The Top 10 BIONICLE Plot Twists 

That moment when I read that the Bohrok were Matoran scarred me like nothing else, since we saw Nuparu, Taipu, and Onepu literally rip apart a few Bohrok to make Boxors. Hoo boy, so Nuparu was basically mutilating Matoran carcasses to make robots out of them. Good job. My #1 plot twist might actually be that Mata Nui died, since that was really shocking when I read the comic back in '07. For a character that so many heroes sacrificed to save, it was meaningless for about 2 months.

finding out that theres more than 1 makuta not just teridax

Biggest plot twist is Viper doing a video...

Biggest Bionicle Plot twist? Gali being voiced by a male

The reveal of the Mata Nui robot (and its subsequent takeover by Teridax) is probably still my favourite twist in all of fiction. Advance Copenhagen certainly did the moment justice with their animation. On the off chance that anyone who didn't catch the story while it was ongoing is reading this, that moment when the eyes turned red was essentially our equivalent of the Snap. A moment where, in spite of everything the heroes had done over the course of almost a decade, the bad guy wins.

The biggest Bionicle plot twist is Jaller and some other matoran going to Mcdonalds.

I figured that Velika being revealed to be a Great Being in disguise was a pretty big twist

I really feel that the reveal of the GSR is the ultimate revelation. I remember viewing the animation when I got up in the morning and being unable to think straight the entire day because I was so blown away. Teridax's takeover seemed almost minor in comparison to this one.

Well done list, well rated. The only addition I would make is revealation that Great Beings aren't really gods but some sort of race of engineers.

The biggest plot twist was actually Bionicle's return after its initial cancelation, duh.

If you are sent somewhere you don't actually originate from that place. You originate where you're conceived. The Toa Mata/Nuva were created by Artakha by order of the Order of Mata Nui. Then they were transported to Daxia and awakened in the Order of Mata Nui fortress there inside a spherical chamber. Then they were trained by Hydraxon and then finally transported to Karda Nui to save the Av-Matoran from the Avokah and then go into the Codrex to sleep in the canisters. For anyone who wanted a brief summary of the Toa Mata/Nuva's origin with most of the details :)

First finding out that the toa metru were supposed to be a different group of matoran, but Teridax messed with it. And then finding out Mata nui saw it coming and changed the stars to ensure that it would happen properly. Also just all of time trap, that book is nuts!

Why isn't the Death of Mata Nui on this list? That was a pretty big one for me, next to the Matoran Universe being revealed to be inside the Giant Mata Nui Robot and Makuta Teridax's takeover of said robot.

I just realised, now that Matoro is dead who will actually be able to translate Nuju

I never saw the Red Star as taking anything but mystery away from the story. Most characters that had died couldn't have come back anyway. Nidhiki and Krekka were absorbed by Makuta, Matoro was dissolved, Roodaka had already escaped death to begin with, as had Zaktan. the Makuta couldn't have come back except MAYBE Krika and Icarax. With the exception of Lhikan and Mavrah, no characters we actually knew could've come back, plus I find the reveal useless since the story arc was never completed. I wonder if Lhikan would've been revived as a Turaga or a Matoran.

I don't mind the Red Star thing, considering the sheer amount of disintegrations, and also the fact that the characters didn't know about it.

Takua being Takanuva really surprised me. Throughout the film, I had a theory where the 7th Toa wasn't found, but actually someone we already knew, and I thought it was Jaller

So revelation of Makuta being a species in 2008, Spherus/Bara Magna being where Bionicle chronologically began and that Great Beings are basically responsible for creating the saga isn't big enough of plot twists?

YESSSSS VIPER MADE A VIDEO HOORAY!

So the borohk are basically Mata Nui's antibodies

The plot twist in reservoir dogs was pretty good

7:38 That was a terrible pun, but I laughed at it anyway! XD

Viper did a great job. She should do these more often

That was fantastic, i knew all except the fact about bohrok=av-matoron. honestly out of all the stories that have been evolving, i.e marvel vs dc heroes and storylines bionicle had the best. from a tribal (almost maori culture) to a complex and everchanging civilisation. i understand that stories like these can be overwhelming complex, but i must say im glad to have grown up with bionicle. the characters created and lessons learned... i loved it all and nothing can compare to such an awesome concept such as the creation of Bionicle. thethreevirtues

When I found out that Mata Nui was really a giant robot and Makuta had taken over his body these were my thoughts: 1. NOO! Matoro died for nothing! 2. Damnit! All the Toa's hard work for nothing! 3. Mata Nui was a giant robot!?!? Didnt see that one coming. Who agrees with me?

