[theme music]
♪ Go, Ninjago! ♪
[Gulch] "Trial by Mino."
[foreboding music]
[Kai groans] Are we just going in circles?
I believe my internal gyroscopic positioning
would alert me if that were the case.
Okay, good.
Unless the rock in this cave is ferrous or naturally magnetized.
Well, then what would happen?
Then we could be going in circles.
Oh, great. Now you tell me?
Wait a second. I've seen this rock before.
We passed this rock an hour ago!
[groans] I knew it, I just said--
[Geckles] ♪ All Geckles hail ♪
♪ The savior of the cave ♪
♪ She was strong, she was tough She was very, very brave ♪
♪ The great warrior Gilly ♪
♪ The savior of the cave ♪
♪ Left us the blade about which we rave ♪
♪ A great blade of ivory stolen by greed ♪
♪ So we won't give up Until our blade is freed ♪
The moss is particularly plump and juicy today.
More moss milk for everyone! Huzzah!
[sniffing]
Putrid and rotten!
-[squelches] -Delicious!
There's so much today! We should've brought more buckets.
-Whoa! -[Kai babbling]
-Huh? -[Kai spits]
It got in my mouth! It got-- [retches]
It got in my mouth! Oh! I think I'm gonna barf.
[Kai retching] I think I'm--
Who are they?
Outsiders!
They must be in league with the Skull Sorcerer!
Aren't all of the Skull Sorcerer's servants
evil skeletons?
[Kai groaning, retching]
Right. Yes. That means...
They must be skeletons!
For skeletons, they seem rather fleshy.
We are not working for the Skull Sorcerer.
In fact, we just orchestrated an escape from him
and freed several other Geckles.
Ha! A likely story, fleshy skeleton!
We aren't skeletons!
I mean, we have skeletons, of course,
but there's so much more to us!
Like veins and... and organs and stuff!
I have none of those things.
Let us destroy them
so we don't have to listen to the lies of these Flesh-Skeletons!
Wait! We should be sure!
Let's take them to Chancellor Gulch. He'll know what to do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah! Good idea!
Yeah, take us to your leader. He'll know.
[Gulch] Proposition 8.8.1-stroke-7a,
forbidding the riding of giant snails on Tuesdays,
-has passed. -[crowd muttering]
Ginkle, Garpo, Groko?
Aren't you supposed to be out milking moss?
Yes, sir, we were,
when we found these suspected skeletons in the eastern caves.
They were lurking.
Lurking? That does sound bad.
[all muttering]
What do the accused have to say?
Okay, first, we're Ninja, not skeletons.
I'm Kai and this is Zane.
[Geckles muttering]
Can you prove it?
Just look at us!
See any bones? No! Because we're not skeletons!
And those black skeletons don't talk, right?
Hear my voice, huh?
Hmm, a strong argument on both sides.
Both sides?
There's only one way to settle this.
A Trial by Mino!
[all cheer]
Who's your chancellor?
[Geckles cheer]
"Mino?"
Like those animals we saw in the--
[both scream, groan]
What's the deal? You said we were gonna get a trial!
[Gulch] Yes, a trial by Mino.
If the Mino crushes you quickly, you are guilty.
If it crushes you slowly, you're innocent.
-What? -[Gulch] Good luck!
Are those our only options?
[clanking]
[growls]
[both gasp]
-[growls] -Ah!
Any ideas?
Let's see if the Mino likes ice!
What? What happened to our powers?
[Kai] Ninja-- [groans]
[beeping]
Kai, her armor is made of Vengestone.
That is why our powers are dampened.
Oh, great. This just gets better and--
-Ah! -[thuds]
They've survived longer than most. This is wonderful news.
I hereby declare you not skeletons!
-Great! Now get us out of here! -[Mino growls]
[gasps] That's not how it works.
Do not make a mockery of Geckle civil court!
[growling]
-[beeping] -[gasps]
[growls]
-[Zane grunts] -[Kai groans]
Now, just one more moment!
-[growls] -[Zane grunts, gasps]
[snorts]
[clanking]
[all muttering]
[snorting]
[squelches]
From my analysis,
Mino's are not naturally aggressive animals.
