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{{quote|''Gathered friends, listen again to our legend of the BIONICLE...'' |Turaga Vakama}}
[[LEGO]]'s (surprisingly in-depth) [[Merchandise-Driven]] storyline, originally based on its pre-existing ''LEGO Technic'' line. Featuring (Bio-)[[Mechanical Lifeforms]] in a [[Schizo
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]].
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* [[Apocalypse How]]:
** Matoran saga: A Class 1 event occurs in ''Adventures'', and two separate Class 4s are averted in ''Legends'' (The first of the Class 4s actually occurs in ''The Kingdom'' [[Alternate Universe]], but there are enough survivors to scrape it up to a Class 2.)
*** [[Story
** Spherus Magna suffered a Class 2 known as "The Shattering" a hundred thousand years previous, splitting the planet into three; a new planet called Bara Magna and its moons, Aqua Magna and Bota Magna.
* [[Author Catchphrase]]: A few:
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** Metru Nui is this as well.
* [[Sentient Phlebotinum]]: Energized Protodermis and Antidermis
* [[Schizo
* [[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]].
* [[Sci
** 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 even that's even called "The Shattering".
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** [[Call a Smeerp A Rabbit]]
* [[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]]).
** Meanwhile, there are other fusions, but very few have come about in the storyline, such as a Matoran Nui and Bohrok-Kal Kaita.
* [[Conditional Powers]]: Kanohi grants the wearer powers as long as it is worn.
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* [[Domed Hometown]]: the Matoran world is located in underground domes ({{spoiler|actually Mata Nui's body cavities}})
* [[Egopolis]]: The lands of Artakha and Karzahni are named after their rulers.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Tren Krom. Subverted in that, while powerful and immeasurably ancient, he is ''not'' an alien - he was created by the Great Beings like everything else in the Matoran world. Written as a [[Shout
** Also the Energized Protodermis Entity, who existed within Spherus Magna even before the Great Beings discovered Energized Protodermis.
* [[Evil Plan]]: "The Plan."
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* [[The Ghost]]: Mata Nui, until around the end of ''Legends''
* [[Ghost City]]: Metru Nui for a thousand years after the Great Cataclysm, the island of Mata Nui after the events of ''Mask Of Light''.
* [[Goal
* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]: Something has to be ''really'' wrong in the world to grab Mata Nui's attention. Makes sense when you consider {{spoiler|the [[Womb Level]] nature of the world - do you think of your stomach when you don't have indigestion?}} Of course, once he ''does'' start paying attention, [[
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]: Mata Nui suffers if the Matoran don't do their jobs. Eventually explained as {{spoiler|his robot body will shut down if not maintained and kept working.}}
* [[Handy Helper]]: in the ''Mata Nui Online Game'', Takua becomes Pohatu's eyes when the latter was blinded by a [[Scary Scorpion|Nui-Jaga]].
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* [[We Will Use Wiki Words in The Future]]: Air Matoran "treespeak"/"chutespeak" slang
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Minor characters from past arcs don't usually get mentioned in new story material.
* [[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.
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** [[Moses in The Bulrushes]]: the Order of Mata Nui secretly spread Matoran of Light throughout the world so the tribe wouldn't be wiped out if their homeland came under attack.
* [[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)
* [[Enemy Without]]: the Shadow Toa
* [[Lava Adds Awesome]]: Lavasurfing
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* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The Toa Mata become the Toa Nuva.
* [[Mind Control Device]]: infected Kanohi Masks and Krana when worn.
* [[Mix
* [[Monumental Damage]]: in-universe example: the Pahrak destroying Naho Falls (which gets rebuilt later, and destroyed again).
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In ''Mask of Light'', the Matoran begin their kolhii match by wishing each other "Play well". The name "Lego" comes from the Danish phrase "leg godt", which translates to "play well".
