They never felt much like teenagers if you ask me. But yeah, I remember when watching this show as a child they would change the lore like every season and cause massive contradictions.
Who ever says kids shows can’t be complex have never seen this show. This show has so much lore that only happens to enchance everything every season. Edit: I am not saying there aren’t any other shows that aren’t complex. I am just making fun of the people who don’t watch them because they think it is a “kids show” while a lot are pretty good.
@@ibraahimdureng7482 Well. The whole Thomas Lore thing is true. The Railway Series books that the Thomas and Friends television series is based on has two lore books. I’m serious
Ite so funny he manages to die twice of old age. Dying in battle or from a fall to a nondescript bottomless pit is one thing but freaking living a long prosperse life, dying of old age and then doing it again??
I had the EXACT same thought haha. You literally watch the video for 10 minutes only for him to THEN start speaking about pilot episodes of the show. But at the same time I am so in love with it, because I love the lore of Ninjago. I don't find it bad to only later find out so many more things about Ninjagos past. Not every show has to go chronologically
id love a prequel show one day with wu and garmadon as the main characters. I wanna see all the shit theyve been through in real time, not through just flashbacks or stories
The origin of Magic in Ninjago is still a murky subject. Who trained Fungus and Clouse in the art of Magic? Who wrote the book of spells? Was it the original Skull Sorcerer? Who trained the original Skull Sorcerer? Who killed the original Skull Sorcerer and how was only his skull infused to never deteriorate as his bones crumbled to dust? Who infused the FSM's and later Wu's robe with the magic that would banish Garmadon to the Underworld?
@@user-ci9gh8mc1klord garmadon +uncontrolled elemental power nya+oni lloyd+ice emperor zane+kai+angry Jay after cheating+hangry Cole+oni harumi=spinjitzu of distruction
Long before time had a name, the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago using four elemental weapons. But when he passed, a dark presence sought to collect them all: Lord Garmadon. So I, Sensei Wu, his brother, sought out to find four ninja to collect them first.
Love clutch powers watched that movie so many times. Also in Georgia there was this place called Lego discovery that had a little ride that was based on clutch where ya shot cannon balls at screens
The Merlopians we see in the Seabound Flashbacks all are the squid/octopus variant and there are no Sea Serpentine, which leads me to theorize that the Sea Serpentine we see in Seabound are either a lost 6th Serpentine Tribe or an evolved version of Serpentine, adapted to the ocean. Perhaps King Mambo sent out an expedition to explore the oceans, but the expedition remained in Merlopia, and their children became hybrids of Merlopians and Serpentine.
Me and my brother only watched it until they defeated Garmadon and overlord the first time. That's because there was no synchronisation to our language and we didn't know English well at the time (And we didn't even know there are more seasons). Sadly now we have no time to watch it.
Quick theory Morro Could have been destined to be the green ninja but if you look closely at frame 5:41 then you will see that it is just a normal golden sword. So when Morro dies the role of green ninja could have been moved to Lloyd
Ninjago is a very good show but it proves the problem of adding to history before it’s completed Every single conflict in the show that is brought up in a new season is by some piece of history that’s was not written down or was discovered later but not mentioned as a possible threat and that makes some history in the show conflict time wise like the corruption of garmadon because in the original cut of season 1 it said it max garmadon evil very very quick
I kinda stopped watching Ninjago after Cartoon Network stopped regularly airing new episodes for season 6. Everything else after The Lego Ninjago Movie just doesn’t feel like Ninjago to me
I think you missed a great season, The Hunted. It adds to the lore and the current story really nicely while correcting some loopholes. It is also a lot darker and more grounded than any season before it (maybe except Possession). Like the others said, it is one of the best sections of Ninjago and you should try it if you have time for it.
Honestly crystallized should have ended with Lloyd regaining his golden power and using his obi power to completely destroy the over lord by making himself the new balance
I wond rather see Loyed use the Oni power and Gold fusion Dragon to stop the Overlord just like the opposite of first fight when Loyed use Golden power to stop the Overlord
That was "supposedly" what happened in an early draft. After seeing garmadon "actually" die. Lloyd loses it, goes full oni & wipes the overlord out of existence. Becoming lost in his oni form and taking the overlord's throne, ensuring balance. Some sources say that nya (still a sea goddess) would make her return to snap Lloyd out of it. But I think that was an alleged leak, & we know how this community can be with leaks
We know that Humans and Serpentine populated Ninjago after the FSM created it. They could have been created by him or brought from other realms. The residents of Shintaro could be evolved humans, their skin bleaching due to the altitude, or they could be another species the FSM created/relocated along with the Geckles and Munce. So many different types of animals are native to Ninjago, it is unlikely that the FSM created all of them, but there were multiple types of travel between the realms, so somebody else could have introduced the species at the request or behind the back of the FSM.
