The Most Underrated Ninjago Villain

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5 ай бұрын

Let's discuss the full story of one of my favorite Ninjago villains of all time: THE MECHANIC!
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@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

I've been getting alot of questions as to if this video is a repost of the June 2022 Mechanic analysis video - it isn't. This video is best viewed as a revisit of that video, updated with the Mechanic stuff that dropped since that video's release. It is a completely ground up different video though, and you can find a link to that video in this pinned comment if you'd like to compare the two for yourself: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9qci9Rl3aiWnp8.htmlsi=V43DiK3LDvN1vZ7W

@spinjitzumasterfalcon 4 ай бұрын

This is why I love animating The Mechanic in my animations. He’s just a guy who loves causing chaos and takes pleasure in it. And you gotta be a top-tier criminal for The Overlord to want you on his villain team.

@Stupidvideos12411 4 ай бұрын

You are the guy that does those Ninjago edits

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

you get so much creative freedom when it comes to animating him because of how many stupid ass gadgets hes got i love him

@spinjitzumasterfalcon 4 ай бұрын

@@Crusty783 absolutely. And the fact that he’s pretty much Doc Ock opens so many more insane creative possibilities. That’s why he’s the GOAT!

@StevenJones851 4 ай бұрын

He's pretty cool

@ChickenTablet 5 ай бұрын

fact that the mechanic started off as a side antagonist with only a few minutes of screentime then eventually turned into a fan-favorite just proves more that mechanic IS a solid character. really loved him in prime empire and crystalized (the mechanic carried crystalized⁉️) im also happy that he returned in dragons rising lol

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

hes the goat for rising from nothing like that fr

@scratchsketch1879 4 ай бұрын

That crystalized rant gave me an idea. What if instead of mocking Nya for her lack of powers the mechanic actually kept on encouraging her to get back up and continue the fight? Not only would it be great for his characterisation, but the idea of him wanting to fight Nya more than ever now that they're evenly matched is really fun.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

that would have went insane tbh i kinda love that

@Green_Ninja-fm7hs 4 ай бұрын

Tbh I don't think Nya's arc was ruined bc she realised she doesn't need to be alone and her friends are what's important

@drakedy2145 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree

@Thehalfbrainedbean 5 ай бұрын

Mechanic is a really good underrated villain and I hope him and Sora develop a some sort of rivalry 👌

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

me too if he shows up in the season

@dragonmanstopmotions 4 ай бұрын

I think it made perfect sense to pair up Nya and the Mechanic in the Crystalized villain-hero rivalries, since both of them were powerless but could still do cool things, but then they had to go and decide that actually Nya was completely worthless without water powers lol and ruin that really cool dynamic they could've had

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

yeah the dynamic had huge potential but they fumbled it

@MagicPotato08 5 ай бұрын

The Mechanic is a really fun and entertaining villain, watching him do evil stuff will always be fun for me. Prime Empire is his peak 🔥 His late characterisation in Crystalized doesn't bother me to much, because he already hated Nya back in Season 11 for being "The absolutely worst Ninja" in his eyes. They just continued that rivalry. Reagrding his mocking of Nya du to the lack of her powers- I think he's just being hypocritical.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

Hes great in PE

@JustACapCutGuy 4 ай бұрын

In my opinion, there are a lot of underrated characters in Ninjago, if you look at the minor characters like the Elemental Masters, the minor villains like Cryptor and Kozu, or even the underrated factions like the Serpentines, Oni and Dragons. Lego likes to introduce characters and factions and not fully reveal them. Oni in season 10 could potentially destroy all Realms, and even in the original ending, Omega destroyed everything in existence, and then Garmadon with the Golden Weapons riding Firstbourne should have created another world like his father, but Lego lost this potential.

@IdkIdk-vm4dm 2 ай бұрын

Man when I was a younger kid I used to be obsessed with the other Elemental Masters as well as Cryptor. We haven't seen Gravis and Jacob in a long time. Tox used her powers on screen literally once and Ash's status is unknown, possibly dead. Bolobo stay taking Ls and Chamille is a 'bad girl' according to Karlof, who is a W dude, love Karlof as well as Neuro and Griffin. Shade dope too

@adekunletaiwo1342 4 ай бұрын

My head cannon is that he is smart enough to know that the specific thing he says to Nya he only says because he knows it would get under her skin because of her sacrifice. It’s obvious not what the writer was doing because they would have said he was lying but thats what I am going to pretend it was.😅

@purplef0xx 4 ай бұрын

Let's not forget that the Mechanic started off life as a pirate in Soto's crew!

@drakedy2145 3 ай бұрын

Yeah

@user-kd7im7hs2j 4 ай бұрын

That character is super underrated. I really want the writers to give us a Mechanic backstory. It doesn't have to be in the series. Maybe they can reveal it in a book. We know that he used to work for Master Chen. There is also a rumor that he used to work for Captain Soto. But how did he get his prosthetic?

