Pixane

Pixane is the het ship between P.I.X.A.L. and Zane from the Ninjago fandom.

Season 3
In "The Surge", PIXAL and Zane meet for the first time, and Zane is obviously intrigued by her. In "The Art of the Silent Fist", Zane uses his Techno-blade to free her from the Overlord's corruption. PIXAL helps repair Zane after a battle with several evil Nindroids, and Zane expresses a feeling of connection with her. Not used to emotions, PIXAL rejects his attempt at closeness, but remains with the Ninja. Later, when the evil Nindroids are closing in on the Ninja, PIXAL decides to help them despite lacking any combat abilities of her own; upon discovering that she's in danger, Zane goes to her rescue. PIXAL later shuts down alongside the other Borg Industries robots when the power supply is shut down, but before powering down questions whether she and Zane might in fact be "compatible".

In "Blackout", Zane asks for his power source to be split in half so that one half can be given to PIXAL, reviving her. Touched by this gesture, PIXAL begins to grow closer to Zane, and later comes to his aid during a battle with several reactivated Nindroids. In the process, they discover that Zane's fighting ability has now been split between the two of them, and they are able to form an effective combat team. In "The Curse of the Golden Master", PIXAL-with some reluctance-stays behind with her creator Cyrus Borg when Zane and the Ninja head underground. She later expresses to her creator the desire to be with Zane, something that Cyrus encourages her to pursue.

In "The Titanium Ninja", Zane thinks of PIXAL during his sacrifice to stop the Overlord, and PIXAL is devastated by his apparent demise. Unable to bring herself to attend his memorial service, she is surprised and overjoyed when Zane proves to have uploaded himself into the Borg Industries computers. Zane subsequently built himself a new body, but he and PIXAL somehow ended up in the clutches of the villainous Master Chen.

Season 4
In "Versus", PIXAL is able to communicate with Zane in his cell, and though groggy he is able to remember her. PIXAL guides him through using his Nindroid abilities to escape his restraints but encourages him to leave without her. Refusing to do so, Zane breaks into the cell from which her voice has been coming, only to discover that her robotic body has been destroyed. Reduced to her neural drive, which has been plugged into a computer she has been speaking through, PIXAL once again urges Zane to depart. However, Zane plugs the neural drive into his own body, thus allowing PIXAL to serve as a support A.I. for him.

Day of the Departed/Season 7
In "Day of the Departed", PIXAL gives Zane advice during his confrontation with the returned General Cryptor. In "The Hatching", PIXAL pleads with Zane to rescue Cyrus Borg from the Vermillion, only for Zane to be attacked by the Time Twins. In "Scavengers", she frustratingly attempts to get Zane back in normal working order before inexplicably disappearing; upon recognizing this, Zane becomes concerned. His concern mounts as she continues to be absent throughout "A Line in the Sand" and seemingly throughout the remainder of season seven.

Season 8
In "The Mask of Deception", PIXAL is shown to be once again in communication with the Ninja, helping to coordinate their efforts against the new threat of the Sons of Garmadon. When Lloyd ecstatically comments at one point "Pix, I could kiss you!", Pixal responds by saying that "[She doesn't] think Zane would approve." In "Dead Man's Squall", Pixal confesses to the Ninja that she is the new Samurai X after her robotic body is hijacked by the Quiet One. Upon regaining control, she somewhat sheepishly confronts Zane, who laughingly notes that "[She was] sick of being stuck inside [his] head]." In "The Quiet One", Pixal confesses that she kept her identity as Samurai X secret partly out of fear that Zane would want her to return to being his support A.I. Zane assures her that he would not force her to do so, adding that he likes having her present in a body of her own again.

Season 10
In "The Fall", Zane quickly moves to Pixal's side to check on her after her Samurai X Mech crash lands aboard the Destiny's Bounty. Later, in "Endings", she comes up behind him during the ceremony commemorating the victory over the Oni.

Season 11
In "Vengeance is Mine!", Pixal is horrified when Zane is apparently vaporized by an attack from Aspheera. She suffers nightmares as a result of the event in "A Cold Goodbye", only to learn that Zane was actually sent to the Never-Realm. Determined to rescue him and concluding logically that the remaining Ninja have the best chance of rescuing him, she helps them to defy Master Wu and travel to the Never-Realm after him. In "The Message" and "Corruption", Zane is seen leaving a precautionary last recording for his fellow Ninja in the Never-Realm, concluding it by expressing his love to her. In "Awakenings", Zane remembers her when he is broken free of his memory loss. Upon his return to Ninjago, an overjoyed Pixal leaps on top of him in an embrace.

Season 12
In "Ninjago Confidential", the pair work together in a continued search for Milton Dyer, the creator of Prime Empire. Pixal expresses annoyance with Zane's adopted noir detective persona, though Zane make various comments complimenting her or claiming that she actually enjoys his antics during a number of his monologues. Later, after Zane is adopted, Pixal reluctantly adopts his stereotypical mannerisms herself and succeeds in locating Milton Dyer. In "Game Over", Pixal acts to rescue both Wu and Zane from the Mechanic's gang, and is worried when Zane is unresponsive. Much to her relief, he soon recovers.

Season 14
In "The Call of the Deep", both Pixal and Zane admit to feeling guilty for going out on an ocean rescue mission without Nya. Zane becomes concerned for Pixal after her mech is pulled underwater by a giant octopus, and relieved when she emerges safely. In "Long Live the King", Pixal expresses bafflement at Zane donning a scuba mask, since he doesn't need to breathe.

Season 15
In "Compatible", Pixal mourns Zane's apparent loss when Cyrus Borg is unable to get him functioning again after being damaged. Before leaving to join the battle against the Crystal King's forces, she speaks to an inert Zane about their history together. She then assures him that if any sort of afterlife exists for artificial beings such as themselves, she will find him there. Zane, hearing her, manages to reactivate himself.

Quotes
"She risked her life for me. It's the least I could do to get her back."

- Zane to Nya talking about P.I.X.A.L., Blackout

"If this doesn't work, please tell Zane... I love him!"

- P.I.X.A.L, The Kaiju Protocol

"Goodbye to my friends... and... to P.I.X.A.L, I love you."

- Zane’s recording, Corruption

"She said, shining the only ray of light into my dreary world."

- Zane to P.I.X.A.L., Ninjago Confidental

"Zane. I was once just a Nindroid. A machine. And then, long ago, in a different battle, you gave up half your power source to save me. In that moment, you changed me. I felt things I never felt before. I felt love. For you. Our friends need us now, and I must go to battle. If I am able, I will return. I do not know if there is anything after this life for beings such as you or I, but if there is, I will find you there. Goodbye, my Zane."

- P.I.X.A.L to Zane, Compatible

Fanon
Pixane is one of The Ninjago pairings within the fandom, alongside Jaya and Kailor. The ship currently has over 500 fan fictions written on AO3. Fans of the ship really enjoy how much the pair has developed through the series.

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Trivia

 * ”Digital Love” is a song that was sung and composed by The Fold, the band that composes a lot of Ninjago’s music. The song focuses on Zane’s feelings for P.I.X.A.L. It was created for the 3rd season of Ninjago (Rebooted), but was never used in any promotional material or the show. The song was eventually released in 2020 on The Fold’s YouTube channel.
 * Pixane is so far the only Ninjago ship to ever get it’s own song.