Overview
- Not to be confused with his TV show counterpart.
“We were making a show for kids, but at that point I realized that NINJAGO had been around long enough for some of those kids to have grown up … and still love it.”
Tommy Andreasen (born April 21, 1974)[2][3][4] is a Danish producer and Senior Creative Manager at LEGO. He is a co-creator of Ninjago (alongside Michael Hegner) and Legends of Chima. He assists in the creation of storylines and designs,[5] and has some input, albeit minor, on the sets.[6] He is the writer of four of the mini-movies, all of the Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu shorts, and "Ninjago - Dream Team."
On October 10, 2022, he announced that he was ending his involvement with the franchise, with Crystalized being the last installment he would be involved in, outside of writing projects such as Way of the Departed and The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye.[7]
Credits
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Trivia
Trivia[]
- His X page was a very popular source of information for the canon and behind-the-scenes details of the shows he has worked on.
- He has stated that canon information only comes from the show, not from his tweets.[8]
- He did not have control over the distribution of the show.[9]
- In addition to his work on Ninjago, he has also worked on Legends of Chima, Nexo Knights, Hidden Side, and DREAMZzz.
- Other themes he has worked on include City, Racers, Orient Expedition, Games, 4+, Alpha Team, Ultra Agents, and "Tons of unreleased stuff."[10][11]
- When asked about his favorite between Ninjago, Legends of Chima, and Nexo Knights, he explained, "They are all great. They are three different types of show, so my mood will define my current favorite."[12] However, Chima is his favorite realm,[13] and Nexo Knights was the most fun to work on.[14]
- He is the author of two "could-be-canon" Ninjago stories, Way of the Departed and The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye.
- He, along with Sam Vincent, both share their names with professional basketball players.
- His favorite Ninjago minifigure is Kabuki Nya from the 2018 Bricktober pack[15] and his favorite set is the Movie Destiny's Bounty.[16] In 2026 he stated that in addition to the Movie's Destiny's Bounty, his other favorite sets are 2111 Kai and the Temple of Airjitzu.[17] His favorite minifigure of all time is Eris from Legends of Chima.[18]
- Andrea Thomson's name sounds similar to his, but reversed.
- Disregarding Elemental Powers and pure strength, he believes Cole would win in sparring matchup.[19]
- Out of all the LEGO Ninjago characters, he relates to Cole and Wu the most.[20][21]
- Kai is not really his favorite, as he likes the other ninja more.[22]
- As of 2017, his favorite ninja were Jay, Nya, and Cole.[23][24][25] In 2018, his favorites were Jay and Nya with a focus on them as a couple,[26] and more recently, he has stated Cole is his favorite, with Nya "moving up the ranks."[27]
- As of 2016, his favorite ninja friendship is Jay and Cole.[28]
- As of 2022, his favorite character is Wu.[29][30]
- When asked about his favorite character in 2025, he replied that he was “still fond of Cole”.[31]
- Pythor and Chen are some of his favorite villains thanks to their humorous natures.[32]
- Tournament of Elements is one of his favorite seasons, though he does not like the finale as much, while he appreciates Sons of Garmadon for its consistent quality throughout.[33] His other favorites, as of 2017, included Rise of the Snakes and The Hands of Time.[34] He later stated that he feels strongly about Seabound.[35] When asked about it again in 2025, he mentioned Crystalized, Master of the Mountain, Sons of Garmadon, The Hands of Time, and Tournament of Elements, while also writing that "all seasons have specific qualities".[36]
- His favorite episode from the series is "Dead Man's Squall."
- His favorite episode from Seabound was "The Turn of the Tide."[37]
- His favorite Elemental Master, presumably besides the ninja, may be Chamille or Griffin Turner.[38][39]
- At various points he has asked questions for the fans on X, sometimes regarding things that would later be part of the show.
- He asked fans to list some things Wu would remember most from his life, and a montage of Wu's memories later appeared in "Saving Faith."[40]
- He asked if the Ultra Dragon had been given a name in the show besides "Ultra Dragon," and Lloyd referred to the dragon as "Ultra" in "Green and Gold."[41]
- He asked about Zane's visions before they returned in Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu.[42][43]
- He also asked for fans' favorite fight scenes,[44] favorite villain introductions,[45] and favorite "Wu-isms".[46]
- An interview was held with him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary, which was published on LEGO.com.[47]
- If the show or an official publication contradicts one of his statements, the official material should be prioritized.[48][49]
- This rule would later be applied to the statement of his that Benton was influenced by Hypnobrai hypnosis, when he was actually manipulated by Clouse using dark magic.
