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Early Life[]
Lord Garmadon was born with the Elemental Essence of Spinjitzu: Creation and Destrustion. One day, when the brothers were very small, the First Spinjitzu Master explained to his sons that one day they would become bearers and teachers of the legacy of Spinjitzu.
Pilot Episodes[]
In the Ninjago pilot episodes, Garmadon is betrayed by Samukai, but the skeleton is destroyed when he tries to possess the four weapons, and a portal to another dimension is opened, which Garmadon intentionally lets himself be sucked into, so he can become strong enough to wield the four weapons from inside. In the 2012 series, he returns from the void, now with four arms to help save his son from a group of snake people called the serpentine.
Season 1: Rise of the Snakes[]
Despite being evil, he loves his son and does not wish for Lloyd to become him, because Lloyd should find his own destiny because he never got to make the choice to become evil, hinting that the Great Devourer's venom could not corrupt his heart completely.
He also has shown hatred for the Great Devourer. He formed a truce with Sensei Wu and the ninjas to save his son. Once Lloyd is revealed to be the Green Ninja, both Lloyd and Garmadon are devastated knowing they would face each other in battle.
However, he tells Lloyd that even though they're now on opposite sides, he is still proud of him and used the skeleton army to help save the ninjas. In the season finale, he used the four golden weapons to destroy the Great Devourer and got his revenge on the giant snake, and then he ran off with the four weapons. Lloyd accepts he will have to face his father in the future and get his training from not only Sensei Wu but the four ninjas as well.
Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja[]
In Season Two, Garmadon returns, this time intent on destroying the ninja to prevent his son from reaching his true potential. Allying himself with the Serpentine, Garmadon rebuilds Destiny's Bounty in his own image, rechristening it "Black Bounty", and travels to the birthplace of the Golden Weapons, uniting them into a stronger one, the Mega Weapon.
Back in Ninjago, Skales leads the Serpentine in his plan to destroy Ninjago City, but they stumble upon a tomb filled with Stone Warriors. The Stone Warriors lock the Serpentine up, then leave to find their master, he who wears the helmet of shadows. The Overlord leads Garmadon to the Helmet of Shadows, and Garmadon takes control of the Stone Army. With guidance from The Overlord, Garmadon instructs his army to build the ultimate weapon, consisting of dark matter.
The Weapon is designed to transform whatever it targets into Garmadon's evil image. Using the dark island as his base, Garmadon is seemingly unstoppable. Once the ninja arrive, a war on the island breaks out. Garmadon realizes he will have to fight his son soon, but he doesn't want to.
At one point, the stone army captured Misako, Garmadon's wife, whom Garmadon has not seen since before he was cast into the Underworld. She tells him that Lloyd does not want to fight, which both comforts and scares Garmadon. Garmadon is ashamed of his evil ways, but still invites her to rule Ninjago by his side. Misako lies and tells him that she accepts, but she steals the helmet of shadows from him, leaving him angry and hurt.
When the ultimate weapon, Garmatron, is complete, Lord Garmadon leads his troops to the edge of the island, and aims the weapon at Ninjago. Lloyd, Sensei Wu, and Misako arrive and tell him to stop. Garmadon tells them that fate has turned his son, wife, and brother against him, and turning them evil is the only way for his family to be together.
Sensei Wu tells him that the Overlord is using him and that if he fires the weapon, the Overlord will be released. The Overlord insists that Garmadon ignore him and fire the weapon anyway, so Garmadon decides the Overlord is right and fires the weapon at Jamanakai village. The balance is then shifted, and the Overlord is freed. The Overlord possesses Lord Garmadon's body, and he transforms into a scaly, dragon-esque figure with claws, sharp teeth, a tail, and a head resembling a dinosaur's.
The heroes realize the "Dark Lord" referred to in the Green Ninja prophecy was not Garmadon, but the Overlord. Lloyd begins his fight with the Overlord, trying to tell his father to regain control over his body. Garmadon fights back, telling the Overlord that he will not hurt his son, but the Overlord wins and nearly kills Lloyd. Still possessing Garmadon, the Overlord, the Stone Army, and evil Nya teleport to Ninjago City, leaving Lloyd on the island with a broken leg.
Later, the Overlord transforms Garmadon's body into his original form, resembling a giant black dragon. When the ninja arrive in Ninjago City, almost everyone has been transformed into Garmadon's image. The Helmet of Shadows falls off of Garmadon's head when he turns into a dragon, having become too small for him. Dareth finds the helmet and takes control of the stone army.
