Ninjago: Legacy of the Green Ninja facts for kids
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| Country of origin | Denmark |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Original release | July 18 – November 21, 2012 |
Legacy of the Green Ninja is the second season of the computer-animated television series Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (titled Ninjago from the eleventh season onward). The series was created by Michael Hegner and Tommy Andreasen. The season aired from 18 July 2012 to 21 November 2012, following the first season titled Rise of the Snakes. It is succeeded by the third season, titled Rebooted.
The second season was originally intended as the final season of the series. The show and its associated Lego Ninjago product line had been planned as a three-year project. However, due to the strong performance of the television series and the product line combined with positive feedback from online forums, the series was continued past the end of 2013.
Legacy of the Green Ninja follows the storyline of the ninja training their new team member Lloyd Garmadon in order to prepare for a prophesied battle. Lord Garmadon returns as an antagonist whose devious plans result in Lloyd being magically aged up to a teenager. The season also introduces Lloyd's mother Misako for the first time. It also reveals the Overlord as the main season antagonist and culminates in the final battle.
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Voice cast
Main
- Jillian Michaels as Lloyd Garmadon, the Green Ninja
- Vincent Tong as Kai, the red ninja and Elemental Master of Fire
- Michael Adamthwaite as Jay, the blue ninja and Elemental Master of Lightning
- Brent Miller as Zane, the white ninja and Elemental Master of Ice
- Kirby Morrow as Cole, the black ninja and Elemental Master of Earth
- Kelly Metzger as Nya, Kai's sister
- Paul Dobson as Sensei Wu, the wise teacher of the ninja
- Mark Oliver as Lord Garmadon
- Kathleen Barr as Misako
- Scott McNeil as the Overlord/Dragon Overlord
Supporting
- Alan Marriott as Captain Soto
- Alan Marriott as Dareth
- Paul Dobson as General Kozu
- Colin Murdock as Ed
- Jillian Michaels as Edna
- Kirby Morrow as Lou
- Mark Oliver as Dr. Julien
- Ian James Corlett as Skales
- Brian Drummond as Nuckal/Kruncha
- Andrew Francis as Lloyd (Older)
- Michael Kopsa as Samukai
- Kelly Sheridan as Gayle Gossip
- Mackenzie Gray as Fangpyre General/Museum Curator/Mystake
- John Novak as Constrictai General
- Paul Dobson as Venomari General/Mother Doomsday/Garmatron
- Cathy Weseluck as Patty Keys
- Kathleen Barr as Brad
Production
Direction
The Legacy of the Green Ninja episodes were directed by Martin Skov, Michael Helmuth Hansen, Peter Hausner, Trylle Vilstrup and Thomas Østergaard Poulsen.
Animation
The animation for the second season was produced at Wil Film ApS in Denmark.
Release
The first episode of the season titled Darkness Shall Rise was released on 18 July 2012 on Cartoon Network. The subsequent episodes were released in July and August 2012, and October and November 2012. The season finale titled Rise of the Spinjitzu Master was released on 21 November 2012.
Plot
The ninja begin training Lloyd so that he can face his father in battle. Meanwhile, Garmadon recruits the Serpentine, rebuilds the Destiny's Bounty as the Black Bounty and merges the Golden Weapons into the powerful Mega Weapon. Garmadon resurrects the original crew of the Destiny's Bounty, led by Captain Soto. They pilot the ship to Ninjago City, but the ninja engage them in battle. Eventually, Garmadon escapes with the Bounty. Garmadon creates clones of the ninja as a way to defeat them. When the ninja visit Darkley's School, they are locked in a room by the students and forced to defeat the clones. They decide to enter a road race named the Ninjaball Run to earn the grand prize so that they can save Dareth's Mojo Dojo. Garmadon decides to participate to stop the ninja from winning. After fighting for lead position, the ninja narrowly win the race and Lloyd takes possession of the Bounty.
