WMG / Ninjago

Kai is a Decoy Protagonist

Lloyd will become The Hero of the next season and Kai will be his Big Brother Mentor instead of the Supporting Protagonist. The season will probably revolve around him learning the ways of spinjitzu and shifting into his role as the Green Ninja.

• Practically comfirmed, but Lloyd isn't exactly The Hero as of yet.
  • Well done, Mr Troper Guy, you nailed it, right on the mark.

In season 2, Slithraa will return as Lord Garmadon's Dragon and take back his place as general of the Hypnobrai.

Jossed all of the Serpentine general (minus Skales) act as his dragon.

Towards the end of season two, someone is going to find a loophole or way to cure Lord Garmadon of the Great Devourer venom so Lloyd won't have to defeat him.

Or that's HOW he defeats him. The prophecy says the Green Ninja will defeat Garmadon, not destroy him.

• Fingers crossed...
• Confirmed. Lloyd uses his true power to obliterate the Overlord, and the evil corrupting Garmadon along with it.

Lord Garmadon and Lloyd will eventually be turned back to normal.

It's just really sad keeping them as altered as they currently are...

• Lloyd doesn't return to normal, but at least his dad does. Now they can be real family.

Dareth will eventually join the team and become a real Ninja.

It would be a shame if he never appeared again, especially after all he did for the team and his dream of becoming the Brown Ninja.

• Confirmed as the team named him "honorary" Brown Ninja before they leave to the evil island, and he did help out in the final episode.

Alternatively...

Dareth is the real Second Ultimate Spinjitzu Master.

Dareth does seem to be a bit a goofy, but anyone can unlock their full potential. As said before, he has helped out. Also, he seemed to be immune from the dark magic.I never heard in the prophecy that the Green Ninja would be an Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, just that he would have his powers.Dareth's dojo class could be the next Ninja and he would be a real Sensei.

The Serpentine are a Chekhov's Army and will be the next Big Bad.

This seems pretty inevitable. They are snakes so the Devourer venom in the cave could make them monstrous. They will try to bite Garmadon, but fail.

• Jossed, they performed a Heel–Race Turn during their time in the cave.

The First Spinjitzu Master is an incarnation of the Golden Dragon

...Or vice-versa. We know from leaked 2013 set descriptions that there will be a Golden Dragon in 2013. In the episode "The Stone Army", when Misako is describing the history of ancient Ninjago, we briefly see such a figure before the image transitions to an image of the First Spinjitzu Master... much as if one is transforming into the other.

• Given what we know from subsequent seasons it seems likely that the Golden Dragon is a form of Elemental Dragon
• ... that said, Season 8 confirmed that the First Spinjitzu Master is half dragon
• Appears to be Jossed, partly because the Golden Dragon is purely an energy being and partly because in Season 10 the FSM is seen with his own Golden Dragon.

Misako was Sensei Wu's lover before she had a child with Garmadon.

Of course, with this being a kid's show they wouldn't describe it in that exact fashion... but based on her and Wu's interactions thus far it's a possibility.

• Confirmed in reverse: She chose Garmadon as a young woman, but has feelings for Wu now which he appears to return.

Ninjago is in Europe or is Europe (perhaps Eurasia).

The map shown in "Ninjaball Run" resembles the continent.

• I'd argue the map is just a typical Left-Justified Fantasy Map stylized to look like a dragon's head... you can see this very clearly in the original 2011 map of Ninjago◊. In "The Stone Army" it is revealed that the landmass of Ninjago as a whole resembles a complete dragon's body, which coupled with the missing half of Ninjago forms a yin-yang shape. The dots are the twin dragons' eyes.

The theme song line-up of ninjas and their allies will include Garmadon and (maybe) Zane's creator or Dareth.

• Confirmed for Garmadon (he appeared in seasons 3 and 4's intros) but jossed for Julian and Dareth.

The Overlord became the Darkness when he was defeated

. When he was defeated by Lloyd, he was thrown out of the Ninjago universe and entered ours. He was weakened by Lloyd's final attack, which made him vulnerable to light and unable to exist by himself. He required a host to survive and gave his host weakened forms of it's original form. However, he was also to take control of his host as he did with Lord Garmadon if they continue to empower him.

• Um, unlikely. He appears to have stayed in Ninjago through the whole Time Skip between Seasons 2 and 3.

There will be a sequel series, with Zane training the next generation of ninjas.

As an ageless Ridiculously Human Robot, he is probably going to "far'' outlive his True Companions. After having a Heroic BSoD and then spending some time meditating, the sequel series will have him as mentor to the next generation of ninjas, far in the future.

• Sequel series confirmed however the Ninja are still alive and Lloyd is training the next generation of Ninjas.

The series is being acted out by one of the future children of the main characters as his/her father tells him/her about his adventures.

Quick, someone fic this.

Extended exposure to spinjitsu extends your life.

Sensei Wu and Misako certainly seem to have lived an unusually long time.

• Jossed. The Serpentine Wars were a generation ago at best so Misako being a young woman during them is not that strange. As for Wu and Garmadon, Season 8 revealed that the First Spinjitzu Master was half dragon, half oni. Word of God is this heritage is why Wu and Garmadon (and presumably Lloyd) are so long lived

Pythor isn't dead

The Great Devourer ate him and Sensei Wu at the same time and Sensei Wu turned up OK aftter the Devourer exploded. Pythor is presumed dead because he was nowhere in the remains of the Devourer. But remember how his special ability is turning invisible? Him sneaking away invisibly makes more since than him getting digested while the guy who was eaten at the same is perfectly fine.

