List of canon Ninjago installments

Canonical order of the series' events[]

• Shatterspin
• Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
  • Pilot episodes
  • Mini-movies (flashbacks in mini-movies 6 and 4 are set before Ninjago)
  • Season 1: Rise of the Snakes
  • Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja
  • Season 3: Rebooted
  • Season 4: Tournament of Elements
  • Season 5: Possession
  • The Realm of Shadows^[1][2]
  • Season 6: Skybound
  • Dark Island Trilogy
    • Dark Island Trilogy - Part 1
    • Dark Island Trilogy - Part 2
    • Dark Island Trilogy - Part 3
  • Day of the Departed
  • Pythor's Revenge^[3]
  • Season 7: The Hands of Time
    • Operation Heavy Metal (between episodes 4 to 5)^[4]
    • Samurai X Rising (between episodes 8 to 9)
  • Ninjago: Reimagined
    • Golden Hour^[5]
  • Season 8: Sons of Garmadon
  • Season 9: Hunted
  • Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu (flashbacks to older seasons. "Green and Gold"'s flashback set between seasons 2 and 3)
  • Season 10: March of the Oni
  • Garmadon^[6] (takes place sometime between seasons 10 and 11)
  • Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu
  • Spinjitzu Brothers (flashbacks set before Strike of the Serpentine)
    • The Curse of the Cat-Eye Jewel
    • The Lair of Tanabrax
    • The Maze of the Sphinx
    • The Chroma's Clutches
  • Prime Empire Original Shorts
    • Let's Dance
    • Upgrade
  • Season 12: Prime Empire
    • Prime Empire Original Shorts
      • The Meaning of Victory (between episodes 2 and 3)
      • The Stowaway (between episodes 2 and 3)
      • Manhunt (between episodes 2 and 3)
      • Gayle Gossip: A Closer Look (between episodes 2 and 3)
  • Season 13: Master of the Mountain
    • "Mother Earth"^[7] (flashback set before Ninjago)
  • The Island
    • The Uncharted Island^[8]
  • Season 14: Seabound
  • Amber Spiral^[9] (takes place a couple of days before Season 15)^[10]
  • Season 15: Crystalized
  • Quest for the Lost Powers^[11]
• Strike of the Serpentine (flashbacks to before, concurrently, and after Shatterspin)
• Ninjago: Legends
  • Monstrosity (takes place before Dragons Rising Season 1 and is set immediately after the Merge)
• Ninjago: Dragons Rising
  • Tales from the Merged Realms^[8]
  • The New Heroes
  • Season 1
  • The Elemental Mechs^[12]
  • Season 2
    • Wyldfyre (takes place between Part 1 and Part 2)
  • Season 3
    • Kai's Monstrous Journey (takes place between Part 1 and Part 2; flashback to between Monstrosity and Dragons Rising, Season 1)
    • Peak of 1000 Suns (takes place between Part 1 and Part 2)
  • Crossroads' Crosstalk^[13]
  • Season 4

Canonical, but without a specific timeline location[]

• Legends of Chima^[14]
  • Season 1: The Power of the Chi
  • Season 2: Quest for the Legend Beasts
  • Season 3: Legend of the Fire Chi
  • Webisodes

Canonical in-universe books written over the course of the series[]

• The Book of Spinjitzu^[3] (written by Wu from his early childhood to The Hands of Time; see The Book of Spinjitzu#Timeline for more detail)
• Garmadon Rulez!^[3] (written by Harumi from her adoption during the end of the first season to shortly before Garmadon's resurrection in Season 8)
• Destiny's Bounty's logbook (written by Soto and later the ninja, updated until Seabound)
• The Book of Elemental Powers (written by Jake and his knowledge on the Elemental Powers;^[15] finished after Seabound)^[16]
• Mysteries of the Merged World^[17] (written by Lloyd after the Merge to "Rising Ninja")

Canonical status unknown[]

• Tall Tales
  • "The Tall Tale of Flintlocke"^[18] (set more than 200 years before Ninjago)^[19]
• LEGO Ninjago: Wu-Cru (takes place between the Dark Island Trilogy and "Day of the Departed")
• Ninjago: Reimagined (up for interpretation)^[20]
  • "Gold Rush"
  • "Sweatin' to the Goldies"^[21]
• The Virtues of Spinjitzu (set between The Island and Season 14; up for interpretation)^[22]

Media whose events can be seen as canonical[]

Some Ninjago installments were written in a way that they could be considered canon by fans, while not being explicitely confirmed.

