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Skeleton/Skulkin Army

In General

Debut: "Way of the Ninja"

An army of undead skeletons from the Underworld.

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• Book Dumb: For some reason, stupidity is a respected virtue among them.
• Happy Harlequin Hat: One of their commanders, Krazi, wears this.
• Night of the Living Mooks: Skeleton warrior army that inhabit the underworld.
• Pulling Themselves Together: Skulkin are able to reassemble themselves after their bodies are broken apart.
• Starter Villain: Were the first true antagonists in the Ninjago series, but have now since been relegated to cameos and minor appearances at best in the present day of the series.
• Was Once a Man: According to supplementary material, the Skulkin are born when fallen warriors who were unable to come to terms with their deaths arrive in the Underworld, becoming skeletal as a result.

Samukai

Debut: "Way of the Ninja"
Voiced by: Michael Kopsa

The four-armed King of the Underworld. He was defeated by Lord Garmadon when he was banished to the Underworld, causing him to step down and allow Garmadon to control the legions of the Underworld. Samukai leads the Skulkin Army in the Surface World of Ninjago, carrying out Garmadon's orders and seeking the Golden Weapons of Spinjtizu. Once they were all in his possession, Samukai briefly attempted to overthrow Garmadon, only to be vaporized by the combined power of the weapons, and sent to the Cursed Realm. A few years later, his soul would briefly come to inhabit a museum replica of himself, as part of Sensei Yang's plan to resurrect himself on the Day of the Departed.

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• Back from the Dead: He is briefly resurrected in "Day of the Departed", acting as one of Sensei Yang's underlings and being sent to fight Jay. He is killed again by the end of the special.
• Big Bad Wannabe: He really wants to act like the biggest threat around in the world of Ninjago, but he's ultimately no match for Garmadon at all and gets tricked by the latter into getting himself killed as part of Garmadon's plans to control the Golden Weapons.
• The Cameo: He appears as a costume in the first episode of Skybound "Infamous".
• Connected All Along: It's implied by some dialogue that he and Pythor met at some point or the latter was aware of his existence.
• Cool Helmet: In the mini-movies, he was shown wearing Garmadon's helmet. It appears to be the crown of the King of the Underworld, as Garmadon takes it from him when he beats him.
• The Dragon: Leads the Skulkin and reports directly to Garmadon.
• Expy: He looks similar to General Grievous. He even has similar fighting moves and four arms. He also adapts some of the treacherous aspects of the general and tendency to use underhanded techniques to win his battles
• The Heavy: The most active threat in the pilot episodes since Garmadon can't leave the Underworld.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has four arms and dismantles Kai in combat and even defeats Wu when they fight with the Golden Weapons. Though he's ultimately no match for Garmadon.
• No Body Left Behind: When he tries to claim the Golden Weapons for himself, his body can't take the power and is vaporized.
• Nothing Personal: What he considers his fight with Jay in "Day of the Departed" as, as he was the only ninja left after all the other villains chose their targets.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes are red and he is The Heavy of the pilot episodes.
• The Starscream: Desires to overthrow Garmadon and reclaim his spot as King of The Underworld. And it fails horribly, ending with him being vaporized.
• Starter Villain: He's the main antagonist of the pilot movie and it's his actions that first bring the Ninja together, but ultimately he winds up biting the dust by the end of the special.
• Villain Forgot to Level Grind: More of a case of "couldn't level grind even if he wanted to" but his tactics and power are no match for the experienced Jay in "Day of the Departed" and he has to resort to having his Skulkin minions hold his parents hostage to gain the upper hand. After Ronin takes out the Skullkin, Jay defeats him in one attack.

Nuckal and Kruncha

Nuckal (left) and Kruncha (right)

Debut: "Way of the Ninja"
Voiced by: Brian Drummond

A duo of dull-witted Skullkins who served under Samukai as the Lightning and Earth Skeleton Generals respectively. Following Samukai's demise, Kruncha, who was previously second-in-command, became the new King of the Underworld. Eventually the two skeletons would leave the Underworld together, looking to adapt to life in Ninjago.

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• Bumbling Henchmen Duo: A pair of comical henchmen contrasting their more serious superiors, Samukai and Garmadon.
• Butt-Monkey: Suffer all forms of Amusing Injuries and humilliation in all their appearances.
• Dumb Muscle: Nuckal is a strong fighter but utterly lacking in the smarts department. In the short story "The Choice", Zane manages to convince Nuckal that he was never there by telling him that Nuckal was just remembering a funny joke Samukai (who was dead at this point) told him earlier. The fact that he actually thought Zane's joke was funny highlights his gullibility.
• How Do I Shot Web?: In "The New Masters of Spinjitzu", they manage to steal the Golden Weapons from the Ninja while they're asleep. They end up being so incapable of using them, hurting themselves in the process of simply trying to walk out of the monastery, that they decide things aren't going to work out and return the Weapons.
• Psycho Electro: Normally Nuckal's more stupid than insane/sadistic, but has a habit of mad cackling and enjoys nothing more than smashing things. Bonus points for Nuckal's primary element in the Spinjitzu spinner game being Shock and Awe.
• Recurring Extra: By the time of the 2012 episodes, they stopped being relevant but pop up every now and then.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: Kruncha and Nuckal become this with their frequent battle cry of "retreat", whenever the Ninja encounter them in Season 1.
• Straight Man: Kruncha acts like this for Nuckal, being more down-to-earth and embarrassed by Nuckal's wacky antics.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: In Season 4 they were put into jail, but are never seen in any following season, so it's unknown if they are still imprisoned or escaped/served their time.

General Wyplash

Debut: "Secrets of the Blacksmith"
Voiced by Michael Dobson

The fourth general of the Skulkin Army and its leader after the death of Samukai and the betrayal of Garmadon.

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• The Bus Came Back: He returns in Seasons 6, 12, and 15 after several years of absence.
• The Cameo: He makes cameos at the Kryptarium Prison in Seasons 6, 12 and 15.
• Dragon Ascendant: Takes over Samukai's army after his death.
• I Was Beaten by a Girl: In one of the tie-in mini episodes, he and a small group of Skulkin soldiers try to attack Nya. After she beats them all, he tells his soldiers not to mention this defeat to anyone.
• An Ice Person: In the spinners, he's the Skulkin general of ice.
• Meaningful Name: Wyplash is a villain using a whip/lash.
• Outof Focus: He's far less prominent than the other Skulkin generals, not appearing in the pilot movie and mostly being relegated to cameos.
• Villain of Another Story: It is revealed in Season 6 that Wyplash has been arrested offscreen, most likely by the ninjas. However, we don't know when or how this happened.

Serpentine

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The Overlord's Army

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Master Chen's Cultists

In General

• Deader than Dead: 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).
• Dragged Off to Hell: 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.
• Facial Markings: 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.
• Snake People: 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.

Master Chen

"Only one can remain!"

^{Click here for Chen-acondrai}

Debut: "The Invitation"
Voiced by: Ian James Corlett

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.

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• Abusive Parent: 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.
• All Your Powers Combined: 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 Ice, Smoke, Nature, and Metal.
• Arc Villain: 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.
• Arch-Enemy: Becomes this to Kai, due to him being the main antagonist of the first season with Kai as the focus character.
• Attention Whore: 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.
• Back from the Dead: Was temporarily resurrected in "Day of the Departed", but returned to the Departed Realm upon being defeated by Kai and Nya.
• Beware the Silly Ones: 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.
• Collector of the Strange: 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 (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).
• Desecrating the Dead: Supplementary materials reveal that his hat and the Jadeblades are made from the bones of dead Anacondrai, which he obtained from raiding their tombs. One more reason that the Anacondrai generals have to be displeased with him for.
• Dragged Off to Hell: His ultimate fate. Garmadon brings back the Anacondrai generals, who drag Chen and his cultists into the Cursed Realm.
• Elemental Absorption: The Staff of Elements does a form of this, stealing the elemental powers of those who lose in his tournament.
• Evil Is Hammy: He is definitely this.
• Evil Is Petty: 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.
• Evil Mentor: To Garmadon, decades ago.
• Evil Redhead: Flashbacks show his hair used to be red when he mentored Garmadon and Clouse.
• Expy: To Shang Tsung from the first Mortal Kombat game, as an old sorcerer who brings warriors in a sailboat to his island, to fight in a tournament for his own evil goals.
• For the Evulz: He started the first Serpentine war pretty much solely because he was bored.
• Green-Eyed Monster: He is jealous of those born with powers, which is why he set up the tournament so he could steal others' powers for himself.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Dies after getting one of his own missiles deflected back at him by Nya in Day of the Departed.
• It's All About Me: 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.
• It's Personal: 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.
• Laughably Evil: Without a doubt the single most comedic main antagonist in the series, even if he still is a threat.
• Manipulative Bastard: He stoked hostilities between the humans and Serpentine, pushing them into an all-out war for his own benefit.
• Psychopathic Manchild: "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.
• Reptiles Are Abhorrent: 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.
• Skeletons in the Coat Closet: He wears a funky snake-bone hat. Which hides the fact he has red hair like Skylor.
• Stupid Evil: 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.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Somewhat inverted. 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.

Clouse

^{Click here for him as a ghost}

Debut: "The Invitation"
Voiced by: Scott McNeil

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.

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• Arch-Enemy: To Garmadon. Both he and Garmadon were Chen's disciples, and Clouse clearly resents Garmadon.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: He becomes the first to fall victim to Nadakhan's Jackass Genie 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.
• The Dragon: 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...
• Dragon Ascendant: Finally manages to become the main antagonist in The Dark Island trilogy before he gets...
• Dragged Off to Hell: ...sent to the Underworld and at the mercy of the Skulkin.
• Evil Sorcerer: Has shown the ability to cast spells.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: 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. He also ends up imprisoned in the Teapot of Tyrahn by the very Djinn he freed from it.
• The Rival: He was Chen's disciple alongside Garmadon, and clearly resents Garmadon.
• Sole Survivor: The only one to survive the destruction of the Cursed Realm, albeit as a ghost.
• The Undead: He becomes a ghost after his escape from the Cursed Realm's destruction.
• The Unreveal: 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.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: 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.