• Confirmed. Although he didn't escape completely unscathed, Pythor's alive and actively helping the Digital Overlord.

The Serpentine is a lost Chima tribe.

What's the motif of the Legends of Chima sets? Anthropomorphic animals with ridiculous-looking vehicles modeled after themselves. The Serpentine fit the bill perfectly, especially when the Fangpyre's vehicles are taken into account. Somehow, the Serpentine must have gotten separated or banished from their fellow Chima tribes and ended up on Ninjago.

• Or alternatively, Ninjago takes place centuries after Chima and the Serpentine are the only living tribe left.
  • Jossed. Chima's confirmed to be one of the 16 Realms in The Multiverse.
• The main theory (that the Serpentine originate from Chima) is apparently confirmed. Word of God is that it is possible that The First Spinjitzu Master brought the Serpentine from Chima.

The Great Devourer actually was Good All Along, and the real Big Bad of Season 1 was The Overlord.

If the theory that the Serpentine are a Chima tribe is true, then The Great Devourer was the Legendary Snake, and the only reason she was evil was that The Overlord possessed her.

• It gets better: the Vermilion were just hatching during the event of Hands Of Time. The first person they saw? Krux. They saw Krux as a role model, and wanted to be like him. You know how Kids are. Meaning that the Vermilion were Good All Along, just like their mama. They're not evil. Krux is.
• But we see the Great Devourer in a flashback where she is just a small snake. You'd think the Legendary Snake would grow big while still in Chima.
• Confirmed; The Great Devourer was only evil because The Overlord corrupted her. We learn this in Season 15. From The Overlord himself. And he said it in the earshot of someone who hated the Ninjas' guts for the Devourer's rampage.

Zane will have a 'Your kind or your friends' dilemma.

The names of the new Ninjago sets suggests a robotic theme. This will lead to one of the robots trying to appeal to his robotic side and join them. The ninjas may also use more force against them since they're 'just machines', leading to some bad blood between the ninjas and Zane.

• 'Cause that would be awesome.
• Late but I'll say jossed because The Overlord is the Big Bad of Season 3 and that made it impossible for Zane to have such a dilemma.

The reason we haven't seen the figure of Zane yet is...

• We already have. He IS Cryptor.
  • Seeing as the box art shows both him and Cryptor, I'd say this is impossible.
  • Actually Cryptor and Zane are only together while one is climbing out of a computer screen. Sounds a lot like the old fighting the reflection scene from Superman.
  • Sigh... Why no one thought to say until now that the TV show jossed this theory? Cryptor and Zane are clearly two separate robots there (Although Cryptor is more a Maverick than a robot).

P.I.X.A.L will betray the ninjas

Just because.

• Well, yes, but actually no. She did turn against the Ninja when The Overlord found out that they have the Technoblades, but Zane hacked her and she's been on the heroes' side ever since. Even when she was keeping the fact she became Samurai X in Season 7, after Nya was revealed to be The Elemental Master of Water in Season 5.
  • Perhaps P.I.X.A.L was redeemed by Zane's feelings for her?

The show takes place in the same universe as The LEGO Movie.

• It's entirely possible. After all, Lloyd is a Master Builder in The Lego Movie. In addition...
  • Not plausible. In Lego City (the movie) everything is treated as Lego bricks and constructed as such. In Ninjago, the bricks are stylized to appear whole and construction is treated as normal construction (not Legos). Also, when Zane spins his head around 180 degrees, it is met with disgust. When Emmet removes his head in the movie, no one really notices. These are fundamental differences that will not allow them to coexist.
    • Well, maybe going between the realms of Bricksburg and Ninjago does something to people's physical forms, ever think about that? And maybe building philosophies differ between realms too, excluding the few we saw in the movie.
    • The clothes aren't lego pieces, the food isn't lego pieces, the ground isn't lego plates, there are no human relics, no mention of a human as their creator (in fact the First Spinjitzu Master is believed to have created Ninjago), no end of the universe, they move naturally instead of like legos, I could go on. The show is played more realistically as opposed to someone playing with legos like in the movie. I believe Chima is the same way. If you want evidence The Green Ninja is in supplement material for the movie and is implied to have been there his whole life and not going between his world and this one. A completely different Lloyd.
  • Well, Chima was shown in episode 54 to be one of Ninjago's 16 realms, so why not TLM?
  • Either way they are making a Lego Ninjago movie after the success of the Lego Movie. Maybe that one is in the same universe.
• Jossed. The Ninjago show and movie are confirmed to be in different continuities. The latter takes place in the same universe as the Lego movie.

As a Shout-Out to The LEGO Movie, Lloyd will have to leave at a random time to attend a Master Builder meeting.

• Maybe even the one depicted in that movie, and when he comes back and the others ask what happened, he'll tell them that his arms were really stiff while there.
  • Alternatively, he will use it as an excuse to get out of Ninjago so the Overlord can't get to him.
• Jossed, the Ninjago show and movie are in different continuities.

Pythor and Samukai are both incarnations of the Overlord... so at least one will return.

