Far from the laughter and chatter echoing below deck, Master Wu stood alone on the top deck of the Destiny's Bounty. His posture was calm, but his grip on the staff tightened. His eyes, shaded by his hat, stared skyward.
Above, the night sky was clear—except for one peculiar star.
A lone, radiant point of light shimmered more brightly than it should, pulsing with soft gold and deeper shadow. Wu narrowed his gaze. It wasn't a star. It was a remnant… of the Golden Weapons' final release.
The wind stirred.
Then, without warning, the sky ripped open.
A golden vortex cracked into existence over the Bounty, swirling with shadow and divine light. Wu's robes billowed in the sudden gust, and he stepped back, staff raised in alarm. His eyes went wide with recognition.
A shape fell from the rift.
WHUMP!
The impact was brutal—a body slammed into the deck, splintering the planks beneath it. The resulting crater sent a tremor through the ship.
Wu sprinted forward, his voice thick with dread."Jinx!"
The camera panned slowly toward the figure lying twisted in the center of the crater. Jinx's body was battered, lines of glowing black veining up his arms from where the Mega Weapon's curse had torn through him. Faint golden particles still clung to his skin like dust from the divine. His chest rose and fell—barely.
The camera zoomed in for the dramatic close-up.
"Aaaand…"
A pause.
"CUT!" a voice boomed through the studio.
Instantly, the tension shattered.
The vortex disappeared with a flicker of stage lights and a mechanical whir. The swirling stars above flicked off. A few crewmembers emerged from behind the painted backdrop, one holding a wind machine remote, another carrying a mop for the fog machine leak.
"Ken," called the director, stepping onto the deck with a tablet in one hand. "That was great! But you hit 'Jinx' a little too early—can we hold the pause next time before you yell? Give us a beat to feel the suspense."
Master Wu—real name Ken—straightened, pulling off his hat with a sheepish grin. "Right. My bad. Got swept up in the moment."
Jinx, still lying in the crater prop, groaned.
"Can someone please get me out of this fake deck?" he mumbled, raising one hand lazily. "I think there's a splinter in my back and I've inhaled like… thirty percent sawdust."
Jay popped his head in from the edge of the set, still wearing half his costume. "Hey! Is it safe to come up now or is the sky still exploding?"
"Relax," called Kai from the snack table. "It's just Jinx crashing through reality again. Happens every Tuesday."
Cole sat nearby with a bag of chips, casually flipping through his script. "That was your best fall yet, man," he said to Jinx. "You got a real bounce off that impact foam."
Zane blinked, stoically sipping a protein smoothie. "I have calculated the trajectory. You rebounded approximately six inches off the mat. Impressive."
"Thanks," Jinx said flatly, still unmoving. "Glad we're measuring my pain."
Ken walked over to help him up, and the director shouted, "Reset the deck! We're going for another take in five! And can someone make sure the golden dust doesn't get in Jinx's mouth this time?"
"It tasted like chalk!" Jinx barked, sitting up with the grace of a man twenty percent bruised and eighty percent done with the day.
As crew members rushed around him to re-paint the cracked "planks" of the Bounty and vacuum up glittering residue, Lloyd wandered on set eating a granola bar.
"Wait… are we still in the timeline where we're evil? Or was that last week's scene?"
Everyone collectively groaned.
"Props to the writers," Jay said, raising a cup of coffee. "Time travel's a great plot device until you try to film it in sequence."
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BLOOPER REEL: "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" — Scene 23B, Take 7
The sky-rip scene was set again. Fog machines puffed ominously. The swirling vortex prop above the Destiny's Bounty hummed with light and sound. Everyone was in position.
Master Wu, played by Ken, stood solemnly, gaze fixed upward.
Whirrrrrr went the wind machine.
Crack! A vortex opened.
THUD-CRUNCH!
"Jinx!" Ken cried out, perfectly on cue.
But instead of groaning in agony, Jinx—face down in the crater—pushed up on his elbows and spat something out.
"Bleh. Is that… is that glitter? I just ate glitter."
"CUT!" the director barked, sighing. "Can we please stop powdering his body with craft store fallout?!"
Crew laughter erupted off-camera. Jay could be heard muttering, "He's gonna poop sparkles for a week."
Take 8
Ken nailed the solemn expression again. The vortex opened. Wind machines blew.
The harness crew dropped Jinx through the rift.
SLAM!
"OOF—ow, ow, okay, missed the mat," Jinx groaned.
"CUT! Reset the rig! And check the foam!"
From the background, Cole deadpanned, "It's okay, he broke his fall with his spine."
Take 9
Everything went smoothly… until Ken dashed forward and shouted:
"JINKS!"
A pause.
Lloyd, off-camera: "…Did he just call him a plural slur of his own name?"
Jinx, still in the crater, raised a shaky hand. "Jinxes is our evil clone band name."