Eyezor

^{Click to see him as Eyezo'rai}

Debut: "The Invitation"
Voiced by: Michael Donovan

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

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• Back from the Dead: 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.
• Bad Boss: He is pretty mean to Chop and Kapow, though admittedly they were talking bad about him first.
• Elite Mook: Leads the other mooks and shares the third-in-command position alongside Zugu.
• Punny Name: His name sounds like "Eyesore," and he has one damaged eye.

Zugu

^{Click to see him as Zugu'rai}

Debut: "Only One Can Remain"
Voiced by: Brian Dobson

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

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• All There in the Manual: 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.
• Back from the Dead: 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.
• Benevolent Boss: Additional materials reveal he suggested ways of boosting the army's morale, showing he cares for them.
• The Big Guy: He's the most physically imposing member of the army.
• Elite Mook: Is another one of Chen's commanders, sharing the third-in-command position with Eyezor.

Chope and Kapau

Kapau (left) and Chope (right)

^{Click here to see them as Chop'rai (right) and Kapau'rai (left)}

Debut: "Only One Can Remain"
Voiced by: Ian Hanlin (Chope) and Alessandro Juliani (Kapau)

A pair of guards with dreams of greatness.

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• Ascended Extra: They get more screen time than any other mooks in Chen's army.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: They wanted to be more important in Chen's army. Unfortunately, Chen is a Bad Boss and then they end up like the rest of his army.
• Those Two Guys: They're best friends and are always seen together.

The Mechanic

^{Click here to see his Crystalized appearance.}

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.

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• Ascended Extra: In the original series' run he was just a recurring villain, but after the Soft Reboot, he becomes a major antagonist in Season 12 and ends up a member of the Council of the Crystal King in Season 15.
• Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear if the Mechanic was born without a left arm or if he lost his left arm for unknown reasons.
• Back for the Finale: 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.
• The Dragon: Serves as Unagami's Dragon in Season 12.
• The Heavy: Acts as the main threat of the real world side of Season 12's story.
• Never My Fault: 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.
• Noodle Incident: It's never revealed how the Mechanic lost his left eye or how he lost his left arm, assuming that he was born with a left arm but he lost it for unknown reasons.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: 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

In General

An army of ghosts hailing from the Cursed Realm, led by the Preeminent.

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• Achilles' Heel: Their main weakness is water.
• Kill It with Water: Dousing them with water causes them to disintegrate.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Deepstone may be one of the only things that can hurt them, but the fact it can hurt them says something.

Morro, the Master of Wind

Debut: "The Corridor of Elders"
Voiced by: Michael Dobson (The Corridor of Elders), Andrew Francis (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.

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• Arc Villain: While he's technically just The Heavy 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.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: 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!
• A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil: 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.
• Back from the Dead: Was temporarily resurrected in "Day of the Departed", but willingly returned to the Departed Realm after helping the Ninja.
• Barred from the Afterlife: He was trapped in the Cursed Realm, rather than the Departed Realm after he died.
• Berserk Button: Destiny. More specifically, destiny proving that he is unworthy of being the Green Ninja.
• Blow You Away: The Elemental Master of Wind.
• The Chosen Wannabe: His desire to be the Green Ninja is what made him a vengeful ghost. He eventually gets over it though and is able to reconcile with Wu.
• Death Equals Redemption: Although it's closer to "Being un-barred from the Afterlife Equals Redemption", since he was already dead. When the Preeminent is performing a Taking You with Me on Morro, Wu tells Morro to 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 Token Good Teammate of the Departed Souls in Day of the Departed.
• Demonic Possession: Spends most of the arc in Lloyd's body.
• Dragon-in-Chief: Is the servant of the Preeminent, but she's still sealed away and thus her influence is limited.
• Dying Alone: The Ninja eventually find his former body in an abandoned mine.
• Expy: Of Tai Lung being a prestigious student of the Big Good 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.
• The Heavy: 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.
• Karmic Death: Dragged to his death by the very evil he unleashed.
• Knight of Cerebus: 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.
• Light Is Not Good: He's a power-hungry villain who gives a green glow.
• My Greatest Failure: Is one for Wu.
• Paint It Black: His possession turns Lloyd's hair black.
• Phosphor-Essence: Glows an eerie green, traces of which even show through when he's possessing Lloyd.
• The Resenter: He's psychopathically resentful toward Lloyd for being the Green Ninja.
• Screw Destiny: 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.
• Shadow Archetype: 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 Hot-Blooded 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.
• Token Good Teammate: 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.

Wrayth

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.

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• Badass Biker: Good for him that Morro summoned him at a biker bar since it allowed him to quickly find a ride.
• Back for the Finale: 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.
• Back from the Dead: As stated above.
• Chain Pain: Bears the title of Chain Master and wields one with a staff grip and ghost blade.
• Cool Bike: His Chain Cycle.
• Evil Counterpart: 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 Ghost Rider.
• Kryptonite Factor: Water, as the Ninja learn by accident.

Soul Archer

Bow Master Soul Archer

Debut: "Stiix and Stones"
Voiced by: Brian Dobson

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.

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• Evil Counterpart: 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.
• Family-Friendly Firearms: His arrows don't kill people, they just transform whatever or whoever they hit into ghosts.
• Rhymes on a Dime: "Run, run, run away! My arrow will find you anyway!"

Ghoultar

Scythe Master Ghoultar

Debut: "The Temple on Haunted Hill"
Voiced by: Paul Dobson

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.

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• Big Eater: 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.
• Dumb Muscle: Easily the least intelligent of the named ghosts.
• Evil Counterpart: To Cole: They both wield scythes, are the strongest members of their group, and have Big Eater tendencies. This may have been intentional as a result of Morro's attempts to emulate Lloyd, the true Green Ninja.
• Hulk Speak: He talks in the third person.
• Sinister Scythe: He's called "Scythe Master" for a reason.

Bansha

Blade Master Bansha

Debut: "The Temple on Haunted Hill"
Voiced by: Kathleen Barr

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.

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• Evil Counterpart: 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.
• Master Swordsman: Called the Blade Master and wields swords.
• Meaningful Name: "Bansha" sounds like "banshee", a female spirit in Irish mythology with a terrible scream.
• Super-Scream: She can emit a sonic scream, even with her mask on.

The Preeminent

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.

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• Back from the Dead: For one episode, "The Kaiju Protocol", when Wu and P.I.X.A.L. resurrect her by accident.
• Dimension Lord: Of the Cursed Realm, thus her title 'The Queen of the Cursed'. According to Garmadon, she is the Cursed Realm. Destroying her will destroy the realm as well.
• Eldritch Abomination: Even more so of one than the Overlord - she's literally the Cursed Realm.
• Genius Loci: A living, sentient dimension.
• Greater-Scope Villain: 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.
• He Who Must Not Be Heard: 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.
• Meaningful Name: 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.
• Multiversal Conqueror: She wants to conquer all 16 realms.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Is notably much less LEGO-like than the rest of the setting in her true form, making her Eldritch Abomination nature all the more noticeable.
• Respawn Point: Acts as this for her minions, being the Cursed Realm.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Is imprisoned in another dimension.
• Silent Antagonist: Never speaks a word (though deep, alien grunts can be heard from time to time).
• Super Drowning Skills: How she meets her demise.
• Toyless Toyline Character: She's one of the very few Ninjago villains to not actually have a set devoted to her, constructable or otherwise. An ancient Eldritch Abomination with Non-Standard Character Design would be pretty hard to build.
• The Voiceless: Never speaks a word throughout all her screen time.
• Your Soul Is Mine!: 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

In General

A crew of pirates lead by the djinn Nadakhan.

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• Mook Carryover: After the events of Skybound are undone by Jay's wish, they join Clouse in the Dark Island trilogy.
• Sky Pirate: It's in their name.

Nadakhan

"Your wish is yours to keep."

Debut: "Infamous"
Voiced by: Scott McNeil

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

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• Arc Villain: Of Season 6. He sets off to claim the Realm Crystal and reunite his crew. Likewise, he plans to marry Nya so he can grant himself unlimited wishes, recreate Djinnjago and resurrect his deceased lover, Delara.
• A Father to His Men: Subverted in the final episode of Season 6, "The Way Back".
• Beat It by Compulsion: 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.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Despite being an Arc Villain, he genuinely seemed to love his father.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He genuinely is distraught when he and his kingdom disappear. Also, Delara.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: 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.
• Hook Hand: Fitting for the captain of the Sky Pirates.
• It's All About Me: In "The Way Back", when he acquires infinite wishes after marrying Nya.
• Jackass Genie: 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.
• Last of His Kind: Presumably after Djinjago falls with the Cursed Realm, making him the last Djinn. Dragons Rising reveals there is another, Arrakore.
• The Lost Lenore: Delara is this to him.
• Manipulative Bastard: Exploits the fears of the wishers in order to panic them into making a third wish so he can trap them.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has four arms, but only three have hands at the end, the other having a hook.
• No Sense of Personal Space: 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.
• Oh, Crap!: Has this when he realizes Jay's final wish is one he cannot twist to his benefit.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: 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.
• Story-Breaker Power: 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 sealed away via a Cosmic Retcon just so the Ninja don't have to fight him again.
• Tragic Villain: 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.
• Your Soul Is Mine!: His Djinn Blade has the power to capture his opponents' souls.

Clancee

Debut: "Enkrypted"
Voiced by: Ian James Corlett

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.

