Ninjago: Possession facts for kids
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| Country of origin | Denmark |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Original release | June 29 – July 10, 2015 |
Possession is the fifth 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 29 June 2015 to 10 July 2015, following the fourth season titled Tournament of Elements. It is succeeded by the sixth season, titled Skybound.
The season introduces the ghost of Morro as the main season antagonist, who possesses the central character Lloyd Garmadon. Possession is the first season to include the character of Nya in the ninja team as the Elemental Master of Water. It also introduces Airjitzu, a new ability that is shown to be similar to the show's fictional martial art of Spinjitzu, but allows the ninja characters to levitate off the ground.
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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/titanium ninja and Elemental Master of Ice
- Kirby Morrow as Cole, the black ninja and Elemental Master of Earth
- Kelly Metzger as Nya, the Elemental Master of Water and Kai's sister
- Paul Dobson as Sensei Wu, the wise teacher of the ninja
- Andrew Francis as Morro
- Brian Dobson as Ronin
Supporting
- Alan Marriott as Dareth
- Mark Oliver as Sensei Garmadon
- Kathleen Barr as Misako
- Jennifer Hayward as P.I.X.A.L. a female nindroid
- Brian Dobson as Soul Archer
- Kathleen Barr as Bansha
- Michael Adamthwaite as Wrayth
- Paul Dobson as Ghoultar
- Paul Dobson as Fenwick
- Michael Donovan as Sensei Yang
- Cathy Weseluck as Patty Keys
- Lee Tockar as Cyrus Borg
- Heather Doerksen as Skylor
- Ian James Corlett as Master Chen
- Scott McNeil as Clouse
Production
Animation
The animation for the fifth season was produced at Wil Film ApS in Denmark.
Direction
The episodes for the fifth season were directed by Jens Møller, Michael Helmuth Hansen, Peter Hausner, and Trylle Vilstrup.
Release
The season trailer was released on 8 June 2015 on YouTube. The season premiered on 29 June 2015 on Cartoon Network. The episodes were released throughout June and July 2015 until the season finale, which was released in two parts. Curseworld Part 1 was released on 9 July 2015 and Curseworld Part 2 was released on 10 July 2015.
Plot
When Lloyd is possessed by the spirit of Morro, the ninja realise that they have lost their elemental powers. Morro attacks Wu and the ninja to obtain Wu's staff, which has three symbols engraved upon it. Morro successfully takes the staff, but Wu has made an imprint of the symbols. Wu explains that Morro was his first pupil and the Elemental Master of Wind. Morro believed that he would become the Green Ninja and was enraged to find out that he was not. He had set out to find the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master but never returned. Morro and his three ghost warriors begin their search for the Realm Crystal, which will allow Morro to release the Preeminent, the physical embodiment of the Cursed Realm, into Ninjago.
The first symbol on Wu's staff is a technique known as Airjitzu, which allows the user to levitate off the ground. To learn this technique, the ninja travel to the city of Stiix to find Ronin, who stole the Scroll of Airjitzu from Domu Library. On the way, they encounter Chain Master Wrayth and learn that ghosts can be defeated with water. In Stiix, they search for the scroll but are outwitted by Morro, who takes the scroll, learns Airjitzu and escapes. The ninja discover they can learn Airjitzu by visiting the Temple of Airjitzu. Meanwhile, Nya receives intensive training from Wu and begins to control the element of water. The ninja visit the Temple of Airjitzu, which is haunted by the ghost of Master Yang, and they earn the Scroll of Airjitzu. Yang tries to trap them inside the temple, revealing that anyone who remains inside at dawn will become a ghost. The ninja escape with the scroll, except for Cole, who doesn't get out in time and is transformed into a ghost. He remains in this form throughout Season 5 and Season 6.
After learning Airjitzu, the ninja race to obtain the second symbol, the Sword of Sanctuary. They ascend the Wailing Alps and use Airjitzu to pass through the Blind Man's Eye into a parallel realm called Cloud Kingdom. Morro again outwits them, takes the sword and returns to Ninjago with the ninja in pursuit. On the mountainside, Kai takes the sword from Morro and the ninja use it to pinpoint the location of the third symbol, the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master. When they arrive, they face three deadly tests before finding the Realm Crystal. There they encounter Morro, who releases Lloyd and escapes with the crystal. Lloyd is weak, but the ninja find their elemental powers are returning. Morro uses the Realm Crystal to release an army of ghosts and the Preeminent. The ninja are forced to battle the army of ghosts but realise that they are being overwhelmed and retreat on a paddle steamer. Nya unlocks her True Potential and destroys the enemies with a huge wave. Wu tries to pull Morro from the grasp of the Preeminent but he dies as he hits the water.
