposing views on technology (Acronix loves technology while Krux hates it).
* EvilLuddite: Krux endlessly complains about modern technology. This serves as a contrast to Acronix's love of modern technology. Acronix even told himself that their mother always said Krux is stubborn.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Acronix and Krux's eyes are gold/hazel instead of black like the other characters and they each have a green and black tattoo surrounding their eyes.
* FacialMarkings: They have green and black tattoos around their eyes.
* FaceHeelTurn/ FallenHero: They helped the previous Elemental Masters defeat the Serpentine but then betrayed them.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: They're twin brothers who have gold/hazel eyes instead of the usual black eye color everyone else has.
* FamilyThemeNaming: They have "X" at the end of their names and are named after digital file-sharing softwares use for processing the show.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Both are stranded in the time stream on the powerless Iron Doom with no possible chance of escaping, [[spoiler:unlike Wu.]]
* {{Foil}}: To several characters:
** To each other. See PolarOppositeTwins below;
** Kai and Nya: Both are SiblingTeam Elemental Masters with opposite powers of their sibling's, but Kai and Nya are heroes with different Elements (Fire for Kai and Water for Nya while the Time Twins are villains with the same Element (Time: Reverse and Pause for Krux, Forward, and Slow-Mo for Acronix)
*** Krux to Kai: Both are older brothers and not as fond of technology as their younger siblings. Kai's is more of a dislike but [[{{Pun}} warmed]] up to technology, Krux ''hates'' technology to the point of wanting to go back in time to remove technology from Ninjago entirely, but reluctantly agreed with Acronix it has its uses.
*** Acronix to Nya: Both are the younger siblings and adore technology and [[spoiler: separate from their older brothers' lives.]] Acronix was lost in time for 40 years to follow the Time Blades to rule Ninjago only to reunite with Krux, [[spoiler:Nya had to permanently merge with the sea to save Ninjago and had to leave the Ninja.]] Nya had experienced and always loved technology, even build numerous inventions. Acronix had just discovered, yet instantly loved, the technological advancements he missed out on, he's more interested in technological gadgets and using them.
** Wu and Garmadon; Both SiblingTeam Elemental Masters with opposite powers of their sibling.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Krux's Responsible to Acronix's Foolish. While Acronix is busy fiddling with his Borg-Watch and indulging in his love and curiosity in other forms of technology, Krux is the one formulating plans.
* GreenAndMean: They both sport a green cape and green tattoos on their faces, with Acronix wearing green ear buds from "Scavengers" onwards. Both of them also are SiblingsInCrime who want to rule Ninjago.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Flashbacks show that the Time Twins looked exactly alike with key differences;
** Acronix has long hair, and Krux has short hair.
** Their outfits are inverted versions of the others.
** Krux wears his cape over his right shoulder, and Acronix wears his cape over his left shoulder.
** Acronix has a beard, and Krux has a mustache.
* LimitedWardrobe: They are never seen outside their uniforms. They both underwent CostumeEvolution though.
** The only time Krux doesn't wear his uniform is when he's Dr. Saunders.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: The twins want to change the past so they can rule Ninjago together.
* MeaningfulName/ IronicName: Acronix and Krux are named after digital file-sharing software use for processing the show;
** Acronix is named after Acronis and later developed a liking for technology and modern life.
** Krux is named after Crux but hates technology and modern life. The word 'crux' means "a climactic or decisive moment".
* PersonalityPowers: Their personalities correspond to their powers;
** Acronix had the ability to go forward and slow down time, loves modern technology, is quite expressive but is open-minded, excitable, and calm when necessary, and does not seem to want to go back to the old ways in life but willingly go through with it for Krux.
** Krux had the ability to reverse and pause time, hates modern technology, is quite calm but is stubborn, grumpy, and rather short-tempered if the right buttons are pressed, and is trying to return Ninjago to the old ways in life, but admits to Acronix that technology has its uses every now and then.
* PetTheDog: Despite their cruelty, they genuinely love each other, and never once do they try to betray or sabotage each other. If one of them is at a disadvantage, the other will do their best to get to the other's aid.
** Another example is they at least tolerate and respect the other's opinions, tastes, and views, even if they drive the other one crazy:
*** Acronix: It's clear he prefers modern life but is willing to return to pre-modern life for Krux, although he ''does'' try to get Krux to not be so stubborn about modern tech. He also has made very helpful suggestions to Krux to achieve success which works quite well.
*** Krux: Even though he hates modern life and technology, he at least tolerates his brother's love for such and reluctantly agreed technology has uses when Acronix uses his Borg-Watch to find the remaining Time Blades. He also was willing to travel far into the future after they failed to change the past and Acronix pointed out the advantages of traveling into the future.
* PolarOppositeTwins: At first glance, they're very similar, but as the show goes on, it's clear just how different they have become.
** Krux is old, has been around for four decades waiting for his twin, hates modern technology but admits its uses, and at least tolerates his brother's love for what he hates, his powers were Reverse and Pause; which are copper/yellow and red, the brains and calmer of the two but can definitively fight on his own even without his powers, specifically when he fought Kai.
** Acronix is young, has traveled four decades into the future, loves modern technology but is willing to return the old ways in life for Krux but not without trying to get him to like technology while tolerating his brother's hatred, his powers were Forward and Slo-Mo; which are green and blue, and the excitable and brawn of the two but was able to understand technology within few days after his return, and is quite adaptive, especially in battle.
** In the past, their outfits are even inverted versions of each other. In the present, they underwent different CostumeEvolution:
** Krux's outfit is darker and more faded in coloration since it's four decades old and has an hourglass with a chain on his left torso and right leg, but was already there when Acronix returned, and his cape drapes over his right shoulder. Krux's hair is white (formally black) and short has a mustache. He has a pocket watch which is rarely seen outside his disguise.
** Acronix's outfit is brighter and more vibrant in coloration just like it was in the past since he traveled four decades in the future and thus did not fade, and later has a phone with green earbuds on his right torso and left shoulder, and his cape drapes over his left shoulder. His hair is long and black and has a beard. He has a smartwatch which is constantly seen on his wrist.
** Even their speech patterns are different.
*** When Krux was masquerading as Dr. Saunders, he had to pull [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent a weird accent]] and talked rather casually and ''weirdly'' but politely, only to drop it and reveal that his real speech pattern is quite formal and kind of rude to anyone who isn't Acronix.
*** Acronix's is like his brother's, but is more SophisticatedAsHell and sometimes {{Metaphorgotten}}.
*** However, Acronix and Krux ''do'' have things in common; their affiliation, the fact they are twins, their FacialMarkings and [[SupernaturalGoldEyes hazel eye color]], their belief their Element is the strongest, their goal to rule Ninjago together, and they are (powerless) [[TimeMaster Masters of Time.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: A rather interesting case.
** Acronix is Red; He is more expressive and battle oriented than Krux. But unlike Krux, he's more open-minded about modern life, calm when necessary, more submissive, and laid back.
** Krux is Blue; He's calmer and more strategic than Acronix. But unlike Acronix, he's more stubborn, has a short temper, and is more controlling and uptight.
*** It's inverted with the colors of their powers; Krux's is yellow (Reverse) and red (Pause), Acronix's is green (Foward) and blue (slow motion).
* SiblingTeam/ SiblingsInCrime: They're villainous twin brothers and they work together to reach their goals.
* SpockSpeak: They talk rather formally, right to the point of calling each other "Brother" instead of the other's name and vice versa.
** Acronix however is more SophisticatedAsHell since the way he talks is a mix of modern and traditional speech with a touch of BluntMetaphorsTrauma/ {{Metaphorgotten}}.
** When Krux was masquerading as Dr. Saunders, he had to pull WhatTheHellIsThatAccent and talked rather casually and ''weirdly'' but politely, only to drop it and reveal that his real speech pattern is quite formal and kind of rude to anyone who isn't Acronix.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The Hands of Time have hazel/gold eyes and can/did manipulate Time.
* SymbolMotifClothing: They have gear and clock Time symbols on their hoods and the center of their shirts
* TimeMaster: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
** In Krux's case, he can pause time to stop opponents or reverse time to know his opponent's next move.
** In Acronix's case, he can travel forward to avoid opponents and attack them from behind or create a bubble that can slow down anyone or anything inside.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: {{Subverted}}. Krux and Acronix get along pretty well but thanks to their differences, they get on each other's nerves.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Along with Acronix and Krux being named after digital file-sharing software used for processing the show, they both have "X" at the end of their names.
* TimeIsDangerous
* TwinDesynch: Thanks to Acronix being outside of time for four decades, the two brothers have a ''huge'' age difference, which resulted in them not exactly have as many things in common or get along as they use to.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Krux and Acronix are sent hurtling through the timeline in the Iron Doom, which Wu survived, leaving it possible that they may also have survived. "Golden Hour" (an ambiguously canon short) shows Wu and the Time Twins fighting, which ends with Wu deactivating the Iron Doom, leaving their weapon powerless and them possibly stranded in the time stream forever.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Even when one of them had to make it to the current day [[TheSlowPath through]] the natural passage of time and despite their constantly disagreeing over whether the modern day or the past is better, Acronix and Krux never once try to abandon each other.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:It's unknown what became of them after getting lost in time in the finale, but given how Wu survived and returned, it's possible they also returned, but in parts unknown. The possible canon short "Golden Hour" suggests the brothers are now stranded in the timestream on a powerless Iron Doom.]]

