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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.

 

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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.

* [[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.

** Metru Nui is this as well.

* [[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...

* [[Shattered World]]: Spherus Magna was split into Bara Magna, Aqua Magna, and Bota Magna by an event that's even called "The Shattering".

* [[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''.

* [[Sticks to the Back]]: common in animations, especially involving the Toa, as well as the Glatorian's weapons in ''The Legend Reborn''. Justified for Takanuva (''Mask of Light'' version) and the Toa Metru, as the toys had weapon mounts built into their backs.

* [[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''

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