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** In "The Blood Moon", Riyu hid in a dumpster during the stakeout, as well as eating old noodles before being seen by an old woman.

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** In "The Blood Moon", Riyu hid in a dumpster during the stakeout, as well as eating old noodles before being seen spotted by an old woman.woman, who assumes he was thrown out.
* GetItOverWith: The Administration trying to enter Gandalaria's mansion to arrest Zane, who reminds them the proper paperwork must be filled out, until after being remind three times, Agent Roderick Allen, upon getting the paperwork done, barges in and waves the forms in annoyance.
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-->'''Sora''': That's a cat.\\
'''Lloyd''': Why are there meatballs on its face?\\
'''Sora''': Those are the eyes! ''(scoffs in annoyance)''\\
'''Zane''': Scanning. ''(scans graffiti)'' Zero cats detected in this image.

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* TerribleArtist: A captive Zane had made crude drawings of Lloyd and Arin for their false permits in the Administration, which the latter was insulted by.

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A captive Zane had made crude drawings of Lloyd and Arin for their false permits in the Administration, which the latter was insulted by. by.
** Sora discovers an old graffiti she did as a child, out of noodles and meatballs, meant to be a cat, but neither Lloyd, Zane, or Arin could tell.
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* PartyScattering: [[spoiler:It's gradually revealed the ninja were split across the new merged world. Lloyd woke up back in the monastery with no idea how he got there, Kai on an island that took him a few weeks to make his way back from, Nya somewhere that took five ''years'', Zane somehow ended up under Imperium in some kind of container within a monastery, Cole woke up in an Imperium junkyard called the Land of Lost Things, and Jay woke up in an underground realm called The Administration, where he seemingly enjoys being.]]

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* PartyScattering: [[spoiler:It's gradually revealed the ninja were split across the new merged world. Lloyd woke up back in the monastery with no idea how he got there, Kai on an island that took him a few weeks to make his way back from, Nya somewhere that took five ''years'', Zane somehow ended up under Imperium in some kind of container within a monastery, Cole woke up in an Imperium junkyard called the Land of Lost Things, and Jay woke up in an underground realm called The Administration, where he seemingly enjoys being.being, until he admits to Bonzle that he actually hates it due to the many rules he has to follow.]]
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** In "Mindless Beasts", Riyu tries to hide in the dumpster he and Arin landed in while the former tries to stop Percival and the Imperium Teenage Protection Force from finding him, only to fail.

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** In "Mindless Beasts", Riyu tries to hide in the dumpster he and Arin landed in while the former latter tries to stop Percival and the Imperium Teenage Protection Force from finding him, only to fail.
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The first half of the series' first season aired on June 1st, 2023 on Netflix, with the second half released on October 12, the mini-series, The Elemental Mechs were released on January 6, 9, and 12, 2024 respectively, Social Media Ninja was released on January 17, and the first half of the second season aired on April 4.

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The first half of the series' first season aired on June 1st, 2023 on Netflix, with the second half released on October 12, the mini-series, The Elemental Mechs were released on January 6, 9, and 12, 2024 respectively, Social Media Ninja was released on January 17, and the first half of the second season aired on April 4.

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* BreakingOldTrends: The intro for the show is "We Rise" instead of "The Weekend Whip" by The Fold, which was the theme music for all fifteen seasons of the original show.

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The intro for the show is "We Rise" instead of a remix of "The Weekend Whip" by The Fold, which was or the theme music for all fifteen seasons of Ninjago Overture.
** This series discards the usual [[{{EpisodeTitleCard}} Title Cards]] that have been used in
the original show.series since the Pilot, instead opting to show the name of the episode at the bottom of the screen just after the opening.
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** The first episode of Season 2, "The Blood Moon", directly brings up the question of Jay, Wu, and Pixel's whereabouts via a hoaxie "news"/conspiracy guy's television program.

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** The first episode of Season 2, "The Blood Moon", directly brings up the question of Jay, Wu, and Pixel's whereabouts via a hoaxie hokey "news"/conspiracy guy's television program.
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** The first episode of Season 2, "The Blood Moon", directly brings up the question of Jay, Wu, and Pixel's whereabouts via a hoaxie "news"/conspiracy guy's television program.

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* JustInTime: "The Power Within" has multiple examples, because of the [=MergeQuake=] Storm.
** Sora catches Lobbo as he was nearly pulled into it.
** Zane catches Grab-Barg.
** Arin saves a dog from being hit with a truck.
* The Ninja arrive to save Euphrasia, Suetonius, Marcus and the Writers of Destiny from being sacrifices for the Forbidden Five in "Rising Ninja".

