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[[File:Bionicle-Poster.jpg|frame|Unity. Duty. Destiny.]]

 

 

[[LEGO]]'s (surprisingly in-depth) [[Merchandise-Driven]] storyline, originally based on its pre-existing ''LEGO Technic'' line. Featuring (Bio-)[[Mechanical Lifeforms]] in a [[Schizo-Tech]] universe, the story mainly concerns the conflict between the followers of the [[Physical God]] Mata Nui and the forces of the [[Big Bad]] Makuta.

The story is told through comics (Published by [[DC Comics]] that hit the high points of the story), a book series (that goes in-depth), [[Web Serial Novel|Web Serials]] (side stories), and the occasional [[Direct to Video]] movie (by <ref> the original trilogy</ref>, <ref> ''The Legend Reborn''</ref> and [[Wang]]/CGCG<ref> with both [[Miramax Films]] and [[Universal]] as distributors</ref>). There are also a few beginning reader books, unimportant side stories designed to deliver [[An Aesop]].

 

* ''BIONICLE Chronicles'': The [[True Companions|Toa Mata]] arrive on the island of Mata Nui and begin their quest to awaken the Great Spirit. Their series of struggles against the evil Makuta are concluded (in the ''Mask of Light'' movie) by the arrival of a [[Sixth Ranger|Toa of Light]] and the discovery of the lost city of Metru Nui.

* ''BIONICLE Adventures'': While the Matoran prepare to return to Metru Nui, tales are told of when Mata Nui fell asleep, showing how Metru Nui became lost. Each half included a movie, ''Legends of Metru Nui'' and ''Web of Shadows''.

In the end, the Toa Nuva finally wake up Mata Nui - allowing Makuta to commit [[Grand Theft Me]] and [[A God Am I|usurp the Great Spirit]], sealing Mata Nui's spirit into the [[Soul Jar|Mask of Life]] and exiling it into space. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Waking It, Heroes.]]

 

 

 

 

One very notable feature about the storyline was that all of the comics and nearly all of the books and web material was written by one man: Greg Farshtey. Throughout ''BIONICLE'''s entire run, he kept in close contact with the fans, particularly the surprisingly large fan site [[BZ Power]] (check it out [http://www.bzpower.com here]). [[Word of God|He answered questions]], dropped hints about upcoming storylines, and stayed commendably dedicated to his work for all ten years it ran. Because of this, the [[Fandom]] considers him [[My Real Daddy]].

 

 

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== Series-Wide Tropes ==

* [[The Abridged Series]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNx-zQDXRY4 this video] puts the 2001 to 2010 plot in under 2 minutes.

* [[All Deaths Final]]: There ''are'' a handful of [[Only Mostly Dead]] guys (see Matoran sections), but all those had special circumstances and everyone else who dies stays dead.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''Everything'', if you consider the toys to be the primary medium.

* [[Ambiguous Robots]]

* [[Apocalypse How]]:

* [[Colony Drop]]: First when [[Minor Major Character|Mata Nui]] crashes onto Aqua Magna thanks to [[Big Bad|Makuta]], then {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Makuta]] finds himself, while controlling Mata Nui's original body, on the receiving end when [[Karmic Death|Aqua Magna returns the favor.]]}}

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Every major group has members colored {{color|red|red}}, {{color|blue|blue}}, {{color|green|green}}, black, {{color|silver|white}}, and {{color|brown|brown}}, though {{color|orange|orange}} or {{color|goldenrod|yellow}} are sometimes used in brown's place. in the case of [[Mooks]] there are six breeds in those colors. For Toa and Matoran and for Bara Magnans, the colors show the tribe they belong to; with Toa/Matoran this also indicates gender ([[Viewer Gender Confusion|or is supposed to]]) and [[Elemental Powers]]. Evil characters (the Makuta and Bara Magna's rock tribe) also favor black.

* [[Crapsack World]]: Bara Magna after The Shattering split Spherus Magna. It got better after Mata Nui's restoration.

