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The Toa

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The Toa as the Uniters
The main protagonists of the story that can control the elements and have no memory of they are. Called from the stars above through the Mask of Time, their destiny is to save Okoto and protect the island from various threats such as Makuta, the Skull Creatures, and Umarak.

  • Adaptational Wimp: Minor case; the original Toa Mata/Nuva will have their strength halved if they aren't wearing their masks, but they are still able to fight. The Toa here have trouble so much as standing up if they lose their masks.
  • Bifurcated Weapon:
    • Tahu's Fire Blades can combine to become his lava surfboard.
    • Kopaka's Frost Shield can split into Avalanche Skis.
    • Lewa's Battle Axes can split into swords and the X-Glider.
    • Gali's Elemental Trident can split into the Power Harpoon and Shark Fins.
    • Onua's Earthquake Hammer can split into the Turbo Shovelers.
  • Bling of War: Their Golden Masks
  • Chest Insignia: Each Uniter's got their respective Nuva Symbol printed on their chest.
  • Dual Wielding: Tahu, Lewa, Onua, and Pohatu.
    • Tahu in particular may be the best example; when he's lava surfing, he wields his twin golden swords, and when he's not, he wields a pair of flaming BFS. Dual-dual wielding!
  • Headbutting Heroes: Tahu and Kopaka
  • Shoulders of Doom:
    • Gali has some impressive pauldron armor, which consists of the same armor used as chestplates by the Protectors.
    • Onua has an extra pair of his Turbo Shovelors for shoulder armor.
    • Kopaka's would make a Space Marine proud.
    • Tahu has the same type of armor as Gali, but without the extra height.
  • Tricked-Out Shoes
    • Kopaka's Frost Shield can become his Avalanche Skis
    • Parts of Gali's Elemental Trident can become her Shark Fins
    • Pohatu's Stormerangs can be attached to his feet to become Jetarangs to enable fast desert traversal.

    Tahu 

Tahu

The self-proclaimed leader of the Toa, and Master of Fire, Tahu is one of the more aggressive members of the team, as befitting of his element. As a result of his ego, he's not the most popular of the Toa, but he ultimately has a noble heart that allows him to unite with Ikir. Likewise, his self esteem isn't necessarily unwarranted, either.

  • Amnesiac Hero: Tahu doesn't know who anyone is or what's going on when he emerges from the impact crater where he arrived. Whether this is true for all the Toa has yet to be seen.
  • Authority in Name Only: Is the self-proclaimed leader of the Toa, but no one buys it for a second.
  • BFS: His Fire Blades
  • Born Lucky: Despite a poor sense of direction, his luck tends to make up for it.
  • Cool Board: for Lava Surfing.
  • Cool Sword: His Golden Swords
  • Composite Character: While Tahu is obviously based on his G1 counterpart, he also takes elements from other G1 Toa of Fire, especially Lhikan, which is visible for example in the amount of gold he has in his design from the start. Which is ironic, seeing Lhikan was basically his Expy.
  • The Determinator: Despite his arrogance, he definitely stands out as this, being the only standing during their battle against Kulta despite the sheer physical agony it causes him.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: His sense of superiority can garner some dislike from the others, especially Kopaka. Despite this, he's a genuine hero and the last one standing against Kulta.
  • Lantern Jaw of Justice: The Mask of Fire worn by Tahu in his 2015 incarnation is infamous for its prominent chin. It was toned down in the 2016 design, though.
  • Large Ham: Has his moments, most notably in the Web Animations.
  • Offhand Backhand: Does this upon his arrival to take out a Skull Spider after taking out the rest by accident.
  • Playing with Fire: As the Toa of Fire.
  • Primary-Color Champion: The Uniter form of Tahu uses blue as an accent color, making the whole figure red, gold and blue.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: Thinks of himself as the most heroic and greatest of the Toa, yet lacks the peace-making of Gali and Onua's intelligence.

    Kopaka 

Kopaka

The Toa of Ice and Tahu's natural rival, Kopaka has a strict moral code and takes his duty as a Toa seriously, insisting on acting appropriately reserved and heroic. Despite the strictness this gives off, Kopaka will show off a far more casual and fun-loving manner when not in the presence of others.

