Top 10 Weirdly Written BIONICLE Characters

Akhmou should be on this list! If you ask me he is one of the weirdest (and worse) written characters they could have had him start anew on mata nui but nooooo they had to drag his despicableness through the lore and it never gets resolved!

why couldn’t they hire someone besides Greg farstey to handle the bionicle story someone who WOULDN’T bounce the story all over the place!

Wait... but isn't botar like the perfect character to be killed by Icarax? Yeah the resurrection part is a little weird, but it's not him anymore. Botar is the one who made Teridax afraid, and him being killed by Icarax only shows how powerful the makuta is, and why Teridax fears him. Also the lack of story and everything just makes me not miss him much, as he was just there, teleporting a bunch of people away.

Wow almost all of my favorite characters are on this list. I really like how characters like Karzahni and lesovikk are almost written like Dark souls characters

I think Ekimu is more than deserving of the mention than LoSS. A major character has more weight than a blank henchman

Im really surprised you didn't include Good guy even though i wouldn't really consider them an actual Bionicle character.

This is a joke however because GOOD GUY IS THE GOAT

Krazahnee deserved to be fucked over by matoran. It's the most poetic form of justice. Guy should have died sinking into a mob of his own broken matoran

We agree that Botar's stand-in is named Ratob right?

Perditas being a complete nothing character could’ve made for such a good joke in series. Like imagine Velika has a big climactic moment where he reveals Perditas as one of his “most loyal servants” who has been “hiding among the ranks of the toa and glatorian and the like” only to be hit with the utter anticlimax of literally no one knowing who or where he is.

Mata Nui went from god to like just some guy lol

Honestly I kinda like how they did mata nui. A god reduced to a mortal form having to quickly adapt to a savage and brutal world foreign to him, all while he still manages to maintain his kind and valorous spirit. Of course he’s powerful, he’s still basically robot Jesus at that point. And it’s not like he got through all those fight effortlessly though sheer power.

Wait so dreams of destruction was a book or comic? Where can I buy this? Is there a palace I can just find everything Bionicle book and comic related for purchase or to read?

So Botar’s kinda like the UberEats of Bionicle

I think lesovikks tragic story should be the disintegration of his joints

But there was an entire story about Brutaka in Makutas guide to the universe where he leads a group of reformed villains to find and rescue the first makuta imprisoned by terradax. I also believe it ties into takanuvas interdimensional adventure

What's the background music?

I always thought Lesovikk was one of the Mistika Lewa variants

I was so into Bionicle when I was younger and never knew half this shit

Velika and Mata Nui were major curveballs. Mata Nui becoming a final protagonist and Velika a godly being hiding in a character that was a in a small average impulse set and suddenly responsible for characters having free wills and thoughts?

Funny thing, we got an entire short story explaining Nihdiki's origins, but almost nothing about Krekka, would that count as weird?

Mazeka and Light Teridax were also disappointingly not used at all after starring in a really neat serial

Takanuva: "Don't worry guys, I'm going with you, you'll have a Toa on your side."
Also Takanuva: "This barrier keeps out beings of light. Instead of figuring out a way around it, I'll just give up and go back home. Good luck guys, you powerless Matoran have it from here."

I have to agree about Brutaka! His redemption arc always seemed forced to me. It's like he's a naughty kid who got grounded and learned his lesson. 2006 Brutaka and 2007 Brutaka are two completely different characters.

So like, was Voya Nui Mata Nui’s foot?

Actual god is a gary sue? Who knew~

Perditus' absolute irrelevance in the lore is pretty funny too because his name is ripped straight from Latin and means "lost" or "the wasted/thrown away one"

I don’t think there was a way that Velika being a great being could’ve been done well. It’s so out of no where, that it feels more like a joke than an actual story bit.

funny thing is I wanted to buy the Balta for his Huna Kanohi but the last matoran left in store was Velika so my parents bought it for me anyway
I hated him lmao he looks dumb but I guess in the end, I own a great being in my collection 😂💀

In gen 2, Kulta is probably the weirdest character. On top of having no origin or motivation, his title of "Skull Grinder" didn't even make sense since his weapon was a staff. He lead an army of skeletons while being a skeleton himself. How? Was he a lich? Or was he just raised alongside the rest of the skeletons that were raised with no explanation? He defeats all 6 Toa at the same time in a single attack, but then gets one-shot when Ekimu shoryukens him with his hammer. At least the Lord of Skull Spiders had the excuse of being an animal.

Perditus was written alright BY SUDDENLY ORRANGESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure Botar's death was more to cement how strong Icarax is, rather than to make us feel for Botar.

Botar had kinda cemented himself as this terrifying character every time he showed up, someone who even fellow Order members were hesitant to cross, so Icarax kicking his ass, easily even, was likely supposed to seem impressive.

Not necessarily written poorly (I haven’t read many of the books) but I would’ve liked to have seen Zivon more. I actually built it after collecting all the Visorak, and subsequently never unbuilt it, thus effectively no longer having the 6 Visorak

Alternate title: 10 Times You Could Tell Bionicle Was Written One Word at a Time.

matu nui is just bionicle jesus

Velika:guys I'm a God of gods-

Every other matoran:Guys velika has another riddle what could it mean....

Velika:. . ,

You did skip the part where brutaka led the suicide squad

The more I learn about the Bionicle story the less competent the Order of Mata-Nui seems.

How did the great beings make the bio mechanical beings that we all love? Did they simpply materialize them out of thin air with their power? Or did they assemble them like some extraterrestrial surgeons? If its the latter, where did they get the flesh?

Got my eardrums bleeding from the intro, and then for the rest of the video I could barely hear the talking.

Perditus only exists so the Thornatus can have a pilot action figure for kids to play with.
I think most collectors would buy the Thornatus to stick Ackar, Kiina & Mata Nui on it for recreations of The Legend Reborn. Perditus would likely be left as just MOC parts or built just the once only to be dismantled later on for MOC resources.

Brutaka also lead the Bionicle version of Suicide Squad.

I'll tell you who was weirdly written, the Great Beings. So, at first, Mata Nui WAS a Great Being fulfilling something of a God role. Then it turns out he was MADE by the Beings who were the original inhabitants of the Magna planet. But who or what they were and what happened to them was never explained to my satisfaction.

The mighty tuma is the mighty tuna fish!

I am surprised it took roughly 45 seconds for LoSS to show up when speaking of the poorly written ones.
And LoSS is a bigger let down than Gadunka.

Why are the Po-Matoran always evil, Ahkmou a servant of Makuta, Velika a Great Being, Onewa a jerk in the movies, etc

Have u read the treatment that was written for the 5th movie? It really expanded on mata nuis character growth

I think Vultraz and Mazeka were pretty oddly written, the inter dimensional hoo ha always kinda was weird to me.

lesovikk part of the FIRST toa team? with a rep like that you'd think that would hold a lot of weight but, i really couldn't care less for the guy.

Perditus has done more In the story then 50% of the dark hunters

i think its just bad writing.