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On the Day of the Departed, the ninja hurriedly travel across the Sea of Sand, en-route to the Ninjago Museum of History. Upon their arrival, Wu reminds them of the holiday's significance: for remembering fallen ancestors and cherishing family. Dr. Saunders arrives, greeting Wu and the ninja before presenting the museum's new exhibit, the Hall of Villainy, which houses life-sized mannequins of the major villains fought by the ninja over the years, as well as a plaque describing the rare Yin-Yang lunar eclipse. Cole finds a painting of Master Yang, as well as the Yin Blade, which is on display. Cole calls out to Saunders and asks what the weapon is, but realizes nobody is paying attention to him. Cole hears Yang's voice imploring him to "close the circle." Realizing he's fading away as one of the departed, Cole takes the Yin Blade and sets off to face Yang. When asked what "Close the circle" meant, Tommy Andreasen stated, "Finish the job. Get even. Settle the score. It is basically a trap to make Cole go to Yang." [25]

The new designs were a product design choice to make the villains unique to the sets of this wave. [12] This explains why Morro and Samukai did not change in appearance, as they had no minifigure counterparts in this set wave. This is the first episode to feature several villains at once, including Samukai (last seen in " Wrong Place, Wrong Time"), Kozu (last seen in " Rise of the Spinjitzu Master"), Cryptor (last seen in " The Titanium Ninja"), Pythor, Zugu and Eyezor (last seen in " The Corridor of Elders"), and Chen and Morro (last seen in " Curseworld, Part II"). Some of these villains have appeared within the last ten episodes of the previous season, while others, such as Samukai and Kozu, had not appeared in over forty episodes, which aired four years prior. Cole's Spinjitzu appears normal when the ninja arrived at the museum, yet later, when he fights Yang's students in the temple, his Spinjitzu has a ghostly appearance. Cryptor presumably challenged Zane because he inadvertently destroyed him by slaying the Golden Master.

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In addition, Garmadon's next appearance to affect the future of the timeline would be as a villain. Before the special was released, Tommy Andreasen responded that "Yang only invites bad guys to the party" when asked if Garmadon could return on the Day of the Departed. [27] However, this statement proved to be false when Morro revealed himself as an ally to Wu and the ninja. When Cole starts to fight Yang again after the other ninja arrive, watching closely shows a part of his suit clipping through the Earth symbol. Master Class · 2. Green and Gold · 3. The Weekend Drill · 4. Elemental Rider · 5. Blue Lightning · 6. Samurai X-Treme

Similarly one could argue that Day of The Departed seems to borrow most of the idea as part of their premise by the looks of it. That being The statues of the villains coming to life during nightfall, and Yang possibly serving as the equivalent of The Tablet Of Ahkmenrah since he is responsible for setting off the events in some way. While Dareth is examining the costumes, a couple of human Anacondrai Cultists can be seen in the crowd. The Helmet of Shadows makes its return in this episode, having last appeared in " Rise of the Spinjitzu Master." In its last appearance, it served the same purpose—for Dareth to control the Stone Army. While holding up the head of the statue, Lloyd says, "You are still with me, dad!" This echoes part of Garmadon's last words to Lloyd in " Curseworld, Part II:" "Whatever happens to me, wherever I am—I will always be with you."However, both Chen and Cryptor's original deaths were indirectly caused by their targets destroying a more powerful villain; Nya drowned the Preeminent, and Zane froze the Golden Master. In actuality, Yang doesn't ally with the revived villains. He uses them to distract the ninja so they won't interfere with him opening the Rift of Return. This special focuses on Yang's conflict with Cole, while the return of the villains acts as a subplot. When the ninja arrive on the Bounty and Kai says, "We have to help him," he and Lloyd are wearing their Jungle robes. The revived Nindroid Warriors, Stone Swordsmen, and Anacondrai Cultists were meant to have a green/ ghostly appearance to them, but due to an animation mishap, they do not. [28]

Chen targeted Nya for stealing his Spell of Transformation, [13] and he presumably targeted Kai for turning Skylor against him and destroying the Staff of Elements. Legacy · 2. Vehicles and Mechs · 3. Legendary Places · 4. Ninjago's Most Wanted · 5. The Digiverse and Beyond · 6. The Elemental Masters · 7. Beasts and Dragons · 8. Rise of Garmadon · 9. Prophecy of the Green Ninja · 10. Greatest Battles During the credits, Paul Dobson is listed as having voiced Kozu and Pythor, but he only voiced Kozu. His brother, Michael Dobson, voices Pythor. In fact, both Michael and Paul were credited for voicing Pythor with their names sitting next to each other. The ending can be interpreted two ways, as happening later in the same night or years in the future. [18] [19]When battling Yang's students, Cole says, "This isn't a fair fight. I'm handcuffed. [...] So you might want a few more guys." This is nearly identical to his quip in " Enkrypted": when Soto pointed out that the other Kryptarium inmates had weapons while the ninja were handcuffed, Cole said, "Yeah. Sounds like it's almost a fair fight." In-universe, it makes sense that Cole would reuse this line, considering the events of "Enkrypted" took place in an alternate timeline that Cole does not remember.