So the villains of the bionicle universe were cops who took down some dangerous criminals and then realized that there was nothing stopping them from doing the same things but bigger. Huh.
Krika is my favorite Makuta. I felt really sorry for him and I wished that he had survived instead of being killed by those he tried to warn. He was one of the very few Makuta who wasn’t fully evil and I think he deserved better.
To my understanding, that is just a story that Matoran pass around, as they had their memories wiped when they left Metru Nui to live on Mata Nui Island and had to make do with limited information.
@@GeorgeCowsert The Matoran lost their memories when Teridax had them put to sleep in those capsules and when they woke up he would be seen as their savior thus replacing the Great Spirit in their minds, but thanks to the Toa Metru that plan at least partially was foiled they still lost their memories. That plan was Palpatine levels of slimy.
@@baggawagga6331 it's less inconsistency, more overcomplicating, since the story does make sense in universe Every element of the plot got bigger but Teridax remained the big bad with the years, so his origins and 4d chess got way off the original implications to match.
Wait, only Chirox had full control of the shadow hand? That would explain why Teridax just let that giant protodermis rock smash into himself in Legends of Metru Nui.
Imo Teridax was the best one. Dude was pure evil. To encase all of mata nui in darkness cause he was jealous was just insane. Using wildlife and innocent matoran as his puppets was also just cruel. For a kid's toy, this guy was genuinely scary. I miss pure evil villains tbh. Teridax had no redeemable qualities and was evil just cause. He also seemed to care for the rahkshi he created and was upset and took it personal when they were defeated, so he did have some layers to his character
My favorite has to be Miserix. He was the original leader of the brotherhood and managed to keep the Makuta in good standing during his reign. Not to mention the Mask of Mutation is easily one of the coolest mask powers of all!
@@ericschuller908 He'd probably be extremely confused. Not only because it's, you know, Teridax, but also because Melding Teridax's element is light, not shadow, even though he still wears the Kraahkan. All Makuta, even Miserix himself, were beings of shadow on an elemental level, so a light-element Makuta would be a paradox in the "prime" universe.
Teridax has to be my favorite Makuta hands down! He’s cunning, ruthless, and menacing, a villain who would stop at nothing to claim the Matoran Universe for himself!
Mine has to be Krika probably because although he chose Teridax's side, he was wise, self-aware (sort of reminded me of Miserix) and also somewhat on-the-fence with being allied to Teridax, as if he didn't want to but he knew it was his predicament.
Bitil is my favourite Makuta. Summoning versions of yourself from the past is such a cool mask power. Sometimes he just wakes up with random injuries from his future battles. I remember in the book, he was terrified because he hadn’t woke up with any injuries recently which made Bitil suspect his future death. He’s one of the less important Makuta. He’s not a titan, or a super-cool looking villain with a lot of focus but Bitil has stuck with me more than all the rest.
I've only known Makuta (who I never knew was called "Teridax") from the movies growing up, and I've never known that there were more than one of him. But this guy was on Megatron levels of tyranny.
I thought the Makuta was a just a singular being. A sort of Bionicle Satan to Mata Nui’s God. Or maybe like Skyrim’s Lorkhan and Akatosh. Specifically the one named Teridax, which I didn’t even know that name until now. Eventually merging with the Mask of Light to awaken Mata Nui. Now understanding what his destiny was, protect the Matoran. It’s strange knowing he wasn’t a single Bionicle. Just one of many Makutas. Even stranger that Teridax wasn’t freed from the Protodermis by his followers, or even follow him to the lands of Mata Nui to help.
Technically Teridax was freed by Roodaka, who was his follower or at least an opportunist temporarily on his side. Only Toa could break the seal. Teridax is a good strategist. He didn't need backup on the island of Mata Nui. There hadn't been any Toa to fight him in the 1000 years he was there and when they showed up Makuta could have killed them at any time he pleased. He didn't because he needed them so they could turn him into a mechanical god. The only threat was the Toa of Light. He had hoped there never would be one and when he could not prevent his coming he found a way to both evade an elemental fight and fake his death. The other Makuta stayed on their position, fought wars in his name and secured the political and military power of the Brotherhood during his absence.