** After the Great Cataclysm, most of the Matoran Universe became this. It got better, though, and then back after [[Big Bad|Makuta's]] defeat.

* [[Darker and Edgier]] than most other [[LEGO]] lines.

* [[Defanged Horrors]]: The serials.

** [[The Chris Carter Effect]]: [http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?app=blog&module=display§ion=blog&blogid=26&showentry=87217 Referred to by Greg as "Sizzle and Steak"] as to why things changed - you may lose something in the explanation, but you have to explain things ''sometime''.

** Arguably, also inverted with the relatively much less alien Bara Magna setting, which featured such Earth-inspired themes as characters ''wearing'' armor ([[24-Hour Armor|as opposed to having it be part of their bodies]]), having romantic relationships, or eating with their mouths.<ref>To be fair, there is a line in the fourth ''Chronicles'' book about Onua and Whenua having a meal, but this is the only instance of non-Rahi characters eating in the Matoran Universe.</ref>

* [[Elemental Nation]]: Mata Nui and Metru Nui were divided into seven regions, six of which corresponded to each element of Fire, {{color|blue|Water}}, Air, Earth, Stone and Ice (the seventh was a central neutral zone). Bara Magna has all the trappings of this, but nobody actually has innate elemental powers.

** According to [[Word of God|Greg Farshtey]], he based Barraki Takadox's personality on a character named East from one of his earlier novels.

** Vezon starts off as a mindless maniac, but gradually becomes a [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. [[Deadpool]], anyone?

* [[Large and In Charge]]: Another common [[Trope]]: The Bahrag for the Bohrok, Makuta for the [[Elite Mooks|Rahkshi]], [[Manipulative Bastard|Sidorak]] and [[The Baroness|Roodaka]] for the Visorak, and [[Evil Overlord|Tuma]] for the Skrall. Avoided with the Brotherhood squad in Karda Nui; Icarax is larger than the others but Antroz is the leader.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Mata Nui was a victim of [[Grand Theft Me]] and exiled.

* [[Law of Alien Names]]

* [[Leet Lingo]]: The web codes on the toy packaging became this as of Bara Magna.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: [http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=3069 This] [[Fan Art]] on [[BZ Power]] showcases ''432'' of them.

* [[Melting Pot Nomenclature]]: In its first year (2001), the brand drew its character names, place names, and other terminology from a wide range of Polynesian languages. This led to some controversy over the use of Maori names, and in 2003 some of these original names were changed to [[My Nayme Is]] variants. But 2003 also introduced [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] in the Mata Nui Online Game II, who had [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Names]] coming from even more diverse global languages. Examples include Nixie (English), Pelagia (Latin), Taiki (Japanese), Tehuti (Egyptian), Kalama (Hawaiian), and Pakastaa (Finnish).

* [[Milestone Celebration]]: The "BIONICLE Stars" toys, celebrating the line's tenth (and, it turns out, last) year.

* [[Myth Arc]]: for the first eight years - Awaken Mata Nui, defeat Makuta, and save the universe.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Extensive use of K-names; plus Scary Nouns (Brutaka - "brute"), "Mor" (Morbuzakh), and The Adjective One (The Shadowed One). A few Foreign Language Names, too, but they mostly belong to the good guys - see [[Meaningful Name]] entry in the next section. Bara Magna also has the option of invoking the Ancient Dead Language category via [[Canis Latinicus]].

** Except in the early years, anyway. The series really started averting this [[Trope]] with Piraka saga.

* [[No Blood for Phlebotinum]]: One of these wars is what led to the Shattering and what started this whole mess.

* [[No Flow in CGI]]: Well, all the characters ''are'' robots, for all intents and purposes.

** [[Promoted to Love Interest]]: The ''Adventures'' movies have [[Butt Monkey|Toa Matau]] flirting a bit with Toa Nokama and [[Manipulative Bastard|Sidorak]] offering a marriage proposal to [[The Baroness|Roodaka]] (the latter is [[Handwaved]] that "marriage", here, is just a politically-motivated civil union).

