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* ItCanThink: While it's unknown how much the Matoran suspect this (the image quote is a Matoran rumor), the Morbuzakh is repeatedly shown to possess far more intelligence than a plant should have. Nonetheless, the Toa Metru are still shocked to discover that the Morbuzakh's king root can {{telepath|y}ically communicate with them.
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* ItCanThink: While it's unknown how much the Matoran suspect this (the image quote is a Matoran rumor), the Morbuzakh is repeatedly shown to possess far more intelligence than a plant should have. Nonetheless, the Toa Metru are still shocked to discover that the Morbuzakh's king root can {{telepath|y}ically {{telepath|y}}ically communicate with them.
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--->'''Matau''' (''to Vakama''): Nice choice...for playing Matoran games, mask-maker.\\
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* PileBunker: Whenua Hordika's Thumpers.
* SecretKeeper: He, Onepu, Dume, and the Chief Archivist were the only ones who knew about the secret Rahi experiment. This comes back to bite him (almost literally) when it turns out that Mavrah isn't actually dead.
* SecretKeeper: He, Onepu, Dume, and the Chief Archivist were the only ones who knew about the secret Rahi experiment. This comes back to bite him (almost literally) when it turns out that Mavrah isn't actually dead.
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* OhCrap: Toa Hordika Whenua's reaction to being sent to the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Zone of Shadows]]. It's implied that a lot of the stress is caused by his Rahi side feeling trapped and panicking.
* PileBunker:Whenua Hordika's Toa Hordika Whenua's Thumpers.
* SecretKeeper: He, Mavrah, Onepu, Dume, and the Chief Archivist were the only ones who knew about the secret Rahiexperiment.research project. This comes back to bite him (almost literally) when it turns out that Mavrah isn't actually dead.
* PileBunker:
* SecretKeeper: He, Mavrah, Onepu, Dume, and the Chief Archivist were the only ones who knew about the secret Rahi
* PlanetOfHats: Six regions of hats, in this case. Pretty much all Ta-Matoran are mask-makers or tool-makers like Vakama and Nuhrii, Ga-Matoran are teachers or students like Nokama and Vhisola, etc. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that there are plenty of exceptions (Matoro ran a pet shop instead of a Knowledge Tower-related position, Macku operated a canoe business, etc.), but they don't impact the story.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Per [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]], he serves in the Gukko Force on Mata Nui.
* UngratefulBastard: {{Averted|Trope}}. While he does express to Matau after being rescued he never liked him for his recklessness and that he's certain becoming a Toa won't change any of that, he still honestly thanks Matau for saving him.
* UngratefulBastard: {{Averted|Trope}}. While he does express to Matau after being rescued he never liked him for his recklessness and that he's certain becoming a Toa won't change any of that, he still honestly thanks Matau for saving him.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Per [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]], Encyclopedia]], he serves in the Gukko Force on Mata Nui.
* UngratefulBastard:{{Averted|Trope}}. While Only barely {{subverted|Trope}}. His page quote above is what he does express says to Matau after being rescued he never liked him for the latter saves him, and aside from the last two words, it's ''entirely'' critical of his recklessness and that he's certain becoming a Toa won't change any of that, he still honestly thanks Matau for saving him.
rescuer.
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* TheNamesake: Of Toa Nuva Pohatu's Kodan ball. Turaga Onewa suggested the name after noticing the ball's resemblance to the ball used in early versions of akilini.
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* TheNamesake: Of Toa Nuva Pohatu's Kodan ball. Turaga Onewa suggested the name after noticing the ball's resemblance to the ball used in early versions of akilini.akilini, which Kodan was generally considered to have invented.
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The Turaga of Metru Nui, Dume was stubborn and not as close to the Matoran as other Turaga were, but nonetheless fiercely devoted to his city's protection. Makuta briefly captured and posed as him for his EvilPlan, but the Toa Metru eventually rescued him, and he resumed leadership of his city.
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The wise and highly respected Turaga of Metru Nui, Dume was stubborn and not as close to the Matoran as other Turaga were, but nonetheless fiercely devoted to his city's protection. Makuta briefly captured and posed as him for his EvilPlan, but the Toa Metru eventually rescued him, and he resumed leadership of his city.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Gender-flipped example. The canister that he's imprisoned in winds up malfunctioning, enabling him to escape with his memories intact. Unfortunately, it means that he SleptThroughTheApocalypse.
* DistressedDude: It turns out that Makuta captured and imprisoned him in a spherical canister that rendered him comatose, about eighteen months prior to the Great Cataclysm. Even worse, when the Toa Metru stumble upon his prison, they're forced to ''leave him there'' as they don't have time to figure out how to free him.
* DistressedDude: It turns out that Makuta captured and imprisoned him in a spherical canister that rendered him comatose, about eighteen months prior to the Great Cataclysm. Even worse, when the Toa Metru stumble upon his prison, they're forced to ''leave him there'' as they don't have time to figure out how to free him.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: All that's known about his time as a Toa is that he rescued the Matoran Lhikan and somehow had a hand in him becoming a Toa as well. This could also apply to his activities in the abandoned city of Metru Nui while the Matoran were on Mata Nui.
* IChooseToStay: Elects to remain in Metru Nui to continue watching over the city while the Toa Metru evacuate the Matoran to the island of Metru Nui.
* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: During the first Metru Nui arc (barring a {{Flashback}} in ''Voyage of Fear''). {{Averted|Trope}} afterwards, and even explicitly {{defied|Trope}} at the beginning of the Voya Nui arc.
* KillAndReplace: The unfortunate victim of a non-lethal example at the hands of Makuta. Fortunately, since it was non-lethal, he can still be found and rescued.
* MrExposition: Serves this role in the beginning of the ''Legends'' saga, introducing the Toa Nuva (and the audience) to the key components of their new mission: Mata Nui's impending death, the [[MaskOfPower Kanohi Mask of Life]] that can revive him, and the floating island of Voya Nui that houses the mask.
* IChooseToStay: Elects to remain in Metru Nui to continue watching over the city while the Toa Metru evacuate the Matoran to the island of Metru Nui.
* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: During the first Metru Nui arc (barring a {{Flashback}} in ''Voyage of Fear''). {{Averted|Trope}} afterwards, and even explicitly {{defied|Trope}} at the beginning of the Voya Nui arc.
* KillAndReplace: The unfortunate victim of a non-lethal example at the hands of Makuta. Fortunately, since it was non-lethal, he can still be found and rescued.
* MrExposition: Serves this role in the beginning of the ''Legends'' saga, introducing the Toa Nuva (and the audience) to the key components of their new mission: Mata Nui's impending death, the [[MaskOfPower Kanohi Mask of Life]] that can revive him, and the floating island of Voya Nui that houses the mask.