    Onua 

Onua

  • The Big Guy: Both literally and metaphorically, being the physically strongest character and able to deal out plenty of destruction.
  • Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: His Earthquake Hammer.
  • Destructive Saviour: Frees the City of the Mask Makers from Kulta's control, while also leveling most of its major structures in the process.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: As the Toa of Earth.
  • Earthy Barefoot Character: Rather appropriately, his design evokes this look. This is more evident in the comics and animated shorts.
  • Genius Bruiser: The physically strongest and wisest of the team.
  • Gentle Giant: In the animated shorts, Onua is the largest of the Toa and the most genial. When Kopaka and Tahu get into a scrap, Onua separates the two by lifting both of them by their heads. He gives a hearty chuckle and advises the two not to fight. Shortly after when the team fights the Lord of Skull Spiders individually, he urges everyone that they need to work together.
  • Sleepyhead: The underground tunnels give Onua a perfect place for sleep.
  • The Smart Guy: Surprisingly, Onua is both this AND The Big Guy, being the wisest of the Toa and the only character besides Ekimu to realize Makuta is distracting them by attacking the City of the Mask Makers.
  • This Is a Drill: Onua's Blazing Crystal Hammer.
  • Top-Heavy Guy: Onua's new design, especially in the animation style.
  • Tunnel King: An unusual example; he's perfectly capable of tunneling through earth, but when he was looking for Terak in an underground maze, and simply ran through the walls through the center.
  • Wolverine Claws: His Turbo Shovelers.
  • The Worf Effect: He's built up to be one of the stronger Toas in the first wave of animated shorts with his huge size, earthquake powers and casual man-handling of Tahu & Kopaka. Come the summer wave of animations he is easily thrown aside by a Skull Scorpio and the Skull Basher easily defeats him with a single move, showing how much more powerful the Skull Creatures are.

    Gali 

Gali

    Pohatu 

Pohatu

  • Adaptation Personality Change: Has the greatest change from his Generation 1 counterpart, being far more serious and less boisterous.
  • Battle Boomerang: His Stormerangs.
  • Character Development: Despite his hardened exterior, Pohatu eventually drops it and begins to take responsibility for several of his mistakes and actions.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: As the Toa of Stone. He also has the ability to manipulate sand.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry: His left arm is black with undecorated gunmetal armor, while his right arm is the same translucent green (which appears yellow in the CG images) as his eyes with enhanced and spiked Stone brown plating.
  • Jerkass Hero: One of the more stone-hearted of the Toa and generally rude, harsh, and abrasive, with a tendency as the Stoic. Likewise, he only willingly unites with Ketar out of a sense of necessity and otherwise spends as much time away from his Elemental Creature as possible, being the most neglectful and strong-willed of the group.
  • Spin Attack: Capable of creating dust devils, a la spinjitzu.
  • The Stoic: HE'S the Kopaka, not Kopaka.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Does not like scorpions at all. Unfortunately for him, his corresponding elemental creature, Ketar, is a scorpion. This comes back to bite him and the other Toa when his reluctance to unite with Ketar allows Umarak to swipe in and use the creature of stone's power to steal the Mask of Control from its sealed chamber in the Labyrinth of Control.

    Lewa 

Lewa

  • Adaptational Superpower Change: Generation 1 Lewa's element is air. While this Lewa still has air powers, he is officially the Toa of Jungle, and is shown to be able to control plants.
  • Blow You Away: Despite no longer being the Toa of Air, he is still stated to have air powers.
  • Character Exaggeration: His original self was known for being rather laid back and somewhat playful, at times, but still knew how to be serious. New Lewa is the rebellious daredevil with a habit of discovering new paths and secrets, at the expense of also finding new dangers, as well.
  • Cool Sword: His Razor Crystal Blades and his swords in his Master form.
  • Flight: With the X-Glider.
  • Green Thumb: As the Toa of Jungle.
  • Nice Guy: Troll and running off tendancies aside, he rarely insults the other Toa.
  • Troll: He comes across as this at times.