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{{quote| '''Gali:''' How are you like the sea? The sea bears life! The sea bore ''us!''<br />
'''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
** [[Armor Is Useless]]: The Exo-Toa block their users' [[Elemental Powers]]. They also have the AI to act autonomously, but haven't exactly been shown to have a stellar track record in this regard (though it's less [[AI Is a Crapshoot]] and more [[The Worf Effect]]).
* [[Praetorian Guard]]: most notably the Bohrok-Kal
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* [[The Swarm]]: the Bohrok
* [[Sweat Drop]]: Occurs once in an online animation by Hewkii.
* [[There Is Another]]: The [[Wham! Line]] leading into ''Adventures'': "You are not the first Toa!"
* [[Trauma
* [[Tunnel Network]]: there were tunnels throughout and underneath the island of Mata Nui, made by the Onu-Matoran.
* [[Under City]]: Metru Nui to Mata Nui.
* [[Video Game Settings]]: Each "wahi" (region) of the island of Mata Nui has this kind of theme:
** [[Beneath the Earth]]: Onu-Wahi
** [[Jungle Japes]]: Le-Wahi, with [[Bubblegloop Swamp]] on the ground level and the [[Tree
** [[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]]. More inland portions are suggested to be [[Ghibli Hills]] or [[Green Hill Zone]].
** [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Po-Wahi
** [[Slippy
* [[When Trees Attack]]: Morbuzakh and Karzahni
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Three Toa merge into Toa Kaita Wairuha and corner three Bohrok-Kal. The bug-monsters fuse into their own giant monster which proceeds to kick Wairuha's butt in five seconds.
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* [[Cain and Abel]]: Toa Lhikan and Nidhiki.
* [[Call Forward]]: several in this arc
* [[Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are]]: Vakama hiding from Makuta on two separate occasions in ''Adventures''
* [[Cool Airship]]: especially used in Metru Nui, even more so in Le-Metru. Dark Hunters also use airships to deploy members.
* [[The Corruption]]: Hordika Venom
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* [[Wall Crawl]]: a Vahki Rorzarkh climbs the wall of an Archives loading area in a promotional animation.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Toa Vakama, over his [[Leeroy Jenkins]] actions.
* [[Whole
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: One of the Shadowed One's Dark Hunters has the specific task of killing any Hunter that fails its mission, and take up the mission himself.
* [[You Mean "Xmas"]]: Naming Day, an otherwise completely generic holiday, has an associated myth about Mata Nui coming through the transport chutes to deliver gifts
* [[Zeppelins From Another World]]: The airships in Metru Nui.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Makuta swarms Voporak with Rahkshi as a distraction in "Time Trap".
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* [[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))
* [[Almost
* [[Alternate Universe]] / [[Alternate History]]
** [[After the End]]: "The Kingdom": The heroes failed to save Mata Nui's life in ''Legends''; a number escaped the doomed "universe" by making their way to the planet surface
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* [[The Charmer]]: According to Jerbraz, he was one of the Order of Mata Nui's "most handsome and dashing" members, before he was rendered permanently invisible following an accident. Now he has to get by on just charm.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Makuta's ability to take spiritless bodies.
* [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]]: Consciously averted with the Brotherhood of Makuta - when the Toa faced more than one at once, Farshtey added [[Drama
* [[Continuity Nod]]: several
* [[Cool Garage]]: the Codrex
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: some of the Mask of Life's curses end up being this (and once or twice it actively tries to do its bearer a favor instead, leading to [[Blessed With Suck]]).
* [[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
* [[Death By Irony]]: Makuta Mutran thinks of a way to try and control Karda Nui's energy storm, only to be zapped to dust after declaring he figured it out.
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Gali vs Gorast in the Swamp of Secrets.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Brutally subverted with {{spoiler|Carapar}}, who tries to kill the [[HP Lovecraft|Lovecraft]] [[Shout
* [[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]] in Makuta's Plan, meaning Makuta has [[Grand Theft Me|taken over Mata Nui's body]].