Dude, that ending part where the Ninja are all split up for YEARS and acriss the merged realm, helpibg people alone and slowly finding one another is so sad. Love to see that the Overlord made a comeback and created his own Sinister Six lol
Yea I think they added so much random lore after the Hands of Time when they should have been properly developing the characters of the Elemental Masters. They were introduced in the Chen season and just forgotten 🤷🏻♀️
Possesion was start of peak Ninjago, and the peak kept going with Skybound (not for everyone but it is a really good season), Day Of The Departed (which was great even for Morro alone), Sons of Garmadon (which had a heartbreaking ending) and then The Hunted (which was straight up perfection). You should try those too, if you have time.
If we want to get technical Lloyd didn’t give the ninja his power kinda from later lore the ninja(except Zane) always had the power since birth because nya didn’t need a power up from llyod neither did the other elemental masters so all Lloyd’s power did was awaken their already dormant powers yes llyod lost his power over the elements but this only strengthened and awakened the ninjas so to be correct llyod only awakened the ninjas power
Same I stopped buying Ninjago sets after the seasons of the time twins and the day of the departed mostly because of Star Wars lol. I guess imma start buying Lego Ninjago sets again xD
@mrtoxictomato9751 Their was a cameo with Clutch Powers in Ninjago. I don't know the exact episode, but it was a little after New Ninjago city. Also, I'm pretty sure that one of the "symbols" in the movie was on the serpentine staff.
i hate how the series retconned itself as it was first stated that the first spinjitzu master randomly apeared and created ninjago to then birth garmadon and wu that was it
Yes, I completely stopped watching, but feel that at least now some of the story feels more interconnected. Still upsets me that some powerful artifact suddenly appears that’s going to end the world
Bro inimportant how often I see the story since the 8. squadron and how much sense it would make on paper, but it just isnt working for me. Just reviving Garmadons evil side and getting a new outline with Onis or something like that, which are never mentioned before, despite their importance for the whole canon. Until season seven or at least season six the Story fits Into everything and nearly every charakter is getting flashed out more, but for example in season 8 Zane could so the same arc again. Or Jay is beeing the same person in season 8 he was in season one. From the first to the 7. it feels like expanding the history and Universe, but since season 8 it feels like doing some completely different shit with just putting the same Name on it. And I cant describe how much I hate these new design.
Agreed a hundred percent, the show was created intricately and with a good parallel of characters after about season 7-8 they just started adding on a bunch of different things that don’t make sense to the plot or timeline
And to be be completely real, the well toughtout story wich made sense in itself ended when lloyd became the golden ninja and defeted the overlord. Garmadon was freed from his evil curse, the prophecy came true and everthing felt like a satifying planned out ending. Ofc, was i interested when another season was announced. But when i realised the overlord was somehow back as a fkn computervirus, i quit watching. The defeat of the overlord and everthing leading up to it was to epic to just be reversed and it be for nothing. I realised they are from then on only adding random stuff to keep it going. No Victory meaningful, no defeat justified. As i said, i didnt watch it, but i get the feeling the new seasons only shine when clinging to the past lore. wich had relevance before it was nullified by the 7. Return of the 87th made up "arch nemesis since the dawn of time"
@@felixnoki1355 Really well said. I wouldn't have minded the show ending after the stone army season because the ending was fantastic and as you said everything was tied up nicely, even though the show would be fairly short. In all honesty I thought up until season 5 it wasnt bad either (season 5 with ghosts actually being my favourite!) but after they stretched it out even more I stopped caring. Great show with wasted potential.
"Oh, Ninjago! I loved this! Unfortunately I stopped saw it, I wonder what happened." Half an hour later: "I'm.... not actually that surprised.... but still..... What?"