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* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
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* NoodleIncident: He NoodleIncident:
** As a Toa, he savedthe Lhikan's life of back when the latter was a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 crafter, 16,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
** He makes a vague comment to the Toa Nuva about having spent the past thousand years "preparing for [their] eventual return," which apparently involved finding an underground lake with Toa canisters.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try toreinvade, reinvade Metru Nui, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.them.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but aside from being the long-tenured Turaga of a major city, Dume turns out to have some skill with {{astrolog|er}}y, a trait generally associated with Metru Nui's Ko-Matoran. Possibly {{justified|Trope}} in that he almost certainly had more time on his hands with all of the Matoran gone. (There's also the fact that he somehow knows about a tunnel leading to an underground lake with Toa canisters, but it's possible that that knowledge comes with the Turaga's office.)
** As a Toa, he saved
** He makes a vague comment to the Toa Nuva about having spent the past thousand years "preparing for [their] eventual return," which apparently involved finding an underground lake with Toa canisters.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but aside from being the long-tenured Turaga of a major city, Dume turns out to have some skill with {{astrolog|er}}y, a trait generally associated with Metru Nui's Ko-Matoran. Possibly {{justified|Trope}} in that he almost certainly had more time on his hands with all of the Matoran gone. (There's also the fact that he somehow knows about a tunnel leading to an underground lake with Toa canisters, but it's possible that that knowledge comes with the Turaga's office.)
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A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui before the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before the Toa Metru were created.
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A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of Fire, Lhikan is the last protectors sole guardian of Metru Nui before Nui, only to vanish around the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before same time that the Toa Metru were created.appear.
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* TheCaptain: Was the leader of the Toa Mangai. Keyword is "was", as each one was systematically killed or, in the case of Nidhiki and Tuyet, made a FaceHeelTurn. By the time of the Metru Nui Saga, he was the only one left.
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* TheCaptain: Was the leader of the Toa Mangai. Keyword is "was", as each one was systematically killed or, in the case of Nidhiki and Tuyet, made a FaceHeelTurn. By the time of the Metru Nui Saga, he was the [[LastOfHisKind only one left.left]].
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** The reason why Lhikan exiles Nidhiki from Metru Nui and lets him leave with the Dark Hunters? Hakann, who would later join the Piraka, brokered a deal to let them all leave peacefully in exchange for the Makoki Stone being given back to the Toa.
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** The reason why Lhikan exiles Nidhiki from Metru Nui and lets him leave with the Dark Hunters? Hakann, who would later join the Piraka, brokered a deal to let them all leave peacefully in exchange for the Makoki Stone stone being given back to the Toa. Toa.
*** The Makoki stone itself is a catalyst for another instance: Lhikan is only persuaded to hear Hakann out (and later to agree to his deal) because he was once part of a team of Toa who sacrificed their lives in a vain bid to protect the stone -- which Vezok stole from them with an (unwilling) assist from Hakann.
*** The Makoki stone itself is a catalyst for another instance: Lhikan is only persuaded to hear Hakann out (and later to agree to his deal) because he was once part of a team of Toa who sacrificed their lives in a vain bid to protect the stone -- which Vezok stole from them with an (unwilling) assist from Hakann.
* ProperlyParanoid: Correctly suspects that something is wrong with Turaga Dume, to the point of guessing that he's been replaced with an imposter. That being said, even ''he's'' caught off-guard by said imposter's identity.
* SoleSurvivor: Of ''two'' Toa teams!
** First, his team is annihilated by Frostelus. Lhikan misses their LastStand due to having been ordered by his team leader to flee with the Makoki stone -- which has disappeared, having been swiped by Vezok earlier.
** Millennia later, his new team (the Toa Mangai) are whittled down until he's the only one remaining. This time, he's the one who stays put while his teammates are dispatched on dangerous missions and never return.
** First, his team is annihilated by Frostelus. Lhikan misses their LastStand due to having been ordered by his team leader to flee with the Makoki stone -- which has disappeared, having been swiped by Vezok earlier.
** Millennia later, his new team (the Toa Mangai) are whittled down until he's the only one remaining. This time, he's the one who stays put while his teammates are dispatched on dangerous missions and never return.
* UnwittingPawn: Goes to his grave unaware that Makuta had mentally influenced him to
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--->'''Lhikan''': ''You'' lost the right to call me "brother" ''long ago!''
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* SecretPolice: [[NeverTrustATrailer Only in the promotional material.]] In-story, their status as law enforcers is well-known, with Matoran being shown to voluntarily report or complain to them.
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* SecretPolice: [[NeverTrustATrailer Only in the promotional material.]] In-story, their status as law enforcers is well-known, well-known (and it's not like they're able to hide in plain sight, what with being significantly larger than the average Matoran), with Matoran being shown to voluntarily report or complain to them.
** {{Enforced|Trope}} with the Bordakh's Staffs of Loyalty: causes the target to become so enthusiastic about the concept of maintaining order that they'll turn in any suspected lawbreakers -- including friends -- to the Vahki.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Significantly {{downplayed|Trope}}, but the [[AllThereInTheManual Metru Nui guidebook]] states that most Vahki are not good swimmers and that only Bordakh are built to withstand time underwater -- and that even they avoid it if possible.
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* CombatTentacles: Well, combat vines, but close enough.
* FantasticFlora: It was an enormous mass of vines that took nourishment from heat and flame. It was sentient, communicated via telepathy, and sensed the world by reading chemicals that reacted to motion in the air.
* FeedItWithFire: It fed off of fire and heat, hence why its king root grew in the Great Furnace. Because of this, [[KillItWithIce it was weak to ice and cold]], and barely touched Ko-Metru. The Toa Metru slayed it by using the Great Disks to encase its king root in an energy bubble, severing it from its food source.
* FillerVillain: It was defeated pretty quickly once the Toa Metru completed their quest for the Great Disks. It's telling that said quest was reduced to a {{montage}} in ''Legends of Metru Nui'', and the Morbuzakh was in turn relegated to a mere [[TheCameo cameo]].
* GreenThumb: It is a plant monster after all.
* SnakeTalk: As his quote indicates.
* SpikeShooter: It could grow and launch thorns at enemies.
* FantasticFlora: It was an enormous mass of vines that took nourishment from heat and flame. It was sentient, communicated via telepathy, and sensed the world by reading chemicals that reacted to motion in the air.
* FeedItWithFire: It fed off of fire and heat, hence why its king root grew in the Great Furnace. Because of this, [[KillItWithIce it was weak to ice and cold]], and barely touched Ko-Metru. The Toa Metru slayed it by using the Great Disks to encase its king root in an energy bubble, severing it from its food source.
* FillerVillain: It was defeated pretty quickly once the Toa Metru completed their quest for the Great Disks. It's telling that said quest was reduced to a {{montage}} in ''Legends of Metru Nui'', and the Morbuzakh was in turn relegated to a mere [[TheCameo cameo]].
* GreenThumb: It is a plant monster after all.
* SnakeTalk: As his quote indicates.
* SpikeShooter: It could grow and launch thorns at enemies.
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* AssholeVictim: The Toa Metru, who are almost certainly aware of [[ThouShaltNotKill the general Toa prohibition against killing]], completely ''slaughter'' the Morbuzakh without any trace of hesitation or remorse. Given the immense amount of death and destruction that the Morbuzakh has been deliberately and unapologetically wreaking on Metru Nui and its Matoran, however, no one's complaining.