Others

    The Protectors 

The Protectors

The leaders of the six villages, they have limited control over their respective elements.
  • All There in the Manual: So far, only the books seem to give them names; all the other media treats them merely as "Protector of [insert element]".
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Leaders of their tribes and the strongest fighters in Okoto until the Toa make their debut.
  • Bottomless Magazines: Averted; Narmoto's Elemental Fire Blaster running out of ammo after barely reducing the number of Skull Spiders present helps to justify why the Protectors need the Toa's help.
  • Dual Wielding: Narmoto wields two Flame Swords.
  • Expy: Of the Turaga, the village elders from Generation 1.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry: Nilkuu, much like his element's champion Pohatu, wears his rerebraces this way, one brown with spikes and one silver with extra armor.
  • Gatling Good: Each one has a six-barreled elemental gun.
  • Heir Club for Men: The tradition is that the title of Protector is passed down from father to son. Subverted in that Korgot is an exception to this for currently unknown reasons.
  • The Mentor: Each of them acts as this for their respective Toa.
  • Mr. Exposition: Narmoto acts as this in the web animations and later the first episode of Journey to One.
  • The Smurfette Principle: Korgot is the only female Protector.
  • Spider-Sense: Vizuna's Sensor Tails enables this.
  • Top-Heavy Guy: Korgot (who is actually female) and Narmoto are a fair bit wider than the others.

    Mask Makers 
  • Cain and Abel: The Mask Makers are brothers, and Makuta's Start of Darkness is initiated by his jealousy.
  • Composite Character: While obviously based on Mata Nui and Makuta from the original continuity, the Mask Makers also seem to draw heavily from Artakha and Karzhani, two legendary crafter brothers who feuded. In fact, Ekimu's mask is directly derived from Artakha's Mask of Creation.
  • Cool Airship: Both of them each have their personal zeppelin, complete with giant masks modeled after their own.
  • Faceship: As noted above, their airships had the designs of the Masks of Creation and Control for each respective brother.
  • Ultimate Blacksmith
  • Weapons of Their Trade: They both wield large hammers as both weapons and tools.

Ekimu

  • Big Good: One of the oldest characters in the entire series and is capable of one-shotting most of the main antagonists.
  • Chainsaw Good: His shield has a sawblade appearance.
  • Composite Character: Of Big Good Mata Nui, legendary crafter Artahka, and Sixth Ranger Toa of Light Takanuva.
  • 11th-Hour Superpower: Unlocks one using the Temple of Light in order to help the Toa defeat Umarak.
  • Gatling Good: The front end of his hammer is this.
  • Glass Cannon: Defeats Makuta (armed with the Mask of Ultimate Power) and Kulta (wearing the Mask of Creation), winning each battle with a single blow. Despite this, it takes only a single pounce from a Storm Beast to knock him down and place him in mortal peril, and in his powered-up form, no less.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Instead of thanking the Toa for awakening him, he immediately reminds them that they're late, and in Journey to One has an almost strict tone at times, and his interrogation of Kulta isn't warm.
  • Light 'em Up: His powers as the seventh Toa of Light.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Both of his sets give him a shield with a sawblade for a rim.
  • Pintsize Powerhouse: He's no bigger than the Protectors. He's still capable of taking on the Skull Grinder and his minions.
  • Spirit Advisor: At least until the Toa awaken him from his coma.

Makuta

  • Big Bad: Created the Mask of Ultimate Power, caused the Great Cataclysm, controls all of the villains, tries to take the Masks of Creation and Control, and is the source of all the evil on the island.
  • Classic Villain: Motivated by ambition and envy.
  • Driven by Envy: Ekimu's masks were always more popular than his own.
  • Eviler than Thou: Pulls this on Umarak, reminding the Hunter that no matter how strong he is, Makuta will always be the greater power.
  • Evil Overlord: The name of his alternate model (Overlord form) lampshades it.
  • The Ghost: In the first year, he fills this role, only ever being alluded to or mentioned.
  • Large and in Charge: He's the biggest character in the entire series and controls every antagonist in the story.
  • Man Behind the Man: For LOSS, Kulta, and Umarak.
  • One-Winged Angel: Inadvertently, after putting on the Mask of Ultimate Power.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: The can being another dimension, in this case.
  • This Is a Drill: On his staff.

