The Son of Lilly

Synopsis[]

As Cole and the Skull Sorcerer face off, the Geckles and Munce storm the Keep. Plundar frees the ninja from their cages and the ninja join the battle.^[1]

TVNZ: Season Finale: The battle for the fate of Shintaro Mountain concludes!^[2]

Extended: As Cole and the Skull Sorcerer face off, the Geckles and Munce storm the Keep. Plundar frees the ninja from their cages and the ninja join the battle. Vania arrives leading the winged Shintaro Guards. The Skull Sorcerer destroys the supposedly "fabled" magical Blades, revealed to be nothing more than ordinary swords. Grief-Bringer awakens and joins the fight, and all looks lost.^[3]

Plot[]

Cole faced off with the Skull Sorcerer and putting all his faith in the Blades of Deliverance, he attacks the Sorcerer who claims the blades have no power. Meanwhile, the ninja, Geckles, Munce, and Upply fought off the Re-Awakened and Grief-Bringer but were soon overpowered by the skeletons. The Skull Sorcerer knocks the Blades off the edge and Cole manages to grab them. The Skull Sorcerer continues to fight Cole until he used the Skull of Hazza D'ur to destroy the two Blades, leaving Cole shocked that there really was nothing special about them. When all hope seems lost, Vania flies in leading the Army of Shintaro.

The Skull Sorcerer tells Cole that Vania is too late to save him before proceeding to continually blast Cole with the Skull of Hazza D'ur, telling him to give up. Cole, who by now has fallen to his knees, has a flashback about his promise to his mother before she died and then realizes that it wasn't the blades that made Lilly powerful, it was the power inside her. With this knowledge, he unlocks the Spinjitzu Burst and destroys the Skull, leaving the Awakened Warriors and Grief-Bringer as piles of bones. In the process, Vangelis was also stripped of his powers as the Skull Sorcerer, reverting him back to his true self. Vangelis pleads for forgiveness, but Cole instructs him to seek it from the Geckles and Munce, who appear unwilling to accept his apology. Desperate, Vangelis approached Vania, despite having previously disowned her, attempting to justify his actions as being for their shared glory. Vania, however, firmly tells Hailmar to remove him from her presence.

With Vangelis dethroned, the Dungeons of Shintaro are liberated from his oppressive rule, allowing the Geckles and Munce to coexist peacefully with the Sky Folk in the Kingdom of Shintaro. Vania is crowned Queen of Shintaro, and the ninja decide it is time to go after a little while. As the sails of the Destiny's Bounty are being repaired, Lloyd apologizes to Vania for not trusting her, which she accepts. Once Jay says goodbye to Murtessa and Cole begins to part ways with the Upply, Vania asks Cole to stay for any future conflicts but Cole says that she is one of the bravest people he has met. Vania says goodbye and that if he needs any help, she will send all of the guards to for assistance. As the group leaves on the Bounty, Lloyd decides to return home, but Wu tells them to head onward. Nya asks him where, and Wu responds wherever the wind takes them. After Zane questions what Wu meant, Kai and Nya says that they're about to go on another adventure, which Zane agrees with.

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Cast[]

• Cole - Kirby Morrow
• Fungus - Ian James Corlett
• Hailmar - Brian Drummond
• Hazza D'ur - Michael Adamthwaite
• Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
• Kai - Vincent Tong
• Korgran - Paul Dobson
• Lilly - Erin Mathews (archival audio; flashback)
• Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
• Murtessa - Tabitha St. Germain
• Nya - Kelly Metzger
• Plundar - Adam Trask
• Vangelis/Skull Sorcerer - Deven Mack
• Vania - Sabrina Pitre
• Wu - Paul Dobson
• Zane - Brent Miller

Non-speaking[]

• Gulch
• Gleck
• Murt
• Re-Awakened

Creatures[]

• Adam
• Chompy
• Grief-Bringer
• Zane's Mino

Events[]

