Mutation Monsters

History[]

Tonight We Hunt Monsters[]

A Mutation Monster was conjured in Umbrasilvis. The Explorer's Club dispatched an expedition led by Reginald Slitherbottom to capture the creature, hoping to showcase it as a wonder of the Merged Lands. However, Johnny Courageous, who is secretly a Loyalist, planned to study the Mutation Monster to locate the Weapon of Desolation under Dr. LaRow's orders.

After the Explorer's Club and the ninja arrived in the village, they encountered the creature. Frak attempted to use his Quake powers but struggled due to the instability of Elemental Powers. As the Mutation Monster escaped, it ran into the Explorer's Club. Wyldfyre intervened but was thrown back by the creature's tentacles. Reginald then tried to ensnare the monster with a net launcher, which initially seemed effective until the creature broke free and prepared to attack him. Frak and Riyu stepped in to help. The Mutation Monster targeted Frak, but Riyu intervened, only to be seized and hit with an energy beam that poisoned him with the Numbness. After Riyu managed to shake off the Monster, Sora created a cage to trap the creature before it could strike again.

Later in the Whispering Wood, a Mutation Monster was conjured alongside two Earth Monsters and an Acid Monster as they attacked Lloyd, Arin, and Euphrasia.

A Wonder of the Merged Lands[]

A Mutation Monster was conjured in the City of Imperium, attacking the citizens.

Meanwhile, the Mutation Monster in the Whispering Wood attacked Lloyd, Arin, and Euphrasia, gaining the upper hand. Just then, Zane swooped in, landing on the creature and pinning it down, but soon found himself facing the rest of the Elemental Monsters as well. Lloyd received Life Source Energy from the Trees of Life, regaining control of his powers alongside Zane and Euphrasia. The battle intensified as the Mutation Monster unleashed laser beams at Zane and Arin. While they fought off the Elemental Monsters, Zane created a diversion, allowing Arin to use Object Spinjitzu, launching Spinjitzu-powered rocks at the Mutation Monster. Zane then followed up with an Ice attack, destroying the creature's physical form.

To cure Riyu from the Numbness, Sora and Frak needed to extract Elemental Energy from the Mutation Monster and transfer it to him. Upon arriving at the Expanding Frontier, they found the Explorer's Club celebrating, planning to showcase the Mutation Monster back in Ninjago. Sora managed to extract the energy, which seemed to cause it distress. However, when they administered it to Riyu, it turned out to be insufficient. They realized they needed to gather more energy. Meanwhile, unnoticed by the others, Johnny freed the Mutation Monster to study its nature, resulting in the creature running amok aboard the airship.

Seed and Soil[]

While Sora was searching for the Mutation Monster in the Expanding Frontier, the creature spotted her and attacked the energy extraction device, only for Sora to save herself and the device. Then the Mutation Monster escaped from the ship to the village, much to Reginald annoyance. Frak and Sora followed the monster to Umbrasilvis, where they found it attacking two Umbrasilvans. Thankfully, Sora and Frak saved them and started fighting against the monster, which Wyldfyre also joined. During the fight, the creature grabbed Sora, which allowed her to collect energy from its neck with the device. Then the monster threw her, which also knocked the device. Thankfully, Freya grabbed it. As Sora left with the device to cure Riyu, Frak and Wyldfyre cornered the creature, only for it to transform into a more monstrous form. Then monster grabbed them, only for Gweeg to save them by using a Lariat Launcher. Then the monster continued to chase Frak and Wyldfyre and eventually knocked them, only for Riyu, who transformed into a bigger form because of the monster's energy, come from the windmill, much to the Mutation Monster's surprise. Then Riyu fought against the monster and eventually knocked it down. As he about to land a final strike on it, the creature disappeared, which made him roar.

Just Under the Surface[]

Some Elemental Monsters attacked the Arc Dragon of Life, including a Mutation Monster. And later, it chased Arin and Euphrasia, only for Arin to use his Object Spinjitzu to defeat the Mutation Monster and the other Elemental Monsters.

Dying to Live[]

During the night, some Elemental Monsters attacked the Whispering Wood, including a Mutation Monster. The Mutation Monster tried to attack Arin, only to get knocked back by Zane thanks to his Spinjitzu. However, the Monster knocked Arin and Zane back with its tentacles. Then, it focused on Zane and shot a Life beam at him from its eye, only for the Nindroid to dodge the attack and hit its head. The creature then cornered them with the other Elemental Monsters.

The Heartbeat of all the Realms[]

Birthright[]

Abilities[]