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* JustInTime: JustInTime:
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"The Power Within" has multiple examples, because of the [=MergeQuake=] Storm.
** *** Sora catches Lobbo as he was nearly pulled into it.
** *** Zane catches Grab-Barg.
** *** Arin saves a dog from being hit with a truck.
* ** The Ninja arrive to save Euphrasia, Suetonius, Marcus and the Writers of Destiny from being sacrifices for the Forbidden Five in "Rising Ninja".



* LoonyLaws: In "Return to Imperium", Lloyd, Arin, and Sora's mission in Imperium gets easily compromised. Reason: Not wearing shoulder pads on a weekday.
* The Administration has a bunch, which need to be approved in order to break them.

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* LoonyLaws: LoonyLaws:
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In "Return to Imperium", Lloyd, Arin, and Sora's mission in Imperium gets easily compromised. Reason: Not wearing shoulder pads on a weekday.
* ** The Administration has a bunch, which need to be approved in order to break them.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: "The Forest of Spirits" shows Arin struggling to drive Jordana's buggy, given he was used to mechs.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Fritz and Spitz play around in Sora's mech out of boredom, but their mass lack of skills led to them nearly seriously hurt had Zane not pressed the kill switch in "To Mysterium".
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"The Forest of Spirits" shows Arin struggling to drive Jordana's buggy, given he was used to mechs.

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* {{Animorphism}}: Cole, briefly, transformed into a dog in "The Forest of Spirits".



* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction: The Mechanic, as he's fighting Lloyd and Arin, discovers he's being filmed by two Ninja fans and prepares to go after them, but it gives Lloyd and Arin a chance to defeat him.

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* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction: The Mechanic, as he's fighting Lloyd and Arin, After Arin stopped him from attacking some breakdancers, the Mechanic discovers he's being filmed by two Ninja fans and prepares to go after them, but it gives Lloyd and Arin a chance to defeat him.



* DancePartyEnding: "Social Media Ninja" ends with Arin, Sora, Wyldfyre, Riyu, Lobbo, and some citizens dancing after Sora made a DJ set out of Lobbo's mech.

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* DancePartyEnding: "Social Media Ninja" A video clip in "The Blood Moon" ends with Arin, Sora, Wyldfyre, Riyu, Lobbo, and some citizens dancing after Sora made a DJ set out of Lobbo's mech.



* DrivesLikeCrazy: "The Forest of Spirits" shows Arin struggling to drive Jordana's buggy, given he was used to mechs.



* FailedASpotCheck: Throughout the whole Zane-alike contest in "Wyldly Inappropriate", everyone in the Crossroads, including Gulch, fails to recognize Zane as he entered under an assumed name, but don't even realize when he used his powers to inadvertently harm the host.

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* FailedASpotCheck: FailedASpotCheck:
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Throughout the whole Zane-alike contest in "Wyldly Inappropriate", everyone in the Crossroads, including Gulch, fails to recognize Zane as he entered under an assumed name, but don't even realize when he used his powers to inadvertently harm the host.host.
** Gandalaria must have worse eyesight than her glasses if she doesn't know Cole, Zane, and Bonzle are not slugs in "Fugitives from Madness".



* FantasticRankSystem: The "Rising Dragon" clip reveals in order to achieve the Rising Dragon technique, one must be a Third Fang.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If the Imperium succeeds in conquering all of the merged realms, this would be the case, as they would rule over the Departed Realm with an iron fist, having control of the dead as well.

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* FantasticRankSystem: The "Rising Dragon" clip reveals in In order to achieve the Rising Dragon technique, one must be a Third Fang.
Fang as revealed in "Forces from the East".
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If the Imperium succeeds in conquering all of the merged realms, this would be the case, as they would rule over the Departed Realm with an iron fist, having control of the dead as well.well.
** If the Forbidden Five had returned, Ninjago would be doomed.



** In "The Blood Moon", Riyu hid in a dumpster during the stakeout, as well as eating old noodles before being seen by an old woman.



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While Beatrix is lost in a [=MergeQuake=] rift at the end of Season 1, Rapton in talks among others about forming a council, and Dorama is taken into custody, Ras escapes from his prison cell and allies with Jordana, helping her escape Imperium. There's also no confirmation on what became of Dr. [=LaRow=].]]

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* The Ninja arrive to save Euphrasia, Suetonius, Marcus and the Writers of Destiny from being sacrifices for the Forbidden Five in "Rising Ninja".
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While Beatrix is lost in a [=MergeQuake=] rift at the end of Season 1, Rapton in talks among others about forming a council, and Dorama is taken into custody, having somehow fled Imperium to a desert, Ras escapes from his prison cell and allies with Jordana, helping her escape Imperium. There's also no confirmation on what became of Dr. [=LaRow=].]]



* The Administration has a bunch, which need to be approved in order to break them.



* NewEraSpeech: In "The Power Within", Percival's speech is broadcasted about how New Imperium must work together, like the Ninja, such as forming a council.

