Lego Nexo Knights

LEGO Nexo Knights
Genre	Fantasy Comedy Action Adventure
Developed by	Tommy Andersen Samuel Thomas Johnson Martin Dalsgarrd Heidi Rathschau Niesen
Directed by	Dave Osborne
Voices of	Michael Adamthwaite Kathleen Barr Garry Chalk Michael Daingerfield Brian Drummond Ian Hanlin Jennifer Hayward Maryke Hendrikse Alessandro Juliani Alan Marriott Erin Mathews Mark Oliver Nicole Oliver Giles Panton Vincent Tong
Composer(s)	Tom Bailey James Gosling
Country of origin	Denmark
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Torsten Jacobsen Ole Holm Christensen Lotte Kronborg
Producer(s)	Peter Griffiths
Running time	20-24 minutes
Production company(s)	The Lego Group M2 Entertainment Wilbros
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	2.0
First shown in	United States
Original release	December 13, 2015 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Legends of Chima Mixels

Lego Nexo Knights is an animated television series, based on the Lego theme of the same name.

Plot

In a medieval yet futuristic world, Clay, Aaron, Lance, Macy, and Axl are five young knights who protect Knighton from Jestro, the Book of Monsters, and their army of Lava Monsters. They also help the Monarchy, the digital wizard Merlok 2.0, Robin Underwood, and Ava Prentis.

Characters

Nexo Knights

The Nexo Knights are the defenders of Knighton. The Nexo Knights fight the forces of Jestro and the Book of Monsters.

• Clay Moorington (voiced by Giles Panton) - The leader of the Knights of Knighton who lives by the Knight code. Clay is no-nonsense and dedicated to being the best knight he can, having dreamed of it since being a young orphan. His strictly regimented style occasionally causes him to clash with his fellow knights, particularly the more laid back Lance. His armor is blue and his crest shows an hawk(maybe eagle), and his signature weapon is a Claymore. For travel and mobile combat Clay employs the Rumble Blade, a large vehicle with two sidecars and a plane shaped like a sword that splits off into smaller vehicles.

• Aaron Fox (voiced by Alessandro Juliani) - Aaron Fox is one of the Knights of Knighton, enjoys thrills. His armor is green and his crest is a fox, and he employs an energy bow as his main weapon. Aaron enjoys employing his knight shield as a hover board, and often attacks from the air.

• Lance Richmond (voiced by Ian Hanlin) - Lance Richmond is one of the Knights of Knighton, who doesn't always have a positive attitude towards training and usually butts heads with Clay. He is very rich and displays a spoiled personality. His armor is white, and his crest is a horse; his weapon is his namesake, a lance. Outside the Fortrex his preferred means of travel is his Mecha Steed, a robotic horse that can convert into a motorcycle; both forms possess a larger version of Lance's trademark weapon.

• Princess Macy Halbert (voiced by Erin Mathews) - Macy Halbert is one of the Knights of Knighton, the only female in the team. Her parents are King and Queen Halbert where King Halbert initially disagrees with her decision to join the knights. Her armor is red and her crest shows a dragon, and she carries a power mace in battle. Macy usually joins Clay in piloting the Rumble Blade and operating one of its motorcycle sidecars.

• Axl (voiced by Brian Drummond) - Axl is a large man who is one of the Knights of Knighton, loves food, and is the strongman of the team. His armor is yellow and his crest is a bull, and he wields a massive battleaxe. When in need of a vehicle he boards the Rumble Blade with Macy and Clay, piloting one of the detachable sidecars with Macy.

Supporting characters

• Robin Underwood (voiced by Erin Mathews) - Robin wants to become a Knight of Knighton and is a first-year student at the Knights Academy. His crest shows a chicken and he often employs the Fortrex's weapons during battles with the monsters.

• Ava Prentis (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse) - Robin's usually emotionless friend and the resident tech expert who supports the Knights in their battle against evil. Ava is very sensible despite her young age, and usually assists the knights from the inside of their high-tech base. She has a knack for programming and high tech inventions, such as the computer sword Techcalibur, which enabled her to upload Merlok 2.0 into the Fortrex.