** [[Ship Tease]]: The last novel throws one in for good measure: [[Action Girl]] [[The Big Guy|Kiina]] hugs [[Minor Major Character|Mata Nui]] and tells him that he shouldn't make her cry {{spoiler|just before he places his spirit into the Prototype Robot and goes to fight [[Big Bad|Makuta]] alone}}. Of course, given the [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] rule, it's officially [[Platonic Life Partners|wholly friendly and platonic]], but it's also not hard to think it would've been written a bit differently if the series wasn't already canceled by that time.

* [[Only Six Faces]]: Thanks to the fact that Lego reuses parts often. Very extreme in ''Chronicles'', were everyone had one of twelve masks. It was gradually being averted as the series went on (especially in ''Legends'' where we met more communities of Matoran with different masks), but never completely got free. Bara Magna had a similar problem.

** This is even more hilarious if you consider that all of the "faces" are actually masks; Matoran, Toa and even Makuta possibly ALL have the exact same face. Ditto goes for almost all the residents of Bara Magna. Averted with everything else, since they usually have heads constructed of generic LEGO elements rather than a mask (subverted in the case of Hydraxon and Maxilos, who's faces are actually mask pieces, but are explicitly stated to be their actual faces, and Toa Ignika, who's whole existence is only a mask to begin with).

* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Botar's replacement is one.

* [[The Resolution Will Not Be Televised|This Resolution Will Only Be Televised]]: occasionally happens in the comics because they can't cover movie material.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The island of Mata Nui is basically this, whether it's in the movie, or in ''Mata Nui Online Game'' (1 and 2), it's just amazing.

* [[Schizo-Tech]]: mentioned above; the rule of thumb in the Matoran universe is "no wheels, no paper", regardless of how high the tech can be otherwise. Taken to its extreme in ''Chronicles'', where cyborgs are mining with high technology to ''trade gems for fish and torches''. Justified in Bara Magna due to the place being a [[Scavenger World]] - actually, the major settings in ''Chronicles'' and ''Legends'' qualify as Scavenger Worlds, too.

* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: The Mata Nui Robot is supposedly 40 million feet tall. 40 million feet is ''the approximate diameter of the Earth.''

** It could be intentional, Mata Nui does have a whole world inside him, though it would make Bara Magna about as big as, say, Neptune, in the real world...

* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Justified as all known planets were split from Spherus Magna's larger ecosystem. Aqua Magna (where the Matoran saga takes place) is an endless ocean, Bara Magna is a desert planet, and [[Word of God]] says the last piece is mainly forest, called Bota Magna.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: five guys to one girl at ''best''.

* [[Stock Subtitle]]: "Comic 13: Rise of the Rahkshi!", "BIONICLE 1: Rise of the Toa Nuva", ''BIONICLE Heroes''

* [[Team Shot]]: every year has at least one of these showing the new sets.

* [[The Thunderdome]]: the Coliseum in Metru Nui, Atero Magna on Bara Magna.

* [[Underground Monkey]]: the sets up to 2007. The ''Voya Nui Online Game'' also had these.

** Also, in the Voya Nui and Mahri Nui arcs, the hero toys got released in a later wave than the villain toys, so in the story keeps pace by focusing on the villains messing things up before the heroes come along to fix it.

* [[Water Is Blue]]

* [[Wind Is Green]]

* [[Word of God]]

* [[World-Wrecking Wave]]: the Great Cataclysm

* [[Wrap It Up]]: 2010 skipped over at least two arcs (one with the Element Lords and one on Bota Magna) to get to the final battle with Makuta.

* [[Year Zero]]: Two. The first is "The Shattering" about a hundred thousand years ago that split Spherus Magna; it also marks the beginning of the Matoran world. The Matoran also have the "Great Cataclysm", one thousand years before the story starts, when Mata Nui fell asleep, causing numerous disasters.

** [[Exty Years From Now]]

== General Matoran Tropes ==

* [[Abandoned Mine]]: in the ''Mata Nui Online Game 2'', the Great Mine was abandoned due to flooding by Gahlok in the previous arc. Hahli, a Ga-Matoran and experienced swimmer, has to dive through the mine to retrieve tools and materials for the Onu-Matoran miners.