@bedrock_breaker 4 ай бұрын

Why didn't he interact with zane in crystallized?? Would be a nice pay of to him giving him a random nickname earlier.

@legosnek 4 ай бұрын

His introduction was literally wanting to take Zane apart and then they kinda just forgot about that

@adnanaboukewik4950 4 ай бұрын

Another thing I love about the mechanic He served 3 different masters. Literally. When a master of his is either got killed or completely changed, he'll move on to a new one to succeed in world domination. Examples of that would be Chen, Unagami, and the Overlord, which are basically his 3 masters over his run and what he switch with. Great video crusty!

@jestrocr4 4 ай бұрын

I'm 2 weeks late to this and I haven't even watched the video yet but I know this man is spitting straight facts

@sepp4815 4 ай бұрын

still wished he returned in Dragon Rising as Crimebose/Crimelord like in Prime empire season, with an arm that can do all (fire, strech, hack ?, ...) and a fancy suit or fixed cloath like sitting in his chair and send his anger for failing operation on his men (like hire a meceneray or something for the ninja problem) but I liked that he return just wish he will grow as character

@spiderfan2003 4 ай бұрын

Great video man, love seeing the mechanic get the credit he deserves.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

ty!! :)

@Kinderchanel 4 ай бұрын

Bro! I personally love the Mechanic just as much as you do! He is such a cunning yet fun villain on screen that I was so happy when I saw him line up with the primary villains in Crystalized! Though I wish there was more of him and done well in the other half of the season, but still. His presence in the show is the reason why I'm creating a fanfiction about him on Wattpad! A story about him and Ultra Violet's relationship and crimes in Ninjago City! He is my favorite villain, besides the Time Twins, and I am excited to see more of him in later seasons!

@craftmastr 4 ай бұрын

The Mechanic is not only on of the best villains, but also my favorite villain in Ninjago. Was gonna make a video on this, but you hit all the points on the head with this video. Thank you for doing my job for me!

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

ty! im glad i was able to verbalise what you enjoyed about the character :)

@daranaqelforastero319 4 ай бұрын

4:38 That's still one of my favorite fights!

@sluktra 4 ай бұрын

8:00 i think i finally understand what writers intentions were there. When the mechanic says that nya is nothing without her powers is to show that he hates people with natural power because they are just born with it and not have worked for it like the mechanic himself. Its not that he is shitting on people without power, its him shitting on people that are nothing without their power. But crystallised still failed at disproving him, because nya didnt have her powers for 5 seasons and she was still probably the best member of the team

@sluktra 4 ай бұрын

The mechanic has no powers and strong Nya had elemental power and was strong Now with no power she is weak In this scenario the mechanic is happy that he is proven right That if he and nya were ordinary people(which he is ) then he would be better than nya

@oc11studiosOFFICIAL 4 ай бұрын

He’s awesome and I love the mechanic! He’s such a compelling character and he is such a deep character with his regret of his arm. And he is just so fun and charismatic.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

me too! hes great

@Cainus36 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the use of Syndrome in this video at 5:14

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

ty! its one of my favourite edits ive done in a vid tbh

@davi.brasil 4 ай бұрын

I mean, I think that the Mechanic fixating on Nya being useless without her powers is not out of character for him. I saw it as like "I never needed any powers but you are usuless without yours!" An "I am so much better" thing

@series983 4 ай бұрын

I don’t know how I personally feel about the Mechanic. There’s things I like and don’t like about him, in which I don’t really have any strong opinions on

@azusamc 4 ай бұрын

I love the Mechanic too

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

hes the goat

@acronixwoodentrains3058 4 ай бұрын

I Absolutely Love The Mechanic so Much and His Subway Tunnel Fight/Battle with The 4 Original Ninja from Season 15 Crystalized Episode 12 The Council of the Crystal King is One of the Best Mechanic Battles of All Time in my Opinion I’m Very Excited to see more of the Mechanic in the Ninjago Sequel Series Dragons Rising in the Future He’s Super Awesome.🔥 (“THE MECHANIC IS BACK NINJAGO”)

@The_ch0sen0ne5 4 ай бұрын

I love your breakdown in the mechanic’s character, might’ve made me appreciate his character a bit more but unfortunate his peak of his character is in the second worst season of all time so it’s hard to to give a full perspective on his character. Although I never thought he was bad to begin with

@theblazing9440 4 ай бұрын

gonna be honest I love the mechanic ever since season 12

@andreraider 4 ай бұрын

Love your vids bro

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

tysm for the superthanks!! :) glad u enjoyed the video

@jpmountaingaming5681 4 ай бұрын

Really hope you do a video on all the villains on the council of the crystal king.

