50 Fun Facts About Ninjago

The ninja of Ninjago fight using a spinning martial art called what?

The word mashes together 'spin' and 'ninjitsu', and it was designed to look great as tornadoes of lightning on TV.

Which ninja is the Elemental Master of Fire and wears red?

His weapon is the Sword of Fire, and he is the older brother of Nya.

Jay, the Blue Ninja, is the Elemental Master of what?

His weapon is the Nunchucks of Lightning, and he was adopted and raised by Ed and Edna Walker.

Cole, the Black Ninja and Elemental Master of Earth, has a well-known weakness for what food?

He was the original leader of the team before Lloyd, and his weapon is the Scythe of Quakes.

What secret about Zane, the White Ninja, was hidden even from Zane himself?

The Elemental Master of Ice later becomes the Titanium Ninja, and his love interest is the nindroid P.I.X.A.L.

Before becoming the Water Ninja, Nya secretly fought alongside the team under what identity?

She is Kai's younger sister and a mechanic who builds the ninja's vehicles; P.I.X.A.L. later takes over the Samurai X armour.

Lloyd Garmadon is the legendary Green Ninja and Elemental Master of what?

The element was later renamed Life, and it lets him manipulate the Four Elements of Creation.

When Lloyd first appears in Season 1, what does he want to be?

His childish schemes are foiled by the four original ninja before he is reformed and discovers his destiny.

What relation is Master Wu to Lloyd?

Wu is the younger son of the First Master and, thanks to his Oni heritage, has lived for thousands of years.

Lord Garmadon is which of these to Master Wu?

He is cleansed of evil after the Overlord's defeat and even becomes a sensei to the ninja for a while.

The skeleton army from the Underworld that the ninja fight in the pilot episodes is called what?

Garmadon sends their four-armed ruler Samukai to hunt the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu.

The Serpentine, villains of Season 1, are made up of how many snake tribes?

Lloyd releases them from their tombs, and they later follow leaders including Pythor and Skales.

What is the title of Season 1, in which the ninja battle the Serpentine and search for the Green Ninja?

The season also has the original four ninja unlock their 'true potential'.

In Season 3, Rebooted, the Overlord returns as a computer virus and builds an army of what?

The season centres on Zane, and the robot army is led by General Cryptor.

Ghost villain Morro, who possesses Lloyd in Season 5, was the first student of which teacher?

The season, called Possession, also follows Nya training to become the Master of Water; ghosts are vulnerable to water.

Nadakhan, the villain of Season 6, Skybound, is what kind of creature?

He can grant three wishes to anyone in earshot and captains the sky pirate ship Misfortune's Keep.

The Sons of Garmadon, a biker gang in Seasons 8 and 9, want to resurrect Garmadon using three of what?

The gang is led by a mysterious figure called The Quiet One.

The Oni of Season 10 fought an ancient war against which fire-breathing beings that held the power of creation?

The Dragons had the power of creation and the Oni the power of destruction; both Wu and Garmadon have Oni heritage.

In Season 12, Prime Empire, the ninja enter what to face the villain Unagami?

The season focuses on Jay, and Unagami turns out to be a misunderstood creation rather than pure evil.

The Time Twins Acronix and Krux, villains of Season 7, command an army called what?

The season centres on Kai, Nya and their parents as the Elemental Masters of Time try to rewrite history.

The ninja's flying ship headquarters is called what?

The writers Dan and Kevin Hageman came up with the idea for the ship as a base, and it has been rebuilt many times.

The Ninjago TV series was created by two film producers from which country, also home to the LEGO Group?

The LEGO Group itself is Danish, and Wil Film in Copenhagen animated the first ten seasons.

The Ninjago theme launched in which year?

The pilot episodes aired that January, and the line produced the highest single-year sales of any original LEGO theme.

LEGO originally planned to end Ninjago after how many years?

The planned 2013 discontinuation was scrapped because the theme was so popular, and it has run ever since.

The original Ninjago series ended in 2022 after how many episodes?

There were 15 seasons plus a pilot and a special, and the sequel series Dragons Rising began the following June.

The 2023 Ninjago sequel series begins after what event combining Ninjago with the other realms?

