BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui

BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui
Director	David Molina, Terry Shakespeare
Producer	Vanessa Chapman
Writer	Henry Gilroy, Greg Klein, Thomas Pugsley
Starring	Alessandro Juliani, Tabitha St. Germain, Brian Drummond, Paul Dobson, Trevor Devall
Distributor	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Released	19 October 2004
Runtime	75 min
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Legends of Metru Nui is the second BIONICLE Movie. Legends of Metru Nui is not a sequel to BIONICLE: Mask of Light, but rather a prequel film. It chronicles the Toa Metru's struggle to defeat a false Turaga Dume and save the Matoran. To add to their troubles, they must find out what happened to Toa Lhikan and fight two deadly Dark Hunters, Nidhiki and Krekka. The story is continued in BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows.

Plot

Legends of Metru Nui begins with a retelling of the legend of Mata Nui and of Teridax. It then features Toa Mangai Lhikan, who travels through Metru Nui, delivering Toa Stones to six Matoran: Whenua, Nuju, Nokama, Matau, Onewa, and Vakama.

Lhikan meets Vakama while Vakama is attempting to forge the Vahi Mask of Time out of a Kanoka Disk. Krekka and Nidhiki ambush Lhikan, and Lhikan attempts to fight them off while Vakama hides. The dark hunters capture Lhikan and take him away.

Matau and Vakama first meet.

The six Matoran meet in the Great Temple, and, through their Toa Stones, are transformed into the Toa Metru. Toa Vakama has a vision, which leads to the Toa searching for the Great Disks. The Toa take the great disks to the Coliseum, where they present them to Turaga Dume and the Matoran population. Dume discredits them, and makes them take the challenge of the "Sea of Protodermis". Not yet used to their powers and tools, Onewa, Whenua and Nuju are captured by the Vahki, while Matau, Nokama and Vakama narrowly escape.

In captivity, Whenua, Onewa, and Nuju meet a mysterious Turaga, who sets them to do various tasks. Meanwhile, the other three Toa are traveling Metru Nui, all the while chased by the Dark Hunters. The Toa eventually learn to harness their mask powers, all except Vakama. Vakama learns that he can fuse the Great Disks together. The mysterious Turaga reveals himself to be none other than Lhikan, and with his help, the Toa learn that the real Turaga Dume has been taken captive by Teridax. Teridax plans to force all Matoran into hibernation inside stasis pods, and then awaken them as their ruler.

The Toa and Lhikan manage to rescue some of the Matoran Spheres from the Vahki, and use a transporter to escape from Metru Nui. Teridax absorbs Nivawk, Krekka and Nidhiki, becoming much more powerful. While on the transporter, Vakama finally crafts the Vahi, using the fused Great Disks. Teridax flies after the Toa, and begins to manipulate the sea of Protodermis that they are floating on, replicating the challenge the Toa faced earlier.

Vakama goes to face Teridax, and uses the Vahi against him. However, he is attacked by Teridax's shadow hand, which knocks the Vahi into the Protodermis Sea. Teridax tries to attack Vakama again, but Lhikan sacrifices himself for Vakama, leading to Vakama discovering his mask power: invisibility. Using his mask of concealment, Vakama tricks Teridax into grabbing boulders and slamming them into his own body. Weakened, Teridax prepares for a final attack, but the other Toa show up and combine their powers to seal Teridax away.

The Toa and the sleeping Matoran proceed to the land of Mata Nui, which Vakama proclaims as their home. There is a brief time skip, skipping over the events in BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows. Having rescued all the Matoran, the Toa use their powers to awaken them, themselves becoming Turaga in the process.

Cast

Trivia

• A running gag throughout the movie is Matau's constant slamming into something solid.
• Several Matoran who had a prominent role in Mask of Light have cameos in Legends of Metru Nui, Takua, Jaller, and Hahli appear near the end, and Hewkii can be seen in the public in the Coliseum.
• At one point, Matau mentions planning to have a "Romantic drive" with Nokama. This has been confirmed to be non-canon.

See Also

• BIONICLE: Unmasked 2
• BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui
• Gallery:BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui
• Timeline/Legends of Metru Nui
• Saga Guides/Legends of Metru Nui

Parent Page: Expanded Universe