Why Lego Ninjago Tournament of Elements is a MASTERPIECE 

YES I CALLED SKYLOR AMBER IM SO SORRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME

Finally someone talking about the utter brilliance of Garmadon’s sacrifice and arc up til this point.

This season for me has always represented classic Ninjago. Fun characters, cool concepts, great humor, and some questionable writing decisions. It may not be my favorite season of the show by any means, but it definitely holds a special place in my heart.

the only problem for me with tournament of elements is the lack of explanation on how Zane rebuilt himself and got to the island. everything else is just about perfect

For a 16 year old content character, your incredibly invested in the series makes me feel like there’s more dedicated fans to this amazing and nostalgic show.

Us 2004-2005 kids really had it the best. Ninjago has always stuck out to me because of how influential it really was. I remember coming to school the day after the green ninja was revealed and the only thing that was being talked about was the fact that Lloyd was the green ninja. There’s just so many great memories I have from this show. Also by the way this was great editing and commentary keep it up.

It’s a fellow 2005 kid. It’s weird to watch a RU-vid video of pretty good quality by someone that is the same age as you rn but it’s so awesome at the same time. Like when we were younger we watched people older than us make similar content but now you and hopefully me too soon are making it and possibly having the same thing happen. It’s just something that hit me when you mentioned it and it’s really crazy to think about.

Honestly a great summary of one of if not the best arcs in Ninjago

Still one of the best seasons. Personally prefer Skybound, but it's a great season.

There’s so many times where cole or Kai are animated when Jay is speaking, it hasn’t happened in a few years but it’s freaking hilarious when it does

This was as close to a perfect season as you can get. The plot, the suspense, the humor, the interesting visuals - it was all so exciting! Chen was an excellent villain, and the elemental masters were really cool.

This was the season that made me fall in love with Kai’s writing, the way he reacted to literally everything felt so in place. From his reaction to Zane’s death to his reaction to Skylor’s betrayal. Also tbf Kai kinda deserved his mini villain arc bc it fits so well w his character, especially since Chen manipulated him (which isn’t really hard when mfs self confidence is at an all time low) Additional Note: Cole and Jay being the ones to fight each other ties in so well with the story, especially with the fact that despite being referred to as the weakest/most expendable of the ninjas quite a lot (mainly by Kai but like cmon) Jay was the one to win. Normally the fact that they stopped fighting would ruin that scene for me, but it actually makes sense. Cole didn’t have a reason to hate Jay, he never wanted to. Instead, Cole’s kindness and care for Jay (despite everything mean Jay had said about him up to that point) is highlighted during that moment and you grow to like Cole even more.

I agree man I have nostalgia for the season and it's my favorite ninjago season. I like how all of the ninja, Chen and Garmadon were use. I like the history and lore it introduce.

I still hate on how the elemental masters werent brought back. They got caught without putting out much of a fight in hunted, They didn't even appear in crystalized. Also I can't be the only one who realises that Tox has never used her element on screen (except for the dragon)

Always love seeing more Ninjago Video Essays out there! Tournament of Elements is truly one of ninjago's best seasons. No other season has been able to capture the same amount of mystery, suspense, and drama as this one has.

Its actually kinda insane that there is a Lego show where an entire episode is just the characters dealing with their grief over all the shit that happened last season. Not even most adult shows do this. And its not even the last time the show shows grief. My favorite scene in the show is in season 8 when Cole had the flashback to when he first met sensei wu. That scene is all about grief and how people handle it differently.

Karloff is such a good character season 9 proves that

I‘m a little late for this one, but Ninjago still means a lot to me and you broke everything down perfectly. This is the best season, but somehow, after eleven years, Ninjago is still mostly consistent in quality. I love it.

This is extremely underrated. This is probably one of the best nostalgia trips ive had in my life

Tournament of Elements, Skybound and Hunted all go back and forth for me as my favourite season. They all have such good elements.

One of the best Ninjago retrospectives I've ever seen, always liked Tournament but after watching this it might be my new favorite season. Great work!

It’s something about S4 that makes it feel so great IDK why

Long before time had a name Ninjago was created by the First Spinjitzu Master by using the four Weapons of Spinjitzu: The Scythe of Quakes, the Nunchucks of Lightning, the Shurikens of Ice, and the Sword of Fire. Weapons so powerful no one can handle all of their power at once. When he passed away his two sons swore to protect them, but the oldest was consumed by darkness and wanted to posess them. A battle between brothers broke out and the oldest was struck down and banished to the Underworld. Peace returned and the younger brother hid the Weapons. But knowing his older brother's relentless ambition for power, he placed a guardian to protect them. And for fear of his own demise, a map for an honest man to hide.

This season was goated. The mobile video game associated with this season also holds a very special place in heart. Great video!