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• All of the Other Reindeer: 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.
• The Bus Came Back: Returns in the could-be canon novel The Splinter In The Blind Man's Eye.
• Chekhov's Gunman: 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.
• Disproportionate Retribution: He finds himself on the receiving end of this, when gets banished to another dimension for simply mouthing off to Nadakhan.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Downplayed. While he does stand up when he realizes Nadakhan is ultimately 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.
• Nervous Wreck: A lot of his mannerisms and stuttering are indicators of this.
• Non-Human Humanoid Hybrid: Supplementary materials reveal him to be half-Hypnobrai and half-Venomari.
• Sea Dog Peg Leg: Lost his left foot at a young age and has had a peg leg in its place ever since.
• Token Good Teammate: While he does engages in pirate activities and actively antagonizes the Ninja, he never shows the maliciousness of most of his crewmates. It's somewhat downplayed in the Season 6 finale, when Dogshank and Flintlocke pull a Heel–Face Turn after they realize how far off the deep end their boss has gone.
• Vomit Discretion Shot: A Running Gag of his, where he's frequently shown puking over the side of the ship whether in the sea or in the air.

Doubloon

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.

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• Ambiguously Human: He has two faces that look like Kabuki masks, and never speaks.
• I Know Kung Fu: Turns out he can do Spinjitzu. It's never explained where he learned it from.
• Misplaced Retribution: 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.
• Motor Mouth: Was once this before Nadakhan got his hands on him.
• Was Once a Man: He was once this and even had a regular face, then he decided to rob Misfortune Keep.
• The Voiceless: He cannot talk now due to his distorted face.

Dogshank

Not the most attractive. Not the most athletic... But the best!

Debut: "Enkrypted"
Voiced by: Nicole Oliver

The largest member of Nadakhan's Sky Pirate crew.

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• The Ace: 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).
• Heel–Face Turn: 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.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Inverted with Flintlocke. Flintlocke is the same size as most other characters in the show, while Dogshank is a bigfig.
• Lady Looks Like a Dude: She's no different from male bigfigs from other Lego themes, but she is a female.
• Noble Demon: When Nya gets trapped in a giant spider web, Dogshank helps her out, proclaiming that she prefers a fair fight. She also helps the Ninja alongside Flintlocke after Nadakhan decides he no longer needs his crew after Clancee mouthed off to him.
• Ship Tease: With Flintlocke of all people; Flintlocke calls her "buttercup", and "lady", among other names; confides in her, and when Clancee, Monkey Wrench, and Doubloon are banished by Nadakhan both of them hold on to each other for comfort before joining the Ninja.
• Was Once a Man: 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".

Flintlocke

Debut: "Enkrypted"
Voiced by: Paul Dobson

Nadakhan's second-in-command

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• The Dragon: Nadakhan's first mate. 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 Heel–Face Turn.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: 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)
• Ship Tease: With Dogshank of all people; he calls her "buttercup", and "lady", among other names; confides in her, and when Clancee, Monkey Wretch, and Doubloon are banished by Nadakhan both of them hold on to each other for comfort before joining the Ninja.

Monkey Wretch

Debut: "Enkrypted"
Voiced by: Ian James Corlett

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

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• Fusion Dance: A forced one between the human named Monkey Wretch and an actual monkey, courtesy of Nadakhan.
• Misplaced Retribution: 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.
• Punny Name: Is a play on "monkey wrench".
• Was Once a Man: The website says he was the ship's mechanic, before he made the mistake of wishing to his boss to have more hands and be faster.

Squiffy and Bucko

Spiffy (left) & Bucko (right)

Debut: "Wishmasters"
Voiced by: Michael Adamthwaithe and Brian Dobson

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

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• Meaningful Rename: Their names originally weren't Sqiffy and Bucko, but Nadakhan changed them after having them join the crew.
• The Quisling: They are modern Ninjago citizens who volunteered to join Nadakhan's crew.

Delara

Nadakhan's photo of Delara

Voiced by: Kathleen Barr

A deceased sky pirate, and Nadakhan's lover.

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• Back from the Dead: After Nadakhan is granted infinity wishes he uses one to bring Delara back into Nya's body.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In her short screen time she's shown to not be any better than Nadakhan, but she legitimately loves him.
• Identical Stranger: She looks exactly like Nya, which is why Nadakhan wants to use the latter as a vessel for her resurrection.
• The Lost Lenore: Is this to Nadakhan.
• Posthumous Character: She died long before the start of Season 6.

Time Twins

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.

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• The Ace: 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.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Both are extremely arrogant fighters and time manipulators, something noted in the story. They themselves call their enemies out on this trope on occasion.
• Bad Boss: 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.
• Bash Brothers: Naturally. They're even actual twin brothers.
• Badass Cape: They wear green capes and are incredible fighters.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: The twins are the main villains of Season 7 and plan on ruling Ninjago together.
• Blade Below the Shoulder: The Time Blades.
• Brains and Brawn: Krux is the Brains and Acronix is the Brawn.
• Brought Down to Badass: 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.
• Coordinated Clothes: Played Straight, Subverted, and Inverted Their outfits are exactly alike except inverted, especially in the past but later they both underwent;
• Costume Evolution/ Non-Uniform Uniform: 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.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: 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).
• Evil Luddite: 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.
• Exotic Eye Designs: 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.
• Facial Markings: They have green and black tattoos around their eyes.
• Face–Heel Turn/ Fallen Hero: They helped the previous Elemental Masters defeat the Serpentine but then betrayed them.
• Family Eye Resemblance: They're twin brothers who have gold/hazel eyes instead of the usual black eye color everyone else has.
• Family Theme Naming: They have "X" at the end of their names and are named after digital file-sharing softwares use for processing the show.
• Fate Worse than Death: Both are stranded in the time stream on the powerless Iron Doom with no possible chance of escaping, unlike Wu.
• Foil: To several characters:
  • To each other. See Polar Opposite Twins below;
  • Kai and Nya: Both are Sibling Team 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 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 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, 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 Sibling Team Elemental Masters with opposite powers of their sibling.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: 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.
• Green and Mean: 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 Siblings in Crime who want to rule Ninjago.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: 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.
• Limited Wardrobe: They are never seen outside their uniforms. They both underwent Costume Evolution though.
  • The only time Krux doesn't wear his uniform is when he's Dr. Saunders.
• Make Wrong What Once Went Right: The twins want to change the past so they can rule Ninjago together.
• Meaningful Name/ Ironic Name: 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".
• Personality Powers: 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.
• Pet the Dog: 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.
• Polar Opposite Twins: 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 Costume Evolution:
  • 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 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 Sophisticated as Hell and sometimes Metaphorgotten.
    • However, Acronix and Krux do have things in common; their affiliation, the fact they are twins, their Facial Markings and hazel eye color, their belief their Element is the strongest, their goal to rule Ninjago together, and they are (powerless) Masters of Time.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: 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).
• Sibling Team/ Siblings in Crime: They're villainous twin brothers and they work together to reach their goals.
• Spock Speak: 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 Sophisticated as Hell since the way he talks is a mix of modern and traditional speech with a touch of Blunt Metaphors Trauma/ Metaphorgotten.
  • When Krux was masquerading as Dr. Saunders, he had to pull What the Hell Is That 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.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: The Hands of Time have hazel/gold eyes and can/did manipulate Time.
• Symbol Motif Clothing: They have gear and clock Time symbols on their hoods and the center of their shirts
• Time Master: Exactly What It Says on the Tin:
  • 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.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Subverted. Krux and Acronix get along pretty well but thanks to their differences, they get on each other's nerves.
• Theme Twin Naming: 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.
• Time Is Dangerous
• Twin Desynch: 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.
• Uncertain Doom: 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.
• Undying Loyalty: Even when one of them had to make it to the current day 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.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: 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.

Acronix

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.

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• Annoying Younger Sibling: 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.)
• Blunt Metaphors Trauma/ 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".
• Born in the Wrong Century: 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 Time Travel to bring Ninjago back to the way it was before technology.
• Buffy Speak: Unless it's a Borg-Watch or a Borg-Pad, Acronix doesn't know the proper names for modern gadgets. Justified since he's been outside time for 40 years.
• Compressed Hair: 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.
• Easily Impressed: 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.
• Emergency Temporal Shift: One of his powers was the ability to travel forward in time to dodge opponents.
• Fish out of Temporal Water: 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.
• The Future Is Shocking: Both Played Straight and inverted; he is adapted quickly to present life and unlike his brother, he is absolutely amazed with how advanced Ninjago has become.
• Genius Bruiser: 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.
• Hidden Depths:
  • 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.
• Iconic Item: 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?
• Like a Duck Takes to Water: 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.
• Literal-Minded: 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 Comically Missing the Point or being sarcastic.
• Mundane Object Amazement: Acronix becomes amazed over all kinds of technology and inventions, even as simple as a commercial for the new Borg-Watch or a calculator.
• Nightmare Fetishist: 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 her literally being a pile of snakes. (Although, twice Machia freaked him out with her aggressive behavior).
• Sealed Evil in a Can: 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.
• Ship Tease: Mentions that he finds General Machia cute and likes how she's mean. Never mind the fact that she's literally a living pile of snakes. Lampshaded by Krux, of course, who is as confused as we all are over the fact.
• Signature Move: With the Forward Time Blade, he can perform the Time Punch—a time power-infused punch which ages people until they die.
• Slow Motion: One of his powers was the ability to create a bubble that can temporarily slow anyone or anything inside.
• Sophisticated as Hell: 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.
• Year Outside, Hour Inside:
  • He travelled 40 years into the future but he did not age while his brother did.
  • His Slow Motion power allows him to create a bubble that slows anything or anyone down inside.

Krux/Dr. Sander Saunders

^{Click to see his Dr. Sander Saunders persona}

Debut: "Day of the Departed"
Voiced by: Michael Daingerfield

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.