• Life Embodiment - Mutation Monsters embody a corrupted form of the Elemental Power of Life.
• Mutakinesis - Mutation Monsters can manipulate a corrupted form of Life which manifests as mutations.
  • Mutakinetic Attacks - Mutation Monsters can attack with mutation energy and matter.
    • Optic Beams/Lasers - Mutation Monsters can fire mutation or life energy beams/lasers from their single eyes.
    • Mutakinetic Blasts - Mutation Monsters can fire blasts of mutation energy.
    • Poison Inducement - Mutation Monsters can inflict a deadly poison onto their victims via their attacks, as one was able to poison Riyu with the Numbness by blasting him with its optical lasers multiple times.
    • Mutakinetic Bolt Projection - Mutation Monsters can fire bolts of mutation energy.
  • Personal Mutation Manipulation - Mutation Monsters can manipulate and trigger mutations within themselves.
  • Mutation/Evolution Inducement - The energy of Mutation Monsters can induce mutations/evolutions if directly injected, as it triggered an evolutionary process in Riyu, causing him to grow larger and become stronger.
    • Power/Energy Boost - The Mutation Monsters’ energy can also amplify powers if directly injected as it did to Riyu, whose dragon energy was boosted.
  • Elemental creations - Mutation Monsters can create objects from mutation energy.
    • Muta-Spathígenesis - Mutation Monsters can create katanas from mutation energy.
• Tentacle Manipulation - Mutation Monsters can freely manipulate their tentacles, using them like legs to move around.
  • Prehensile Tentacles - Mutation Monsters can stretch their tentacles to great lengths to grab their enemies.
  • Surface Scaling - Mutation Monsters can scale surfaces using their tentacles.
    • Wallcrawling - Mutation Monsters can cling to walls with their tentacles.
      • Ceiling Adhesion - Mutation Monsters can cling to ceilings with their tentacles.
  • Tentacle Projectiles - Mutation Monsters can charge the pointed tips of their tentacles with energy and launch them as projectiles.
    • Regrowth - Mutation Monsters can quickly regrow the fired tips of their tentacles to use them again.
  • Superhuman Speed - Mutation Monsters can use their tentacles to move at super fast speed.
  • Power Tentacles - One Mutation Monster's tentacles were strong enough to knock people aside and restrain Riyu.
• Superhuman Strength - Like other Elemental Monsters, Mutation Monsters have abnormally large strength, as seen when one ripped open a huge vent in the Expanding Frontier with its bare hands.
• Superhuman Durability - Like other Elemental Monsters, Mutation Monsters are incredibly durable, being able to survive both blunt force and sharp attacks with little to no damage.
• Absolute Immortality - Like other Elemental Monsters, Mutation Monsters can't be truly killed. When their physical forms are destroyed, they revert to the Source Energy that the Weapon of Desolation used to bring them into existence and reform as long as the weapon remains active.
• Concept Empowerment - If exposed to the unstable Source Energy in the Weapon of Desolation, Mutation Monsters can enter an empowered state which grants them increased size, strength, and durability.
  • Combat Augmentation - Like other Elemental Monsters, the combat capabilities of Mutation Monsters are increased in their empowered state.
    • Strength Augmentation - Like other Elemental Monsters, Mutation Monsters are significantly stronger in their empowered state.
    • Defense Augmentation - Like other Elemental Monsters, Mutation Monsters are significantly more durable in their empowered state.
  • Size Augmentation - If empowered by the Weapon of Desolation, Mutation Monsters immediately take on their larger mutated forms.
    • Limited Shapeshifting - Mutation Monsters take on a more monstrous form if empowered by the Weapon of Desolation.
• Conceptuportation - Like other Elemental Monsters, Mutation Monsters can teleport by scattering into beams or bolts of Source energy and reforming in different locations.

Appearances[]

Sets[]

Boxed Sets[]

• 71849 Nya vs. Mutation Monster Spinner
• 71855 Ninja Dragon Riyu's Battle
• 71853 Jay's Dragon Mech Fight

Magazine Gifts[]

• L0002214 Jay vs. Tentacle Monster

Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]

Season 4[]

• 63. "Tonight We Hunt Monsters"
• 64. "A Wonder of the Merged Lands"
• 65. "Seed and Soil"
• 66. "Just Under the Surface"
• 67. "The Grand Inquisition" (mentioned)
• 68. "Dying to Live"
• 69. "The Heartbeat of all the Realms"
• 70. "Birthright"

Instructions for the model[]

Main article: Mutation Monster (set)

A large monstrous version of the Mutation Monster was requested by the animation studio to the set designers. It appears in Season 4 but its brick built design didn't find its way into the sets.^[1][2] However, the model was designed by Chi Wing Lee and unofficial instructions of the model made by LegendsOfNinjago were distributed to the fans through Ninjago Wiki's official friend, Masters of Brickjitzu.

Trivia[]

• In a set interview, when asked if the Mutation Monsters were meant to represent Life as a mutated Elemental Power, Chi Wing Lee acknowledged that while this concept was the idea, it is actually hard to assert definitively, given the existence of other elements. For instance, the Mutation Monsters could also be interpreted as representing Poison.^[3]
• The name "Mutation Monster" was chosen because "Life Monster" did not seem fitting to the concept of the Elemental Monsters.^[3]
• They are referred to as "Tentacle Monsters" in an issue of the Ninjago: Legacy Magazine.^[4]
• They wear sandogasa hats like Rox and Kur.
  • They are also the only type of Elemental Monsters to wear hats.
• Their color scheme and eye design share similarities with the Queen of Monsters.
• They are the first Ninjago characters to use the larger head mold, which was originally designed for big figures.
• The cloth piece they wear in the show are very similar to the ones on the Howlers.
• In one shot, it seems they have no legs in the show. However, this could be simply due to animation restrictions as characters like Zarkt also don't have legs under their gown, although his bottom is solid while the Mutation Monsters have nothing underneath their cloth.

Gallery[]

Minifigures[]

Models[]

Promotional media[]

Season posters[]

Design variants[]

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]

Translations[]

Language	Name
Dutch	Mutatiemonsters
French	Monstres Mutants
German	Mutationsmonster Tentakelmonster[5]
Polish	Zmutowany potwór
Russian	Монстры Мутанты
Spanish (Latin America)	Monstruo Mutantes
Spanish (Spain)	Monstruos Mutantes
Turkish	Mutasyon Canavarları

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