Episodes
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| 45 | 1 | "Winds of Change" | Michael Helmuth Hansen | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | June 29, 2015 | 2.05 |
| Lloyd is called for help at the museum, but he realizes that it was a trap set by Morro, a ghost who escaped the Cursed Realm and possesses him. The other Ninja lose their elemental powers as a result. After possessing Lloyd, Morro steals the Allied Armor and goes to Sensei Wu's tea shop to get the staff that was given to him by the First Spinjitzu Master. The Ninja and Wu escape on the Destiny's Bounty, but realize they are being followed by Morro, who uses Lloyd's elemental dragon. Wu reveals to the Ninja that Morro was his first student, and the Master of Wind. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "Ghost Story" | Jens Møller | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | June 30, 2015 | 1.83 |
| As the Ninja escape on the Destiny's Bounty, Morro boards the vessel and tries to get Sensei Wu's staff, but Wu throws his staff overboard and Morro goes after it while the ship crashes. The Ninja then learn that the staff had three clues to where the First Spinjitzu Master's tomb is, and when they realize that a thief named Ronin stole the Scroll of Airjitzu, the first clue, they go to Stiix, a city built on water, to get the scroll from him. On the way there they are attacked by a ghost that Morro summoned with the Allied Armor, but the Ninja defeat him, discovering that water can kill the ghosts. Meanwhile, Wu tells Nya she must train to become the Master of Water, just like her mother did before her and like how Kai's father became the Master of Fire before him. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Stiix and Stones" | Peter Hausner | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 1, 2015 | 2.13 |
| The Ninja try to make a bargain for the Scroll Of Airjitzu with Ronin, but the price is too high. They try to earn some money, but their lack of coordination results in an utter disaster. Morro steals the scroll in the end, and escapes having learned Airjitzu, but Ronin gives the Ninja weapons to kill ghosts. Meanwhile, Sensei Wu trains Nya to control water, and discovers that her weakness is feeling weak. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "The Temple on Haunted Hill" | Trylle Vilstrup | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 2, 2015 | 1.93 |
| While the Ninja have their fears tested in the haunted temple of the evil Sensei Yang, in another attempt to claim the Scroll of Airjitzu, Nya pays Ronin to take her to her Samurai X cave where they encounter Morro and his ghosts who are after Nya's samurai suit. Nya accepts that she is the Master of Water after she makes it rain in the desert while being chased by the ghosts. Meanwhile, the Ninja get the Scroll Of Airjitzu, but as they try to make it out of the temple to escape a curse, Cole accidentally drops the scroll, causing him to get turned into a ghost when he chooses to retrieve the scroll rather than escape. | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | "Peak-a-Boo" | Michael Helmuth Hansen | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 3, 2015 | 1.82 |
| The Ninja must travel to the Cloud Kingdom for the Sword of Sanctuary, the second clue on Wu's staff. To get there, they must climb the tallest mountain in Ninjago and jump into a cyclone that passes over. While climbing, the Ninja encounter an avalanche, but thanks to Cole's new ghost abilities, they manage to escape the avalanche. Eventually, they get to the Cloud Kingdom by using Airjitzu successfully and Morro gets there in time to see them leave. Back at the Bounty, Sensei Wu and Nya capture Ghoultar and demand answers from him. | ||||||
| 50 | 6 | "Kingdom Come" | Jens Møller | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 6, 2015 | 1.71 |
| The Ninja arrive at the Cloud Kingdom, where they begin their search for the Sword of Sanctuary, but are deceived by Fenwick, who has formed an alliance with Morro and let him into the Kingdom. In the meantime, Wu, Nya, Misako, and Ronin interrogate Ghoultar on the Bounty. Back at the Kingdom, Morro manages to obtain the sword, but the Ninja pursue him back through the cyclone and down the mountainside in Ninjago. All of the Ninja board the Bounty except Kai, who stays behind and takes the Sword of Sanctuary from Morro as Lloyd temporarily regains control of his body. The Ninja fly off into the sunset, ready for the next step of the mission. | ||||||
| 51 | 7 | "The Crooked Path" | Peter Hausner | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 7, 2015 | 1.91 |
| The Ninja now have all the items they need to get to the tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master, but before they can figure out the last clue that leads to the location of the tomb, Ronin steals the Sword of Sanctuary to give it to Morro in exchange for his cursed soul. Morro takes possession of Ronin to trick the Ninja into travelling to the Caves of Despair before trying to bury them alive. The Ninja escape and Ronin tries to repay them by entrusting them with the real location of the tomb, which is under the ocean. | ||||||
| 52 | 8 | "Grave Danger" | Trylle Vilstrup | Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 8, 2015 | 1.78 |
| The Ninja reach the underwater tomb with Ronin's vehicle and manage to survive two protection trials, before encountering Morro. Morro gets trapped and the Ninja find the Realm Crystal at the tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master, but Morro arrives and demands the Realm Crystal in exchange for Lloyd. Kai tricks Morro, but when the Ninja rush off to save Lloyd, Morro manages to obtain the Realm Crystal, which he uses to open a portal to the Cursed Realm and escape. | ||||||
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"Curseworld" | Michael Helmuth Hansen Jens Møller |
Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman | July 9, 2015 P.1 July 10, 2015 P. 2 |
1.52 1.62 |
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Part I: The Ninja go to Stiix to try to stop Morro from unleashing his master, the Preeminent. They manage to fend off many ghosts, but when Lloyd gets to Morro, the ghost tries to reason with him, using Lloyd's father as an example. Lloyd hesitates, giving time for the Preeminent to be unleashed, while he goes to the Cursed Realm. Part II: The Ninja must protect Stiix from the Preemiment, but the beast is invincible. Meanwhile, Lloyd uses his father's help to get himself out of the Cursed Realm, and fights Morro across multiple realms, including a realm called "Chima", trying to trap him, eventually managing to do so. The Ninja get on a boat with the people of Stiix and Nya is able to unlock her true potential, creating a wave that drowns the Preeminent. Sensei Wu tries to save Morro, but the ghost feels remorseful and willingly drowns and is erased from existence, having given Wu the Realm Crystal. Using the crystal, the Ninja bring back Lloyd from the realm he was left in and he decides to follow in his fathers' footsteps and train people. This episode includes a crossover with Legends of Chima. |
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Other media
An associated action-adventure game titled Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin was released on 24 March 2015 to accompany the season. It was developed by TT Fusion and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game is available on Playstation Vita, Nintendo 3DS and IOS.
