Ninjago Season 5 episode 2 'Only One Can Remain'

[Ayliffe]

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_I90sGKF-A

 

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhY2CbueSYs

 

Ta daa!

 

[Boidoh]

Epic episode.

[Smitty]

Getting a bit of a "Temple of Doom" feel from this one. Looks like some one is trying to make the golden power.

 

Also woh's that?

 

https://imageshack.com/i/ey7xvDRnp

Edited December 28, 2014 by Smitty

[xccj]

Nice, really liking where they're taking this season. (It's also giving more explanation to the sets.) While I am sensing a lot of Temple of Doom here, I'm also reminded of Kumata's Tournament of Shadows epic. Although I guess this trope has probably been used plenty of times before.

 

 

It also seems that Kai is starting to lean more towards the dark side with his trickery in the first challenge. I wonder if they’ll take this and make him a new Vakama-like traitor?

 

 

Thanks for posting the videos here!

 

[Rooster Nui]

Nice, really liking where they're taking this season. (It's also giving more explanation to the sets.) While I am sensing a lot of Temple of Doom here, I'm also reminded of Kumata's Tournament of Shadows epic. Although I guess this trope has probably been used plenty of times before.

 

 

It also seems that Kai is starting to lean more towards the dark side with his trickery in the first challenge. I wonder if they’ll take this and make him a new Vakama-like traitor?

 

 

Thanks for posting the videos here!

 

 

Perhaps he might be leaning towards the dark side just to impress Skylar. I wouldn't be surprised if Kai turns evil with Skylar just as Vakama sided with Roodaka. This brings up the question "Why do the red ones turn evil?"

 

 

I've actually quite enjoyed these recent episodes. I like the other episodes, but these new ones actually make me excited for the next one.

Edited December 29, 2014 by Rooster Nui

[Smitty]

Hay, you got Ultra Agents in my Ninjago!

 

https://imageshack.com/i/exeDKYokp

[Zeb]

 

Nice, really liking where they're taking this season. (It's also giving more explanation to the sets.) While I am sensing a lot of Temple of Doom here, I'm also reminded of Kumata's Tournament of Shadows epic. Although I guess this trope has probably been used plenty of times before.

 

 

It also seems that Kai is starting to lean more towards the dark side with his trickery in the first challenge. I wonder if they’ll take this and make him a new Vakama-like traitor?

 

 

Thanks for posting the videos here!

 

 

Perhaps he might be leaning towards the dark side just to impress Skylar. I wouldn't be surprised if Kai turns evil with Skylar just as Vakama sided with Roodaka. This brings up the question "Why do the red ones turn evil?"

 

 

I've actually quite enjoyed these recent episodes. I like the other episodes, but these new ones actually make me excited for the next one.

 

Why do the red ones always turn evil? Why do the white ones always die?

 

Getting a bit of a "Temple of Doom" feel from this one. Looks like some one is trying to make the golden power.

 

Also woh's that?

 

https://imageshack.com/i/ey7xvDRnp

 

Hay, you got Ultra Agents in my Ninjago!

 

https://imageshack.com/i/exeDKYokp

So I guess toxic waste is confirmed as an element in Ninjago now? Or maybe just acid is an element now. Also, if Ninjago has Ultra Agents characters and Solomon Blaze is in Galaxy Squad, that means Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, and Ninjago are all in the same universe. Let's call it the Ultra Ninjago Squad Universe.

[dotcom]

Really enjoying this season so far. Definitely more than the past one. Just. It's a lot less high-stakes and thus we're seeing a bit more about the specific characters which is very nice. The plot also is really intriguing, and I like how we're learning more about Garmadon's past and such. (the Ninjago timeline is a messy mess) Definitely keeping me interested.

 

Also, these episodes are giving me a mighty need to collect all the Elemental Masters. I count 16 (not counting Lloyd...) but so far we only have 7 in sets (Or, like, we will. In March. Right now we only have the ninja. Kind of.) , 9 with the Ultra Agents characters. Hope the summer wave delivers on some of the others. We also recently got news that there's going to be another exclusive minifig-in-book for Ninjago next year. Seems like a good opportunity to give us an Elemental Master. My hope is on the smoke guy. Alternatively, Skylor in tournament robes would be pretty neat. I don't think her hairpiece exists in that color physically, so any way we can get that is good.