It's a shame he never realized his true destiny: to freely be given dominion over Matataia, while Mata Nui would move on to inhabit his prototype body so the two of them could work together and heal Bara Magna.
Thank you for making these videos, you are awesome!!! Next year there's a good chance LEGO will re-release some of the OG Bionicles which also means more attention for Bionicle. :)
Yeah, it originally worked how you described it where Mata Nui and Makuta were brothers. Later on, the Makuta were retconned to be a species, and the original Makuta was renamed Teridax.
All 100 Makuta were created from antidermis by Mata Nui, true, but unbeknownst to even him, Makuta Teridax was gifted by the Great Beings a greater destiny: to be freely given dominion over Matataia so Mata Nui could inhabit his prototype body and work together to heal Spherus Magna. In that regard, it can truly be said that Makuta is Mata Nui's brother. All of Teridax's talents, his Plan...they didn't arise from nowhere. A shame that, for all his intelligence, he never realized his destiny before he was too far gone.
i don't mind the idea that makuta is a race and there are more beings like teridax....what i DO mind is that they said that makuta and mata nui where brothers but then create a backstory for the former that completely contradicts that! looking back at the Bionicle story it really irks me how convoluted it is for a lego product, c'mon greg you're better than that!
I still have my “makuta” the first one…I choose to believe that was the leader, a physical form of the corrupted mask which sadly I couldn’t fit on makuta lol
@@Pilot_of_Solace ah he was just called “makuta” on the box I remember, if that helps. It was the first makuta Bionicle out I thought.. wait the thumbnail is the makuta I have… how about that? I also have the corrupted mask that took forever to get in those packs.
Oh ok, well if it’s from the thumbnail that’s the original Teridax set from 2003. Teridax is the leader of the Makuta, and for a time he was known simply as “The Makuta” before the Makuta were retconned to be a species. That’s why it says Makuta on the box instead of Teridax, because in 2003 Makuta was just the one guy instead of an entire species.
@@Pilot_of_Solace yes! I remember the comic or commercial when the original toa made it thru the minions (which I still have) to get to makuta. Since I didn’t continue the lore he is makuta to me lol. I also bought the toa of light
Teridax's destiny was always to be freely given Matataia, as well as the reverence of the Toa and Matoran, so that Mata Nui could inhabit his prototype body and work together to heal Spherus Magna. In this regard, he is indeed Mata Nui's brother, as no one but him would be capable of such a thing.
From what I understand, Mata Nui and Teridax being brothers was a left over idea from when Makuta was still considered a unique being. With the introduction of the Makuta Species, the idea of them being brothers was more or less retconned.
Wasn’t it also that Teridax was chosen to help Mata Nui with the “reforge Spherus Magna” project, and was even set to inherit Mata Nui’s duties (but he got jealous and impatient so he betrayed Mata Nui, but ironically did help Mata Nui’s goals in the end due to dropping the broken planets closer together). Anyway, that relationship could make them brothers in a sense
@@emblemblade9245 Because of this destiny, no other being but Teridax, not even the other Makuta, were capable of such a feat. If that doesn't make them brothers, nothing does. (The two Glatorian in stasis were suspended in the Control Annex on the off chance a catastrophic malfunction rendered Mata Nui unable to control his body; I doubt they could endure the strain of controlling Matataia any longer than necessary to safely crash-land)
Honestly, I really dislike the way Makuta was developed throughout the story. Makuta being the essence of destruction and chaos as shown in his early appearances and concepts was honestly a much better interpretation than the Makuta Teridax we got. I even think one of the very early plans for Makuta was having him be the inner darkness within Mata Nui, which I think would've been a much better version of Makuta
@@emblemblade9245 Like can't it be both lol. And since Teridax became the leader of all the Makuta wouldn't that make him basically the central Makuta? so really the original story for him would be rendered nullified in that sense. He is the master of his species, he subdued and dominated the other Makuta so basically that makes them extensions of his will.