* [[All Myths Are True]] (possibly heavily distorted, but true nonetheless)

* [[Anatomy of the Soul]]: Spiritual light and darkness, and losing the former, are a major part of the Karda Nui arc. Destiny is also a big deal to the Matoran.

* [[Animated Armor]]: the Makuta

** [[Prophecy Twist]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Mata Nui and Makuta (so the [[Backstory]] claims). Also Artakha and Karzahni.

* [[Code Name]]: the descriptive kind; most Dark Hunters have them (because stuff like "Silence" and "Darkness" don't have to be cleared through Lego's legal department; unlike, say, "Lariska")

* [[Combining Mecha]]: The theory behind the Toa Kaita, shown with the Toa Mata (Wairuha being formed of Lewa, Gali, and Kopaka, and Akamai being formed from Tahu, Pohatu, and Onua.) It's stated that most Toa groups are able to form Kaita forms, but [[Take Our Word for It|never comes up in canon beyond the Toa Nuva]]. The Toa Metru were implied to be able to do it (but [[How Do I Shot Web?|didn't know how]]), whereas the Toa Hordika were one of the few groups that could not (due to the Visorak infection that turned them into [[Petting Zoo People|Rahi Zoo Robots]]).

* [[La Résistance]]: Matoran tend to form these when they're taken over, with the Voya Nui and Karda Nui ones being the best examples. The Toa Hordika and Rahaga also formed one against the Visorak. One also formed against the Toa Empire in the "Dark Mirror" alternate universe.

* [[Letter Motif]]: Each element has a syllable representing it: "ta" for fire, "ga" for water, "le" for air, "po" for stone, "ko" for ice, and "onu" for earth. These show up in some variation in the names of the Toa Mata/Nuva, the Bohrok, the Rahkshi, and the Visorak; as well as in reference to the Matoran tribes (the fire Matoran are called the Ta-Matoran, for example).

* {{spoiler|[[Living Ship]]: In a sense. [[Word of God]] states that Mata Nui wandered space with the Matoran world inside - not that the Matoran were aware of where they were (either in space or inside their Great Spirit).}}

* [[Mask of Power]]: Kanohi Masks

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The "Great Spirit" Mata Nui has a physical body.

* [[Oh My Gods]] / [[Thank the Maker]]: Mata Nui is invoked occasionally

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted somewhat; Mata Nui, Artakha, and Karzahni all have locations named after them, and a [[Plant Aliens|plant creature]] also has Karzahni as a namesake.

** "Makuta" and "the Makuta" also sounds confusing, but there's a reason for it: it's a title, and one character prefers the title to his actual name. It's like a group of Dukes, one of which likes being called "Duke".

* [[Retired Badass]]: Turaga are essentially this. They used to be Toa who sacrificed their powers.

* [[Sailor Earth]]: Common in the fan community. Just choose an [[Elemental Powers|Elemental Power]], a [[Stock Superpower]], and a weapon; and think up an exotic name and you've got your own Toa!

* [[The Starscream]]: Deliberately invoked by the Shadowed One, who encourages his minions to constantly observe him, and, should he show signs of weakness, kill him.

* [[Taught By Experience]]: all the Toa to some degree, but especially the Toa Metru

* [[Time Dilation Field]]: The Vahi Mask of Time. Damaging it causes... problems, and destroying it utterly would cause a [[Time Crash]].

* [[True Companions]]: Toa teams

* [[The Underworld]]: Karzahni

* [[The Wall Around the World]]: the dome that encloses Karda Nui.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: A Toa's power is halved if they lose their mask, and Matoran eventually shut down if they lose theirs.

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]?: Toa of Water tend to get stuck with limited-use Mask Powers. (Though the water powers are of course still good, which probably makes this more [[Flight, Strength, Heart]].)

** Averted and even inverted in Mahri Nui, as Toa Hahli had a Mask of Kindred that let her copy abilities of animals. Since she was quite knowledgeable about sea creatures and what they could do, she used this mask to great effect.