Jay snorted behind the prop mast. "Coming soon: 'Jinxes and the Multiverse Mayhem'—available on vinyl."
Take 10
This time, Zane tried to add drama by stepping into the scene late with an improvised line:
"I calculate a 72.6% chance that man is no longer alive."
He promptly tripped over a fog hose and crashed off-camera.
Cole's laughter was caught on mic: "Your probability just flatlined, dude!"
Take 13
The rift opens.
Jinx falls.
WHUMP!
Ken rushes in. "Jin—oh no, is he actually unconscious?"
Director: "Is he?!"
A long pause.
Jinx raises one hand and mumbles, "I'm just… emotionally exhausted."
Nya yells from offscreen, "You diva!"
BONUS: Backstage Interview Clip
The camera cuts to behind-the-scenes interviews. Jay, arms crossed, grins at the crew.
"Filming time travel stuff is wild, man. One day we're evil, the next I'm wearing an eyepatch for three minutes of screen time and nobody even explains why. Honestly? I blame the writers."
Lloyd leans in, chewing a snack. "The writers are us."
Jay: "Exactly."
Cut to Jinx in a robe, sipping coffee, glitter still in his hair.
"Was I dropped from the sky eight times today? Yes. Do I still have fog machine smoke in my lungs? Also yes. But at least now I'm canonically important, so... worth it."
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NINJAGO FAN Q&A SPECIAL: "CARDS ON THE TABLE"
The camera flickered on in a cozy, stylishly chaotic room. A couch sat in front of a small table littered with fan-submitted cards, snacks, and spilled glitter. Behind the couch, a banner hung: "NINJAGO Q&A: YOU ASKED FOR IT."
From left to right sat Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane, Nya, Jinx, and Master Wu (off to the side with tea, looking like he'd rather be anywhere else).
Jinx was already reclined with his bare feet up, black-painted nails drumming on the armrest. Dressed in a charcoal hoodie with a skull pin and dark eyeliner smudged just right, he grinned at the camera with chaotic energy.
Jay: (Holding up the first card) "Alright, everyone ready? Time to answer the fans. Let's keep it PG, Jinx."
Jinx: (Smirking) "Define PG. Passionate Genius? Because then absolutely yes."
Nya: "This is going to be so long."
QUESTION 1: "Who's the oldest between Jay and Jinx?"
Jay: "Great. Starting off with the impossible one."
Jinx: "We're twins, people. Same day, same dramatic entrance into the world. I cried with elegance—he cried like he lost a video game."
Jay: "We literally don't know who came out first. The midwife fainted when Jinx bit her glove."
Jinx: "In my defense, I thought it was a jelly bean."
Zane: "Statistically, one of you must have been born earlier."
Kai: "Yeah, and it's definitely Jinx. Look at him—he has oldest sibling chaotic flair."
Cole: "If Jinx is the older twin, then Jay is the one who says, 'Mom said it's my turn to be the funny one.'"
Jinx: "I am the funny one. And possibly the reason for our parents' gray hair."
QUESTION 2: "If you weren't ninjas, what would your dream job be?"
Jinx: "Ooh, I'm answering this first. I'd be a celebrity chef-painter-pianist hybrid. Picture this—Gordon Ramsay yelling while I play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata with one hand and paint a melancholic swan with the other. All while flambéing something pretentious."
Jay: "I'd be an inventor! Like, build tech that helps people—or fight crime. Preferably while wearing cool goggles."
Kai: "Pro stuntman. No wires. Just vibes. I love blowing stuff up."
Nya: "Engineer. Duh. Or architect. Or both. I'd rebuild cities with style."
Zane: "I would likely teach. Possibly science. Or philosophy. Or both. Also cooking."
Cole: "Music, for sure. Maybe open a dance studio. But don't expect me to teach kids. They scare me."
Jinx: "That's 'cause you keep giving them broody batman energy."
Cole: (Blushing) "Do not."
QUESTION 3: "Who's the best cook?"
All: (Point at Jinx)
Jinx: (Winks) "Thank you. I'll accept my Michelin stars now."
Jay: "He makes these dumplings that literally made me cry once."
Cole: "And that dark chocolate soufflé—"
Jinx: "—broke your soul in the best way. I know."
Zane: "He also prepares five-course meals at 2 a.m. when inspired."
Kai: "I burned toast yesterday."
Nya: "He made a curry that made me temporarily believe in reincarnation."
Jinx: "My food has flavor and flair. Like me."
QUESTION 4: "What's the weirdest thing Jinx has ever done?"
Jay: "Define weird. He once painted his own face on a watermelon and called it his 'emotional support fruit.'"
Jinx: "Melony and I were going through it."
Kai: "He once walked into set wearing nothing but a trench coat and glitter leggings and said 'the universe told me this was the vibe.'"
