Airdate: May 20, 2022
In the year since Nya's sacrifice, the Ninja have gone their separate ways, but start to reform when it becomes clear a new threat is on the rise.
- Action Prologue: The New Ninja busting up another vengestone smuggling operation.
- Beard of Sorrow: Jay seems to have grown one after the year-long time skip. Or it's a fake, judging by how easily he rips it off.
- Berserk Button: Lloyd is so dispirited, he flips out at Cole trying to say "ninja never quit".
- Call-Back: Jay has taken up residence in Dr. Julien's tower.
- Due to the Dead: Everyone in Ninjago City lights paper candles for Nya's memory.
- Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: Lloyd has become a window washer, so dispirited is he by Nya's sacrifice.
- Gosh Darn It to Heck!: Miss Demeanor lets out a hearty "Are you flipping kidding me?" on seeing the New Ninja.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Whoever hired Miss Demeanor for her vengestone smuggling operation.
- He's Back!: Lloyd has his own moment off-screen, and seeing the candles lit for Nya reignites Jay's fire.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Zane admits the mayor's complaint about the ninja's Destructive Saviour tendencies is right.
- Mayor Pain: We're introduced to the new mayor of Ninjago City, Ulysseys Norville Trustable, who is not a fan of the ninja.
- Mook Horror Show: Miss Demeanor's goons versus the New Ninja.
- Pretender Diss: Miss Demeanor spends much of her fight with the New Ninja ranting about how they're not the true ninja.Demeanor: This is the respect I get?
- Put on a Bus: Benthomar and Misako have both tried finding a way to restore Nya and failed. As a result, Benthomar has gone back to Merlopia.
- Room Full of Crazy: Living on his own in Dr. Julien's tower, Jay's room is filled with paintings of Nya, and glasses of water which he thinks contain Nya.
- Smoke Out: The New Ninja try doing so. It takes a moment to rework it.
- Technicolor Ninjas: As Miss Demeanor angrily notes, the colors of the New Ninja aren't even primary colors, and it's another thing that annoys her.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Rather than bother fighting the New Ninja, which she feels is beneath her, Miss Demeanor has her truck driver drive off.
