12x01 - Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire?

[bunniefuu]

[beeping]

[gasps]

[slurps]

[cellphone beeping]

[sniffs]

-[truck brakes screech] -[clanging]

-[clanks] -[thuds]

[Mechanic] We're in boys.

Huh, look at all this old junk!

Just because it's old doesn't make it junk.

Just forgotten.

Find the motherboard!

[clanging]

There! The top shelf!

[grunts, thuds]

Careful with those! [grunts]

[ninja] What are we looking for, boss?

This is it!

A needle in a haystack.

A very, very valuable needle.

[Nya] Sorry to crash the party, boys!

Guess our invitations got lost in the mail, huh?

No weapons, guys! These are just low-level thugs.

My fists are my weapons!

I would not classify the Mechanic as "low-level."

He is suspected in thirty-six unsolved criminal cases.

Thirty-seven!

You're not getting away that easy!

Who's trying to get away? There are more of us than you!

And we're not afraid to use our weapons!

I have no problem using these! [grunts]

Take that, obsolete file formats!

I got him!

Use the VCR's!

What's a VCR?

[grunts]

It's that old machine Wu watches his ninja movies on!

Eject! Eject! Eject!

Anytime now.

[grunts] Got it!

-I'll take that! -Hey!

Thanks! [laughs]

[screeches, truck pulls away]

[laughs]

Hey! Hold on!

Ah!

[Jay] Lookout!

[grunts] Hey! Watch the paint-job!

[clangs]

Aw, come on--

Aah! So close.

It's over, Mechanic! Give it up!

-[grunts] -I'll be taking this.

[chicken cackles]

[automated voice] Would you like to enter, Prime Empire?

Great work, ninja!

You guys saved the day.

Yeah, but what exactly did we save the day from?

Uhm, I don't know yet.

The Mechanic's not saying anything.

But, we'll take him downtown

and maybe we'll get some answers then.

Let's go, boys! Pack it in!

[siren wailing]

Hmm, if we only knew what this was for.

It's a motherboard to a computer.

But which computer?

There are ,, computers in Ninjago City.

-Approximately. -But only one secret lair.

That's where he was running when we caught him.

Maybe that's his hideout.

An abandoned arcade?

[Nye] Look at all these robo-arms.

This guy has an obsession.

[shrieks]

Okay, let's make it quick. This place is super creepy.

No way! [blows air]

[gasps] Do you know what this is?

It's Prime Empire!

What? No way.

Look at it! It says Prime Empire right on the side!

[gasps] It's real!

[Nye] Excuse me.

Can you two pretend that we're not all videogame nerds,

and tell the rest of us what "Prime Empire" is?

It's this legendary game,

created by the most famous game designer ever, Milton Dyer.

But for some reason it was never finished.

They abandoned it.

Well, that was exciting.

It can't have been that good if they never released it.

I find old games to be unchallenging.

Yeah, I like new ones.

Where they really make you feel like you're there.

Can we get back on track?

There's a lot of nooks and crannies here,

and we're not even sure what we're looking for.

So let's spread out.

Yeah, okay, good idea.

Uhm, except I think I should stay here

and keep checking in this area.

Why do I feel like you're just going to putz around

with that broken game?

Pfft! What? No. No.

I'm just gonna start here first.

You know, we don't want to miss any clues. Right?

[door opens]

Wow, he's got a lot of hats.

Yeah, who woulda thought a guy super into stealing things

would have too much stuff?

Oh, come on. Just turn on.

This is too cool to not get to play one time.

Huh. You need a mother--

A mother board!

[energy crackling]

-[blasts] -[groans]

Huh, what was that?

We better keep looking.

Hey, there's a door back there!

[laughing]

Hey! When's it gonna be my turn?

[scoffs] Never, Leroy.

You mess everyone else up.

Ha? What happened?

[video game music]

Prime Empire.

Huh?

[bone cracks]

[groans]

[automated voice] Would you like to enter Prime Empire?

Oh! Don't mind if I do!

[Nye] What a mess!

Maybe he should steal a filing cabinet next.

That's the same weird symbol that's on the back of that motherboard.

It's everywhere. But what does it mean?

[all gasps]

Did you locate the motherboard?

Did you locate the motherboard?

Yes, we did.

Unagami is pleased. Activate the game.

Unagami? Who's Unagami?

Oh, you're going down, ogre!

You're the only thing between me and b*ating this level,

and I am not letting you fire-catapult me again!

Oh, yes! Take that! Uh-huh!

-What else you got for me, game? -Congratulations.

You have reached Level Thirteen.

[automated voice] Would you like to enter Prime Empire?

Pfft, heck yes, I would like to continue!

Now entering Level .

Ha? What?

What the heck?

Jay! We found a clue!

The mechanic's working for someone who calls himself Una--

Uh! Huh?

Jay?

[automated voice] Would you like to enter Prime Empire?

Would you like to enter Prime Empire?

Would you like to enter Prime Empire? [echoing]

Would you like to enter Prime Empire?

[closing theme music]