* BotanicalAbomination: Goes without saying.
* CombatTentacles: Well, combat vines, but closeenough.
enough. Even its ''seeds'' have them.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The primary villain of the first Metru Nui arc, all the way until its defeat...in Book 2 (of 6).
* FantasticFlora:It was It's an enormous enormous, [[ItCanThink sentient]] mass of vines that took take nourishment from heat and flame. It was sentient, communicated via telepathy, flame and sensed sense the world by reading chemicals that reacted react to motion in the air.
air. Its king root is capable of communicating via {{telepathy}}.
* FeedItWithFire: Itfed feeds off of fire and heat, hence why its king root grew grows in the Great Furnace. Because of this, [[KillItWithIce it was it's weak to ice and cold]], cold]] and barely touched touches Ko-Metru. The Toa Metru slayed defeat it by using the Great Disks to encase its king root in an energy bubble, severing it from its food source.
* FillerVillain:It was Gets defeated pretty quickly once the Toa Metru completed their quest for the Great Disks. It's telling that said quest was is reduced to a {{montage}} in ''Legends of Metru Nui'', and which in turn relegates the Morbuzakh was in turn relegated to a mere [[TheCameo cameo]].
*GreenThumb: It HijackedByGanon: Much like the first Metru Nui arc as a whole. As noted above, the Morbuzakh was created by Makuta as part of his plan to capture the Matoran, although the Toa Metru don't find this out until the return trip to Metru Nui, well after both the Morbuzakh and Makuta are defeated.
* ItCanThink: While it's unknown how much the Matoran suspect this (the image quote is a Matoran rumor), the Morbuzakh is repeatedly shown to possess far more intelligence than a plantmonster after all.
should have. Nonetheless, the Toa Metru are still shocked to discover that the Morbuzakh's king root can {{telepath|y}ically communicate with them.
*SnakeTalk: As KillItWithIce: Theoretically possible due to its LogicalWeakness to ice -- except that it would take a ''lot'' of ice to pull it off, far more than Nuju is able to conjure on his quote indicates.
own. It doesn't help that the king root resides in the Great Furnace.
* LogicalWeakness: [[KillItWithIce Ice]], given its fondness for heat and flame.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Crumbles to dust upon its demise.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Technically {{inverted|Trope}}. As the Morbuzakh's king root is cut off from its vines by an energy sphere generated by the Great Disks, the vines immediately begin crumbling, even while the king root is still alive. Whether they finish crumbling before the king root does is ultimately a moot point.
* SpikeShooter: Itcould can grow and launch thorns at enemies.enemies.
* SssssnakeTalk: As its page quote indicates.
* StarterVillain: For the Toa Metru.
* {{Telepathy}}: Its primary means of communicating with others.
* BotanicalAbomination: Goes without saying.
* CombatTentacles: Well, combat vines, but close
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The primary villain of the first Metru Nui arc, all the way until its defeat...in Book 2 (of 6).
* FantasticFlora:
* FeedItWithFire: It
* FillerVillain:
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* ItCanThink: While it's unknown how much the Matoran suspect this (the image quote is a Matoran rumor), the Morbuzakh is repeatedly shown to possess far more intelligence than a plant
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* LogicalWeakness: [[KillItWithIce Ice]], given its fondness for heat and flame.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Crumbles to dust upon its demise.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Technically {{inverted|Trope}}. As the Morbuzakh's king root is cut off from its vines by an energy sphere generated by the Great Disks, the vines immediately begin crumbling, even while the king root is still alive. Whether they finish crumbling before the king root does is ultimately a moot point.
* SpikeShooter: It
* SssssnakeTalk: As its page quote indicates.
* StarterVillain: For the Toa Metru.
* {{Telepathy}}: Its primary means of communicating with others.
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* SnakeTalk: Similar to the Morbuzakh, though the Karzahni was a little better about it and saved it only for moments of extreme emotion.
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* SnakeTalk: SssssnakeTalk: Similar to the Morbuzakh, though the Karzahni was a little better about it and saved it only for moments of extreme emotion.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: Their sonic roars are capable of blowing away Vahki squads when used in tandem.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: SuperScream: Their sonic roars are capable of blowing away Vahki squads when used in tandem.
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** The Toa Mata enjoy HundredPercentHeroismRating by their Matoran charges, while the Matoran of Metru Nui's reactions to the Toa Metru differ wildly, from wide-eyed adoration to cautious acceptance to [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer indifference]] to outright hostility (and this is ''before'' [[spoiler:Makuta disguised as]] Turaga Dume invokes HeroWithBadPublicity on the Toa). It doesn't help that the Matoran of Mata Nui have been awaiting the Toa Mata's arrival for ''1000 years'', while the Matoran of Metru Nui already had the universally beloved Toa Lhikan guarding their city -- indeed, the Toa Metru themselves look up to Lhikan, with Vakama in particular being cripplingly afraid of disappointing his idol. In fact, this contrast is very likely {{invoked|Trope}} by the Turaga of Mata Nui (who used to be the Toa Metru), who are probably eager to offer the Toa Mata the popular support that they themselves never had during their own tenures as Toa.
** The Toa Nuva transformation strengthens the Toa Mata, including granting them the exclusive ability to utilize [[MaskOfPower Kanohi Nuva masks]]; as such, they have absolutely no motivation to attempt to undo the transformation. The Toa Hordika mutation weakens the Toa Metru overall (although it does make them slightly physically stronger), including rendering them incapable of utilizing their masks, leading to a RaceAgainstTheClock to find a way to reverse it before the effects become permanent.
** The Toa Nuva transformation strengthens the Toa Mata, including granting them the exclusive ability to utilize [[MaskOfPower Kanohi Nuva masks]]; as such, they have absolutely no motivation to attempt to undo the transformation. The Toa Hordika mutation weakens the Toa Metru overall (although it does make them slightly physically stronger), including rendering them incapable of utilizing their masks, leading to a RaceAgainstTheClock to find a way to reverse it before the effects become permanent.
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** The Toa Mata enjoy HundredPercentHeroismRating by their Matoran charges, while the Matoran of Metru Nui's reactions to the Toa Metru differ wildly, from wide-eyed adoration to cautious acceptance to [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight indifference]] to outright hostility (and this is ''before'' [[spoiler:Makuta disguised as]] Turaga Dume invokes HeroWithBadPublicity on the Toa). It doesn't help that the Matoran of Mata Nui have been awaiting the Toa Mata's arrival for ''1000 years'', while the Matoran of Metru Nui already had the universally beloved Toa Lhikan guarding their city -- indeed, the Toa Metru themselves look up to Lhikan, with Vakama in particular being cripplingly afraid of disappointing his idol. In fact, this contrast is very likely {{invoked|Trope}} by the Turaga of Mata Nui (who used to be the Toa Metru), who are probably eager to offer the Toa Mata the popular support that they themselves never had during their own tenures as Toa.