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* NewEraSpeech: NewEraSpeech:
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In "The Power Within", Percival's speech is broadcasted about how New Imperium must work together, like the Ninja, such as forming a council.council.
** In "Shattered Dreams", he continues about making New Imperium better and for outlanders to be welcomed.



* OurDragonsAreDifferent: While most dragons in the past spoke through telepathy, Rontu and Egalt are shown to actually talk.



* PoweredArmor: In the post season one shorts the Ninjas find some Chronosteel, and Sora uses it to create a set of elemental mechs for Kai, Cole, and herself, which can channel their powers, or the powers of the other elements if they swap parts (so if Kai and Sora swap mech arms, she can channel his fire powers via it, and he can channel her tech powers).

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* PoweredArmor: In the post season one shorts short series "The Elemental Mechs", the Ninjas Ninja find some Chronosteel, and Sora uses it to create a set of elemental mechs for Kai, Cole, and herself, which can channel their powers, or the powers of the other elements if they swap parts (so if Kai and Sora swap mech arms, she can channel his fire powers via it, and he can channel her tech powers).



* RunningGag: Jordana getting angry that Sora, and to a lesser extent the other ninjas, never remember who she is.

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* RunningGag: Jordana getting angry that Sora, and to a lesser extent the other ninjas, Ninja, never remember who she is.



* SealedEvilInACan: In Season 2 we learn that [[spoiler:there was once a group of corrupted Elemental Masters called the Forbidden Five that wielded a corrupted form of Spinjistu known as "Shatterspin", who were sealed away in Nether-Space by a pair of dragon warriors using a spell created by a powerful sorceress. Ras's plan in the season is to free them and harness their power for his own goals, though he only manages to do so with one of them.]]
* SealedGoodInACan: In "The Calm Inside", [[spoiler:Kai and Nya find out Zane had been sealed inside a capsule within the Monastery of Imperium in the years since the Merge, though for reasons currently unknown, even to Zane himself.]]
** In the climax of the first part of season 2, [[spoiler:Kai and Bonzle end up trapped in Nether-Space.]]

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* SealedEvilInACan: In Season 2 we learn that shows [[spoiler:there was once a group of corrupted Elemental Masters called the Forbidden Five that wielded a corrupted form of Spinjistu known as "Shatterspin", who were sealed away in Nether-Space by a pair of dragon warriors using a spell created by a powerful sorceress. Ras's plan in the season is to free them and harness their power for his own goals, though he only manages to do so with one of them.]]
* SealedGoodInACan: In SealedGoodInACan:
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"The Calm Inside", [[spoiler:Kai and Nya find out Zane had been sealed inside a capsule within the Monastery of Imperium in the years since the Merge, though for reasons currently unknown, even to Zane himself.]]
** Bonzle being sealed into a box.
** In the climax of the first part of season Season 2, [[spoiler:Kai and Bonzle end up trapped in Nether-Space.]]



* SleepDeprivation: Having woken up early for her first day of training, Sora's tiredness became a problem twice. First, she ends up pulled along a spinning wing chum dummy before ending up flying into the pond. Second, she falls asleep on a moving platform, forcing Lloyd to jab her rear end to get her to keep moving, only to fall onto another and be bounced about.

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* SleepDeprivation: SleepDeprivation:
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Having woken up early for her first day of training, Sora's tiredness became a problem twice. First, she ends up pulled along a spinning wing chum dummy before ending up flying into the pond. Second, she falls asleep on a moving platform, forcing Lloyd to jab her rear end to get her to keep moving, only to fall onto another and be bounced about.about.
** For most of the start of Season 2, Lloyd finds himself unable to sleep, due to being plagued by visions.



* UnknownRival: Years ago, Sora was as an assistant to Dr. [=LaRow=], but quit after learning the unethical nature of her work, namely draining dragons of their life energy. In the present, Sora returns to Imperium, where Dr. [=LaRow=] has a new lab assistant, Jordana, who claims to have been Sora's lifelong rival. Sora has no idea who she is.

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* UnknownRival: Years ago, Sora was as supposed to be an assistant to Dr. [=LaRow=], but quit after learning the unethical nature of her work, namely draining dragons of their life energy. In the present, Sora returns to Imperium, where Dr. [=LaRow=] has a new lab assistant, Jordana, who claims to have been Sora's lifelong rival. Sora has no idea who she is. Not even the Ninja know, despite some having met her.
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* ContinuityNod: In "Shattered Dreams", Kai tells Cinder, the new Master of Smoke, that he defeated the last Master of Smoke, referencing how he fought and won against Ash in the Tournament of Elements.