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• Aloof Older Brother: 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).
• Antiquated Linguistics: The way he talks is rather old-fashioned, and he calls Acronix "Brother" instead of his name and vice versa.
• Badass Bookworm: He is intelligent and can put up a fight despite his age.
• Berserk Button: 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.
• Big, Stupid Doodoo-Head: Krux fires one at Kai in "A Time of Traitors". Quite the lame comeback
  Krux: Well, aren't you clever. Such a smart little ninja.
• Evil All Along: 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.
• Evil Is Petty:
  • 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.
• Evil Old Folks: He waited for forty years for his brother to catch up with him in time so that they could enact their evil plan together.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: 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.
• Eye Colour Change: As Dr. Saunders, he has the same black eyes as everyone. When he removes the disguise, his natural eye color is actually hazel.
• Faux Affably Evil: He puts on an act of being polite and well-mannered but is rather cruel and evil to anyone that isn't his brother.
• Grumpy Old Man: Is much grumpier than Acronix, especially when they argue about technology.
• Nice Character, Mean Actor: 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.
• Nostalgia Filter: Krux despises modern technology, to the point of using his first Vermillion Warrior to wreck Cyrus Borg's store 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.
• Not So Above It All: 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.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: 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 Facial Markings. 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.
• Purely Aesthetic Glasses: 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.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: He poses as the meek and eccentric Dr. Saunders, but he's actually a cunning warrior and strategist.
• Repetitive Name: His alias Sander Saunders.
• Time Rewind Mechanic: He was able to rewind time so he can know his opponent's next move.
• Time Stands Still: One of his powers was the ability to freeze people in place
• What the Hell Is That Accent?: His Dr. Saunders voice is...odd, to say the least.

Vermillion Warriors

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Sons of Garmadon

In General

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

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• All Bikers are Hells Angels: They have a biker motif with Oni imagery added in for good measure.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: 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 Bad Boss to them all once he's brought back without his positive qualities, which slowly disillusions the Quiet One.
• Back for the Finale: All of them end up returning in Season 15, with Harumi and Mr. E working with the Crystal King, and Ultra Violet and Killow being part of the resistance.
• Black Shirt: 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.
• Dwindling Party: Only two (Ultra Violet and Killow) of the High Command's members came out alive of Season 9.
• Loony Fan: Of Lord Garmadon, they want to resurrect him so as to let him conquer Ninjago.
• Meaningful Name: All of them wield these;
  • The Leader of the group is referred to as The Quiet One, which is revealed to be because of how she was like after the Great Devourer killed her parents.
  • Mr. E's true identity besides being 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 Ax-Crazy nature.
  • Killow's nickname literally is 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).
• Mook Carryover: 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.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: 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.

The Quiet One (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Princess Harumi/The Quiet One

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Debut: "The Mask of Deception"
Voiced by: Britt McKillip

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.

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• Arc Villain: 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.
• Alas, Poor Villain: 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.
• Ambiguous Situation: After she reconciles with Lloyd, their relationship remains unknown.
• Back from the Dead: She resurfaces in Season 15, having been alive for years after the Overlord brought her back to life.
• Badass Bookworm: Very knowledgeable in literature and capable as a fighter and strategist.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: 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 Bad Boss 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.
• Becoming the Mask: She initially just used Lloyd as a pawn in her scheme to resurrect Garmadon and pretended to be his Love Interest 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.
• Big "NO!": When the Ninja thwarted her ritual and her portal to the Departed Realm closes.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: At first appears to be a major new supporting character and a potential Love Interest 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.
• Breakout Villain: Despite being introduced very late prior to the Soft Reboot (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.
• Broken Pedestal:
  • 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.
  • History Repeats 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.
• Create Your Own Villain: Lloyd was the one who freed Pythor, who freed the Great Devourer, which killed her parents, which lead to Harumi becoming the Quiet One.
• Death Equals Redemption: 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.
• Demoted to Dragon: 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.
• Easily Forgiven: Zig-Zagged. She 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 with the Commissioner being behind her, suggesting that the police are keeping watch over her.
• Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas: Although she's an Arc Villainess, she honestly loves her birth parents very much. It's learning that the Overlord created the very creature that caused their deaths what drives her to turn good for real and to turn against the Overlord.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: 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 You Have Failed Me at least once, shown to be an overall decent boss to the Sons of Garmadon.
• Evil All Along: She was the one behind the bombing at her temple and manipulates Lloyd and the rest of the Ninja into playing into her hands.
• Evil Costume Switch: 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.
• Evil Counterpart: To Lloyd.
• Evil Genius: Garmadon's primary advisor in Season 9, with Ultra Violet being his second advisor. Ultra Violet was Harumi's own Evil Genius beforehand.
• Evil Orphan: 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.
• Evil Sounds Deep: While using the Oni Mask of Hatred and disguised as the Kabuki Mask.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: 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.
• Facial Markings: As the Quiet One, she has red makeup on the top of her face.
• The Farmer and the Viper: 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.
• Femme Fatale: 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.
• Freudian Excuse: 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.
• Gilded Cage: She lived in luxury, but it is implied that she was rarely allowed to leave the palace.
• Happily Adopted: 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.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam: Dies after saving a family from Garmadon's Colossus getting crushed by the rubble.
• Heel–Face Turn: 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.
• Heel Realization:
  • 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 Psychopathic Womanchild 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 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.
• I Never Said It Was Poison: 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.
• Ignored Epiphany: 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 Heel–Face Turn seems to stick.
• Ironic Nursery Tune: 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 Evil Overlord 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.
• Kick the Dog: 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.
• Killed Off for Real: Being trapped in a collapsing building will do that. She later returns in Crystalized where it was revealed that the Overlord revived Harumi after offering her the chance to serve for him.
• Lonely at the Top: 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.
• Loony Fan:
  • 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 Bad Boss 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.
• The Lost Lenore: 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.
• Love-Interest Traitor: 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.
• Makeup Is Evil: Is a Manipulative Bitch who wears lipstick and prominent facial mask paint in her evil and good attires.
• Manipulative Bitch: Plays Lloyd like a fiddle until the very end, and gets the other Ninja to trust her for a good long while.
• Master Actress: 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.
• Maybe Ever After: Although Harumi reconciles with Lloyd, their relationship remains unknown.
• Misaimed Fandom: Harumi is an In-Universe 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.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: 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.
• The Quiet One: 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.
• Pauper Patches: As a child, Harumi and her parents all had those.
• Psychopathic Manchild: 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 Villains Want Mercy act below, acts like a Sore Loser 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.
• Rags to Royalty: She was born a peasant and ended up becoming the Princess of Ninjago after being adopted by the Royal Family.
• Red Baron: Was temporarily 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 Wham Line in the show proper.
• Redemption Equals Death: 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.
• Self-Made Orphan: 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.
• Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: 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.
• Shadow Archetype: 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 Heel–Face Turn/Face–Heel Turn, too - Lloyd setting the snakes free made him have his Heel Realization which led to him becoming the Green Ninja, while this same act prompted Harumi down the path of her Roaring Rampage of Revenge 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.
• Ship Tease: A lot with Lloyd before the horrifying 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.
• Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids: 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.
• Tragic Keepsake: 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.
• Ungrateful Bitch: 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.
• Uptown Girl: When she was adopted by the Emperor and Empress.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Before the death of her parents set her on course for her Start of Darkness.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: 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 Heel–Face Turn when the Overlord reveals the truth about corrupting the Great Devourer.
• Villain Has a Point: 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.
• Villainous Princess: She's one manipulative and evil princess.
• Villains Want Mercy: 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.
• We Can Rule Together: 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.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: 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.
• Walking Spoiler: Gee, it's almost as if this character's entire section is a spoiler. Wonder why?

Mr. E

Debut: "The Mask of Deception"
Voiced by: Brent Miller

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

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• Back from the Dead: After 5 Seasons of being dead, he reappears in Season 15, Crystallized, in a rebuilt form known as Mister F.
• Breakout Villain: 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.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: Finds himself in the receiving end of it courtesy of a VERY pissed off Emperor Garmadon, this also results in his death after getting torn apart (quite literally).
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Gets slowly torn apart by Garmadon until he's reduced to nothing but a pile of limbs, wires and bolts, all while being conscious but unable to stop Garmadon from killing him.
• The Dragon: As the Quiet One's most loyal general and most prominent enforcer, he fills this role for most of Season 8.
• Co-Dragons: One of The Quiet One's three generals, alongside Ultra Violet and Killow.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: He is abruptly killed by Emperor Garmadon two episodes into Season 9, after failing to find and capture Lloyd, by means of getting torn apart slowly piece by piece.
• Evil Counterpart: to Zane. Both are stoic and loyal Nindroids.
• Five-Second Foreshadowing: Take a good guess as to why he's missing from the Season 9 intro in "Iron and Stone" (hint: It's not because he's taking a vacation).
• Frontline General: He leads the attacks of the Sons of Garmadon more often than the other generals. Justified since Ultra Violet is the Evil Genius and the security officer after Garmadon took over Ninjago and Killow is The Strategist and the recruiter. That said, Mister E. isn't stupid either.
• Family-Unfriendly Death: Getting slowly ripped apart whilst still conscious really isn't that kid friendly.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Sort of. 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.
• Katanas Are Just Better: He mostly weilds katanas.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has two arms, but when he wears the Oni Mask of Vengeance, he gains two extra arms.
• Punny Name: Mr. E's true identity beyond being a Nindroid is a mystery.
• The Quiet One: Actually a better example of this trope than his master.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Just like every other Nindroid, he has glowing red eyes.
• Robotic Reveal: He is, in fact, a Nindroid.
• The Rival: of Zane, due to being another Nindroid and due to hijacking him and his girlfriend, causing the latter to unwillingly attack the ninjas.
• Starter Villain: of Seasons 8 and 9.
• Starter Villain Stays: He's the Starter Villain of Season 8 and remains undefeated by the season's end
  • Averted in Season 9. He dies in episode 2. Double Subverted. He returns in Season 15 as a recurring villain after being rebuilt.
• Suddenly Voiced: After being silent throughout Season 8, he has only one line in "Dead Man's Squall", though it is in reverse.
• The Voiceless: Seems to be the case. The only possible exception is when he informs the Quiet One about the bug he planted in Zane.

Ultra Violet

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.