** The Toa Nuva transformation strengthens the Toa Mata, including granting them the exclusive ability to utilize [[MaskOfPower Kanohi Nuva masks]]; as such, they have absolutely no motivation to attempt to undo thetransformation.transformation, and Tahu is understandably livid when he's forcibly devolved into a Toa Mata. The Toa Hordika mutation weakens the Toa Metru overall (although it does make them slightly physically stronger), including rendering them incapable of utilizing their masks, leading to a RaceAgainstTheClock to find a way to reverse it before the effects become permanent.
** The Toa Nuva transformation strengthens the Toa Mata, including granting them the exclusive ability to utilize [[MaskOfPower Kanohi Nuva masks]]; as such, they have absolutely no motivation to attempt to undo the
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: For ''1000 years''[[note]]Although it should be noted that this is a relatively short timespan to these characters[[/note]]! Nearly all of the Toa Metru's heroic deeds are performed without witnesses, and upon discovering that the Matoran suffered LaserGuidedAmnesia that removed all of their memories of Metru Nui, the Toa -- newly transformed into Turaga -- elect to [[SecretKeeper keep their exploits secret]]. The Turaga [[DefiedTrope defying this trope]] forms the basis of the Metru Nui story arcs.
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* LetsSplitUpGang: To find the Great Disks, the Toa Metru split into three teams of two: Vakama and Onewa, Matau and Nokama, and Nuju and Whenua. While they do face external threats from the Vahki and the Dark Hunters, a lot of the drama comes from these team-ups being the ''absolute worst'' combinations possible (Onewa loudly and consistently doubts Vakama, Matau keeps being obnoxious to Nokama in his attempts to impress her, and Nuju and Whenua hold polar opposite life philosophies).
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* LetsSplitUpGang: To find the Great Disks, the Toa Metru split into three teams of two: Vakama and Onewa, Matau and Nokama, and Nuju and Whenua. While they do face external threats from the Vahki and the Dark Hunters, a lot of the drama comes from these team-ups being the ''absolute worst'' combinations possible (Onewa -- Onewa loudly and consistently doubts Vakama, Matau keeps being obnoxious to Nokama in his attempts to impress her, and Nuju and Whenua hold often argue about their polar opposite life philosophies).philosophies.
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* OutOfJobIntoThePlot: The plot kicks off when they are all interrupted in their various professions by Toa Lhikan, [[SuperEmpowering who hands them Toa stones and tells them the city is counting on them.]] {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that they never explicitly lose their jobs, but some of them (particularly Nokama and Nuju, and to a lesser extent Vakama) often pine for them or harbor regrets that their destinies didn't line up with their careers.
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* OneSceneWonder: InUniverse. They're only Toa for a ''really'' short period of time (probably several months to a year, which is absolutely no time at all in this universe), but they accomplish several significant feats in that time, including defeating Makuta and ''discovering a new land''.
* OutOfJobIntoThePlot: The plot kicks off when they are all interrupted in their various professions by Toa Lhikan, [[SuperEmpowering who hands them Toa stones and tells them the city is counting onthem.]] them]]. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that they never explicitly lose their jobs, jobs (and circumstances soon render any employment issues completely moot), but some of them (particularly Nokama and Nuju, and to a lesser extent Vakama) often pine for them or harbor regrets that their destinies didn't line up with their careers.
* OutOfJobIntoThePlot: The plot kicks off when they are all interrupted in their various professions by Toa Lhikan, [[SuperEmpowering who hands them Toa stones and tells them the city is counting on
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* SuperStrength: One of the few advantages the Hordika mutations give them all is vastly increased physical strength thanks to their muscle mass growing. One scene has Vakama, who never showed many exceptional strength feats as a regular Toa, angrily punch down a locked metal door and then keep pummeling it into scrap, while another has Nokama pummel a Gate Guardian with her bare hands [[InvisibleMonsters once she actually finds it]].
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* SuperStrength: One of the few advantages the Hordika mutations give them all is vastly increased physical strength thanks to their increased muscle mass growing. mass. One scene has Vakama, who never showed many exceptional feats of strength feats as a regular Toa, Toa Metru, angrily punch down a locked metal door and then keep pummeling it into scrap, while another has Nokama pummel gives a Gate Guardian a vicious beatdown with her bare hands [[InvisibleMonsters once she actually finds it]].it]]. Unfortunately, as shown by these examples, it's something of a case of BlessedWithSuck as it usually serves to increase the damage caused by their {{Superpowered Evil Side}}s' AxCrazy tendencies.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Matoran of Metru Nui are ''shockingly'' indifferent to the fact that a bunch of unknown Toa just suddenly appeared in the city. (Keep in mind that the average Toa is almost twice as tall as the average Matoran, so they can't exactly hide in plain sight.) Even accounting for the presence of Toa Lhikan, one would expect that the arrival of new Toa would've raised a ''few'' more eyebrows, especially since Lhikan's been the [[LastOfHisKind only Toa in Metru Nui]] for an indeterminate amount of time at this point. Eventually, however, this gets {{averted|Trope}}...only for [[spoiler:Makuta disguised as]] Turaga Dume to turn it into [[HeroWithBadPublicity something much worse]].
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* BoringButPractical: Matau mocks his choice of tool when he picks it, only to change his tune when it proves its worth.
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* BoringButPractical: His chosen Toa tool is a souped-up version of an everyday Kanoka disk launcher. Matau mocks his choice of tool when he picks it, choice, only to change his tune when it proves its worth.
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-->''"Well, good for you."''
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* FailureHero: Often feels this way as a Toa Metru, but manages to grow out of it after defeating Makuta...only to become more reckless and [[TookALevelInJerkass impatient with his teammates]].
** He still feels this way about his tenure as a Toa Hordika, understandably given his brief FaceHeelTurn. Tahu -- and the Order of Mata Nui -- beg to differ, however.
** He still feels this way about his tenure as a Toa Hordika, understandably given his brief FaceHeelTurn. Tahu -- and the Order of Mata Nui -- beg to differ, however.
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** As a Toa: Insecurity. He places immense pressure on himself to be a perfect hero in the vein of his idol Lhikan and constantly beats himself up for every perceived failure, to the point that Nokama muses that no enemy can strike him harder than he can strike at himself. Eventually, he becomes more and more reckless, abandoning caution and even yelling at his fellow Toa for not keeping pace, making them easy targets for the Visorak.
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** As a Toa: Insecurity. He places immense pressure on himself to be a perfect hero in the vein of his idol Lhikan and constantly beats himself up for every perceived failure, to the point that Nokama muses that no enemy can strike him harder than he can strike at himself.he's HisOwnWorstEnemy. Eventually, he becomes more and more reckless, abandoning caution and even yelling at his fellow Toa for not keeping pace, making them easy targets for the Visorak.
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* InformedFlaw: She's been said to [[ControlFreak insist on doing things her way]]. This doesn't come up much, aside from a minor incident in ''Legends of Metru Nui'' where she refuses to evacuate from a herd of rampaging Kikanalo until it's almost too late. However, Vakama does note in ''Time Trap'' that even she, one of the most level-headed Toa, would have insisted on fighting Teridax rather than compromising with him. It's also worth noting that she's the one who stubbornly insists that Vakama should lead the Toa Metru, despite the other Toa's (including Vakama's) own doubts.