• Battle for Shintaro Mountain

Items[]

• Blades of Deliverance
  • Ivory Blade of Deliverance
  • Shadow Blade of Deliverance
• Cole's mace
• Gis
  • Hero
• Korgran's axe
• Lilly's necklace
• Naginata
• Shield
• Shintaro wings
• Skull of Hazza D'ur
• Throwing stars
• Vengestone
  • Vengestone spears

Locations[]

• Ninjago
  • Shintaro Mountain
    • Kingdom of Shintaro
      • Palace
        • Palace gardens
        • Throne room
    • Dungeons of Shintaro
      • Skull Keep
        • Vengestone mines
  • Lilly's bedroom (flashback)

Species[]

• Dragons
  • Shintaran Ridgebacks
• Nindroids
• Geckles
• Giant spiders
• Humans
• Minos
• Munce
• Oni/Dragon hybrids
• Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
• Slugs
• Sky Folk

Vehicles[]

• Destiny's Bounty

Trivia[]

• Narrator: Vania
• The ending of the episode was going to have the Geckles and Munce building a statue of Cole next to Lilly's in the Heart of the Mountain, but it was cut due to running time.^[4]
  • Bragi Schut stated that a statue of Cole was built, as far as he's concerned.^[5]
• In Australia and the US, this is the last episode to air before Kirby Morrow's death on November 18, 2020.
• This is currently the last Ninjago episode to air on Cartoon Network in the US.
• This is the third season finale in the franchise where P.I.X.A.L. doesn't appear since her introduction. Following "The Corridor of Elders" and "The Way Back."

Continuity[]

• This is the one of the nine episodes where the title refers to a ninja. The first seven being "Tick Tock", "The Green Ninja", "The Titanium Ninja", "Snake Jaguar", "Fire Maker", "My Enemy, My Friend", "Superstar Rockin' Jay", and "The Gift of Jay".
  • This is also the tenth episode to have a character's name mentioned in the title. The first nine are "Return of the Overlord", "Codename: Arcturus", "My Dinner With Nadakhan", "Saving Faith", "Krag's Lament", "Superstar Rockin' Jay", "I am Okino", "Racer Seven", "The Skull Sorcerer", "Grief-Bringer".
• Cole presumably uses the same throwing star that Plundar stole but returned, to knock back the Skull Sorcerer while hanging from a ledge.
• The Blades of Deliverance not having any powers despite the Munce and Geckle believing so. Ties back to Kai's talk about a white lie in "Grief-Bringer", as Lilly presumably told a white lie to both the Geckle and the Munce about her blades.
• Cole unlocking his Spinjitzu Burst is somewhat the inverse of his True Potential in "The Royal Blacksmiths." In said episode, Cole unlocked his True Potential when his father accepted him for not following in the family's footsteps, while Cole unlocked his Spinjitzu Burst in this episode by channeling his mother's power and legacy.
• Lloyd, whose trauma caused by the former Jade Princess Harumi, finally gets over his distrust over princesses by acknowledging Vania's help to the ninja.
• The soundtrack from the beginning of "The Hands of Time" plays at the end of this episode.

Errors[]

• Gulch was briefly seen with his sash when Murtessa said "In the name of Milly!", even though he wasn't supposed to be wearing it until after Vangelis' defeat.
  • This marks the third episode where Gulch was seen with his sash even though he wasn't chancellor at the time. The first two episodes being "The Darkest Hour" and "The Upply Strike Back!".
• When Hailmar crowned Vania as the new ruler of Shintaro, part of the Shintaro Wings on Vania's back can be seen being white instead of gold.
• When Cole looks at his reflection through a broken piece of the Shadow Blade, his reflection isn't mirrored.

Translations[]

Language	Name
Dutch	De Zoon Van Lilly
French	Le Fils de Lilly
Japanese	炸裂! 大地のスピン術バースト
Polish	Syn Lilly
Turkish	Lilly'nin Oğlu

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