21:40 *Lloyd I lost track after time brothers event. Pilot was the greatest. Snakes, Stone army, Nindroids and Tournament was like a core, after redesign it's all to messy, so thanks for the recap
Agreed. At some point they should have just ended it (around season 5 in my opinion). But... of course they wanted to milk the franchise for its money. Old ninjago used to be the greatest thing ever though!
My brother still makes fun of my overdramatic sad diary entries about my crush Zane dying from when I was like 12 😂 he doesn't understand that I just wanted to *be* Zane because he was cool though
Nice summary, man. Thanks a lot. Your video FINALLY gave me a sorta closure on Ninjago. I know it's not over but to me this is good enough. Alas, Loyd continues to be my favorite character. I stopped watching after he became the golden ninja years ago, lol. I often wondered what became of him. Glad he's still a hero 🥲
Yea honestly. I stopped watching after the Hands of Time because I felt that making Garmadon evil again just made no sense at all. That was the sign they were adding random nonsense to the show
@@frib7836That feels like such cheap writing dude. I'm glad I dipped when I did cuz seeing Loyd's dad being evil AGAIN after ALL they went through to have a "normal" father/son relationship?? Nah. That's sum BS fr. I'd rather think they still cool, rather than "enemies".
My favorite thing is that each of the four main ninja should be the most powerful after Lloyd gave them an extra duplicate of their power. It is implied in the time travel season that they shoud have unlocked the powers on their own as several times after each ninja loses their power only to unlock it again with out taking back power.
Ninjago story and lore are so convoluted, that even after watching a half and hour video explaining it all cronologically, I still barely understand it.
I haven’t been caught up with new ninja go cuz I heard they where the movie versions and not the ones I knew. This video will determine my ninjago life
Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the first Spinjitzu master by using the four weapons of Spinjitzu, The Scythe Of Quakes, The Nun-Chucks Of Lightning, The Shurikens Of Ice, The Sword Of Fire. Weapons so strong, noone could handle all of their power at once, When he passed away his sons swore to protect them bit the oldest was consumed by darkness and wanted to posses them. A Battle between brothers broke out but the oldest was struck down and banished to the underworld, peace returned and the younger brother hid the weapons but knowing his older brother's ambition for power, he placed a guardian to rotect them, and for fear from his own demise a map for an honest man to hide, that honest man was your father and the older brother is lord Garmadon and i need to find those weapons before he does
Holy. I watched a ton of Ninjago when I was younger, and have watched the majority of the seasons. However, I really did NOT know like 80% of what you said outside of what happened in some seasons- in all fairness, I was for most of it younger than 10, but still... anyways yeah I needed this
Ok, holy cow that's a lot to take in. That was essentially "The entire history of ninjago, i guess" and it was all over the place. First, are you telling me that Clutch Powers, from that movie where they set up a trilogy with no payoff takes place in the same universe as all that?? This show has definitely jumped the shark, and what's worse is that I can't for the life of me work out when that point was. But the minute you said technology was an element, I knew it was definitely too far gone.
I watched this as a kid when the final episode was after the Overlord/Garmadon was defeated the first time and haven’t seen it since. I had seen the Clutch Powers movie at the time and thought it was so cool they referenced him in the show I think around the time they were looking for the fang blades BUT I DIDNT KNOW HES ACTUALLY IN IT???
Slight correction. The lightening did not burn and disfigure Garmadon. Garmadon and Wu were both part Oni and the venom from the great devourer began to bring out Garmadon’s oni form. The spell cast that day by Wu banished Garmadon but it also caused him to completely revert into an oni.
I love how season one was about some teenage ninjas and now it's all this.
Nah facts lol, literally the first season was when i watched it and stopped watching
god damn this shit went from 0 to 100 real quick 😂
They never felt much like teenagers if you ask me.
But yeah, I remember when watching this show as a child they would change the lore like every season and cause massive contradictions.
teenage? They're young adults smh
@@QUBIQUBED Didn't they say in the show that they are just teenagers😭
Nobody living in ninjago can ever catch a break
I started thinking that Ninjago is like Ohio memes, but while Ohio is pretty normal place, Ninjago can't take a break of catastrophes and chaos at all
at least they have breaks at least a few year at best
Only in in ninjago 💀@@LusiaEspheda
100th like
Ninjago is the new Gotham lol
Who ever says kids shows can’t be complex have never seen this show. This show has so much lore that only happens to enchance everything every season.