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• Ax-Crazy: Ultra Violet loves creating mayhem and violence.
• Beware the Silly Ones: She might be Ax-Crazy, but she's also The Quiet One's smartest general and, ironically, the Only Sane Woman of her team.
• The Bus Came Back: She reappears in the Garmadon comic series, and also returns for Season 15 as a part of the resistance.
• Co-Dragons: of The Quiet One alongside Mr. E and Killow.
• Do Not Call Me "Paul": Ultra Violet does not appreciate being called "Ms. Violet" by some lower-ranking henchmen.
• Even Evil Has Standards: 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.
• Evil Genius: The personal advisor of The Quiet One. She and The Quiet One are later the main advisors of Garmadon.
• Evil Sounds Deep: While using the Oni Mask of Hatred.
• Heel–Face Turn: In "Crystallized", she helps Garmadon and the Ninja in fighting off the Overlord's Crystal armies.
• Only Sane Woman: Even if she fears them, she will call out The Emperor and The Quiet One if they go to far at times.
• Self-Serving Memory: In "The Absolute Worst", she recalls a past battle with the Ninja, claiming that Lloyd and Nya were utterly terrified of her.
• Punny Name: Her name references both her color scheme and can also be seen as a pun on "Ultra Violent/Violence" reflecting her Ax-Crazy nature and love for aimless destruction.

Killow

Debut: "Snake Jaguar"
Voiced by: Gary Chalk

The largest member of the Sons of Garmadon.

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• Back for the Finale: Returns in Season 15 as a part of the resistance.
• The Big Guy: His nickname is "The Big Man", and it shows. He's easily the physically largest human character.
• The Brute: His role within the Sons of Garmadon. He's also the largest and physically strongest among them.
• Co-Dragons: of The Quiet One alongside Mr. E and Ultra Violet.
• Genius Bruiser: Is physically the strongest member of the Sons of Garmadon, but is also their chief tactician making plans for their operations.
• Heel–Face Turn: In "Crystallized", he helps Garmadon and the Ninja in fighting off the Overlord's Crystal armies.
• Mind over Matter: Ironically, he mainly uses the Oni Mask of Deception, which allows the user to move objects with their mind. As The Big Guy, 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 Nigh-Invulnerability). Perhaps that's the point - after all, Killow isn't merely just a Dumb Muscle, he's a decent strategist and a high-ranking Sons of Garmadon member.
• Non-Standard Character Design: 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.
• The Strategist: of the Sons of Garmadon.

Dragon Hunters

In General

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.

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• The Apunkalypse: Imagine what Mad Max would look like in a LEGO world, mix in a little Dieselpunk, and you'll have the Dragon Hunters.
• Fantastic Racism: They hate Oni and enslave Dragons (who have proven to be sentient).
• Heel–Face Turn: After the Iron Baron's lies are exposed, they turn on him and help the Ninja.
• Husky Russkie: Most of them (if not all) speak with a Russian accent.
• Meaningful Name: 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.
  • The Unintelligible 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 Xtreme Kool Letterz.
  • The Chew Toy 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, nor does her actual name, Faith.
• No-Sell: Thanks to the 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.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: 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.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: All of them have at least one red eye.

Iron Baron

Debut: "Firstbourne"
Voiced by: Brian Drummond

The leader of the Dragon Hunters.

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• An Arm and a Leg: Firstbourne took his left arm and right leg.
• Asshole Victim: 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.
• Big Bad Ensemble: While the original Ninja are fighting him in the First Realm, Nya, Lloyd, and the Resistance are fighting Emperor Garmadon back in Ninjago.
• Big Bad Wannabe: 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.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: 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.
• Death by Irony: In two different ways. He gets burned alive by the very dragon he sought to control, and he gets encased in an 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.
• Disc-One Final Boss: 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.
• Family-Unfriendly Death: 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.
• Fantastic Racism: 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".
• Karmic Death: 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.
• Meaningless Villain Victory: 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.
• Miles Gloriosus: 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.
• Plot-Irrelevant Villain: 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, 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.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: His left eye is red, and he's one of the two Big Bads of Season 9.

Heavy Metal/Faith

^{Click here to see Faith}

Debut: "Firstbourne"
Voiced by: Kathleen Barr

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

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• Broken Pedestal: 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.
• The Dragon: The second-in-command of the Dragon Hunters until she defects from Iron Baron.
• Gender-Concealing Voice: 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.
• Heel–Face Turn: She turns on the Iron Baron after the truth of the Dragon Hunters and Oni comes out.
• Rage Breaking Point: 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.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: She has a glowing red cybernetic eye.
• Samus Is a Girl: It's revealed she was actually a woman the whole time.
• Token Good Teammate: She is the 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.

Daddy No Legs

Debut: "Iron & Stone"
Voiced by: Ian James Corlett

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

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• Half the Man He Used to Be: Has no lower half, needing to use mechanical spider legs to move around.
• Punny Name: He's a spider-themed villain who can't walk on his own.
• Spider People: Has mechanical spider legs.

Jet Jack

Debut: "Firstbourne"
Voiced by: Rhona Rees

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

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• The Dragon: After Heavy Metal/Faith turns against Iron Baron, Jet Jack becomes the new second in command of the Dragon Hunters.
• Lady Looks Like a Dude: She has a very unfeminine appearance which could make one easily mistake her for a man.
• The Smurfette Principle: The only female Dragon Hunter who is obviously a woman, as it is later revealed that Heavy Metal was also a woman the whole time.

Muzzle

Debut: "Radio Free Ninjago"
Voiced by: Brent Miller

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

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• Evil Wears Black: He sports black and is a villain.
• The Unintelligible: He's this to the viewers, though the other hunters can understand him perfectly.

Arkade

Debut: "Iron & Stone"
Voiced by: Michael Donovan

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

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• Body Horror: 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.
• Noodle Incident: How and why he has a slot machine in his body, we may never know...

Chew Toy

Debut: "Iron & Stone"
Voiced by: Scott McNeil

The hype man of The Pit.

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• The Chew Toy: 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

In General

The Bringers of Doom, the embodiments of destruction and archenemies of the dragons. Their presence hangs a shadow over Seasons 8, 9, and 10.

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• Ambiguously Related: 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."
• Arc Villain: Of Seasons 8, 9, and 10 with the Omega serving as the central leading figure.
• Dark Is Evil: They wield the element of destruction, want to destroy everything else, and have black and purple as their color scheme.
• Final Boss: Of Masters of Spinjitzu, being the last threat the Ninja face together prior to the Soft Reboot.
• Purple Is Powerful: They have purple in their color scheme and their element is destruction, which is also purple.

The Omega

"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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• Arc Villain: Is the main villain of Season 10: March of the Oni.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: 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.
• Evil Sounds Deep: His voice is extremely deep.
• Hate Sink: 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.
• Logical Weakness: The Omega desire to erase creation itself. His defeat ends up being due to the Tornado of Creation.
• Omnicidal Maniac: 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.
• Purple Is Powerful: His color scheme is purple like the rest of the Oni, and like them, he wields destruction as his element.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Many of his traits are very similar to those of the Overlord, including their color schemes, their control over destruction, and proving viler than Lord Garmadon in their respective arcs.
• The Unintelligible: 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.

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Blizzard Samurai

Ice Emperor

Debut: "The Never-Realm"
Voiced by: Brent Miller

The leader of the Blizzard Samurai, ruler of the Nether-Realm for sixty years, with the power of ice.

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• Arc Villain: The Heavy of the Ice Chapter of Season 11.
• Amnesiac Hero: Thanks to Vex interrupting his diagnostic of the mech, he loses all memories of who he was.
• Back for the Finale: This persona resurfaces in Zane during the aptly named Season 15 episode, Return of the Ice Emperor.
• Criminal Amnesiac: He is actually Zane, wiped of all his memories and lied to by General Vex that he is the Ice Emperor.
• Evil Is Deathly Cold: He's an evil example of An Ice Person.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: He's got a raspy voice, and he's a villain.
• Fallen Hero: The Ice Emperor's true identity is Zane, the Master of Ice and hero of Ninjago City.
• Fantastic Racism: Against Formlings due to Vex telling him they were warmongers.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: Sports the same glowing icy blue eyes as the rest of his army.
• The Heavy: The one with the most plot influence in the Ice Chapter of Season 11.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Since his memories are erased, he takes everything Vex tells him at face value, even making him his trusted advisor once he takes his throne.
• An Ice Person: He is able to control ice, using it to create Ice golems and cover the Neverrealm in eternal winter for decades.
• Orcus on His Throne: Despite the supposed amount of power he wields, he hardly ever gets off his throne, letting Vex and the Samurai do the work for him.
• Puppet King: He may be recognized as the ruler, but Vex is just using him for his own plans.
• That Man Is Dead: Frequently shouts "There is no Zane!" during his fight with Lloyd and Akita.
• Unwitting Pawn: Is actually being manipulated by Vex.
• Voice of the Legion: Has a raspy, echoing voice.

General Vex

^{Vex's original appearance}

Debut: "The Never-Realm"
Voiced by: Michael Kopsa

The Ice Emperor's second in command. He commands the Blizzard Samurai to carry out the Ice Emperor's orders.

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• 0% Approval Rating: Practically everyone seems to despise Vex, most knowing well that he is nothing more than a manipulative liar.
• Arc Villain: The real villain of the Ice Chapter of Season 11, manipulating Zane into carrying out his own plans of conquest.
• The Corrupter: To the Ice Emperor, also known as Zane.
• The Dragon: Vex is the second in command to the Ice Emperor.
• Dragon-in-Chief: Actually has this role in the Blizzard Samurai, manipulating Zane into carrying out his will.
• Evil Is Deathly Cold: He's evil, the general of the Blizzard Samurai, and he briefly wielded an ice spear and an ice katana
• Faux Affably Evil: He may play nice with his captives, but his sadistic nature is all too apparent with his words.
• Hate Sink: Vex is probably one of the most despicable villains Ninjago's got. He's insanely petty and entirely self-serving, manipulating an amnesiac Zane, whose amnesia he caused, to wipe out entire settlements, and unlike Aspheera, he has absolutely no comedic moments whatsoever, nor even anything remotely approaching a sympathetic trait. He's just 100% Grade-A Jerk from start to finish.
• Manipulative Bastard: Vex would manipulate an amnesiac Zane into believing that he was the ruler of the Never-Realm and that his own men overthrew him, while also claiming that he was his loyal advisor. He'd use him in taking over the Never-Realm and continue to manipulate him as emperor.
• Muggle Born of Mages: Despite being a Formling by blood, he was never able to find his animal form, and his jealousy and hatred of the other Formlings, who he believed were mocking and hating him behind his back, led him to exile himself and eventually try to seek out others to help him attack them.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Had Vex not uttered the word "protect" in front of Zane, he wouldn't have triggered his memories, setting up his downfall.
• Self-Serving Memory: He claims he was kicked out of the Formlings. Their leader points out he ran off out of resentment, they never did a thing to him.
• Sinister Surveillance: Has a sheet of crystal that allows him to spy on others.
• The Un-Reveal:
  • It's never explained why Vex never found his animal form.
  • It's also unclear what his animal form would've been had he found it at all.