• Think about it. We know the Overlord can turn into a big dragon- so a four-armed skeleton can't be too hard for him to do. Then he betrayed LG, but in doing so, what if he used his powers to fake that infamous explosion? Maybe in vaporizing himself he turned back into that purpley-floaty-orby-thingy we first ever see him as but disappeared very quickly so as not to be seen- maybe he even went into that portal, which, if memory serves, was purplish, so he'd blend in perfectly.
• As for the Pythor side of the story? Well, maybe Pythor was actually sane at one point in time, and was lucky enough to be the last survivor of the cannibalism that overtook his tribe. So the Overlord possessed him shortly before the Hypnobrai were released and used his body. After all, he did it to LG once.
  • When thinking about this, note the color of Pythor's eyes- they're the exact same shade as the Overlord's plasma form. Coincidence? I think not, especially considering the fact that Possessed Garmadon's eyes were also that color.

The Anacondrai are serpentine of creation

After finding his way back to New Ninjago City, Garmadon will convince the serpentine to help rescue his son.

True, Skales did say that the serpentine swore to never return to the surface, but I don't think the show would bring them back just for a small role (especially give their popularity). The serpentine are probably going to play some bigger part later in the season, perhaps helping the ninja to stop the Digital Overlord. And considering that Skales has a family now, he might be persuaded to lend a hand if it is made clear that the Overlord is going to threaten the serpentine as well.

• Well, yes, but actually no. They didn't help with rescuing Lloyd, but they did evacuate Ninjago into the tomb of The Stone Army when it appeared The Overlord was unstoppable.

Garmadon will come back.

• How exactly? The book was burned. But there's more than one way to skin a cat... Just as with Zane, the creators will figure out a way to bring the man back, even if it takes all of next season for them to get around to it. This past season proved that good!Garmadon is too fantastic a character to be wasted on a Heroic Sacrifice.
  • Alternatively, this is a troper devastated by the loss and desperately hoping that her favorite character will come back.
  • Or maybe whoever wrote the above comment is also in Garmadenial.
• Alternatively, Garmadon comes back...but unfortunately, his time in the Cursed Realm will have reverted him back to Lord Garmadon, who then returns to being the Big Bad in season six.
  • Jossed, Nadakhan is the Big Bad of Season Six. However the Sons of Garmadon are trying to bring him back from the dead as Lord Garmadon.
  • Confirmed, as of Season 8. Although Harumi's summoning ritual is interrupted, The Stinger shows that she appears to have been successful. Although this will likely be a case of Came Back Wrong for him.
    • It is a Came Back Wrong case.

Morro will eventually be Hijacked by The Overlord.

Jossed the Overlord has nothing to do with this Season five.

• Actually, he does. Morro was the first candidate for the title of Green Ninja, and the Green Ninja was meant to destroy The Overlord.
• Jossed. Overlord doesn't appear or is mentioned at all in Season 5.

Cole is Doomed by Canon.

• When the ninja entered the maze in the First Spinjitzu Master's tomb, all of them see images of their future selves except for him. Zane points out that even ghosts should have a reflection, and yet Cole doesn't. He has no reflection because he has no future.
• Jossed. The scene was Foreshadowing Cole's ability to turn invisible.

The LEGO Movie universe is one of the 16 realms.

• Jossed.

There will be a Chima crossover.

It's established both exist in the same multiverse and travel to Chima is possible. So the idea of a crossover is quite possible.

• The only problem is, Chima's cancelled.
• Confirmed, the Beavers from Chima make an appearance in Season 12.

Jay and Nya will reconcile their relationship in the Skybound season.

According to information on the Ninjago website (which has been taken down), Nadakhan has intentions to marry Nya due to her uncanny resemblance to his lost love, Dalara. More than likely, Nya will be kidnapped, prompting the other ninja to try to rescue her. This would lead to an epic showdown between Jay and Nadakhan. The latter would laugh and claim Nya as "his" before Jay retorts that "Nya doesn't belong to anyone because she's her own person." Jay's words would leave a lasting impression on Nya, leading to a tender moment between the two. Nya would ask if Jay meant every word, which he would quickly assure her that he did. Touched by his sincerity, she'll kiss him, which will mark the beginning of their renewed relationship.

• Confirmed, though some details don't completely match up.

Cole will be brought back to normal in season 7

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• Confirmed. Cole was brought back to normal by the vortex in The Day of the Departed TV Special.

P.I.X.A.L. is the new Samurai X

• Many clues over the course of Season 7 imply this to be true.
• In Season 8 this theory is Confirmed.

The Time Twins will return as the main antagonists of Season 8.

• With how Season 7 ended, their plot lines aren't fully resolved, which makes this a very real possibility.
• Jossed, The Big Bad of season is The Quiet One.

Kai and Skylor will rekindle their relationship in season 8.

• For one possible scenario, Skylor confronts Kai on how he's seemingly forgotten about her, and Kai could respond with "How could I forget the most beautiful girl in Ninjago?" This small interaction could well be enough to pave the path for a Relationship Upgrade by the end of the season. Throw in an Anguished Declaration of Love and The Big Damn Kiss, and it's as good as gold.
• A season late but as of the final episode of Season 9 this seems to be Confirmed

Lloyd's new love interest in Season 8.