Edit: I am not saying there aren’t any other shows that aren’t complex. I am just making fun of the people who don’t watch them because they think it is a “kids show” while a lot are pretty good.
They also probably haven’t seen early Thomas. Seriously, the lore in both Ninjago and Thomas and Friends is astounding.
@@IsleofPigsStudios Man I haven’t watched or thought Thomas and Friends in nearly a decade
@@ibraahimdureng7482 Well. The whole Thomas Lore thing is true. The Railway Series books that the Thomas and Friends television series is based on has two lore books. I’m serious
@@IsleofPigsStudios Crazy! Like everything has lore nowadays
except prime empire
“Dr.Julien passed away AGAIN due to old age” that was so funny for no reason lmfao
I think he has 2 lives lol 😂
Plot armor be like😂
0 hearts left
Ite so funny he manages to die twice of old age.
Dying in battle or from a fall to a nondescript bottomless pit is one thing but freaking living a long prosperse life, dying of old age and then doing it again??
Ninjago:"we have a problem"
Ninja:" is it garmadon, overlord or snakes"
Ninjago:"yes"
True why so much huh
Or gosts
You KNOW the lore is deep when events happening within the present timeframe of the show aren't mentioned until 10-11 minutes in
I had the EXACT same thought haha. You literally watch the video for 10 minutes only for him to THEN start speaking about pilot episodes of the show. But at the same time I am so in love with it, because I love the lore of Ninjago. I don't find it bad to only later find out so many more things about Ninjagos past. Not every show has to go chronologically
id love a prequel show one day with wu and garmadon as the main characters. I wanna see all the shit theyve been through in real time, not through just flashbacks or stories
theres a a book series on them
@@popcultkingit’s canceled
But with the old art style. The new characters look like shit!
@@nk__BS. Personal opinion: the new art style, characters, and animation looks soooo refreshing with a pretty cool combination of aesthetics!!
@@nk__ 🧢
We just gonna ignore the fact that young garmadon just looks like Lego anakin?
I just noticed it, just the anakin scar is different
If you told me the Garmadons are the Skywalkers of an alternative universe i would believe it
@@mendlez2306 they have the same lore too
Aren't you gonna talk about that 0:07 General Kenobi!
@@maprivero1251LOLLL
The origin of Magic in Ninjago is still a murky subject. Who trained Fungus and Clouse in the art of Magic? Who wrote the book of spells? Was it the original Skull Sorcerer? Who trained the original Skull Sorcerer? Who killed the original Skull Sorcerer and how was only his skull infused to never deteriorate as his bones crumbled to dust? Who infused the FSM's and later Wu's robe with the magic that would banish Garmadon to the Underworld?
If there is a tornado of creation then is there a tornado of destruction
@@user-ci9gh8mc1k Oni + Spinjitzu = Tornado of destruction??
@@user-ci9gh8mc1klord garmadon +uncontrolled elemental power nya+oni lloyd+ice emperor zane+kai+angry Jay after cheating+hangry Cole+oni harumi=spinjitzu of distruction
@@seggenghirmay2236 now that is spooky
wait,
head fanfiction
strongest version of the main ninjas Vs tornado of destruction
@@user-ci9gh8mc1kwhat if the forbidden 5 are able to do the tornado of destruction?
Long before time had a name, the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago using four elemental weapons. But when he passed, a dark presence sought to collect them all: Lord Garmadon. So I, Sensei Wu, his brother, sought out to find four ninja to collect them first.
Jump out, kick back, whip around and spin
@@viniciuspellisson6389 it's "jump up, kick back, whip around, and spin"
And then jump back, do it again!
@@LetMeEatItNinja Go Ninja Go Come On Come On
@@gabe2876Do the weekend whip JUMP UP KICK WHIP AROUND AND SPIIIN
Wu literally almost all season's:I haven't told you this
If you knew who clutch powers is before ninjago, you are a true man of culture
Hell yeah. I remember bro, driving down the highway then jumping off a ramp, then crashing through shit and the Rock baby lmao
First Lego show/movie I ever watched
Hell yeah bro clutch powers is the GOAT
Love clutch powers watched that movie so many times. Also in Georgia there was this place called Lego discovery that had a little ride that was based on clutch where ya shot cannon balls at screens
I do!! Pretty sure that was the first ever "lego movie" to be made.