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* ContinuityNod: In "Shattered Dreams", Kai tells Cinder, the new Master of Smoke, that he defeated the last Master of Smoke, referencing how he fought and won against Ash in the Tournament of Elements.Elements during "[[Recap/NinjagoS4E37Versus Versus]]".
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* ContinuityNod: In "Shattered Dreams", Kai tells Cinder, the new Master of Smoke, that he defeated the last Master of Smoke, referencing how he fought and won against Ash in the Tournament of Elements.
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The first half of the series' first season aired on June 1st, 2023 on Netflix, with the second half released on October 12, the mini-series, The Elemental Mechs were released on January 6, 9, and 12, 2024 respectively, Social Media Ninja was released on January 17, and the first half of the second season is seat to air on April 4.

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The first half of the series' first season aired on June 1st, 2023 on Netflix, with the second half released on October 12, the mini-series, The Elemental Mechs were released on January 6, 9, and 12, 2024 respectively, Social Media Ninja was released on January 17, and the first half of the second season is seat to air aired on April 4.
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* HumanSacrifice: In order to [[spoiler:free the Forbidden Five from Nether-Space]], Ras needs to sacrifice five unshattered souls.


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* PoweredArmor: In the post season one shorts the Ninjas find some Chronosteel, and Sora uses it to create a set of elemental mechs for Kai, Cole, and herself, which can channel their powers, or the powers of the other elements if they swap parts (so if Kai and Sora swap mech arms, she can channel his fire powers via it, and he can channel her tech powers).


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* RunningGag: Jordana getting angry that Sora, and to a lesser extent the other ninjas, never remember who she is.


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* SealedEvilInACan: In Season 2 we learn that [[spoiler:there was once a group of corrupted Elemental Masters called the Forbidden Five that wielded a corrupted form of Spinjistu known as "Shatterspin", who were sealed away in Nether-Space by a pair of dragon warriors using a spell created by a powerful sorceress. Ras's plan in the season is to free them and harness their power for his own goals, though he only manages to do so with one of them.]]


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** In the climax of the first part of season 2, [[spoiler:Kai and Bonzle end up trapped in Nether-Space.]]

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* CentralTheme: The importance of FamilyOfChoice.
** In her origin story in "I Will Be the Danger", Wyldfyre learns what Heatwave means to her after being taught the word, 'Family'.
** In "The Battle of the Second Monastery", Lloyd consoles a discomforted Arin that he is with family: The Ninja, Sora, Riyu, and Wyldfyre.
** In "The Power Within", [[spoiler:Sora proclaims to her still disapproving parents that the Ninja are her new family]].
** In "Beyond the Phantasm Cave", Arin's fear is that he had given up searching for his parents, who believe the Ninja are his family now.
** The Finders and Cole have all become one of these, with Cole considering the Finders his second family aside from the Ninja and his dad, and Bonzle in particular having learnt the importance of family [[spoiler:from Wu in the past after having dealt with loneliness for so long since her creation]].



* FamilyOfChoice:
** In her origin story in "I Will Be the Danger", Wyldfyre learns what Heatwave means to her after being taught the word, 'Family'.
** In "The Battle of the Second Monastery", Lloyd consoles a discomforted Arin that he is with family: The Ninja, Sora, Riyu, and Wyldfyre.
** In "The Power Within", [[spoiler:Sora proclaims to her still disapproving parents that the Ninja are her new family]].
** In "Beyond the Phantasm Cave", Arin's fear is that he had given up searching for his parents, who believe the Ninja are his family now.
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* DiseaseByAnyOtherName: Egalt suffers from, what Wyldfyre calls, Wasting Sickness, as she lost most of her dragon family to it.


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** In "Beyond the Phantasm Cave", Arin's fear is that he had given up searching for his parents, who believe the Ninja are his family now.
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* ChekhovsGun: From ALL the way back in the pilot episodes, the Ninja's dragons being able to perform Spinjitzu to travel to the Underworld has come back, [[spoiler:with new Dragon Masters Egalt and Rontu being able to perform Spinjitzu, and worked to teach both it and advanced versions of it, in particular the Rising Dragon, to the Ninja and even Riyu as well.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: From ALL the way back in the pilot episodes, the Ninja's dragons being able to perform Spinjitzu to travel to the Underworld has come back, [[spoiler:with new Dragon Masters Egalt and Rontu being able to perform Spinjitzu, Spinjitzu (With Egalt showing annoyance when the Ninja assume dragons can't be ninja or learn Spinjitzu), and worked to teach both it and advanced versions of it, in particular the Rising Dragon, to the Ninja and even Riyu as well.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: From ALL the way back in the pilot episodes, the Ninja's dragons being able to perform Spinjitzu to travel to the Underworld has come back, [[spoiler:with new Dragon Masters Egalt and Rontu being able to perform Spinjitzu, and worked to teach both it and advanced versions of it, in particular the Rising Dragon, to the Ninja and even Riyu as well.]]

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