• She will possibly be:
  • An Elemental Master (for a cool idea, an Elemental Master of Space)
  • A princess
    • Better yet, she's a Princess in Rags whose kingdom has been taken over by the villain/s du season and the Ninjas help her take back her home. This will ultimately lead to some good-natured jokes about how only Lloyd gets the Standard Hero Reward, prompting Nya to give Jay a "Really?" look when he laughs with the other boys (and Skylor giving Kai the same treatment if they're an Official Couple by that point).
    • Confirmed! Princess Harumi AKA Rumi, ladies and gentlemen!
  • An outlaw or wanted criminal (who will inevitably pull a Heel–Face Turn by the end of the season)
    • Semi-confirmed. She turns out to be the Big Bad of the season, but there is no Heel–Face Turn to be seen.
  • A seemingly ordinary person with a hidden dark secret
    • Confirmed! Harumi is actually the leader of the Sons of Garmadon.
  • A completely ordinary person with no dark secret

The reason Morro returned at the end of season 4.

Is because Garmadon before the series, faced Morro in battle, the fight ended with Garmadon sending Morro to the Cursed Realm. So when Garmadon was sent to the Cursed Realm, both the Anacondrai and Morro were freed.

The Sons of Garmadon are...

The former students of Sensei Garmadon.

• Worshipers of Lord Garmadon.

Clouse was able to cut through his bars.

When we saw Clouse in Cursed Realm, he was trapped in a cage, attempting to cut his way out of his cell. Yet he was able to escape the Cursed Realm. This is because he managed to cut through his bars and leave the Cursed Realm before the Preeminent dies.

At some point, Kai will be forced into a position where he has to choose between protecting Nya or protecting Lloyd.

He's fiercely protective of both of them (not that they can't take care of themselves) and what better way to screw with a protector than to make them choose between two people they care about? It doesn't even have to be a real choice; it could be a recurring nightmare or even a hallucination.

Jay's third wish has a loophole that might allow Nadakhan to return.

Jay's third wish was that Nya had taken his hand, and that no one had found the teapot in the first place. Jay wish meant that no one had found Nadakhan's teapot in the past, not that no one will find it in the future, so in a future episode someone will find Nadakhan's teapot and release him.

• Different troper here. I did a WMG according to which Nadakhan is a Greater-Scope Villain in Seabound.

The First Spinjitsu Master came from the First Realm (and is possibly an Oni)

They said Season 8 was finally gonna reveal the FSM's origins, so why not, it also helps pointing out that the First master came from the First realm.

The trailer said Oni were creatures of the First Realm, so if anything what if he was secretly an Oni taken the form of a human. The powers of the Oni Masks include Vengeance, Deception and Hatred. Certain characteristics that don't just describe Oni, but evil Lord Garmadon, which makes sense when you think about it this way.

"Battle Between Brothers" shows Garmadon getting cursed by Wu's robes and tranforming into a black skinned creature, maybe that's his hidden Oni genes coming up to the surface.

• Confirmed! Kinda, he's half Oni, half Dragon.

Mr. E (upcoming Arc Villain for Season 8) is The Overlord.

https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/894743888635731968

Zane's guess that Mr. E is The Quiet One is correct.

Zane thinks Mr. E might be the Quiet One in episode Snake Jagaur.

• Jossed, Mr E isn't The Quiet One.

Captain Soto once stole the Realm Crystal from The First Spinjitsu Master.

He stole it to scatter Nadakhan's crew across the Sixteen Realms, or The First Spinjitsu Master let him borrow it to scatter Nadakhan's crew.

The baby Cole saved/took from the Sons of Garmadon is a time-displaced/age reversed WU!

The baby had the map to the third Oni Mask, is able to tell who's good and who's evil, and likes tea (Cole said himself that the baby only likes tea and won't drink anything else, not even milk).

• In the episode 'The Quiet One' this theory has been Confirmed.

The Sons of Garmadon are being used as Unwitting Pawns by Mr. E.

Possibly to bring back The Overlord.

• Jossed.

The resurrected Lord Garmadon will betray Harumi.

You really think a purely evil Garmadon will take orders from anyone?

• Jossed. Harumi was planning to be Demoted to Dragon once Garmadon's darkness/Oni side/Hearltess returned.

The Sons of Garmadaon are unaware that the Cursed Realm is destroyed.

It is stated in their official description that they're bringing back Lord Garmadon back from the Cursed Realm. But how can they do that if it has been destroyed?

• In the episode, they are trying to summon him from the Departed Realm instead, so this may be a mistake or a retcon?
  • I'd say that the staff recognized the mistake they made and tried to fix it.

Ninjago is a retelling of BIONICLE

While different their premises, Ninjago franchise shares so many similarities with its sibling, Bionicle.

• The Ninja are substitutes to the Toa as they both have Elemental Powers and are The Team.
• Master Wu plays a similar role to the Turaga due to their Old Master Archetype.
• Each Season shares a lot with the Bionicle Storyline.
  • In the Pilot Episodes, we see the Ninja coming together much like how the Toa assemble in their first story.
  • Season 1 is similar to the Bohrok Swarm story where a new enemy(The Serpentine and Bohrok) emerges after the defeat of the first enemy which is Lord Garmadon and the Makuta.
  • Season 2 centers on the emergence of the Chosen One; the Green Ninja aka Lloyd Garmadon and Takua aka Takanuva, Toa of Light preparing for an upcoming battle against the Big Bad such as The Overlord and The Makuta.
  • Season 3 combines elements of the Metru Nui story arc and Mahri Nui Saga, the hidden enemy taking over the city using machines such as the Vahki and the Nindroids and the end of the Heroic Sacrifice of An Ice Person to save the world, Zane and Matoro.
  • Season 4 is Web of Shadows with the Femme Fatale seducing the Hot-Blooded Hero to the Dark Side.
  • Season 5

Season 9 will be Two Lines, No Waiting

Because of how Sons of Garmadon ended in a cliffhanger with Lord Garmadon and the SoG as the victor. One plot thread involving Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, and Wu's time in the Realm of Oni and Dragons. While the other plot thread focuses on Lloyd, Misako, Nya, and P.I.X.A.L.