• Merlok 2.0 (voiced by Brian Drummond) - A digital wizard that helps the Knights defeat evil by sending them Nexo Powers. Merlok was originally a flesh-and-blood wizard who was the last wizard in the kingdom of Knighton. A magic blast was responsible for dissolving Merlok's body which rendered him digital. It was magic saw the defeat of the monsters 100 years previously. When Jestro first allied with the Book of Monsters, Merlok used his magic to drive them out of the capital city but was absorbed into the castle's computers as a result. Fortunately, he was soon discovered by Ava and gained the ability to digitally transmit his magic to the Knights' weapons and armor to enable them to defeat the monsters.

• King Halbert (voiced by Brian Drummond) - The king of Knighton who despite his position is rather timid and inclined to panic or worry at the first sign of trouble. He loves his wife and daughter but isn't entirely comfortable with Macy being one of the knights, and wouldn't have allowed her to graduate had it not been for his queen's intervention. Despite this, he does his best to aid the knights in their efforts to protect the kingdom, including allowing them to overhaul his "Ye Old Royal RV" into their Fortrex base. He also commands a large humanoid mech when the need arises for him to go into battle.

• Queen Halbert (voiced by Nicole Oliver) - The queen of Knighton, King Halbert's wife and Macy's mother. Unlike her husband, the queen approves of Macy's desire to be a knight and seems much more confident in tense situations. Macy takes after her mother in terms of both appearance and fighting ability, and the queen is just as handy with a mace as her daughter.

• Herb Herbertson - (voiced by Brian Drummond) - Knighton's resident newscaster who recaps past events at the beginning of each new episode.

• Robots - The Kingdom of Knighton is home to a number of robots who serve various tasks, such as helping defend the kingdom or providing the knights with training partners. Some of the more notable models are:
  • Squirebots - The helpful robots who fight to defend the kingdom.
  • Claybot - Robots who wields a claymore.
  • Lancebot - Robots who carries a lance
  • Alice Squires (voiced by Erin Mathews) - A robot newscaster who assists Herb Herbertson.
  • Chef Eclair (voiced by Brian Drummond) - The Knights' personal robot chef aboard the Fortrex.
  • Fancypants - King Halbert's personal attendant.
  • Dennis - Lance's personal attendant who has taken care of Lance since he was a baby. Dennis quit working for Lance in "The Book of Total Badness," but came back at the end of "The Might and the Magic" on the condition that Lance serve him for once a week.

Villains

• Jestro (voiced by Vincent Tong) - One of the main enemies of the Knights. Jestro was once the king's court jester, but was constantly laughed at due to his clumsiness. This allowed the Book of Monsters to persuade him to turn to evil in order to take revenge on his former mockers. After stealing one of Merlok's magic staffs and getting his magic library scattered across the wilds of Knighton, Jestro and the Book embarked on their reign of terror. Despite giving in to the Book's pressure and being exposed to the Book of Evil and gaining a monstrous appearance, Jestro harbors doubts about his villainous role.

• Book of Monsters (voiced by Mark Oliver) - One of the main enemies of the Knights, and the main antagonist of the series. Evil from the first page to the last, the Book of Monsters is a living book of dark magic that contains evil monsters within its pages. The Book of Monsters was kept in Merlok's library until it was discovered by Jestro who persuaded him to to turn evil. It soon embarked on a quest with Jestro to collect evil spell books formerly held in Merlok's library so that it could consume them and gain their power along with the ability to summon stronger monsters. The Book of Monsters is quite temperamental, going from praising and encouraging Jestro to berating his incompetence or bullying him into doing what the Book wants. In "Fright Knight," the Book of Monsters devours the Book of Fear which enables him to create Whiparella. In "The Book of Total Badness," the Book of Monsters devours the Book of Destruction that enables him to make the Lava Monster Army more destructive. In "The Might and the Magic," the Book of Monsters devours the Book of Revenge which enables him to make Jestro and the Lava Monsters more motivated on revenge.

