CCole
Drop the boy, uh, me!
BCBizarro Cole
He's of no use to us anymore. [drops Brad, who then runs away]
My early assessment tells me this must be Garmadon's doing.
BZBizarro Zane
My early assessment tells me you will be destroyed.
NBNinja and Bizzaro Ninja
[start charging towards each other] NINJA, GO!
CCole
Uh, Dareth, what is this all about?
Well, I fell behind on some of my payments and some developer named "Darnagom Enterprises" is buying the entire block to put in some stupid frisbee-golf course. They say if I don't come up with 50,000 by tomorrow, the dojo is gone.
But we already lost the Bounty. We can't lose the dojo now.
[picks up his trophies] My trophies. Oh, my fake trophies! [sobs]
[notices something] Wait a minute, "Darnagom"? When you rearrange the letters, it spells—
Right. [laughs] That would make more sense.
Um, my dad is behind this?
CCole
If he destroys the dojo, where will we train Lloyd?
[to Wu] Any chance you got 50,000 in that teapot of yours?
Worry not, Dareth. You're not in this alone. We're all with you.
[Nya enters]
[gasps] You didn't happen to win the lottery?
No, but I heard about Ninjaball Run!
WDWu, Dareth and Ninja
Ninjaball Run?
It's the biggest road race in Ninjago, with a prize of 100,000 big ones. And it's tomorrow.
I thank you, little lady fighter, but you're talking about the most dangerous race known to man. Only the most serious of racers even stand a chance.
But didn't you just do a few upgrades on our Ultra Sonic Raider? Maybe we might stand a chance.
And I can enter with my Dragon. You did say I needed the practice.
So it is agreed. You will all enter this "Ninjaball Run" to save the dojo.
[notices Dareth crying] Are you still crying?
Yes, but these are happy tears.
I can't believe we couldn't catch up to them. I'm usually faster than that. It's as if my legs were half the size.
I don't remember that thing being so big. Did it grow?
[sees something in a glass door] Uh, guys?
[The ninja look at themselves in their reflections in the glass door and see that they've become kids]
[he and the others remove their hoods and gasp in shock] WE SHRUNK!!!
[The ninja all scream in horror]
Oh, oh, oh, this is bad! This is so bad on so many levels!
CCole
Oh, it's impossible! We must be dreaming, Zane! TELL ME WE'RE DREAMING!
Nindroids don't dream! Perhaps Garmadon succeeded in turning back the clock, but instead of reviving the Grundal, it only affected us!
Yeah, but Nindroids don't turn into kids. Explain that, genius!
I've extended my logic parameters, but nothing is coming up. This does not compute!
CCole
Okay, fine, I get it, we're all in this together. Oh, but I can't be a kid again! I hated being a kid! You can't drive, nobody listens to you! Oh, no.... BEDTIMES!
I told Nya we'd meet back at the Bounty. I'm sure Sensei will know what to do.
[Lloyd arrives at Buddy's Pizza to meet the ninja]
CCole
[to Jay] Really? Of all places we could meet, you pick this place?
What? I like their pizza.
[notices Lloyd] Psst, Lloyd.
[not recognizing Kai while holding the ninja's weapons] Beat it, brat! I'm on a mission.
[stops him] It's me, Kai.
[looks closer to see his friends, all as young as him; gasps and drops their weapons] What happened? You're small!
[whispering] Keep it down. We're trying to lay low. Your father's Mega Weapon not only turned us into kids, but unleashed a creature whose sole purpose is to hunt down ninja.
And now every time we try to tell somebody, they wouldn't believe us 'cause we're kids.
[Lloyd laughs]
Well, I guess you now know what it feels like to be treated differently. [sets the ninja's weapons on the table]
Look, this is serious. If we don't turn big so that we can use our Spinjitzu, we don't stand a chance against the Grundal.
What about me? I know Spinjitzu.
Yeah, but you don't know the Grundal. We all need to be at full strength. What we need to do first is to find someone who might know more about how to defeat one of those things.
[Lloyd notices a kid reading a Starfarer comic]
I am. I think I know just the guy.
[The ninja arrive at Ninjago City Doomsday Comix]
CCole
You brought us to a comic book store?
Trust me. If there's anyone who knows how to defeat a monster that doesn't exist, I know just the person to talk to.
We're not coming to pick out your stupid comic, Lloyd! This is serious business.