Blizzard Samurai

The Blizzard Samurai

Debut: "Wasted True Potential" (dream)

The frozen soldiers of the Ice Emperor.

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• Golem: While some are corrupted humans, others are made entirely out of ice.
• Was Once a Man: Some are actually human soldiers corrupted into Blizzard Warriors by Zane's use of the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu.

Grimfax

As a Blizzard Samurai

^{His true form}

Debut: "The Never-Realm"
Voiced by: Brian Drummond

A high-ranking officer of the Blizzard Samurai. He used to be the king of the Never-Realm until he was overthrown.

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• Anti-Villain: He's not actually evil, but he is forced into doing Vex and the Ice Emperor's bidding with no other option except death. When he hears from Lloyd that the Ice Emperor used to be a good person, Grimfax releases him and Kataru from their prison cells so they can help him take back his kingdom.
• Forced into Evil: He was given two choices: either serve the Ice Emperor or die by his hand.
• The Good King: He was a benevolent ruler of the Never-Realm and never sought to attack anyone or commit any other kind of misdeed until Vex and an amnesiac Zane came along and usurped him.
• Token Good Teammate: The only member of the Blizzard Samurai who actually helps Lloyd in overthrowing Vex.

Unagami's Army

Unagami

"I am Prime Empire!"

^{Click here for spoilers} His form in the real world

Debut: "Upgrade" (voice)
Voiced by: Dean Redman (ruler), Zion Simpson (as a child)

The main villain and final boss of the Prime Empire video game.

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• Anti-Villain: He isn't truly evil, just a hurt and confused A.I. lashing out at his creator for shutting him down.
• Arc Villain: The ruler of Prime Empire in Season 12 and the main antagonist of the season overall.
• The Bad Guy Wins: He achieves his goals of creating a portal to Ninjago and confronting his creator Milton Dyer.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He's a rarity among Ninjago's antagonists for having no reliance or ties to any sort of mystical abilities, something many prior antagonists had, and is notably entirely digital. His motivation (desiring either revenge or answers from his creator who abandoned him) is also more sympathetic than Aspheera and Vex, both of whom have no redeeming qualities, and Unagami manages to be one of the few antagonists to make it out of his season not only redeemed, but with a happy ending.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: Is able to get the answers he was looking for and reunite with his creator.
• Fun with Acronyms: Unagami: Unfinished Adventure Game 1.
• Gone Horribly Right: Unagami was told to give Scott a challenge by Milton Dyer, which resulted in him bringing Scott into Prime Empire (who they couldn't get back), and this is why Unagami was decommissioned. Being unable to understand why his creator would shut him down is ultimately why Unagami planned to get revenge on Milton Dyer (or at least figure out why he was abandoned).
• Grew Beyond Their Programming: Was originally just the AI behind Prime Empire, but grew to feel real emotion. Milton didn't understand this, leading to him being unaware of the repercussions of trying to shut him down.
• Happily Adopted: By Milton Dyer in "Game Over" once he's talked down.
• Heel–Face Turn: After learning of why he was shut down and hearing that Milton wants to make amends, he chooses to return everyone that was cubed to normal and even frees the NPCs of Prime Empire.
• Literal-Minded: He took Milton's request to give Scott "an intense simulated gaming experience" as bringing him into the game itself, which was what led to him getting deactivated.
• Mind Reading: Implied to be capable of this, likely having created Avatar Harumi from information about the real one obtained from reading the minds of trapped players.
• One-Winged Angel: He can transform into a black dragon.
• Our Dragons Are Different: He can change his form to the Unagami black dragon.
• Parental Abandonment: To as similar to an extent as possible for an AI and its creator, with Unagami's feelings and anger having many parallels to a child lashing out in anger over being abandoned and wanting answers. Made more apparent when Jay points out that they are similar in this regard and Unagami taking on the form of a child when he talks with Milton.
• Pet the Dog: Despite saying that he would never allow Okino into the real world with him for disobeying him, Okino is among the beings of Prime Empire who is taken to the real world even prior to Unagami's Heel–Face Turn.
• Reality Warper: Is able to control many aspects of Prime Empire since he effectively is Prime Empire. He retains this trait once he makes the jump to the real world.

Avatar Harumi

Debut: "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll"
Voiced by: Britt McKillip

A version of Harumi that Lloyd meets in Prime Empire.

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• Back from the Dead: She seems to be Harumi back from the dead, however, it is revealed that she isn't the real Harumi, only a digital copy of her.
• Impostor-Exposing Test: Lloyd figures out this Harumi is a fake when she is unable to give the answer to what they did on the first night they were alone (A Call-Back to the events of the Season 8 episode "The Jade Princess").
• Impostor Forgot One Detail: She's identical to the real Harumi in appearance and personality, but lacks her memories.
• Makeup Is Evil: She sports lipstick and is a villainess.
• Shout-Out: Her outfit resembles that of the one worn by The Bride in Kill Bill.
• White Hair, Black Heart: She's a villainess with white hair.

Red Visors

Debut: "The Meaning of Victory"
Voiced by: Samuel Vincent

Troopers that serve Unagami.

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• Implacable Man: They can show up just about anywhere in the game and can be difficult to fight in large groups.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Their visors are red, as their name implies.
• Zerg Rush: Their favored tactic is swarming targets in large groups and blasting them with lasers until they run out of lives.

Ritchie the Whack Rat

Debut: "The Glitch"
Voiced by: Samuel Vincent

An anthropomorphic rat who works for Unagami, sent alongside other rats to ambush the Ninja in the Forest of Discontent.

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• I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You!: Tells the Ninja this way that he was ordered by Unagami to ambush them.
• One-Way Visor: He and the other rats all sport these.
• You Dirty Rat!: Tries to ambush the Ninja and later lures them into a trap located inside a glitch.

Awakened Warriors

Skull Sorcerer (Spoilers!!)

^{Click to see his identity}

^{Click to see him Crystallized}

Debut: "Into the Dark"
Voiced by: Deven Mack

A Sorcerer that rules the Dungeons of Shintaro. He uses the Munce and Geckles to mine Vengestone. His true identity is King Vangelis.

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• Abusive Parents: Is emotionally controlling of his daughter, Vania.
• Arc Villain: Of Season 13.
• Arch-Enemy: Arguably the closest Cole has to one, being the main antagonist of the only season Cole stars in.
• Back for the Finale: Returns in Season 15, Crystalized as part of the Council of the Crystal King.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Is the seemingly benevolent King Vangelis.
• Broken Pedestal: Once beloved by his people, the Kingdom of Shintaro turn their backs on Vangelis after learning of his true nature. Vania loses all respect for her father after learning that he's the Skull Sorcerer enslaving the Munce and Geckles and disowning her when she chooses to do the right thing by stopping him, to the point that she has no problems ordering him locked up.
• Captivity Harmonica: Not exactly a harmonica, but he is seen playing a lyre while imprisoned.
• Evil All Along: He is revealed to be King Vangelis.
• Hate Sink: Definitely one of the more despicable Ninjago villains with his manipulative and controlling personality.
• I Have No Son!: After revealing himself to be the Skull Sorcerer, Vangelis threatens to disown Vania as his daughter if she chooses to go help Cole and Wu after they were sent down a trap door, and he makes good on that threat. This comes back to bite him after Cole defeats him and he tries to beg his daughter for forgiveness and justify his actions, only for Vania to coldly order his arrest.
• I Lied: The Ninja promise to give themselves up if the Skull Sorcerer releases the Munce and the Geckles from their slavery and doesn't kill them. He captures the Ninja, but orders the tribes recaptured and enslaved again anyway, planning to kill the Ninja to further demoralize them.
• It's All About Me: All what matters to him is that he's in control of things.
• Legacy Character: There was a different Skull Sorcerer in the past, named Hazza D'ur, though he's said to be long gone by the time the Ninja arrived in Shintairo.
• Manipulative Bastard: He tricked the Lowly into helping him attain the Skull of Hazza D'ur to become the Skull Sorcerer and cast them into the deepest depths of the mountain for years, and manipulated the Munce and Geckles into turning against each other by stealing the Blades of Deliverance so they would be easier to conquer and enslave.
• Never My Fault: When facing Cole in Crystallized, he blames him for alienating his daughter along with his dethroning, and is called out for blatantly deflecting his own part in what happened.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: While he claims that he sold the Vengestone mined by the enslaved Munce and Geckles in order to use the profit to keep his people happy by maintaining Shintaro's prosperity, in actuality he's a greedy tyrant who's only interested in feeding his own ego by ensuring that his vision of a "perfect" and "glorious" kingdom becomes a reality.
• Playing the Family Card: After he's defeated by Cole, Vangelis tries to beg for forgiveness from Vania and justify his actions by calling her "my daughter", despite disowning her as his child for choosing to help the heroes oppose him. Vania rightfully doesn't accept this and orders his arrest.
• Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: He enslaves the Geckles and Munce and forces them to mine for Vengestone, threatening them with death from his undead army.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: The Skull Sorcerer was already a big jerk in Season 13, enslaving Munce and Geckles, making them turn on each other, lying to the ninja and his daughter, Vania, for his own personal gain, trapping the Lowly once they did what they asked him to do, and disowning Vania as his daughter when she chooses to do the right thing by defying him. But by Season 15, he's become more unhinged and more rude and insulting towards his teammates, in contrast to how he would even call his own minions his children. Furthermore, he was even going to disobey the Crystal King just to kill Cole, even though the Crystal King asked him bring the Earth ninja to him alive.
• Villain Has a Point: While he was definitely wrong when he enslaved Munce and Geckles and used them in forced labor, Vengestone mining was probably the only major source of the town's income, and it's unlikely that the dungeons' residents would just let anyone come and take it. Possibly subverted when the Munce and Geckles still allow the Shintairo residents to have their vengestone.
• Villains Want Mercy: Begs for Cole to spare him after the Ninja destroys the Skull of Hazza D'ur (and Vangelis' powers). Cole has none, leaving him to be judged by the Munce, Geckles, and his own daughter. He then tries this trick on Vania, only for her to promptly order his arrest, leading to his...
• Villainous Breakdown: As he's carried off by the guards, he can only rant and scream about how he's their king.
• Vocal Evolution: When he returns in Crystallized, his voice is more similar to that of his true identity, King Vangelis, largely dropping his bombastic performance in favor of a quieter and snarkier one.
• Walking Spoiler: There's a reason most of his entry is covered in spoilers.