 

Oh, and. I'm kinda confused on something. If the current Masters have elemental powers because they're descendants of the original Elemental Masters, how does Zane fit into the whole thing? He's not human, so it's not like he could inherit anything from the original (presumably human) Master of Ice. Then again that brings up the question of where the original Masters got their powers in the first place.

Edited December 30, 2014 by farmstink buttlass

[Smitty]

So I guess toxic waste is confirmed as an element in Ninjago now? Or maybe just acid is an element now. Also, if Ninjago has Ultra Agents characters and Solomon Blaze is in Galaxy Squad, that means Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, and Ninjago are all in the same universe. Let's call it the Ultra Ninjago Squad Universe.

 

 

 

There were also some collectible mini-figures in the background in a few episodes.

[northmarch]

 

So I guess toxic waste is confirmed as an element in Ninjago now? Or maybe just acid is an element now. Also, if Ninjago has Ultra Agents characters and Solomon Blaze is in Galaxy Squad, that means Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, and Ninjago are all in the same universe. Let's call it the Ultra Ninjago Squad Universe.

 

There were also some collectible mini-figures in the background in a few episodes.

And don't forget the Clutch Powers reference from The Royal Blacksmiths.

[Smitty]

 

 

So I guess toxic waste is confirmed as an element in Ninjago now? Or maybe just acid is an element now. Also, if Ninjago has Ultra Agents characters and Solomon Blaze is in Galaxy Squad, that means Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, and Ninjago are all in the same universe. Let's call it the Ultra Ninjago Squad Universe.

There were also some collectible mini-figures in the background in a few episodes.

And don't forget the Clutch Powers reference from The Royal Blacksmiths.

 

I'm just waiting for Emmett to show up.

[Zeb]

 

 

 

So I guess toxic waste is confirmed as an element in Ninjago now? Or maybe just acid is an element now. Also, if Ninjago has Ultra Agents characters and Solomon Blaze is in Galaxy Squad, that means Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, and Ninjago are all in the same universe. Let's call it the Ultra Ninjago Squad Universe.

There were also some collectible mini-figures in the background in a few episodes.

And don't forget the Clutch Powers reference from The Royal Blacksmiths.

 

I'm just waiting for Emmett to show up.

 

So Ninjago, Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, & Collectable Minifigures are in the same universe.

And Clutch Powers is too.

And Clutch Powers is connected to City, Castle, Agents, Power Miners, Mars Mission, & Space Police.

Oh, and that Alpha Rex Mindstorms robot showed up in Clutch Powers too.

And Space Police is connected to Blacktron, M-Tron, Spyrius, Futuron, & Classic Space.

And Power Miners is connected to Atlantis.

And Atlantis, thanks to the full-length comic in the Nov-Dec 2011 issue of the Lego Club Magazine (here's a picture of the end of the comic.), is connected to Pharaoh's Quest, Alien Conquest, & Dino.

 

And then, if you want to consider Ninjago's appearance in Lego Universe canon (which gets really confusing when it comes to placing the events of that story into the main timeline), then Ninjago is connected to Lego Universe.

 

And if you want to consider all those Lego Club Adventures of Max videos and Lego Club/Club Jr. comics canon, then add Kingdoms, Creator, Chima, Bionicle Gen 1, Hero Factory, & Racers to the list of worlds connected to Ninjago.

 

And if you don't count The Lego Movie Universe as a separate universe, then basically every other Lego theme in existence is connected to Ninjago. (And with the upcoming theatrical Ninjago movie, we may even see that.)

 

So if you want to stretch the rules of canon and continuity, you can say that all Lego themes are connected to each other.    

[fishers64]

Except for Bionicle, which has a firm rule against it. 

 

Frankly, although this may be getting off topic, I hope that the Ninjago movie will focus on Ninjago and not too much on crossovers. Earlier TV shows have done a good job of establishing it as its own self contained land/world/place. And I just thought that those guys were just more elemental masters, so they did a good job of integrating the easter egg - if you get it, well and good, if you miss it, you didn't miss much. 

 

I like this episode for some reasons and not others - I like the reveal of the backstory stuff and the reveal at the end, which seems to amp up the suspense quotient. I'm hoping that the background characters will remain background and not over complicate things, even though their powers are really cool and I want to see more. And the remix of the weekend whip/new intro is loads better than Rebooted.  Thanks for posting this! 

[Smitty]

... you can say that all Lego themes are connected to each other.    