[picks up a comic, gasping] Oh, look, a first edition "Daffy Dale." I used to love that nut growing up. [laughs before clearing his throat] So juvenile.
Fellas, meet Rufus McCallister, AKA, Mother Doomsday.
RRufus
Well, if it isn't Lloyd "Hemorrhoid" Garmadon. Sorry if you came looking for the latest "Starfarer," I'm all sold out.
Wh—Sold out?! Oh, actually, Mother Doomsday, we need help.
RRufus
Well, colour me intrigued.
We have a problem. There's a Grundle on the loose and we need to know how to deal with it.
RRufus
Ah, a theoretical question.
Yeah, theoretical. Can you help?
RRufus
Dromaeosaurid Theropod Grundalicus. Although extinct, there has been a plethora of film, television and comics exploring the mythology around the primordial predator. Supposedly, they always get their prey.
Sounds like he knows his stuff.
RRufus
First thing you need to know is its thick shell-like hide is invincible to swords, scythes, nunchucks, and throwing stars. So your cheap imitations will do nothing to slow him down.
RRufus
Second of all, it's nocturnal and will only hunt at night.
Oh, good. It's still daylight, so we can relax for a bit. [Rufus looks at him suspiciously before Kai clears his throat] Uh, I meant theoretically.
RRufus
And the only way to defeat it is with light. Like a vampire, with enough of it, it could potentially destroy him. [shows a display] If I had my weapons of choice, may I recommend the Illuma-Sword? [opens the display case, revealing four purple bladed Illuma-Swords] These are authentic replicas that would come in handy were you to live long enough to actually face a Grundal. And if swords are your thing, maybe I can interest you in an authentic ninja gi, signed by the very ninja that saved the city.
Uh, we'll just take the light swords.
RRufus
Not so fast. This "Starfarer" combo pack can only be won in the Fritz Donnegan Trivia Battle Royale. [points to a fan, dressed like Fritz Donnegan, talking to some cosplayers] You have what it takes to be the best?
[As the ninja travel back in time to the past…]
Four Weapons. Huh. My parents' shop. Nya and I used to work there. [realizes] Hey, wait a minute, this is the day Garmadon ordered the Skeletons to take my sister. We need to warn them!
CCole
Whoa, whoa! You heard what Sensei said, we change anything, we change everything.
Yeah, I was confused by that too.
What he means is, our world is the result of past events that have already happened. If for whatever reason events in our past fail to happen, then the future could radically change.
Uh, so what you're saying is we gotta stop Garmadon from changing anything? But of all the times, why did we land here?
'Cause this is where it all started. Today, I met Sensei Wu for the first time and I began my training as a ninja. Somehow, Garmadon is gonna try to prevent that, but how?
CCole
[sighs] If only Sensei were here to guide us.
[They see Past Sensei Wu walking up towards the weapon shop]
Oh look, there he is! Maybe he can!
CCole
We gotta tell him what Garmadon has done.
But we can't let the old Kai and Nya see that we talked to him, or else it will affect the future.
Hmm. I know exactly what to do.
CCole
This feels familiar, but weren't we training Lloyd?
The future was altered and there is no Green Ninja.
[panting] Sorry I'm late, guys. Are we ready to get training?
Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I be?
So when we went back in time and destroyed Garmadon's Mega Weapon, that didn't change anything?
My father has a Mega Weapon?
[with a watermelon] Oh, wait a minute, you've never heard of it? [slices the melon, giving everyone each a slice]
I-I think I would've remembered that. Why? What is it? Should I be concerned? [the others laugh] Hey, what are you guys laughing at? What's so funny? [carves a Dragon on his slice]
Hahaha, I think some things are best left in the past. Come on. Let's just prepare for the future.
[On the Bounty, the ninja, except for Jay, are trying to stabilize the ship]
The winds are too strong!
We need everyone's help, Jay!
But I don't wanna get wet. I... I only have one pair of underwear.
Jay, this is no time to be making jokes. The Bounty can only take so much.
You think I'm trying to be funny? Okay, laugh all you want, but we'll see who laughs last when I have to go commando.
[The ninja reach the top of the mountain and enter the Temple of Light]
[seeing some murals on the walls of their previous adventures] Guys, check this out. It's us.
Impossible. It's everything we've ever done.
CCole
Finding the Bounty, facing the (Great) Devourer, even right now.
How could it all be here?
Destiny. [A mural shows the ninja in a circle with Lloyd in the center] I think I know what we need to do.
This is all my fault. I should've taken the shot.