So the villains of the bionicle universe were cops who took down some dangerous criminals and then realized that there was nothing stopping them from doing the same things but bigger. Huh.
Bionicle: Breaking Bad.
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AMAB (All Makuta Are Bastards)
Krika is my favorite Makuta. I felt really sorry for him and I wished that he had survived instead of being killed by those he tried to warn. He was one of the very few Makuta who wasn’t fully evil and I think he deserved better.
He had such a cool design man
Fr. I always wanted to get his toy as a kid but my love of transformers was far greater. I'm going to invest towards some sets here soon.
Last time I paid attention to Bionicle, there was only one guy called Makuta and he was Mata Nui’s brother who lulled him to sleep.
To my understanding, that is just a story that Matoran pass around, as they had their memories wiped when they left Metru Nui to live on Mata Nui Island and had to make do with limited information.
@@GeorgeCowsert The Matoran lost their memories when Teridax had them put to sleep in those capsules and when they woke up he would be seen as their savior thus replacing the Great Spirit in their minds, but thanks to the Toa Metru that plan at least partially was foiled they still lost their memories. That plan was Palpatine levels of slimy.
Yeah seems there is some inconsistency in the story lol
@@baggawagga6331 it's less inconsistency, more overcomplicating, since the story does make sense in universe
Every element of the plot got bigger but Teridax remained the big bad with the years, so his origins and 4d chess got way off the original implications to match.
Lol Same
I think my favourite makuta has to be teridax, I like all his different appearances and his grand plan was just unreal
2001 makuta reigns supreme
@@reservationatdorsias3215 "You cannot destroy me. For I am Nothing."
seeing that as a kid in MNOG was crazy
@@reservationatdorsias3215Maxilos!Makuta is unmatched
Wait, only Chirox had full control of the shadow hand? That would explain why Teridax just let that giant protodermis rock smash into himself in Legends of Metru Nui.
Yeah. Once he grabbed it, there's no coming back lol
@@nikajinpusno9563 The way it looks in the movie just makes it look like him fumbling around and comedically slamming it into himself on accident XD
@@edward18517 Well, he did say consuming Nidhiki and Krekka affected his mental faculties.
Imo Teridax was the best one. Dude was pure evil. To encase all of mata nui in darkness cause he was jealous was just insane. Using wildlife and innocent matoran as his puppets was also just cruel. For a kid's toy, this guy was genuinely scary. I miss pure evil villains tbh. Teridax had no redeemable qualities and was evil just cause. He also seemed to care for the rahkshi he created and was upset and took it personal when they were defeated, so he did have some layers to his character
My favorite has to be Miserix. He was the original leader of the brotherhood and managed to keep the Makuta in good standing during his reign. Not to mention the Mask of Mutation is easily one of the coolest mask powers of all!
Yeah, too bad Teridax decided to usurp him.
Good thing he wasn’t outright killed though, and imprisoned instead.
@@beastmaster0934, I'd love see his reaction to Teridax from the melding universe.
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He'd probably be extremely confused. Not only because it's, you know, Teridax, but also because Melding Teridax's element is light, not shadow, even though he still wears the Kraahkan. All Makuta, even Miserix himself, were beings of shadow on an elemental level, so a light-element Makuta would be a paradox in the "prime" universe.
@@VestedUTuber, agreed. But it would make for an interesting social dynamic.
Teridax has to be my favorite Makuta hands down! He’s cunning, ruthless, and menacing, a villain who would stop at nothing to claim the Matoran Universe for himself!
Mine has to be Krika probably because although he chose Teridax's side, he was wise, self-aware (sort of reminded me of Miserix) and also somewhat on-the-fence with being allied to Teridax, as if he didn't want to but he knew it was his predicament.
Big fan of Krika, one of the only Makuta who still retained his honor.
