The Spider's Design

Synopsis[]

The Ninja search for Lloyd and walk right into Harumi's trap as Lloyd falls victim to her manipulation.^[1]

Extended: Hounddog McBrag arrives at the Monastery and impounds the Destiny's Bounty. The Ninja track Lloyd through the subway tunnels but walk into Harumi's trap. Crystal Spiders explode and collapse the tunnel, but the Ninja shelter in an old subway car. Harumi uses the Ninja's apparent death to manipulate Lloyd to her side, and a dark energy boils inside him.^[1]

LEGO's YouTube Channel: As Hounddog McBrag seizes the Destiny's Bounty at the Monastery, the Ninja search for Lloyd in the subway tunnel. While Harumi tries to convine Lloyd to use his inner dark powers, she sends a dozen explosive Crystal Spiders after the Ninja!

Can Lloyd resist using his dark powers? Will Harumi's plan succeed??

Plot[]

Hounddog McBrag and two policemen arrive at the Monastery of Spinjitzu where they encounter Wu. McBrag then claims that since the ninja are now fugitives, the Destiny's Bounty must be impounded under law enforcement. While the Bounty is being confiscated, Wu states to the marshal that the ninja had saved Ninjago many times and should be praised as heroes, though Hounddog McBrag only states that they only did that when they were heroes and they must be taken to Kryptarium Prison. He then hands him an opened envelope from the Postman, and threatens to arrest Wu should he hold any information on the ninja's whereabouts and leaves.

Wu then leaves to hangar bay, where P.I.X.A.L., Nya, and Skylor are tracking the ninja through the N line, searching for Lloyd. Jay comes across an old, classic subway vehicle along the way, and they continue their search on afterwards. However, they do not notice that a Crystal Spider is secretly following them.

Meanwhile, Lloyd is trapped in a Vengestone cage above a pit of lava. He tries to convince Harumi to change her mind, but he only falls to her manipulation once more. However, when Lloyd remarks that she doesn't want innocent people to get hurt, she has a saddened look, right before her eyes suddenly glow purple with anger, and she proceeds to manipulate Lloyd by convincing him that he has a hidden dark side like his father, and prepares to send Crystal Spiders as an attempt to kill the ninja within an explosion, as Lloyd is forced to painfully watch.

Unbeknownst to them, however, they survive and find refugee in the old subway car. With Lloyd believing that his friends are dead, Harumi once again tries to manipulate him to join the Crystal King. Lloyd initially refuses, but as Harumi plans to dispose of Wu, Nya, Skylor, and P.I.X.A.L. next, Lloyd's eyes begin to glow purple and he ruthlessly breaks out of his cage. He proceeds to attack Harumi and Mister F. With the latter knocked down, Harumi tries to aggravate Lloyd further in this state, and in doing so, he shoots purple energy blasts at her. After realizing what he's doing, he regains his senses before being shot down unconsciously by Mister F, as Harumi says, "Welcome back, Son of Garmadon".

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Cast[]

• Cole - Andrew Francis
• Deputy One - Brent Miller
• Deputy Two - Sam Vincent
• Harumi - Britt McKillip
• Hounddog McBrag - Michael Dobson
• Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
• Kai - Vincent Tong
• Lloyd - Sam Vincent
• P.I.X.A.L. - Jennifer Hayward
• Wu - Paul Dobson
• Zane - Brent Miller

Non-speaking[]

• Mister F
• Nya
• Skylor

Mentioned[]

• Garmadon
• Postman
• The Overlord

Items[]

• Bo staff
• Crystal gun
• Crystal Spiders
• Gis
  • Fugitive
  • Samurai X (Nya)
• Katana

Vehicles[]

• BRTM-12
• Destiny's Bounty
• Samurai X Mech

Locations[]

• Ninjago
  • Mountains of Impossible Height
    • Monastery of Spinjitzu
    • Hangar bay
  • Crystal Temple
  • Ninjago Metro
    • N line

Species[]

• Humans
• Nindroids
• Oni (mentioned)
• Oni/Dragon hybrids
• Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
• Rats

Trivia[]

• Narrator: Harumi

Continuity[]

• Harumi mentions her death in "Saving Faith" and how Lloyd was unable to save her.
• Lloyd mentions how he's nothing like his father when Harumi attempts to compare the two, referencing his greatest fear of becoming his father in "The Explorers Club," as reflected in the Mirror of Dread.
• Harumi forcing Lloyd to watch his friends presumably be killed, only for the four original ninja to have survived unbeknownst to them is identical to "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago," when Lloyd was forced to watch the Colossus crush the Destiny's Bounty and presumably killing the ninja and baby Wu, only for them to have survived and transported to the Realm of Oni and Dragons.
• This is the first time Lloyd uses the elemental essence of Destruction.
  • This also marks the first appearance of Destruction since "Never Trust a Human" and its first present-day appearance since "Endings."

Errors[]

• Harumi blaming Lloyd for her death in "Saving Faith" seems highly illogical, as in the episode, Lloyd was on top of a building that was very far away from the one that collapsed on Harumi, and at the time, Lloyd did not have his powers, in which Harumi herself is to partially blame for that as she had Garmadon brutally beat Lloyd in "True Potential," causing him to lose such powers, and thus, Lloyd could not have done anything at all to have saved Harumi from her own demise.

Videos[]

Translations[]

Language	Name
Chinese (Traditional)	蜘蛛的設計
Czech	Pavoukův nákres
Dutch	Het Plan van de Spinnen
Finnish	Hämähäkin suunnitelma
French (Canada)	Le plan de l'araignée
German	Die Diamant-Spinnen
Hungarian	A cselszövő
Italian	Operazione Ragni
Japanese	ピンチ到来!? ハルミの罠
Korean	거미의 계략
Polish	Pajęczyna
Portuguese (Brazil)	O Projeto da Aranha
Portuguese (Portugal)	O Designo da Aranha
Turkish	Örümceğin Tasarımı

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