Ninjago: Dragons Rising (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Crossroads Carnival - full transcript

[calm music]

[snoring]

Rise and shine! Time to train!

Wha...

Not just a dream.

It really is my first day
of Ninja training!

Yes! Awesome! Maximum awesome!

[groans] It's the crack of dawn.

I know. I thought I'd let you sleep in
for your first week.

Meet me in the courtyard in ten minutes.

"Sleep in"?



-[grunting]
-[Riyu screeching]

[yawning]

[yawning continues]
Why are we training way up here?

We're becoming Ninja to help people.

Shouldn't we be around people?

You know, like, in the Crossroads?

You just wanna go
to the Crossroads Carnival, don't you?

Well, duh! Don't you?
We've never, ever missed one.

True.

And I was determined to win

the Pie Baking Contest this year.

Grab-Barg wins every time.

I've been perfecting my recipe all year.

[sighs]



Let's ask Lloyd if we can go.

[squeaks]

[Lloyd] Go where?

The Crossroads Carnival,

where everyone from the combined lands
celebrates their traditions.

There's a ton of food and games

and a huge fireworks show

by this fireworks genius named Dorama.

Plus, a pie-baking competition.

It's super fun!

It does sound fun.

But it also sounds like a distraction

from something even more fun, training!

What are we supposed to train on?

There's nothing here.

Ah, to become a Ninja,

you must see potential
where others do not.

What?

This always worked when Master Wu did it!

Oh, it's a whole big, impressive reveal!

Sounds like your mechanisms
haven't been maintained.

When junk gets into gears,
it can ruin everything.

When did you last clean 'em?

[grunts]

I was supposed to be doing that?

Uh, maybe if I... [grunts]

[both gasp]

The training course!

So cool.

One more thing.

You must complete the course
before I finish my tea.

[sips, spits]

[groans]
I burnt the tea.

Oh, I didn't even know
that was possible.

I can't drink this.

How do I time
your performance now?

Why were you going to time us
with a hot beverage anyway?

I had the best teacher.

My uncle, Master Wu.

That's how he did it.

As your teacher,

I want to do everything
like he did.

That's why I come here

and kneel on his favorite
old meditation carpet

and ponder
how to be just like him.

It's also why I grew this beard.

-Beard?
-You're too far away to see it.

Still not seeing...

[Lloyd] Even closer.

Closer...

I guess I see something.
Kind of.

Trust me, it's there. Now train!

How is this training
to be a Ninja?

I mean, when are we gonna
have to run over

some weird obstacle course
in real life?

Oh, it happens
way more than you'd think.

Get started.

We should get in a hundred
or so laps today.

-[groans]
-All right!

♪ Lost in the unknown
So much to see ♪

♪ Together we will rise! ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

[grunting]

[panting]

[Sora grunting]

Keep going!

[grunts]

[laughs]

[groans]

Again!

[grunting continues]

[yawns]

[screaming]

Sora, you must focus!

[yawning]

Ninjas must be awake
at all times!

I'm up! I'm up!

[grunting, groans]

[Arin panting]

[groans]

Hmm...

Without tea, I literally have
no way of knowing

if you did that fast enough.

But I think this was
a pretty good first day.

Get some rest
and we'll start again at dawn!

-Oh.
-Whoo!

Smells good, huh, buddy?

Too bad no judge
will ever taste it.

[pants, purrs]

[gulping, sighs]

Do you think every day of training
will be like this?

I already need a break.

What if we just sneak out to the carnival?

Of course I want to go,
but we have a chance to train as Ninja.

And under the Legendary Green Ninja.

I don't wanna mess this up.

He'll never find out.

We'll be back way before dawn.

Plus, sneaking out
will test our stealth skills.

Even Lloyd would approve of that.

Uh, I don't know.

[sniffing]

Mmm.

That sure smells
like a first-place pie to me.

It does, doesn't it?

Okay. I'm in.

[squawks]

[chuckles] Sure, Riyu.

You can come too.

But a dragon in the Crossroads
will attract a lot of attention,

so you need a disguise.

And I know just the thing!

I'm not sure this "shaggy dog" costume
will fool anyone.

It's carnival time.

Everyone will be too distracted
to look at him closely.

[laughter]

[cheering]

Welcome to the Crossroads Carnival, Riyu.

[Riyu squawks]

Come wield a traditional Munce hammer
and test your strength!

Wow.

Sweet person-charming, Mikloshe!

Sora, look at that!

Get your Moss Milk Ice Cones!
Freshly cave-squeezed!

Come, everyone!