At Ninjago Museum of History, Garmadon uses the Mega Weapon to resurrect the extinct Grundal to destroy the ninja. When the ninja burst in, they are struck by the weapon and transformed into children. They are later forced to defend themselves from the Grundal in the comic book store, but Master Wu and Nya arrive and Lloyd uses Tomorrow's Tea to turn the Grundal back into bones. The ninja are transformed back to their present ages, but Lloyd is rapidly aged up to an adolescent. Garmadon attempts to change the past by stopping the ninja team from forming, so the original four ninja follow him into a time portal to the temporal point when Wu first recruited Kai. They manage to restore the timeline by using the Golden Weapons of the past to blast the Mega Weapon into space. At Ninjago Museum, Lloyd is reunited with his mother, Misako.
After being betrayed by Skales, Garmadon finds himself on the Dark Island with the disembodied voice of the Overlord. The venom of the Great Devourer seeps into catacombs beneath Ninjago and animates a Stone Army, which wreaks havoc on Ninjago City. Garmadon takes control of the Stone Army using the Helmet of Shadows. The ninja travel to the Dark Island to stop Garmadon and reach the Temple of Light to harness their elemental powers and bestow Golden Power on Lloyd. They fail to stop the Celestial Clock from counting down to the final battle. Garmadon's super weapon, Garmatron, is used to fire dark matter into Ninjago. The Overlord is revealed to be the dark lord from the prophecy. He possesses Garmadon and heads to Ninjago with his army. The ninja return to Ninjago on Ultra Dragon and are forced to defend Lloyd while being hit by dark matter, leaving Lloyd to confront the Overlord alone. The Overlord transforms into a massive dragon, but Lloyd uses his Golden Power to destroy the Overlord in an explosion of light, which purges Garmadon of evil and transforms Lloyd into the Golden Ninja.
Episodes
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 14 | 1 | "Darkness Shall Rise" | Michael Helmuth Hansen | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 18, 2012 | 2.85 |
| The ninja help repair Ninjago City although they have lost their elemental powers. Nya informs them that she has found a real-estate agent who will help them find a place to live. Lord Garmadon persuades the Serpentine to follow him, and recreates the Bounty from its remains. The ninja find a luxurious apartment with a training-room and although it is expensive, they decide to get jobs to pay for the rent. Kai being a birthday ninja, Cole being a bank robber catcher, Jay being a pizza delivery guy, and Zane being a food cutter. However, when the Serpentine Generals are betrayed by the Serpentine by following Lord Garmadon, Jay is lured to a house less intersection, where he is kidnapped. The majority of the serpentine generals steal the money, but it turns out to be a diversion so that Skales can kidnap Lloyd. However, he is stopped and sent to jail, and then they settle for a lower-class flat. Lord Garmadon and the Serpentine fly to the Golden Peaks and he fuses the Weapons together into a Mega Weapon. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Pirates vs. Ninja" | Trylle Vilstrup | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 25, 2012 | 2.30 |
| The ninja find "Grand Sensei Dareth's Mojo Dojo", where Dareth agrees to let them use it to train Lloyd. Lord Garmadon discovers Captain Soto's journal in the Bounty's cabin and accidentally resurrects the original pirate-crew of the Bounty using the Mega Weapon. Lord Garmadon realizes that the weapon only has the power to create, while the pirates lock him up with the Serpentine. The Ninja have started training Lloyd when the Pirates attack Ninjago City. Dareth, dressed as the Brown Ninja, jumps on ship but gets captured by the pirates. The Ninja go to his rescue and Lloyd does Spinjitzu for the first time. The pirates are arrested, but Lord Garmadon takes back the Bounty. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Double Trouble" | Martin Skov | Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, & Joel Thomas | August 1, 2012 | N/A |