• Lava Monster Army - A group of fiery magma monsters that fight the Nexo Knights upon being summoned from the Book of Monsters by Jestro. When the Lava Monsters are defeated, they end up back in the Book of Monsters.
  • General Magmar - A lava monster who is Jestro's chief strategist, warrior, and cook. He has yet to appear in the TV series.
  • Sparkks - A horned cycloptic lava monster who is best friends with Burnzie. Together, they make up the muscle of the Lava Monster Army.
  • Burnzie - A horned giant lava monster with massive teeth and Sparkks' partner in villainy. He and Sparkks make up the muscle of the Lava Monster Army.
  • Globlins - A bunch of spherical lava monsters who lack limbs, but attack with their large mouths full of sharp teeth.
    • Spider Globlins - A version of Globlins with spider-like legs.
  • Scurriers - A bunch of diminutive pear-shaped, goblin-like, lava monsters who are the most numerous monsters at Jestro's command. He gains the ability to summon them after feeding the Book of Chaos to the Book of Monsters.
  • Bookkeeper - A dim-witted humanoid monster that carries the Book of Monsters around. It serves no other apparent function and tends to screw up.
  • Lavaria (voiced by Nicole Oliver) - A sneaky lava monster with bat-like wings who serves as Jestro's chief spy. It is hinted in her LEGO.com description and "The Golden Castle" that she is in love with Jestro and vice versa.
  • Beast Master - A monster who specializes in ordering the other monsters around to do Jestro's bidding, such as constructing and then propelling Jestro's "Evil Mobile," a rolling base.
  • Crust Smasher - A hard lava monster soldier.
  • Ash Attacker - An armored lava monster soldier made up of volcanic ash that wears a horned helmet.
  • Flame Thrower - A lava monster soldier in a mohawk with an infernal inside.
  • Whiparella (voiced by Kathleen Barr) - A female lava monster with a snake tail instead of legs. She carries a pair of whips that, when they strike someone, can cause their greatest fears to come to life. Jestro gained the ability to summon her after feeding the Book of Fear to the Book of Monsters which resulting in Whiparella's abilities.
  • Flama - A molten lava monster who is the twin brother of Moltor.
  • Moltor - A black-skinned lava monster with rocky fists who is the twin brother of Flama.
  • Infernox - A gigantic monster with a gaping maw and a huge hammer.