Lloyd battles the Overlord and wins, transforming everything in Garmadon's image back to good. Lloyd is upset because his father's body is missing. But they find him shortly after that, only he is not the Garmadon they once knew. Garmadon is now transformed to look like his original self (Before being cast into the underworld) only much older. Every ounce of evil was drained out of Garmadon, making him good again. His family runs to him, and he is finally reunited with the people he loves.
Season 3: Rebooted[]
Fleeing from the Overlord, the five ninja and Nya traveled to Garmadon's Monastery to seek refuge. That night, they partook in Garmadon's lesson on the Art of the Silent Fist, a martial arts style that involves misdirection and avoiding the attacks of enemies. He handily defeated Lloyd in a sparring session, invoking his son's anger, but cautioned his son against giving in to such feelings, having been overcome by rage himself in the past. Upon learning that the Nindroids are seeking Lloyd for his golden powers, Garmadon volunteered to travel with Lloyd and get as far away from the Overlord's grasp as possible.
Traveling to Nya's old Samurai X Cave, Lloyd and Garmadon took her all-terrain vehicle to help expedite their journey. As night fell, the pair stopped by a nearby river to drink. However, they were subsequently tracked down and attacked by the Nindroid MechDragon. As they fled Garmadon accidentally fired the vehicle's cannons while attempting to find an afterburner to increase their speed, much to his dismay. Just as the dragon was about to capture them however, the ninja succeed in shutting down the power to all of Ninjago, and the Dragon collapsed in front of them. Though Lloyd believed they should return, Garmadon remained firm in continuing to put distance between themselves and New Ninjago City until the Overlord has been permanently deleted.
As father and son passed through a rocky gorge, Garmadon paused to teach Lloyd about the importance of balance by having the Green Ninja balance rocks. Upon placing a boulder atop the pile, Lloyd lost control and the rock tower collapsed. Giving up, Garmadon determined that they should continue forward, though without the use of the Golden Dragon.
Garmadon and Lloyd eventually came to a broken bridge, prohibiting their path forward. Garmadon saw this as an opportunity for Lloyd to unlock more of the First Spinjitzu Master's powers and ordered his son to move the mountain in front of him to create a path across. Though the Golden Ninja managed to move pieces into place, he lost focus at the end and the bridge crumbled. Frustrated, Lloyd summoned the Golden Dragon to create a Golden Path for them, much to Garmadon's dismay.
Their path eventually took them to a large mountain that they were forced to scale. Lloyd joked that Garmadon's former extra set of arms would have come in useful here, though Garmadon noted that his son's sense of humor lacked in comparison to his Golden Power. As the master reached the top of the mountain, he was alarmed to see that Lloyd had stopped to help a Ravture youngling. As he feared, the father was not far away and attacked the duo. Garmadon began to frantically climb away only to be grabbed by the father ravture and thrown off the mountainside. It was then that Lloyd found himself able to move mountains and managed to create a hand to catch his father.
The father and son ravture were reunited and left, while Lloyd created a stairway down the mountain with his newfound abilities. On their way down, the Falcon arrived with a message from Nya warning them of a mysterious Stranger who had taken the hard drive containing the Overlord. As the message ended, Garmadon noted that they were near Hiroshi's Labyrinth and determined they should head there to hide. Lloyd agrees and they descended into the forest to get lost.
Garmadon and Lloyd make it inside of Hiroshi's Labyrinth, and Lloyd comments that whoever made it through the jungle was better than him. Garmadon also comments that there is an oasis in the middle of the jungle, that no one but Hiroshi has seen before.
When they make it to the oasis, however, they only have a moment to rest as Techno Wu and a squad of Nindroids ambush the duo. Garmadon faces his brother again as Lloyd escapes, yet Wu is victorious and Garmadon is taken aboard the MechDragon. When Pythor nullifies Lloyd's power, the Overlord comments that Garmadon is no use to them, and he throws him overboard. As the MechDragon flies off, Garmadon surfaces and vows that he will find Lloyd again.
Garmadon followed the MechDragon back to New Ninjago City where he disguised himself as a Nindroid to sneak into Borg Tower. He arrived in Borg's Office just as Techno Wu was about to suspend the program, thereby trapping the ninja in the Digiverse. Garmadon flung his assimilated brother out the window before revealing himself and attacked Pythor, as the latter expressed surprise that Garmadon broke his oath. Garmadon claimed that as they took his son, he had done away with his oath never to fight again.
After the Serpentine managed to escape in a Hover-Copter, Garmadon slid down the side of the building where he faced Techno Wu again. The battle quickly turned against Garmadon's favor and he was forced to retreat to the very edge of the cell tower. However just as Techno Wu prepared to finish him off, the ninja successfully reboot the system, thereby returning Wu to his regular self.
