History Webcomic / TheToa

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]. [[spoiler: For all his sins and wrongdoing, Makuta is at least capable of expressing some momentary remorse for what his actions have resulted in, and those actions are born partly of a desire to try and give the Matoran, Toa and himself a greater meaning than they were built for.]]

'''[[DeadpanSnarker Gali]]''': I dunno. Does the Toa of Earth still breathe when buried alive?\\
'''Onua''': Good point. Lemme check.\\

'''[[DeadpanSnarker Gali]]''': I dunno. Does the Toa of Earth still breath3 when buried alive?\\

** More lighthearted than usual, as Nick admits to being more fond of [[Toys/Bionicle2015 G2]] than the average Toys/{{Bionicle}} fan, but he pokes fun at all of the water Okotans there apparently gaining [[SuperNotDrowningSkills water-breathing by default]].

** 2005 is widely considered to on Bionicle's weaker years, both in lore and toys. Here it's story treated like an {{in universe}} BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]. [[spoiler: For all his sins and wrongdoing, Makuta is at least capable of expressing some momentary remorse for what his actions have resulted in.]]

* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: The Toa and Matoran are really just nanobots and Mata Nui was really just a computer program to help pilot the colossal-sized robot machine that the cast once lived inside. Takua has a brief mental breakdown about it before Tahu Nuva calms him down stating that it matters none and what's important is they are real beings]]

* DoingInTheWizard: As was the case in the original canon, [[spoiler: the very way of life for the primitive robotic cast of characters is revealed to be a lie as Takua and the Toa find out their purpose as a set of nanomachines meant to serve the giant robot body of their "god" Mata Nui who is likewise a sophisticated computer program. Even Makuta was meant to be another servant to the Great Spirit robot as an overseer type had he not rebelled and taken over.]]

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Gali is once again the sole woman on the team as is Nokama amongst the Turaga. Averted with the Matoran tribes themselves however who now all possess a more balanced male/female ratio.

** Namely, ''Bionicle'''s first year serves as the primary focus of the retelling. However, that doesn't stop [[spoiler: the Bohrok from the second year, Metru Nui from the fourth year, and, in the distant finale, the Glatorian from the ninth year from showing up at various points throughout the comic.]]

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: [[spoiler: Beginning with the Toa Mata's arrival (2001), the reveal of the Bohrok living under the island (2002), the elders originally being Toa from Metru Nui (2004), Mata Nui being a HumongousMecha (2008), and the Glatorians living on another world (2009).]]

** Namely, ''Bionicle'''s first year serves as the primary focus of the retelling. However, that doesn't stop [[spoiler: the Bohrok from the second year, Metru Nui from the fourth year, and, in the distant finale, the Glatorian from the ninth year from showing up at various points throughout the comic.]]

* StationsOfCanon: [[spoiler: Beginning with the Toa Mata's arrival (2001), the reveal of the Bohrok living under the island (2002), the elders originally being Toa from Metru Nui (2004), Mata Nui being a HumongousMecha (2008), and the Glatorians living on another world (2009).]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Gali is once again the sole woman on the team as is Nokama amongst the Turaga. Averted with the Matoran tribes themselves however who now all possess a more balanced male/female ratio.

* TheStationsOfCanon: [[spoiler: Beginning with the Toa Mata's arrival (2001), the reveal of the Bohrok living under the island (2002), the elders originally being Toa from Metru Nui (2004), Mata Nui being a HumongousMecha (2008), and the Glatorians living on another world (2009).]]

** Namely, the series first year serves as the primary focus of the retelling. However, that doesn't stop [[spoiler: the Bohrok from ''Bionicle''s second year, Metru Nui from ''Bionicle''s fourth year, and, in the distant finale, the Glatorian from ''Bionicle''s ninth year from showing up at various points throughout the comic]]
* AlmostDeadGuy: Unlike the original canon, [[spoiler: Makuta's plan to hijack the Great Spirit robot does ''not'' go over as intended with Mata Nui's body exploding in the process leaving only his head and right hand to make it down to Aqua Magna]]

* BaitandSwitch: Oh no, Lewa gets kidnapped by Nui-Rama and taken to a nearby nest to be corrupted by Makuta's shadowy influence like in the 2001 ''Mata Nui Online Game''! [[spoiler: Except not really since the other Toa come to bail him out of trouble at the last second though Kopaka does fall under Makuta's influence later after he splits apart from the other Toa for a time]]

* DoingInTheWizard: As was the case in the original canon, [[spoiler: the very way of life for the primitive robotic cast of characters is revealed to be a lie as Takua and the Toa find out their purpose as a set of nanomachines meant to serve the giant robot body of their "god" Mata Nui who is likewise a sophisticated computer program. Even Makuta was meant to be another servant to the Great Spirit robot as an overseer type had he not rebelled and taken over]]

!!The Toa provides examples of the following {{Tropes}}:

* RealityEnsues: Unlike the original canon, [[spoiler: Makuta's plan to hijack the Great Spirit robot does ''not'' go over as intended with Mata Nui's body exploding in the process leaving only his head and right hand to make it down to Aqua Magna]]

* BaitandSwitch: Oh no, Lewa gets kidnapped by Nui-Rama and taken to a nearby nest to be corrupted by Makuta's shadowy influence like in the 2001 ''Mata Nui Online Game''! [[spoiler: Except not really since the other Toa come to bail him out of trouble at the last second though Kopaka does fall under Makuta's influence later after he splits apart form the other Toa for a time]]

* DistantFinale: [[The epilogue picks up 1,000 years later with technological advancements abound and the island way of life in a state of rapid change as the cast gears up to travel to Bara Magna having made first contact with the Glatorian through interstellar transmissions. Takua has an existential crisis upon seeing Ackar's grizzled humanoid face with Tahu Nuva having to calm him down reminding him that the truth about Mata Nui doesn't invalidate what they went through nor does it impede them from making legends of their own!]]

* DoingInTheWizard: As was the case in the original canon, [[spoiler: the very way of life for the primitive robotic cast of characters is revealed to be a lie as Takua and the Toa find out their purpose as a set of nanomachines meant to serve the giant robot body of their "god" Mata Nui who is likewise a sophisticated computer program. Even Makuta was meant to be another servant to the Great Spirit robot as an overseer type had he not rebelled and taken over]]

Initially started in 2017 before being dropped for two years and then subsequently picked up again until the comic ended in August of 2020, ''The Toa'' can be read on Nick's [[https://www.deviantart.com/nickonplanetripple/art/The-Toa-Page-1-702582001 DeviantArt page for it]]