History WesternAnimation / TheLegoNinjagoMovie

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Lord Garmadon pronounces Lloyd's name as "L-loyd".
-->'''Lord Garmadon:''' L-loyd?\\
'''Lloyd:''' That's right! And it's ''LLOYD''!\\
'''Lord Garmadon:''' No. L-L-O-Y-D. ''I'' named you.

* PronouncingMyNameForYou: A RunningGag is that Lord Garmadon insists that the proper pronunciation for Lloyd is "La-loyd" and gets annoyed when anyone tries to correct him.

* PronouncingMyNameForYou: A RunningGag is that Lord Gamaron insists that the proper pronunciation for Lloyd is "Luh-Loyd" and gets annoyed when anyone tries to correct him.

* RealityEnsues:
** Lloyd tries to use the Ultimate Weapon on Garmadon, but doesn't really know ''how'' it works. [[spoiler: He ends up summoning Meowthra into the city due to it, which causes the ninjas to lose and helps Garmadon take over the city.]]
** Our heroes are chased by a rock sliding down a hill. Kai blasts it with fire...and our heroes end up chased by a now-''[[FromBadToWorse burning rock]]'' sliding down a hill.
** Turns out firing your subordinates out of a volcano will not be taken kindly by them. [[spoiler: As Garmadon finds out the hard way when the ninjas and he end up coming across them in the forest.]]
** [[spoiler: In the climax, Garmadon takes the elemental pieces for himself so he can chase off Meowthra and reclaim Ninjago city. However, like Lloyd before, he doesn't really know how to ''use'' them when the time comes to do so. Nor could he really, as they were symbols rather than weapons.]]

** Lloyd tries to use the Ultimate Weapon on Garmadon, but doesn't really know ''how'' it works. [[spoiler: He ends up summoning Meowthra into the city due to it, which causes the ninjas to lose and helps Garamdon take over the city.]]

''The LEGO Ninjago Movie'' is a 2017 spin-off of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

The film was released on September 22, 2017. Prior to the premiere, Master Wu starred in the short ''The Master'', which preceded ''WesternAnimation/{{Storks}}'' (and re-appeared on home video releases of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'').

!!Tropes for this movie include:

* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Garmadon calls Lloyd L-loyd at times.

* ArtEvolution: In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', everything was LEGO. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', things such as bodies of water and smoke began to be more natural. Here, there's real fire, real sand, and even real bamboo. ''And it is gorgeous.''

* AscendedExtra: Lloyd is the main hero of this movie, having been an on/off cameo in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' who didn't really even speak.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Over the years, the backbone of the Lego Ninjago line slowly became the increasingly HumongousMecha driven by the ninjas rather than the Spinjitzu (and later Airjitzu) gimmick representing their martial arts. The problems in the movie come from these machines not being enough, and the solution is ''ditching the mecha altogether in favor of the martial arts.''

* BuiltWithLego: Like [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie the movie before it]], water and smoke are no longer made of [=LEGO=] pieces.

** The N-Pop Girl wears a [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie Unikitty]] shirt in her costume.
** One of the characters in the minifigure series wears a Batman T-shirt, likely referencing the [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie preceding movie]].

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie Emmet]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie Batman]], who are both adults with jobs with varying degrees of respect, Lloyd is a high school teenager ostracized by his peers due to his father being a supervillain (who he doesn't have a good relationship with either), and seems [[JumpedAtTheCall pretty eager]] to start his career as a superhero. Also unlike Emmet, who struggled with being noticed due to how unremarkable he was, Lloyd is well-known, but only in the capacity of being the son of a supervillain.

* EasterEgg: The Ninjago language of characters corresponds to English letters, revealing certain tidbits in the signs- one in the Ninjago City set, for example, says "Visit Bricksburg", the setting of the first LEGO Movie.

* MegaTwintails: The N-Pop Girl has them, in fitting with her sweet-lolita theming, reusing the LEGO Batman Movie Harley Quinn's hair mold.

** Zane's sweater features the Alien Clingers/Pluuvian Brain Beasts from the [[Toys/LEGOAlienConquest Alien Conquest]] theme.

** Two of Lloyd's classmates have shirts referencing popular LEGO Space themes - one wears a series 2 Blacktron logo shirt (previously seen in ''The LEGO Movie''), and another wears an M-Tron logo shirt.

* UniquenessValue: The Shark Army General #1 with the longest tenure has a unique design separating her from the standard soldiers, and she receives the most characterization.

** Nya demonstrates her BikerBabe credentials by pulling off [[StockShoutOut THE]] [[{{Anime/Akira}} Kaneda bike slide.]]

* NewscasterCameo: Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts of ''Good Morning America'' play LEGO versions of themselves as hosts of ''Good Morning Ninjago'' in the American release of the film, and provide exposition about their world and the fight between Garmadon and the ninjas.

* {{Retcanon}}: The new mask molds, hairstyles,[[DivergentCharacterEvolution unique design elements]] (such as Lloyd and Zane's distinctive eyes) of the core five ninja, as well as Garmadon's armor and helmet, are all carried over into Season 8 of the series and toyline.

* SecretIdentity: Unlike the TV show, no one in Ninjago City knows the ninjas' real names. [[spoiler: Until the end.]]
* SchmuckBait: The path to the Ultimate, Ultimate Weapon splits into a fork; one road is "The Right Path", which is "long, arduous, and enlightening", and the other is a "Short Cut", which leads through a "possible evil skeleton graveyard". Guess which one the ninjas take. Go on. Guess.

* AsHimself: Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts.

* RogerRabbitEffect: [[InvertedTrope inverted]] by Meowthra, a real-life cat superimposed into a world populated by LEGO toys.

* CharacterExaggeration: It's one of the LEGO Movies- what did you expect? For example, Jay's underlying insecurity from the television show is played up here to make him completely {{Adorkable}}. Zane's [[NoSocialSkills inability to behave naturally]] is also exaggerated to {{Cloudcuckoolander}} levels.

** [[spoiler: In the climax, Garmadon takes the elemental pieces for himself so he can chase off Mewothra and reclaim Ninjago city. However, like Lloyd before, he doesn't really know how to ''use'' them when the time comes to do so. Nor could he really, as they were symbols rather than weapons.]]

* BrickJoke: At the start of the movie, during the live action bits, the shopkeeper points out his cat whom he cites as "A real monster". [[spoiler: In the movie proper, said cat, called "Meowthra, is accidentally summoned by Lloyd in trying stop Garmadon.]]

* NewscasterCameo: Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts of ''Series/GoodMorningAmerica'' play LEGO versions of themselves as hosts of ''Good Morning Ninjago''in the American release of the film, and provide exposition about their world and the fight between Garmadon and the ninjas.

** The theme song to the TV show (namely the first season) is heard as Lloyd's ringtone.

* RoleReprisal:
** In the Latin American dub, Humberto Solórzano (Lord Garmadon), Carlos Hernández (Kai), Jaime Alberto Carrillo (Jay), Creator/EnzoFortuny (Cole) and Roberto Mendiola (Zane) reprised their roles from the TV series.
** In the Italian dub, everyone but Lloyd haves the same voice actor as in the TV series.

Should be noted that while it shares the title with the TV series. The movie follows it's [[AlternateContinuity own continuity]]. Likely so both newcomers and those unfamiliar with the series won't have to worry about continuity.