@centurosproductions8827 4 ай бұрын

He has no comparison to Fugidove, though.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

TRUEEEE

@user-zq8fd7gx1n 4 ай бұрын

If The Mechanic make upgrades his arm with long robotic arm and arm sword and arm laser

@Tears-of-the-Cat 4 ай бұрын

This vid is just full of facts. Good job, Crusty 👍

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

ty! :)

@lbricks7631 4 ай бұрын

You better thank the FSM that you didn't put the mechanic above Morro, or all those existentially depressed teens would have crucified you.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

lmao fr

@SICPARVISMAGNA3018 4 ай бұрын

I'm neutral on the mechanic, I don't love nor hate him but I do agree that him just being a normal human with a prosthetic arm makes him unique

@Zertrx 4 ай бұрын

yoo I agree too with the MECHANIC he is so funny one of my favs hope he will return in Ninjago dragon rishing season 2 that would be sick

@AlfonzoFrohicky 4 ай бұрын

A lot of people, me included, kind of get annoyed though by how the mechanic appears in short stints so often and i've seen some ninjago reactors feel the same way. He's just so lame and boring that i just don't really care about him, and get mad whenever he's on screen because a new cooler character could've been introduced and do the same thing like in prime empire. And there is just no way in any universe the mechanic is better than kaalmar, chen, nadakhan, clouse, just no way. Someone like kalmaar is just more fun, has more personality and is just more entertaining. The mechanic is just not cool, design wise, personality wise, power wise etc and not funny or charismatic to me. But what entertains people is subjective and different for everyone but that's just how i feel bout mechanic he just meh.

@Chiccii 3 ай бұрын

I think the mecanic looks best in season 8. Mostly becuase the animation, I did like the crystalized skin but the season 8 one is my favorite

@The_ch0sen0ne5 4 ай бұрын

To me the mechanic was decent villian. Definitely very underrated

@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730 4 ай бұрын

Don't forget, this guy was one of Captain Soto's pirates, which means he may or may not have had a hand in helping defeat Nadakhan the first time around.

@croctheman 4 ай бұрын

It's not necessary canon but it would be sick if it was actually confirmed. As of right now it's just a theory that was noticed by Tommy but he stated that we need to wait for show to confirm it for it to be canon.

@legosnek 4 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Tommy was joking when he said that, the only thing he has in common with that pirate is that they have the same face, but so do many other characters in the show like Karlof and Okino

@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730 4 ай бұрын

@@legosnek The discussion of characters impersonating or sharing likenesses with pirates may trivialize the historical and present-day realities of piracy, which include theft, violence, and lawlessness, contributing to potentially harmful stereotypes and insensitivities towards those affected by such activities.

@legosnek 4 ай бұрын

@@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730 the Mechanic is a known criminal and there's no way he doesn't consume pirated media, how else do you think he got access to a 30 year old game?

@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730 4 ай бұрын

@@legosnek Discussing the activities of a known criminal could foster an environment where illegal actions are trivialized or seen as acceptable, which is not in alignment with upholding lawful conduct and discouraging any behavior that violates copyrights or intellectual property laws.

@elementaljedi9335 4 ай бұрын

Respect for those who like him but I just can’t get behind him. I don’t see how a guy with a prosthetic arm is a match against what are basically super humans.

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

thats why hes so cool though

@Lemuel928 Ай бұрын

Why is Mechanic rarely Zane’s nemesis again?

@jinhaochong9606 4 ай бұрын

You released this before. Copyright issues?

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

i didnt. the previous mechanic video was released before crystalized part 2 and we've gotten alot of mechanic content since then so i thought id do an update

@jakeplayzyt5220 4 ай бұрын

Thumbnail is so weird. Just because something is underrated doesn’t mean it’s goated. It just means it’s better than what It’s told it is.

@Sacrificiumcontrol 4 ай бұрын

Pythor video next pls please 🙏

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

might be the move to be fair. will add it to my idea list

@user-xq8ub6pc2c 4 ай бұрын

Overlordddddd

@clutchmorecity 4 ай бұрын

Who loves the mechanic's character

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

me🔥

@clutchmorecity 4 ай бұрын

@@Crusty783 didn't know there was youtuber that likes the mechanic

@clutchmorecity 4 ай бұрын

@Crusty783 I have seen your videos other the years, and I've been looking for a different Lego ninjago youtuber for interesting videos . I saw your channel and got hooked and watched 7 of your longest videos and some of your recent ones.

@user-xu2wt1kh6d 4 ай бұрын

Ppl are prob gonna choose dareth over the mechanic no matter the scenario anyway lmao.

@Person-wz6iy 4 ай бұрын

0:17.

