[theme music]
♪ Go, Ninjago ♪
[Korgran] Dungeon Party.
[Plundar] Hey, buddy. Wake up.
-[chitters] -[screams and gasps]
Jeez, buddy, relax! That's Adam.
He wouldn't hurt a fly.
Sounds like you were having a nightmare
so I thought I should wake you up.
Uh...
Where am I?
[Cole] Who are you people?
-[Vania] Cole! -Vania! Master Wu!
Thank the mountain.
Good, sir ninja, allow me to make the introductions!
May I present, Korgran of Metalonia!
Korgran is pleased to meet you.
Plundar the Thief!
Return his weapon, Plundar.
Sorry, force of habit.
And I am Fungus the Sorcerer.
[Fungus] Around these parts, we are known simply as the Lowly.
The Lowly?
So you're some kind of team?
Uh, we are a party of adventurers.
[fireworks crackle]
Adventurers?
That's just what we need, actually.
We're kinda on a quest
and we could really use some help.
Quest?
[Fungus] Whoa!
Uh, Korgran... very busy just now.
Must shine ax.
Uh, yeah, me too. I've got...
I've got stuff to steal,
loot to find.
Me as well, unfortunately.
My schedule is a nightmare.
I don't understand.
Are you guys adventurers or not?
[Fungus sighs]
Actually, the sad truth is, we wouldn't be much help.
We failed at the only quest we ever attempted,
which is why we're down here.
What happened?
Korgran will tell the tale.
Fungus.
Listen and hear of Korgran,
who strode the Earth
with furry boots and his talking ax.
Back, lizard beast!
-[ax clanks] -[lizard hisses]
Your tail lashes will not sway Korgran!
-[thwacking] -Korgran will vanquish you this day.
[grunting]
No cold-blooded fiend can best Korgran!
Nor warm-blooded!
Nothing cold or warm!
[groans]
I am not bested.
[shrieks]
[grunts]
Easy victory for Korgran!
[lightning crackles]
[Ax] Well done, Korgran, as sometimes!
[groans] No, you mean "as always", Ax.
Uh, yeah.
Of course.
One thousand seven hundred and eighty six gold coins.
That's a six percent quarterly growth rate in Pillaging.
-[door thuds] -[coins clinking]
[Korgran] Father!
Korgran is back!
Ugh, son, why do you insist on speaking in third person?
I know you think it makes you sound more barbaric,
but all I hear is a lack of education.
[laughs]
After much time, Korgran has proven himself!
Korgran is ready to become valuable member
of barbarian horde.
-Behold! -[gasps]
Ross? Ross, buddy!
Ooh. Why are you calling monster "Ross"?
This isn't a monster!
-This is Ross! -[coughs]
My Division Manager of Plundering
in the Western Region!
Oh, so sorry, Ross.
My son just gets carried away sometimes.
[blows raspberries]
Why you not tell me?
Uh-oh, compadre,
looks like you vanquished the wrong guy.
Don't tell me you're still talking to your ax!
Korgran, you know that's all in your head.
It doesn't speak.
Don't listen to him! It's magic!
No one else can hear but you.
Sorry, father.
Korgran ashamed.
[Korgran's father sighs] Look, son.
I know how important it is to you to complete a quest
but this is the third time you've attacked an ally.
You can't keep doing that!
But all Korgran's friends finished quests years ago.
All good quests are gone!
Korgran has nothing left!
-[coins clinking] -Okay, look.
There is one quest left.
[Korgran's father] But it won't be easy.
The King of Shintaro has issued a summons,
so you'd have to travel alone to that distant land.
Korgran will not be alone!
He will have his Ax! [chuckles]
His normal ax.
Which does not talk.
♪ Korgran! ♪
[suspenseful music]
[grunting]
[groans]
[Ax] Up we go!
It's you and me forever, buddy.
-[grunts] -[ax clatters]
[Fungus] This is the part where we come in.
For we, too, had answered the King's call
and journeyed to Shintaro.
My magic is at your service!
And Korgran's Ax!
Which does not talk.
And Plundar's cunning!
Good.
For this city is built over an ancient dungeon
full of untold treasures and loot.
Countless adventurers have sought these riches
and never been seen again.
For the dungeons are also filled with dangerous creatures,
traps and artifacts of terrible evil.
[Vangelis] The most evil of these is the Skull of Hazza D'ur.
Bring it to me
so I may see it destroyed with my own eyes.
Only then will Shintaro be truly safe.
What say you? Will you accept this quest?
Yeah! [blabbers]
-I will! -So will Korgran!
You had me at "loot."
Thank you.
And may fortune smile upon you and keep you safe.
[Fungus] So it was.
We entered the dismal darkness of The Dungeons of Shintaro.
It wasn't that dismal.
I'm not saying it was a stroll in the park.
[Plundar] It wasn't long before we ran into all the usual stuff,
you know, booby-traps, poison spikes, blades.
-[grunts] -[ax whooshing]
[thuds]
[Plundar] Oh, and spiders, too!
[chimes]
[Plundar] But for a group with our level of experience,
it was a cake walk.
[rumbling]
-Look out! -[grunting]
[beeps]
[groans]
[ominous music]
-Jackpot! -We found it!
Korgran has completed quest!
[grunting]
Korgran! What happened?
[whimpers] Skull is evil.
Dark power tried to overtake Korgran.
If we can't touch it,
how are we gonna get it out of here?
[groans] I can carry it with ax.
That does not talk.
♪ Korgran! ♪
[door thuds]
I see your quest was successful!
Oh, indeed it was, Sire.
Korgran requests honor of destroying evil skull.
Yes, about that,
it occurs to me that great power like this could be useful.
We could use it to protect our fair city.
Sire, no, the skull is evil.
It cannot be trusted.
[groans] Korgran felt its evil.
Skull must be destroyed!
Do you all feel that way?
[sighs] I was afraid of that.
[Fungus] Afraid of--
[all screaming]
Now, let's get to know each other better, shall we?
We shall.
[both laugh]
And, uh, that's the story of our quest.
That's how we ended up here.
And that's why we're called the Lowly.
For there is no one lower than us.
Even the worms are above Korgran.
But how do you know what the King said to the Skull,
after you fell into the pit?
Oh, I was just guessing.
I made that part up to give it a little more drama.
Villainous scoundrel!
Evil King!
-Rotten numb skull. -[chitters]
Dad...
Uh, but you're right.
He is evil.
I know that now.
I made a promise a long time ago,
that I wouldn't give up! Ever!
And I'm not letting you give up.
Our friends are out there somewhere,
they need us!
And King Vangelis is out there
and he needs a butt-kicking!
And that someone that's gonna do the kicking is us!
So from now on, we're not the Lowly.
We're the Uply!
Because that's where we're going!
Up!
What do you say? Who's with me?
I'm not sure about "The Uply" thing,
but what the heck. I'm in!
[all cheering]
[closing theme music]