BIONICLE: The Piraka Online Animations

[@TsundereSupreme]

Yeah, the only problem that I had with these animations is that the arrival of the Toa Inika was incorrect. They were Matoran turned into Toa who arrived in canisters, not ancient heroes who had been sleeping in a cave.

[@sinned_squid]

stop talking

[@supremepatty9061]

@@sinned_squid the mans not wrong tho

[@itzjason3251]

Agree

[@asteraceae7123]

yup

[@skyfaller3d417]

Maybe they were only sleeping there and the Piraka woke em up

[@HellishSpoon]

Man i love the piraka so much, they have that like decepticon charm of just bunch of silly goons in a dysfunctional partnership but i also appreciate how in this aniamtion they have like closer bonds, especially avak and hakann seem like good friends

[@Varmah52]

I always liked how some of the Piraka seemed friendlier with each other than others. Like how Reidak went out of his way to save Vezok from falling into that trap, or how Avak seemed genuinely happy when Hakann survived that lava pit. I dunno, I think it's cool that they actually seem to like (some of) each other, rather than being totally against everyone all the time.

[@firewarrior8298]

Hakkan also avoided shooting Avak when He and Thok caught up to the rest of the group

[@Finthesharkguy]

I also have noticed that Thok and Avak are very aggressive to eachother most of the time. Also my personal headcanon is that Vesok is genuinely disliked by the rest of the Piraka (besides Reidak) because nobody looked or tried to save him when he nearly fell to his death in the canyon. Also pretty sure Thok and Hakan don't like eachother aswell.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

This animation was so cool growing up... This was the year Bionicle got really edgy. I mean, it was going that direction before, but 2006 was probably the biggest leap.

[@toahero5925]

Why that year? 2005 saw the Toa Metru mutated into monsters, discover that Makuta had been behind their transformation into Toa, Vakama turning evil before redeeming himself, and eventually threatening to destroy the universe to keep Teridax away from the Vahi.

[@eriknicholas]

I agree. I miss those days.

[@ianmata1998]

@@toahero5925 yeah, but after all, it's just filler for the Metru Nui's precuel. to be honest, the Web of Shadows' arc is not very relevant because it has some plot holes, because that never is mention on the 2nd movie. so, just pretend that the 3rd movie don't exist and nothing changes, nothing happens. now, the Voya Nui's arc is relevant because is the secuel of Mask of Life's ark.

[@Luka1180]

@@ianmata1998 There are zero plot holes. Web of Shadows take place in-between the scene in Legends of Metru Nui where they carry the Matoran spheres through the tunnel and the final scene of Legends of Metru Nui. They basically delivered the small amounts of pods they were carrying, which pretty obviously couldn't have contained thousands upon thousands of Matoran anyway, and then went back for the rest and that's where Web of Shadows happened. It makes perfect sense. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that it is Vakama who turns, although Greg made it make way more sense in the novel.

[@Legomicroman]

looking back, this portrays the Toa Inika as stoic, mechanic pawns, while the Piraka seem a lot more sympathetic than the Toa, despite their malicious personalities.... because the Piraka actually show some personality! even without a single word spoken, it conveys their characters quite well.

[@JK-nj3bt]

Yeah, Reidak saved Vezok

[@heartlessnobody1143]

I wish vezon was in this, he's my favorite character from bionicle

[@LordFindogask734]

8:06 I didn't realize how happy Avak was to see Hakann

[@potatoman5933]

Avak🤜🤛Hakann

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

HAHAHAHA🤣!

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

And Hakann keeps getting the heat all the time XD

[@axifine2976]

Avak is ugly.

[@hershelgreene5089]

I played this game like 399 times

[@nicholaslapadat5195]

Play it once more.

[@DonBydlake]

@@nicholaslapadat5195 He lost his head for that game.

[@luidyvilela3498]

Infinito likes

[@MasterOfKnowledge.]

@@DonBydlake Ohhh nooo

[@Nothing40236]

Those are rookie numbers, get to four digits

[@EnderLord007]

I really loved the Piraka, and this animation, but I could never beat those darned minigames.

As I kid who didn't understand english, I only couldn't beat Zaktan's minigame.