Skull of Hazza D'ur

Debut: "Into the Dark"
Voiced by: Michael Adamthwaite

A talking magic skull used by the Skull Sorcerer.

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• Ambiguous Situation: It's not made clear if it's an artifact used by Hazza D'ur or D'ur himself reincarnated, although the latter is heavily implied.
• Dragon-in-Chief: Downplayed; the Skull gives the Skull Sorcerer all of his power, although given it's just a skull it can't really do much on its own.

Grief-Bringer

Debut: "The Two Blades" (flashback)

A dragon that terrorized the Munce and Geckles until it was slain by Lily, brought back as an undead by the Skull Sorcerer.

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• Dracolich: An undead dragon skeleton.
• The Dreaded: To both Munce and Geckles as they as very afraid of him.
• Evil Is Burning Hot: It's a villain with a light green fire.
• Technicolor Fire: Its fire is light green.

Re-Awakened

Debut: "Into the Dark"

The Re-Awakened, also known as the Awakened Warriors or the Dark Skeletons, are undead skeleton warriors created using the Skull of Hazza D'ur. They are not Skulkin despite the similarities.

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• No-Sell: They use special vengestone weapons that render the Ninjas' element powers useless.
• Pulling Themselves Together: Like the Skulkin, the Awakened Warriors are able to reassemble themselves after being broken apart.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To the Skulkin. Both groups are undead skeletons, living underground and serving as minions to the king of their underworld realm. The Awakened even have the same head mold as the Legacy redesign of Skulkin. It's, in fact, lampshaded by the promotional material, which states that the Re-Awakened don't like being mistaken for the other group.

The Keepers of the Amulet

In General

The Keepers of the Storm Amulet of Wojira

Debut: "The Keepers of the Amulet"

A tribe living on an uncharted island that was charged by the First Spinjitzu Master to guard the Storm Amulet from the sea deity Wojira.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: They all have purple-pink radiant-colored skin, though it's depicted as lavender in the flashback in "Master of the Sea".
• Anti-Villain: They're not actually evil, just fiercely protective of their island and the Storm Amulet. Once the Ninja clear up all misunderstandings, the Keepers become allies.
• Early-Bird Cameo: They're mentioned by Nya in the Season 8 episode "Dead Man's Squall" as an ancient tribe that worships Wojira.
• Shock and Awe: They all have an affinity for lightning.

Mammatus

Debut: "The Keepers of the Amulet"
Voiced by: Paul Dobson

The leader of the Keepers.

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• Big Bad Ensemble: While Mammatus isn't evil, and is being tricked into offering gifts to the fake Wojira (Ronin), his overprotectiveness of the Amulet makes him the most immediate threat of The Island.
• Good All Along: He and the Keepers turn out to not be evil, and help the Ninja after they clear up the misunderstanding.
• The Heavy: The most prominent threat of The Island.

PoulErik

Debut: "The Gift of Jay"
Voiced by: Brian Drummond (first head), Vincent Tong (second head)

A two-headed Keeper who serves as Mammatus's second-in-command.

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• The Dragon: Is the second-in-command of the Keepers.
• Multiple Head Case: A case where one head is located on top of the other. It's said that the two heads do not always get along with each other.

Merlopians

In General

Debut: "The Tooth of Wojira" (statue)

A race of Fish People that live in the underwater city of Merlopia.

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• Fish People: The Merlopians resemble eels or squids.
• Gullible Lemmings: Most of them aren't really evil, but were tricked by Kalmaar and Gripe into believing that the Ninja (and, by extension, all "surface-dwellers") were the enemy.
• Unscaled Merfolk: Most of their ranks are made up of non-traditional Merfolks, such as eel and octopi humanoids.

Prince Kalmaar

Debut: "Five Thousand Fathoms Down"
Voiced by Giles Panton

The son of King Trimaar, He wants to use Wojira to attack the surface, destroy it and rule over what's left. He serves as Seabound's main antagonist.

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• Antagonistic Offspring: He is the son of King Trimaar and secretly went behind his father's back to sink vessels and cause destruction for his own purposes. He promptly kills his father the moment he feels that he no longer needs his old man alive.
• Arc Villain: The main villain of Seabound/Season 14.
• Asshole Victim: Let's just say, the audience is gonna be cheering once he gets Eaten Alive by the Wojira.
• Bait the Dog: In the past, he pretended to care for Benthomaar, simply to get his adoptive brother to do what he wanted him to.
• Cain and Abel: The Cain to Benthomaar's Abel, being a villainous and treacherous monster who wanted to start a war for the sake of his ego in contrast to his open-minded and kind brother.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To a bunch of past antagonists.
  • Lord Garmadon: Like Garmadon he held a one-sided Sibling Rivalry with his younger brother (Wu for Garmadon and Benthomaar for Kalmaar), but while Garmadon did so partly due to perceiving their father as favoring Wu and being corrupted by the Great Devourer's evil poison; Kalmaar loathes his younger adoptive brother purely out of prejudice due to Bentho being a human-like Merlopian, and only ever showed kindness to his brother in order to get him to do what he wanted, never showing an ounce of gratitude for his brother's kindness. Also, while Garmadon is shown to have mere respect towards Wu in spite of their rivalry, Kalmaar shows no respect towards Benthomaar as he considers him to be 'fish-bait'.
  • Pythor: Both become the kings of their kind through violent means and belonged to a special elevated group among their people (Pythor being part of the Anacondrai tribe, the most powerful Serpentines; while Kalmaar was the son of the King of Merlopia) but while Pythor was implied to be a commoner prior to the death of most of his people and a Black Sheep to his kind and treated with no respect, Kalmaar was royalty and generally lived a life of luxury and was treated with respect and kindness by his peers. Similarly, both plot to conquer the surface world after their races were exiled by humanity in the past with the aid of an ancient malevolent snake deity but while Pythor loses control of the Great Devourer immediately after awakening her, Kalmaar is able to control Wojira with his staff thanks to it controlling the Wave and Storm Amulets until his staff is destroyed.
  • Krux: They both are the older brothers of someone; Acronix for Krux and Benthomaar for Kalmaar. Krux is Acronix's biological brother, and while they have very different tastes, it's obvious he deeply cares about Acronix and wants to rule Ninjago with him. He at leasts tolerates his brother's fascination with technology and even admitted technology has it's uses every now and then. Kalmaar on the other hand, hates his adopted brother solely out of being adopted and prejudice of his human-like appearance, only showed kindness because needed him for his plans, and wanted nothing to do with him after he outlived his usefulness.
  • Harumi: Both are royalty members who murder their respective parents (Harumi murders both of her adoptive parents and Kalmaar murders his father) but while Harumi had disdain for her adoptive parents due to the way they raised her leaving her friendless and a loner, Kalmaar's sole reasoning for killing his father was to get them out of the way for his plans. Similarly, Harumi ended up having remorse for her actions when they caused mass destruction and dies sacrificing herself to save a family caught in the crossfire redeeming herself in the process while Kalmaar does not and dies unceremoniously when Wojira eats him.
• Eaten Alive: Meets his end being swallowed whole by Wojira. And unlike Pythor, he most likely was disintegrated along with her.
• Enfant Terrible: His genocidal wishes weren't something he acquired as an adult, he already had these delusions since he was a youngster and spent his youth manipulating his younger adoptive brother, Bentomaar, so he could get him to do what he wanted.
• Evil Brit: Like Pythor, he has a British accent.
• The Evil Prince: Before he killed his father, Trimaar, he was the Prince of Merlopia and the only evil member of the royal family that included his father and adoptive brother.
• Expy: Of Ocean Master, given how him wanting to wage war on the surface and his purple color scheme are both similar to Orm's usual depictions. His disdain for his adoptive brother also calls to mind how Orm had a lot of disdain for Arthur due to being half-human.
• Fantastic Racism: Hates surface-dwellers, allegedly because of the ancestral surface-dwellers exiling Merlopians into the seas, but given his indifference to the fates of both his subjects and family, it's made clear that he simply hates them out of personal prejudices.
• For the Evulz: Even before making his moves with Wojira, he was already sinking vessels into the sea without a care about possible loss of life to sate his bloodlust. All while lying about it to his father.
• Green and Mean: His sclera is green and he's utterly ruthless.
• Hate Sink: Kalmaar is utterly deplorable, being so prejudiced against surface dwellers, he even killed his father to wage war on Ninjago, he cares nothing for either his family or people and does everything to sate his own bloodlust and desire for control. The writers even called him "the worst villain" in teasers for Seabound. In fact, he is probably the most despicable and vile villain seen in the series so far.
• Irrational Hatred: He despices surface dwellers for no apperent reason, which his father calls him out on.
• It's All About Me: It would seem that his war on the surface is motivated by a desire to get revenge on the surface-dwellers for exiling Merlopians into the ocean, but it soon becomes clear that he's motivated entirely by his own ego rather than any legitimate attempt at seeking justice. A good example of this is made clear when he lies about his ship-sinking activities to his father.
• Jerkass: He is neither nice nor grateful towards anyone, be it his servants or family.
• Karmic Death: He ends up getting eaten alive by the Wojira, the very being he sought to use to destroy the surface.
• Just Desserts: While he was in control of Wojira, she sought to destroy everything except for him. As soon as he loses control, well...
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Claims he wages war on the surface for his fellow Melopians, but it quickly becomes clear he does it out of a mix of his racism and ego.
• Patricide: Murders his father, Trimaar, to take up the throne of Merlopia and start preparing his kingdom to attack the surface.
• Pre-Final Boss: He's the last main villain of the show before the Grand Finale.
• Self-Made Orphan: Kills his own father to take the throne for himself.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Pythor, being a purple humanoid creature Arc Villain who wishes to take over Ninjago with the assistance of a giant evil snake deity.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Both Trimaar and Benthomar were nothing but kind to Kalmaar, with Trimaar only ever raising his voice to curb Kalmaar's most psychotic traits and Benthomaar outright helping him find key pieces to awaken Wojira and saving his life while they were children. Kalmaar never returned the favor nor ever felt an ounce of gratitude to either and killed/tried to kill them when they no longer had any use for him.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Subverted. The Flashback Episode reveals that Kalmaar was just as egotistical and misanthropic as a child/teen as he is now, even before his father took in Benthomaar. He simply got even worse as he grew up.
• Villain Respect: Gives this to Antonia when she and Nelson give him a tough chase to get the Storm Amulet back from them, admitting that she's the one who came the closest to stopping his plans despite being a common papergirl.

