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Hello, dev team friends. Apologies for the inactivity, I've been pretty busy recently. I'm on spring break now, so hopefully I'll have some time to compose some music.

Tahu and...goat...?

Seeing as how the favorite cartoons topic's last post was last March, I figure there should be a new one. Discuss cartoons in general! I'll start with a revelation I had the other day. Someone told me I should Gravity Falls, so I did. Something was bugging me though, and that was that a character sounded very similar to a character from an older cartoon. It stuck with me, until I realized Gideon and Flapjack have the same voice actor, Thurop van Orman,

So, what are the tales of Toa Vanson? Will you be journeying with Imrukii in the dark depths of the temperate coniferous rainforest that is much of Bota Magna, or do you have your own path? Will he retire to be the first Toa composer in New Atero, possibly revolutionizing the medievalist tunes of Neala with his brand new sick beats? Give me a couple of days; I'll write up a lore/short story thing for myself.

Hello, ScratchR! Welcome to our project!

2003 plot point.

That would be much more satisfying if there were 7 people, each with a different main color, and they bounced in the order ROYGBIV.

Quizzical look.

Another song snippet: https://soundcloud.com/hoofpint/title Disregard the 15 seconds of silence at the beginning. Should I continue with this idea? I though it sounded like a title screen theme or maybe a battle theme.

4/5

d i e d i n a d e a t h a c c i d e n t -Dibble Flubwibbler of DOOM, 2016

Wouldn't that be an electric cage? Also, 4,444 posts is so satisfying. I had 666 a minute ago.

Dee Jay Disc Jockey Man

-snipped images- The only reason kids seem dumber today is because you didn't realize how stupid you and everyone around you were when you were kids. This ain't rocket science man, stop being so stuck-up. This. I'd recommend this video to you guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD0x7ho_IYc Kids aren't more stupid, you're just biased.

Nice list! I have my own here, though it only covers 2001–2003 since those are the main years LEGO is known to have plucked words directly from other languages rather than changing their spelling and the like. Some notes on name origins that might be more likely than the ones you have listed: show Kapura is a Maori word for "fire"Akamu is a Hawaiian word for "earth" Kantai is a Japanese word for "frigid zone" Kakama in Maori can mean not only to be alert but also to be quick or nimble. Huki is a Maori word for "to strike" And some name origins your list didn't include: show Brander is dutch for "burner"Aodhan is Celtic for "fire" Kalama is Hawaiian for "torch" Keahi is Hawaiian for "fire" or "flames" Maglya is Hungarian for "pyre" Vohon is Ukrainian for "fire" Nuri (original spelling of Nuhrii) is Hebrew for "fire" Jala is Rotuman for "to burn" or "to flare up" Amaya is Japanese for "night rain" Kai is Hawaiian for "sea" Kailani is Hawaiian for "the sea and the sky" or "heavenly sea" Marka is apparently an African name meaning "steady rain", but African is not a specific language so I'd like to research that one further. Nireta is Greek for "from the sea" Okoth, again, supposedly an African name, but I don't know what language. Means "born when it was raining". Shasa seems to be an African name (I wish I remembered where I'd found these ones) meaning "precious water". Kumo is Greek for "cloud" Makani is Hawaiian for "wind" Sanso is Korean for "oxygen" Shu is an Egyptian god who was a personification of air. Taiki is Japanese for "atmosphere" Ally is Celtic for "stone" Bour apparently means "rock" in an African language, but again, I don't know which one. Epena is Hawaiian for "stone" Gadjati is Croatian for "stone" Kamen is old Slovak for "block", "brick", "rock", or "stone" Pekka is Finnish for "rock" Hafu is Maori for "rock", "stone", "brick", "iron", or "jewel" Aiyetoro means "peace on earth" in a Nigerian language (that's a lot more helpful than "African") but I don't know which one. Azibo is Malawi for "earth" Damek is Slavic for "earth" Dosne is Celtic for "from the sand hill" Kaj is Danish for "earth" Mamoru is Japanese for "earth" Tehuti is an alternate transliteration of the Egyptian god Thoth, who was a god of... a lot of things, really. Zemya is Bulgarian for "earth" Jaa is Finnish or Estonian for "ice" Lumi is Finnish, Estonian, Ludian, or Vod for "snow" Toudo is Japanese for "frozen soil" Vakama is Fijian for "burn" Onewa is Maori for "basalt" Gali is Gamilaraay for "water" or "rain" Lewa is Hawaiian for "sky" or "atmosphere" Pohatu is Maori for "stone" Whenua is Maori for "land" or "homeland" Toa is Maori for "hero" or "champion" Turaga is Fijian for "chief" Tohunga is Maori for "artisan", "expert", or "priest" Bula is Fijian for "life" or "good health" (Bula berries in the original Bionicle GBA game restored health) Harakeke is Maori for "flax" Fikou is Rotuman for "hermit crab" Fusa is Swahili for "attack" or "beat" I couldn't find a definition for "hoi", but "hoi a" in Rotuman can apparently mean "turtle". Hoto is Maori for "to be startled; convulse" I couldn't find a definition for Jaga (as in Nui-Jaga or Kofo-Jaga), but "reumajaga" is Rotuman for "scorpion" and Kofo is Rotuman for "to smoke; emit fire". Kahu is Maori for swamp harrier Kuma (as in Kuma-Nui) is Tongan for "mouse" or "rat". Nui, of course, means "great". Rahi is Maori for "big" Taku is Rotuman for "duck" or "goose" Vatuka is a compound of the Fijian words Vatu meaning "stone" and Ka meaning "thing" Ignalu's a fun one because it's a compound of the Latin Ignis meaning "fire" and the Hawaiian Nalu meaning "surf". Ngalawa means "canoe" in various African languages. Koli is Hawaiian for "meteor". Almost like the name of a certain brand of Koli balls... And I found meanings for a LOT of location names. Just read the spreadsheet for those. Interesting! Thanks for the spreadsheet. I never realized there were so many different languages used.