• Confirmed.

Harumi will pull a High-Heel–Face Turn in Season 9

• After betraying Lloyd and the ninja, Harumi might begin to feel remorseful about what she did, and may possibly start to truly fall for Lloyd. The scenario is likely to be coupled with a My God, What Have I Done? crisis.
• Not quite She does have a My God, What Have I Done? moment towards the end of the season when she realises her actions have lead to the exact situation that killed her parents. She doesn't have a full Heel–Face Turn but she does help a family escape a collapsing building to avert History Repeats
  • She does have a more legitimate Heel–Face Turn in Season 15 after learning The Overlord was behind her parents' deaths.

The Quiet One will go after The Serpentine in season 9.

She will go after them for their part in releasing The Great Devourer, which killed her parents.

• Jossed.

The Garmadon that was ressurected was the darkness purged from him during the Season 2 Finale

When Lloyd used his Golden Ninja powers to destroy the Overlord possessed Garmadon it not only drove the Overlord from his father's body but also 'killed' his dark side. This is why the ressurected Emperor Garmadon has wounds which were not present on Sensei Garmadon when we last saw him in the Cursed Realm, and also why he has four arms.This is also why Emperor Garmadon is far more sinister and destructive and willing to kill his own son - he doesn't HAVE a good side to balance things out.

Some of Garmadon's good side still exists in Emperor Garmadon

During the Season 8 finale, Nya and Misako are holding Garmadon off in a confined apartment corridor to buy time for Lloyd and Baby Wu to escape. At one point Garmadon has Nya completely at his mercy with her own Sai/Trident yet rather than taking a killing blow he pins the sleeve of her Gi to the wall instead. Ratings and censors aside he is shown to kill at least two people with no remorse in Season 9, so he has no inhibitions about doing so, which suggests he intentionally spared Nya, perhaps due to lingering memories of her and of her being one of Wu's students and one of Lloyd's friends.

The four part special will be a Continuity Cavalcade

• If Jay and Nya do get married, they'll invite nearly every supporting character they ever met.
  • And the wedding will be interrupted by Pythor or The Oni making way for Season 10's plot a la "Day of the Departed".
  • Or Nadakhan just like when Jay crash his wedding, or the Time Twins will crash the wedding.

Season 10 will focus on Cole

• It's about time they give him a season of his own.
• Or Season 13 will focus on Cole.

The "darkness" Garmadon saw wasn't the Oni, it was none other than the Overlord himself

• Sure, the Oni were built up since they are gone from the First Realm and Mystake who was the last one has died. While Lloyd and Wu do ponder that the Oni may be coming, what if Garmadon's vision was given to him by the Overlord in a long and complicated gambit (which fits the Overlord), with the latter's endgame being to become the Golden Master once again, this time, however without the Garmadons being able to save each other through The Power of Love since Lloyd and Garmadon's realtionship is beyond stranded once again due to Garmadon's actions.
  • Adding to it the Oni were slaughtered by the Overlord when they went to search for the First Spinjitzu Master in other realms, as he attempted to find and destroy him, Mystake only survived by laying low and not using her powers for centuries.
  • Given that the Overlord has a new mini figure coming out this year (2019), his return is all but confirmed.

All LEGO fiction exists as part of the same multiverse

The 16 realms are just Ninjago's local multiverse (ala DC and their 52 Earths). There is still some overlap to and from realms outside of the 16 realms, which explains references to other LEGO properties in Ninjago, such as Clutch Powers.The LEGO Movie universe is unusual as it overlaps with our own world.

• Due to both Ninjago and Sonic The Hedgehog appearing in LEGO Dimensions, this theory can be taken up to eleven, in the form that any fictional world exists in the same Multiverse. Throw LEGO Dimensions into this video and you'll figure out what I mean.

The Overlord will regenerate in 2019

He will do this in some way through the golden armor/weapons, either retaking Garmadon's body or copying it and creating his own (as his new figure has four arms and a helmet identical to Garmadon's).

• Off by a few years, there. His actual return is 2022.

Zane is the Ice Emperor.

We haven't seen Zane since he was banished to the Never-Realm, except for the video message where he basically said that he'd given up on his life and that he was going to find a new life. We haven't seen much of the Ice Emperor either, as if they're building up to some kind of big twist involving him. Plus, in the one set that includes the Ice Emperor minifigure, Zane isn't included in the set.

• Confirmed!

Dareth is the real Overlord.

And the one we saw was just an imposter — an overpowered Dragon-Oni hybrid who escaped to Ninjago some time after the First Spinjitsu Master did. Dareth will eventually reveal his true colors in the final season.

The unseen Vengestone buyer

is Clouse.