The brothers returned to Borg's Office where the ninja, P.I.X.A.L., and Nya celebrated their success.
Garmadon accompanied Wu and the other ninja back to the Temple of Light wherein Lloyd returned his elemental powers to the four ninja. Garmadon voiced his disprovable of the plan to Wu, who in return reminds him that it was Lloyd's choice, not his, and encourages the ninja to take risks. Garmadon remained optimistic, knowing that as the protectors of Ninjago, they were without the luxury of rest.
Once back in New Ninjago City, Garmadon arrives at Borg Tower where P.I.X.A.L. and Wu are busy trying to figure out the Nindroid's mysterious project Arcturus. Garmadon comments that he and Wu once defeated an ancient Serpentine General by the same name during the Serpentine War. They later discover that the Overlord intends to retrieve the Golden Weapons from space, where they were sent following the Mega-Weapon's destruction-an event that only Garmadon and the four ninja who traveled back in time can remember due to their involvement in it. P.I.X.A.L later discloses this to Kai who sets for the truck carrying some of the parts of the rocket. He, Wu, Nya, and P.I.X.A.L. follow the rest of the ninja (except Kai, who was captured) to Ouroboros just in time to witness Arcturus launch with all five ninja aboard. Garmadon is outraged that Wu would allow such a thing but nevertheless watched as the rocket departed for the heavens.
Garmadon returned to Borg Tower with Wu, Nya, and P.I.X.A.L. where they were able to contact the ninja and provide help in their attempt to take over the comet-bound ship. However, their communications were discovered by Pythor who lead a squad of Nindroids to attack Borg Industries.
The four managed to escape to Garmadon's monastery and re-established contact with the ninja.
The ninja manage to return to Ninjago City by salvaging the parts of the Nindroids' ship to create a new, smaller, more cartoonish one. They meet with Garmadon and their other allies before heading into the city, which has been occupied and ransacked by the Overlord, in an attempt to reach the Temple of Fortitude. Garmadon and Master Wu meet the other ninja there, with Cyrus Borg giving them a pill they can use to shrink the Overlord while Garmadon and Wu devise a plan to make him consume it.
The ninja, along with Garmadon and his brother, run across rooftops towards the Overlord. The Overlord's powers don't affect them due to their Stone Warrior armor, which wards off the golden power. Upon reaching Borg Tower, where the Overlord has created a massive "spider-web" using his golden powers, Garmadon and Wu work together to propel the pill towards their ancient adversary, but Pythor intervenes and devours it. The Overlord then seizes Garmadon and the other ninja, except Zane, who sacrifices himself to freeze the Overlord, with both being destroyed in the process.
Garmadon attends Zane's funeral and joins his brother and the ninja as they crowd around each other and watch snow fall from the sky.
Season 4: Tournament of Elements[]
Garmadon was going to join his brother and Nya in rebuilding Destiny's Bounty. He went to ask his son for help but the latter told him that he was going on a fishing trip with his friends as Garmadon was happy they reconnected. Lloyd then asks his father if there were others with elemental powers like him and the ninja. Garmadon questions Lloyd why he asked him that, to Lloyd's response with nothing. He feels suspicious of his son and then heads towards his son's room where he found that he cast the fishing rod against the wall and left it there. As Garmadon looks around and questions what is going on, he notices and spots a symbol on a takeout carton and realizes Chen was involved with his son's mysterious behavior.
With this knowledge, Garmadon deduces that Lloyd and the other ninja were going to Chen's Island. He immediately followed them to the docks, where the Elemental Masters began boarding Chen's ferry. While there Garmadon encountered his old rival Clouse, who is still working with Chen. Garmadon tries to stop the ninja but they are insisted on going because Zane may still be alive and this was a chance to find him. After failing to dissuade his son from going, Garmadon decides to join him on the journey. Clouse initially refuses to let Garmadon on the ship stating there was no room, but Garmadon boards anyway after knocking off a grunt and Clouse allows this act.
On the ferry, Garmadon tells the ninja about Clouse being a dangerous wizard and Chen's second-in-command. Soon, the ninja meet various people using different kinds of powers as Kai asks Garmadon why he or Wu never told them there were others with abilities like them. Garmadon explains there were things they didn't want them to know as he tells the ninja about the Elemental Masters. As they travel through the ferry, Garmadon gives details about several of the current masters, revealing they are descended from previous elemental users. When Kai notes the same went for him and his sister, Garmadon tells a confused Kai that Nya might have an element that just needed to be unlocked. Garmadon makes note of a few of major Elemental Masters. Clouse then announces to everyone that they're about to reach Chen's Island before calling Chen himself and telling him that Garmadon has returned. Garmadon tells the ninja that he swore never to return to the island while the ninja contemplate whether they'll be able to find Zane.
