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[[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
The main [[Myth Arc]] is that [[Exty Years From Now|one thousand years ago]], the [[Big Bad|evil Makuta]] made the [[Minor Major Character|Great Spirit Mata Nui]] fall asleep. Since a [[Physical God]] protector being unconscious is a ''bad thing'', the Matoran people and their Toa protectors are now working to wake him up again. The Matoran saga is split into three [[Rotating Arcs]] (labeled by book series title):
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The series has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]; check the [[Bionicle/Characters|Character Sheet]] for more info on them.
The toyline ended in mid-2010. The storyline was briefly continued on [[LEGO]]'s website with Bara Magna restored as Spherus Magna and its people forming a unified society with the Matoran, but it was not supported for long without a toy line. It was replaced with the more sci-fi ''[[Hero Factory]]'', which boasted "From the makers of ''[[Bionicle]]''!" on the label, but Hero Factory was itself replaced with a rebooted Bionicle in 2015. The story and toyline have been slimmed down, presumably to avoid [[Continuity Lockout]]
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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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: [http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=3069 This] [[Fan Art]] on [[BZ Power]] showcases ''432'' of them.
* [[Long Lived]] / [[We Are as Mayflies]]: Everyone; apparently biomechanicals commonly have lifespans reaching ''at least'' five or six digits. [[Fridge Logic|Even the people of Bara Magna, who are just organic with some biomechanical implants.]]
* [[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]]
* [[Milestone Celebration]]: The "BIONICLE Stars" toys, celebrating the line's tenth (and, it turns out, last) year.
* [[Minor Major Character]]: the Great Beings
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* [[Shattered World]]: Spherus Magna was split into Bara Magna, Aqua Magna, and Bota Magna by an event that's even called "The Shattering".
* [[Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy]]: Falls on the Toy Accuracy side. The comics and books are fairly consistent with the toys, only needing occasional tweaks; but the Matoran-era movies are pretty inaccurate.
** [[Invisible Anatomy]]: One of the main "tweaks" is adding fingers to hands, which don't show up on the toys until Bara Magna. The movies also had [[Heart Light|Heart Lights]]
* [[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.
* [[Signature Device]]: The Masks.
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** The Phantoka Makuta were permanently blinded by the light after the Ignika fell into Karda Nui. Thus, they have Shadow Matoran to be this for them.
* [[Heart Light]]: All the people of the Matoran Universe have these, at least according to the books and movies. They're even called heartlights.
* [[The Heavy]]: Usually the arc [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]
* [[Hufflepuff House]]: Any tribe outside the main six and Light, really.
* [[Humans Through Alien Eyes]]: no humans around, but once in a while there's an item that's strange to the characters; the list includes roller skates, eggs, and a scroll
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** [[Jungle Japes]]: Le-Wahi, with [[Bubblegloop Swamp]] on the ground level and the [[Tree-Top Town]] of Le-Koro
** [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Ta-Wahi, altough a part of it is also [[Palmtree Panic]]
** [[Port Town]]: Ga-Wahi; mostly the village of Ga-Koro, which is on [[Lily Pad Platform|Lily Pad Platforms]]
** [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Po-Wahi
** [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: Ko-Wahi
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*** [[All the Myriad Ways]]: "Dark Mirror" kills off more characters in the space of one episode than total deaths in the entire series
* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: Antidermis can strengthen Brutaka's species.
* [[Ascended Extra|Ascended Extras]]
* [[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.
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Brutally subverted with {{spoiler|Carapar}}, who tries to kill the [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]] [[Shout-Out]] Tren Krom and gets disintegrated by the thing's [[Eye Beam]] before his attack even hits.
* [[Doing In the Wizard]]: At the end of ''Legends'', a number of mythological aspects got explained away. The biggest one is that Mata Nui, revered as a mystical [[Physical God]] by the Matoran, was actually {{spoiler|a giant robot that they lived inside.}} About the only things that didn't were the Great Beings - we learned more about them here and on Bara Magna, but they're still mysterious [[Precursors]].
* [[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]]
* [[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.)
* [[Egopolis]]: Makuta renamed the Matoran world the "Makutaverse" upon taking it over.
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* [[Beam-O-War]]: occurs between [[The Big Guy|Kiina]] and [[The Lancer|Ackar]] using their new [[Elemental Powers]] of {{color|blue|water}} and fire respectively in ''The Legend Reborn''.
* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: A promotional description for the [[Scary Scorpions|Vorox]] is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Big Bad]]: [[Evil Overlord|Rock tribe leader Tuma]] was this before Makuta asserted himself. The Element Lords were going to be [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]
* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]: Mata Nui has to use the prototype for his old body to fight Makuta.
* [[Canis Latinicus]]
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: As noted in the Matoran section, the Energized Protodermis Entity that existed within the planet until it was moved to the Mata Nui robot. There's also something that looks like a miniature sun that feeds on dreams.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: [[Big Bad|Tuma]]
* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: The Hero Agori of the ''My [[LEGO]] Network ''[[Bionicle]]'' Campaign''.
* [[Field of Blades]]: or rather it's called the "Forest of Blades", only the corpses are still holding their weapons and being fused with trees, some jutting halfway out.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: In ''The Legend Reborn'':
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** [[The Chick]]: Gresh
* [[Flawed Prototype]]: The giant broken robot on [[Crapsack World|Bara Magna]]; a prototype to Mata Nui himself. He fixed it up to fight [[Big Bad|Makuta]], but it still has a lot of problems.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: An early and possible hint to {{spoiler|Metus'}} betrayal? In the My [[LEGO]] Network ''[[Bionicle]]'' Campaign, he's friends with Atakus of the Rock Tribe!
* [[Gladiator Games]]: This is how the tribes in [[Crapsack World|Bara Magna]] resolve disputes, though it's heavily regulated and doesn't descend into [[Blood Sport]].
* [[Grim Up North]]: The rock tribe (and even they were driven south by the baterra)
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