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Short description:
An animatic to Running On A Treadmill by Oingo Boingo. The animatic shows Jay from Ninjago experiencing manipulation from the Administration, particularly Donovan, as omens such as a sickly wolf and a silhouette of his past self loom between scenes.
Long description:
An animatic to Running On A Treadmill by Oingo Boingo. The first shot, to the lyrics "you've got me so I'm running round and round in circles" shows Jay from Ninjago in a button-up shirt being pulled by the arm, before cutting to a faceless wolf turning in a circle.
The next line "you've got me so I can't see my own face" shows a man in a suit with eyes obscured by glare across his glasses, until he ducks down and holds out a piece of paper. The paper is revealed to be a photograph of him and Jay, however he is holding it so that his thumb is covering Jay's face.
The next shot with is to the lyrics "you've got me so I feel I've been like this forever". Jay is shown with his arms cross as three images fall into place behind him: himself in a tattered blouse, himself in a ninja gi, with his back turned, and a non-descript briefcase.
"You've got me so I'm crazy with disgrace" shows Jay turning around before the camera pans to the wolf now lying still on the ground.
During the instrumental, a security camera is shown panning. Then, a faceless Jay with a device held up toward him, which flashes with identification before spinning into a chair with a helmet-like machine above it. Lastly, a document is shown being signed.
To the lyrics "I know what's on your mind, but it's not what you think it is", Jay is first shown with a thought bubble portraying a human girl. A speech bubble bursts the thought, showing an anthropomorphic eel instead, before sliding to show that the speech belongs to Donovan. The scene then repeats, with a thought of Cole being replaced by Donovan himself.
Finally, to "I'm running on a treadmill after you, I'm running on a treadmill now", Jay is shown standing next to five star-like sparks. When he reaches out to them, the raise above him, and a sixth appears behind his back. As the lyrics repeat, the spark behind Jay turns into a silhouette of his past self, and the two circle around each other, before Jay is thrown into an office chair, alone.