[[folder:Acronix]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Dark Island Trilogy, Part 3"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Ian Hanlin

The younger Time Twin, (3 minutes chronologically, 40 years biologically) who was trapped in the time vortex for 40 years. He is absolutely fascinated with modern technology. He was able to either speed up or slow down time before his powers were taken away.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He at times irritates his brother Krux, who really hates modern technology, with his love for it, and is much younger than him. (Originally 3 minutes, but now biologically four decades younger.)
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma/ {{Metaphorgotten}}: According to Krux, he has a habit of making up sayings. The first time was "The Hands of Time", and the second was "Lost in Time".
* BornInTheWrongCentury: He was born decades ago, but later grew to love modern-day life, much to Krux's annoyance. (Un)fortunately for him, he was able to travel to the future, (the present) and gets to experience modern technology and even suggested going ''further into the future'' instead of the past when he and his brother had to time travel in "Lost in Time". It's heavily {{implied}} that, despite saying otherwise and unlike his brother, he much rather continue living in the future rather than use TimeTravel to bring Ninjago back to the way it was before technology.
* BuffySpeak: Unless it's a Borg-Watch or a Borg-Pad, Acronix doesn't know the proper names for modern gadgets. {{Justified|Trope}} since he's been outside time for 40 years.
* CompressedHair: He has rather long hair to the point of having to tie most back in a low ponytail and leave some on his shoulders, but somehow manages to fit all his hair in his outfit's hood.
* EasilyImpressed: When it comes to modern technology, it doesn't matter how mundane it is. He even thinks a commercial is cool. {{Justified}} since he is from four decades from the past, before Ninjago became advanced, and thus never seen anything like modern technological gadgets and advancements up until now. Krux is extremely annoyed by this.
* EmergencyTemporalShift: One of his powers was the ability to travel forward in time to dodge opponents.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Having been lost in the time vortex for 40 years, he's a bit behind on modern technology. However, he is absolutely fascinated by it.
* TheFutureIsShocking: Both PlayedStraight and {{inverted}}; he is adapted quickly to present life and unlike his brother, he is absolutely amazed with how advanced Ninjago has become.
* GeniusBruiser: He can definitively hold out on his own in battle and it didn't take him long time for him to figure out how to use technology despite being lost in time for four decades.
* HiddenDepths:
** He's able to adapt to modern times very quickly and understand technology within a few days.
** He has had rather smart ideas that can benefit the team. One was using his smart-watch, which has a temporal scanner, to find the remaining Time Blades and told Krux instead of going further in the past, (which could potentially erase them from existence), he suggested going further in the future since no one would recognize them and the Ninja would be dead.
* IconicItem: Since "Scavengers", his Borg-Watch is this and is never seen off his left wrist, even in battle. It's also his favorite piece of technology.
** The Foward Time Blade counts too since he always uses it for battle to avoid opponents and sneak attacks.
* {{Irony}}: He was outside time for four decades but adapted to modern life quickly, to the point of suggesting going further into the future, but his brother was around the whole time and hates modern life to the point of wanting to return to pre-modern life via time travel.
** The reason why Acronix loves modern technology so much is because Krux has modern gadgets in his lair that he needed for their goal and instantly took a liking to technology. Is it any wonder why Krux was getting more annoyed with his little brother's obsession with technology?
* LikeADuckTakesToWater: He has adapted quite well to future life and finds excitement in seeing the newest technological advancements made by the modern world, unlike his brother Krux who has been around for decades and hates it.
* LiteralMinded: When Kai sarcastically points out that even though he and Krux are twins, one of them looks much older, Acronix reveals that Krux was born three minutes earlier than him. It's hard to tell if Acronix is ComicallyMissingThePoint or being sarcastic.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: Acronix becomes amazed over all kinds of technology and inventions, even as simple as a commercial for the new Borg-Watch or a calculator.
* NightmareFetishist: He told Krux he likes Machia since she's mean. Cue Krux teasingly saying he has a crush, which Acronix denies but admits she's cute despite [[TheWormThatWalks her literally being a pile of snakes]]. (Although, twice Machia freaked him out with her aggressive behavior).
* SealedEvilInACan: After he escaped from the Elemental Masters along with his brother, he was deposited further into the future than his brother was. When he finally arrives at the monastery as predicted, Krux reveals he had been waiting for him all those years so they could enact their plan together.
* ShipTease: Mentions that he finds General Machia cute and likes how she's mean. Never mind the fact that [[TheWormThatWalks she's literally a living pile of snakes]]. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Krux, of course, who is as confused as we all are over the fact.
* SignatureMove: With the Forward Time Blade, he can perform the Time Punch--a time power-infused punch which ages people until they die.
* SlowMotion: One of his powers was the ability to create a bubble that can temporarily slow anyone or anything inside.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Like Krux, his speech pattern is rather formal even to his brother, but the way he talks has a mix of modern speech after returning.
* {{Unishment}}: He got lost in time and ended up four decades into the future, but as it turns out he prefers modern life because of all the amazing new technology he never experienced beforehand compared to the life he used to have.
* YearOutsideHourInside:
** He travelled 40 years into the future but he did not age while his brother did.
** His SlowMotion power allows him to create a bubble that slows anything or anyone down inside.

[[folder:Krux/Dr. Sander Saunders]]
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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_saunders.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "Day of the Departed"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDaingerfield

The older Time Twin (3 minutes chronologically, 40 years biologically) who is introduced as an ally to the Ninja in "Day of the Departed" until Season 7 has him spring his plan into action. He is annoyed with modern technology and sees it as inferior to the past. He was able to either reverse or stop time before his powers were taken away.