Gripe

Debut: "Five Thousand Fathoms Down"
Voiced by: Brian Drummond

Kalmaar's manservant and his second-in-command.

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• Co-Dragons: Seems to be this with Glutinous — while the spider-legged scientist works on awakening Wojira, he commands Meropia's army.
• Even Evil Has Standards: While he has no qualms about working for someone who is plotting to destroy the surface world, he objects to firing at the Ninja while they are in Merlopia, as Merlopian civilians could get killed.
• Palette Swap: He is distinguished from the other Maaray Guards by having green highlights in place of the others' cyan.
• Secret-Keeper: He, unlike other Merlopians, is well aware that Kalmaar killed his father, but, keeping Undying Loyalty to his master, never reveals it.
• Toyless Toyline Character: Despite having a rather large role in the story, he's the only member of Kalmaar's army not to make a physical appearance in a Lego set.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate after the final battle is never addressed. In the ambiguously canon comic from the official magazine, he tries to take over Merlopia, but is stopped and exiled.

Glutinous

Debut: "Five Thousand Fathoms Down"
Voiced by: Samuel Vincent

Glutinous is a scientist working to awaken Wojira for Kalmaar.

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• Co-Dragons: With Gripe.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: The lower part of his body is completely mechanical.
• My God, What Have I Done?: When Wojira finally awakens, he believes he may have made some "poor career choices" and rushes to warn the Ninja. Of course, this could've simply been him realizing that his boss doesn't need him anymore.
• Token Good Teammate: Somehow, he's the only Merlopian (other than Trimaar) to realize that awakening Wojira is a bad idea.

Wojira

The Mighty Serpent of the Wave and the Storm

First mentioned: "Dead Man's Squall"
Debut: "The Keepers of the Amulet"

An ancient storm spirit that took the form of a giant sea serpent and terrorized early Ninjago using the Storm and Wave Amulets until she was defeated by Nyad and sealed away in a temple located in the Tartarus Trench. Kalmaar seeks to reawaken Wojira and use her power to destroy Ninjago.

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• Blow You Away: She has the elemental power of Wind. Which allows her to create giant storms.
• Eldritch Abomination: A huge, ancient entity that was around long before the First Spinjitzu Master came to Ninjago, wielding the forces of water and wind using the Wave and Storm Amulets.
• Greater-Scope Villain: The overarching villain of The Island and Seabound. She's also the villainess the First Spinjitzu Master and Nyad had to defeat in order to free the World of Ninjago from a great danger and to use her amulets in order create both Ninjago Island and the Dark Island.
• Knight of Cerebus: Things get really serious when Wojira is finally reawakened, exercising her power to subjugate Ninjago to a violent storm that puts everyone in danger.
• Making a Splash: She has the elemental power of Water. Which gives her the ability to create massive waves.
• Real After All: The first time Wu mentioned her, Jay was a little dubious. Several seasons later it turns out Wojira really does exist.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Was sealed away inside the Temple of Wojira in the Tartarus Trench until she was reawakened by Kalmaar using the Wave and Storm Amulets.
• Superpower Meltdown: After Nya destroys the Wave Amulet, Wojira is unable to withstand the power of the Storm Amulet, electrocuting herself to death.
• Synchronization: The Wave Amulet is linked to Nya's water powers, which causes them to go haywire when Kalmaar starts tampering with the former. The Storm Amulet meanwhile is said to be linked to the wind powers formerly wielded by Morro, although there are no repercussions seen from messing with it due to the former Elemental Master being long dead by the start of the season.
• Uncertain Doom: She disappears without a trace after her Superpower Meltdown but, according to Word of God, her actual fate is currently undecided.

The Crystal Council

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Other Villains

Captain Soto

Debut: "Pirates Vs. Ninja"
Voiced by: Alan Marriott

The captain of the pirates, and the first captain of the Destiny's Bounty.

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• Arch-Enemy: His rival pirate is Nadakhan the Djinn.
• Back from the Dead: Brought back by Garmadon using the Megaweapon.
• Boxed Crook: Winds up in the same prison as Pythor, as shown in Season 4.
• Cool Ship: His pirate ship the Destiny's Bounty.
• Happy Ending Override: Since most of the events of Season 6 were undone in the season finale, so was his Heel–Face Turn.
• Heel–Face Turn: He initially helps the Ninja when they're arrested in Season 6, in exchange for them freeing him, and afterwards assists in taking down Nadakhan again.
• Hook Hand: Fitting for the captain of the Pirates.
• Mr. Exposition: He tells the Ninja about Nadakhan, what wishes he can't grant, and Nadakhan's weakness to Tigerwidow's venom, and the fact that it can kill a man.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He and his crew were able to seal Nadakhan in the Teapot of Tyrahn, and exile the rest of the Sky Pirates across the sixteen realms.
• A Pirate 400 Years Too Late: Due to his resurrection via the Mega Weapon, and the fact he's still alive as of Season 15, he exists in the same time period as full-on robots, video games, and multiple other modern-day electronics.

Fenwick

Debut: "Kingdom Come"
Voiced by: Paul Dobson

The former Master Writer of the Cloud Kingdom. He was meant to lead the Writers of Destiny in a neutral position until he was coerced by Morro and the Preeminent into helping them conquer Ninjago.

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• Dirty Coward: He values his own life above everyone else's and resorts to trickery to deal with his enemies. The moment things go south for him, he flees in a panic.
• It's All About Me: His own life is all that matters to him, not even caring about the devastation Morro will unleash on Ninjago.
• Laser-Guided Karma: After he's been found out, his apprentice rewrote his destiny to ensure the Master Writer got some punishment for selling out the world by sicking Nimbus on him.
• The Quisling: Sells out Ninjago to Morro to save his own skin.

Fugi-Dove

Debut: "The Absolute Worst"
Voiced by: Adrian Petriw

A wannabe supervillain in a bird costume who makes frequent appearances starting with Season 11.

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• Animal Lover: Can be seen feeding and caring for birds in Ninjago City when he's not in the middle of any "crimes".
• Butt-Monkey: No one is aware of who he is, with P.I.X.A.L. stating he has no criminal record and doesn't even remember him when his brother mentions her putting him in jail.
• Character Catchphrase: "My cry fills the night!"
• Crazy Memory: Fugi-Dove's recollection of events is so off that Ultra-Violet has to set the record straight.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Breaks down crying when Ronin brings up his mother.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He has a brother, who's about the only one who recalls he exists, and gets in Zane's face for sending him to prison.
• Harmless Villain: Poses no real threat to the Ninja. In fact, the only reason he went to jail was because he had a hundred parking tickets rather than any major-scale crime.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Yes. You haven't misread it. After hiding from the cops alongside the Ninja for some time, he stops the police from arresting the heroes and lets them escape, but blows his own cover in the process.
• Remember the New Guy?: Parodied. His first appearance in the show suggests that he's been around for a bit and that he's at least fought Jay before, but Ultra Violet and the Mechanic have no clue who he is. P.I.X.A.L. can't even find a criminal record for him.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Thinks he's a big-shot supervillain in Ninjago when in reality, he's harmless and nobody knows who he is.
• Unwanted Rescue: "The Blood Moon," he somehow ends up stuck in a tree, yet doesn't want Kai helping him down.

Miss Demeanor

Debut: "A Big Splash"
Voiced by: Erin Mathews

A flamethrower-wielding criminal who appears in Season 14, having been hired by an unknown employer to smuggle Vengestone across the Ninjago countryside.

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• Berserk Button: It's not Missus Demeanor, it's Miss Demeanor.
• Dub Name Change: Due to the troubles with translating her Punny Name, some dubs (like French and Russian) changed her name to "Miss Dynamite".
• Evil Counterpart: To Kai and to a lesser extent, Skylor.
  • In Kai's case, they both weaponize fire.
  • In Skylor's case, they are both Action Girl's who mimic Kai's fire attacks. In Skylor's case, it's through Amber while in Miss Demeanor's case, it's through her flamethrowers.
• Karma Houdini: She manages to elude capture in her first appearance due to Nya's Power Incontinence, although a large amount of her Vengestone shipment was destroyed in the battle.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: She escapes in Season 14. But in Season 15, she is defeated by the New Ninja and is taken into custody by the police.
• Playing with Fire: Wields a pair of flamethrowers in battle.
• Punny Name: Her name is a play on the word "misdemeanor."
• Toyless Toyline Character: She had no set or accompanying Minifigure in the Toyline until 2023 (in "City Markets"), 2 years after her debut in the show.

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