CCole
We're all at fault, kid. It's just the way the cookie crumbled.
Ah! Are you still making jokes? They have Nya, AND YOU’RE MAKING JOKES?!?! [furiously tackles Cole]
CCole
It was just a poor choice of words!
[just before Jay can punch Cole] Enough! We have lost enough! We don't need to lose our focus!
Forget focus. We have to get my sister.
By the time we get back up there, they'll be gone. We will get your sister, but the clock has reached a 0 and the Final Battle could start at any moment. We must head back to the Bounty to get prepared, so that next time, you will not hesitate.
Come on, Lloyd. Let's go home. You will get your chance.
[The ninja, Sensei, and Misako come across Nya, whose been corrupted with dark matter by Garmadon and the Overlord]
[enraged] What did he do to my sister?!
He must've used the ultimate weapon to turn her into his own evil image.
Garmadon must have sent her to slow us down. We have to stop them from firing that weapon.
CCole
What are we supposed to do? Use our Elemental Powers on her?
No! I don't want to hurt her!
Jay's right! We just have to find a way to keep her from… [gets hit with a flail by his corrupted sister] Hurting us.
Well, we should think of something before Garmadon fires that weapon.
[possessing Garmadon's body] The Metamorphosis has begun!
Metamorphosis? What does that mean?
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which someone or something changes into something new.
CCole
Yeah, changes into something ugly!
No, Lloyd, that is no longer your father.
But what about the prophecy? It said I had to face my father.
You still must, but now the Overlord has possessed him. Unlike your father, the Overlord will show you no mercy.
We're here and behind you all the way.
CCole
He's tough, but you're tougher.
But we have to act before his evil gets more powerful.
[As the ninja, Wu, Misako, and Dr. Julian arrive in Ninjago City, they see the Garmatron has been transformed into a fortress of a large tower and everyone corrupted with dark matter as they land on the ground]
He's turned everyone evil.
CCole
And now they're helping his cause. I can't wait to see the look on the Overlord's face when he gets a load of us.
[The ninja then hear a roaring sound and look up at the top of Garmatron]
[shocked] Oh, my goodness! [The Overlord, now fully transformed in his original form, blasts some dark matter towards their direction] Oh, sweet mother may I.
Is that the look you were hoping for?
The Metamorphosis is complete. The Overlord's changed into his original form.
CCole
But we can't fly up there.
We have my father's Golden mech. We have to draw their fire to help Lloyd use the mech against the Overlord.
[as Lloyd flies down on his Golden Dragon] You were brilliant, son.
Because of you, Ninjago was saved. Because of you, there will be a tomorrow.
Speaking of which, if the Overlord should ever decide to show his face again around here, we'll be ready.
CCole
And next time, we'll be a little more humble.
And with better catchphrases.
[Everyone, but Lloyd, all laugh]
[comforting Lloyd as he frowns] We will all miss your father.
[emerging from a pile of rocks and approaches them, limping and fully purified] Lloyd. What... what happened?
Garmadon, is it really you?
Dad? [joyfully] Oh, Dad! [runs and embraces him]
Every ounce of evil and venom is… gone.
I feel good. Aha! It's been so long.
Good to have you back, brother.
Aw, would you look at that? Who would have thought we'd ever see the day? You think we should dogpile them?
Let's give them their moment. They earned it.
CCole
It's been quite a ride, fellas.
You think there will be others?
CCole
I hope so. I liked being a ninja. It's not like we have many other skills.
Ha, speak for yourself, I'm looking forward to doing a little inventing, maybe some model-building, dabble in poetry…
Jay's right. We've come a long way and there's no reason why we can't use what we've learned in our everyday lives. And who knows? We may have gotten the balance right today, but there's always tomorrow. There's no way of knowing what's around the corner. But as long as there's something worth fighting for, there's always a need for a ninja. And we'll be ready.
JHJay/Happy
All right! Who took my pudding cup? My name was clearly written on it.
CRCole/Roly
[eating Jay's pudding cup] I didn't see "Motor Mouth" on it. [throws the cup in the trash]
JHJay/Happy
I'm telling the headmaster.
WDWu/Duggee
Leave me out of it. I'm on break, too.
KTKai/Tag
Relax, Jay, you can have mine. [gives Jay his pudding cup]
JHJay/Happy
But this isn't cold. [Zane flips a switch in his arm and freezes the pudding cup] Oh, give me. [eats the pudding] Mm.