* AloofOlderBrother: He can be like this to Acronix at times, especially when Acronix is involved with technology and is much older than him (Originally 3 minutes, but now four decades older).
* AntiquatedLinguistics: The way he talks is rather old-fashioned, and he calls Acronix "Brother" instead of his name and vice versa.
* BadassBookworm: He is intelligent and can put up a fight despite his age.
* BerserkButton: Modern life and technology. He ''really'' hates how modern life and technology "ruined" Ninjago and is planning to go back in time so Ninjago will remain low-tech. Unfortunately for him, Acronix developed an ''extreme'' love for what he hates, which is the main cause of their bickering.
* BigStupidDoodooHead: Krux fires one at Kai in "A Time of Traitors". Quite the [[LameComeback lame comeback]]
-->'''Krux:''' Well, aren't you clever. Such a smart little ninja.
* EvilAllAlong: He is introduced as an ally to the Ninja in "Day of the Departed", but turns out to be a villain all along in Season 7.
* EvilIsPetty:
** In "The Hatching", he orders the first Vermillion Warrior to destroy Cyrus Borg's new store just before he kidnaps the inventor, purely because of his hatred of modern technology.
** Lies to Kai about his parents being traitors for no given reason, other than apparently just to be a jerk.
* EvilOldFolks: He waited for forty years for his brother to catch up with him in time so that they could enact their evil plan together.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: He's always had short hair but the hairstyle he had in the past was at chin-length and had swept-back bangs. After he went into hiding and started going as his Dr. Saunders persona, he changed to his current hairstyle.
* EyeColourChange: As Dr. Saunders, he has the same black eyes as everyone. When he removes the disguise, his natural eye color is actually hazel.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He puts on an act of being polite and well-mannered but is rather cruel and evil to anyone that isn't his brother.
* GrumpyOldMan: Is much grumpier than Acronix, especially when they argue about technology.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: When he was acting as his persona Dr. Saunders, he pretended to be a somewhat eccentric but very cheerful and kind museum curator who is friends with the Ninja. But as soon as Acronix returns and the two meet up, he immediately dropped the act and showed his TRUE personality; a cruel person to anyone who isn't his brother, a ''very'' cunning, strategic, and capable warrior, who wants to rid Ninjago of modern technology and rule Ninjago alongside Acronix.
* NostalgiaFilter: Krux ''despises'' modern technology, to the point of using his first Vermillion Warrior to wreck Cyrus Borg's store [[EvilIsPetty because he hated the tech he makes]], and hates television, with much of his desire to rewrite time being to bring things back to before modern Ninjago along with controlling it. He does irritably concede that modern technology can have its uses when Acronix argues in its favor, though.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He has his moments:
** In " The Hatching", he ordered the Vermilion Warriors to destroy a technology store first just because he hates technology.
** In " A Line in the Sand" he teases Acronix for saying that he likes General Machia by saying he has a crush on her. Later, he was all giddy when it seemed Raggmunk and Blunck got the Slo-Mo Time Blade.
* PaperThinDisguise: His outfit for his persona, Dr. Sander Saunders, is a different set of clothes, a different hairstyle, a fake mustache, fake glasses, contact lenses to hide his real eye color, and make-up to cover his FacialMarkings. However, no one, (except Acronix or when he takes his disguise off willfully), figured out who he was until he accidentally tripped and his fake mustache fell off.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: When he's masquerading as Dr. Saunders, he wears non-prescription glasses but takes them off when he does not need to be in disguise. As he doesn't wear glasses outside of his disguise, it's clear his eyesight is perfectly fine, and doesn't need them.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He poses as the meek and eccentric Dr. Saunders, but he's actually a cunning warrior and strategist.
* RepetitiveName: His alias '''Sander''' '''Sa'''u'''nder'''s.
* TimeRewindMechanic: He was able to rewind time so he can know his opponent's next move.
* TimeStandsStill: One of his powers was the ability to freeze people in place
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: His Dr. Saunders voice is...''odd'', to say the least.

[[folder:Supreme Commander Machia]]
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->'''Debut:''' "A Time of Traitors"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenBarr

The Supreme Commander of the Vermillion warriors.

* CoDragons: She shares the position of second in command of the Vermillion warriors with the other two Vermillion commanders Raggmunk and Blunck. Until Krux and Acronix promote her to Supreme Commander, giving her command over the other commanders.
* CreepyCute: Acronix sure thinks so.
* TheDragon: Since she's the most competent out of the three commanders, she's essentially this to Krux and Acronix.
* HiveMind: Like the other Vermillion commanders, she can control the other warriors with this.
* ImAHumanitarian: Threatens Raggmunk and Blunck into doing what she says by threatening to just eat them.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She is one of three Vermillion commanders specially bred for aggressive fighting style and strategic thinking. It's what gets her promoted to Supreme Commander (If one pays close attention, she somewhat freaks Acronix out).
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* UglyCute: Acronix mentions that he thinks she's cute.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Acronix and Krux pull this on her so they can use the snakes she's made up of as part of the Iron Doom.]]

[[folder:Commander Raggmunk and Commander Blunck]]
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->'''Debut:''' "A Time of Traitors"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Michael Adamthwaite (Raggmunk) and Creator/BrianDobson (Blunck)

The Commanders of the Vermillion warriors.

* CoDragons: They share the position of second in command of the Vermillion Warriors with Machia until Machia is promoted to Supreme Commander.
* HiveMind: Can control the other Vermillion Warriors in this way.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: They hiss at each other after getting into an argument.
* NumberTwoForBrains: They hold the position of commander, but neither of them are exactly the sharpest tools in the shed.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Acronix and Krux eventually get tired of their idiocy and take away their armor, using the masses of snakes which form them as part of the Iron Doom.]]

[[folder:The Vermillion Warriors]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Hatching"

The {{Mook}}s of Season 7 serving as Krux and Acronix's main forces, composed of various snakes born from the Great Devourer's eggs.

* MeaningfulName: As pointed out by Zane, the color vermillion is a shade of red with a slight orange tint and is said to symbolize life and eternity.
* OrganicTechnology: Vermillion vehicles and mechs are made up of the same HiveMind colonies of snakes that the commanders and footsoldiers are made of, meaning that they are just Vermillion in another form entirely. [[spoiler:The Iron Doom is a HumongousMecha made up of ''all'' the Vermillion serpents combined.]]
* WeaponizedOffspring: They are the offspring of the Great Devourer, turned into an army of indestructible soldiers by the Time Twins.
* TheWormThatWalks: In contrast to the Serpentine, they're masses of regular snakes shaped into humanoid forms by their metal armor.

!Sons of Garmadon
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A gang of criminal bikers seeking the Oni Masks so they can resurrect their idol Lord Garmadon.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: They have a biker motif with Oni imagery added in for good measure.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Sons of Garmadon want to raise Garmadon from the dead as a being of evil so they can rule Ninjago at his side. Garmadon ends up becoming a BadBoss to them all once he's brought back without his positive qualities, which slowly disillusions the Quiet One.
* BackForTheFinale: All of them end up returning in Season 15, with [[spoiler:Harumi]] and Mr. E working with the Crystal King, and Ultra Violet and Killow being part of the resistance.
* BlackShirt: An entire faction of these. They idolize Lord Garmadon as a villain and wish to resurrect him without his positive qualities, so they can rule Ninjago alongside him.
* DwindlingParty: Only two (Ultra Violet and Killow) of the High Command's members came out alive of Season 9.
* LoonyFan: Of Lord Garmadon, they want to resurrect him so as to let him conquer Ninjago.
* MeaningfulName: All of them wield these;
** The Leader of the group is referred to as TheQuietOne, which is revealed to be because of [[spoiler:how she was like after the Great Devourer killed her parents]].
** Mr. E's true identity besides being [[spoiler:a Nindroid]] is a mystery.
** Ultra Violet's main color is purple, which violet is a shade of. Her name also sounds a bit like Ultra Violent, referencing her AxCrazy nature.
** Killow's nickname literally is [[TheBigGuy the Big Man]], referencing how he's the biggest human character in the whole series. His name also sounds like a kilo, which is a large amount of something (i.e. kilometer).
* MookCarryover: [[spoiler: After escaping from Kryptarium Prison, most of the gang (save for Harumi and Mr. E) decide to cut loses with Garmadon and join Lord Mogra, now renaming themselves as The Red Crows.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Their ultimate goal is to create a strong leadership for Ninjago and believe that Lord Garmadon (without the love for his son) is the perfect fit for the role given his defeat of the Great Devourer.