[@kristophershepard2563]

Only one I could never ever beat is when Avak is blowing up the fucking hillside. Always too slow on the draw.

[@garrettsattem4799]

Welcome to the club.

[@TikiFoamy38]

Dude I was obsessed with the Piraka back in the day. Still love them.

[@axifine2976]

I could beat all mimigames

[@cringedefender5264]

These animations are under rated they portray each piraka so well

[@mp7scarh]

I love the animation style as well, comic book like I think it works perfect!

[@cringedefender5264]

@@mp7scarh yes it has aged so well to wish we had more animations like this

[@mp7scarh]

@@cringedefender5264 agreed! 🙌🏻

[@axifine2976]

I don't like Reidak and Avak.

[@GrimmReaper-xe5ef]

​@@axifine2976 I get that the Piraka were never meant to be likable, but why those two? Do you mean their actual canon selves or their online animation counterparts here?

[@misik4092]

Best anime that i had ever watched

[@TikiFoamy38]

Don't know why, but I'm always fascinated by Zaktan's movement and facial expression at 1:46.

[@mje71103]

It's the most beautiful shit eating grin this side of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

[@SkandiTV]

@@mje71103 He has serious Jetstream Sam vibes.

[@geneonkerensky7450]

AWESOME! They had managed to work out the kinks with fluid 3D animation that they had in the Hordika animations. Also, they worked with comic panels - nice.

[@C03-T3]

11:29 I really like this little moment with Thok and Hakann idk, all the Piraka's expressing themselves though growling is nice

[@TikiFoamy38]

You know, I think those two being together might be referencing the fact that they both stole Brutaka's power.

[@redcandlejm3155]

Avak appears to be the least mean Piraka.

[@Altermerea]

CandleClockMedia because he kinda is. I know a lot of people are not really fans of Piraka because of their "Yo yo Piraka" advertising, but the lore behind them was really cool. They were all like anti-Toa, kind of pararel dark version of them. They were working in team, but they all hated each other. They had elemental power but could use them only in union with another Skakdi, so this and search for Mask of Life was the only thing that kept them together. They've arrived to Voya Nui with Toa Canisters, but instead of protecting Matorans, they've pretended to be a Toa and enslaved all Matorans except for the last six. Zaktan was a leader that nobody listened to but was the most cunning, had an ability to split into small protodites, and could utilise Antidermis and had contact with Makuta. Thok was the solitary one, he disliked everyone and wanted to betray them all, but acted to everyone to be their ally. Avak was the engineer, he was able to create smart devices like Zamor launchers and prison cells for even Zaktan and Toa Nuva, but also was the most loyal to the group, especially to Hakann and they actually respected each other the most in the entire team and they had the strongest alliance, but he also was cool with Zaktan, Thok and Vezok, but Reidak seriously hated Avak. Hakann was the biggest brutal and bully, he just loved giving pain and suffering to others, and he had an alliance with Avak, but he hated Vezok for some reason and tried to kill him multiple times. Reidak was the strongest, the most dangerous and the most reckless, and he was teamed up with Vezok to steal the Mask of Life from the rest of Piraka, but Vezok also planned on betraying Reidak. Vezok was the craziest of them all, and also actually everyone wanted him to die for some reason, and actually was not really loyal to the rest of Piraka, only to Reidak. Also he got split with Fusion Spear and that created Vezon, but all Piraka would rather wish Vezon gone and he was not part of the team. Piraka actually felt to me like a rich and interesting characters, I loved their interactions and how independently each one of them acts, I don't think they have deserved to be mocked because of Yo Yo Piraka song, which wasn't even that bad, just different from the rest of Rocky Bionicle Music, okay not the best choice, but if you read their biographies they are actually entertaining characters.

[@r543Blitzsonic]

Nice post, I'd add some line breaks for readability and I think you once mentioned Vezon when you meant Vezok? As for "Yo Yo Piraka" I think I can take it seriously, but at the same time I can find it funny due to how Lego seemed to push the whole "Gang Violence" topic to possibly attract more young people to it(wonder if that was specifically done for the US Market) which makes it funny, but something being silly, funny or nonsensical, doesn't make the entire thing stupid by far, something can be silly but still good.