    Villains 

Lord of Skull Spiders

Skull Spiders

  • Big Creepy-Crawlies: About as big as any Elemental Mask, at least.
  • Composite Character: Of several creatures from the original series, including the Bohrok, Kraana, and Visorak.
  • Face Hugger: They can latch on to their victims' faces in order to brainwash them.
  • Made of Iron: Blue Skull Spiders, apparently durable enough to survive a falling Onua crashing on them.
  • Spiders Are Scary: Duh.
  • Spider Swarm: Attacking in mass numbers and under the command of a single, massive Lord.
  • Super-Speed: Silver Skull Spiders
  • The Swarm: The animations show their numbers to be truly endless.
  • X-Ray Vision: Green Skull Spiders

Skull Creatures

  • Dem Bones: Undead skeletal warriors. They even have a new CCBS "bone" shaped like a bone.
  • Glass Cannon: While they're able to dish out some impressive damage themselves, all of them generally go down after taking one hit.
  • Glowing Eyelights of Undeath: All of them have orange eyes.
  • Hooks and Crooks: All of their melee weapons have hooks and notches on them. This allows them (and thus, their toys) to pull the masks off of the Toa's faces.
  • Night of the Living Mooks: With the exception of Kulta the Skull Grinder who leads them.

Kulta the Skull Grinder

  • All There in the Manual: Only the Lego Magazine and third chapter book calls him Kulta; he's known as Skull Grinder everywhere else.
  • Arc Villain: The main antagonist of the second half of the 2015 story.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: The leader of the Skull Creatures and by far the strongest of them all.
  • Cool Sword: He wields one of the hooked blades in his left hand.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Gives one to the Toa, only to immediately receive one from Ekimu afterwards.
  • Dual Wielding: Wields one of the hooked blades in one hand and his massive staff in the other.
  • Energy Absorption: Is capable of this through his Mask Stealer Staff.
  • Evil Overlord: He's the leader of the Skull creatures and effectively rules over the abandoned City of the Mask Makers.
  • Ghost Pirate: He's the leader of a band of pirates known as the Skull Raiders and hasn't exactly aged well.
  • Horns of Villainy: Has two short horns, though they aren't anywhere near as large as Skull Basher's.
  • Hypocrite: Leaves Skull Basher to rot in prison for failing him, yet begs Makuta for forgiveness after failing his master twice.
  • Large and in Charge: He is the tallest of the skull creatures and is their leader.
  • Meaningful Name: His name means "Gold" in Finnish, alluding to his desire to take the Golden Masks of Power and how he's a pirate, a type of criminal that is iconic for stealing gold and burying it.
  • Necromancer: He's able to create an army from the remains of others.
  • Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He's an undead skeletal pirate that can raise the dead.
  • Shoulders of Doom: Huge, and covered in spikes.

Skull Warrior

Skull Slicer

  • Chain Pain: Wields an energy chain in one hand intended to snatch masks off.
  • Co-Dragons: Is this with Skull Basher as one of Kulta's lieutenants.
  • Cool Swords: Wields three hooked blades.
  • Dual Wielding: Quad Wielding actually.
  • Elite Mooks: He's the first Skull creature to pose a threat to the Toa, easily disarming Lewa after he splits off from the rest of the group.
  • The Hyena: The Animated shorts show him laughing maniacally.
  • Lean and Mean: Most of his limbs lack armour, making him seem very thin.
  • Multiarmed And Dangerous: Has four arms, making him unique among BIONICLE characters with gear functions.
  • Spikes of Villainy: The few armour pieces he does have are spiked.

Skull Basher

  • The Brute: He's big and he's very strong. He easily sends Onua flying with a mere thrust of his horns.
  • Co-Dragons: Along with Skull Slicer as one of Kulta's lieutenants. However official background information states he is actually the strongest of Kulta's minions, and is given the task of guarding the gate to the Temple of Creation for this reason.
  • Dual Wielding: Wields a hooked axe in each hand.
  • Horns of Villainy: Big purple horns that utterly dwarf the rest of him.
  • Our Minotaurs Are Different: According to the LEGO shop site he has a Bull mask. His long horns, dual axes, and overall heavy build further enforce the idea of him being an undead minotaur like character.
  • Shoulders of Doom: He's got massive shoulders due to his "bashing" function that are accentuated by the armour he wears.
  • Spikes of Villainy: Big horns, spiky ribcage, spiky shoulders, spiky weapons, and spikes on his chestplate.

