Ninjago censored in Germany

Because of this video I felt like creating a topic on it. Apparently not only the Bionicle trilogy was censored in Germany for reasons. I just found this video and never realized this until now. The dialogue was intensely spiced down.

To transcribe the German dialogue (English version also in the video):
Zanes Funeral S3
Nya: And what happens now?
Cole: I don’t know…
Jay: And I don’t care, we have to find Zane!
(…)
Kai: Everybody asked themselves how he did it. I don’t know where Zane took the power from. Maybe we’ll never know. But I believe that it was friendship.Because he gave me the strength. And still does, because he’s still out there somewhere and ninja will never forget. Wherever you are Zane, we will find you!

Nadakhan and Borg AI S6
Nadakhan: In which world is Delara currently?
Borg: No image of Delara found. Quarter Master of Misfortune’s Keep and partner of Nadakhan the djinn. Disappeared shortly after the imprisonment of Nadakhan.
Nadakhan: Disappeared?
Borg: Disappearing, vanishing, dissolving into thin air.
Nadakhan: Where is this world crystal?

Mistake’s end (S9)
Garmadon: Surrender already!
Mistake: Surrender? Never heard of it!
Garmadon: This was a huge mistake, Mistake.
(…)
Goon: What happened to the old woman?
Killow: She disappeared when Garmadon tried to arrest her.

Skylar overpowered (S9)
Nya: His power, it’s too much for her!
(…)
Lloyd: She can’t! His power is too much!
(…)
Nya: I can’t wake her up. His powers have exhausted her.

Cole’s Fall (S10,entirely new dialogue)
Kai: Nya!
Nya: No!
Kai: Turn back! He is-
Zane: Kai, wait!
Kai: No. Why?
Zane: Have faith, Kai.
Kai: Are you sure, Zane?
Zane: He will make it, like always.

(…)

Kai: Cole certainly had grabbed onto something… I mean save himself - I mean - you know…
Nya: I just can’t believe he’s down there.
Kai: Yes, I can’t believe it either. But we will get him out there somehow.

Lloyd dies? (S10)
Wu: Let us carry him inside for now.

Nya disintegrates (S12)
Jay: No… Nya! No - I… I can’t do this without you, please don’t go, stay with me.

And also the German TV airing partially censored Zanes death, as seen in this video:

Some fun facts by the way:

Kai is voiced by the German voice actor of Anakin Skywalker. Garmadon is voiced by the German voice actor of MCU Thanos, PoC Blackbeard and Dr House.

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Very interesting