[@Blue-Rain]

@@Altermerea for six remaining matoran you mean five because the one matoran Is a great being disguised as a po matoran.

[@Altermerea]

@@Blue-Rain ...

[@Altermerea]

@@Blue-Rain that wasn't relevant in 2006

[@garrettsattem4799]

15:46 I remember, when I had all of these guys at 6 years old. And I distinctly remember posing them exactly like this in the upstairs living room on the ledge below the first floor. It was impossible to do this with their zamor launchers fully loaded, since they always fall out if you flip them upside down. So I had to empty them in order for the poses to be viable. The Toa Inika will always be my favorite. First because 2006 was the year that I got into Bionicle. But, after learning their backstories, they are still my favorite. God, I miss those days.

[@TikiFoamy38]

2006 was not my first year, but it is my personal favorite. :)

[@echris10sen]

2006 was my favorite too. They did everything right imo with these guys.

[@prosaicsirrherr]

My first too, and, damn, you got all of them at six years? I am jealous! You save they for now???

[@garrettsattem4799]

@@prosaicsirrherr No. when we moved I gave them to my neighbor across the street.

[@prosaicsirrherr]

@@garrettsattem4799 Nooooooooo😭😭

[@ZygfrydJelenieRogi]

Finding out about Bionicle Media Project was probably the best thing that happened to me today. Thank you for uploading this video and putting those links in description.

[@Chwanjj]

Can always come back to this for some nostalgia

[@echris10sen]

For real I found this yesterday and the nostalgia hit like a truck

[@powercouch1845]

theres something wonderfully humorous about the way the piraka move and gesticulate. 7:01 blue one: falls to his fucking death the other two: *turn around without flinching*

[@peashooter4605]

the blue one's name is Vezok

[@diegoserrano3161]

I never had the oportunity to watch or play the games before, so this is like a time capsule with a huge value. Diebeq, you'll always rock!!

[@silverslayer6262]

12:54 I know most stone characters are brown, but this is still jarring on him like this.

[@Toa_Kaku]

i was born just in time to appreciate this as a kid and now im reminding better simpler times

[@WTSD850]

I love how the pinaka have so much personality

[@Battleship009]

I like how Hakaan just laughs off being burned.

[@nicholasweintraub8548]

The room with the Giant Kanohi Masks reminds me of the level select area in BIONICLE Heroes.

[@lots_of_biskits7536]

Core childhood memories unlocked

[@DrScrubbington]

15:12 And how he blocks Hewkii

[@markbugya6668]

like a living comic

[@twotailedavenger]

Absolutely no-one: Nuparu: I'M THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH

[@HelMask]

i never got to see this as much as i love bionicle. so thanks for the upload this vid is badass

[@keyboy2332]

The piraka scared the crap out of me as a kid no im serious i was 6 when i first saw them

[@keyboy2332]

***** XD thanks

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Barraki were creepier.

[@mislavgrosinic5584]

Lol

[@mislavgrosinic5584]

@@returnedtomonkey8886 I mean , non of them were scary , but they were creepier

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

Zailix Z I was 6 when I first saw them too. '06 was the year I first got into Bionicle.

[@BoisegangGaming]

Avak rocket jumping with his gun is hilariously awesome and stupid at the same time.

[@DarkJedi246]

Someone has teleported me back to 2006!

[@videogollumer]

I like how they made Hewkii brown and in this animation like previous Toa of Stone as opposed to his set and the comics, where he was gray.

[@powercouchreloaded8131]

I totally love how the piraka are completly as*holes :D its just Giving them Character and Shows how they really are . Also inika were so awesome , fearless bad*sses, always ready to fight

[@mp7scarh]

Damn I remember playing this as a kid on the computer!! I also had the game boy advance Bionicle games as well as Bionicle heroes!! The Piraka/Inika are a really good line I still have all my Piraka with cans/manuals and two extra Piraka I built into combiner. Still working on re-getting the Toa Inika with canisters/manuals

[@TsundereSupreme]

Am I the only one who loves Avak's theme?

