Chaos Reigns

“I will soon be the eighth Source, and I will rain Chaos across the Merged Lands!”

Chaos Reigns is the twentieth and final episode of the third season of Ninjago: Dragons Rising and the 60th episode overall.

Synopsis

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ThunderFang gathers the last of his power in the Spectral Lands and only the Ninja can stop him - but at what cost?[1]

A clash with ThunderFang in the skies above the Spectral Lands will determine the future of the Merged Lands. Unforeseen consequences await the Ninja, win or lose, as Ras puts his master's plan into action.

Netflix: With the Arc Dragon of Focus awakened, Arin and Lloyd must unite and find a way to wield its power in one final stand against Thunderfang.

Extended: While the Ninja complete the Trials of Focus, Lloyd and Arin fight their way to the Well of the Lost. Their greatest obstacle may not be Hollow Ones or the Forbidden Five - it might be each other. A clash with ThunderFang in the skies above the Spectral Lands will determine the future of the Merged Lands. Unforeseen consequences await the Ninja, win or lose, as Ras puts his master's plan into action.[2]

Plot

Plot[]

In the Spectral Lands, Thunderfang continued to channel soul energy, determined to force himself onto the Source Dragons’ council. Meanwhile, Arin and Lloyd blamed themselves for breaking the Unbidden Storm. As they wrestled with their feelings of responsibility, the other ninja gathered in their respective Caves of Bells, pondering their next course of action. Their deliberations were abruptly interrupted when they were besieged by the Spectral Dragonians, led by Zarkt in Mysterium and Kur in Djinjago. Kai expressed his skepticism about the ease of their task, while Nya pointed out the challenge of feeding birds that turned out to be bells. As Kai used his Reveal Blade to destroy the Spectral Dragonians, Nya uses her water powers against them. The coconut copy, feeling inadequate without magic, suddenly has an idea and asks Nya to launch it into the fray. With a bit of hesitation, Nya agrees, and the coconut copy joyfully soars through the air, hitting multiple Spectral Dragonians as Kai destroyed them using his Reveal Blade. As the battle intensifies, Zarkt activates Shatterspin to attempt to shatter the crystals above, prompting Kai to realize their importance to the Focus Dragon. Just as Zarkt headed toward the crystals, Nya intercepted him with Rising Dragon technique. Concurrently, Sora, Frak, Wyldfyre and Riyu see Kur activating Shatterspin to attempt to shatter the crystals above.

Back under the Well of the Lost, Lloyd tries to use his Elemental Power to restore it, only for Arin to successfully restore it by using his Object Spinjitzu. Together, they use it to merge both halves of the Arc Dragon of Focus together and summon it above the Well of the Last to fight Thunderfang. Soon after, their eye colours change and they realise they can see through each of the Arc Dragon's heads, Lloyd for the purple head and Arin for the tan head.

Jay shows up in his mech and saves Nya from Zarkt. He tells her that her words inspire him to be better despite having amnesia.

Lloyd, seeing how the battle was not going in their favour due to them being out of sync, decides to secede control over to Arin. After successfully convincing him, the teacher and student managed to sync their moves and defeat Thunderfang by blasting a beam of Focus Energy at him, destroying him, the part of the Spectral Lands where the Well of the Lost was, and all the Spectral Dragonians and the Forbidden Five. The proper time of day is restored all across the Merged Lands, and all of the Hollow Ones regain their souls and are restored to normal.

Arin decides to rejoin the ninja team. The Arc Dragon of Focus warns the two ninja that the Source Dragons might be displeased, wishing them well before splitting into its two halves and returning to their slumber.

All Elemental Powers across the Merged Lands start acting up, with all Elemental Masters having headaches. The ninja attempt to use the portal gates to return to Ninjago, only to end up scattered across the Merged Lands which caused by Lord Ras somehow taking control of them. He also managed to trap Master Wu in the protective container inside the Monastery of Gates.

Life, Strength and Focus leave the Council of Sources, leaving Motion, Flow and Energy to look at the now-darkened symbol of Balance.