 

I think that's how LEGO works.

[Zeb]

Except for Bionicle, which has a firm rule against it. 

Then what is THIS???

[Smitty]

 

Except for Bionicle, which has a firm rule against it. 

Then what is THIS???

 

WOT?!

[Aanchir]

 

Except for Bionicle, which has a firm rule against it.

Then what is THIS???

https://41.media.tumblr.com/870b180bce1c9327397ff8520ee99d2d/tumblr_n1mr5atICd1rgi2sro1_400.jpg

 

An easter egg, same as when Takua appeared in the LEGO Studios Backlot game on LEGO.com, or when Ehlek appeared with a bunch of other LEGO characters in a short LEGO Magazine comic from 2007.

 

Not every appearance of one franchise within another franchise is an indication that the two franchises share a universe or multiverse. Sometimes they're just cheeky references or shout-outs, like the ancient carving of R2-D2 and C-3PO in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[Smitty]

 

Not every appearance of one franchise within another franchise is an indication that the two franchises share a universe or multiverse. Sometimes they're just cheeky references or shout-outs, like the ancient carving of R2-D2 and C-3PO in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

There are a lot of people in any fandom that'll disagree with that. I just think it's fun to have all or most of LEGO be related in someway, even when I was little The Blacktron use to attack Black Falcon's Fortress every weekend.

[Zeb]

 

... you can say that all Lego themes are connected to each other.    

 

I think that's how LEGO works.

 

LOL funny. Also, apparently smoke is an element now too.

 

Actually, here's a list of all known elements so far...

 

1. Fire
2. Ice
3. Lightning
4. Earth
5. Golden Power
6. Metal
7. Light
8. Speed
9. Smoke
10. Mind
11. Gravity
12. Nature
13. Sonics
14. Unknown
15. Toxikita's element (Toxicity? Toxic Waste?)

So 16 elements so far. Bionicle had these...

1. Fire
2. Air
3. Earth
4. Water
5. Stone
6. Ice
7. Light
8. Shadow
9. Sonics
10. Gravity
11. Plasma
12. Magnetism
13. The Green
14. Lightning
15. Iron
16. Psionics

So Ninjago currently has almost as many elements as Bionicle, which is pretty crazy. If Skylar turns out to have something other than just fire elemental powers, then Ninjago will tie with Bionicle for the title of theme with the most elemental powers. (Unless you don't count Golden Power as an element.) And that's not even counting all the other random people in the tournament and what elemental powers they have...

 

 

Except for Bionicle, which has a firm rule against it.

Then what is THIS???

https://41.media.tumblr.com/870b180bce1c9327397ff8520ee99d2d/tumblr_n1mr5atICd1rgi2sro1_400.jpg

 

An easter egg, same as when Takua appeared in the LEGO Studios Backlot game on LEGO.com, or when Ehlek appeared with a bunch of other LEGO characters in a short LEGO Magazine comic from 2007.

 

Not every appearance of one franchise within another franchise is an indication that the two franchises share a universe or multiverse. Sometimes they're just cheeky references or shout-outs, like the ancient carving of R2-D2 and C-3PO in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

Obviously Takua (Called George) in Lego Studios was only an actor playing as Takua in a movie based off of the real events that happened in the Legend of the Bionicle, and that Ehlek was from one of those Bionicle alternate universes, and it was R2-D2 himself who doodled those ancient carvings, because the Time Cruisers took him there with their time machine.

 

And yes, I am joking.

[Smitty]

Actually, here's a list of all known elements so far...

 

1. Fire
2. Ice
3. Lightning
4. Earth
5. Golden Power
6. Metal
7. Light
8. Speed
9. Smoke
10. Mind
11. Gravity
12. Nature
13. Sonics
14. Unknown
15. Toxikita's element (Toxicity? Toxic Waste?)

1. Kai

2.Zane

3.Jay

4.Cole

5.Lloyd

6.Karloff

7.Invizable

8. Griffin Turner

9.Ash

10.Neuro

11.Gravis

12.Bolobo

13.Sintar player

14.???

15.Toxikita

 

So how do we know there are 15?

Edited January 1, 2015 by Smitty

[Banana Gunz]

Really cool season so far. It's really interesting and exciting. I'm a little unsure of the elements chosen, but it doesn't bother me much. They're still pretty fun!

[Zeb]

 

Actually, here's a list of all known elements so far...