For sure, Krika is definitely one of the most interesting Makuta character-wise
@@Pilot_of_Solace My god you came back at me QUICKLY
@@Mediados Lol I just happened to see the notification when you posted it
Bitil is my favourite Makuta. Summoning versions of yourself from the past is such a cool mask power. Sometimes he just wakes up with random injuries from his future battles.
I remember in the book, he was terrified because he hadn’t woke up with any injuries recently which made Bitil suspect his future death.
He’s one of the less important Makuta. He’s not a titan, or a super-cool looking villain with a lot of focus but Bitil has stuck with me more than all the rest.
I've only known Makuta (who I never knew was called "Teridax") from the movies growing up, and I've never known that there were more than one of him. But this guy was on Megatron levels of tyranny.
I thought the Makuta was a just a singular being. A sort of Bionicle Satan to Mata Nui’s God. Or maybe like Skyrim’s Lorkhan and Akatosh.
Specifically the one named Teridax, which I didn’t even know that name until now. Eventually merging with the Mask of Light to awaken Mata Nui. Now understanding what his destiny was, protect the Matoran.
It’s strange knowing he wasn’t a single Bionicle. Just one of many Makutas. Even stranger that Teridax wasn’t freed from the Protodermis by his followers, or even follow him to the lands of Mata Nui to help.
Technically Teridax was freed by Roodaka, who was his follower or at least an opportunist temporarily on his side. Only Toa could break the seal.
Teridax is a good strategist. He didn't need backup on the island of Mata Nui. There hadn't been any Toa to fight him in the 1000 years he was there and when they showed up Makuta could have killed them at any time he pleased. He didn't because he needed them so they could turn him into a mechanical god. The only threat was the Toa of Light. He had hoped there never would be one and when he could not prevent his coming he found a way to both evade an elemental fight and fake his death. The other Makuta stayed on their position, fought wars in his name and secured the political and military power of the Brotherhood during his absence.
Oh man, I had the exact same thought! I only know Makuta from the movies, and always thought it just the name of one being.
It's a shame he never realized his true destiny: to freely be given dominion over Matataia, while Mata Nui would move on to inhabit his prototype body so the two of them could work together and heal Bara Magna.
Can you go over the Bohrahk life cycle and evolution and all that, I’m dying to know about it since I got the bohrahk queens
I think I like Chirox the best, He was the first I had a set of, and He also was the creator of the Rahkshi creating the armor they inhabited
Krika is my favorite makuta because he only makuta show mercy
Me too
Same
Well done, really gives me more of an insight on what the brotherhood of Makuta was and how it came to be. Really cool stuff.
Antroz was my favorite and first ever bionicle! I remember being exited getting him, when I was 7, because I loved the concept of the Phantoka Makuta.
Thank you for making these videos, you are awesome!!! Next year there's a good chance LEGO will re-release some of the OG Bionicles which also means more attention for Bionicle. :)
I'm glad you like them!
Let’s hope Bionicle comes back in 2022
Amazing video! Great thorough recap with the Makuta. Would you be able to make a lore video on Karzahni?
I don’t currently have one planned, but I’ll definitely consider doing Karzahni in a future lore video!
Thanks!
Back in my day, we only had one Makuta! And his name was Makuta! Kids these days…
My favorite Makuta is Krika because he was depressed, and I can relate to that. Close second is Miserix because his design is wild, lol
Bionicle has more lore than i thought
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PLEASEP LEASE PLEASE CAN WE MAKE THIS KOJOLS CANON DESIGN ITS SO LOVELY I LOVE IT SO MUCH
Like Krika, hated Goarast for killing Krika
Decepticons civil war on Cybertron/Moon Titanomachy
Great video !
So it's not just a guy named Makuta who was the brother of the island-robot? It's more like the Makutas?
Yeah, it originally worked how you described it where Mata Nui and Makuta were brothers. Later on, the Makuta were retconned to be a species, and the original Makuta was renamed Teridax.