- If the show or an official publication contradicts one of his statements, the official material should be prioritized.[48][49]
- He used to have brown hair.[50]
- He has disagreed with the Hageman Brothers on the number of realms,[51][52] whether the ninja's redesigns were caused by time travel as implied in "The Mask of Deception,"[53][54] and whether an Elemental Master of Poison could harm a djinn.[55]
- He likes to draw cape on pictures of Wu, because they look very dynamic. He also thinks that WildBrain animates them well.[56]
- He advises to always consider the circumstances when one has criticisms of something.[57] For example, he spoke on the less positive reception of Nexo Knights when compared to Ninjago and the fact that Ninjago outshone Nexo Knights.[58]
- Sometimes he would draw characters and later reveal that they were characters shown or mentioned in then-unreleased episodes.[59][60]
- He "owe[s] a lot" to the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,[61] and the character E.T. is his favorite character of all time.[62]
- His favorite film is RoboCop.[63] He has watched it about 30 times.[64]
- He doesn't really watch many shows, but he liked Better call Saul, Ozark, The Boys, Rick and Morty and the first season of The Terror. Additionally, he doesn't really watch cartoons, unless he does so with his kids or if they are adult in nature.[65]
- While anime "is not really his thing," he has watched Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ponyo and Spirited Away.[66]
- Coincidentally, he and Kevin Hageman were born on the same day in the same year.[2]
- If he was transported into the world of Ninjago, the first person he would hug would be Dareth.[67]
- He considers the WildBrain installments to be "chapters", as he does not view the installments after March of the Oni as "seasons".[67]
- His favorite season of the year is summer.[68]
- This page appeared in an official LEGO video documenting the creation of "Golden Hour."[69]
- He was the most proud of the fandom when a fan-made documentary was created to celebrate Ninjago's ten year anniversary.[70]
- His favorite shot of Ninjago was when Wu walked up to the Four Weapons Blacksmith in "Way of the Ninja."[71] He also hoped that the last shot of Ninjago would look like that too. This was fulfilled with the final shot of "Roots."
- When Andreasen was a kid, his favorite dinosaur were Stegosaurus. Currently, his favorite are Triceratops.
- His favorite line said by one of the ninja is "Are we… compatible?"[72]
- He dislikes the idea of including mature themes in the show.[73][74]
- When asked between possessing either Wind or Earth, Andreasen said he would want Earth citing he would "have a much more interesting back yard then."[75]
- In "Return of the Ice Emperor" he can be seen as an actual character, who wears a brown hat.
- Before this episode, Tommy, unlike a few of his fellow crew members, did not make an appearance in the Ninjago TV series, although he appears in minifigure form in the book, Everything Is Awesome: A Search-and-Find Celebration of LEGO History.[76]
- He loves coleslaw.[77]
- He, alongside other producers, was nominated for the Leo Award for Best Animation Series in 2022 and 2023.[78][79]
- He likes the LEGO theme Monkie Kid, but does not plan on joining its writing team.[80][81]
- He's a big fan of the comic book writer and artist Frank Miller.[82]
- He thinks "The Fall" is the darkest episode in the original Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu series and that the darkest episode overall is "Brave But Foolish."[83]
- He doesn't "know [the Lego theme of] Bionicle too well".[84]
- He only ever watched the first Bionicle movie out of 4.[85]
- In 2022, he expressed how, while his time on the main show was over, he would be very open to do a spinoff as long as it had a different focus.[86]
- He has a room dedicated to Michael Jackson and Star Wars.[89]
- He doesn’t like pineapple on pizza.[90]
- He doesn't have any opinion on the names for the ninja's gi and states that they are "purely for the products".[91]
- He doesn't "care about shipping. Either it's evident from the content or it's not. If it's being debated, it's probably not evident".[92]
- For producing Seabound and Crystalized, Andreasen was nominated in 2021 and 2022 for the Leo Award for Best Animation Series.[93][94]
- He believes that "AI is the future and that future is bleak (and a lot shorter than we may think it is)".[95]
- As of 2025, he has only watched the first episode of Ninjago: Dragons Rising.[96] When asked in 2026 whether he would watch the rest of the show, he replied that "It’s a general pattern with me: Once I am no longer in control, I loose [sic] interest in new developments".[97]
- Despite this, he and the creative team of DREAMZzz have "conversations" to ensure that the storylines and plots in his current work don't overlap with the ones in Ninjago: Dragons Rising.