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  • Lloyd and Arin's eyes turning purple and yellow represent the respective halves of the Arc Dragon of Focus they are looking through.
  • This marks the first time a Dragons Rising season has ended on a shot of the heroes rather than ending on a scene with villains.
  • Frak's behaviour towards Sora resembles the behaviour Jay had on Skybound, not being able to express his true feelings just like Frak.
  • Jay jumping out of his mech and using his powers as he descends down onto Zarkt is framed almost exactly to the ending shot of the Season 3 intro with each Ninja using their powers and descending down as they go to hit Thunderfang before the logo appears.
    • This could be seen as the visually-symbolic moment Jay got added back onto the Ninja roster as the last Ninja with Elemental Powers.
  • This is the only episode in which a ninja, in this case Nya, performs the Rising Dragon technique in Season 3 Part 2.
    • Additionally, this is the only episode in which a ninja is seen as exhausted after using the Rising Dragon technique multiple times.
  • When Arin begins to take the lead against Thunderfang, notes from the Cave of Bells' bells can be heard as part of the instrumental, signifying Arin waking up his belief in his abilities like how each half of the Arc Dragon of Focus was awakened.
  • In this episode, Jay and Zarkt, both voiced by actor Michael Adamthwaite, fight, but only Jay speaks.
  • After Life, Strength and Focus leave the Council of Sources, Motion, Flow and Energy look at the now-darkened symbol of Balance. Before, the colours were still there, but duller due to Balance dying. Now, it's pretty much pitch black, representing the literal loss of balance for all Elemental Powers.

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  • This is the first season finale in the franchise where Zane doesn't appear and the sixth season finale where P.I.X.A.L. doesn't appear since her debut, following "The Corridor of Elders," "The Way Back," "The Son of Lilly," "The Power Within," and "Elements of Betrayal."
  • This episode marks the second time that the Ninja are separated at the end of a season and the first time for Ninjago: Dragons Rising.
  • Lloyd had purple eyes whenever he started to embrace his Oni side both partially and fully in Crystalized, although they were a different purple than the purple used for him seeing through the purple head of the Arc Dragon of Focus.
  • When Lloyd loses his powers, the hand he uses to check what's going on with them is his left hand, he also used that hand to check for his powers in "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago" after he lost them in "True Potential."
  • Riyu is now the second Ninja of the younger generation to perform a full Spinjitzu tornado. The first Ninja to do so was Arin in "Truth and Lies".
    • In addition, this episode marks the first time Riyu does Spinjitzu and is also the third of the younger generation to perform Spinjitzu, the first was Arin as seen in "The Merge: Part 1" and the second Ninja was Sora as seen in "The Final Game".
  • This episode marks the first time Kai has exchanged words with Jay since The Merge and the first time in an episode since "Roots".
    • Additionally, this makes Zane the only member on the original Ninja team to not exchange words with Jay.
      • Ironically, according to the book, Skills and Powers, Zane was the first ninja with whom Jay met after the Merge, though Zane was unconscious at the time.
  • This episode marks the first time that Lloyd has hugged one of his students, that student being Arin, after he declared that after helping Lloyd defeat Thunderfang that he is a Ninja and won't quit like he said he would in "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
    • This is similar to the many times Wu has hugged his students as seen numerous times during the original series.
    • Also, this episode marks the first time Jay and Nya have hugged each other since the Merge and the first time in an episode since "Roots".
  • The music that plays when Jay comes back to help Kai and Nya fight Zarkt is the same music that played in "Inside the Maze" at the end of Jay and Nya's match during the Tournament of the Sources.
  • When Kai lets slip that he used to call Jay the worst ninja, Jay doesn't try to say he isn't a ninja this time. This likely means that, alongside coming back to Nya on his own, he might be believing what the Ninja have said about his past.
  • After performing Spinjitzu for the first time, Riyu strikes a similar pose to his mentor Rontu when she introduced the Rising Dragon technique by name.

Errors[]

  • During the fight in the Mysterium cave, Kai has one of Lloyd's grunts.
  • Although Fritz is credited, he does not speak in this episode.
  • Nya's spear is missing from her back in some scenes of the end of the episode while she has it in other scenes.
  • When Kur is looking at the crystals, her armor can be seen going through her arm.
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Language Name
Chinese (Simplified) 混乱笼罩大地
Dutch Chaos Regeert
French Le Règne du Chaos
German Chaos ohne Ende
Japanese チカラを合わせろ! 倒せ、サンダーファング
Spanish (Latin America) El Caos Manda[3]
Spanish (Spain) El Caos Reinara
Ukrainian Хаос панує
References

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  1. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/lego_ninjago_dragons_rising/s03
  2. ↑ https://www.nowtv.com/watch/ninjago-dragons-rising/iYEQYZfjU8Mz2WENgF78Pw/seasons/3/episodes/chaos-reigns-episode-20/A5EK3TJRBXpv6xkVk1PYC
  3. ↑ File:DR3NewZeleandVPN2.jpg