• Jossed, the Vengestone buyer is Kabuki Mask/Harumi.

Season 14 will have a message saying in memory of Kirby Morrow.

Since Kirby Morrow has passed away it would make sense to have a tribute to him.

• Confirmed. The Season 15 finale "The Turn of the Tide" has a message saying "In loving memory of Kirby Morrow".

The Skull of Hazza D'ur houses the spirit of Hazza D'ur himself.

We know it belonged to him, but it's never specified in what way. We also saw the Skull Sorcerer use it to resurrect the Awakened Warriors, which means Hazza D'ur must've been a necromancer and could've avoided getting sent into the afterlife. Princess Vania mentions that Hazza D'ur's bones rested in the Dungeons of Shintairo for a while, so it's possible that, working on a plan to enslave Munce and Geckles, Vangelis decided to seek assistance from the deceased Sorcerer and sent The Lowly to retrieve it for this purpose, which means that the Skull Sorcerer and his skull were effectively a Big Bad Duumvirate.

The storm spirit Wohira mentioned in Season 8 will appear in Season 14.

And the Island Keepers will be after Jay. Why? There are several potential reasons:

• A) They believe that they have displeased Wohira, and the only way to stop her wrath is to sacrifice Jay (after all, we've seen Jay endangered in one way or another in some preview pictures of Season 14 sets);
• B) They believe Jay is an incarnation of Wohira;
• C) Wohira is a Face-Heel Turned Jay's mother, who's been searching for her heir all these years.
• The first guess is Confirmed, but the real Wojira herself only makes a brief cameo in the final episode.

Nadakhan is the true Big Bad of Seabound, and he won.

The signs are there. Skybound, Seabound? Also Nadakhan's lamp appears in every season since Season 11?Here's my theory: Clutch Powers found Nadakhan's lamp and released Nadakhan from it. Since Word of God is that Nadakhan knows what happened in Skybound and is angry about it, he'd most likely pull an If I Can't Have You… and try to forcefully separate Jay and Nya. During Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu and Prime Empire, Nadakhan was looking for the perfect way to do it, and he learned the following:

1. The Wojira is so powerful, the only way to stop it is for the Master of Water to sacrifice herself (all known Masters of Water are female).
2. Whenever the Big Bad's plan is to use the MacGuffin to unleash a beast on Ninjago, the Ninja can't stop him from unleashing the beast. They couldn't stop Pythor from awakening The Great Devourer. They couldn't stop Garmadon from reviving the Grundle. They couldn't stop Morro from summoning The Preeminent. So why could they stop him from awakening the Wojira?

With that knowledge, Nadakhan knew that summoning the Wojira on Nya is practically a Xanatos Gambit, which can only end either with Nya dying, or with Nya losing her humanity and becoming an embodiment of the Endless Sea. So he manipulated Kalmaar (in case you ask how and tell me that Kalmaar did everything from his own free will, well, I'll just say that Kalmaar always wanted to destroy Ninjago, and needed one final push, and Nadakhan giving him the idea of awakening the Wojira was that final push) into stealing the required MacGuffins (the Wave and Storm Amulets and Trimaar's trident). And his plan worked: Nya sacrificed herself into becoming an embodiment of the Endless Sea, thus losing her humanity. And Jay is broken because of it. However, there's something he hadn't accounted for, which is the next WMG:

In the next season, the Ninja will find a way to bring back Nya.

I have two reasons to believe this:

1. Jay and Nya's Yin-Yang Promise. You can't have Yin without Yang (i.e. you can't have Light without Darkness), which can only mean one thing: the Yin-Yang Promise is the Ninjago equivalent of Kingdom Hearts' Paopu Fruit, in the sense that two people who make an Yin-Yang Promise interwine their destiny, so even if they're separated, destiny will bring them back together. So, logically, despite the fact Nya and Jay are now separated, their Yin-Yang Promise will bring them back together.
2. This one is meta: fans complained to the creators about Nya's sacrifice. The creator's response? "Hang in there!" "It's not over yet!"

• Confirmed! Aspheera agrees to drain Nya’s element and thus seperate her from the Endless Sea after the Ninja break her out of prison.

Alternatively, Nya will come back...

...but she won't regain her human form, she will stay bound to the Endless Sea forever and take advantage of her new state to help the Ninja out. It's still a better fate than Nyad's...

• Jossed. Aspheera is able to free her from the Endless Sea by absorbing her element, and thus Nya takes back up the mantle of Samurai X.

Some theories about who the mysterious Vengestone buyer is.

Since Word of God is that season 16 is conclusion, it's safe to assume it will conclude the Vengestone buyer thing. So I'll share with you some possible identities for him.

1. A villain from the past. Possibilities: The Overlord, since people made a big fuss about him during the Oni saga; the Time Twins, since making an elaborated plan behind the scenes is in their nature, especially Krux's; or Nadakhan, who wants revenge on the Ninja for the events of Skybound. There's also an undeveloped WMG above according to which the Vengestone Buyer is Clouse.
2. Garmadon. The reason he's not lumped with the villains is that the events of Season 10 made him question his morality, and it's heavily implied the purpose of his self-imposed exile is to regain his humanity. Maybe some sort of mystical voice told him that, in order to regain it, he needs to collect large amounts of Vengestone for an upcoming event. What event? I don't know. Who's the mystery voice? Don't know that either. Could be The First Spinjitzu Master, could be The Overlord.
3. (Hold your horses, here, because this one is mindblowing. Hence I put it under spoilers.) A time-travelling, emotionally insane Ninja (either Kai or Jay), who were hoping that they could save Nya if they used extremely large amounts of Vengestone. How could they time-travel without the Time Blades? The answer is the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu, since Word of God is that time doesn't passes slower in the Never-Realm, but rather Aspheera sent Zane in the Never-Realm's past. Perhaps the Ninja was hoping that Vengestone would cut off Nya's connection to the Endless Sea.

