A Big Splash

“Kai told me all about what's happening and I don't want you to worry anymore. Whatever it is, we're gonna figure it out, you and me, mother and daughter, working together.”
— Maya to Nya

A Big Splash is the first episode of the fourteenth season of Ninjago and the 165th episode overall. It aired on April 4, 2021, paired up with "The Call of the Deep". It released in the US on Netflix on November 19, 2021, alongside The Island and the rest of the episodes of Seabound.

Synopsis

Synopsis[]

When Nya loses control of her elemental powers, the ninja search for answers, which may lie with the former master of water, Nya’s mother.[1]

Extended: The ninjas ambush a new villain named Miss Demeanour who's carrying a shipment of illegal vengestone - Nya creates a water cyclone to stop her but loses control of it, threatening a nearby village. The ninjas save the residents but Miss Demeanour escapes - meanwhile, Nya's powers continue to go haywire at the monastery. Against her wishes, Kai calls in the help of their mother Maya.[2]

Plot

Plot[]

and her

Miss Demeanor and her henchmen

Many trucks arrive at a remote village driven by a bunch of crooks who are being led by Miss Demeanor, who is completely annoyed to do the deal out of the city, despite the buyer tripling her payment. Unfortunately for them, the ninja have already anticipated their arrival as Lloyd, Jay and Kai confront them. Oddly enough, Miss Demeanor is excited to meet them as she sends the bandits to keep them busy as she escapes. Cole is able to take out two of the trucks pulling away with his Rock Cycle, but fails to stop the truck Miss Demeanor is riding on. Cole inspects what was in the trucks and realizes they were holding Vengestone.

The flooded

The flooded village

Nya and Zane run ahead, and the former attempts to prevent Miss Demeanor from escaping by summoning a water cyclone from the village rice paddies. However, she has no control over the cyclone as it spirals out of control. Zane tries to freeze the cyclone but his attempts quickly backfire. The ninja are then forced to let Miss Demeanor escape as they evacuate the villagers from the cyclone just as it drops and floods the village.

With the village safe, the ninja return to the monastery with some of the Vengestone, and tell Wu the bad news of letting Miss Demeanor escape before Nya speaks up and takes full responsibility as she lost all control of her power, and promises it won't happen again. When the other ninja seemingly agree, Nya becomes annoyed, which causes the emergency sprinkler activates, short circuiting all the electronics.

A scroll featuring

A scroll featuring Wojira

The ninja and Master Wu sans Nya, examine one of the scrolls in the library regarding the power of water to determine why Nya's powers are going haywire. On the scroll, it says that the power of Wind and Water originally belonged to Wojira, the serpent that ruled the seas of Ninjago with the Storm Amulet and the Wave Amulet. Unfortunately for Wojira, the First Spinjitzu Master, and the Merlopians defeated the serpent by removing the two amulets and Wojira fell into a deep slumber. Master Wu suggests that they call Maya, the previous Master of Water, to help Nya. Kai then nervously says that Nya won't want her parent's help since Nya is very independent. Zane then says that Kai and Nya's parents were forced to work for the Time Twins, but Wu reassures Kai that Nya is reasonable. Afterwards, Kai tells Nya, who is training in the courtyard, about their parents potentially visiting the Monastery, which she furiously rejects and destroys the dummy she was hitting.

and

Nya and Maya

While walking along the hallway, Nya passes by the bathroom, being cleaned by Jay, and the toilet suddenly bursts on him. She then sees the tap in the kitchen which ends up bursting on Zane, and the soda bottles bursting on Cole as Nya passes by the game room. Intent on leaving, Nya is stopped by the others, who try to speak to her, only to be interrupted by someone knocking at the gates. Nya gets it, discovering it is her parents. Maya greets her while Ray is carrying all their luggage before they leave to unpack. Realizing that her brother had gone against her wishes, Nya angrily confronts Kai, who can only shrug as he says 'What?'.

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Trivia

Trivia[]

  • Narrator: Nya
    • In the Japanese version of the episode, the narrator is Jay instead of Nya.
  • Wu's line, "Vengestone has few practical uses," was first revealed by Tommy Andreasen in the live-chat of The TTV Channel's NinjagoCast #4.[3]
  • The design of the water tornado created by Nya is the same as the design of the Spinjitzu Burst in "The Son of Lilly."

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Errors[]

  • When the ninja confront Miss Demeanor, the tassel on Lloyd's golden sword was stiff.
  • When Cole, yells "Woo hoo" the Netflix subtitles refer to him as Kai.
  • Towards the end of the episode, when Ray and Maya arrive at the Monastery, some of the suitcases are slightly clipping through each other for a moment.
  • When Maya talks to Nya about her problem, if the scene is in slow motion, for a brief moment when Maya finishes saying they'll work it out the scene appears to come to a stand still, and her left arm, and small part of her hair and face starts to glitch away.
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Translations

Translations[]

Language Name
Dutch Een Grote Plons
French Le Grand Plongeon
German Ein Wasserproblem
Italian Un Grande Splash
Japanese 誰かとめてー! ニャー大暴走!
Korean 거대한 충격
Polish Wielki Plusk
Turkish Büyük Sıçrama
References

References[]

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20210325223953/https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/teletoon-east/162/2021-04-04
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210519031341/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/nmnzc5/ninjago-masters-of-spinjitzu-season-15/?episode=nmnzc7
  3. ↑ https://youtu.be/JPCztt7rJL8?t=4324 (live-chat)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210721075307/https://twitter.com/ryanpears/status/1388562372097241089