All 100 Makuta were created from antidermis by Mata Nui, true, but unbeknownst to even him, Makuta Teridax was gifted by the Great Beings a greater destiny: to be freely given dominion over Matataia so Mata Nui could inhabit his prototype body and work together to heal Spherus Magna. In that regard, it can truly be said that Makuta is Mata Nui's brother. All of Teridax's talents, his Plan...they didn't arise from nowhere. A shame that, for all his intelligence, he never realized his destiny before he was too far gone.
Heybdude, what's the cool Asian background music? Is it royalty free?
Remember space core? Well I’m lore core. LORE
i don't mind the idea that makuta is a race and there are more beings like teridax....what i DO mind is that they said that makuta and mata nui where brothers but then create a backstory for the former that completely contradicts that! looking back at the Bionicle story it really irks me how convoluted it is for a lego product, c'mon greg you're better than that!
I still have my “makuta” the first one…I choose to believe that was the leader, a physical form of the corrupted mask which sadly I couldn’t fit on makuta lol
Ah im confused. I have the one with the staff and big oval mask. Second in command I think? Not the red tiradax
Could it be Icarax?
@@Pilot_of_Solace ah he was just called “makuta” on the box I remember, if that helps. It was the first makuta Bionicle out I thought.. wait the thumbnail is the makuta I have… how about that? I also have the corrupted mask that took forever to get in those packs.
Oh ok, well if it’s from the thumbnail that’s the original Teridax set from 2003. Teridax is the leader of the Makuta, and for a time he was known simply as “The Makuta” before the Makuta were retconned to be a species. That’s why it says Makuta on the box instead of Teridax, because in 2003 Makuta was just the one guy instead of an entire species.
@@Pilot_of_Solace yes! I remember the comic or commercial when the original toa made it thru the minions (which I still have) to get to makuta. Since I didn’t continue the lore he is makuta to me lol. I also bought the toa of light
Neat.
So Teridax isnt Mata Nuis brother, but Son?
Teridax's destiny was always to be freely given Matataia, as well as the reverence of the Toa and Matoran, so that Mata Nui could inhabit his prototype body and work together to heal Spherus Magna.
In this regard, he is indeed Mata Nui's brother, as no one but him would be capable of such a thing.
so there is only one named female makuta?
Excellent summary
Is that a fellow stim????
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Imagine if Seth MacFarlane bought the rights to Bionicle from Lego
why did makuta teridax refer to mata nui as °my brother° though
From what I understand, Mata Nui and Teridax being brothers was a left over idea from when Makuta was still considered a unique being. With the introduction of the Makuta Species, the idea of them being brothers was more or less retconned.
Wasn’t it also that Teridax was chosen to help Mata Nui with the “reforge Spherus Magna” project, and was even set to inherit Mata Nui’s duties (but he got jealous and impatient so he betrayed Mata Nui, but ironically did help Mata Nui’s goals in the end due to dropping the broken planets closer together).
Anyway, that relationship could make them brothers in a sense
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Because of this destiny, no other being but Teridax, not even the other Makuta, were capable of such a feat. If that doesn't make them brothers, nothing does.
(The two Glatorian in stasis were suspended in the Control Annex on the off chance a catastrophic malfunction rendered Mata Nui unable to control his body; I doubt they could endure the strain of controlling Matataia any longer than necessary to safely crash-land)
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Newbie here, please slow down, or point me to a video on the basics lol
Honestly, I really dislike the way Makuta was developed throughout the story. Makuta being the essence of destruction and chaos as shown in his early appearances and concepts was honestly a much better interpretation than the Makuta Teridax we got. I even think one of the very early plans for Makuta was having him be the inner darkness within Mata Nui, which I think would've been a much better version of Makuta
2001 fans are such sticks in the mud, I swear
@@emblemblade9245 Like can't it be both lol. And since Teridax became the leader of all the Makuta wouldn't that make him basically the central Makuta? so really the original story for him would be rendered nullified in that sense. He is the master of his species, he subdued and dominated the other Makuta so basically that makes them extensions of his will.
Wouldn"t be nullified*
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