• A leak confirms it to be the Overlord disguised as a new villain called the "Crystal King".

Killow and Ultra Violet are siblings.

I mean, is there another logical explanation for why the show's two only grey-skinned characters who are not Elemental Masters work together but show no romantic interest in each other?

Benthomaar and Glutinous can't return to Merlopia.

So, if you remember, after Kalmaar got his Just Desserts from Wojira, Gripe and the other Maaray Guards fled the scene, and it's most likely that they eventually returned to Merlopia. We see Benthomaar at Nya's memorial while there's no word on Glutinous's fate (but it's possible that he was evacuated with the civillians), but what happens to them next? While they are still in Ninjago, Gripe had probably already returned and told the Merlopians of Kalmaar's death (he probably learned of Wojira's death too later). With the deaths of Trimaar and Kalmaar, Merlopia is going to be left in a power vacuum, and who if not the army's leader is going to take over? As for what Gripe's next move is going to be, we can only guess, but what's most likely is that he will first try to hold onto his power by picturing Kalmaar as a hero horribly killed by the surface-dwellers and labeling Bentho and Glutinous as traitors for fighting on the ninja's side and leaking important information respectively. Whether he will continue his master's vendetta against the surface world or stay content with ruling over the Merlopia we have yet to see, but he better beware now that one of his enemies is one with the ocean...

• Jossed. "Farewell the Sea" reveals that Benthomaar became the ruler of Merlopia.

The Clutch Powers we see in Ninjago is actually a imposter.

“Clutch Powers” is much more of a mean Jerkass and didn’t act like the real Clutch Powers. That not Clutch Powers, He just a random guy impersonating to be him. Here my theory. The real Clutch Powers possibly went into hiding, went missing or dead. A new adventurer who almost look like Clutch Powers show up and many people mistook him for the real Clutch Powers who went missing for days. The guy wanted fame and attention for himself so he took credit and start impersonating the real Clutch Powers.

• The imposter will be revealed to be a returning character that hasn't been seen since before the fire chapter, this character will be Acronix or Krux.

Lou will get a new voice actor.

His new voice actor will be Andrew Francis who voices his son Cole.

Clouse is Cliff Gordon, or at least related to him in some way.

They both look very similar to each other and Cliff's death was only confirmed after Nadakhan trapped Clouse in his lamp. Tommy did confirm that Cliff's death wasn't undone when the timeline got reset, however let's not forget Clouse is still a ghost

Nelson will become the new Master of Wind and become a Ninja.

• Since first appearing as an honourary Ninja, he has now appeared twice more in situations where he has helped the ninja and more specifically gained the attention of Sensei Wu. It seems quite possible Wu is keeping an eye on him.
• In The Island we are introduced to the Storm Amulet which is Purple and is explicitly tied to the element of Wind. And who do we know who wears purple? Nelson.
• While Wind has previously been associated with dark green via Morro, that had more to do with Morro's own obsession with becoming the Green Ninja than the colour specifically being associated with that element in Ninjago, and again the Storm Amulet is a deep purple in colour possibly setting up an association with that colour.
• Word of God is that the Wind Element has found a new host but that host who is not known at this time. It is possible that just as the original four Ninja were unaware of their elemental powers until some time after training in Spinjitsu, Nelson is not yet aware of his own powers.

The next season will have Time Travel involved.

It's been leaked that Harumi, Mr E and Nya from her time as Samurai X will appear in it. And, as we all know, Nya gave up on her Samurai X title, and Harumi and Mr. E are dead.

• Unless resurrection and/or parallel universes are in play (even if Word of God states the latter don't exist in Ninjago, it can change).
• The Hands Of Time will be behind the Time Travel.

The "returning" villains from the leaked sets are all Red Herrings.

Tommy Andreasen has recently published three facts about the next season, two of which are true and one is false. They are: 1) "The Weekend Whip" lyrics will become an important plot point; 2) A pot plant will be revealed as the reason the ninja stand a chance in their fights; 3) Characters not featured in the next season were deliberately put in the sets. Assuming the third is true, which characters would be added as a false lead? Nelson isn't popular enough to gain massive attention, Garmadon may appear indeed considering he's getting his own comic book series while Wu's appearance is a given. The most logical conclusion is that one of the villains is the false lead. However, wouldn't it feel weird to have a few villains come back and then just add another few that don't come back? Maybe none of them, neither Pythor nor Harumi nor Skull Sorceror nor anyone else will appear, and the villains will be either new, but not prominent enough to get a minifigure, or returning, but not the ones we saw in the sets, like Mechanic.

• The recently-released poster for the new season shows all villains from the leaked sets except Harumi, but Mechanic is present, so it's most likely that Harumi isn't coming back.
• Jossed. All the villains shown in the sets appear in the Council of the Crystal King, and Harumi acts as the Crystal King’s messager.