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!Princess Harumi/The Quiet One
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->'''Debut:''' "The Mask of Deception"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrittMcKillip

The leader of the Sons of Garmadon whose identity remains a mystery for most of Season 8.

She wants Garmadon to be revived as a destroyer because she overheard the paramedics tending to her talk about how he had saved the city, leading her to idolize him and believe that his love for Lloyd was a weakness. She hates the Ninja and especially Lloyd for failing to stop the Great Devourer from killing her parents, and failing to save Ninjago themselves, and hates Lloyd because she knew how Lloyd indirectly caused the Great Devourer incident.

* ArcVillain: Of Season 8 originally, being the one calling the shots behind the Sons of Garmadon. She hands over the reins of the role to Lord Garmadon once he's successfully resurrected, though.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite all the evil she had done, she goes out on a rather sympathetic note, as she realizes the weight of her actions and spends her last moments saving a family from suffering the same fate as her birth parents.
* AmbiguousSituation: After she reconciles with Lloyd, their relationship remains unknown, mostly whether or not they are still together.
* BackFromTheDead: She resurfaces in Season 15, having been alive for years after the Overlord brought her back to life.
* BadassBookworm: Very knowledgeable in literature and capable as a fighter and strategist.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wanted to raise Garmadon from the dead without his heroic qualities, believing that he will be invincible without his love for his son holding him back. Garmadon ends up becoming a BadBoss to her and the Sons of Garmadon, which slowly disillusions her and eventually leads her to abandon him when he refuses to listen to her suggestion to retreat.
* BecomingTheMask: She initially just used Lloyd as a pawn in her scheme to resurrect Garmadon and pretended to be his LoveInterest to further that goal. However it's heavily implied and later confirmed by Season 15 that she developed genuine feelings for him along the way, leading to her trying to get Lloyd to join her side multiple times during Garmadon's reign in Seasons 8 and 9, actually tries to protect him by keeping silent about where he's hiding to Emperor Garmadon and then tries again to get Lloyd to join her in the Council of the Crystal King during the Crystal King's threat in Season 15.
* BigNo: When the Ninja thwarted her ritual and her portal to the Departed Realm closes.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first appears to be a major new supporting character and a potential LoveInterest for Lloyd. She's actually the mastermind behind the events of the eighth season, and actually ''hates'' Lloyd for setting free the snakes that resurrected the Great Devourer, which killed her parents.
* BreakoutVillain: Despite being introduced very late prior to the SoftReboot (in Season 8), dying a season after her debut, she's managed to churn out return appearances likely due to fan popularity, such as through a clone meant to mess with Lloyd's head in ''Prime Empire'', and returning outright as a major antagonist in ''Crystalized''.
* BrokenPedestal:
** She used to be a fan of the Ninja until the Great Devourer killed her family and she grew to hate the Ninja for failing to stop it, especially Lloyd since he indirectly caused the incident.
** HistoryRepeats with Lord Garmadon himself, after he refuses to stop and retreat when the Oni Titan's control is wrestled away from him and on top of that gets Harumi killed accidentally, she loses any respect she had for him. When they meet again and she sees Garmadon aiding the Ninja she shoots him a stone-cold death glare and isn't too concerned with his well-being in the final battle, devoting all her worries to Lloyd instead.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Lloyd was the one who freed Pythor, who freed the Great Devourer, which killed her parents, which lead to Harumi becoming the Quiet One.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Dies after preventing a family from meeting the same fate as her birth family. Subverted as the Overlord revived her and she goes on to serve his plans.
* DemotedToDragon: By Emperor Garmadon in Season 9, becoming his second in command. It happens ''again'' in Season 15: this time, she is the herald of the Crystal King.
* EasilyForgiven: Zig-Zagged. She [[HeelFaceTurn assists Lloyd and Garmadon]] in defeating the Overlord in Season 15, but the other Ninja are obviously wary of trusting her before Lloyd clarifies she helped them. She's shown helping rebuild the Monastery in the series finale, albeit accompanied by the Commissioner, suggesting that the police are keeping watch over her and she was sent to Kryptarium alongside her former teammates in the Sons of Garmadon.
* EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas: Although she's an {{Arc Villain}}ess, she honestly loves her birth parents very much. It's learning that [[spoiler:the Overlord created the very creature that caused their deaths what drives her to turn good for real and to turn against the Overlord.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It's implied that her feelings for Lloyd may be real after all after she spared his life twice, kept the location of his hideout a secret for as much as she could, and the way she looked at him, almost begging for forgiveness, before her apparent death.
** She also seems to be touched by Mr. E's death, and, despite the implications of giving them a YouHaveFailedMe at least once, shown to be an overall decent boss to the Sons of Garmadon.
* EvilAllAlong: She was the one behind the bombing at her temple and manipulates Lloyd and the rest of the Ninja into playing into her hands.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: When her true colors are revealed, she switches from her normal civilian outfit to a goth appearance that more closely fits the aesthetic of the Sons of Garmadon.
* EvilCounterpart: To Lloyd.
* EvilGenius: Garmadon's primary advisor in Season 9, with Ultra Violet being his second advisor. Ultra Violet was Harumi's own Evil Genius beforehand.
* EvilOrphan: The loss of her birth parents and being let down by her heroes caused her to become this. Hutchins knew about her problems and tried to help her but the Emperor and Empress turned a blind eye to it as they believed she would get over her it after becoming a princess.
* EvilSoundsDeep: While using the Oni Mask of Hatred and disguised as the Kabuki Mask.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: As the princess, Harumi has her hair up in a ponytail, but as the Quiet One she has her hair undone and bangs around her face.
* FacialMarkings: As the Quiet One, she has red makeup on the top of her face.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Even though her adoptive parents and Hutchins genuinely loved her and believed they treated her well, Harumi didn't love them back and had them killed with no remorse.
* FemmeFatale: An interesting example. She doesn't try to outright seduce Lloyd like other Femme Fatales; rather, she pretends to be his friend and love interest to manipulate him into taking the Oni Masks for her and resurrecting Lord Garmadon. After Lloyd starts to catch on, though, she does begin breaking out the sex appeal in subtle, G-rated ways (such as kissing him to make him stop asking questions and stroking his chest when he begins to suspect her true identity), but at this point, it's too late and it doesn't work.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Hutchins. Harumi appears to be a sweet, harmless girl who admires the Ninja she is actually evil, ruthless and HATES the Ninja while Hutchins at first appears to be stern and impatient with the Ninja as well as behaving suspiciously by doing things like wandering around the palace at night and walking through tunnels full of explosives he is a genuinely good and loyal man who just wanted to protect the Royal Family and respects the Ninja.
** Also, to Lloyd. They both are blondes who like the color green. They both had tragic pasts with a lack of parents and got a second better chance. Though, while Lloyd acted positively toward his new family, Harumi rejected hers. They both are leaders as their alter egos with Lloyd being the Green Ninja and Harumi leading the Sons of Garmadon. Though, Lloyd leads the good side while Harumi leads the bad side. They both are important figures in their normal lives with Harumi being the future queen and Lloyd being the Grandson of the First Spinjitzu Master and Lord Garmadon's son. They both admired evil Garmadon at one point. With Lloyd switching to good Garmadon and Harumi staying with bad Garmadon.
* FreudianExcuse: During the Great Devourer's attack (indirectly caused by Lloyd) Harumi's parents were brutally killed when their apartment complex collapsed, leaving her homeless, orphaned, and traumatized. She overheard the paramedics who were tending to her talking about how Garmadon was the real hero who killed the Devourer and the Ninja's failure to stop the creature. This leads her to idolize Garmadon and hate the Ninja for the damage they caused (and still cause) to the city during their battles. After that, she was adopted into the Royal Family and had to endure a strict education to become the perfect princess of Ninjago, as well as having to stay in the palace most of the time. This combined with the grief and trauma from the loss of her birth parents filled her with hatred and vengeance.
* {{Gaslighting}}: When Lloyd starts to realize that Harumi is the Quiet One, Harumi tries to make him think otherwise by acting hurt by the accusation and saying that she loved him. She stops once Lloyd makes it clear that he's not buying it and immediately attacks him.
* GildedCage: She lived in luxury, but it is implied that she was rarely allowed to leave the palace.
* HappilyAdopted: '''Averted'''. Harumi hated her adoptive parents and being the Princess of Ninjago partly because she had to endure strict education and being forced into a role she did not want to play and was never allowed to be free or live a life she wanted.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Dies after saving a family from Garmadon's Colossus getting crushed by the rubble.
* HeelFaceTurn: In Season 15, when she learns the truth that the Overload was the one who corrupted the Great Devourer, she sides with the Ninja and becomes good.
* HeelRealization:
** Harumi starts to realize what her actions have done to all of Ninjago after seeing a family about to suffer a fate similar to her birth family, even attempting to save them from the destruction caused by Garmadon's Colossus.
** She later has another one when the Overlord reveals that he was the one who corrupted the Great Devourer, which snaps her out of her evil ways and she sides with the Ninja.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Harumi calls Lloyd and the Ninja "kids playing dress up" because Ninjago has nearly fallen under their watch several times, but this falls flat coming from a PsychopathicWomanchild who intends to oppress Ninjago and embraces villainy because she thinks it's cooler, throws tantrums when she doesn't get her way, and gloats about her victories (real or presumed). If anything, Harumi is far more childish than any of the Ninja.
** She ultimately wants revenge on the Ninja for failing to save her parents from the Great Devourer, but after resurrecting Garmadon, likely ends up robbing several families of their loved ones with the mass destruction brought about by her plans. She [[HeelRealization comes to realize this]] when she ends up seeing a family who are about to undergo the same situation as her and helps them at the cost of her life. When the Overlord brings her back this is partly lampshaded when the Overlord points out how she admired the very person who got her killed in the end.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: This is how Lloyd realizes she's the Quiet One. When Harumi is unable to get the Oni Mask of Hatred, she tells Lloyd to get it for her by explaining how only someone with Oni blood can get the mask. While Lloyd does get the mask, he quickly realizes something isn't right about Harumi's explanation, since as far as he knew, only he and Jay learned about the First Spinjitzu Master being part Oni from Mystake and Harumi was never present for such a thing. Therefore, Harumi should have no reason to know that Lloyd was part Oni unless she was the Quiet One seeking Garmadon's resurrection as a being of evil.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Although Harumi does see how much harm her actions caused when she sees a family in peril (reminding her of how she lost her parents) to the point she dies to save them, and initially shows reluctance to serve the Overlord after he resurrects her, it doesn't take much convincing from the Overlord for her to go back to her evil ways and agree to become his servant. She only turns on the Overlord after he reveals his role in her parents' deaths, and this time, her HeelFaceTurn seems to stick.
* IronicNurseryTune: In-Universe, she turns "Spider in your Mouth" into this.
