11x04 - The Belly of The Beast

[bunniefuu]

[theme music]

♪ Go, Ninjago ♪

♪ Jump up, kick back
Whip around ♪

♪ Hey, go, Ninjago ♪

[Zane] "The Belly Of The Beast."

[vultures screeching]

[groans]
Vultures.

That's never a good sign.

[Zane over radio][/i]
They are carrion birds.[/i]

It is a sign they believe
we are a potential meal.

Oh. Thanks, Zane.
Way to boost morale.

Can you guys keep it down?

I'm trying to reach Pixal
on the radio.

Come in? Pixal, can you hear me?

Mayday, Mayday!

[Nya] Come in, Pixal.

-Any luck?
-[radio beeps]

Nothing. There's something wrong

with the long-range transmitter,
but I can't figure out what.

Okay, well, don't give up.

[sighs]

That's the last of it.

That's not good.

Less than
a day's supply of water.

And the ATV and the Dune Bounty
are wrecked,

and the rock-cycle
isn't fast enough

to outrun those beetles.

Well, even if it could,
it would only carry one of us.

Maybe Nya can draw
some water out of the air?

In this heat?

Low humidity?

I don't think so.

[hammer clanging]

Jay, what are you doing?

Carving a message on this rock.

So people know who we are
when they find our bones.

Can we try to be a little more
optimistic, please?

I'm afraid there
is little cause for optimism.

Our situation is dire.

The Bounty's engine
will not start

without the
Thermolytic Kinetic Inverter.

The thermo-what?

It is a critical
engine component.

Well, what's wrong with it?

It is missing.

I believe when Beohernie
ripped through the hull...

[Jay] Bernie!

...he tore that component out
and swallowed it.

Ugh. Well, that's just great!

First, a giant beetle
tries to eat us alive,

then we smash into a pile
of rocks...

Can't we use the ATV's Inverter?

It was also damaged.

What about
the rock-cycle's inverter?

[Zane] It is inadequate
for a vehicle

the size of the Dune Bounty.

Useless pile of--

[grunts]
Aw, this stinks!

[grunting]

[gasps]
No, no, no!

[panting]

[screeches]

[Jay screams]

-Help!
-[Lloyd] Jay!

Help!

[screams]

Hang on, Jay!

Pull me in! Pull me in!

I can't. He's too strong.

Cole, can you grab my shirt?

I think so!

[grunts]

Take this!

[screeches]

[gasping]

Did you see that?

He just tried to eat me!

We better keep off the sand.

[Jay sarcastically]
Oh, really?

[cricket chirping]

I see only one option.

The digestive system
of a beetle is very slow.

There is a good chance
the Thermolytic Inverter

is still intact
inside Beohernie's stomach.

Bernie!

What good does that do?

If one of us
were to be ingested,

we might be able
to retrieve the device.

Ingested?

Uh, are you kidding?

If we can get inside
Beohernie's stomach...

-[Jay] Bernie.
-...we should, in theory,

be able to retrieve
the Inverter and exit again,

either through
the creature's mouth,

or through the other end
of the digestive--

La-la-la-la-la!
I don't wanna hear this!

Yeah. Of all the bad ideas
I've heard,

and I've heard a few...

Looking at you, Kai.

...this takes the cake.

I agree. It sounds nuts.

The facts are indisputable.

We need the Inverter.

The Inverter
is inside the beetle.

Ergo, one of us must enter
the beetle and retrieve it.

Hmm.

Don't tell me
you're considering this?

I'm open to other suggestions,
if anyone has one...

How do we decide?

Who gets to, you know, be...

It was my idea.

The responsibility is mine.

No. I'm the responsible one.

Guys, guys. You're both
too valuable to risk.

It should be someone expendable.

-Like Jay.
-What?

[Cole] Look who's talking.

[all arguing]

Guys! We're going to settle
this like adults.

Ha!

[grunts]

I believe paper beats rock.

Do not worry, my friends.

Logically, I am the best choice.

Being a Nindroid,
I am more difficult to digest

and can survive longer
inside a stomach.

[grunts]
So long, buddy.

I have every intention
of surviving, Jay.

[crying]
Sure you do, pal. Sure you do.

[vultures screeching]

Let's run
through the plan again.

I bang the pot, drawing
the creature's attention.

He eats me.

When I am in his stomach,

I locate the Inverter,
radio back, and you pull me out.

Right.

-[vulture screeches]
-[whimpers]

[Jay]
What could possibly go wrong?

[clanging]

[suspenseful music]

[screeching]

-Zane!
-Oh, no!

It ate him. It actually ate him.

Zane! Zane, can you hear me?

Hang on, Zane!

[static crackling]

[Nya] Zane, come in!

Maybe the sand
is blocking the signal.

Or he's being dissolved
in stomach acid.

[Cole] What do we do?

[beeping]

[snarls]

Revenge!

[roars]

[Zane groans]

[Zane gasping]

[liquid squelches]

Oh, my.

Perhaps this wasn't a good idea.

This is crazy.

How long has he been in there?

Almost an hour.

We gotta pull him out.

Before it's too late!

What if he needs more time
to find the Inverter?

Lloyd's right.
We gotta stick to the plan.

-Wait for the signal.
-[static crackles]

[Zane over radio][/i]
Hello? Can anyone hear me?[/i]

Are you there?

-Zane!
-He's alive! He's alive!

Quiet, everyone! Quiet!

Zane, we hear you.

What's your situation?

[Zane][/i]
I have retrieved the Inverter.[/i]

That's great! Hang tight.

We'll get you
out of there, Zane!

Okay, guys, let's reel him in!

-[engine revving]
-[Lloyd] Give it some gas!

Nice and easy!

It's working!

[machinery creaks]

Keep going! Reel him in!

I'm trying, but Bernie's
not making it easy!

-[engine revving]
-[Cole] Come on! Come on!

[Jay] Just like reeling in
a thousand-pound tuna!

There he is!

[Lloyd] Look!

[grunting]

Come on. Open up!

[screeches]

[alarm beeping]

[Cole] We're gonna burn out
the engine!

We're gonna lose him! Whoa!

[groans]

-Cole!
-[all grunt]

[Cole] He's too strong!

Hold on!

[all grunting]

[screeches]

[all grunting]

He's gonna pull us in!

[roars]

[wails, grunts]

Cole!

Look out!
Here come the other two!

[squeals]

[Lloyd] Got him!

Ninjago!

-[electricity crackles]
-[squeals]

[wailing]

[grunts]

Ah, thank you, Nya. I love you.

[grunts]

Come on, Zane!

[roars]

Zane, are you okay?

Say something!

-[all chuckle]
-[Cole] Zane!

-I was so worried!
-Nice!

Everyone ready?

Get us out of here.

[engine revs]

[tense music]

Here they come!

Hold on, everyone!

Here it goes!

[beeps]

We made it!

-Yeah!
-Good job!

[Kai] Home free!

[Jay] That was one doozy
of a mirage.

[closing theme music]