Do you think that song is satisfactory, or does it need a little something extra?

Except that you could replace some words in your story summary and you would have the same story as 2001 Bionicle: "okay so we're on an elemental pie and skull spiders Rahi are attacking so let's call upon the heroes so they can collect 2 6 sets of normal masks to make golden masks and awaken the mask maker Great Spirit" The point is, G2 carries on in the same spirit of G1 to me. It's a similar story and the point is to make new fans say "wow, this is cool!" while old fans say "this reminds me of G1. It's a little different, but I like the allusions and similar story". Remember, old fans also said "wow, this is cool!" in the first place. As for the "cheapened story line", I would argue that Lego just thinks it will work better for kids now. G1 was "ancient mystery, tribal robots and complex lore", while G2 reminds me more of a comic book, for lack of a better term. It's not worse, it's just different.

Gunhaver and I had an extremely long message chain a while ago documenting every foreign word Matoran name (and other things, like masks) we could think of. I've been meaning to compile it and post it at some point, but I felt like it didn't need its own topic. Spoilered because it's really long. Lots of Finnish and Maori: And that's all we could think of.

Kalmah - calamari Mantax - manta Ehlek - eel or electric Carapar - carapace (crab shell) Takadox - several genus of mantis have names like this, including Toxodera, Toxoderopsis, and Toxomantis Pridak - I found absolutely nothing. No scientific shark names, no foreign words, nothing. The only think I found was a Swedish company called Pridak AB.

1/5, seen once or twice.

Basically a grown-up Matoran with better elemental powers.

THE DOOMSDAY OF THE FLUBWIBBLER HAS COME! PREPARE FOR RAPTURE AND JUDGEMENT BY THE ALMIGHTY DIBBLE HIMSELF!

Nepal

He's like "Heh heh heh. I know some you don't."

巡山 王子 = Mountaineer Prince, apparently