 

1. Fire
2. Ice
3. Lightning
4. Earth
5. Golden Power
6. Metal
7. Light
8. Speed
9. Smoke
10. Mind
11. Gravity
12. Nature
13. Sonics
14. Unknown
15. Toxikita's element (Toxicity? Toxic Waste?)

1. Kai

2.Zane

3.Jay

4.Cole

5.Lloyd

6.Karloff

7.Invizable

8. Griffin Turner

9.Ash

10.Neuro

11.Gravis

12.Bolobo

13.Sintar player

14.???

15.Toxikita

 

So how do we know there are 15?

 

The ??? represents either Skylar or all the random background characters with who knows what elements. Unless all the background characters have elements already seen.

[Toa Smoke Monster]

I really liked this episode, and I agree that it continues the great start that Ninjago has had for this season. Then again, I haven't seen the other seasons beginning to end, so I can't compare this one to them.

 

The challenge in this episode, which was collecting the knives scattered around the building, did a good job of showing off what some of the others could do with their powers. All the Ninjas got a chance to shine here. (Though I wasn't expecting Jay to fight in a bath towel. )

 

This was a good episode and I look forward to watching the next one.

[Ptah]

Episode 36 "Only One Can Remain"

Alternate Title - "There can be only one!"

 

Our band of Ninja arrive on Kombat Island and receive the royal treatment. The usual legions of guards performing katas like that means something.  Master Chen arrives and breaks down the tournament, it's March Madness.  Four brackets with head to head competition.  Winners move on, losers get dropped.  But first the qualifiers.

 

Garmadon warns them to stay focused which is like telling a kid not to spoil their dinner.  Cole manages to do both. The ninjas rooms are full of custom-made distractions: Kai is next door to Kitana, Jay's room is an arcade, and Cole's room has a free minibar.  They didn't even last the few minutes before Chen pulls his first stunt a qualifier round where everyone has to pick up a star chip, battle card, I mean, a jade blade.  Last one without a blade will be eliminated. 

 

Its a free-for-all as everyone fights some using their powers like Prince of Persia running on the ceiling or Ecomancer growing vines.  In the end, everyone gets a blade so its down to Kai and Colossus fighting for the last blade.  Fire loses to metal, so Kai unscrews his hand (ok?) nicks the blade and wins... but without honor.  The ninja aren't too concerned over Kai's 'win at any cost' move.  So they move on to their search for Zane.

 

The discover a secret passage and after spying on Kitana and seeing her use fire bending, follow some cultists to their off-Broadway performance of 'Temple of Doom'.  Chen plays the role of Mala Ram, but instead of removing Colossus' heart, he steals his metal-bending.  The ninja are discovered and barely escape Clouse's giant anaconda. (Yeah, I know how it sounds.)

 

 

Review:

So in my March Madness pick I have Jay in the West and Quicksilver for the East, with Quicksilver taking it in three rounds.  I've got a feeling this will be the East's year.

 

In this episode, the ninja probe themselves reliable rubes. So they can get caught off guard.  It would have been worth it for Kai or Cole to fall just to put the remain ninja on notice.  There is also the romance they are playing up betweeen Kai and Kitana. I'd be interested, but seeing the way they screwed Nya with that forced love triangle, I think Ninjago should stick with Lego-simulated fights and leave romance in more capable hands like a chimp with a word processor.

 

The plot does thicken about the Tournament. It is good, serviceable even, but not really high stakes.  The ninja have been without their powers, and I don't think they've used their true potential in 2 seasons.  Nice try, but I had to stifle a yawn over the lost of powers. Now if this were Amon from Legend of Korra, I'd be at the edge of my seat.

[Ayliffe]

Missed this episode? Well luckily Lego uploaded it and a couple of other eps in English on their youtube channel!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7QfDWlQjPA&feature=youtu.be
 
Enjoy...?

Edited March 21, 2015 by Ayliffe

[Petewa]

Getting a bit of a "Temple of Doom" feel from this one. Looks like some one is trying to make the golden power.

 

Also woh's that?

 

https://imageshack.com/i/ey7xvDRnp

Her name is Toxikita, Master of Poison,

 

Hay, you got Ultra Agents in my Ninjago!

 

https://imageshack.com/i/exeDKYokp

I guess he's also from there, never knew, apparently Ultra Agents and Ninjago might likely take place in the same world, who knew?