The Merlopians we see in the Seabound Flashbacks all are the squid/octopus variant and there are no Sea Serpentine, which leads me to theorize that the Sea Serpentine we see in Seabound are either a lost 6th Serpentine Tribe or an evolved version of Serpentine, adapted to the ocean. Perhaps King Mambo sent out an expedition to explore the oceans, but the expedition remained in Merlopia, and their children became hybrids of Merlopians and Serpentine.
bro that theory makes a lot of sense
Sea snakes do exist, I’m honestly surprised we never saw a sea snake based serpentine tribe who are excellent swimmers.
True
theyre eels
@@pukaisparalyzed6181no they aren’t!
We are at that crazy point where the Ninjago Lore has surpassed the Bionicle Lore. Never thought I'd see the day!
0:07 Was that you?
Challenge: Take a shot every time a character loses their powers
We'd all be dead
I always wanted liver failure so hell yes!
zane being a robot and Lloyd being the green ninja are the biggest plot twists of my life
as someone who quit watching after tournament of elements, this helps me save time
Me and my brother only watched it until they defeated Garmadon and overlord the first time. That's because there was no synchronisation to our language and we didn't know English well at the time (And we didn't even know there are more seasons). Sadly now we have no time to watch it.
@@scientistmilorad9735 Very sad indeed, Skybound is a great watch.
I would recommend watching further! Season 5, 6 and the oni trilogy (season 8,9 and 10) are really good!
2:42
I was today years old when i realized the ninjago islands were in the shape of dragons
i missed that, i thought they were just yin and yang
I think it’s both.
Ya know, when you hear about all of this stuff in the span of a few minutes, it really sounds wild as heck
Quick theory
Morro Could have been destined to be the green ninja but if you look closely at frame 5:41 then you will see that it is just a normal golden sword. So when Morro dies the role of green ninja could have been moved to Lloyd
The animators said it was just an animating mistake
It was an animating mistake.
I like the idea that different people could've been the green ninja but they didn't meet the qualifications
@@Lloyd..of course you will say that excuse lol
@@PlsLeaveMeAlone😂
Ninjago is a very good show but it proves the problem of adding to history before it’s completed
Every single conflict in the show that is brought up in a new season is by some piece of history that’s was not written down or was discovered later but not mentioned as a possible threat and that makes some history in the show conflict time wise like the corruption of garmadon because in the original cut of season 1 it said it max garmadon evil very very quick
I joined ninjago in season 2, with the introduction of the snakes. I left ninjago after sons of Garmadon, the lore got wild after that
Why didntcha see Hunted? It's SoG pt II. See it now, it completes the story nicely.
I kinda stopped watching Ninjago after Cartoon Network stopped regularly airing new episodes for season 6. Everything else after The Lego Ninjago Movie just doesn’t feel like Ninjago to me
Snakes count as Season 1, the Pilot isn't counted as a season.
I think you missed a great season, The Hunted. It adds to the lore and the current story really nicely while correcting some loopholes. It is also a lot darker and more grounded than any season before it (maybe except Possession). Like the others said, it is one of the best sections of Ninjago and you should try it if you have time for it.
Man, I bet learning history in Ninjago is considered fun! 😅😆
They feel the same way about learning Ninjago history as we do learning about our history
@@MRTHUNDER. Yeah, probably! lol
@@miraculousninja5255 but me personally, I love learning history at home not at school
Yes true
@@MRTHUNDER.Thats because at school is like a chore vs at home, where it's like a hobby
We should get a Ninjago prequel series about the original elemental masters. Detailing the origins and adventures.
Honestly crystallized should have ended with Lloyd regaining his golden power and using his obi power to completely destroy the over lord by making himself the new balance
I wond rather see Loyed use the Oni power and Gold fusion Dragon to stop the Overlord just like the opposite of first fight when Loyed use Golden power to stop the Overlord
That was "supposedly" what happened in an early draft. After seeing garmadon "actually" die. Lloyd loses it, goes full oni & wipes the overlord out of existence. Becoming lost in his oni form and taking the overlord's throne, ensuring balance.