In Only One Can Remain,After arriving on the island, Clouse speaks to Garmadon and states that Chen will be pleased to see him again while tensely referring to him as Sensei.
Garmadon reveals to the ninja that Master Chen was previously his master, during a period in Garmadon's life when he took the path of evil. During the Serpentine War, Chen betrayed the Elemental Masters by siding with the Serpentine before being exiled to his island fortress as part of a deal for his surrender. After the tournament bracket is revealed he is kicked out of Chen's fortress by Clouse but sneaks back in during the first round. After catching Clouse using his dark magic to sabotage Lloyd, Garmadon attacks him, the grapple enabling Lloyd to claim one of the Jadeblades. He then takes part in the group's discussion regarding the urgency of finding Zane.
Sometime later, he sacrifices himself by allowing himself to be banished in a mystical realm called the Cursed Realm to stop Master Chen. When the realm was completely destroyed at a later period of time, Garmadon also perished.
Season 5: Posession[]
After being tricked by Morro, Lloyd eventually awakened in the Cursed Realm and began searching around. Soon enough, he finds his father bound in chains. Lloyd tried to break the chains but to no avail. Seeing Lloyd's despair over his inability to save his father and stop Morro, Garmadon gives him the confidence to keep fighting. He promises to always be with Lloyd no matter where he is and says that at some point every boy must become a man, but it's their decision as to what kind of man they want to be. By some means, Lloyd obtained his father's robes and departed the Cursed Realm to face Morro.
As the ghost invasion draws to a close, Nya unlocks her True Potential, creating a giant tidal wave that drowns the Preeminent. The Cursed Realm is consequently destroyed; all its inhabitants are killed, including Garmadon, who passes on to the Departed Realm. Following the battle, Lloyd expressed his feelings that his father was "in a better place." Unbeknownst to him however, the Cursed Realm would continue to exist inside of the Preeminent's spirit within the Departed Realm. If not for future events, Garmadon would remain in the wicked place he was banished to forevermore.
Season 6: Skybound[]
Garmadon doesn't make his original appearence in the Season 6, but Lloyd made a wish his face came similar to him.
Day of Departed[]
In Day of Departed, the statue of Garmadon reappers again and during Pythor's fight against Lloyd and Misako in the Corridor of Elders.
Season 7: The Hands of Time[]
In The Hands of Time, Garmadon appeared in a photo when he, Wu and the main Elemental Mast are battling Acronix and Krux. In Lost in Time Garmadon and Wu saw Kai and Nya fight the Time Twins and the Vermillon in the past
Season 8: Sons of Garmadon[]
Sometime after his death, a group of fanatics named the Sons of Garmadon have managed to resurrect Sensei Garmadon in his form of Lord Garmadon, completely devoid of all that remained of his humanity. Worse, Lord Garmadon behaves as if he is a separate entity to Sensei Garmadon who his friends and family knew and love, as when fighting Lloyd, he claimed that he had no son, much to Lloyd's dismay.
After unlocking his true potential by defeating Lloyd, Garmadon uses his new abilities to create the Colossi, a giant rock monster. After failing to capture toddler Wu, Garmadon succeeded in taking over Ninjago with Harumi by his side.
Season 9: Hunted[]
Emperor Garmadon oppressed Ninjago's citizens and sought out his son, who led a brave Resistance. In the eventual confrontation against Lloyd and Wu, it turned out that Lord Garmadon still retain his humanity just like when under Overlord's corruption. While he still ignored Lloyd's attempts to talk sense with him, Garmadon prevented Lloyd from falling to certain death twice and slowly revealed his true agenda: He intended to make Lloyd defeat him without holding back, so his son would be ready to fight an oncoming threat. Lloyd soon stopped fighting and resisted his father long enough for the latter to lose his power and him to regain his own. Having lost, Garmadon, apparently believing Lloyd is ready to inherit the responsibility of defending Ninjago from the Oni, accepted defeat and wanted Lloyd to finish him off, but Lloyd was unable to bring himself to do it and had him arrested and sent to Kryptarium Prison instead. In spite of damage he caused, Lloyd was implied to have forgiven Garmadon, after understanding his agenda.