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* InformedFlaw: She's been said to [[ControlFreak insist on doing things her way]]. This doesn't come up much, aside from a minor incident in ''Legends of Metru Nui'' where she refuses to evacuate from a herd of rampaging Kikanalo until it's almost too late. However, Vakama does note in ''Time Trap'' that even she, one of the most level-headed Toa, would have insisted on fighting Teridax rather than compromising with him. It's also worth noting that she's the one who stubbornly insists that Vakama should lead the Toa Metru, despite the other Toa's (including Vakama's) own Vakama's own) doubts.
* MagneticHero: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but he's notably the only Toa Metru who manages to avoid becoming an UnusuallyUninterestingSight among his metru's Matoran during his initial outing. Later, after the defeat of the Morbuzakh, he eagerly recounts (an exaggerated version of) the tale to a group of Onu-Matoran while his fellow Toa amusedly look on.
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* WatchOutForThatTree: A RunningGag in ''Legends of Metru Nui'' for Matau slamming into solid objects.
* WingedHumanoid: Matau Metru with his Aero Slicers as wings.
* WingedHumanoid: Matau Metru with his Aero Slicers as wings.
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* WatchOutForThatTree: A RunningGag in ''Legends of Metru Nui'' for is Matau slamming into solid objects.
* WingedHumanoid:Matau Toa Metru Matau, with his Aero Slicers as wings.wings. He's also been shown to utilize them as helicopter rotors.
* WingedHumanoid:
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the climb to the Great Disk, Onewa has the horrifying thought that they might not have been meant to be Toa. Later, he's the one who discovers the evidence that Makuta forced Lhikan to choose them over the correct candidates. [[spoiler:Thankfully, [[SubvertedTrope it turns out that they are the correct Toa Metru after all]]]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the climb to the Great Disk, Onewa has the horrifying thought that they might not have been meant to be Toa. Later, he's the one who discovers the evidence that Makuta forced Lhikan to choose them over the correct candidates. [[spoiler:Thankfully, [[SubvertedTrope it turns out that they are the correct Toa Metru after all]]]].all]].]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He means well, but he's so abrasive that it can be really hard to tell at times.
* SarcasmMode: To be expected from a DeadpanSnarker like Onewa. One gem:
-->''[The Toa Metru are individually volunteering to investigate a flooding situation in Onu-Metru]''\\
'''Vakama''' (''to Onewa''): Can you three explain to Turaga Dume why we cannot present ourselves to him just yet?\\
'''Onewa''': Oh, sure. "The other three of us would be here, Turaga, but they're out being heroes while we stand around."
-->''[The Toa Metru are individually volunteering to investigate a flooding situation in Onu-Metru]''\\
'''Vakama''' (''to Onewa''): Can you three explain to Turaga Dume why we cannot present ourselves to him just yet?\\
'''Onewa''': Oh, sure. "The other three of us would be here, Turaga, but they're out being heroes while we stand around."
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'''Onewa''': Sure. And maybe walk into another trap. Don't think I've forgotten how hard it was to catch you, Ahkmou. I trust you about as far as I could throw the Great Temple.
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'''Onewa''': Sure. [[SarcasmMode Sure.]] And maybe walk into another trap. Don't think I've forgotten how hard it was to catch you, Ahkmou. I trust you about as far as I could throw the Great Temple.
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!!Other characters
[[folder:Matoran of Metru Nui]]
!! In general
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cgi_great_disk_matoran.png]]
These six Matoran knew the location of the Great Disks that the Toa Metru needed in their quest. Unfortunately, they had less than positive relationships with their respective Toa back when they were Matoran, and most of them had their own plans for the disks. To make matters worse, there was a traitor in their midst, one who could potentially doom them all...
[[folder:Matoran of Metru Nui]]
!! In general
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cgi_great_disk_matoran.png]]
These six Matoran knew the location of the Great Disks that the Toa Metru needed in their quest. Unfortunately, they had less than positive relationships with their respective Toa back when they were Matoran, and most of them had their own plans for the disks. To make matters worse, there was a traitor in their midst, one who could potentially doom them all...
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[[folder:Matoran
!! In general
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cgi_great_disk_matoran.png]]
These six
[[folder:In general]]
Note: All of the Matoran
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: All of them suffer this due to Makuta's machinations.
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[[folder:Great Disk Matoran]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cgi_great_disk_matoran.png]]
These six Matoran know the location of the Great Disks that the Toa Metru need to defeat the Morbuzakh. Unfortunately, they had less than positive relationships with their respective Toa back when they were Matoran, and most of them have their own plans for the disks. To make matters worse, one of them has been touched by the darkness and is plottting to doom them all...
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Great Disk Matoran]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cgi_great_disk_matoran.png]]
These six Matoran know the location of the Great Disks that the Toa Metru need to defeat the Morbuzakh. Unfortunately, they had less than positive relationships with their respective Toa back when they were Matoran, and most of them have their own plans for the disks. To make matters worse, one of them has been touched by the darkness and is plottting to doom them all...
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Except for Tehutti, they all have deep -- and rather less than positive -- personal connections to the Toa Metru.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: ContrivedCoincidence:
** Except for Tehutti, they all have deep -- and rather less than positive -- personal connections to the ToaMetru.Metru. Even Tehutti's relationship with Whenua is strained at best, if his "I never thought I would be glad to see you" comment and his potshots at the latter's suitability to be a Toa are anything to go by.
** When the Toa Metru set out to enlist their aid in finding the Great Disks, it turns out that they've all mysteriously vanished. [[spoiler:As the Toa soon discover, this is ''not'' coincidental at all.]]
** Except for Tehutti, they all have deep -- and rather less than positive -- personal connections to the Toa
** When the Toa Metru set out to enlist their aid in finding the Great Disks, it turns out that they've all mysteriously vanished. [[spoiler:As the Toa soon discover, this is ''not'' coincidental at all.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: All of the Matoran of Metru Nui suffer this due to Makuta's machinations, including these six, Takua, and the future Toa Inika/Toa Mahri.
* LuredIntoATrap: Happens to all of them, furthering the Toa Metru's suspicions that something fishy is going on. [[spoiler: As it turns out, not only is Ahkmou a DecoyDamsel, he's responsible for a lot of the traps that ensnare the others.]]
* LuredIntoATrap: Happens to all of them, furthering the Toa Metru's suspicions that something fishy is going on. [[spoiler: As it turns out, not only is Ahkmou a DecoyDamsel, he's responsible for a lot of the traps that ensnare the others.]]
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!! Nuhrii
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Nuhrii was Vakama's mask-making mentor, who grew jealous when the student surpassed the master. He planned to forge the Great Disk he found into a mask unlike any other.
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Nuhrii was Vakama's mask-making mentor, who grew jealous when the student surpassed the master. He planned plans to forge the Great Disk that he found into a mask unlike any other.
