The Call of Home is the second episode of the fifteenth season of Ninjago and the 182nd episode overall. It aired on May 20, 2022 on LEGO's YouTube channel.
Synopsis[]
After rescuing a drowning sailor, Nya meets a fellow water-elemental and comes up with a plan to regain her humanity.[1]
Extended: Nya, now in the form of a water dragon, saves a drowning sailor who recognises her. Fellow water elemental Nyad helps Nya reclaim her memories, but Nya discovers that she can't leave the Endless Sea unless she gives up her elemental powers. She therefore heads back to the surface with a plan to regain her humanity.[2]
LEGO's YouTube channel: Nya, who is now a water dragon, begins to uncover her true identity after she rescues a drowning man. With the help of another water elemental, Nyad, Nya searches for her lost memories.
Can Nya regain her memories and reunite with her friends?[3]
Plot[]
A boat is caught in the storm and in the process, a crewman is thrown overboard. His crewmates scramble to rescue him and briefly see a bright light swim through the ocean. Suddenly, a Water Dragon rises out from the sea behind them and sets the sailor, Kwon, down on the boat. Kwon thanks her, and when the dragon answers his thanks, the crew gasps and realizes Nya has come to their aid. The dragon confusedly repeats the name he said, before diving into the ocean again. The crew watch her go as Kwon thanks her again.
Down below, the dragon swims through the sea, trying to recall where she has heard the name Nya. She is able to remember that once there was a Nya from Ninjago but cannot remember anything else. She is soon approached by another water spirit who questions her actions. The dragon tells her she interfered because it's who she is, yet she cannot remember who she was. They travel to the bottom to see if a boat was what she was looking for but it does not help her. So the water spirit suggests her to look above on the surface instead to which the dragon thanks her and says she will.
On her way to the surface, she sees lights floating along the water. The lights turn out to be lanterns with messages and she reads some of them about thanking Nya and missing her presence. The last one she reads tells her Jay must be very sad without Nya and asks her to come home. At Jay's name, she regains her memories, reminiscing those of her closest friends, family, and herself. She transforms into her humanoid water form and declares herself as Nya. Above the waters, she sees where the line of lanterns ends and swims for Lighthouse Island.
However, when she arrives, she finds the lighthouse empty, except for some more lanterns and paintings of herself and Jay. She wonders how long she's been gone when she sees Jay's portrait of himself with a beard and she suddenly loses form. She struggles to maintain it and realizes she has to get back to the ocean. There, Nya finds the water spirit and tells her she remembers everything about herself and who Nyad is, the one who fought off Wojira. Although Nyad doesn't remember that and simply tells Nya that was nice. Nya then begs for her help to break free from the ocean to go home but Nyad tells her that is impossible since she merged with the sea, connecting her completely with the sea forever.
Discouraged, Nya sinks to the bottom and Nyad comes after her, asking why she was sad when she had everything in the ocean forever. Nya replies that she can never be happy in the ocean when all her friends were back home and she fears of forgetting everything again. Nyad apologizes and tells her with the sea connected to her elemental powers, there was no way she could give those up. At that, Nya realizes that if she could give up her powers, she could sever herself from the ocean. Nyad tells her it could be possible but tells her she is her powers and asks what she would be without them. Nya confesses that was her greatest fear, becoming ordinary, but knows that losing her friends would be worse. She hugs Nyad and thanks her for everything, telling her she has to go. When Nyad asks where, Nya says "Home" and takes off to find her friends.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
Cast[]
- Captain - Brian Drummond
- Collins (uncredited)
- Jay - Michael Adamthwaite (archival audio; flashback)
- Kwon - Brent Miller
- Maya - Jillian Michaels (archival audio; flashback)
- Nya - Kelly Metzger
- Nyad - Andrea Libman
- Sailor 1 - Paul Dobson
Miscellaneous[]
- Acidicus (painting; flashback)
- Garmadon (painting; flashback)
- Fangtom (painting; flashback)
- Kai (flashback)
- Lloyd (painting; flashback)
- Pythor (painting; flashback)
- Skales (painting; flashback)
- Skalidor (painting; flashback)
Mentioned[]
Creatures[]
- Great Devourer (painting; flashback)
- Wojira (flashback)
Events[]
- Battle of Nine Days (mentioned)
- Attack of the Great Devourer (painting; flashback)
- Alternate timeline (flashback)
- Great Flood (flashback)
Items[]
- Amulets of Wojira (flashback)
- Bell of Divinity (flashback)
- Deepstone (flashback)
- Gis
- Golden Weapons (painting; flashback)
- Underworld helmet (painting; flashback)
Vehicles[]
- Mary Louise
- APS suits (flashback)
- Blade Cycle (painting; flashback)
- Destiny's Bounty (painting; flashback)
- Hydro Bounty (flashback)
- Samurai Mech (painting; flashback)
- Storm Glider (painting; flashback)
Locations[]
- Endless Sea
- Djinjago (flashback)
- Ninjago (flashback)
Species[]
- Fish
- Humans
- Jellyfish
- Oni/Dragon hybrids (painting; flashback)
- Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids (painting; flashback)
- Sea serpents (flashback)
- Whales
Transcript[]
For the transcript of the episode, click here.
Trivia[]
- Narrator: Nyad
- The name of the episode is similar to the name of the second episode of Seabound, "The Call of the Deep." The names of the two episodes thus form a parallel between when Nya was called by the sea and when she was called by her home.
- This episode marks the first time in the WildBrain seasons where scenes from the previous season are displayed in the opening sequence.
- This also makes it the fourth episode where the opening sequence displays scenes from the previous season, following "Darkness Shall Rise," "Firstbourne" and "The Darkness Comes."
- Despite being named in the episode, Mariano is credited as "Sailor 1".
Continuity[]
- Nyad is revealed to still exist within the Endless Sea, stating that she and Nya became eternal as a result of merging with it.
- Scenes from "A Big Splash", "The Call of the Deep", "Five Thousand Fathoms Down", "The Last Resort", "Unsinkable", "Nyad", "The Way Back" and "The Turn of the Tide" are included in Nya's flashbacks.
- The scenes from "The Last Resort" and "The Way Back" marks the first time WILFilm ApS footage has been used in a WildBrain season. This inclusion was first mentioned by Tommy Andreasen on Twitter.[4]
Errors[]
Videos[]
Gallery[]
For the gallery of the episode, click here.
Translations[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese (Traditional) | 家的呼喚 |
| Czech | Volání domova |
| Dutch | Terug naar huis |
| Finnish | Koti kutsuu |
| French | L'appel du cœur |
| Hungarian | Vár az otthon |
| Italian | Il richiamo di casa |
| Polish | Tęsknota za domem |
| Spanish | La llamada de casa |
| Ukrainian | «Поклик серця» |
| Foreign language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Castilian Spanish | La Llamada del Hogar |
| European Portuguese | O Chamamento de Casa |
| Latin Spanish | La Llamada de Casa |