** The entrances to the Temple of Courage and Temple of Creation in the ''Mata Nui Online Game II''.

* [[Changeling Fantasy]]: everyone, audience included, thought that Takua was part of the Fire tribe - until he became a Toa of ''Light'' (even then, there's enough [[Phlebotinum]] thrown around that him originally being a Fire character was a possibility, until we learned that a tribe of Light did exist)

* [[Creation Sequence]]: The formation of the [[Fusion Dance|Toa Kaita]] in the ''Mata Nui Online Game'' and ''The Legend of Mata Nui''.

* "[[Did You Actually Believe?]] I would let them return to their homes?" (Makuta in ''Mask of Light'', after Takanuva summoned the Matoran to his lair)

* [[Herald]]: Takua was "the Herald of the Toa of Light" {{spoiler|before finding out he ''was'' to be the Toa of Light}}.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Jaller [[Taking the Bullet]] for Takua in ''Mask of Light''. Takutanuva brought him back soon afterward.

* [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]: the Bohrok

* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Ussal crabs, specifically Takua's pet, Pewku. The nature of the BIONICLE universe makes this cross over into [[Mechanical Horse]] as well.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: the Toa Mata prior to ''Chronicles''

* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: The final battle of ''Mask of Light'' pits Takanuva against Makuta... in a game of Kolhii. However, the sequence plays out somewhat like an actual fight, and ends with Takanuva using his special technique to slam Makuta into a wall.

* [[Implausible Boarding Skills]]: lavasurfing

* [[Instant Runes]]: appears when Onua uses the Mask of Shielding in the ''Mata Nui Online Game''.

* [[Ironic Fear]]: Tamaru, an Air Matoran, is afraid of heights, and given his village of Le-Koro is in the treetops...

'''Various''': ''Tunnels. Why does it always have to be tunnels?'' }}

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: subverted with the Toa Mata; the Laser Guide was off a bit so they forgot more than intended.

* [[Pillar of Light]]: In the online animations, when the Bohrok were defeated.

* [[Power of the Void]]: Makuta claimed to have this power early on. He wasn't shy about it, either.

'''Makuta:''' I bore you! For I am Nothing. And out of Nothing, you came. And it is back into Nothing that you shall go. }}

* [[Powered Armor]] / [[Mini-Mecha]]: the Boxor (which [[Good Old Fisticuffs|can strike with its arms]]) and the Exo-Toa (complete with [[Good Old Fisticuffs|Boxing Claw]] and [[Arm Cannon|Electro-Rocket]]).

* [[Praetorian Guard]]: most notably the Bohrok-Kal

* [[Psychic Link]]: Gali establishes one with Takua in the ''Mata Nui Online Game'', so that he can witness the battle from afar.

* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]: the Toa Nuva eventually tired of the Turaga's secrecy

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Naming Day was introduced as a way to change characters' names to non-Maori words (see "Meaningful Name" above).

** The Mask of Light (encased in a rock).

* [[Sentient Cosmic Force]]: Destiny, spiritual Light and Shadow as well.

 

== ''BIONICLE Adventures'' ==

* [[Always Second Best]]: Ahkmou

* [[Amphibious Automobile]]: the Vahki Transport used by the Toa Metru to travel between Metru Nui and Mata Nui.

* [[Don't Think, Feel]]: How Turaga Lhikan trains Toa Whenua, Nuju, and Onewa to use their mask powers.

* [[Essence Drop]]: Amana Volo spheres

* [[Exploring the Evil Lair]]: Onewa Hordika finds one of Makuta's lairs in the Visorak arc.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Like Kopaka, Toa Nuju has an eyepiece on his masks.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Turaga Lhikan

** [[Taking the Bullet]]: for Toa Vakama

* [[In the Future We Still Have Roombas]]: Fire Drones from ''Legends of Metru Nui.''

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: the Metru Nui Matoran

* [[Mondegreen]]: [[In-Universe]], Matau mishearing "[[Talking Animal|Keetongu]]" as "The Key to Nongu".

* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: {{spoiler|Makuta}} as "Ultimate Dume", though this didn't carry over to the movies.

* [[Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer]]: Nidhiki and Krekka

* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: In ''Time Trap'', Toa Vakama is once mentioned muttering "something that would get him thrown out of Ga-Metru school", which seemed to amuse Makuta.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Sidorak in ''Web of Shadows'', realizing he has to face a very angry Keetongu alone.

* [[Plant Aliens|Plant Monsters]]: the Morbuzakh and the Karzahni.

* [[Rapid Aging]]: Anything that gets too close to Voporak suffers this fate, including [[We Have Reserves|an army]] [[Zerg Rush|of Rahkshi]] and the Shadowed One, though the latter is a rare example of being alive after the aging.

* [[Secret Legacy]]: The Turaga of Mata Nui were once Toa themselves, while their Toa Nuva charges had forgotten that other Toa besides them even existed.

* [[Shattering the Illusion]]: in "Time Trap", Vakama shatters the illusion by stopping to believe it after firing a Kanoka disk at "Nokama", which just phases through "her".

* [[The Starscream]]: Roodaka in ''Web of Shadows'' is the Starscream to Sidorak, something that he doesn't learn until [[Oh Crap|it's too late]].

* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Makuta allies himself with Vakama when the Dark Hunters come looking for the Mask of Time. Vakama isn't happy.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Toa Vakama, over his [[Leeroy Jenkins]] actions.

* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: the entirety of ''Adventures''

* [[Zerg Rush]]: Makuta swarms Voporak with Rahkshi as a distraction in "Time Trap".

 

 

* [[Adaptive Armor]]: Worn by Toa Nuva. Not officially the [[Trope Namer]], but might as well be.

* [[The Alcatraz]]: the Pit (though they skip the common "good guys have to break out" [[Plot]]; the prison was long destroyed and nearly abandoned (it's been fixed since then))

* [[Atlantis Is Boring]]: Averted with the Mahri Nui arc, which often considered to be a high point for the series and packs plenty of action, from mutated fishmen to psychotic robots and all manners of sea monsters.

* [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]]: the Toa Terrain Crawler, a living example. It was only used once.

** [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Hydraxon's response to Nocturn when Nocturn recalls when the original died.

* [[Badass Normal]]: The Voya Nui Resistance Team, although they owe it to their weapons.

** Mazeka. He specifically requested that the Order of Mata Nui train to use any kind of weapon, how to win clean, and how to win [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|dirty.]]

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: The conclusion of the "Waking Mata Nui" [[Myth Arc]] and serves as the whole storyline's [[Darkest Hour]]

* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: At one point, Jaller sets Mantax [[Man On Fire|ablaze]] ''[[Water Is Air|on the ocean floor]]''. [[Handwaved]] with the [[A Wizard Did It|Wizard Did It]] rule; he has power over fire, and if he wants fire underwater, ''he can do that'' (not easily, but still...).

* [[Continuity Nod]]: several

* [[Cool Garage]]: the Codrex

* [[Darkest Hour]]: When Makuta pretty much assumes control of the universe, rendering all the Toa's previous battles and struggles rather moot.

* [[Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes]]: the Onu-Matoran typically live underground, so light stings their eyes.

* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Gali vs Gorast in the Swamp of Secrets.

* [[Don't Celebrate Just Yet]]: the Toa Nuva return from Karda Nui to Metru Nui to celebrate Mata Nui's awakening ... only to find out they were [[Unwitting Pawn|Unwitting Pawns]] in Makuta's Plan, meaning Makuta has [[Grand Theft Me|taken over Mata Nui's body]].

* [[Drama-Preserving Handicap]]: the Makuta invading Karda Nui. The "Phantoka" team was blinded, the "Mistika" team suffered [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]] and lost some of their multiple powers, and Icarax was painfully devolved back into a physical being. (Mutran was unaffected, but was more of a [[Mad Scientist]] than a fighter anyway.)