Champion Mech-Racer Lobbo buys for all!

Lobbo-lobbo!

[cheering]

Guess Lobbo's blowing through
that prize money he won

from the Mech-Master 5000 race.

Look, Dorama's tent!

[crackling]

[all gasping]

Don't miss tonight!
My best fireworks show yet!

[Sora] Hey.

Those are the pieces
of our SA-Mark-1!

The junkyard crew
must've salvaged

the mech's wreckage
and used it for their display.

That stuff belongs to us!

I gotta go enter my pie.

The deadline is, like, now!

Arin and Sora!

Oh, I knew
I'd peep you scallywags

before the deadline.

You weren't gonna miss
a shot at that bling,

were you, Chef Arin?

This is my year, Mr. Frohicky.

Hey! Watch it!

[Grab-Barg scoffs]

Ready to come in
second again, kid?

Because your pie looks as mangy
as your weird little dog.

[squawking]

[cheering]

Watch it, Grab-Barg.

We're not... Huh?

[tires screech]

Alarm! Alarm!

Is this the end of Lobbo?

[Lobbo] Lobbo-lobbo!

I'm on it.

-Follow me.
-Follow?

Follow how?

[Riyu purrs]

Riyu, it would take hours
to reassemble that thing.

If we're going to help Lobbo,
we have to...

Whoa!

[heroic music]

[Sora] Now, come on.

[revs]

Wow. You see the best stuff
at the carnival.

Arin? Sora?

They snuck out?

Oh, you've got to be kidding me!

We never would have done this
to Master Wu!

That's a lie.
We totally would have.

[tires screech]

Ah, there you are, Lobbo.

I hear you've been out
spending my money.

No, Kreel. Lobbo has been
spending Lobbo's money!

Lobbo-lobbo.

I'd have won that race if that
little dragon hadn't shown up,

and you know it.

That prize money belongs to me,

so I'm going to take
what's mine.

[Arin] Oh, no, you're not!

[heroic music]

-[tires screech]
-Ah.

[scoffs]
Where have you two brats been?

No one's seen you since you
ran off after that dragon.

Oh, thanks for asking.

Some pretty amazing stuff
has happened.

-We met...
-Yeah. Stop.

I don't actually care.

But now that you're here,

I can get back at everyone
who ruined the race for me

all at once.

Get 'em!

[snarling]

[tires screech]

Ugh! Get off my ride!

[Riyu snarling]

[annoyed groan] Give me that money!

Lobbo defies you. Lobbo-lobbo.

[tires screech]

That was awesome,
spinning them off like that!

Right? Just like we did
on the obstacle course today!

Wait, did I learn something from training?

[Kreel groans] You fools!

None of this gets me closer
to my precious Targle!

-[growls]
-Hold up.

What's a "precious Targle"?

Not what. Who!

My right-hand minion.

He was taken by a mystery kidnapper

demanding an enormous ransom!

I was trying to get my money from Lobbo

so I can save Targy.

I have to get him back!

Since when do you care so much
about your little henchmen?

He's not a henchman! He's my...

only friend.

You have a friend?

[scoffs] Come on.

Sora, if someone needs saving,
we have to help.

Even if it's one of Kreel's goons?

Minions.

Ninja help everyone.

And we're Ninja now.

Well, kinda.

How about this?

We track down Targle, you let Lobbo go.

And stop trying to steal his money.

My money.

But fine. I need Targy back.

Find him, and this weird little orb guy

is free to go about
his weird little orb life.

[burps]

Deal.

[grunts] Excuse me.

Have you seen two...

Wait! I'm looking for...

Hold on! I haven't been around
this many people in a while...

Whoa!

[grunts]

Were people always that pushy?

[mellow music]

Pictures of us?

Excuse me. What is all this?

It's our neighborhood's way
of remembering our great heroes.

The Ninja.

They put this tent up
every year.

Once upon a time,

the Ninja protected
the whole city!

[girl]
And they had fun while doing it!

Then they risked their lives
to save people during the Merge.

Now no one knows where they are.

Some people think
they're gone forever.

Nah, I think
they'll be back someday.

"Ninja never quit," right?

The world has changed so much.

I had no idea that we...

Uh, that the Ninjas
were still remembered like this.

Of course, they are!

The Ninja stand for hope.
Who doesn't need hope?

You know, you kinda
look like one of them.

Yeah, I... I've been told I look
a little like the Green Ninja.

Nah, you look more
like their teacher,

Master Wu.

It's the beard.

You sure this is where Kreel
said the ransom drop

was supposed to be?

Yup. Start looking for clues.