- In 2026, on the 15th anniversary of Ninjago, he stated that he only left the show if his boss would never ask him to come back, meaning that it's "unlikely" that he would work on the show again. He added that "Ninjago is in great hands".[98]
- He prefers "Ninjago earthbound and with limited tech".[99]
- In 2026, he wrote that he would've left Ninjago in 2018 if LEGO implemented its original plan to continue Warner Bros' continuity from The LEGO Ninjago Movie instead of their final decision to continue the Prime continuity.[100]
- As of 2026, he does not have a head canon that he wants to share because "it may undermine new developments" that he is unaware of.[101]
- He considers Prince "the greatest musician in the history of the world".[102][4]
- As of 2026, he is trying to cut down his social interaction online to "an absolute minimum".[103]
- He hasn't read Amber Spiral.[104]
- He will soon post a video about cut/cancelled Elemental Powers.[105]
Gallery
Gallery[]
Drawings[]
Note: Drawings are chronologically organized based on when they were first posted, not necessarily when they were drawn.
2016[]
Aug 28
Sept 1
Sept 1
Sept 1
Sept 14
Sept 16 (drawn 2010)
Oct 1
2017[]
Jan 17
Jan 20
Mar 16
May 4
May 15
July 25
Aug 25
Sept 8
Oct 26
Dec 14
Dec 24
2018[]
Jan 14
Feb 19
Feb 27
Apr 27
Apr 27
Apr 27
May 9
May 22
May 22
May 22
May 22
May 23
May 23
May 23
May 23
May 24
May 24
May 24
May 24
May 25
May 25
Sept 8
Oct 6 (drawn Feb 13, 2017)
Oct 6 (drawn Sept 28th, 2016)
Oct 11
October 22
Oct 27
Oct 29
Dec 5
Dec 27
2019[]
Mar 15
Apr 15
Apr 15
Aug 31
Oct 4
Oct 10
Oct 29
Dec 23
Dec 29
2020[]
Jan 15
Jan 20
Feb 11
Feb 12
Feb 12
"SnakeMonkeyWu" (Feb 26)
Apr 2
May 9
Jun 13
July 23
July 23
July 23
Drawing of the Ghost Butler Ducklesworth mentioned in "Unsinkable" (Aug 1)
Aug 26
Sept 1
Drawing of "a Ninja and her sidekick" released in lieu of a new Way of the Departed chapter (Sept 2)
Oct 15
Oct 29
Dec 11
Dec 21
Dec 24
2021[]
"A Farewell to Arms" (Jan 9)
Jan 15
Feb 1
Feb 4
Feb 5
Feb 26
Feb 28
Mar 2
Mar 2
Apr 2
Apr 15
Apr 21
Jul 25
Sept 7
Sept 7
Sept 7
Sept 9
Sept 12
Sept 13
Dec 18
List of all poems from 4002021 The Temple of Celebrations (Dec 24)
2022[]
Apr 9
Apr 14
Apr 14
Apr 14
May 17
Jun 4
Sep 17
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 21
Oct 21
Nov 13
2024[]
June 20
2025[]
April 7
April 7
May 8
June 19 (for charity)
June 27 (commission)
July 9
July 10
July 14
October 3
October 26
November 10
December 29 (commission)
2026[]
January 3
January 7
January 7
January 7
January 7
January 7
January 7
January 7
January 7
January 24 (commission)
January 24 (commission)
January 24 (commission)
January 24 (commission)
February 11 (commission)
February 11 (commission)
February 11 (commission)
February 11 (commission)
February 20 (commission)
February 20 (commission)
February 27 (commission)
February 27 (commission)
February 27 (commission)
March 18 (commission)
March 18 (commission)
March 19
March 19
March 19
March 19
March 20
April 8
April 8
April 8
April 8
April 11
April 21
June 12 (commission)
May 12
June 25 (commission)
June 25 (commission)
August 17
August 17
August 17
August 17
August 20
August 20
August 20
