Rebooted is the third season of the animated television series Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (retitled Ninjago from the eleventh season onward). The series was created by Michael Hegner and Tommy Andreasen. The season aired from January 29 to November 26, 2014, following the second season, Legacy of the Green Ninja. It is succeeded by the fourth season, Tournament of Elements.
The second season was originally intended to be the final season of the series due to the show and its associated Lego Ninjago product line having been planned as a three-year project. However, due to the strong performance of the television series and feedback from fans within online forums, it was continued with the release of Rebooted.
Although the season is titled Rebooted, it is a continuation of the storyline from the previous seasons, rather than a reboot. The season reintroduces Ninjago City with new advanced technology and features the return of the Overlord in digital form as the season's main antagonist. Rebooted is also the first season to introduce the nindroid character P.I.X.A.L. into the series.
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Voice cast
Main
Jillian Michaels as Lloyd Garmadon, the Green/Golden Ninja and Elemental Master of Energy
Vincent Tong as Kai, the Red Ninja and Elemental Master of Fire
Michael Adamthwaite as Jay, the Blue Ninja and Elemental Master of Lightning
Brent Miller as Zane, the White Ninja and Elemental Master of Ice
Kirby Morrow as Cole, the Black Ninja and Elemental Master of Earth
Kelly Metzger as Nya, Samurai X and Kai's sister
Paul Dobson as Sensei Wu, the teacher of the ninja
Mark Oliver as Sensei Garmadon
Jennifer Hayward as P.I.X.A.L. a female nindroid
Kathleen Barr as Misako
Scott McNeil as the Digital Overlord/The Golden Master
Supporting
Lee Tockar as Cyrus Borg
Alan Marriott as Dareth
Colin Murdock as Ed
Michael Dobson as Pythor P. Chumsworth
Richard Newman as General Cryptor
Ian James Corlett as Skales
Kathleen Barr as Brad
Alyssa Swales as Skales Jr.
Michael Adamthwaite as Mindroid/Mailman
Jillian Michaels as Fitz Donnegan
Production
Direction
The Rebooted episodes were directed by Peter Hausner, Martin Skov, Michael Helmuth Hansen, Trylle Vilstrup and Jens Møller.
Animation
The animation for the third season was produced at Wil Film ApS in Denmark.
Release
The first two episodes of the season titled The Surge and The Art of the Silent Fist were released on Cartoon Network on January 29, 2014. The third and fourth episodes titled Blackout and The Curse of the Golden Master were not released until April 16, 2014. The second half of the season was released in July and November 2014. The episodes were also released in pairs with Enter the Digiverse and Codename: Arcturus being released on July 13, 2014, and The Void and The Titanium Ninja being released on November 26 of the same year.
Synopsis
Inspired from Zane's late father and creator, the ruined Ninjago City was rebuilt by Cyrus Borg into a futuristic metropolis with more advanced technology called New Ninjago City. However, the Overlord survives his defeat and returns as a digital computer virus and took control of all of Borg's technology and got an army of Nindroids. The Digital Overlord with the help from Pythor wants to steal Lloyd's golden powers that made him into the Golden Ninja, The Ninjas must to stop the Digital Overlord from becoming the unstoppable Golden Master, who had once terrorised the Serpentine.
Ratings
The third season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu continued the popularity of the preceding seasons and built on its ratings from the previous years. It consisted of four special events that aired throughout 2014, which averaged triple-digit viewer gains in the categories of children and all boys in comparison to the previous season. The January premiere ranked as the top telecast of the year on basic cable with boys 2-11 and boys 6-11.
Other media
The season was accompanied by the release of associated video and app games. Lego Ninjago Rebooted, was released on January 21, 2014 and is an action game developed for iOS by The Lego Group. Lego Ninjago: Nindroids was released on July 29, 2014 for PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS was developed by Hellbent Games.