Season 4 will always be the best

I like how this season introduced partially but not fully redeemed Pythor after being villain 2 seasons Only to make him return in Day of Departed and season 16 Crystallized

The first 4 seasons as a group were so amazing that unfortunately they could never really match it with attempts to replicate that. Every season after this HAD to have a "twist" with the villain connected to one of the ninja, or a "death" of a main character, or new history for Wu and Garmadon. It never quite landed the same, although some individual moments came close, they didn't earn it with a full season of quality.

I love how the focus characters of this season change as the season moves along - first Zane and Cole, then Nya, then Kai, then Lloyd and Garmadon. Keeps it really dynamic and fresh and gives multiple arcs and character growth for each character

Awesome video! As one who still follows Ninjago, I always appreciate seeing someone talk in-depth about why the show is such a success. I personally have a number of seasons I prefer more, mainly Sons of Garmadon and Master of the Mountain, but every point you make about this season is valid. The animation and fighting scenes especially get better. Dareth do be looking kinda fresh though . . .

I personally like s5 more but S4 is definitely in my top 3

the perfect video representing childhood and nostalgia but also showing how much more it actually was intended to be and a better understanding of something we love/loved

"in a world before time had a name, and a place where ninja never quit. as iron sharpens iron, its hard to believe that only one has to remain, because fear, well fear isn't a word where I come from." THAT WAS SO SMOOTH OMG

Oh my god. I loved this arc. As a kid i loved all the elemental powers and now that im a bit older (your age) i love the character development and intricacies of it.

This was the greatest tv show ever, there is no show that can compete with it. It literally shaped my childhood. I dressed up as a ninja 6 years in a row because of it

2005 kid here too :D! also, 1:43 is interesting to me because they all generally stopped around the same seasons... for me, i was obsessed with seasons 1-2 for a while, then moved on. when seasons up to 7 came up, i watched all those but never continued when newer ones were added because my younger self absolutely hated the new designs for whatever reason lol. only up until recently i accepted the designs and actually started watching all the things i missed and i'm on seabound right now despite still being young, it feels weird being 17 and watching this show but i've really been enjoying it and i've loved watching analysis videos like this, good work dude!!

This was my favourite season as a kid, but with that parachute scene, Kai and Jay could both use their elements to fly since it was shown earlier in the season. Wonder why they didn't, b ut it's still one of if not the best Ninjago season.

I've only just figured out, after 9 years, that the master of sound lived.

2:20 Idk man, this line annoys me more than anything Kai is very much saying he should of been the one to die and Zane should still be around. He's going through some serious survivors guilt. And then Lloyd calls him selfish 🧍 Kai is a very cocky, self-centered character but this was not one of those moments to call him out on that lmao But yeah other than that this season is one of my favorites

Very good video. Seriously didnt expect such amazing quality and humor. Keep on the great work!

This has given me so much nostalgia. I always remember loving this season. I really just want to rewatch this season now

great video, love to see one on the next season, your analysis of the season is incredible

This was fantastic and the analysis was brilliant, I love Lego Ninjago so much.

this video is an absolute masterpiece, thank you for posting it

Favorite thing that came out of this season was skylor, too bad she didn’t become a series regular

THIS VIDEO IS SO UNDERRATED! I nearly cried at the end of watching this. This always was my favorite season of ninjago so I'm glad someone did a video talking about it. Always bothered me as a kid tho that they never brought Amber back. I thought she was going to become the "Orange Ninja",

Phenomenal video. I was born 2004, have loved the show for years, and even revisiting this season years later, it is definitely the best one. I am highly critical of the well-respected Sons of Garmadon, but we see eye-to-eye quite a bit on the best aspects of the season.

This is a love letter to Ninjago and I'm absolutely here for it. The incredible message of this whole video combined with the amazing editing really makes me appreciate everything about it. Thank you for this, Ninjago analysis' are top tier, especially this one.

Loved this season, favourite one probably My only issue is how Lloyd in like a minute 'controls his fear' when Zane took like 6 episodes, its basically a non-terrible / atrocious version of Anakin winning a podrace when he had never finished one before or being a better combat pilot than trained professionals despite only being 9 and never flying a ship before. But at least Lloyd was the green ninja and rye only beat kylo cuz he was hurt physically and emotionally (as evident from Kylo beating Rey in episode 9)

Even as a kid(who until then, only played 9), knew this season was basically mortal kombat!

8:36 Zane: I'm just built different

love the persona music. Great vid!

Seasons 4,5,6,8,9 were goated

Low key the best and only recap I’ve ever seen

This will forever be my favorite season

I remember this season being my favourite, also your content is underrated, this video made me laugh keep it up man.