• Decoded^[23] (set between "Golden Hour" and Way of the Departed)
• Way of the Departed (takes place between Decoded and Episode 75)
• The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye (takes place between Season 10 and Season 11)

Books whose events can be seen as canonical[]

Tommy Andreasen has stated that stories that do not contradict the show can be considered canonical.^[24] Below is a list of installments that do not contradict the main narrative and thus can be seen as canonical. Doc Wyatt has also stated that any Ninjago material that doesn't contradict the show are meant to be canon.^[25]

• Pilot episode character books
  • Kai: Ninja of Fire (Intro while training, Episode 1. Main story on the way to the Ice Temple, between Episodes 2 and 3.)^[26]
  • Zane: Ninja of Ice (Intro on the way to the Caves of Despair, Episode 2. Main story on the way to the Floating Ruins, Episode 3.)^[27]
  • Cole: Ninja of Earth (Intro in the Floating Ruins, Episode 3. Main story on the way to the Ice Temple, between Episodes 2 and 3.)^[28]
  • Jay: Ninja of Lightning (Intro after making plan to ride dragons, Episode 4. Main story on the way to the Ice Temple, between Episodes 2 and 3.)^[29]
• Mask of the Sensei (takes place between Pilot episodes and Mini-movies)
• The Bravest Ninja of All (#1 takes place between "Rise of the Snakes" and "Home", #2 takes place between "Home" and "Snakebit")
• Snakes in the Grass (both stories take place between "Snakebit" and "Never Trust a Snake")
• Farm of Fear (#1 takes place after "The Snake King", #2 takes place between "The Snake King" and "Tick Tock")
• Nothing in the Dark (#1 takes place between "Can of Worms" and "The Snake King", #2 takes place during "The Snake King")
• "It's Hard to be a Snake" ( takes place after the opening scene of "The Snake King," as all the Snake Clans have already been liberated)
• "Snake's Honour" (takes place sometime between "The Snake King" and "All of Nothing")
• "Danger in the Dark" (take place between "Blackout" and "The Curse of the Golden Master"
• Who is the Phantom Ninja?^[30] (takes place between "Enter the Digiverse" and "Codename: Arcturus")
• A Team Divided (takes place between Season 3 and Season 4)
• The Search for Zane (takes place within the time span of "Only One Can Remain")
• "A Cup of Victory" (one of the fake stories published by a charlatan called Lar)
• "Forgive Me" (takes place between "The Corridor of Elders" and "Winds of Change")
• The New Ninja (takes place between "Curseworld, Part II" and The Realm of Shadows)
• "The Clean Bucket" (takes place between episodes 48 and 49)
• "Be Careful What You Wish For" (takes place between Episodes 55 and 56)
• Sky Pirates (#1 takes place 200 years before Ninjago, #2 takes place between final scenes of "Enkrypted," #3 takes place between Episodes 55 and 56)
• The Last Wish (#1 takes place between "The Last Resort" and "The Way Back", #2 takes place during "The Way Back")
• Legend of the Brown Ninja (takes place between Season 6 and the Dark Island Trilogy)
• Brother/Sister Squad (#1 takes place during Episode 67 and #2 during Episode 68. #3 takes place right after Episode 74.)
• School for Crooks (#1 and #2 take place between Way of the Departed and Episode 75. #3 takes place within the time span of episode 76)
• The Return of Garmadon (#2 take place during "The Oni and the Dragon")
• Fired Up! (takes place between Season 9 and Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu)
• The Legend of Jay (takes place during and after "The Meaning of Victory", "The Stowaway", "Manhunt")
• Sneak Attack! (takes place between "Unsinkable" and "The Storm Amulet")
• Tests and Trials (#1 takes place between "The Battle of the Second Monastery" and "The Temple of the Dragon Cores", #2 takes place before Season 1, #3 takes place during "The Blood Moon")
• Skills and Powers (#1 takes place before "The Administration," #2 takes place between "Shattered Dreams" and "Beyond the Phantasm Cave," #3 takes place between "Rising Ninja" and "The Shape of Motion")
• In the Land of Monsters (#2 takes place years before Shatterspin, #1 and #3 are not canon)
• The Land of Monsters (takes place between "To Become a Monster" and "Fallen Master")

Magazines comics whose events can be seen as canonical[]

Some Ninjago Magazine comics are also intended to be canon, although they could also contain errors or diverge from the TV series.^[31][32] Doc Wyatt claimed that any Ninjago material that doesn't contradict the show are meant to be canon,^[33] which should also expand to magazines.