| The Ninja receive a message from Lloyd's old school, Darkley Boarding School, inviting him to receive an award. Meanwhile, Lord Garmadon creates evil impersonations of the Ninja to deal with them. The Ninja arrive at the school and are surprised to see none of the students or teachers. Indeed, the whole award is revealed to be a trap and the Ninja are locked in a room with all the teachers, and Lloyd is tied up. Meanwhile, the clones learn the location of the Ninja from Nya. At the school, the Ninja find a way out of the room, but the clones arrive and begin fighting them. Lloyd persuades his former classmates to reveal their inner good self and join him. With their help, the Ninja are able to defeat the clones. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Ninjaball Run" | Thomas Østergaard Poulsen | Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, & Joel Thomas | August 8, 2012 | N/A |
| Lloyd is training in Dareth's dojo when a wrecking ball crashes through the wall. It is revealed that Dareth has fallen behind on his payments and a company named Darnagom will buy the dojo, but Zane discovers Garmadon's part behind this being that Darnagom is Garmadon arranged. The Ninja learn of the grand prize of the Ninjaball Run, the most dangerous race in Ninjago, and decide to enter the race. The next day, the race starts promising indeed. Garmadon enters the race with the "Bounty" to prevent them from finishing, but the Ninja manage to finish first followed closely by Garmadon, while Lloyd takes the "Bounty" back for the Ninja. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Child's Play" | Michael Helmuth Hansen | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | August 15, 2012 | N/A |
| Lord Garmadon arrives at the museum planning to revive the extinct Grundle to hunt the Ninja. The Ninja interrupt his plan, but are affected by the power of the Mega Weapon and turned into kids. Moreover, the Ninja realize the Grundle must have been revived after all and escape the museum. The Ninja call Lloyd to meet them and inform him of the situation. Lloyd calls Master Wu and Nya back at the Destiny's Bounty, telling them what happened. Then, the Grundle shows up and is about to consume the Ninja, when Master Wu and Nya arrive with some Tomorrow's Tea, tossing it to them. Lloyd uses the tea to defeat the Grundle, but while the Ninja are returned to normal, he has aged as well. | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" | Trylle Vilstrup | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | August 22, 2012 | N/A |
| After the Ninja foil his latest plan, Lord Garmadon uses his Mega Weapon to go back in time and prevent the formation of their team. Unknown to him, the Ninja have come with him back to the day Kai met Sensei Wu. After failing to alter the timeline by stopping Nya's kidnapping, Garmadon teams up with his past self and amboushes the past Kai in the Fire Temple. The present Ninja arrive and fight back, before realizing that by destroying the Mega Weapon the timeline will be restored. Using the past Golden Weapons, they destroy the Mega Weapon erasing it from existence and memory and restoring the timeline. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "The Stone Army" | Martin Skov | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | October 3, 2012 | 2.17 |
| Garmadon, now powerless, returns to the City of Ouroboros to plan his search for the legendary Dark Island, but the Serpentine soon betray him, pushing him into the sea by a helicopter while Skales is declared their leader. Meanwhile, the Ninja meet Misako, Lloyd's long lost mother, who tells of the existence of the Overlord and his indestructible Stone Army. At the same time, the venom of the Devourer brings a huge Stone Warrior to life, but the Ninja trick him into toppling down a bottomless pit. Meanwhile, Garmadon washes up on the Dark Island, where he meets and teams up with the Overlord. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "The Day Ninjago Stood Still" | Peter Hausner | Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, & Joel Thomas | October 10, 2012 | 1.98 |
| Skales is crowned the new Snake King and plans to dig the foundations of Ninjago City, bringing it down into chaos. However, the Serpentine discover a secret vault where the Stone Army rests, before the Great Devourer's venom melts through the roof and brings the statues to life. They defeat the Serpentine and trap them inside. Then, they rise up to the city which begins to evacuate. Meanwhile, on the Dark Island, Garmadon is guided by the Overlord to an ancient clock and he dons the Helmet of Shadows, starting the clock's countdown to the Final Battle. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "The Last Voyage" | Michael Helmuth Hansen | Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, & Joel Thomas | October 17, 2012 | 1.84 |