* [[Drama
* [[Egopolis]]: Makuta renamed the Matoran world the "Makutaverse" upon taking it over.
* [[Empathic Weapon]]: the Mask of Life
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* [[Painting the Medium]]: In "Reign of Shadows", Artakha's telepathy is represented in italics, and Tren Krom's in bold.
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]: the term "Piraka" is the main one, though a few others show up (like "Go to Karzahni!")
* [[Precision
* [[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
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* [[Room 101]]: the "Chamber of Truth" in the Piraka Stronghold
* [[Set a Mook To Kill A Mook]]: Used in the climax of "Destiny War", pitting Bohrok against Rahkshi. (''Adventures'' also had a Vahki/Visorak scuffle, though not triggered by the heroes)
* [[Shout
** In "Federation of Fear":
{{quote| '''Vezon:''' [[Gonna Need More Trope|We're gonna need...]]<br />
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* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Toa Takanuva during the tail end of ''Legends''
* [[Sword and Gun]]: The Inika, Mahri, and most (adaptive armor-equipped) Toa Nuva all have this as their armament.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Toa Takanuva's blog telling of his hopes for a new era of peace. Especially when you realize it's set ''right'' before the [[Wham! Episode]].
* [[That's No Moon]]: Mata Nui as the Matoran Universe.
* [[Thrown Out the Airlock]]: Makuta teleports a group of heroes out of the Matoran Universe into space. Don't worry, they were rescued.
* [[Trauma
* [[Tuckerization]]: Order members Jerbraz, Johmak, and Tobduk, who were credited as providing pictures for the Order's atlas, were named for the guide's real-life illustrators Jeremy Brazeal, John McCormack, and Toby Dutkiewicz respectively.
* [[Twist Ending]] / [[Wham! Episode]]: two in the Matoran saga's conclusion: the books and comics first show that {{spoiler|Makuta wins}}, then the web content adds the revelation that {{spoiler|the Matoran world is inside Mata Nui}}.
* [[Unpredictable Results]]: Kongu Mahri's Mask of Summoning; you never know ''what'' will be summoned.
* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: the Toa Nuva in ''Legends''}}
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* [[Duels Decide Everything]]
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: [[Double Subverted]]. [[Minor Major Character|Mata Nui]] doesn't [[Goomba Stomp]] [[Jerkass|Strakk]], he lands normally... and then goes for a more standard "jump in from the side" deal.
* [[Early
* [[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]]
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* [[Oh Crap]]: At least three in ''[[The Movie|The Legend Reborn]]'':
** [[The Lancer|Ackar's]] reaction to seeing the Skopio
** [[Mass "Oh Crap"|General reaction]] to seeing {{spoiler|a swarm of beetles forming a giant}}
** {{spoiler|Metus' reaction to the Vorox tossing him out of his getaway vehicle and into a pissed-off Mata Nui}}
* [[Opposing Sports Team]]: the Skrall
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* [[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.
* "[[This Cannot Be!]]! [[Memetic Mutation|I AM THE MIGHTY TUMA!]]" ...[[Villain Decay|yeah.]]
* [[Throw
* [[Tournament Arc]]: the Glatorian are gearing up for one at the beginning {{spoiler|but subverted when the Skrall just come in and raze the place.}}
* [[Translator Microbes]]: Mata Nui gave everyone escaping the Matoran Universe the ability to communicate with the [[Crapsack World|Bara Magna]] natives.
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* [[Unobtainium]]: Exsidian
* [[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.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: The [http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=26& early treatment] for the 2010 movie would have featured a longer journey through the Valley of the Maze, the Element Lords as key characters, and ending with Mata Nui and crew getting launched to Bota Magna, the land of [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|biomechanical]] [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]]. With the toyline ending, [[Wrap It Up|this storyline and the 2011 one with the dinosaurs got canceled]].
* [[The Worm That Walks]]: {{spoiler|The giant made of scarabax beetles that appears in the climax of ''Legend Reborn''.}}
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