I have a theory, the bionicle reboot, takes place BEFORE the original story line. Think about it, the toa we have now in the reboot are the same characters that appeared in 2001, but before mata nui, they went through okoto defeating the skull spiders, skill grinder, and who knows what else after that. Perhaps Karada nui is where they ended up after what happens, or what's going to happen in the reboot. They were put in stasis in the canisters and ended up on mata nui in pieces. Perhaps those pieces were the mangled remains of the toa in the reboot. That would also explain why the original toa mata had a lack of armor, because the armor was destroyed upon arrival in mata nui. And if that's not enough evidence to support my theory, you'll notice in the web series that certain aspects of the scenery form the shape of the Vahi, the mask of time. This would imply that the reboot exists in the same universe and timeline. If I'm not mistaken, the name of the great spirit was "mata nui" and he had a brother named "makuta." In the reboot, Makuta has a brother named Ekimu, What if Ekimu IS mata nui, the younger version. Makuta and mata nui hated each other in the original series, but the real reason was never exactly explained. In the reboot, makuta and Ekimu/matan nui were both mask makers, and makuta was jealous of Ekimu because the masks he made were better than makuta, maybe that's the entire reason why they hated each other. Another thing to consider is the mask of ultimate power, we still know virtually nothing about it other than it holds the power of all the combined elements. It was also the whole reason makuta became evil, so it's likely to assume that the mask of ultimate power plays a huge HUGE roll in the course of the reboot, and if my theory is correct or at least plausible, the original story as well. Notice that the mask of ultimate power has a very similar appearance to the mask of shadows (makuta's mask in the original series.) But it's really just a theory... A GAME THE- oh wait, wrong channel...

That moment when all the "religious metaphors" about the great spirit, fallen from the sky, and aweking him was more like a robotic version of "Once upon a time... Life" or "Ozzy & Drix" is quite shocking, revealing and less awkward that it sounded at first in the movies. Who thought the city of Metru Nui was Mata Nui's brain?

Followed TTV vessel account. I got to hand it to you guys, the page looks really great. Nice job TTV!

My Personal Top Ten List: 1. Teridax's Takeover 2. Great Spirit Robot Reveal 3. The rediscovery of Metru Nui 4. Dume was Teridax 5. The Bohrok's purpose/origin 6. The Turaga were Toa 7. The revealation of the Makuta species 8. Takua is Takanuva 9. The Prototype Robot 10. The reveal of other locations within the MU

Great video! One plot twist that took by by surprise as a kid was Vakama turning evil. There are too many good ones to choose from to be my favorite though!

Matorans being transformed into Bohroks reminds of the concept of the Big Daddies from Bioshock

the biggest reveal to me was that the matoran universe was actually built on Bara Magna/Spherus Magna

Yeheeeaye! Voypah made a video!

My biggest twist was learning that Nuparu built the Vahki.

toa nuva? i thought it was the toa mata who woke up on the beach?

These Bionicle Top Tens are cool, especially when it introduces me more to Bionicle that I didn't know or think hard about before (I'm mainly talking about the Bohrok's purpose and origin from this video). I also think Viper did a good narration in the video, but seemed slow paced in the beginning. The idea of plot twists and introducing the top ten list could've been shorter, considering the visual representation in the background. But a good job nonetheless!

Great video! For future reference, I noticed was that the background music was a little too loud.

Fun fact: Mata Nui is Māori for big screen or BIG FACE. This could mean that they were planning the island to be literally the face of the giant bot since the start.

Top 10 best -anime- Bionicle plot twists

thethreevirtues I think the Red Star still keeps the event of death significant. The key detail I like to remember is that when a spirit, if it gets up there to begin with (poor Carapar), is driven insane by the process and loses all memory. So even if, which is a big if, a character comes back it won't be the character we remember at all. At best it's just their physical appearance. Thanks for the great video as always.

I wonder if Teridax would be pissed if we called him "Terry"

Number 1 and 2 deserve their spots perfectly - heck, I even was kind of happy about 1 because I was in my phase of "why do the good guys always have to win?"

vezon being a clone....still shocks me years later 13 year old me "HOLY SHIT!" 21 year old me "HOLY SHIT!"

Here are mine: 10- Umbra's existance 9- The bionicle stars disappointing everyone 8- Matoran having poseability 7- Bohrok having the slogan "wake one and you wake them all instead of "buy one and you buy them all" 6- Organic beings in the bionicle world 5- The Rahaga being toa Hagah which are actually good sets 4- Mata Nui being replaced by Ekimu 3- Irnakk's ridiculous face 2- The coming of Hero Factory 1- Gali being voiced by a male in 2015

Awesome video

Hope Viper does more videos :)

biggest plot twist was Teridax as antidermis & took over Maxilos, everyone thought he was dead in the end of MoL & we were forced to move on with different & newer villains such as Piraka, Vezon & Barraki

"...because they had NO-BODY to go with!" Okay. I see what you did there.