* {{Irony}}: The creature that killed her parents is the same creature responsible for turning Garmadon into the EvilOverlord she idolizes. She also eventually ends up working for the Overlord, the creature who originally corrupted the Great Devourer and for futher irony, she also worked alongside the one responsible for willingly unleashing the Great Devourer in the first place, Pythor, with her none the wiser.
* KickTheDog: Harumi tends to direct her most petty acts of cruelty towards Lloyd. Some of the most notable examples include:
** Mocking Lloyd for thinking that their relationship was real when he begs her to let his mother go by saying this conflict is between them.
** Gloating about her success when it looks like the Ninja are dead and Lloyd is mourning the loss of his comrades.
** Gloating to Lloyd that his father now cares for her over him. While it turns out that she was only trying to goad him into wearing the Oni Mask, the fact that she still gloats that her side will win when Lloyd doesn't take the bait implies that she also wanted to rub salt on the wound.
* KilledOffForReal: Being trapped in a collapsing building will do that. [[SubvertedTrope She later returns in]] ''[[SubvertedTrope Crystalized]]'' [[SubvertedTrope where it was revealed that the Overlord revived Harumi after offering her the chance to serve for him]].
* LonelyAtTheTop: After becoming a princess, Harumi became lonely and miserable which causes her budding romance with Lloyd to become very deep as it is the first time she's had real companionship or at least that's how she acts, in truth, she has a whole cult of allies and was just using Lloyd for her own goals. Gets more legitimate when she comes under the Crystal King's servitude, finding herself wishing for Lloyd to join her side and rule together.
* LoonyFan:
** Hero-worships Lord Garmadon for killing the Great Devourer and believes that he will be the leader Ninjago deserves. She wants to resurrect him without any of his positive qualities because she views his love for Lloyd as his one weakness, and believes that, without it, he'll be invincible. She loses this gradually with her loyalty turning to fear as the resurrected Garmadon proves himself a BadBoss and despite adopting her, continues implicitly threatening her life for the slightest mistake, culminating in trying to jump ship once Garmadon loses control of the Oni Titan.
** After being resurrected by the Crystal King/Overlord, she's become one for him as a result of being disillusioned with how sociopathic Garmadon was and that Lloyd didn't appear to care about her death. She gets over it once she learns that the Overlord was the real culprit of all her suffering.
* TheLostLenore: In "Secret of the Wolf". Despite her deceiving, betraying, and trying to kill Lloyd, he apparently talked about her a ''lot'' during his journey with Akita and was visibly hurt when Akita called his stories about Harumi "boring". This implies that she still holds a place in his heart, even after everything that happened.
* LoveInterestTraitor: First appears as the love interest to Lloyd, but it's revealed she's been pretending to reciprocate his crush on her just to use him, and even exploit's Lloyd's feelings for her multiple times either to screw with him, manipulate him, or make him drop his guard. Despite her cruel betrayal, however, Lloyd never let go of his feelings for her, and it's hinted that she may like him after all. In Season 15 she continues this way more legitimately, trying to have Lloyd turn to the dark side and join her as a member of the Council of the Crystal King.
* MakeUpIsEvil: Is a ManipulativeBitch who wears lipstick and prominent facial mask paint in her evil and good attires.
* ManipulativeBitch: Plays Lloyd like a fiddle until the very end, and gets the other Ninja to trust her for a good long while.
* MasterActress: [[ManipulativeBitch She had the Ninja fooled]] with her whole "helpful sweet princes" shtick. Her acting doesn't improve much afterwards, however, with her attempts to mask her emotions or fear falling apart whenever her evil superiors pressure her.
* MaybeEverAfter: Although Harumi reconciles with Lloyd, their relationship remains unknown whether they are back together.
* MisaimedFandom: Harumi is an InUniverse example. She idolizes Lord Garmadon as a villain because he destroyed the Great Devourer while the Ninja couldn't save her parents, not caring for the fact that Garmadon's reasons for doing so weren't done out of altruism and the Ninja did help contribute to the battle. Harumi is utterly furious and hateful when Garmadon turns good because she preferred him as a villain, not caring that Garmadon wasn't evil by choice and wanted to be good. When she discovers there's a way to bring Garmadon back from the dead without his good traits, she immediately conspires to do so she can rule at his side.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Though briefly trying to rationalize the resurrection of Garmadon as a way to give Ninjago a proper ruler and protector in contrast to the Ninja constantly just barely stopping their opponents, Lloyd rightfully surmises that she only wants revenge. Harumi, for her part, very quickly abandons any pretense otherwise, happily admitting that she doesn't care about the suffering of innocents so long as she makes him suffer as well.
* TheQuietOne: [[DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment No kidding.]] At least she was this while in shock as a child from the rampage of the Great Devourer. She'd later use this name for her revenge-seeking persona as a reference to her trauma.
* PauperPatches: As a child, Harumi and her parents all had those.
* PsychopathicManchild: Harumi's true demeanor after she drops the act is revealed to be that of a bratty child who throws tantrums when things don't go her way and enjoys gloating about her success. She idolizes Lord Garmadon as an evil being like a little kid who thinks evil is better, lunges at Lloyd screaming when he sees through her VillainsWantMercy act below, acts like a SoreLoser whenever the heroes start to get one over her, and gloats whenever she thinks she has the advantage. Most likely justified, because her adopted parents' upbringing didn't do much to improve her mental and emotional health and she's been stewing in her own resentment for so long that she never really matured and grew out of it.
* RagsToRoyalty: She was born a peasant and ended up becoming the Princess of Ninjago after being adopted by the Royal Family.
* RedBaron: Was temporarily [[StunnedSilence rendered mute]] after the traumatic death of her parents, and when rescue officers came to save her they referred to her as a "Quiet One", which is where she took her moniker from later. This is also a WhamLine in the show proper.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: She dies after saving a family from a situation similar to how she lost her own parents while also realizing that the "hero" she worshipped was truly evil and had to be stopped. She doesn't stay dead for long, though... Averted as she later becomes good in Season 15 without needing to die.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Not when it happened the first time, but she does kill her adoptive parents just to try and maintain her cover and as retaliation for the horrible childhood she experienced at their hands.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: When Garmadon loses control of the Colossus to Skylor, Harumi urges him to flee. When Garmadon refuses to do so, Harumi decides to follow her own advice instead by ziplining to another building, only to get herself killed after she chooses to stay long enough to save a family in peril.
* ShadowArchetype: To Lloyd. While Lloyd started off hero-worshiping his father and later switched over to the Ninja, Harumi used to hero-worship the Ninja before switching to Lord Garmadon. The same series of events triggered their respective HeelFaceTurn[=/=]FaceHeelTurn, too - Lloyd setting the snakes free made him have his HeelRealization which led to him becoming the Green Ninja, while this same act prompted Harumi down the path of her RoaringRampageOfRevenge and caused her to become the Quiet One. Both of their character arcs center around Lord Garmadon, but Lloyd's revolves around trying to make him back into the man he was, while Harumi's revolves around trying to bring him back as the monster he became.
* ShipTease: A lot with Lloyd before the horrifying [[TheReveal Reveal]]. This was intentional on Harumi's part to manipulate him.
** Season 9 has a more legitimate case when she keeps quiet about Lloyd's whereabouts to Garmadon despite the risk the lie poses to her life and Lloyd being her enemy. Later when she is about to die saving a family she gives one last look towards Lloyd.
** Later on she gets more legitimate moments with him in Season 15, starting with trying to get Lloyd to join the Council of the Crystal King, being hesitant to kill him despite pressure from the Overlord's orders and gradually warms up to him legitimately, ending with them on relatively good terms by the series finale.
* StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: The Emperor and Empress were very strict and controlling of her, which contributed to her downfall into insanity and drove her to sneak off during the night, first on harmless outings such as going to restaurants to eat food she wasn't allowed to as well as to start a dangerous biker gang in order to resurrect the evil version of Garmadon.
* TragicKeepsake: She carries an old family photo of herself with her birth parents and later one with the Emperor and Empress with her wherever she goes.
* UngratefulBitch: Despite the fact that the royal family took her in after her parents died and Hutchins tried to help her, she kills them in cold blood without any remorse when she feels that they're in the way of her grand master plan. She also backstabs the Ninja despite the kindness they show her afterwards, too.
* UptownGirl: When she was adopted by the Emperor and Empress.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before the death of her parents set her on course for her StartOfDarkness.
* TookALevelInJerkass: While Harumi wasn't an angel back in Seasons 8 and 9, she was only this because she felt that the Ninja were failures and eventually turned good but at the cost of her own life. Once resurrected by the Overlord, she not only goes back to her evil ways, but is also more prone to mocking Lloyd and even more intent with killing the Ninja. Thankfully, she gets another HeelFaceTurn when the Overlord reveals the truth about corrupting the Great Devourer.
* VillainHasAPoint: While she's wrong for thinking of Lord Garmadon as a hero, she's not wrong in saying that Ninjago has nearly fallen numerous times under the Ninja's watch.
* VillainousPrincess: She's one {{manipulative|bitch}} and evil princess.
* VillainsWantMercy: When she is arrested she begs Lloyd for mercy saying she's seen the error of her ways, but Lloyd doesn't buy it. Later just before her death, she gazes at Lloyd imploringly wanting forgiveness for all she's done, hinting she might have had genuine feelings for him.
* WeCanRuleTogether: In Season 15 she tries to get Lloyd to join the Crystal King's Council, unlike most of her past offers she is entirely sincere about it, wanting to keep Lloyd safe and at her side.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In contrast to her single-minded desire for revenge in her previous appearances, Harumi's return in Season 15 sees her adopt a genuine desire to bring peace to Ninjago by ending the constant conflict that comes from the Balance. Though she clearly still wants revenge and readily admits that she's willing to see innocents suffer for her cause, her growing affection for Lloyd sees her gradually drop her pettier goals and repeatedly attempt to convince him to join them.
* WalkingSpoiler: Gee, it's almost as if this character's entire section is a spoiler. [[SarcasmMode Wonder why?]]

