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The story then picks up on the [[Crapsack World|wasteland world]] of Bara Magna, where tribes of [[Badass Normal|Glatorian]] and [[Hobbits|Agori]] compete in [[Gladiator Games]] for scarce resources. [[Minor Major Character|Mata Nui]] lands there and ends up making friends and uniting the tribes while he tries to find his way home. There was one movie called ''The Legend Reborn'', while a web serial kept tabs on the Matoran.
 
The series has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]; check the [[Bionicle (Franchise)/Characters|Character Sheet]] for more info on them.
 
The toyline ended in mid-2010. The storyline is being continued on [[LEGO]]'s website with Bara Magna restored as Spherus Magna and its people forming a unified society with the [[Hobbits|Matoran]], but how long it will be supported by the company without a toy line is in question. It has been replaced with the more sci-fi ''[[Hero Factory]]'', which boasts "From the makers of ''[[Bionicle]]''!" on the label.
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* [[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.
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]] / [[Lower Deck Episode]]: the web serials
* [[Darker and Edgier]] than most other [[LEGO]] lines.
* [[Defanged Horrors]]: The serials.
* [[Doing in Thethe Wizard]]: After the ''Mask of Light'' saga, all the mystical aspects (such as [[Physical God|Mata Nui]] being a great spirit/deity) were gradually stripped away for more "logical" explanations. See main page for more.
** [[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''.
* [[Earth Drift]]: Of a sort, related to [[Doing in Thethe Wizard]] above. The franchise was never set anywhere close to Earth, but the first few years were very influenced by Polynesian themes (set on a tropical island, everyone wears tiki-like masks, actual Maori terms were used, etc). Part of it was legally mandated (see "[[Meaningful Name]]" in the Matoran section), but the theme was pretty much lost by the time they found a lost city [[Beneath the Earth]].
** 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.
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* [[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.
* [[Late to Thethe Party]]: More or less the standard storyline, as it was used in ''Chronicles'', the latter half of ''Adventures'', Bara Magna, and ''all three'' parts of ''Legends''.
* [[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.
* [[Long Lived]] / [[We Are Asas 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]] 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.
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* [[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]].
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted; despite the line being mainly aimed for kids, characters rarely shy away from calling death what it is.
** 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.
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* [[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 Thethe 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.
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Villain Episode]]: The ''Legends'' book ''Legacy of Evil'' (featuring the Piraka), as well as web serials "The Mutran Chronicles" (the Brotherhood of Makuta), "Federation of Fear" (various villains in a [[Boxed Crook]] team), "Empire of the Skrall" ([[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|the Skrall]]), and "Sahmad's Tale" (Sahmad and the Iron Tribe).
** 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]]
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* [[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.
* [[Writing Byby the Seat of Your Pants]]: Farshety has said this is his preferred writing style, at least for the web serials that aren't as connected to the main plot threads.
* [[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]]
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* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: the Matoran and Mata Nui's other races. Designed to be essentially "nanotech" in Mata Nui's body, they turned out sentient and developed their own cultures and such.
* [[All Myths Are True]] (possibly heavily distorted, but true nonetheless)
* [[All Your Colors Combined]]: six Toa can combine their power to create a [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|Toa Seal]].
* [[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
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** [[Prophecy Twist]]
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Mata Nui and Makuta (so the [[Backstory]] claims). Also Artakha and Karzahni.
* [[Call a Rabbit Aa Smeerp]]: "Rahi" is the Matoran term for animals in general, and each species has its own name (Ussal crabs, Gukko birds, etc.)
** [[Call a Smeerp Aa 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]]).
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* [[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.
* [[We Will Use Wiki Words in Thethe Future]]: Air Matoran "treespeak"/"chutespeak" slang
* [[What Happened to Thethe 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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** 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)
** [[Moses in Thethe 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)
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* [[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.
* [[Holding Out for Aa Hero]]: The Matoran of Mata Nui were threatened by Makuta's forces for 1000 years until the awakening of the Toa Mata.
* [[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.
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* [[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...
* [[ItsIt's XIX. I Hate X.]]
{{quote| '''Kopaka''': ''Your Turaga speaks in riddles. I hate riddles.''<br />
'''Various''': ''Tunnels. Why does it always have to be tunnels?'' }}
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* [[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).
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: The Bohrok play with this; it seems to be played straigt before it turns out (six real-world years later) that they're just doing their Great-Beings-given job (and therefore Sealed Neutral).
* [[Sealed Good in Aa Can]]: Very literally with The Toa Mata (see [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]], above), who were sealed in Toa Canisters.
** The Mask of Light (encased in a rock).
* [[Sentient Cosmic Force]]: Destiny, spiritual Light and Shadow as well.
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* [[Don't Think, Feel]]: How Turaga Lhikan trains Toa Whenua, Nuju, and Onewa to use their mask powers.
* [[Essence Drop]]: Amana Volo spheres
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning]]: Rhotuka (from the Visorak arc), which are spinning wheels of energy.
* [[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.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Turaga Lhikan
** [[Taking the Bullet]]: for Toa Vakama
* [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]: Guess who's ''really'' behind all the trouble?
* [[I Know You Are in There Somewhere Fight]]: Toa Matau to Toa Vakama during the Visorak invasion
* [[In the Future We Still Have Roombas]]: Fire Drones from ''Legends of Metru Nui.''
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* [[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.
* [[Museum of the Strange Andand Unusual]]: the Onu-Metru Archives. It's so dangerous down in its deeper levels that not even Vahki are permitted in there.
* [[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.
* [[Plot Tailored to Thethe Party]]: ''Legends of Metru Nui'', as the Toa Metru discover their mask powers
* [[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.
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Makuta in ''Web of Shadows''
* [[Scheherezade Gambit]]: Roodaka urges Sidorak to [[Complexity Addiction|make a spectacle of the Toa Metru's deaths rather than just shoot them]]. While she only does this so their dead bodies could be available for use in her own schemes, it does give the Rahaga time to stage a rescue.
* [[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".
* [[Similarly Named Works]]: ''Web of Shadows'' is also the name of [[Spider-Man: Web of Shadows|a Spider-Man game]].
* [[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.
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* [[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 Fromfrom Another World]]: The airships in Metru Nui.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Makuta swarms Voporak with Rahkshi as a distraction in "Time Trap".
 