Sweet, a Viper video thats not the ttv podcast/ttv talks. Cool!

the biggest plot twist to me was finding out bionicle has a plot

It would be awesome if one day, they did some tinkering and smoothed out the bumped and holes in the plot and released one, giant volume telling all of the G1 story. Also include all of the serials and blogs in chronological order. Hmm.... Maybe someone should do that...

This is the first time I have heard a female voice talk about bionicle

I remember losing my shit when I found out the original toa weren't the first

as for #1 the teleporter is broken on the redstar so it's not like they get to come back anyway as of the moment.

Wow almost half of that i didn't know, I never knew the Bohrok were good guys.

Is Viper going to keep making top 10 videos or is this a one-time thing?

How the red star could resurrect any dead body surprised me.

Looking away from how the advertisement spoiled it by showing screenshots of Takua putting on the Avohkii, seeing Takua becoming the seventh Toa was legitimately shocking if you had followed the character up to that point. He was pretty much the most well-developed Matoran and every bit a symbol for the golden years as the Toa Mata/Nuva themselves, so seeing him having such a major character shift was pretty unexpected to say the least.

Well, the Toa Mata were created on Daxia by Artakha, then they went to Karda Nui

I knew the red star was a rocket booster, but other then that, I didn't know about it being a creepy afterlife...

"noBODY to go with" someBODY once told me the world was gonna roll me

Matoro sacrificing himself was a heartbreaking plottwist

I loved how they had star wars in the beginning

Being a BioVet (original bionicle fan) that was intense for me

Good to see new young fans into bionicle.👍😁

Wait a minute, Ive been asking this for a while, the Bionicle story takes place In the same time as the toys are released?

Papyrus: I HATE YOUR PUNS!!!

when The Shadowed One killed his homie, Ancient D:

Finding out that the island of Mata Nui that we've known and loved since 2001 would be destroyed to make way for the MU robot's awakening.

Anyone know the source for the pic at 4:05? Would love the full-size image!

R.I.P in piece Matoro.

0:07 The first time? Sure. But now all I can think is 'Damn, somone's getting a Force Choke for that shoddy helmet work.'

I did not expect Metus to be a traitor in The Legend Reborn.

Plot twist! Viper makes a video! Lol nice Job

I knew when I started this that #2 would be on there. I was surprised that it wasn't #1 until I actually saw what #1 was.

Can I know what the song(tune) is called? ty~~

My number 1 is probably Matoro ending up being the one to save Mata Nui

So basically the bohrok are like white blood cells for mata nui? Cool.

Aw nuts, a plot twist!

lol the to-er of light, like pepper pig

so, when mata nui woke up did he kill the matoran who were on the islands? or am i missin something

I personally think #2 should've been #1, but of course it's not my list, and we're all entitled to our own opinions

Matoro is alive! on the back of a 2008 comic book promoting 2009, it shows him right next to one of the giant limbs in his I Inika form as a ghost!! Go look it's there.

Bionicle 2015. Biggest plot twist ever.

For me, the biggest plot twist was that "The Makuta" wasn't a being, but a species. That "Makuta" was actually called Teridax and he was not Mata Nui's brother.

1:35 I know the phrase is 'pop their clogs' you missed a golden opportunity to make a 'pop their cogs' pun

While the positions of the top two are debatable in my opinion and I did not think that the Red Star reveal was necessarily a *good* twist, I thought that this was a good list. It was a twist in of itself to have Viper do more than appear in podcasts, and I think that she should do more of this. I really do see potential in you, Viper. Now... suggestion? You should do The Top 10 BIONICLE Destinies.

That accent is so fun to listen to.

Newb question, but when exactly was the Red Star revealed as the place where Matoran go when they die? Was it in one of the novels, of which I have only read a few? Also, does that mean that the Red Star is Artahka?

Apparently, Luke REALLY wanted the world to know that he did not have one of those experiences.

They were Toa Mata actually. Only after falling into protodermis did they become Toa Nuva.

Can someone explain how the bohrok work? They once were matoran and changed into the bohrok. Yet the bohrok bodies are more or less a mechsuit for the krana. If the krana is removed the bohrok body shuts down.. so the matoran became the krana or... how does this work O_o

G2 has plot twists like: whats the shadow realm,

Yay! Viper!

Does anyone remember the source for that video of Mata Nui rising?

"Reveals and Revelations" Viper, TTV, 2015.

she just had to put that pun in the end. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Oh 2004, how I love thee

while not bionicle, the ending of pmd2.. now that was a plot twist

Well the av matoran turning into Bohrok that is even more sadder than all the others but just the same as matoro but the av matoran thing is more sadder, and the antidermise is a little too scary to me... Unfortunately the brother hood of Makuta didn't exist anymore because of that Savage beast teridax and I am glad teridax is already defeated!