| On the Dark Island, the Overlord tells Garmadon that they need a Super-Weapon unlike anything ever seen. Back in Ninjago, Zane sends his falcon to investigate the island. Misako tells the Ninja of the Temple of Light, where they can obtain powers to defeat the Stone Army. They set sail for the Dark Island on the Bounty, but the ship is then struck by a storm and eventually runs aground on an uncharted island with a lighthouse. There, the Ninja find Zane's father, Dr. Julien, who explains that Samukai brought him back to life, forcing him to construct the Skeletons' war machines. Dr. Julien repairs the Bounty, and they all continue their journey to the Dark Island. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Island of Darkness" | Trylle Vilstrup | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | October 24, 2012 | 1.74 |
| The Ninja arrive on the Dark Island and search for the Temple of Light, while Dr. Julien and Nya build new vehicles for them. Then, the Ninja infiltrate Garmadon's camp and Jay locates the temple. After escaping, the Ninja head for the temple, where they are gifted with Elemental swords and kimono, and with their new powers, the Stone Army is defeated. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "The Last Hope" | Martin Skov | Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, & Joel Thomas | November 7, 2012 | 1.87 |
| Misako reveals that there might be a way of avoiding the Final Battle: returning the Helmet of Shadows to its pedestal. The Ninja escort Misako into Garmadon's camp impersonating Stone Warriors, where she manages to steal the helmet, but they are spotted and Garmadon, enraged, uses a giant robot to chase after them. The Ninja get to the Celestial Clock and try to find the Helmet's pedestal, but are too late. The countdown has ended, the Stone Army captures Nya and the Ninja are sent down into a crevasse. The Overlord shows Garmadon the completed Super-Weapon which he named Garmatron. | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Return of the Overlord" | Peter Hausner | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | November 14, 2012 | 1.82 |
| The Ninja return to Garmadon's base but find it deserted, as everyone has left for the coast to use Garmatron to upset the balance between good and evil. The Ninja follow, but are stopped by Nya, polluted with Dark Matter. They eventually overcome her and reach the coast, but Garmadon uses Garmatron, infecting the balance. The Overlord then betrays Garmadon, possessing him and attacking Lloyd. Lloyd tries to bring back his father, but the Overlord defeats him, breaking his leg and wrecking the Bounty. The Overlord then opens a portal to Ninjago City and goes through with the Garmatron and his forces, leaving the Ninja stranded on the Dark Island. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master" | Michael Helmuth Hansen | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | November 21, 2012 | 3.11 |
| As the Overlord conquers Ninjago, the Ninja return to the Temple of Light, where they find the First Spinjitzu Master's battle mech. With the arrival of the Ultra-Dragon, the group flies back to Ninjago City, which is now possessed by Overlord, who has morphed into a dragon. The Ninja fight the Stone Army, but in the end, they are saved by Dareth, who uses the Helmet of Shadows to control the army. The Ninja climb the tower where the Overlord is, but all of them except Lloyd are forced to remain behind. Facing the Overlord, Lloyd summons the Golden Dragon and defeats him, freeing the city from his control. Lord Garmadon then emerges, purged of all corruption within him. | ||||||
Ratings
The Season 2 premiere was listed as the top telecast of the day with children aged 2–11 and all boys on Wednesday 18 July 2012 and secured more than 2.8 million total viewers aged 2+. It was the top telecast in its Wednesday, 8 p.m. time period with children aged 6–11 and 9-14 and all boys. The series led Cartoon Network to the number one television network position on Wednesday nights with children aged 2–11 and all boys. The season premiere increased average ratings by double and triple digits compared to its original Season 1 premiere for the same time period (ranging between 124% and 184%), the previous four weeks (between 114% and 154%) and all competitive programming including Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in the same time period (between 14% and 506%) The total number of viewers aged 2+ increased by 30%.
See also
