can you imagine ninjago with profanity language
like my life would be complete
not only these but the whole series like omfg
impulsively buying ninjago books again but PLS look at this one its so cute...they are taking terrible selfies im crying
I'm never going to be ok about arin's porch swing
Quick note: the eggnog is non-alcoholic.
Zane takes one sip of the eggnog, and his eyes go wide.
“That expression better be because this is so delicious that you have no words,” says Cole, tone sharp.
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each ninja was a different kind of teacher (except Lloyd who basically went on a year long press tour) and it also explains why Rebooted and after they seem a bit more responsible than in season 1 and the pilot
Cole has my favorite teacher characterization because he's objectively an interesting person with cool hobbies but when he is responsible for a group of children he just becomes Dad Who Is Helping Out At The Summer Camp. we never see his classroom, but given his proficiency in the arts we can assume he's the English teacher
since he went to art schools, he's probably not used to kids who aren't actually interested in what's being taught. the louder kids seem to dislike him (ref: running gag of "Mr Cole is the worst"), but that doesn't mean he's necessarily a bad teacher- just not one to humor pranks
also his and Kai's teacher outfits belong in the 1970s. I like the touch of making their ties the same color as their gis
little bit of meta: most of the people who worked on this show went to school in the 80s/90s so to them "older/boring" teacher outfits would look like this. also, as someone who was in the intended age range and saw it at the time of release, this sort of clothing conveyed that the ninja were doing a stuffy adult job- juxtaposed with their colorful gis
Kai appears to be the history teacher? his teaching style is likely structured and straightforward. given his nontraditional childhood, his frustration with the kids likely comes from both his jealousy that they aren't aware of how valuable schooling is and that Nya was much easier to work with when she was their age. at the end of the day he's an older brother who's now in charge of a bunch of kids
he's using an old-fashioned projector with film, which I assume (1) shows how low-budget they are, (2) emphasizes that Kai is out of his element (pun not intended), and (3) juxtaposes them with New Ninjago City
Zane is the one who doesn't know what a vape pen looks like but will listen to you infodump for an hour after class, then drive/walk you home because you missed the bus. he probably doesn't get any of the classroom humor or notice if the kids make fun of him. I can't imagine him ever getting angry at the kids, and he probably is very good at keeping them to a routine and a schedule
in rebooted episode 1 he seems to be teaching science? and the use of catapults is actually quite endearing- he's probably explaining tension and going to get his kids to make little models, which shows that he both is a pretty good teacher and hasn't realized that giving elementary/middle/primary schoolers their own catapults will only lead to chaos
he and Jay have personality-based outfits, with the snowflakes being an obvious allusion to Zane's element and the zig zags on Jay's emulating lightning
the little bowtie on Zane reminds me of Bill Nye the Science Guy (program with a a host of the same name who taught kids about science in a fun and accessibly way- very nostalgic for kids who went to american public school)
Jay is the exhausted teacher who's more interested in his hobbies than class material, and if you get him talking about that hobby, he won't stop until the bell. as a jokester, I think he'd get along well with the kids and definitely encourage them to annoy the other ninja
we don't see his classroom, but given Jay's skills he's probably the math teacher. he'd have a difficult time explaining things in different ways- very gifted people who learn well on their own often find it hard to teach things to others, though he would make sure he doesn't leave anyone behind
Nya definitely teaches math classes, but she probably handles tutoring as well since she's well-balanced in most subjects. it would also give her an intelligence network- kids come to her room after class/during lunch to complain and gossip. she uses it in the noble pursuit to antagonize the others
i'm used this video and the ninjago wikia because I'm on mobile and finding other sources would've taken too long
extra group photo I found! love the detail that Zane blinked (Dr Julien probably took the photo)
WHAT IF LAIOS ENTERED ALONE?
MY MAN MADE IT TO FOURTH FLOOR AND STILL TRUCKING
someone came in as soon as we open and said "im so so sorry for this i dont want to scare u but i have no other choice at thid point" so naturally i assume hes about to rob the store and was like awww mannnn nyooo but then he said "i need to order 30 footlongs due in 3 hours" and now i wish he had just robbed us instead
-trying their goshdarn best to do the work, always having major technical difficulties (theyre using Wu’s computer and it’s older than Wu himself)
-has no idea whats going on, usually doesnt know what class they’re in
-once fell asleep in lesson and didnt realise it ended, they were just there alone in the zoom call for about 20 mins without realising it
-theres like an 80% chance they’re having a mild breakdown over not being able to do the work, and theyre sat on the floor eating cool aid powder like its sherbert and video calling Nya for help.
-profile pic is a cute (but blurry) group photo of all the ninja
-rarely actually goes to the lessons, especially morning ones
- if he does, he doesnt try to do any of the work
- (its fine, hes the sort of person whos like secretly smart and he understands it well enough to get about average grades without doing much)
-he once kicked everyone out of the zoom call because the teacher accidentally set it up wrong and let everyone do admin things on the call, he also kicked the teacher out of the call before, it was absolute anarchy :)
-profile pic is a really bad picture of Nya doing a weird face, she hates it
-unmuted his mic to show everyone a remix of making my way downtown and that video thats like ‘just did a bad thing’, ya ko this one
-still thinks he needs permission to go to the bathroom or get a snack even though the teacher cant see or hear anyone usually so nobody can stop him from just going
-shows everyone cute photos of pets, we dont know if theyre his or not but they are very cute.
-profile pic is a selfie with a snapchat filter
-sucks up to the teacher so that he can trick them
-always joins the lesson with a message like ‘hiii miss/sir :) ☺️ how’s your day so far 💛✨’ then makes everyone pretend they cant find the work. and of course, because Jay was one of those pretending they cant find it, the teacher thinks it must not be there, because he wouldnt lie, of course not
-hes also the only student who ever ever ever turns their camera on, exept maybe Kai, but Kai doesn’t do it on purpose
-profile pic is a stock image of a sunset that he found on google images thats been oversaturated to death and still has a watermark
-once unmuted her mic in a lesson where Jay and Kai were messing arround, yelled that she didnt want to be in a lesson that was a waste of her time, and that the teacher was a failure who couldn’t control a class, then left
-tries to seem like less of a nerd by adding meme formats to her answers to questions sometimes, nobody’s falling for it
-if the teacher picks on someone who doesn’t know the answer, she sometimes dms them the answer so they dont get in trouble, unless its Kai, she dms him the wrong answer sometimes
-profile pic is a really bad picture of Kai doing a weird face, he hates it
-absolutely carrying the class work-wise. always the first to answer the questions, unless its Jay, but Jay always just asks google or Nya
-usually never actually talks other than to answer questions, reacts to everything the teacher says in the chat with a 👍
-when Nya unmuted her mic and talked about the teacher not being able to control the class, Zane Jay and Kai spammed the chat with ‘Yess Nya!!! 🤠🎉’. Zane didnt realise that he was the only one doing it unironically
-hasnt changed his profile pic so its just his initials, but secretly, he has changed it, to an identical picture of his initials but in a different colour. Zoom automatically made his profile pic red, and he made it grey-blue.