I surmised that her armor was angering her.
-[squelches] -[coughs]
So, we're friends now.
And friends help friends.
Which also translates into
not-skeletons help not-skeletons!
[Gulch] Pleased as I am that the innocence of the accused
has been proven by our flawless judicial system.
We are left with a baffling question.
If they are not flesh-skeletons, who are they?
Uh, um, Chancellor, during the, um, trial,
they appeared to use Elemental Powers.
Yes, I observed.
Perhaps the rumors we heard about Elemental Masters visiting Shintaro
were true?
And if they are Elemental Masters, perhaps they know Gilly.
[Geckles gasp, mutter]
[Zane] Fascinating.
That Geckle appears to wear a necklace,
like the one Cole claims to have seen around the neck of the creature
who was in his chambers.
That must be the Geckle that Cole saw!
Do you know the one called "Gilly"?
No, we do not.
But we are Elemental Masters.
-[crackling] -[Geckles gasp]
Our friends also possess Elemental Powers.
We were separated and are trying to find them.
There are more of you?
Then we will try to help you
in light of the dishonor we have brought upon ourselves
with our suspicions.
I propose you,
Red-Ninja-Who-Is-Not-A-Skeleton,
be elected the new Chancellor!
What? No, I don't want to--
-I second! -All in favor?
-[thumping] -Ugh! Ah! What are they doing?
Congratulations, Chancellor Red-Ninja-Who-Is-Not-A-Skeleton.
Okay, fine!
My first motion as Chancellor
is for everyone to stop throwing stuff at me! Got it?
-[Gulch] All in favor? -[Geckles] Aye!
-[thumping] -What?
No, I just said-- No more throwing!
It would appear Geckles express their approval
by throwing objects at each other.
What is your next order of business,
Chancellor Red-Ninja-Who-Is-Not-A-Skeleton?
Perhaps the Geckles could tell us something
about the origin of the Skull Sorcerer.
Something that might help us defeat him?
Okay. Sure.
What do you guys know about the Skull Sorcerer?
[Geckles muttering]
The story cave!
Take them to the story cave!
[Gulch] Welcome to our story cave.
It is here where the history of the Geckle people is kept.
There appears to be no logical narrative here.
This is the dawn of our people,
and then our first decades are down here on this side,
then it jumps over here to our dark ages.
Then here, the arrival of the great hero Gilly.
[Gulch] Here, Gilly saves us from the terrible beast, Grief Bringer,
and gives us the Blades of Deliverance.
[both gasp]
[Gulch] And here, the treacherous Munce are stealing our blade, and--
Uh, we've heard this part.
What about the Skull Sorcerer? Where did he come from?
Ah, it began with the three explorers.
[Gulch] Three adventurers
who ventured deep into the mountain,
into the old tunnels,
where all Geckles are forbidden to go.
They awoke an ancient evil!
An evil from the old world!
[ominous music]
[Gulch] The Skull Sorcerer,
and his evil reawakened!
Many Geckles and even some filthy traitorous Munce
were captured and put to work in the mines.
Some few escaped,
but the reawakened roam the caves, hunting us now,
hoping to capture us for the Skull Sorcerer.
Where once we lived openly, now we must hide,
and pray the Skull Sorcerer does not find us.
Geckles and Munce have a common enemy.
If we could convince them to put aside their differences,
they might be able to defeat the Skull Sorcerer together.
I don't have to convince them, Zane.
I'm the Chancellor now, remember?
-[Geckles muttering] -Okay, listen up, Geckles!
Get ready for the pebbles. [clears throat]
The Skull Sorcerer is the problem here.
And we're not going to beat him unless we all team up.
So my second act as Chancellor
will be to unite the tribe with the Munce and forge one great army,
to liberate these caves from the Skull Sorcerer
once and for all! [groans]
[laughing] Our new Chancellor jokes!
Ah, such a sense of humor!
[laughing] Is he not amusing?
[all laughing]
I am beginning to think this will not be so simple.
Yeah, we'll need a different approach.
[closing theme music]