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!! Vhisola
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Vhisola was incredibly possessive of Nokama, and got jealous anytime she hung out with anyone else. Once Nokama became a Toa, her jealousy reached a apex, and she sought the Great Disk to get even with her.
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A former student of Nokama's, Vhisola was incredibly possessive of Nokama, her teacher and got jealous anytime she hung out with anyone else. Once Now that Nokama became is a Toa, her jealousy reached a apex, and she sought Vhisola seeks the Great Disk to get even with take the attention away from her.
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* StalkerShrine: Her home was one to Nokama.
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* StalkerShrine: Her home was is one to Nokama.Nokama, to the point that it's impossible to tell that Vhisola lives there. Nokama -- who never visited during her Matoran days -- is rather disturbed when she finds out.
* UngratefulBastard: Shows absolutely no appreciation for Nokama saving her life, which is particularly jarring since she considers Nokama to be a friend.
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!! Orkahm
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Orkahm was Matau's rival back on Le-Metru. Slow, meticulous, and unimaginative, he had a particular distaste for Matau's recklessness.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Upon being instructed to bring his Great Disk to a specified location, he correctly suspects foul play and goes to the rendezvous point ''without'' the disk. It doesn't do him much good, but it does ensure that the disk doesn't fall into the wrong hands. {{Downplayed|Trope}} when it's revealed that he never had a chance of retrieving the Great Disk anyway.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Per [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]], he served in the Gukko Force on Mata Nui.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Per [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]], he served serves in the Gukko Force on Mata Nui.
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!! Ehrye
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Ehrye was a mere errand boy for the seers and scholars of the Knowledge Towers, longing to join them, but lacking the patience and quietness to do so. He thought the Great Disk would be his key to joining them for real.
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!! Tehutti
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A hardheaded Archivist who wanted to make his mark in the Archives, above all else.
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A hardheaded Archivist who wanted wants to make his mark in the Archives, above all else.
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* MeaningfulName: His preliminary name used in the Mata Nui Online Game II, "Tehuti", is an alternate name for [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Thoth]], Egyptian god of, amongst other things, wisdom and knowledge - fitting for an archivist.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's easily the best out of the six Matoran, being at worst a bit eccentric and ambitious.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's easily the best out of the six Matoran, being at worst a bit eccentric and ambitious.
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* MeaningfulName: His preliminary name used in the Mata Nui Online Game II, "Tehuti", is an alternate name for [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Thoth]], Egyptian god of, amongst other things, wisdom and knowledge - -- fitting for an archivist.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's easily the best out of thesix Great Disk Matoran, being at worst a bit eccentric and ambitious.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's easily the best out of the
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!! Ahkmou
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Selfish and amoral, Ahkmou was the traitor who allied with the Dark Hunters in the quest for the Great Disks out of jealousy. He was lost in the mass exodus from Metru Nui to Mata Nui, until Makuta found him and spun a web of lies to sway him on his side. He caused an epidemic in Po-Koro by selling infected Kohlii balls.
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Selfish and amoral, Ahkmou was the traitor who allied with the Dark Hunters in the quest for the Great Disks out of jealousy. He was lost in the mass exodus from Metru Nui to Mata Nui, until Makuta found him and spun a web of lies to sway him on his side. He caused On the island of Mata Nui, he's best known for causing an epidemic in Po-Koro by selling kolhii balls infected Kohlii balls.with Makuta's darkness.
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* DecoyDamsel: Male example. He's allegedly trapped at the top of a Po-Metru statue, but in a comic, Onewa snaps that he's well aware that Ahkmou was only pretending to be in danger since he habitually climbs statues for fun.
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* DecoyDamsel: Male Gender-flipped example. He's allegedly trapped at the top of a Po-Metru statue, but in a comic, Onewa snaps that he's well aware that Ahkmou was only pretending to be in danger since he habitually climbs statues for fun.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: While the other Great Disk Matoran weren't exactly upstanding people, they at least weren't as outright antagonistic as Ahkmou.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He returns to Po-Koro even after his allegiance to Teridax was more common knowledge during the Bohrok crisis. He was mostly ignored because he didn't do anything during that time, apparently scared back into relative safety by his master's disappearance and from fear of the Bohrok.
!!Other Matoran
!!! Mavrah
* WelcomeBackTraitor: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He returns to Po-Koro even after his allegiance to Teridax was more common knowledge during the Bohrok crisis. He was mostly ignored because he didn't do anything during that time, apparently scared back into relative safety by his master's disappearance and from fear of the Bohrok.
!!Other Matoran
!!! Mavrah
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* TokenEvilTeammate: While the other Great Disk Matoran weren't aren't exactly upstanding people, they they're at least weren't not as outright antagonistic as Ahkmou.
Ahkmou. And while they [[TookALevelInKindness become better people]], Ahkmou [[RedemptionRejection actively rejects opportunities to redeem himself]].
* WelcomeBackTraitor: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He returns to Po-Koro even after his treachery and allegiance toTeridax was more common Makuta are exposed. It turns out that Turaga Vakama invoked KeepingTheEnemyClose logic to justify this decision, but it gets really odd when it turns out that he's been allowed to ''[[StatusQuoIsGod resume his original position as a shopkeeper selling kolhii balls]]''. Fortunately, he doesn't try any funny business, probably because he's scared into harmlessness due to Makuta's defeat and the knowledge during the Bohrok crisis. He was mostly ignored because he didn't do anything during that time, apparently scared back into relative safety by his master's disappearance and from fear of the Bohrok.
!!Other Matoran
!!! Mavrah
Turaga are keeping a close eye on him.
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[[folder:Other Matoran]]
!!!Mavrah
* WelcomeBackTraitor: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He returns to Po-Koro even after his treachery and allegiance to
!!Other Matoran
!!! Mavrah
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[[folder:Other Matoran]]
!!!Mavrah
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* BusCrash: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as it's made clear that nothing could survive in the middle of clash between te sea Rahi and the Vahki. His death is confirmed in the post-FinalBattle story serial ''The Powers That Be'', when Toa Nuva Pohatu and Kopaka run into him on the [[ArtificialAfterlife Red Star]].
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* BusCrash: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as it's made clear that nothing could survive in the middle of clash between te the sea Rahi and the Vahki. His death is confirmed in the post-FinalBattle story serial ''The Powers That Be'', when Toa Nuva Pohatu and Kopaka run into him on the [[ArtificialAfterlife Red Star]].
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[[folder:Metru Nui leadership]]
!! Dume
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GerardPlunkett, Armando Réndiz (Latin American Spanish) -]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/534px_dume.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Sometimes, the ways of Mata Nui are a mystery indeed."]]
->I'll see this city reduced to rubble... with not even two bricks still together... before I let your kind take root here.
The Turaga of Metru Nui, Dume was stubborn and not as close to the Matoran as other Turaga were, but nonetheless fiercely devoted to his city's protection. Makuta briefly captured and posed as him for his EvilPlan, but the Toa Metru eventually rescued him, and he resumed leadership of his city.