@DigitalThunderr 4 ай бұрын

Now, I like the mechanic objectively. He’s a good villain if the writers just want a villain not too serious. But other than that he’s kind of mid ngl…

@Garbear0119 4 ай бұрын

No ounce of malice my ass, you hate the overlord

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

because he's a boring, sauceless villain with no personality or unique quaiities to speak of that does nothing interesting

@user-nn6yd2oj2e 4 ай бұрын

Yeah he’s underrated beceaus he don’t deserve to be appreciated I mean he’s just some wierd guy with a flame thrower arm there just no logic of the ninja not beat him zane for sure the guy got freeze power but a simple guy with a robot arm that can be freezed nah too easy he has nothing to make of him a principal villain

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

0:30

@adnanaboukewik4950 2 ай бұрын

you hate prime empire? );

@matthewk122 4 ай бұрын

I don't like this voice, wish they kept original voice from s6

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

i think the s6 voice sucks tbh. sounds like its trying too hard to be cool

@matthewk122 4 ай бұрын

@@Crusty783 I disagree, His voice in s6 make him feel like a cool villian

@tg24020 4 ай бұрын

claiming the mechanic is betterthan nadakhan is criminal

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

Nadkhan is kind of badly written tbh. His wish magic and plan make no sense

@TooSweet353 4 ай бұрын

Nadakhan is the most overrated Ninjago Character out of all of them. He was good at the start. However, his whole motivation of wanting to rebuild his world and getting back his true love is completely thrown out when he and Jay have the conversation about him not wanting any of that and going back to being a power hungry lunatic, something that is proven further in the season finale. Also his powers are insanely stupid, he grants wishes to anyone within earshot of him, this makes the Ninja look stupid and the climax of Jay's last wish feel pointless as the Ninja can pull associates and random people to make wishes and Nadakhan would be defeated. The seemingly unsolvable problem has a simple solution.

@thebluegrookey1127 4 ай бұрын

better than nadakkan? Are you sure? using words as weapons is way better than the mechanic

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

Nadkhan is not a very well written villain imo. His plan and powers are wildly inconsistent. Spends an entire season putting himself out to manipulate the Ninja into wishing themselves away and then we find out you can just strike someone with the sword to achieve the same effect and we're expected to believe he's this manipulative strategic genius.

@turbocreamer637 3 ай бұрын

@@Crusty783 couldn't agree more. He's one of my least fav ninjago villains

@CoolgamerHi-op5vu 20 күн бұрын

@@Crusty783I agree, I don’t like how his immense power form is infinite wishes

@wutrump4329 4 ай бұрын

Is this a repost?

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

No. Its a ground up new video that revisits the Mechanic since Crystalized Part 2 and the DR short dropped. Here's a link to the original for comparison: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9qci9Rl3aiWnp8.html

@johnbrando5336 5 ай бұрын

Ooh cool an update video now ranking the crystal council members Definite mechanic on top because you know they fix him after that season. Then Aspheera since she’s inoffensive bit off but whatever, Then Harumi bit bias and thanks to you acknowledging web of masks *finally* feels like a relief from you seeing how Harumi redemption is nowhere near the worst *ahem love triangle* Then overlord he’s fine but just blank space Oh then Vangelis thanks to that end he’s near bottom Then I agree with isle mister f is just pointless why not make him Mr e he’s a robot so revival is much more feasible. Now to balance you reliving sad canon that thankfully is fixed mostly, BendoBricks who I think you know announced his own rewrite of crystalized so yeah. Anyways yep I did an essay long comment again like how Obi wan does them too lol

@johnbrando5336 5 ай бұрын

Umm wow I forgot Pythor and I can’t edit my comment for some reason but maybe he goes below Vangelis for fainting Sorry if this spam crusty

@Meliodas_TheKing 4 ай бұрын

Mechanic is an irrelevant side villain in my opinion who's only goal is to get neg diffed by any ninjas

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

L + bodied the ninja in a 4v1

@Meliodas_TheKing 4 ай бұрын

@@Crusty783 ye...bodied *WEAKENNED* Ninjas who were out of shape and didn't train for a year. Zane one shotted Mechanic back in S12 and Arin and Sora easly took him down in DR💀

@Crusty783 4 ай бұрын

@@Meliodas_TheKingsora took him out because bro hadnt dealt with tech powers yet.. just wait this is a temporary delay before the inevitable sweep🙏

@TooSweet353 4 ай бұрын

@@Meliodas_TheKingWEAKENED is such a stretch. These guys had broken into a prison to free a public known terrorist and had gone on the run from police officers, just a few episodes before. Any other petty criminal should still be a walk in the park.

@Meliodas_TheKing 4 ай бұрын

@@TooSweet353 Lloyd was able to hold himself in a 1 v 6 against the Crystal Council and even managed knock all off them off before escaping. Dawg even Arin speedblitzed him in the social medias shorts. Do you really think a single Ninja in good shape would loose to Mechanic