* [[Field Power Effect]]: in Karda Nui, where beings of [[Light'Em Up|Light]] grow larger than normal.

* [[Final Battle]]: basically the 2008 storyline was called this, and it was part of the title of a comic and a book.

** It's warranted, though. He lost the Mask of Life and pretty much any other power he had. He's smart enough to know that he doesn't have nearly as much of an advantage as he had, so he is likely to be at least partly [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: ''twice'' in a single book to a corrupted Toa Takanuva in ''Legends''

** [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]] is cited during one of these.

* [[The Great Flood]]: Gali unleashed a Nova Blast that completely flooded Karzahni.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Toa Matoro, Toa Ignika}}

* [[The Igor]]: Vican to Makuta Mutran

* [[I Like Those Odds]]:

* [[I Would Say If I Could Say]]: Makuta to Carapar

* [[Jet Pack]]: the Matoran of Light use these. Lewa has these in his Adaptive Armor, Sky Form.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Inverted with Makuta Icarax (he's a Leeroy, but his actions would've saved the Makuta instead of dooming them)

* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: Toa Mahri vs. Toa Hagah in a web serial, complete with [[Lampshade Hanging]]

* [[Place of Power]]: Karda Nui to Matoran of Light, which is why they're much bigger than other Matoran. Takanuva, a Toa of Light, also became much larger in Karda Nui.

* [[Portal Cut]]: "Dark Mirror" Toa Tuyet

* [[Punny Name]]: used increasingly in ''Legends''; for example, the axe-wielding Axonn, the stingray-like Barraki Mantax, and the energy-sucking Makuta Vamprah.

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: any villain group of six that aren't [[Mooks]]; the Piraka and Barraki are the best examples. They might also qualify as [[The Psycho Rangers]].

* [[Rocket Ride]]: the Codrex vehicles

* [[Room 101]]: the "Chamber of Truth" in the Piraka Stronghold

** In "Federation of Fear":

* [[Sickly Green Glow]]: Antidermis/Makuta energy

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Toa Ignika and Piraka Vezon

* [[Cannot Dream]]: the victims of the Dreaming Plague.

* [[Cave Mouth]]: The entrance to [http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/File:Roxtus.PNG Roxtus], which isn't surprising as it's the head of a [[Humongous Mecha]] Prototype.

* [[Colossus Climb]]: Sort of. Mata Nui grabs the Skopio's leg as it winds up to try and stomp him and uses the momentum to throw himself onto its back.

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Averted with the Skrall, rather noticeably. [[Jerkass|Strakk]] even gives a perfect setup with "We could barely beat one, how do we beat an army?" Answer: {{spoiler|They don't.}}

* [[Continuity Nod]]: the Hero Agori from the My [[LEGO]] Network game is briefly mentioned in the first book.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: the Skrall, and what the Vorox used to be. Used word-for-word in the Vorox's introduction, save the word "Guy".

* [[Scavenger World]]

* [[Shield Surf]]: In ''[[The Movie|The Legend Reborn]]'', [[The Hero|Mata Nui]] uses his Scarabax Shield to surf down a canyon.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]]

* [[Stock Scream]]: The Wilhelm shows up in ''[[The Movie|The Legend Reborn]]'' when some Bone Hunters get crushed by rocks.

* [[Superhero Trophy Shelf]]: [[The Lancer|Ackar]] shows one off in ''[[The Movie|The Legend Reborn]]''.

* [[Sword Plant]]: [[The Hero|Mata Nui]] does this to cut part of a cliff to fall on a [[Spider Tank|Skopio]].

* [[That's No Moon]]: The Prototype Robot on [[Crapsack World|Bara Magna]], whose parts were used as shelter by the Agori up until its reassembly.

* [[Weaponized Car]]: many vehicles have Thornax Launchers.

* [[What a Piece of Junk!]]: vehicles, such as Thornatus, are this, but they are still functional to be used.

* [[The Worm That Walks]]: {{spoiler|The giant made of scarabax beetles that appears in the climax of ''Legend Reborn''.}}

* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: The [[Twist Ending]]. That is all.

 

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