Pilot Episodes magazine comics:[]

• "The School of Skulkin" (takes place before Pilot episodes) - Legacy comic
• "Scaredy Kai" (takes place sometime after "Secrets of the Blacksmith") - Legacy comic

Season 1 magazine comics:[]

• "The Book of Lessons" (takes place between "The Snake King" and "Tick Tock") - Legacy comic

Season 3 magazine comics:[]

• "The Dark Mechs" (takes place between "Blackout" and "The Curse of the Golden Master") - Legacy comic

Season 5 magazine comics:[]

• "Screaming Fun at the Amusement Park" (takes place during "Curseworld, Part I")

Season 6 magazine comics:[]

• "Back in Shape!" (takes place before "Infamous")
• "Stuck in Prison" (takes place during "Enkrypted")
• "The Echo!" (takes place during "The Last Resort")
• "B-Team" (takes place during "Operation Land Ho!")
• "Special Delivery From Stiix!" (takes place between the Dark Island Trilogy and "Day of the Departed")

Season 7 magazine comics:[]

• "The Clean-up!" (takes place right before "The Hands of Time")
• "Powered Up!" (takes place between "The Hatching" and "A Time of Traitors")
• "Slow Motion!" (takes place between "A Line in the Sand" and "The Attack")
• "Raiders of the lost trophy!" (takes place between "Pause and Effect" and "Out of the Fire and Into the Boiling Sea")

Season 8 magazine comics:[]

• "Construction Fight!", "Night Patrol!" (both take place during "The Mask of Deception")
• "Brawl of the Jungle!" (takes place between "Game of Masks" and "Dread on Arrival")
• "Rock Bottom!" (takes place after "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago")

Season 9 magazine comics:[]

• "Out ‘N’ In" (takes place during "Radio Free Ninjago")

Season 10 magazine comics:[]

• "Short Circuit" (takes place during "Into the Breach")
• "Save a Saviour" (takes place during "Endings")

Season 11 magazine comics:[]

• "Who's Hiding in the Dark?" (takes place after "The Belly of the Beast")
• "Monster Mountain" (takes place during "Awakenings") - Legacy comic
• "The Wish Warriors" (takes place between Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu and Prime Empire) - Legacy comic

Season 12 magazine comics:[]

• "Get that Truck!" (takes place between "Upgrade" and "Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire?")
• "A Question of Technique" (takes place during "Game Over")

Season 13 magazine comics:[]

• "Fightseeing Tour" (takes place during "Into the Dark")
• "Hail or Fail, Prince Jay!" (takes place between "Trial By Mino" and "Grief-Bringer")
• "Order Must Prevail!" (takes place "Trial By Mino" and "Grief-Bringer")
• "Fighting Techniques" (takes place after "Dungeon Party!")
• "Magma Mayhem" (takes place during "The Son of Lilly") - Legacy comic

The Island and Season 14 magazine comics:[]

• "Stranded", "City Tour", and "Sail Ahoy!" (all take place between Season 13 and The Island)
• "Shore Chaos" (takes place after "A Big Splash")
• "Tentacles Below!", "Back to Merlopia!", "Great Droids Think Alike", "Bad Water!", and "Separate Ways" (all take place between Season 14 and Season 15)

Season 15 magazine comics:[]

• "Jungle Jingle-Jangle" (takes place between "The Coming of the King" and "Return to Primeval's Eye")
• "Hot Air!" (takes place between "Return to Primeval's Eye" and "Crystastrophe")
• "Rough Repairs!" and "Learning By Teaching!" (both take place between Quest for the Lost Powers and Monstrosity)

Ninjago: Core[]

