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Ninjago: Dragons Rising Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2023 - 2023
Episode 1
The Merge, Part 1
Thu, Jun 1, 202322 mins
It's been one year since The Merge when all 16 realms united and the Ninja disappeared. Arin is a self-taught Spinjitzu amateur living in Crossroads, a blended community, with his inventor friend, Sora. They enter their mech in a race that's interrupted by a young dragon named Riyu being pursued by dragon hunters from The Imperium. Sora bonds with Riyu and discovers latent elemental powers, Arin and Sora are rescued by Lloyd, the Green Ninja.
Episode 2
The Merge, Part 2
22 mins
Arin and Sora develop new powers that just might help them confront the dragon hunters. Can the Green Ninja teach them how to harness their abilities?
Episode 3
Crossroads Carnival
22 mins
The original Bounty crashes into the Monastery with no pilot. Clues inside lead Lloyd, Arin, Sora, and Riyu to Kai's last location, the former Realm of Madness, and they find Mud Creatures attacking two dragons. Nya stops Lloyd and the others from siding with the dragons who are eating sacred mud. Kai returns but leads the dragons into the Mud Creatures' village. Riyu figures out the mud is making the dragons aggressive and stops the fight by overcharging their powers.
Episode 4
Beyond Madness
22 mins
While Lloyd is training his young students Arin and Sora in the Monastery, the Destiny's Bounty appears in the sky and scrapes past the ninja by a hair's breadth. But with a bold leap, the three of them, along with the dragon Riyu, make it onto the ship to look for clues. They dive straight into the Realm of the Madness.
Episode 5
Writers of Destiny
22 mins
To save Cloud Kingdom, the Ninja must work together to send a terrifying tentacled beast back where it came from and close the Mergequake - and fast.
Episode 6
Return to Imperium
22 mins
When the Ninja meet their match in a Photac - an indestructible techno-beast - Sora believes that a mission to Imperium is the only way to destroy it.
Episode 7
Mindless Beasts
22 mins
In Imperium, Arin mentors a group of eager young crimefighters. Sora confronts a villain from her past. Lloyd frees an Elemental Master from prison.
Episode 8
I Will Be the Danger
22 mins
To bust the imprisoned dragons out of Imperium, the Ninja will need to work hard, think fast and find one big exit. Unless the Photacs get there first.
Episode 9
The Calm Inside
22 mins
Sora hacks into the Imperium logs to find Riyu. Nya and Kai explore a mysterious passageway. Lloyd leads an epic battle against an army of Photacs.
Episode 10
The Battle of the Second Monastery
22 mins
Ninja never quit. Nya, Kai and Zane give the battle against Imperium new hope while Lloyd uncovers a mystery hidden deep below the city.
Episode 11
The Temple of the Dragon Cores
22 mins
The Ninja settle into a new normal after their victory against the Imperium. Lloyd struggles to keep up with the responsibilities of being a Ninja, mentor, and master of the Monastery. They stop another Merge Quake, but the disturbances are getting more frequent. Nya's research guides guides them to a temple and three Dragon Cores that could stop the quakes for good. Meanwhile, Beatrix plots her revenge and plans to steal the Cores for use as a weapon.
Episode 12
Gangs of the Sea
22 mins
The Ninja split into three teams to find the Dragon Cores that will end the MergeQuakes. Nya pairs with Sora, and Kai ends up with Wyldfyre. Lloyd and Arin head out on the Bounty, but a training mishap crashes them into the sea. To repair the ship, the Ninja must reclaim a floating village from an ocean gang and their monstrous pet crab, but the situation is not what it seems.
Episode 13
Wyldly Inappropriate
22 mins
Wyldfyre and Kai barely escape another obstacle on their journey. Despite their personality clash,they finally reach the Wyldness. The Dragon Core is possessed by Lava-tides, who force the Ninja to clean up the mess Wyldfyre made when she lived here. Meanwhile, Zane needs a part to study the Monastery's teleportation gate and follows Mr. Frohicky into Crossroads where they are hosting a Zane Day celebration.
Episode 14
The Last Djinn
22 mins
To locate the yellow Dragon Core, Nya uses a Djinjagan spell that accidentally curses herself and Sora. They become the target of unstoppable Spectral Howlers. Sora, the dragon, flies the Ninja to an old ally, Arrakore, the last of the Djinn, but he does not have the magic or the will to help. Back at the Monastery, Mr. Frohicky tries to prove his worth as an Assistant Keeper to Zane, but nothing seems to go right.
Episode 15
They Call It Doom
22 mins
All three Ninja teams near the end of their hunt for the Dragon Cores. Kai and Wyldfyre scramble for the purple Core against Dorama and the Lava-tides. Lloyd and Arin enter a trial for the pink Core with unexpected consequences. In the Valley of Lost Things, Nya and Sora search for the yellow Core but instead find an old friend.
Episode 16
Land of Lost Things
22 mins
Cole, Nya, and Sora retrieve the Dragon Core in the Land of Lost Things, which powers a machine protecting Cole and young runaways. Kai teaches Wyldfyre how to treat Heatwave's burns.
Episode 17
The Administration
22 mins
Arin and Lloyd navigate the Administration's bureaucracy, rescuing Zane and tracing the stolen Dragon Core. They face Agents, find a clue, and meet a familiar face. Kai teaches Wyldfyre the importance of calm.
Episode 18
Absolute Power
22 mins
In a flashback, Empress Beatrix rises to power with the help of Lord Ras who has captured a giant Source Dragon.
Episode 19
We Are All Dragons
22 mins
A Resistance is formed within Imperium, but the Empress has finished creating the MergeQuake weapon.
Episode 20
The Power Within
22 mins
Lloyd uses the three Dragon Cores to end the MergeQuakes and free the Source Dragon from below the Imperium.