The aftershocks are called MergeQuakes, and the series is made by WildBrain's Vancouver studio.

In the 2023 sequel series, Lloyd's protégé Arin taught himself which supposedly impossible skill?

He also stumbled onto Object Spinjitzu, transferring the technique to inanimate things, before falling out with the ninja.

Sora, the Elemental Master of Technology in the 2023 sequel series, originally comes from which place?

She defected after learning how cruelly her home treated dragons and took her new name from the dragon that powered it.

Wyldfyre, the Elemental Master of Heat, was raised by what?

She eventually becomes Kai's protégé, despite their heated differences.

What does the name P.I.X.A.L. stand for?

She began as assistant to her creator Cyrus Borg and later rebuilt herself as the new Samurai X.

Who voiced Lloyd for the first seven seasons of the TV series?

Sam Vincent took over from Season 8, after the character was redesigned following the movie.

In which year was The LEGO Ninjago Movie released in cinemas?

It was the first theatrical film based on an original LEGO property and the third film in the LEGO Movie franchise.

Which martial arts star appears in live action in The LEGO Ninjago Movie and voices the ninjas' master?

The rest of the cast, including Dave Franco as Lloyd and Justin Theroux as Garmadon, is voice only.

In The LEGO Ninjago Movie, the 'Ultimate Weapon' turns out to be a laser pointer that summons what?

The cat is named Meowthra, and Garmadon ends up being eaten by it before crying tears of fire.

Who voices Lloyd in The LEGO Ninjago Movie?

Justin Theroux plays his father Garmadon and Olivia Munn his mother Koko.

The very first Ninjago spinner toys were prototyped using elements from which earlier LEGO theme?

The early spinner looked more like a throwing star with a ninja on top.

Who succeeded the Hageman brothers as Ninjago's head writer from Season 9?

The Hagemans are also attached to write a live-action Ninjago film announced by Universal in 2024.

Which run of the show introduced the 11-minute episode format and a new, more stylised animation look?

The season pits the ninja against an enemy from Wu's past and a mysterious Ice Emperor holding Zane.

The final season of the original series, released in 2022, was called what?

The ninja meet a new group of ninja and end up locked in Kryptarium Prison alongside their old enemies.

Which LEGO team member had the idea of a junk ship as the ninja's base and drew the 2009 sketch?

Andreasen also drew the original 2009 concept sketch of the characters on a Friday evening.

The two 22-minute pilot specials that launched the TV series aired on which US channel?

They aired in January and March, and were later split into four episodes. Europe got them ten days after the US premiere.

Who voices Lord Garmadon in The Lego Ninjago Movie?

He and Dave Franco recorded most of their father-son scenes together in one studio, and Franco admitted he found himself crying during some takes.

Production of the original series moved to WildBrain Studios in which country for its last five seasons?

The move brought new looks including anime-style 2D sequences. The earlier seasons had been made in Copenhagen.

In Lego's research groups, which villain option beat monkeys, robots and lizard people?

Kids found them 'real' fantasy villains, which let designers go further with skeleton-themed monster trucks and a whole product range.

In October 2024, which studio was announced as developing a live-action Ninjago film?

Dan and Kevin Hageman, who wrote the TV series and co-wrote The Lego Movie's story, are attached to the script.

What did head writer Bragi Schut reveal is the name of Ninjago's fictional written language?

Its symbols mimic the look of Chinese characters and can be decoded on in-universe signs. A translator was released alongside the movie.

In the movie, Lloyd's mother Koko was once a legendary warrior known as what?

Olivia Munn voices her. Garmadon reveals the secret at the Temple of Fragile Foundations, the brothers' childhood home.

The Lego Ninjago Movie grossed roughly how much worldwide against a $70M budget?

It was the franchise's first box-office disappointment, taking $59.3 million domestically and $63.8 million elsewhere.

Which Copenhagen studio animated the first ten seasons of the series?

CEO Erik Wilstrup first heard of the project in October 2009, when Lego was exploring branded entertainment through animation.

Ninjago was a 'Big Bang' project built to double the sales of which earlier underwater theme?

The team targeted 10 percent of company revenue, a share no theme had reached before, and the first-year range ran to 17 sets.