[@caitm.193]

4:56 I love how Vezok just goes, "OK, yeah, I've been humiliated enough for one day."

[@piotrpabich8138]

piraka are the best villains!!!

[@Chwanjj]

This shit is history

[@4kflaco]

Y E S

[@GibbousTT]

Me and the boys trying to navigate walmart without our moms

[@brendan1470]

10:14 His gun though...

[@sgtsierra1]

10:13 ...ok, the mask of life is hewkii's mask. 😱 RLY SRSLY

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Well, it was supposed to be a fake mask in that scene... Not to mention, the Piraka had no clue what it actually looked like

[@mislavgrosinic5584]

No

[@avak5]

Actually brown sets werent selling well so lego decided to make them yellow. Avak was the last brown set

[@alexgobin3690]

Hewkii woulda looked way cooler with brown and yellow rather than gun-metal gray and yellow imo

[@duvitan_chelly]

Visual a hundred times better than "kids VS wisards"

[@dtinagliastudios]

Wow, I never even finished the game as a kid. There was so much more, I was just so bad!

[@alexbossreviews]

Avak for the win

[@ThomasMurphyCosplay]

If Jason Isaacs (the Lucius Malfoy Actor) Voiced in Bionicle I can pretty much see him being Zaktan

[@shido6806]

Hello childhood my old friend

[@victorjechart2179]

I like how when the Piraka split into two teams, one side has all the Piraka who were shown (in these animations) to have firearms. Also, how long do you think Hewkii was holding that pose and waiting for the other Toa Nuva to arrive so they could move on?

[@OO-hw6co]

He was probably waiting for 1 hour.

[@Morro1916]

Dark Hunters was my fav series.

[@TikiFoamy38]

Well, the Piraka are ex Dark Hunters :)

[@TuragaLianyu]

Casi ni me acordaba de éstas! Gracias por subirlos! ^^

[@ckiimyirhnski1056]

Avak is the real mvp

[@S_Tanikaze]

que recuerdos aquellos hace 6 años y pensar que si se mojaban se echaba a perder los malditos ojos y las espadas :/ aun asi que recuerdos :'D

[@eazy_austin]

Am I the only one that likes the way the inika were portrayed? Yeah they were matoran struck by lightning from a red star but looking like ancient 1000 year old heroes from the caves finally awakened to stop evil seems more mysterious and interesting

[@Greyhoundsniper]

Lazy but interesting, I can see it being a basis on a alt universe if they ever tried in the serials

[@fishdish9835]

I like to think that these versions of the Inika tried to stop the Piraka but ended up defeated. Maybe I am over thinking it? Maybe I am wrong? I don’t know, seems interesting to me.

[@markbugya6668]

Avak's Mega Thompson Gun is so awesome..

[@NdieCity]

3:34 door opening/closing sound effect

[@DrScrubbington]

Lol Reidak is a Mario he jumped off a cliff without getting hurt

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

9:50 look at Zaktan 9:52 and also Avak 9:57 XDDDDD

[@OO-hw6co]

Wait did avak use his gun?

[@powercouch1845]

@@OO-hw6co it has more style

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

@@OO-hw6co yes XD

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

14:50 I'm wide awake for now

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

P.S. I'm the only one who gets blue Zamor spheres instead of green XD

[@cursedgaming7375]

4 me Pirakas are the best

[@ALEXXOAVAK]

Recuerdo que me encantaba la canción de cuando Avak bajaba con la tabla por el tubo de hielo :)

[@portata99]

Broooooo I remember going onto lego's website to play these

[@LorenzSeverino]

The Cel shading animation is cool

[@antoniogirgenti9738]

Oh I remember this game. Such fun

[@serbianslav5494]

6:31-6:36 First thing that popped up in my mind when I heard this was Gears Of War

[@thelastcrow5660]

8:30 Avak really thought he can just hit Reidak and there will be no consequences for it. Dude has no physical prowess whatsoever XD

[@RhyperiorRanger]

1:33 Karzhani’s murderer

[@OO-hw6co]

How do you know this?

[@trogglemorphtrystopmotion1887]

5:05 BONK

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

The animation is so cool! Is it cell-shaded? It looks like something straight out of a comic book. I love the mini-games too. The sounds and music are really cool too. All-around nostalgia. Thx for uploading!