Season 10: March of the Oni[]
Garmadon requests Lloyd to visit him in his High security, solitary cell built solely for him in Kryptarium prison. After the Prison Warden escorts Lloyd to the cell, Garmadon reminds Lloyd about his warning that the Oni will come and destroy Ninjago. Garmadon tries to convince his son to let him out so he can help stop the Oni, to which Lloyd immediately refuses. As Lloyd leaves Garmadon remarks to himself the Lloyd will be back. However when Garmadon's unheeded warning is proven correct, and the Oni take over Ninjago city and cover it in a dark cloud which will turn anyone who touches it into a statue, after arriving through the Realm Crystal, Lloyd and the rest of the Ninja come to Kryptarium prison and reluctantly tell the guard to let Garmadon out of the prison.
Now aboard the newly rebuilt destiny's bounty, Garmadon shuts off the ship's power although the Ninja manage to turn back on just before they hit the ground. Garmadon claims that the power button needs to be labeled although it already is. Garmadon sees a picture of him and Lloyd in the sleeping quarters on the ship and although Lloyd tries to make Garmadon remember the picture, Garmadon doesn't and throws the picture behind him. On deck, Garmadon explains to the Ninja that the Oni came to Ninjago through the realm crystal and that the realm crystal which has recently moved to the Basement of Borg Tower must be destroyed and that only he and Lloyd can go get it, as they the only one with Oni heritage which means that they will not be turned into the statue. They reluctantly give Garmadon a sword and after a brief fight with the Ninja, Garmadon regains his powers and jumps off the ship followed by Lloyd.
On the ground Lloyd and his father discover the frozen statues of many citizens including cyrus borg. After a struggle with two onis guarding the entrance, the two make their way into the basement of Borg Tower as Garmadon attempts to destroy the realm crystal but is stopped by an Oni who introduces himself as The Omega and reveals he is the Oni leader. Garmadon fights off the Omega while Lloyd finally destroys the Realm Crystal. However, the Omega reveals that destroying the crystal was pointless, as the crystal was merely that gateway by which the Oni opened the portal to Ninjago. Garmadon and Lloyd are defenseless against the might of the Omega until they discover the golden armor in a vault adjacent to where the Realm Crystal was held. Lloyd and Garmadon discover that the golden armor makes the Oni flee, so they use the armor to make their way outside and back onto the bounty.
Garmadon later participates in the defense of the reconstructed Monastery with the Ninjas as the Oni approach. In the meantime, he has handed over the remains of the Golden Master's armor so that the ninjas can reforge their ancient gold weapons. During the final confrontation against the Oni, Garmadon uses his full power to push them back but seeing that this is not enough against The Omega, he takes his full Oni form in an attempt to compete with the leader of the Oni. As they fight, The Omega feels that deep inside Garmadon wants to be one of the Ninjas again, which The Omega calls weakness before pushing him back, returning him to his previous and tired form. With the Oni taking over and restricting the Ninjas behind the monastery gates, Lloyd finds out to defeat them, the Tornado of Creation must be done with everyone, including a reluctant Garmadon. After hesitation and a look at one of the paintings of Lloyd, Garmadon ultimately chooses to join the ultimate Creation Tornado, leading to the defeat of the Oni.
| “ | Goodbye, brother | „ |
| ~ Wu saying to Garmadon after the defeat of the Oni |
With demonic creatures defeated, Garmadon seems equally saddened by Lloyd's apparent death until he awakens. Garmadon then leaves, not without looking one last time at Wu who smiles at him and sadly says goodbye while calling him his brother again.
Season 15: Crystalized[]
Sometime during the year after Great Flood, Garmadon, wanting to know more about life, went straight to Vinny for advice, and he allows him to live in his apartment, but had indirectly been keeping him up all night. Overtime, Garmadon attempted to smile and try to be polite, although his efforts led to failure before Vinny gave him a plant as a housewarming gift for him to look after as part of learning about life, which he named Christofern.
Hearing a knock at the door, Garmadon answered it, complaining about a delivery, only to discover his visitors were his brother, Wu, and son, Lloyd.
Later, Garmadon transforms himself as an oni to defeat the Crystal Army, he went to defeat Harumi and The Overlord (The Crystal King), Near the end, Harumi, Lloyd and Garmadon fighted agaist the Crystal King, he "dies" (because he fakes his death) , but he stayed with Harumi and the Ninja and was congrutulated by Wu and their allies.
Somewhere on a distant mountain, Garmadon replants Christofern, and feels proud for what he has accomplished and leaves to help the ninja rebuild the Monastery of Spinjitzu.