[[folder:Mr. E]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Mask of Deception"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrentMiller

A highly efficient member of the Sons of Garmadon who rarely speaks at all. [[spoiler:He is revealed to be a Nindroid midway through Season 8.]]

* BackFromTheDead: After 5 Seasons of [[spoiler:being dead]], he reappears in Season 15, ''Crystallized'', in a [[spoiler:rebuilt]] form known as Mister F.
* BreakoutVillain: One of the most memorable villains of Season 8, due to his cool design, creepy demeanor and mysterious past. This is most likely the reason behind his return in Season 15 as a major antagonist.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Finds himself in the receiving end of it courtesy of a VERY pissed off [[BadBoss Emperor Garmadon]], this also results in his death after getting torn apart (quite literally).]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Gets slowly torn apart by Garmadon until he's reduced to nothing but a pile of limbs, wires and bolts, all while [[AndIMustScream being conscious but unable]] to stop Garmadon from killing him]].
* TheDragon: As the Quiet One's most loyal general and [[FrontlineGeneral most prominent enforcer]], he fills this role for most of Season 8.
* CoDragons: One of The Quiet One's three generals, alongside Ultra Violet and Killow.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He is abruptly killed by [[BadBoss Emperor Garmadon]] two episodes into Season 9, after failing to find and capture Lloyd, by means of getting torn apart slowly piece by piece.]]
* EvilCounterpart: to Zane. [[spoiler:Both are stoic and loyal Nindroids]].
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Take a good guess as to why [[spoiler:he's missing from the Season 9 intro in "Iron and Stone" (hint: It's not because he's taking a vacation)]].
* FrontlineGeneral: He leads the attacks of the Sons of Garmadon more often than the other generals. Justified since Ultra Violet is the EvilGenius [[spoiler:and the security officer after Garmadon took over Ninjago]] and Killow is TheStrategist and the recruiter. That said, Mister E. isn't stupid either.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Getting slowly ripped apart whilst still conscious really isn't that kid friendly.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Sort of. [[spoiler:When Garmadon asked who was responsible for letting Lloyd escape, he willingly steps in to take the blame, even though Killow was just as guilty of their failure]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He mostly weilds katanas.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: He has two arms, but when he wears the Oni Mask of Vengeance, he gains two extra arms.
* PunnyName: Mr. E's true identity [[spoiler:beyond being a Nindroid]] is a [[IncrediblyLamePun mystery]].
* TheQuietOne: Actually a better example of this trope than his master.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Just like every other Nindroid]], he has glowing red eyes.
* RoboticReveal: He is, in fact, a [[spoiler:Nindroid]].
* TheRival: of Zane, [[spoiler:due to being another Nindroid ''and'' due to hijacking him ''and his girlfriend'', causing the latter to unwillingly attack the ninjas]].
* StarterVillain: of Seasons 8 and 9.
* StarterVillainStays: He's the StarterVillain of Season 8 and remains undefeated by the season's end
** Averted in Season 9. [[spoiler:He dies in ''episode 2'']]. [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted. He returns in Season 15 as a recurring villain after being rebuilt]].
* SuddenlyVoiced: After being silent throughout Season 8, he has only one line in "Dead Man's Squall", though it is in reverse.
* TheVoiceless: Seems to be the case. The only possible exception is when he informs the Quiet One [[spoiler:about the bug he planted in Zane]].