[@Kevin-ps9yf]

2:35,2:42 super Rifle 3:17 ice bully

[@verdhaki3080]

Nostalgia

[@kstanni87]

What the...Hahli isn't supposed to have that much silver. But Hewkii does look like a great color scheme for a set.

[@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd]

An enormous shame it isn't available to play anymore, unless you download it, but it's too much gbs. I'll forever wish the actual sets were as presented here, I always imagine them like they are here. If only we had the original non-sped up version, someone should have recorded it!

[@oldman222]

I wish I could play that game again, I had a good time as a kid

[@sgtsierra1]

Omg, Reidaks Zamor launcher is so glitched out lol

[@iannations2543]

when?

[@Thunder-Ghost]

Zaktan is my favourite Piraka

[@elietedaniel83]

There was a connect the dots game where, anytime you clicked on the 13th dot, a Zaktan popped out. Do you know what that is?

[@geneonkerensky7450]

11:14 - LOL, now who's the hottest Piraka in the room?! (I REALLY had to laugh when I saw that scene)

[@antoniogirgenti9738]

Good times

[@AqwDragulum]

Wow they did my boy Hewkii dirty

[@GlennDillhoffThe3rd]

The Bionicle film series should have resumed after The Web of Shadows! Andrew Francis as Toa Jaller Chiara Zanni as Toa Hahlii Michael Dobson as Toa Hewkii Brent Miller as Toa Matoro Will Arnett as Toa Kongu Kevin Michael Richardson as Toa Nuparu

[@ReaperArek97]

Ohh I remember playing this game when I was little. It was really fun.

[@b.l.8755]

Piraka really can't stop falling into pits, huh?

[@anamethename3327]

Pitraka

[@notusatsu4424]

You missed the other final when the Piraka wins! Ik im too late but i just wanted to say it

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

I'd just like to point out that even though the ending in the video is triggered by winning, the more canon ending is if you lose, as the Piraka made it into the Chamber of Life before the Toa.

[@ToaGatanuva]

+HarryBillyBobGeorge That is why if you skip the game, you are shown the losing animation

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Hewkii is actually brown in this. This whole thing is pretty much non-canon, as cool as it is.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Sterling Muse Yes, most of it, but to get the most ACTUAL canon out of the longest video animation of the year...

[@mostcomplicatedman8115]

tHe GaNg iS oN tHe LoOsE

[@TikiFoamy38]

NUTHIN U KAN DU

[@frodobell]

Apparently Thok has Promethean Vision.

[@E1337Aaron]

vezok always getting the shit end of the stick

[@theblancmange1265]

I played this game a LOT. I could barely read at the time as 6yo and english isn't my native.

[@nopueche]

YO, YO, PIRAKA

[@toawences]

yo los tengo a los seis toas desde hace 6 años y le bateria todavia aguanta XD

[@muhammadabukhadijaalfaransi]

this is a good work ! good job

[@Legomicroman]

they´ve missed alot of the canon stuff, zaktan is made out of protodites, the toa were transported by toa canisters to voya-nui, velika made the toa´s zamor sphere-launchers and brutaka and axonn are missing!

[@Superstupidy]

There's a LOT more than that. But CLEARLY, they were't going for canon. They made these to get people all excited for the Inika coming out. Moar sales, MOAR SALES!

[@OO-hw6co]

Superstupidy are YOU serious?

[@Matoro0902_The_Wise]

11:28 come and ski, if you can, HA!

[@mislavgrosinic5584]

I feel bad for the matoran

[@OSSOYT]

This was MNOG for Gen Z

[@jamesgallagher100]

i remember playing that in 2006 but get attacked by piraka

[@nicholasingian]

GOD THOSE DAYS

[@alejandrafernandez3000]

2018 XD

[@mastershake2473]

Alejandra Fernandez I'm here.

[@Macitin]

lo que mas recuerdo , es cuando vezok interrogaba a piruk , con esa en el Minuto 01:20 xD

[@Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley]

genial, me gustaban mucho estos cortos!!!!