Overview
Dying to Live is the eighth episode of the fourth season of Ninjago: Dragons Rising and the 68th episode overall.
Synopsis
Synopsis[]
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Full Episode[]
In this full episode, Cole tries to stop the Loyalists’ plan, while Lloyd faces his ultimate test inside the Temple of the Green Ninja. The fate of the Whispering Wood and the entire Merged Lands hangs in the balance.[1]
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Cole overhears crucial details about the Loyalists' deadly plan, and Lloyd comes face-to-face with his greatest enemy in the Temple of the Green Ninja.[3]
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Cole tries to deliver a setback to the Loyalists' plan, while Lloyd faces the ultimate test within the Temple of the Green Ninja.[4]
Plot
Plot[]
Dr. LaRow explaining the Weapon of Desolation to Beatrix
Beatrix recounts the events of the Liberation of Imperium and explains what happened to her after she was knocked into the Ethereal Divide. She was transported to the Land of Monsters where she battled the monsters for months on end. The land altered her appearance, and she fused with her mech and became a cyborg-like monster. She eventually managed to escape the Land of Monsters, passing out in exhaustion. She was later found and awakened by Dr. LaRow, who treated Beatrix using experimental medical treatments. In the Loyalist hideout, LaRow pulls up her hologram of the Weapon of Desolation, addressing the Loyalists and Beatrix that it was the cause of the Elemental Monsters and how gaining control of the weapon means commanding these creatures, allowing one to forge an unstoppable army. She informs the gathered Loyalists and Beatrix that both halves of the weapon have been obtained and are being brought to where they are.
Cole wakes up in the prison cell, remembering how he got there before he tries to figure out how to escape while talking to a marking of a smiley face on a wall. Unfortunately, his powers prove ineffective since they're still unstable and the walls are powered by Imperium tech. He then overhears LaRow and Beatrix talking about an incantation on a tablet the former was holding to bring two halves of the Weapon of Desolation, having found it in an unknown realm. Beatrix is skeptical, going as far as calling the First Spinjitzu Master an outlander fraud. Soon, the Loyalist group from the Land of Madness returns with the fragment from the Tree of Madness before the Lead Loyalist explains how they had a minor encounter with some Ninja, but trapped them in the cave, stating it may take them a while, if not at all. Dismissing them, LaRow hands the fragment to Beatrix and explains that the group in Umbrasilvis should be on their way back with their fragment. Cole finished overhearing Dr. LaRow and Beatrix talk about the Weapon of Desolation when the chair breaks under his weight.
Lloyd's greatest enemy: himself
Meanwhile, Lloyd meditates on who his tween self warned about, the final obstacle to unlocking his True Potential as the Master of Life and the Green Ninja. He thinks it could be Ras, his dad, the Overlord or even an angry Source Dragon, wondering if Arin was still mad at him before deciding to get up and enter through the archway, leading him to a manifestation of the Monastery of Spinjitzu. He notes that it's just a vision before turning around to see another manifestation of himself, having his Spectral Hunter outfit in dark green and lacking the shoulder pads. This manifestation greets Lloyd, the latter realizing that his greatest enemy is himself.
Cole then tries to use his Elemental Power of Earth to escape, only for the walls to have Imperium tech embedded in them. Thankfully, the floor didn't, and so he tried to use his Earth Punch, only for it to work after initially fritzing out on him.