Some sources say that nya (still a sea goddess) would make her return to snap Lloyd out of it. But I think that was an alleged leak, & we know how this community can be with leaks
We know that Humans and Serpentine populated Ninjago after the FSM created it. They could have been created by him or brought from other realms. The residents of Shintaro could be evolved humans, their skin bleaching due to the altitude, or they could be another species the FSM created/relocated along with the Geckles and Munce.
So many different types of animals are native to Ninjago, it is unlikely that the FSM created all of them, but there were multiple types of travel between the realms, so somebody else could have introduced the species at the request or behind the back of the FSM.
I would like to know more about the humans from the Dragon amd Oni realm because its not really explained on who they are and how they got there
Dude, that ending part where the Ninja are all split up for YEARS and acriss the merged realm, helpibg people alone and slowly finding one another is so sad. Love to see that the Overlord made a comeback and created his own Sinister Six lol
I love ninjago but when it comes about element powers or abilities they have used, nothing makes sense.
Yea I think they added so much random lore after the Hands of Time when they should have been properly developing the characters of the Elemental Masters. They were introduced in the Chen season and just forgotten 🤷🏻♀️
This is the greatest video description of all time.
It’s very relatable
real
This perfectly sums up the complex and complicated world of Ninjago
Bro would be the type of English teacher to actually make you care.
I FORGOT CLUTCH POWERS WAS IN THIS SHOW. I remeber watching the original clutch powers movie and now its connecting all the lefo universes together
I can't believe there are so many seasons I only managed to get up to ghost one growing up
Omg same! I’m so sad that I stopped at that season, I missed so much 😭
Same the cool arc?
Possesion was start of peak Ninjago, and the peak kept going with Skybound (not for everyone but it is a really good season), Day Of The Departed (which was great even for Morro alone), Sons of Garmadon (which had a heartbreaking ending) and then The Hunted (which was straight up perfection). You should try those too, if you have time.
OMG SAMEE
Ninjago lore goes wild
If we want to get technical Lloyd didn’t give the ninja his power kinda from later lore the ninja(except Zane) always had the power since birth because nya didn’t need a power up from llyod neither did the other elemental masters so all Lloyd’s power did was awaken their already dormant powers yes llyod lost his power over the elements but this only strengthened and awakened the ninjas so to be correct llyod only awakened the ninjas power
🤓🤓🤓
To be honest, till this day i dont fully grasp this concept, for me it was just the producers coming with something new and trying to adapt
Ninjago has only gotten more complex more ambitious and quite amazing to be frank
I haven't watched Ninjago in over a decade and now I'm watching this. Let's just say I may be hooked again.
Same I stopped buying Ninjago sets after the seasons of the time twins and the day of the departed mostly because of Star Wars lol. I guess imma start buying Lego Ninjago sets again xD
The effort put into this this video is appreciated, great video
I always loved ninjago. This was the perfect recap!
Its crazy to think how the first lego movie (The Adventures of Clutch Powers) and Ninjago are tied together.
how?
@mrtoxictomato9751 Their was a cameo with Clutch Powers in Ninjago. I don't know the exact episode, but it was a little after New Ninjago city. Also, I'm pretty sure that one of the "symbols" in the movie was on the serpentine staff.
i hate how the series retconned itself as it was first stated that the first spinjitzu master randomly apeared and created ninjago to then birth garmadon and wu that was it
I remember watching so much ninjago back in elementary school. Now I’m in college.
Boy has this show gone off the cliffs over 30 times
Never thought I would hear name “clutch powers” ever again
Bro Ninjago is just one of those shows that each season gets deeper and deeper in lore, and the first 10 seasons is just heat
I’m not gonna lie I sobbed when Zane died
Who doesnt?
My brother has never stopped teasing me about that and we're in college now 💀
Man, this show is so random, i love it!
I cant be the only one who thinks ninajgo after season 6 was straight bs
Agreed
I dont remember where I stopped watching, but I did because it was getting pretty bad to my taste
Seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5 were the only good ones. The rest of them were trash.
Yes, I completely stopped watching, but feel that at least now some of the story feels more interconnected.
Still upsets me that some powerful artifact suddenly appears that’s going to end the world
I loved the first 6 seasons the most.