[[folder:Ultra Violet]]
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->'''Debut:''' "The Jade Princess"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Maggie Blue O'Hara (Seasons 8-9), Sharon Alexander (Season 11 onward)

One of the only girl members of the Sons of Garmadon who is far crazier than the others.

* AxCrazy: Ultra Violet loves creating mayhem and violence.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She might be AxCrazy, but she's also TheQuietOne's smartest general and, ironically, the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]] of [[spoiler:her]] team.
* TheBusCameBack: She reappears in the ''Garmadon'' comic series, and also returns for Season 15 as a part of the resistance.
* CoDragons: of The Quiet One alongside Mr. E and Killow.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Ultra Violet does not appreciate being called "Ms. Violet" by some lower-ranking henchmen.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:She seems quite angry at Harumi after Garmadon kills Mr. E, showing that she draws the line at harming her friends and teammates. Though it isn't enough to get her to repent.]]
* EvilGenius: The personal advisor of TheQuietOne. She and The Quiet One are later the main advisors of Garmadon.
* EvilSoundsDeep: While using the Oni Mask of Hatred.
%%* {{Expy}}: Of Harley Quinn, specifically her incarnation from ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''.
* HeelFaceTurn: In "Crystallized", she helps Garmadon and the Ninja in fighting off the Overlord's Crystal armies.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Even if she fears them, she '''will''' call out TheEmperor and TheQuietOne if they go to far at times.
* SelfServingMemory: In "The Absolute Worst", she recalls a past battle with the Ninja, claiming that Lloyd and Nya were utterly terrified of her.
* PunnyName: Her name references both her color scheme and can also be seen as a pun on "Ultra Violent/Violence" reflecting her AxCrazy nature and love for aimless destruction.

[[folder:Killow]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Snake Jaguar"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GaryChalk

The largest member of the Sons of Garmadon.

* BackForTheFinale: Returns in Season 15 as a part of the resistance.
* TheBigGuy: His nickname is "The Big Man", and it shows. He's easily the physically largest human character.
* TheBrute: His role within the Sons of Garmadon. He's also the largest and physically strongest among them.
* CoDragons: of The Quiet One alongside Mr. E and Ultra Violet.
* GeniusBruiser: Is physically the strongest member of the Sons of Garmadon, but is also their chief tactician making plans for their operations.
* HeelFaceTurn: In "Crystallized", he helps Garmadon and the Ninja in fighting off the Overlord's Crystal armies.
* MindOverMatter: Ironically, he mainly uses the Oni Mask of Deception, which allows the user to move objects with their mind. As TheBigGuy, you'd expect him to use the Mask of Vengeance (boosts reflexes and gives the user four arms) or the Mask of Hatred (which gives the user NighInvulnerability). Perhaps that's the point - after all, Killow isn't merely just a DumbMuscle, he's a decent strategist and a high-ranking Sons of Garmadon member.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: He is notably one of the few characters in the show to have fingers, even among the Big Fig characters; Dogshank and a Vermillion Samurai in Season 7 have hands more similar to the toyline version (large hands with the fingers sculpted in). Killow is also the only Big Fig character in the show so far to have a Minifigure head.
* TheStrategist: of the Sons of Garmadon.

!Dragon Hunters
[[folder:In General]]
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The Dragon Hunters are a tribal society that inhabits the Realm of Oni and Dragons, where, true to their name, hunt the dragons to exploit their Elemental Powers with the use of Vengestone weaponry.

* TheApunkalypse: Imagine what ''Film/MadMax'' would look like in a LEGO world, mix in a little {{Dieselpunk}}, and you'll have the Dragon Hunters.
* FantasticRacism: They hate Oni and enslave Dragons (who have proven to be sentient).
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After the Iron Baron's lies are exposed, they turn on him and help the Ninja.]]
* HuskyRusskie: Most of them (if not all) speak with a Russian accent.
* MeaningfulName: Nearly all of them possess these.
** The leader is named the Iron Baron, referencing how his left arm and right leg are mechanical after having been previously taken by Firstbourne.
** A member with mechanical spider legs and no bottom half is named Daddy No Legs.
** The member of the group who wields a jet pack is named Jet Jack.
** TheUnintelligible who has a muzzle covering his mouth is named Muzzle.
** A member with a slot machine in his body is named Arkade, which is Arcade with XtremeKoolLetterz.
** TheChewToy of the group is literally named Chew Toy.
** The only aversion of this trope is Heavy Metal, whose name doesn't exactly relate to their status in the group, [[spoiler:nor does her actual name, Faith]].
* NoSell: Thanks to the [[spoiler:Dragonbone Blade]] they can absorb elemental powers in case of a fight, they also use special vengestone weapons and chains to de-power dragons, allowing the Hunters to trap them.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:As confirmed by Tommy Andersen's twitters the throne the Iron Baron sits in was made of the now deceased Ultra Dragon's Corpse, which means that they either killed it themselves or retrieved it's corpse.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All of them have at least one red eye.

[[folder:Iron Baron]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Firstbourne"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDrummond

The leader of the Dragon Hunters.

* AnArmAndALeg: Firstbourne took his left arm and right leg.
* AssholeVictim: He is an megalomaniacal dragon hunter and abuser, a liar to his own hunters, and also a sexist as poor Faith can attest to. So it's hard to feel bad for him when he's burned into a molten magma statue and doomed to slowly die.
* BigBadEnsemble: While the original Ninja are fighting him in the First Realm, Nya, Lloyd, and the Resistance are fighting Emperor Garmadon back in Ninjago.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:His entire goal of finding the Dragon Armor turns out to be pointless, as it was the First Spinjitzu Master's kind nature that allowed him to control the Firstbourne, meaning that he was never going to be able to wield it for his own purposes. He's subsequently defeated in the penultimate episode, as the Ninja return to defeat Garmadon.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He is burned alive by Firstbourne. Even after it's done, he can still be heard yelling from inside the molten magma that has encased him, which means getting burned alive didn't kill him straight away, instead he was trapped inside with no food or water, meaning his death will be a slow one.]]
* DeathByIrony: In two different ways. [[spoiler:He gets burned alive by the very dragon he sought to control, and he gets encased in an [[StealthPun iron-like]] substance. He also made a habit of lying about his deeds to maintain his control over the Dragon Hunters, and essentially walks into his death after Wu lied to him, with Wu crediting him for showing the effectiveness of lying.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He gets burned alive and imprisoned in molten magma by Firstbourne in the penultimate episode of Season 9, right before the final showdown with Garmadon.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Getting burned alive and suffering from dehydration and starvation while encased in molten magma is a pretty gruesome way to go for a kids show.]]
* FantasticRacism: Hates Oni and doesn't show much appreciation nor respect to the Dragons either, as he enslaves them and forces them to fight in an arena to the death for his amusement.
* {{Greed}}: The Iron Baron is obsessed with gaining the Dragon Armor and controlling Firstbourne, which is after he's already effectively become king of the Dragon Hunters. He actually admits to being greedy to Wu in private, stating that the best part of being powerful is that he can't ever have enough, that "there's always more to rule".
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He gets burned alive by Firstbourne, the very dragon which he sought to control. Downplayed however as it isn't the burning alive which kills him, but rather likely dehydration from within the molten magma he was encased in after the burning.]]
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He finds the Dragon Armor he so much coveted... But because the Firstbourne only listens to those of kind nature, he ends up unable to actually use its power.]]
* MilesGloriosus: [[spoiler:He made up a story about how he single-handedly helped the Hunters survive against the Oni, Heavy Metal/Faith eventually realized he was telling nothing but lies after finding the abandoned Oni ruins, which makes her realize that the Oni were long-gone from the realm when the first hunters arrived.]]
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: While he's a major antagonist in Season 9 and expands on the lore of the Oni, he's not very important to the overarching plot of Seasons 8-10 due to having no ties to Lord Garmadon's revival, and when push comes to shove, [[spoiler:isn't defeated in some final confrontation, but gets trapped in molten iron due to Wu lying to him about how the Dragon Armor works, letting the final act focus entirely on the reunited heroes fighting the Sons of Garmadon]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His left eye is red, and he's one of the two {{Big Bad}}s of Season 9.

