[On the Bounty, Lloyd is playing a video game when a nearby phone rings. He struggles to answer it while still playing the game before he manages to grab the phone, but drops it]
LloydWhoa! [puts the phone on speaker while resuming his game] Destiny's Bounty here.
[through the phone] Lloyd, it's Jay! Let me talk to Sensei!
Lloyd
Jay? Where are you? Why haven't you returned? Sensei's out looking for you.
[groans] Apparently, you need parental permission to take the bus and we can't seem to get out of the city!
Lloyd
Uh, what?
Oh, never mind, it's a bit complicated. Just meet us at Buddy's Pizza in ten minutes. And bring our weapons.
[Lloyd arrives at Buddy's Pizza to meet the ninja]
[to Jay] Really? Of all places we could meet, you pick this place?
What? I like their pizza.
[notices Lloyd] Psst, Lloyd.
Lloyd
[not recognizing Kai while holding the ninja's weapons] Beat it, brat! I'm on a mission.
[stops him] It's me, Kai.
Lloyd
[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]
Lloyd
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.
Lloyd
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]
Lloyd
I am. I think I know just the guy.
[The ninja arrive at Ninjago City Doomsday Comix]
You brought us to a comic book store?
Lloyd
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.
Lloyd
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.
Lloyd
Wh—Sold out?! Oh, actually, Mother Doomsday, we need help.
RRufus
Well, colour me intrigued.
Lloyd
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.
Lloyd
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.
Lloyd
Can it be stopped?
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?
Lloyd
Sign me up.
Lloyd
[now older as his friends as they react in shock] I'm... older.
The time for the Green Ninja to face his destiny has grown nearer.
Lloyd
I'm ready.
[They prepare to leave the ruined building as Rufus stops Lloyd while holding a comic book]
RRufus
Here you go Lloyd. You can my have my copy of Starfarer. You deserve it.
Lloyd
That's okay. I already know how it ends. [leaves to catch up with the others]
[Episode starts with the ninja about to train Lloyd in Destiny's Bounty]
Your new body is a fighting instrument. Listen to it.
[In slow-motion, Lloyd dodges each attack Cole and Jay make with his eyes closed, and as he avoids Zane's throwing shurikens, they hit a watermelon Nya is carrying]
[glares annoyingly at Zane for that; then to Wu] Since he's grown, he's learning faster, Sensei.
But will it be enough to challenge Lord Garmadon? Only time will tell.
[Kai draws his sword before Lloyd blocks it, he doesn't stop the attack and falls]
[chuckles] You're getting pretty good, but that move you fell for was basic 101.
Lloyd
Yeah, if I had focused more when I was little, I would've seen that coming.
We cannot change the past, but we can improve for the future. Again, and this time, do not hold back.
[The ground starts to rumble and turn into sand]
Worse. The city's returning back into the desert, as if it had never been found in the first place.
Uh, what? What does that mean?
Garmadon's gone back in time to make it so Lloyd never turns into the Green Ninja.
Lloyd
I can't... I can't feel my hands.
Uh. Ugh. We have to go in!
If he changes anything, he changes everything! Protect the future, ninja!
This feels familiar, but weren't we training Lloyd?
The future was altered and there is no Green Ninja.
Lloyd
[panting] Sorry I'm late, guys. Are we ready to get training?
Lloyd
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?
Lloyd
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]
Lloyd
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.
Lloyd
I don't get it.
[On the Bounty, the ninja, except for Jay, are trying to stabilize the ship]
Lloyd
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.
JJulien
A medallion. It's like a compass. When the three holes match up, the medallion will reveal where the temple is hidden.
JJulien
Oh, I did a lot of reading in my spare time. [chuckles] Adventure stories were my favorite.
[takes the medallion] Then what are we waiting for?
[The ninja get up, but Wu stops Lloyd]
Lloyd
Ah, seriously? Are we still doing this?
Wu is right. If you were to come across your father, it could prematurely start the final battle. We need to be at full strength before we take any risks.
JJulien
Well, I could use some help around the shop. We should get working on vehicles that might help give us a fighting chance.
Remember, Garmadon doesn't know we're on the island. It's imperative that you stay out of sight.
Of course, Sensei. Don't worry. Have you ever known us to veer from a plan, huh?
[Lloyd, Wu, and Misako looks at them, unamused]
NENinja except Lloyd
Ninja-
Shh! Not so loud. Are you trying to get us caught?
[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.
Finding the Bounty, facing the (Great) Devourer, even right now.
How could it all be here?
Lloyd
Destiny. [A mural shows the ninja in a circle with Lloyd in the center] I think I know what we need to do.
Lloyd
This is all my fault. I should've taken the shot.
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]
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.
[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.
Yeah, changes into something ugly!
Lloyd
Father!
No, Lloyd, that is no longer your father.
Lloyd
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.
He's tough, but you're tougher.
But we have to act before his evil gets more powerful.
Lloyd
Let's do this.
[Misako, Wu, Dr. Julien and the ninja are still stuck on the Dark Island. Dr. Julien finishes bandaging Lloyd's leg]
Lloyd
Can I still fight?
JJulien
Hmm, I'm sorry. That leg will take weeks to heal.
Lloyd
We don't have weeks.
The battle between good and evil will be decided today.
And we can't even get to the fight, much less get off this island. [throws a rock into the sea]
Ah, I wonder if I'll ever see Nya again.
Perhaps it's best to think of our friends as we remember them in our hearts, not as they are now.
Lloyd
But I don't remember my father any other way.
Your father loved you. It was the evil of the Great Devourer that corrupted him.
Sensei, I don't understand. The prophecy said the Green Ninja would defeat the Dark Lord. [throws another rock into the sea] Why didn't we win?
Don't know? You're Sensei! You always know! You have a long white beard!
There must be some message to learn. A lesson. A word of wisdom. Just a word? Something.
For once, I'm afraid there is nothing to learn. Only that evil has won.
Lloyd
If Sensei doesn't have a lesson, then I do. I used to be nothing but trouble, but then I met you guys. You took me in. Showed me the importance of being brave, the importance of being strong. And most importantly, being good. When this battle first began, when the First Spinjitzu Master fought the Overlord and his back was up against the wall and he knew it was all over, did he quit? No. He found a way to keep the fight going. He passed his Elemental Powers to us. Of all people, a bunch of kids. But there must have been a reason he chose us. I'd like to think it's because he knew we'd never back down, we'd never give up. We've learned the ancient ways of the ninja. And ninja never quit.
He's right. If that means we have to swim the sea to get off this island, then so be it.
Lloyd
[confronting the Overlord] I have come here to fight you!
You're in no shape to fight. It's over. Evil wins.
Lloyd
A ninja never quits!
[laughs] You don't even have a sword.
Lloyd
[surrounds himself with his Energy, creating a force field] I don't need a sword.
Then all I have to say is... goodbye.
[The Overlord opens his mouth and blasts Lloyd with Darkness, nearly pushing him off the building. Lloyd's Energy force field grows, turning him into the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master]
He has become the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master.
This is the Final Battle.
Lloyd
[now wearing gold] I am the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master!
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