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Story by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (in millions)
1	"The Book of Monsters - Part 1"	Mark Hoffmeier	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	Sneak Peek: December 13, 2015 Official: January 11, 2016	TDA
Knighton is buzzing with festivities on the graduation day of the Knights Academy. In the middle of the party the vengeful jester, Jestro, releases the dangerous Book of Monsters and start making monsters that tear the place apart. The knights can’t stop them. The only hope is that Merlok the wizard has a final trick up his sleeve...
2	"The Book of Monsters - Part 2"	Mark Hoffmeier	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	Sneak Peek: December 13, 2015 Official: January 12, 2016	TDA
A magic blast from Merlok the wizard saved the day, but now Merlok is gone and Jestro is on the loose with the Book of Monsters. Furthermore there is a strange bug in the royal computers. When Jestro attacks with a monster army, the kingdom of Knighton seems to be doomed. But then something magically happens...
3	"The Power of Merlok"	Ernie Altbacker	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	January 13, 2016	TDA
Merlok 2.0 is glitching and the knights are not able to download their Nexo powers during training. King Halbert allows the Knights to transform his RV into a rolling Fortrex. Merlok stops glitching, but when the knights need their Nexo powers in a battle with Jestro, the Knights cannot get the Nexo powers due to Merlok 2.0's glitching and a problem with the wifi. In a final attempt to get the Nexo Knights their powers, Ava uses her Techcaliber to fully integrate Merlok into the Fortrex's systems. Now in total control of the Fortrex, Merlok downloads the Nexo powers onto the Knight's sheilds and they defeat Jestro.
4	"The Knight's Code"	Andrew Robinson	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	January 14, 2016	TDA
The king and queen are giving three people a tour of the kingdom. Meanwhile, Jestro and the Book of Monsters finds the Book of Chaos where Jestro summons up Beast Master to create chaos in one of the realm's city. It was up to the knights to destroy them and end the chaos once and for all.
5	"Fright Knight"	John Derevlany	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	January 15, 2016	TDA
Jestro finds the Book of Fear and feeds it to the Book of Monsters. The jester then brings out spider-globlins and Whiparella, a monster who can find your deepest fears and can bring them to life. The knights go to the Dark Forest and try to stop Jestro, but one by one, the knights get whipped and their fears are brought to life, except for Aaron, who is afraid of nothing. He helps the other knights break free and they go to stop Jestro. After they defeat Jestro with his own monsters, they return to the Fortrex where Merlok reveals that Aaron is scared of staying still for long periods of time.
6	"The Golden Castle"	Ernie Altbacker	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	March 3, 2016	TDA
Lance earns a leading role in 'The Golden Castle' and his friends play in the background. Macy declines but then eventually agrees to do so. When they're filming, Jestro summons a monster called Lavaria, a very sneaky monster; Jestro then takes a liking to her and orders her to find and give the Book of Monsters to eat the script of 'The Golden Castle' and hold its power, which they successfully do. But soon the knights find out, and they get the new Ultra Armour, giving them more powerful weapons, whilst the director is directing all the action.
7	"The Maze of Amazement"	Andrew Robinson	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	March 10, 2016	TDA
The knights' go to Axl's home town, Digginton, where they meet his mother, father and little sister, Axlina, who instantly takes a liking to Robin. Soon, they leave to find a new book called The Book of Deception in a massive maze, which doesn't look like what it seems. They eventually find out that Jestro and the Book of Monsters are searching for it too, and it turns into a race to get the book first.
8	"The Black Knight"	John Derevlany	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	March 17, 2016	TDA
Leaving the maze with the real Book of Deception, Jestro feeds several books of the same kind to the Book of Monsters to create the fake NEXO Knights. They raided and destroyed the city of Bork. The real knights come and all the citizens shooed them off for something they didn't do. Ava and Robin hear the news and are shocked by what they did. The monsters trick the citizens again by turning the Evil Mobile into the knights' Rolling Fortrex. When they tried to raid again, a Black Knight blocked their way and defeated them with ease. King Halbert then contacts the knights and said that if they don't come up with any evidence that they didn't destroy the cities, he'll be shutting them down. Several times the fake knights tried to attack a city, the Black Knight is there and defeats them in less than a few blows. The real knights came in afterwards in the real Fortrex and conquered over their fake selves. Soon, they come to the fact that Robin was in fact the Black Knight in disguise!
9	"The Book of Total Badness"	Mark Hoffmeier	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	March 24, 2016	TDA
Jestro and the Book of Monsters travel to the place where the evil wizard Monstrux did his evil deeds and find the Book of Destruction. Soon, Jestro brings out a whole lot of destructive monsters and split up in different directions. Macy scolded to her dad that she quits being a princess, but he disagrees and that she was born to be a princess. When the knights find out that monsters are attacking, Merlok 2.0 told them that they should go together, but they decided to split up; King Halbert hopes her daughter will come back. However, the knights get captured one by one, with no way to escape. When all the monsters were asleep, Aaron quietly escapes, being the only knight to save all his friends before Jestro attacks the castle of Knightonia. As Jestro's forces close in on Knightonia, the Book of Monsters sends Beast Master to find a specific book that would increase his abilities.
10	"The Might and the Magic"	Mark Hoffmeier	Tommy Andreasen, Thomas Sebastian Fenger and Mark Hoffmeier	March 24, 2016	TDA
Aaron must figure out a plan to save all his friends. When Jestro was doubting his desire to destroy King Halbert, Beast Master feeds the Book of Badness to the Book of Monsters where it increases the badness in Jestro and the Lava Monster Army. Meanwhile, Macy has a flashback, saying that she wanted to become a knight, not being a princess all the time. Soon, she admitted to herself that she was not ready to be a knight, but was cut off by Aaron, who used his energy bow to cut the chain off of her, and retained her shield and mace back. The two then rescued Clay, who was chained on a target, getting spun around all the time. After him, they saved Axl by giving him a chain of sausages to climb up, but was unsuccessful the first time, and the second time, they succeeded. Finally, they rescue Lance, who was stuck in an animal farm, making a new friend, called Hamletta, a pig. Jestro, who was so close to victory, were stopped by the knights, and the rest sans Clay, got their NEXO Power, and the blue knight got one that was last done ages ago. When Clay got the new NEXO Power, one smash of his sword and all the monsters turned to purple dust, and he slammed his sword down again, and sent Jestro all the way out of the kingdom of Knightonia. Near the end, King Halbert apologizes to Macy, and he claims her an official NEXO Knight. Lance then gets Dennis back on one condition: Lance has to be the servant of Dennis for a week.