[[folder:Heavy Metal/Faith]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Firstbourne"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenBarr

Iron Baron's NumberTwo who wears a mask to hide her true gender.

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:She was once loyal to the Iron Baron and sought to gain his complete trust, but once she finds out that he lied about the Oni, she completely loses any respect for him, especially since he also forced her to keep her gender hidden.]]
* TheDragon: The second-in-command of the Dragon Hunters [[spoiler:until she defects from Iron Baron]].
* GenderConcealingVoice: [[spoiler:Heavy Metal is revealed to be a woman named Faith using a disguise and voice changer to look and sound like a man. The trope is invoked by Iron Baron due to him recognizing her skill as a hunter, yet not wanting trouble with his fellow Dragon Hunters for putting a woman in such a high position.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:She turns on the Iron Baron after the truth of the Dragon Hunters and Oni comes out.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler:Seeing the abandoned Oni ruins and realizing everything Iron Baron told the hunters was a lie causes her to flip out. It only gets worse when Wu finally tells her that he doesn't know where the Dragon Armor is or if it even exists, reducing her to {{Angrish}}.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She has a glowing red cybernetic eye.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:It's revealed she was actually a woman the whole time.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: She is the [[spoiler:first]] hunter to side with the Ninja after overhearing that Wu is the son of the First Spinjitzu Master, leading her to want to find the Dragon Armor with them.

[[folder:Daddy No Legs]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Iron & Stone"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanJamesCorlett

A hunter who uses mechanical spider legs to walk since he has no lower half.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Has no lower half, needing to use mechanical spider legs to move around.
* PunnyName: He's a spider-themed villain who [[CrossesTheLineTwice can't walk on his own]].
* SpiderPeople: Has mechanical spider legs.

[[folder:Jet Jack]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Firstbourne"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Rhona Rees

The only obviously female hunter who uses a jet pack to fly.

* TheDragon: After [[spoiler:Heavy Metal/Faith]] turns against Iron Baron, Jet Jack becomes the new second in command of the Dragon Hunters.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: She has a very unfeminine appearance which could make one easily mistake her for a man.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female Dragon Hunter [[spoiler:who is obviously a woman, as it is later revealed that Heavy Metal was also [[SamusIsAGirl a woman the whole time]]]].

[[folder:Muzzle]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Radio Free Ninjago"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrentMiller

A hunter who can only speak in grunts due to his muzzle.

* EvilWearsBlack: He sports black and is a villain.
* TheUnintelligible: He's this to the viewers, though the other hunters can understand him perfectly.

[[folder:Arkade]]
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->'''Debut:''' "Iron & Stone"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDonovan

A hunter who has a slot machine built into his body.

* BodyHorror: Has a whole slot machine built into his body. Whatever incident led to him having that mustn't have been pleasant.
* {{Cyborg}}: Is probably more of one than any other hunter, considering he has a slot machine embedded in his torso.
* NoodleIncident: How and why he has a slot machine in his body, we may never know...

[[folder:Chew Toy]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chewtoy.PNG]]
->'''Debut:''' "Iron & Stone"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil

The hype man of The Pit.

* TheChewToy: [[MeaningfulName It's in his name]]. Slab, the dragon in the Pit, has presumably used him as one many times judging by how many injuries he has on his body.

!The Oni
[[folder:In General]]
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The Bringers of Doom, the embodiments of destruction and archenemies of the dragons. Their presence hangs a shadow over Seasons 8, 9, and 10.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Share a lot of similarities design and character-wise with the Overlord, being darkness users with strong black and purple color schemes who wish to bring about corruptive destruction to the land. When Tommy Andreason (one of the co-creators) was asked if they were related, he did not confirm nor deny any relation, simply stating that it was "open for interpretation."
* ArcVillain: Of Seasons 8, 9, and 10 with the Omega serving as the central leading figure.
* DarkIsEvil: They wield the element of destruction, want to destroy everything else, and have black and purple as their color scheme.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Masters of Spinjitzu'', being the last threat the Ninja face together prior to the SoftReboot.
* PurpleIsPowerful: They have purple in their color scheme and their element is destruction, which is also purple.

[[folder:The Omega]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_omega.png "I am the Omega. The Destructor. The Bringer of Doom."]]
->'''Debut:''' "The Darkness Comes"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Zach [=LeBlanc=]

The leader of the Oni and the main antagonist of Season 10, who seeks to destroy all of Ninjago and the other Realms of Creation.
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* ArcVillain: Is the main villain of Season 10: March of the Oni.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Well, more like "evil cannot comprehend lesser evil", but he doesn't understand why Garmadon would try to protect Ninjago from the Oni instead of joining them.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is extremely deep.
* HateSink: ''Definitely''. Every time the Omega is onscreen, he is shown to be arrogant and ruthless, and he has no qualms in taunting Garmadon over his insecurities and wiping out all of existence.
* LogicalWeakness: The Omega desire to erase creation itself. His defeat ends up being due to the ''Tornado of Creation''.
* OmnicidalManiac: His ultimate goal is to erase creation from Ninjago and the other realms, planning on ruling over only destruction with the rest of his Oni.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His color scheme is purple like the rest of the Oni, and like them, he wields destruction as his element.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Many of his traits are very similar to those of the Overlord, including their color schemes, their control over destruction, and proving [[EvilerThanThou viler]] than Lord Garmadon in their respective arcs.
* TheUnintelligible: Due to the heavy demonic-sounding filter on his voice, many viewers initially thought he wasn't speaking English and/or his dialogue was a code to crack. While those with super keen ears could make out his lines, most turned to closed captioning in order to understand him.

!Pyro Vipers
[[folder:In General]]
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_pyro_vipers_8.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' "Wasted True Potential" (dream)

An ancient tribe of Hypnobrai Serpentine sealed inside the Ancient Pyramid by a "Treacherous Deceiver".

* AllThereInTheManual: Their status as Hypnobrai serpentine was only mentioned in the 2021 companion book ''The Book of Elemental Powers''.
* EvilIsBurningHot: They're all depicted as being on or made of fire.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: A lot of their foot soldiers, including Char, are mummies reanimated by Aspheera using magic fire and lava. [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, they all returned to death after Aspheera was stripped of her fire powers]].
* NoNameGiven: It is unknown what the name of the tribe was before they were called the Pyro Vipers, assuming they actually had a name to begin with.
* PlayingWithFire: Courtesy of Kai's stolen fire powers.
* SealedEvilInACan: They were all locked away inside a pyramid for ages until they were accidentally released by the Ninja and Clutch Powers.

[[folder:Aspheera]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Aspheera's normal form]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Aspheera after absorbing Kai's powers]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aspheera_show.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Aspheera in her youth]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20190808_171333_rmscr_2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Crystalized Aspheera ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crystalized_aspheera.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "Wasted True Potential"\\
'''Voiced by:''' Pauline Newstone (Season 11), Creator/AshleighBall (young), Creator/KathleenBarr (''Crystalized'')

-->"Revenge... Revenge!"

Leader of the Pyro Vipers, a Hypnobrai sorceress. The first Serpentine that knows Spinjitzu.