[sniffing]

[squawks]

[Arin] What'd you find, Riyu?

Hidden dumpster lever?

Yeah, that counts as a clue.

[Sora grunts]

See?
[sighs]

That's how smoothly
a mechanism can open

when its gears
are properly maintained.

Time for those stealth skills.

Told you sneaking out
was good Ninja practice.

[annoyed groan]

I'm never going to find them.

Huh.

Feels familiar.

No. There's no way
they'd be running around town

with my meditation carpet.

They're running around town
with my meditation carpet!

[Sora] Definitely looks like
a bad guy lair to me.

[sniffs]
Ugh!

Smells like one, too.

What was that?

They're drained or something.

Why would anyone do this?

[Dorama]
For entertainment, of course!

[Arin] Dorama?

The fireworks guy?
[groans]

Everyone loves you!
You can't be a villain.

Do not typecast me!

I can excel
in the role of the heavy.

Look, I'll admit,
that was a great entrance,

but your whole thing
of "kidnapping Whack Rats

for ransom" ends right now!

Set them free,
or we'll make you!

Here in my theater,

I call the shots.

[both grunt]

[gasps]

[Sora grunts]

Whoa!

Oh!

[both grunt]

[screaming]

Okay, I'll admit it.

Lloyd was right!

There are times to use
obstacle course training

in real life.

[grunts] Why Whack Rats, weirdo?

To put on a better show!

They have a unique energy

which I can extract and use
to create incredibly vibrant,

colorful fireworks.

That's why my carnival finale
is always so spectacular!

[cackling]

[grunts]

You're draining these poor creatures

just to make your fireworks display
a little better?

-[grunts]
-Of course.

I may be the most celebrated entertainer
in the Crossroads,

but you've seen that carnival now.

People from so many realms,

bringing so much exotic spectacle.

I will not be upstaged!

[grunts]

[Arin] But people love you already!

And I intend to keep it that way.

[screaming]

[Arin] It's over, Dorama!

[Dorama] Oh, please!

Do you honestly believe

I wouldn't have an understudy
waiting in the wings?

Now that's just unnerving.

[both grunt]

[grunting]

[Lloyd] Leave my student alone!

This performance is canceled.

Correction,

time for an encore.

This is like
that nightmare I had.

It's a nightmare everyone's had.

-[Sora screams]
-Sora! No!

[grunts]

[grunts]
I can't breathe.

[grunts]

[Sora groans]

How did you do that?

I don't know.

You transferred Spinjitzu
to an object.

Not making sense to me either.

[Lloyd] It has gears?

Then I got this.

How'd you know how to do that?

This morning, someone told me
when junk gets into gears,

it can ruin everything.

-[laughing]
-[Riyu growls]

[screams]
Stop!

This can't be the final act
for the Crossroad's

greatest showman!

No, it's definitely
closing night,

once we call the authorities

and let them figure out
what to do with you.

[groans]

Well, if you were more
emotionally available,

maybe she wouldn't have
broken up with you.

Lobbo knows.

Lobbo often hides
Lobbo's true feelings.

Lobbo-lobbo.

[Arin, sing-song]
Kreel, someone wants to see you!

[Kreel gasps]

Targy! You're safe! Oh!

Lobbo, you're free to go.

Lobbo was always free up here.

Lobbo-lobbo.

Master...

Uh, Lloyd,

we're sorry for sneaking away
without permission.

And for taking your carpet.

-[Riyu squeaks]
-Well, I'm sorry, too.

For pushing you so much today.

I was so serious about my teaching,

I forgot this can also be fun.

We're all new at this. We get it.

No problem.

Hey, if we hurry,
we can still make it to the pie contest.

[laughter, cheering]

In first place is...

Chef Grab-Barg! Congratulations!

[laughing]

Never any doubt.

[cheering]

And in second place...

Arin.

Uh, sorry, kiddo.

But it's still a great pie.

[sighs]

Don't worry. You'll win next year.

Next year?

Of course.

We can't miss
the next Crossroads Carnival.

And this year's carnival isn't over!

There's still lots of food to try.

I had my eye on some candy mushrooms
from the Realm of Lee.

A snack tour is exactly what we need

before training starts again tomorrow.

At the crack of dawn.

[Sora sighs]

[cheering]

And so enters, stage left,

the authorities the Ninja said
they'd call.

Pitiful.

So trite.

Predictable.

[man] That call was intercepted.

No authorities are coming.

Who are you, then?

Your new boss.

I have a job for you.

A patron of my arts, eh?

I knew the show would go on.

[cackling]

[closing theme music]