Bro inimportant how often I see the story since the 8. squadron and how much sense it would make on paper, but it just isnt working for me. Just reviving Garmadons evil side and getting a new outline with Onis or something like that, which are never mentioned before, despite their importance for the whole canon. Until season seven or at least season six the Story fits Into everything and nearly every charakter is getting flashed out more, but for example in season 8 Zane could so the same arc again. Or Jay is beeing the same person in season 8 he was in season one. From the first to the 7. it feels like expanding the history and Universe, but since season 8 it feels like doing some completely different shit with just putting the same Name on it. And I cant describe how much I hate these new design.
Agreed a hundred percent, the show was created intricately and with a good parallel of characters after about season 7-8 they just started adding on a bunch of different things that don’t make sense to the plot or timeline
And to be be completely real, the well toughtout story wich made sense in itself ended when lloyd became the golden ninja and defeted the overlord. Garmadon was freed from his evil curse, the prophecy came true and everthing felt like a satifying planned out ending.
Ofc, was i interested when another season was announced. But when i realised the overlord was somehow back as a fkn computervirus, i quit watching.
The defeat of the overlord and everthing leading up to it was to epic to just be reversed and it be for nothing.
I realised they are from then on only adding random stuff to keep it going. No Victory meaningful, no defeat justified.
As i said, i didnt watch it, but i get the feeling the new seasons only shine when clinging to the past lore. wich had relevance before it was nullified by the 7. Return of the 87th made up "arch nemesis since the dawn of time"
@@felixnoki1355 Really well said. I wouldn't have minded the show ending after the stone army season because the ending was fantastic and as you said everything was tied up nicely, even though the show would be fairly short. In all honesty I thought up until season 5 it wasnt bad either (season 5 with ghosts actually being my favourite!) but after they stretched it out even more I stopped caring. Great show with wasted potential.
"Oh, Ninjago! I loved this! Unfortunately I stopped saw it, I wonder what happened."
Half an hour later: "I'm.... not actually that surprised.... but still..... What?"
Why doesn't this have a billion views?
As a ninjago fan, I feel like seeing Lloyd grow up from a reckless child to the teacher for young ninjas
it’s one of the most exciting series i’ve ever watched but it’s also one of the saddest
21:40 *Lloyd
I lost track after time brothers event. Pilot was the greatest. Snakes, Stone army, Nindroids and Tournament was like a core, after redesign it's all to messy, so thanks for the recap
Agreed. At some point they should have just ended it (around season 5 in my opinion). But... of course they wanted to milk the franchise for its money. Old ninjago used to be the greatest thing ever though!
1. THE LORE IS CRAZY
2. Ninjago is the definition of plot armor
3. I forgot 3 but maybe I’ll find it later
I need this video to refresh on the lore and learn about the new stuff that I haven’t watched
My Childhood. I was there day 1. Me and my friends would act it out, play with toys, etc. Memories
0:07 General Kenobi!
Thomas and Friends 🤝Ninjago🤝Pokémon🤝Five Nights at Freddy’s
Having an insane amount of lore
Zane's death traumatized 8 year old me 😭😭 still the saddest moment in all of tv
My brother still makes fun of my overdramatic sad diary entries about my crush Zane dying from when I was like 12 😂 he doesn't understand that I just wanted to *be* Zane because he was cool though
I like how so many things happen close to the same time. It’s a world where there are tones of events that go on at once leading to the future
Ninjago: What are we going to face now
Creators: Yes
I like how it's literally just a frat saving the world.
OKAY I STOPPED WATCHING THIS SHOW A WHILE AGO BUT MOTHER FUCKING CLUTH POWERS IS IN THIS SHOW NOW!!!
IM COMING BACK BABY WOOO
What this taught me is that if someone dies in Ninjago, no they didn’t.
I remember when this show used to be on tv 😢
Nice summary, man. Thanks a lot. Your video FINALLY gave me a sorta closure on Ninjago. I know it's not over but to me this is good enough. Alas, Loyd continues to be my favorite character. I stopped watching after he became the golden ninja years ago, lol. I often wondered what became of him. Glad he's still a hero 🥲
Yea honestly. I stopped watching after the Hands of Time because I felt that making Garmadon evil again just made no sense at all. That was the sign they were adding random nonsense to the show
@@frib7836That feels like such cheap writing dude. I'm glad I dipped when I did cuz seeing Loyd's dad being evil AGAIN after ALL they went through to have a "normal" father/son relationship?? Nah. That's sum BS fr. I'd rather think they still cool, rather than "enemies".