Skull Scorpio

  • Beware My Stinger Tail: Bonus points in that the webisode they debut in is almost named after this word-to-word.
  • Elite Mooks: They come in smaller numbers than Skull Warriors, but a single one of them is strong enough to grab Onua by his hammer and throw him like a rag doll. Likewise, a pair is able to defeat most of the Toa and send one of them running.
  • Power Pincers: Their tails work in this manner, rather than being stingers, allowing them to steal masks.
  • Raising the Steaks: Undead, skeletal scorpions.
  • Scary Scorpions: They're undead scorpions capable of throwing Onua around like a ragdoll and stealing Pohatu's mask.

Umarak the Hunter/Umarak the Destroyer

  • Arc Villain: For the 2016 storyline.
  • Big "NO!": His last words.
  • Dark Is Evil: Born from the shadows when Okoto was created in the same way the elemental creatures were born from each of the elements.
  • Devour the Dragon: Is on the receiving end of this, courtesy of Makuta.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: Even though he currently hunts for Makuta, he does so merely out of convenience and clearly states he serves no-one but himself. After all, Umarak is an ancient evil born during Okoto's creation while Makuta is a corrupted Mask Maker. When he becomes the Destroyer, though, he does a complete 180 on this view.
  • Energy Absorption: Has the power to drain the power of the Elemental Creatures, as its his sole purpose.
  • Casting a Shadow / Shadow Walker: Fitting for a creature born from them.
  • Horned Humanoid: Antlers, a first for a BIONICLE set, though they become more conventional horns as the Destroyer.
  • Knight of Cerebus: There is very little humorous about Umarak at all, and he's a rather dark character to go with the more mature 2016 story.
  • Large and in Charge: As the Destroyer, he's the second-largest character (beneath only Makuta) and likewise commands the Shadow Horde in his master's absence.
  • Lean and Mean: Setwise, Umarak is the tallest character in the reboot thus far. He loses the "lean" part when he becomes the Destroyer.
  • Literally Shattered Lives: Shattered into several crystalline bits and the Mask of Control and absorbed.
  • Mighty Glacier: Becomes this as a result of his transformation into the Destroyer.
  • Monstrous Humanoid: Despite being humanoid overall, Umarak's antlers and borderline digitigrade legs are a striking point of contrast to the entirely humanoid Toa, serving as a reminder of his common origin with the elemental creatures.
  • Mythology Gag: His name translates to "Shadow Hunter", making it a spin on the previous continuity's Dark Hunters.
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: In the language of the Protectors, Umarak means 'Shadow Hunter'.
  • Obviously Evil: As Lewa puts it; "You can FEEL the evil."
  • One-Winged Angel: After obtaining and donning the Mask of Control, he becomes the much larger and even more bestial Umarak the Destroyer.
  • Poisoned Weapons: His bow shoots poison arrows.
  • Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Whilst seemingly not an undead creature as Kulta and the Skull Creatures are, Umarak's chest armour is or at least resembles a ribcage, and one of his weapons is described as a 'Bone Hunting Bow'.

The Elemental Beasts

  • Literally Shattered Lives: Every time they're defeated, they shatter into several crystalline remains, though this doesn't last unless their masks suffer this trope as well.
  • Rock Monster: The Quake Beasts appear to be made of crystal. The rest of the Beasts wear crystal-themed armor as well but it isn't as prominent on them.
  • Sickly Green Glow: Their boxarts show them dripping with some some sort of yellow-green ooze. Transparent neon green is also a prominent part of Quake and Storm Beasts' color schemes.
    • The infected masks included in the sets are partially transparent neon green.
  • Superpowered Mooks: They're Shadow Traps charged with elemental powers, with two of them being able to steal Tahu's mask with ease, and have the ability to resurrect themselves unless their masks are destroyed.

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