• "Snakes in the Sand" and "The Lost Tomb!" (both take place between Season 14 and Season 15) - Legacy comics
• "Desert of the Bone", "Spiders of the Sea", "Into the Forest", "Volcano Adventure", "Rise of the Bone King", "The Bone Tournament" and "Portal Panic" (all take place between Quest for the Lost Powers and Monstrosity) - Legacy comics

Dragons Rising, Season 1 magazine comics:[]

• "First Try!" (takes place before "The Merge: Part 1")
• "Probationary Potential!" (takes place between "The Merge: Part 2" and "Crossroads Carnival")
• "Flying Lessons" (takes place between "Gangs of the Sea" and "They Call It Doom")

Dragons Rising, Season 2 magazine comics:[]

• "Hurry, Call a Doctor!" (takes place between "Shattered Dreams" and "Beyond the Phantasm Cave")
• "Go with the Flow!" (takes place between "The Spell at the Waterfall" and "To Mysterium")
• "Sand and Bones!" (takes place during "To Mysterium")
• "Magic Mayhem!", "Agents All Around!, No Way Out?, and Zane's PIXAL Project" (all take place between "Rising Ninja" and "The Shape of Motion")
• "New Blood Ninja" (takes place during "They Gather for the Feast")
• "Tech Titans Clash!" (takes place during "United We Fall")
• "Dragon Rescue!" and "Temple Thieves!" (both take place between "Elements of Betrayal" and "The Missing")

Dragons Rising, Season 3 magazine comics:[]

• "Face the Music!", "The Search Goes On", and "Rescue Mission" (all take place between "Elements of Betrayal" and "The Missing")
• "The Great Mudslinging!" (takes place between "The Shatter Dragon" and "The Hollow Ones")
• "Stowaway Melee" (takes place during "The Hollow Ones")
• "Ultimate Bot Brawl!" (takes place during and after "The Hollow Ones")

Minor comics whose events can be seen as canonical[]

Besides Ninjago Magazine comics, there are also some minor comics with a length around one to three pages that come from LEGO Magazine and some activity books.

• "Once upon a bite" (takes place at an unknown point in time before Season 1)
• "How to Tame a Dragon" (comic version of the story The Dragon's Roar)
• "Ice Dragon Rescue!" (takes place sometime between Pilot episodes and Season 1)
• "Frog Hunting" (takes place sometime after "Can of Worms")
• "The Invisible", "Four Questions" (takes place between "Enter the Digiverse" and "Who is the Phantom Ninja?"
• "The Invisible Master" (takes place during "The Invitation")
• "The Record" (takes place between "Only One Can Remain" and "Versus")
• "Lights... Camera... Action!" (takes place between The Realm of Shadows and "Infamous")
• "The Third Wish" (takes place sometime between "Enkrypted" and "The Last Resort")
• "The Ultimate Team!" (takes place sometime before "Secrets Discovered")
• "Rock-Hard" and "Tough Opponent" (both take place between "Separate Ways" and Season 15)
• Ninjago NXT (except "Oldies")
• "Finding Home" and "Hide and sleep" (both take place between Return to the Wyldness and "The Shape of Motion")
• "Kai's Monstrous Journey" and "Lessons from Kai's journey" (both take place between "The Shatter Dragon" and "The Hollow Ones")
• "Meanwhile in the Crossroads" (takes place before Crossroads' Crosstalk)

Website[]

• Tommy Andreasen has said that, while he may not personally like some of the website's additions to the lore of the show, the information on LEGO.com is most likely canonical,^[34] though it "Depends on how false the info on the website is."^[35] However, he has indicated that some facts originating from the Rebooted character descriptions are not true.^[36]
  • However, he previously stated he was the one to have written Kai's Rebooted description in 2012^[37][38] (and presumably the others' as well) and that Kai's being called "Ash" for the first two months of his life can be considered canonical.^[39]
  • According to Tommy Kalmar, all information from the Museum is canonical.^[40]

Encyclopedias and guidebooks[]

• Tommy Andreasen has stated that every guidebook and encyclopedia made back when he was working on Ninjago is intended to be canon.^[41]
• Chris "Doc" Wyatt has claimed that any Ninjago media that works with the show's canon can be considered canonical. This should expand to guidebooks and encyclopedias as well.^[42]

References[]