Echo Zane is dead.

How long has he been on that lighthouse as of now? Julien made him out of whatever was lying around, this troper doubts his power source could last decades. Since the lighthouse's interior was seen in Season 15's leaked intro, it's possible that the ninja will find him deactivated and revive him, or go past without noticing him. Or they'll try to reactivate him, but it'll be in vain.

Harumi and Mr. E/F will actually be brought Back from the Dead, but not in Season 15, rather in the Garmadon comics.

They are about Garmadon, right? And they feature Ultra Violet, their surviving comrade, and the Red Crows gang, who appear to be either the So G's remnant or spiritual successors, right? The Red Crows make the villagers collect barrels of Two Moon Tea for them, but for what purpose? We know that a small cup can heal a human's wounds or empower an Oni, but can a huge amount revive a dead person, as if permanently, not like Resurrec-tea? Considering Lord Mogra emphasises that the Sons of Garmadon are a thing of the past, bringing their dead leaders back is probably not their intent, but in the upcoming issues, whatever shenanigans may follow, could lead to Harumi's resurrection, either on accident or deliberately by Garmadon (assuming his despair over Harumi's death was genuine), who would then somehow make her way into Season 15, while Mr. E/F could return by having someone rebuild him (or make a new robot in his image, depending on what's the case.

• Half-jossed. The two were brought Back from the Dead (Mr. F being a new model of Mr. E), but in Season 15 rather than the Garmadon comics.

Aspheera's magic ability to drain and absorb elements will be a Chekhov's Gun.

It will be revealed that she can give people the power she has drained, she will use this to give the villains the power of the reactivated golden weapons. She will steal the golden element power and give it to Lloyd letting him transform into the golden master again.

The Overlord will lose his immortaltiy and be destroyed for good at the end of Season 15.

The Ninja will find a way to destroy The Overlord permanently. To do this Lloyd, will have to embrace both the light and the dark, as the Overlord's survival is dependent on him being the dark side of the balance.

• That is, if The Overlord and You-Know-Who are really the same character.

The Crystal Council will disband before Season 15 even ends.

The alliance will hold poorly due to the villains being unable to unable to find common language (as we see with Pythor and Aspheera), having conflicting goals or holding grudges against each other. Some will leave the council or get the boot, some may even join the heroes for one reason or another. In fact, it's possible that by the end of the season the Crystal King will be all alone against the ninja, with the other villains either on the ninja's side or neutral.

The Mechanic's name is Tyrhan.

The Mechanic looks like a member of Soto's crew that was shown on the info screen that Nadakhan looked at. He was Soto's shipwright and made the teapot and named it after himself

• Considering Andreasen once implied that the Mechanic and that pirate were indeed the same character, this WMG holds ground.

Pythor or Harumi

will bite the dust for real by Taking the Bullet for the Crystal King.Considering Harumi's reveal in Episode 12 of Crystalized feels like a Call-Back to Pythor's in Rebooted, who's to say they won't have another parallel, or that Pythor won't do it a second time?

Cole is Immune to Fate.

That's why he couldn't see his reflection in the First Spinjitzu Master's Tomb, because his future is impossible to predict. Sure it could mean he dies but at this point it's pretty clear death in Ninjago operates on a revolving door system, especially for characters as important as Cole.

Skales will return in Season 15, only to be killed by Pythor.

The Serpentine king will try to convince Pythor to abandon the Crystal King, refusing to believe that the last of the Anacondrai is Beyond Redemption, only for him to prove his former friend wrong by offing him.

• Fangtom or Acidicus will become the new Serpentine King, Slithraa will be forced to retake his old position of Hypnobrai General.

The Council of the Crystal King members will make We Can Rule Together offers to their past allies, or just related people.

• Harumi and Mister F may come for Sons of Garmadon, namely Killow and Ultra-Violet. Seeing as how the two appear to be on the side of the ninja in the second Crystalized trailer, they are probably going to refuse.
• Pythor and Aspheera, of course, will come for Serpentine, and it's all but given that they will disagree and bring the King's wrath upon themselves, forcing the ninja to save them.
• Skull Sorcerer will give this offer to the Shintaro army and his daughter Vania. Same result as the So G and Serpentine.
• Meanwhile, the Mechanic already has a number of henchmen, so unless he fired them all of a sudden or they quit themselves, they seem like a good choice. If the theory about him being one of Soto's pirates is true, other pirates may also join him. Even ordinary Kryptarium inmates may take the chance, but, judging from the trailer, Ronin and Fugi-Dove will side with the heroes.

Harumi

will never find out that [[spoiler: Pythor released the Great Devourer.]]After all, Nadakhan never learned who exactly destroyed the Cursed Realm, so this suggestion isn't too far of a stretch.

Nadakhan is never coming back. In fact, he is no longer in the Ninjago realm, or any of the 15/16/17 realms.

In Episode 28 of Crystalized, Tommy Andreasen and Bragi Schut's LEGO-sonas follow Clutch as he's holding the Teapot of Tyrahn, and in Episode 29, they seem to be in possession of it. Finally, in Tommy's picture from his tweet where he is waving goodbye at Wu as if to signify that he's moving on from working on Ninjago, he still has the teapot. He's doing one last favour to his characters by taking Nadakhan with him so that they won't have to face him in the future. Although this does mean that the Djinn may be in our world now...