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: several
* [[Cool Garage]]: the Codrex
* [[Cursed Withwith 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 Withwith 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-Adjusted Eyes]]: the Onu-Matoran typically live underground, so light stings their eyes.
* [[Death Byby 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 [[HPH.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]] [[Shout-Out]] Tren Krom and gets disintegrated by the thing's [[Eye Beam]] before his attack even hits.
* [[Doing in Thethe 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-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.)
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* [[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.
* [[Getting Smilies Painted Onon Your Soul]]: the first Toa of Psionics, Orde, was created by the Great Beings to do something like this to the Zyglak. Unfortunately, due to Orde's violent temper, he made them in an [[Unstoppable Rage]]. Thus, the Great Beings made the rest of the Toa of Psionics female from then on.
* [[Giant Spider]]: The big-enough-to-ride Fenrakk (which incidentally gets...
** [[Scaled Up]] into the Kardas dragon)
* [[Going to Be One of Those Days]]: [[The Chew Toy|Lewa]] after [[Grand Theft Me|having his body stolen]], being turned into an [[Eldritch Abomination]], getting [[Thrown Out the Airlock]], ending up in a jungle full of [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cyborg dinosaurs that shoot laser beams]] and finally getting [[Captured Byby Cannibals|captured by savages]]:
{{quote| '''Lewa''': Oh. It's going to be ''this'' kind of day.}}
* [[The Great Flood]]: Gali unleashed a Nova Blast that completely flooded Karzahni.
* [[Grievous Harm Withwith a Body]]: Reidak breaks up a squabble among the other Piraka by throwing Hakann at Avak. Hakann pays him back in the same way (to Avak's displeasure) during his [[A God Am I]] phase.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Toa Matoro, Toa Ignika}}
* [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]: Again. Three guesses who.
* [[The Igor]]: Vican to Makuta Mutran
* [[I Like Those Odds]]:
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{{quote| ''"You couldn't snap your fingers without help ... if you had fingers."''}}
* [[Jet Pack]]: the Matoran of Light use these. Lewa has these in his Adaptive Armor, Sky Form.
* [[The Kingdom]]: The [[Alternate Universe]] in "[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|The Kingdom]]", ruled by Turaga Takanuva.
* [[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]]
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* [[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
* [[Pretty Spry for Aa Dead Guy]]: {{spoiler|Hydraxon}}
* [[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]].
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* [[Rocket Ride]]: the Codrex vehicles
* [[Room 101]]: the "Chamber of Truth" in the Piraka Stronghold
* [[Set a Mook Toto Kill Aa 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-Out]]: During the "Brothers in Arms" serial, Vultraz remarks that [[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|he doesn't think he's in Karda Nui anymore and tries clicking his red feet together three times to get back to the main universe]].
** In "Federation of Fear":
{{quote| '''Vezon:''' [[Gonna Need More Trope|We're gonna need...]]<br />
'''Brutaka:''' [[Jaws (Filmfilm)|A bigger boat, I know.]] }}
** The next issue teaser on the first 2010 story comic is ''[[Transformers: theThe Movie|And One Shall Fall]]''
* [[Sickly Green Glow]]: Antidermis/Makuta energy
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Toa Ignika and Piraka Vezon
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* [[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.
* [[Character Asas Himself]]: Click in the movie
* [[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.
* [[Combat Byby Champion]]
* [[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.
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* [[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]]
* [[Serious Business]]: The arena matches. Explained that rather than waste precious supplies on armies to fight for resources, it's better for all sides to settle disputes with [[Combat Byby Champion]].
* [[Shield Surf]]: In ''[[The Movie|The Legend Reborn]]'', [[The Hero|Mata Nui]] uses his Scarabax Shield to surf down a canyon.
* [[Shifting Sand Land]]
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* [[Superhero Trophy Shelf]]: [[The Lancer|Ackar]] shows one off in ''[[The Movie|The Legend Reborn]]''.
{{quote| In that case...''(casually tosses [[Jerkass|Strakk's]] shield into lava pit)'' Eh, I got plenty of shields.}}
* [[Sure, Let's Go Withwith That]]:
{{quote| '''Metus:''' I was going to say "earthquake", maybe "volcanic eruption", but uh, "evil" works.}}
* [[Sword Plant]]: [[The Hero|Mata Nui]] does this to cut part of a cliff to fall on a [[Spider Tank|Skopio]].
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* [[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 Withwith 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''.}}
* [[You Fool!]]: [[Evil Overlord|Tuma]] says this when some Skrall managed to get lumber into the fortress, because the "lumber" is actually [[Shapeshifting|Baterra in disguise]]!
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: [[Evil Overlord|Tuma]] is intolerant of failure, which pressures the Skrall even further in succeeding in their assignments.
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: The [[Twist Ending]]. That is all.
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