Cole: "He serenaded a grilled cheese once. Piano and everything."
Jinx: "It was a very attractive sandwich."
QUESTION 5: "Does Cole have a crush on Jinx?"
(Cue record scratch. Everyone turns.)
Cole: (Chokes on water) "WHAT?! No! I—what—where'd that come from?!"
Jinx: (Leaning dramatically) "Aww, you're blushing."
Jay: "He's redder than Kai's gi."
Kai: "He literally turned into a tomato."
Zane: "There is a 98.7% match in his body language indicating strong attraction."
Cole: "I—I appreciate his art! And his food! And his…everything, I mean—NO. Next question!"
Jinx: "You forgot my eyes."
Cole: (Whispers) "...And your eyes."
Jinx: (Smirks triumphantly)
QUESTION 6: "Who's the most dramatic?"
Everyone: "Jinx."
Jinx: "Gasps HOW DARE—you're absolutely right."
Jay: "He faked fainting when we ran out of whipped cream."
Kai: "He once wore a cape to breakfast and said, 'I am the dark craving.'"
Nya: "He left a note that said 'gone to the void' when he went to the gas station."
Jinx: "In my defense, I did go at midnight. Felt poetic."
QUESTION 7: "What are your biggest fears?"
Jay: "Losing my tech. Or being useless."
Kai: "Failing to protect my sister."
Nya: "Not living up to what people expect of me."
Zane: "Becoming something that hurts people."
Cole: "Losing my team. Or dancing on a livestream."
Jinx: "Running out of Nutella. Or worse… someone critiquing my soufflé without a culinary degree."
QUESTION 8: "What's something fans don't know about you?"
Jinx: "I sleepwalk and compose piano melodies in my sleep. Also, I'm the reason we can't have scented candles on set anymore."
Jay: "I still sleep with my baby blanket. It's folded in my drawer and yes, I panic if it's not there."
Cole: "I sing in the shower. Broadway style."
Kai: "I once cried during The Notebook. Don't @ me."
Zane: "I knit. I made Wu a sweater. He wears it privately."
Nya: "I have a stuffed turtle named Jet. He comes with me on missions."
QUESTION 9: "Who's the most flirtatious?"
Everyone: "Jinx."
Jinx: "I don't flirt. I emanate affection."
Cole: (Under breath) "He flirts like breathing."
Kai: "He told a barista she had 'auras like sunlit lavender.'"
Jinx: "She deserved it."
QUESTION 10: "Who eats the most?"
Jay: "Jinx. Easily."
Jinx: "I'm a growing boy. Emotionally."
Cole: "He once ate a whole lasagna tray. By himself."
Zane: "It was impressive. And mildly terrifying."
QUESTION 11: "Do any of you prank each other?"
Jay: "Every day."
Jinx: "I replaced all of Zane's logical responses with Shakespeare quotes once."
Zane: "Alas, poor Yorick. I pranked thee not wisely, but too well."
Kai: "I rigged the training dummy to throw glitter. Jinx loved it."
Jinx: "I bathed in it."
QUESTION 12: "Who would survive a horror movie?"
Zane: "Me. Statistically optimal."
Nya: "Me. I'm not splitting up."
Kai: "I'd die first. I know my role."
Jay: "I'd survive on sheer panic."
Jinx: "I am the horror movie. Cue the organ."
Cole: "He'd flirt with the ghost."
Jinx: "Only if it's cute."
QUESTION 13: "What's your weirdest fan encounter?"
Jay: "Someone proposed to me in a Lord Garmadon costume."
Jinx: "Someone asked me to sign their cat. I did. The cat seemed honored."
Kai: "A guy tried to arm wrestle me while crying."
Cole: "Someone mailed me a potato with 'MARRY ME' carved in it."
Zane: "I was once mistaken for an air fryer."
QUESTION 14: "If you could trade powers for a day?"
Kai: "Jay's. Lightning is cool."
Jay: "Water. I wanna surf and control tsunamis."
Nya: "Earth. I could really mess with terrain."
Zane: "Darkness. Just to understand Jinx's control patterns."
Jinx: "Energy. I want to sparkle like Lloyd."
Cole: "Darkness. I mean—just...curious. Purely academic."
Jinx: (Winks) "Sure, baby."
QUESTION 15: "Do you all hang out off-set?"
Jay: "Absolutely. We're family."
Nya: "Even if some of us are annoying."
Kai: "We argue, we train, we eat—like siblings."
Cole: "We're tight. These guys are my weird, loud, messy family."
Zane: "They are statistically chaotic but deeply loyal."
Jinx: "We're stuck with each other in this mortal spiral. I love it. Group hug?"
(All groan as Jinx flings himself across the couch.)
The camera faded out as the team collapsed into laughter and squabbling, Jinx dramatically sobbing into Cole's shoulder as he fed him chips.
Fade to black.