Broadcast

The series debuted on Cartoon Network in the United States on December 13, 2015^[1] as Sneak Peek and January 2016^[2] as Official. It premiered on Cartoon Network in Middle East^[3] and Gulli in France on December 18, 2015.^[4] Then it premiered Cartoon Network in Central and Eastern Europe on November 28, 2015.^[5] It debuted on Cartoon Network in United Kingdom and Ireland on December 19, 2015 as a Sneak Peek^[6] and February 1, 2016 as Official.^[7] It premiered on Cartoon Network in Turkey on December 19, 2015.^[8] It premiered on Cartoon Network in Nordic on December 23, 2015. It premiered on Cartoon Network in Poland on December 26, 2016 as Sneak Peek.^[9] It debuted on Teletoon in Canada on January 8, 2016.^[10] It debuted on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand on February 6, 2016.^[11] It premiered on Cartoon Network in Africa on February 27, 2016.^[12]

Merchandise

Lego Nexo Knights

Sub‑themes	Castle
Availability	2016–
Total sets	21
Official website

Lego Nexo Knights is a fantasy-based castle LEGO theme released in January 2016. Announced at New York Comic Con 2015, it is a combination of space and castle.^[13][14] It also replaced Legends of Chima, a theme released in 2013.

Merchandising launch

Fourteen building sets were available for sale in January 2016, ranging in price from $9.99 to $99.99. Additional building sets will launch in August 2016. The first two sets were revealed at New York Comic Con.

Sets

2016

• 70310 Knighton Disc Launchers
• 70311 Chaos Catapult
• 70312 Lance's Mecha Horse
• 70313 Moltor's Lava Launcher
• 70314 Beast Master's Chaos Chariot
• 70315 Clay's Rumble Blade
• 70316 Jestro's Evil Mobile
• 70317 Fortrex
• 70324 Merlok's Library 2.0
• 70325 Infernox captures the Queen
• 70327 The King's Mech

Ultimate

• 70330 Ultimate Clay
• 70331 Ultimate Macy
• 70332 Ultimate Aaron
• 70333 Ultimate Robin
• 70334 Ultimate Beast Master
• 70335 Ultimate Lavaria

Polybags

• 30371 Knight's Cycle
• 30372 Robin's Mini Fortrex
• 30373 Knighton Hyper Cannon
• 30374 The Lava Slinger

Upcoming sets

August 2016

• 70318 The Glob Lobber
• 70319 Macy's Thunder Mace
• 70320 Aaron Fox's Aero-Striker V2
• 70321 General Magmar's Siege Machine of Doom
• 70322 Axl's Tower Carrier
• 70323 Jestro's Volcano Lair
• 70336 Ultimate Axl
• 70337 Ultimate Lance
• 70338 Ultimate General Magmar
• 70339 Ultimate Flama

Mobile game

Lego® NEXO Knights™: Merlok 2.0
Publisher(s)	The LEGO Group
Platform(s)	iOS, Android
Release date(s)	December 19, 2015

Lego® NEXO Knights™: Merlok 2.0 is an action battle mobile game was released for Android and iOS in December 19, 2015. The users has to play through the game to "Save the Kingdom". Each figurine has an accompanying shield. Each shield unlocks a Nexo Power for the user to play with, the more powers that are unlocked the more powerful they become.

References

1. "LEGO CLUB MEMBERS - LEGO ALL DAY ON CARTOON NETWORK!". Lego Club. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
2. "Catch a sneak peek of NEXO Knights a new series". Cartoon Network on Tumblr. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
3. "Promo / Lego Nexo Knights / Cartoon Network Arabic". Toon network Arabic. YouTube. December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
4. "LEGO® NEXO Knights™ : l’avant-première". Gulli. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
5. "Cartoon Network CEE Schedule and Highlights for December 2015". Toonzone. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
6. "Cartoon Network UK December 2015 Highlights". RegularCapital.com. Turner Broadcasting System Europe. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
7. "Lego Nexo Knights Premieres 1st February On Cartoon Network UK". RegularCapital.com. Turner Broadcasting System Europe. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
8. "Cartoon Network Turkey". Official website. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
9. "Cartoon Network i Boomerang w grudniu 2015". Premiery w TV. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
10. "Lego Nexo Knights". Teletoon. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
11. Turner Broadcasting System. "Cartoon Network Highlights February 2016". US Campaign Archive. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
12. "Cartoon Network Africa February 2016 Highlights". Entertainment Inside Us. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
13. The LEGO Group. "LEGO® NEXO KNIGHTS™ CATAPULTS INTO ACTION". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
14. IGN. "LEGO ANNOUNCES NEXO KNIGHTS INCLUDING NEW BUILDING SETS, TV SHOW, AND MOBILE GAME". Retrieved October 8, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• LEGO NEXO Knights at the Internet Movie Database