Appearances
Appearances[]
Characters[]
Cast[]
- Arc Dragon of Life - Niah Davis
- Arin - Deven Mack
- Beatrix - Nicole Oliver
- Cole - Andrew Francis
- Dr. LaRow - Ashleigh Ball
- Enemy Lloyd - Sam Vincent (uncredited)
- Euphrasia - Bethany Brown
- Grand Inquisitor - Deven Mack (uncredited)
- Lloyd - Sam Vincent
- Loyalist 1 - Paul Dobson
- Nya - Kelly Metzger
- Source Dragon of Energy - Paul Dobson
- Source Dragon of Flow - Marci T. House
- Source Dragon of Motion - Diana Kaarina
- Zane - Brent Miller
Non-speaking[]
- Acid Monsters
- Acona
- Earth Monsters
- Frak
- Imperium Guards (flashback)
- Ice Monsters
- Jay
- Kai
- Mutation Monsters
- Sora
- Wyldfyre
Mentioned[]
Creatures[]
- Acid monster (flashback)
- Arc Dragon of Life
- Riyu
- Source Dragon of Motion (symbolic form)
- Source Dragon of Energy (symbolic form)
- Source Dragon of Flow (symbolic form)
- Tentacled beasts (flashback)
Items[]
- Gis
- Draconus (Arin)
- Ghost Hunter (Cole, Frak, Kai, Lloyd, Nya, Sora)
- Hunter (Jay)
- Merge (Arin, Lloyd, Nya, Zane; flashback)
- Red Ninja (Wyldfyre)
- Storm (Zane)
- Urban (Sora; flashback)
- MergeQuake weapon (flashback)
- Weapon of Desolation
- Lloyd's golden sword
- Sora's headphones
- Tablet of Desolation
Vehicles[]
Events[]
- Liberation of Imperium (flashback)
- MergeQuake Storm (flashback)
- The Merge (mentioned)
Locations[]
- Land of Monsters (flashback)
- Land of Madness
- Imperium (flashback)
- Ninjago
- Land of Eternal Dawn (mentioned)
- Umbrasilvis (flashback)
- Whispering Wood
Species[]
- Acona
- Dragons
- Elemental Monsters
- Humans
- Monsters
- Tentacled beasts (flashback)
- Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
- Source Dragons
Trivia
Trivia[]
- WildBrain artist Peter Slavik headed the Beatrix flashback sequence in the Land of Monsters.[5]
Continuity[]
- This episode marks the first appearance of the Land of Monsters in the main show, as it previously only appeared in additional media.
- Beatrix fusing with her mech and becoming a monster in the Land of Monsters proves Daidan's words from "To Become a Monster" right.
- This episode marks the seventh time Garmadon has been mentioned in Ninjago: Dragons Rising. He was previously mentioned in:
- The Season 1 episode "The Temple of the Dragon Cores."
- The Season 2 episode "The Spell at the Waterfall."
- The Peak of 1000 Suns story.
- The Season 3 episode "Casket of Bones."
- The Crossroads' Crosstalk episode "Celebration!."
- The Season 4 episodes "The Whispering Wood." and "The Lean of a Tree."
- This episode marks the first time The Overlord has been mentioned in Ninjago: Dragons Rising.
- This episode marks the third time Cole has been locked up in a jail cell, the first time being in "Ninja Roll" and the second time being in "Snake Jaguar."
- Enemy Lloyd mentions Finn Tully, a character who was previously mentioned in Lloyd Garmadon's Blog in 2012, 14 years prior to the episode's release.
- Enemy Lloyd reaffirms the notion that Cole was the leader of the ninja before Lloyd joined and took over.
- This episode marks the first time Lloyd has performed the Rising Dragon technique since "The Shatter Dragon."
- Enemy Lloyd appears to be using the Art of the Silent Fist against Lloyd when the latter begins to try and fight him.
- Therefore, that would mean that this is the first episode of Ninjago: Dragons Rising to use the Art of the Silent Fist, and the first time in an episode since "Green Destiny".
- Riyu's eyes don't glow green like the others when Lloyd begins to activate his True Potential, whereas Euphrasia's do.
- This could be because Euphrasia is the current Elemental Master of Wind, and Lloyd was possessed by the previous one, Morro, an event which still traumatises him and was referenced in "Writers of Destiny", thus serving as his connection to her.
Errors[]
- When Cole uses his elemental powers, his left hand is black instead of orange.
- Cole is missing his left shoulder pad, when he tries to make an escape out of his cell.
- Arin’s bottom hood misses a part when he punches an Earth Monster.
- The Grand Inquisitor and Enemy Lloyd are not listed in the credits.