[[folder:Metru Nui leadership]]
!! Dume
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GerardPlunkett, Armando Réndiz (Latin American Spanish) -]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/534px_dume.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Sometimes, the ways of Mata Nui are a mystery indeed."]]
->I'll see this city reduced to rubble... with not even two bricks still together... before I let your kind take root here.
The Turaga of Metru Nui, Dume was stubborn and not as close to the Matoran as other Turaga were, but nonetheless fiercely devoted to his city's protection. Makuta briefly captured and posed as him for his EvilPlan, but the Toa Metru eventually rescued him, and he resumed leadership of his city.
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[[folder:Metru Nui leadership]]
!! Dume
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GerardPlunkett, Armando Réndiz (Latin American Spanish) -]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/534px_dume.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Sometimes,
A Ko-Matoran sage and Nuju's mentor. Upon arriving on the
->I'll see this city reduced to rubble... with not even two bricks still together... before I let your kind take root here.
The Turaga of Metru
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Subverted with the one that Vezok made him. It nearly got him killed, but he refused to allow the Dark Hunters to take root in Metru Nui.
* GoodIsNotNice: Dume is definitely good, but his distance to his people is not in his favour. It causes a serious problem at the beginning of ''Legends'' when he refuses to tell the Matoran what's going on, prompting Jaller to organise a mass strike until they give in.
* GrumpyOldMan: Dume can be surly and obstinate, especially when disagreeing with others.
* MrFixit: His Kanohi Kiril allows him to regenerate and restore any inorganic material in his sight, up to and including Metru Nui itself. It can also heal the mechanical parts of other living beings.
* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: We don't get to see much of it due to either Dume being usurped or the city being in times of crisis, but there's a reason he's been the leader of Metru Nui for so long.
!! Lhikan
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson; Creator/CarlosSegundo (As a Toa), Francisco Colmenero (As a Turaga) (Latin American Spanish)-]
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[[caption-width-right:318:"Freedom and escape are different objectives, but both are easily realized."]]
[[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lomn_turaga_lhikanpng.png[[/labelnote]] to see Turaga Lhikan]]
->Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs you. A shadow threatens its heart. Prove yourselves worthy Toa, and fear not. The Great Spirit shall guide you in ways that you could not imagine.
A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui before the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before the Toa Metru were created.
* GoodIsNotNice: Dume is definitely good, but his distance to his people is not in his favour. It causes a serious problem at the beginning of ''Legends'' when he refuses to tell the Matoran what's going on, prompting Jaller to organise a mass strike until they give in.
* GrumpyOldMan: Dume can be surly and obstinate, especially when disagreeing with others.
* MrFixit: His Kanohi Kiril allows him to regenerate and restore any inorganic material in his sight, up to and including Metru Nui itself. It can also heal the mechanical parts of other living beings.
* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: We don't get to see much of it due to either Dume being usurped or the city being in times of crisis, but there's a reason he's been the leader of Metru Nui for so long.
!! Lhikan
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson; Creator/CarlosSegundo (As a Toa), Francisco Colmenero (As a Turaga) (Latin American Spanish)-]
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[[caption-width-right:318:"Freedom and escape are different objectives, but both are easily realized."]]
[[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lomn_turaga_lhikanpng.png[[/labelnote]] to see Turaga Lhikan]]
->Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs you. A shadow threatens its heart. Prove yourselves worthy Toa, and fear not. The Great Spirit shall guide you in ways that you could not imagine.
A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui before the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before the Toa Metru were created.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Subverted with AllThereInTheManual: The circumstances of his death (killed when Nui-Rama attacked the one that Vezok made him. It nearly got him killed, but transport chute he refused to allow was riding) are only mentioned in the Dark Hunters to take root in Metru Nui.
Encyclopedia.
*GoodIsNotNice: Dume is definitely good, but his distance to his people is not ItsAllAboutMe: Soundly {{defied|Trope}} in his favour. It causes advice to Nuju, which his erstwhile apprentice easily recalls even after becoming a serious problem at Toa Metru.
-->'''Ihu''': Use [your knowledge] to help others, and thebeginning glory of ''Legends'' when he refuses to tell Mata Nui will live inside you. Use it only for yourself, and though you may walk among us, you will have no more spirit than a block of protodermis.
* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by theMatoran what's going on, prompting Jaller to organise a mass strike until they give in.
time of the Toa Metru.
*GrumpyOldMan: Dume can be surly ToylessToylineCharacter
!!!Kodan
A Po-Matoran andobstinate, especially when disagreeing with others.
* MrFixit: His Kanohi Kiril allows him to regenerate and restore any inorganic material in his sight, up to and including Metru Nui itself. It can also healthe mechanical parts of other living beings.
* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: We don't get to see much of it due to either Dume being usurped or the city being in times of crisis, but there's a reason he's been the leaderlast Chronicler of Metru Nui for so long.
!! Lhikan
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson; Creator/CarlosSegundo (As a Toa), Francisco Colmenero (As a Turaga) (Latin American Spanish)-]
[[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/set_toa_lhikan.png]]
[[caption-width-right:318:"Freedom and escape are different objectives, but both are easily realized."]]
[[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lomn_turaga_lhikanpng.png[[/labelnote]] to see Turaga Lhikan]]
->Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs you. A shadow threatens its heart. Prove yourselves worthy Toa, and fear not. The Great Spirit shall guide you in ways that you could not imagine.
A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui beforeprior the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before Disaster, generally considered to be the Toa Metru were created.inventor of the popular sport akilini.
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-->'''Ihu''': Use [your knowledge] to help others, and the
* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by the
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!!!Kodan
A Po-Matoran and
* MrFixit: His Kanohi Kiril allows him to regenerate and restore any inorganic material in his sight, up to and including Metru Nui itself. It can also heal
* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: We don't get to see much of it due to either Dume being usurped or the city being in times of crisis, but there's a reason he's been the leader
!! Lhikan
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson; Creator/CarlosSegundo (As a Toa), Francisco Colmenero (As a Turaga) (Latin American Spanish)-]
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[[caption-width-right:318:"Freedom and escape are different objectives, but both are easily realized."]]
[[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lomn_turaga_lhikanpng.png[[/labelnote]] to see Turaga Lhikan]]
->Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs you. A shadow threatens its heart. Prove yourselves worthy Toa, and fear not. The Great Spirit shall guide you in ways that you could not imagine.
A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui before
* AllThereInTheManual: Only appears in the Encyclopedia.
* KilledOffscreen: Even within the context of [[AllThereInTheManual only appearing in the Encyclopedia]], all that is known of Kodan's fate is that he accompanied two of Lhikan's fellow Toa on a mission for [[spoiler:Makuta disguised as]] Turaga Dume, from which neither Toa nor Matoran ever returned.
* TheNamesake: Of Toa Nuva Pohatu's Kodan ball. Turaga Onewa suggested the name after noticing the ball's resemblance to the ball used in early versions of akilini.
* OurFounder: After his disappearance, a monument to him was erected in Po-Metru crediting him with inventing akilini. There is some uncertainty about the sport's actual origins, which is mostly a moot point given the LaserGuidedAmnesia inflicted by Makuta on all of Metru Nui's Matoran.
* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by the time of the Toa Metru.
* ToylessToylineCharacter
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!!Dume
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GerardPlunkett, Armando Réndiz (Latin American Spanish) -]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/534px_dume.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Sometimes, the ways of Mata Nui are a mystery indeed."]]
->I'll see this city reduced to rubble... with not even two bricks still together... before I let your kind take root here.
The Turaga of Metru Nui, Dume was stubborn and not as close to the Matoran as other Turaga were, but nonetheless fiercely devoted to his city's protection. Makuta briefly captured and posed as him for his EvilPlan, but the Toa Metru eventually rescued him, and he resumed leadership of his city.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Subverted with the one that Vezok made him. It nearly got him killed, but he refused to allow the Dark Hunters to take root in Metru Nui.
* GoodIsNotNice: Dume is definitely good, but his distance to his people is not in his favour. It causes a serious problem at the beginning of ''Legends'' when he refuses to tell the Matoran what's going on, prompting Jaller to organise a mass strike until they give in.
* GrumpyOldMan: Dume can be surly and obstinate, especially when disagreeing with others.
* MrFixit: His Kanohi Kiril allows him to regenerate and restore any inorganic material in his sight, up to and including Metru Nui itself. It can also heal the mechanical parts of other living beings.
* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: We don't get to see much of it due to either Dume being usurped or the city being in times of crisis, but there's a reason he's been the leader of Metru Nui for so long.
!!Lhikan
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson; Creator/CarlosSegundo (As a Toa), Francisco Colmenero (As a Turaga) (Latin American Spanish)-]
[[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/set_toa_lhikan.png]]
[[caption-width-right:318:"Freedom and escape are different objectives, but both are easily realized."]]
[[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lomn_turaga_lhikanpng.png[[/labelnote]] to see Turaga Lhikan]]
->Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs you. A shadow threatens its heart. Prove yourselves worthy Toa, and fear not. The Great Spirit shall guide you in ways that you could not imagine.
A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui before the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before the Toa Metru were created.
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* KilledOffscreen: Even within the context of [[AllThereInTheManual only appearing in the Encyclopedia]], all that is known of Kodan's fate is that he accompanied two of Lhikan's fellow Toa on a mission for [[spoiler:Makuta disguised as]] Turaga Dume, from which neither Toa nor Matoran ever returned.
* TheNamesake: Of Toa Nuva Pohatu's Kodan ball. Turaga Onewa suggested the name after noticing the ball's resemblance to the ball used in early versions of akilini.
* OurFounder: After his disappearance, a monument to him was erected in Po-Metru crediting him with inventing akilini. There is some uncertainty about the sport's actual origins, which is mostly a moot point given the LaserGuidedAmnesia inflicted by Makuta on all of Metru Nui's Matoran.
* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by the time of the Toa Metru.
* ToylessToylineCharacter
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!!Other characters
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!!Dume
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GerardPlunkett, Armando Réndiz (Latin American Spanish) -]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/534px_dume.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Sometimes, the ways of Mata Nui are a mystery indeed."]]
->I'll see this city reduced to rubble... with not even two bricks still together... before I let your kind take root here.
The Turaga of Metru Nui, Dume was stubborn and not as close to the Matoran as other Turaga were, but nonetheless fiercely devoted to his city's protection. Makuta briefly captured and posed as him for his EvilPlan, but the Toa Metru eventually rescued him, and he resumed leadership of his city.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Subverted with the one that Vezok made him. It nearly got him killed, but he refused to allow the Dark Hunters to take root in Metru Nui.
* GoodIsNotNice: Dume is definitely good, but his distance to his people is not in his favour. It causes a serious problem at the beginning of ''Legends'' when he refuses to tell the Matoran what's going on, prompting Jaller to organise a mass strike until they give in.
* GrumpyOldMan: Dume can be surly and obstinate, especially when disagreeing with others.
* MrFixit: His Kanohi Kiril allows him to regenerate and restore any inorganic material in his sight, up to and including Metru Nui itself. It can also heal the mechanical parts of other living beings.
* NoodleIncident: He saved the life of a Matoran Crafter called Lhikan 17,500 years before the Great Cataclysm.
* OldSoldier: When a small group of Visorak try to reinvade, Dume is right there in the thick of it with the Rahaga and Keetongu to stop them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: We don't get to see much of it due to either Dume being usurped or the city being in times of crisis, but there's a reason he's been the leader of Metru Nui for so long.
!!Lhikan
[-'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson; Creator/CarlosSegundo (As a Toa), Francisco Colmenero (As a Turaga) (Latin American Spanish)-]
[[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/set_toa_lhikan.png]]
[[caption-width-right:318:"Freedom and escape are different objectives, but both are easily realized."]]
[[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lomn_turaga_lhikanpng.png[[/labelnote]] to see Turaga Lhikan]]
->Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs you. A shadow threatens its heart. Prove yourselves worthy Toa, and fear not. The Great Spirit shall guide you in ways that you could not imagine.
A well-respected veteran Toa of Fire. One of the last protectors of Metru Nui before the Great Cataclysm, and disappeared just before the Toa Metru were created.
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* TheSociopath: On a par with Makuta Teridax in this regard, being willing to use and sell out anyone without a flicker of remorse for power and survival and caring for no one but herself, to the point that her name has become a literal byword for treachery, as a Matoran universe equivalent of Judas, Brutus, Ephialtes or Benedict. Even survival and self-preservation take a backseat in priorities to her if she sees a chance to gain power, showing her to be a fearless risk taker.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Despite being an prick who betrayed his sworn brothers and city, him being absorbed by [[BigBad Makuta Teridax]] was truly an awful fate.
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* DropTheHammer: Turaga Onewa's Stone Hammer.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Not explicitly stated, but despite being the universally-revered paragon of Metru-Nui, Lhikan has faced loss after loss in his life, from the death of his original team to the betrayals of Tuyet and Nidhiki, and he would eventually be faced with an imposter Dume he knew he could not trust. In other words, Lhikan may have been Metru-Nui's greatest hero, but he also found himself quite alone during his time protecting it.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Not explicitly stated, but despite being the universally-revered paragon of Metru-Nui, Metru Nui, Lhikan has faced loss after loss in his life, from the death of his original team to the betrayals of Tuyet and Nidhiki, and he would eventually be faced with an imposter Dume he knew he could not trust. In other words, Lhikan may have been Metru-Nui's Metru Nui's greatest hero, but he also found himself quite alone during his time protecting it.
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** The reason why Lhikan exiles Nidhiki from Metru-Nui and lets him leave with the Dark Hunters? Hakann, who would later join the Piraka, brokered a deal to let them all leave peacefully in exchange for the Makoki Stone being given back to the Toa.
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** The reason why Lhikan exiles Nidhiki from Metru-Nui Metru Nui and lets him leave with the Dark Hunters? Hakann, who would later join the Piraka, brokered a deal to let them all leave peacefully in exchange for the Makoki Stone being given back to the Toa.
