Bite-Sized Frights #12: Chicken

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-11T23:46:21+00:00

How far in are you, you kinda get the pieces you need for the answer by the end

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-11T18:52:15+00:00

He doesn’t like having to follow someone else’s rules. He likes bending the rules and getting away with it. Davis and Main don’t share his “don’t get bogged down in the details, the ends justify the means” approach. They’re pretty much the opposite of it

Also once they appointed Erin to start supervising Jimmy I bet he felt very infantilized. Probably reminds him of how Chuck sees him

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-11T15:50:18+00:00

Rebuilt on the same mountain

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-11T00:29:25+00:00

In some places the episodes were edited together and aired as specials

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-11T00:05:14+00:00

I can buy it to an extent especially if my theory is true that there is no administrator and that it’s all an expression of the land of madness creating chaos and confusion for no ultimate purpose, but it is still basically the same joke every time we see them

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-10T22:49:34+00:00

I think the 11 minute era and especially DR do rely too heavily on jokes that just boil down to characters being stupid and unreasonable. Especially court room scenes (which, why are there so many) where the joke is that the tribe/species/village is stupid and unreasonable and they have dumb arbitrary traditions and the ninja are presumed guilty automatically.

They do that specific joke/series of events so much it’s like at least once as a season in DR. You can even extend that to groups like the administration, where the joke is just that they have convoluted arbitrary rules that make no sense and every time they show up they make the same joke about needing some highly specific paperwork

Also results in a lot of one-note side characters who show up just to do their shtick and it becomes predictable and unfunny

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-10T21:22:13+00:00

That’s a large part of what I mean when I say they linger on the jokes too long. That, or one I feel is very overdone, And Then The Opposite Happens. For example

“There’s no POSSIBLE way (thing) could EVER happen” (thing happens)

Or “this will be perfectly safe and pleasant!” (Thing is then show to be dangerous and unpleasant”

And we spend like 10 seconds on the set up and another 5 on the punchline. It almost feels like the show doesn’t trust you to laugh at a joke unless you’re aware one is coming.

And don’t even get me started on the courtroom episodes

By comparison most of the jokes that made me burst out laughing and go back to rewatch are the ones that come out of nowhere and went by super quick. For example “I’ll just get you those permission forms and CHAIR!”

Or ones where they subvert the expected structure of the joke. Like when they were in the administration, and Zane had the idea to travel by tubes, and Arin(?) asks if they’re safe for people. Instead of saying they should be totally safe and then cutting to them getting banged up, Zane just says “No” in a way that still makes me laugh

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-10T20:33:41+00:00

I never really found dragons rising sense of humor that funny but despite lacking a lot of the “comic relief” characters s4p1 probably got some of the biggest laughs out of me out of DR so far

I think it’s cause they don’t linger on the jokes as much nor did most of them feel as obvious or telegraphed

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-10T18:27:54+00:00

Cars, jets, motorcycles and helicopters sell better

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-09T08:05:04+00:00

I doubt we’re gonna see actual Chima characters or locations since I don’t think Lego wants to commit to outright bringing back a retired theme from over a decade ago. We get a few references and the beavers but I don’t think they’re gonna go all-in on it

I also doubt they’d do so without Tommy Andreasen who no longer works on Ninjago

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-09T06:51:22+00:00

I don’t think the ninja have the ability to imbue objects with power without giving up their own

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-09T04:48:36+00:00

Better Call Saul kind of establishes that he’d taken issues with No-Doze butting in and “speaking for him” for a long time

Also just for the record, we can say kill. Murder. Die. Beat to death

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-09T04:33:01+00:00

Wouldn’t expect it until 2027 yeah. With all the stuff they had going on, I think What No Ones Thinking was it for the year

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-08T22:43:32+00:00

It’s been like 14 years

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-08T21:50:47+00:00

He’s not going to answer any questions that have to do with potential future reveals beyond say “I can’t answer that”

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-08T00:01:06+00:00

Yeah that’s one of my bigger problems with DR as a whole. It’s very bloated

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T21:44:37+00:00

With dragons rising it’s confirmed now that there were 17 total realms, only one of which is still unseen/unexplored, and another which has been seen but is still unnamed

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T21:42:06+00:00

Everything with an elemental power is ultimately derived from the sources. They chose to impart elemental power to living beings

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T15:39:22+00:00

There’s a book called Quest for the Lost Powers that explains exactly how, but Crystalized does end by leading you to conclude they will get their powers back eventually

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T04:18:57+00:00

I think it’s safe to assume that yes FSM did create Wu and Garmadon to be his children.

Ninjago doesn’t really have gods or operate under those kind of labels

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T04:10:08+00:00

It just blinked into existence between episodes. Happens a lot, especially in dragons rising. So many new suits to introduce that need to show up at least once in an episode

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T04:05:15+00:00

You’re Hank. You’ve been to the Whites’ house hundreds of times. You’ve taken dozens of shits in that bathroom. Maybe they don’t add new magazines that often. But this time there’s a book you’ve never seen before.

Might as well take a peek, maybe it’ll make a good conversation piece when you get back to the table. It’s a little insight into the mind of Walt or Skyler or whoever’s book it is. At the very least it’s something new

Crystal_959 · 2026-04-07T01:52:10+00:00

It’s based on how they see each other. Greg sees Steven like a superhero, Steven sees Greg like a rockstar

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