Fun fact, morro's green ninja test was probably staged. The sword isn't the same that we see in the first seasons
The reason Morro wasn’t the green ninja is bc he cared to much about power kinda like Garmadon also it was a mistake animators confirmed.
My favorite thing is that each of the four main ninja should be the most powerful after Lloyd gave them an extra duplicate of their power. It is implied in the time travel season that they shoud have unlocked the powers on their own as several times after each ninja loses their power only to unlock it again with out taking back power.
The Mail man aint here 💀
Now I know why the merge happened because of the destruction of the realm crystal it kept the realms from crashing or merging with each other
Ninjago story and lore are so convoluted, that even after watching a half and hour video explaining it all cronologically, I still barely understand it.
the perfect “last video” of the night
I didn't know Ninjago continued after Loyd defeated his father and turned him good
I haven’t been caught up with new ninja go cuz I heard they where the movie versions and not the ones I knew. This video will determine my ninjago life
Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the first Spinjitzu master by using the four weapons of Spinjitzu, The Scythe Of Quakes, The Nun-Chucks Of Lightning, The Shurikens Of Ice, The Sword Of Fire. Weapons so strong, noone could handle all of their power at once, When he passed away his sons swore to protect them bit the oldest was consumed by darkness and wanted to posses them. A Battle between brothers broke out but the oldest was struck down and banished to the underworld, peace returned and the younger brother hid the weapons but knowing his older brother's ambition for power, he placed a guardian to rotect them, and for fear from his own demise a map for an honest man to hide, that honest man was your father and the older brother is lord Garmadon and i need to find those weapons before he does
the delivery of “everyone but jay gets turned into cubes” is perfect
Imagine just how everyone in the studio reacted to the idea for Ninjago
This is so good I’ve watched thought two times
Talk about Macguffins, dear lord there must be fifty something or others of power
I stopped watching this show seven or eight years ago and I’m baffled that it’s still going. I might need to get caught up sometime
I've got a new little friend who is really into Ninjago, so I'm here to learn about it.
This is confusing for me, who only watched The original dvds and up until airbound. Thank you for recapping!
*skybound
I cant wait for all the new lore we will get in Dragons Rising (source dragons and so on)
11:44 this is when the show actually starts 😂
I find it interesting how in this telling of the timeline, Lloyd is older than the other ninja.
Unironically this series has so many parallels with naruto. Awesome
19:42 you forgot to add that it was revealed that she was alive because the crystal king/overlord found her and resurrected her
Holy. I watched a ton of Ninjago when I was younger, and have watched the majority of the seasons. However, I really did NOT know like 80% of what you said outside of what happened in some seasons- in all fairness, I was for most of it younger than 10, but still... anyways yeah I needed this
Did they ever explain why the ninjas appearances changed?
Ok, holy cow that's a lot to take in. That was essentially "The entire history of ninjago, i guess" and it was all over the place.
First, are you telling me that Clutch Powers, from that movie where they set up a trilogy with no payoff takes place in the same universe as all that??
This show has definitely jumped the shark, and what's worse is that I can't for the life of me work out when that point was. But the minute you said technology was an element, I knew it was definitely too far gone.
I watched this as a kid when the final episode was after the Overlord/Garmadon was defeated the first time and haven’t seen it since. I had seen the Clutch Powers movie at the time and thought it was so cool they referenced him in the show I think around the time they were looking for the fang blades BUT I DIDNT KNOW HES ACTUALLY IN IT???
Gta 6 ads be like:
I like the effort you put to narrate the story
Garmadin - Anakin Skywalker
Lloyd - Luke Skywalker
The Overlord - Palpatine
Wu - Obi-Wan Kenobi i guess ?
As a serpentine fan, back in the day they were first released, im so happy to find out they're good guys now
there are some minor details + how they got there, like why kid Lyod decied to release the blue serperntine + destiny bounty
Slight correction. The lightening did not burn and disfigure Garmadon. Garmadon and Wu were both part Oni and the venom from the great devourer began to bring out Garmadon’s oni form. The spell cast that day by Wu banished Garmadon but it also caused him to completely revert into an oni.
This would've been good if I didn't already watch every single season to just know the lore
Great how they added Clutch Powers as a cameo