My personal favorite season will always be possession, but this season will always be close second because of the contributions to garmadons story. The biggest thing that made me like the ending though was the fact that Lloyd was the one to send garmadon to the cursed realm fulfilling the initial green ninja prophecy

You sir, deserve a subscription. Quality content right here.

Remember watching this show on TV when I was in kindergarten, and Tournament of Elements was the only arc that I could vividly remember

Late 2006 kid here, but GOD this show was just amazing. I was completely obsessed with it but only watched up to season 5, sadly. Watched seasons 1 and 2 twice. It was my childhood. It was our childhood.

Dude, actually laughed a good few times in this, keep up the good work

I love the use of Persona 5 music in the background

Thank you for reviving this beautiful memory

I remember doing the same. Getting back from school and watching the very newest episode, this made my childhood, even now its an awesome show

You don’t even need to explain my friend! Season 4 will always be my number 1 favorite season from Ninjago! ❤

Great editing and very well put video man 🫡

Finally someone else who was crazy enough as a kid to analyze the eyebrows to figure out that Lloyd was the green ninja.

"Some Weird shit happens." you did it you explained the whole series right there

Looking back, i never realised just how much this season spewed mortal kombat 1 vibes

Another 2005 kid here. Ninjago was my bread and butter in elementary/middle school. From the pilot to Season 5, it was great. I stopped watching after Season 6 when it started going downhill, but I still think of the early seasons (through Season 5) as a masterpiece. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

I definitely preferred this much more as a kid but I did enjoy listening to you talk about it, made me like this season a bit more

my 2nd favorite season! what an absolute banger of a season. all of the ninja are on point, the new masters are fun characters and chen is the most, just the most

This season was basically a pg version of Mortal Kombat and it’s one of the best seasons in the series

The editing of this video is golden

Seeing wu be genuinely angry and show actual emotion terrified and surprised me

Thank you for this Ninjago was my favorite show

This is insanely true, and also as somebody who was born the age of cartoon network. I've been watching every season since it first aired in 2011. It's amazing.

Oh my gosh! I grew up on Ninjago! And this is greatness.

this hits the nostalgia perfectly

ninjago s4 is my favorite season, hands down. nothing can ever top this masterpiece

Bro the ending remarks just being a bunch of ninjago quotes is literally golden

This season was so good. I remember always tuning in to see, and each episode was good

Nice vid, I was born in 2005 as well, this show was a huge part of my childhood

I was literally rewatching it the other day and thinking about how tournament of elements, hands of time, and possession were probably the best seasons.

Ninjago was my life as a kid. you everything down perfectly! This is the best season, the newer season just don't hit the same. and we don't even talk about crystalized

A video of my favorite Ninjago season by a guy with an Akechi pfp??? Instant sub

Pretty much the entire show is a masterpiece in my opinion. It deserves to be up there with the likes of Avatar The Last Airbender.

This video was damn amazing man!

GEOTRAX OMG I LOVED THAT

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who absolutely loved this season, it’s so good!

Bro I just gotta say that garmadon in seasons 3 and 4 was perfect. His writing and drive to protect Lloyd while teaching him along the way makes him a great character. Not to mention that he’s also clean af

Ninjago was always one of my favourites. I even had a ninjago birthday too and got tons of Lego sets. I watched from Season 1 up until this one. After the tournament of elements, the ghost series and the pirate series plus this new remastered one never really caught my attention. It will always have a special place in my heart.

Ninjago seasons 1,4,5,6 and day of the departed are the best things to ever happen

oh my god thank you! i have been trying to remember the name of geo tracks for years man

Love the video but also especially the persona music in the background

I'm so happy I found someone whos as excited as I am about ninjago s4

this video is great!! except for the fact that the rollerskating episode is the absolute best episode of the season by far

This season made me become a fan of ninjago sure I wasn’t a fan growing and rlly wasn’t that interested when my brother sometimes watched it but I remember in the 5th grade when this season was airing I was rlly interested and couldn’t wait for a new episode each week 😊

i cried bro i miss this so much. Happy this was my childhood

17:53 What’s funny is that they actually didn’t. That part could be argued as just being added as a none canon joke. Because in the final episode of the season. There is a very clear camera shoot where Wu Is explaining how they plan to stop the Anaconda, Then they cut to All of the Masters Of Eliminants cheering, Including the Master Of Sound. I’ve paused, counted and re watched that scene countless times. And I can confirm that he is in it. Or you could argue that as just being a animation error, But he was in there for several scenes, So it’s unlikely that they just messed up for one image. But it’s wired because in this image with all The Elemental dragons In the Sky. I only count 15, Meaning that one is missing. So maybe they did originally forget him but someone relished and decided to come back for him, Which would explain how he was back in the final episode

This season is just Mortal Kombat but less violent and I love it