Who Could Have Died Without Changing The Plot?

[fauxname]

Most of the characters that were 2009 sets could have died. (Mainly the small sets and characters in the vehicle sets.)

[Unauthorized Autobiography]

Who could've died: Matoran, maybe. After all, that hasnt chnaged much.Who couldnt: The Toa and maybe the Makuta (prematurely). That alters the whole plot.(EDIT: 2001-2008, sry for not mentioning.)

Edited June 4, 2012 by Carapar125

[Nuparu1995]

Umbra and Gadunka, yeah. But I think probably some "minor role" Matoran, while I wouldn't have wanted them to, could have possibly died without leaving that big of a hole.

[Flipz]

You know, I'd like to see a "what if?" story in which all of these characters did seem to die, and a team of "could have been dead" characters decided to start investigating the cause. I have no idea how it would end, other than the characters (mostly) being alive and somehow returning back to their current "official" status, but still...it would be awesome.

[Pantera]

Irnakk.Oh wait, he's like Freddy Krueger.He can't die. (As far as we know)

[Tahu5181]

I'd say Tiribomba, as I don't think he did anything significant. I doubt Perditus would change the plot much if he died, either.

[Linsanity]

Atakus, Zesk, and Perditus. They barely did anything.As to who could NOT die, I think it's obviously Mata Nui, Matoro, and the Toa Nuva.

Edited July 20, 2012 by The Black Mamba

[TheSkeletonMan939]

As to who could NOT die, I think it's obviously Mata Nui, Matoro, the Toa Nuva, and Teridax.

Mata Nui could have died after remaking Spherus Magna instead of just going into the mask.

[Podu]

Podu could've died without changing anything.And imagine if Matoro died... the whole universe would be screwed. XD

Are you kidding me? If Podu died, then Mata Nui would be partially brain dead because Matoran of Metru Nui acts like brain cells to Mata Nui! :PBtw I think all Great Kanoka disks holding Matoran could have died. I mean, with so many clues left behind in their home, the Toa Metru can easily access to the Kanoka themselves without these stupid rebellious Matoran

[a goose]

Podu could've died without changing anything.And imagine if Matoro died... the whole universe would be screwed. XD

Are you kidding me? If Podu died, then Mata Nui would be partially brain dead because Matoran of Metru Nui acts like brain cells to Mata Nui! :PBtw I think all Great Kanoka disks holding Matoran could have died. I mean, with so many clues left behind in their home, the Toa Metru can easily access to the Kanoka themselves without these stupid rebellious Matoran

I'm sorry man, I didn't mean to offend you. I'm sure it'd be bad if you died. XD

[Fractual Forever]

All those swarms... Really. Bohrok, Rahkshi, Visorak, you get my drift. They could die and the only effect would be that the story ends faster.

[Riglax]

Tiribomba. Utterly useless.But on the more serious side, Umbra. His presence on the staircase leading to the Ignika served almost no purpose, and removing him wouldn't adversely affect the story.

There's a character called "Tiribomba"? Seriously? I was laughing like there was no tomorrow. You don't wanna know what it means in other languages.

[ActivePalpitation]

graalok could of died, shes just an ash bear

[Toa Of Virtues]

Tiribomba. Utterly useless.But on the more serious side, Umbra. His presence on the staircase leading to the Ignika served almost no purpose, and removing him wouldn't adversely affect the story.

There's a character called "Tiribomba"? Seriously? I was laughing like there was no tomorrow. You don't wanna know what it means in other languages.

Tiri Bomba means "throws bomb" in Italian

[atvan]

Any of the Titans could have died at any time. Lego made bigger sets to make bigger money. They became throwaway characters.

[Toa Of Virtues]

Any of the Titans could have died at any time. Lego made bigger sets to make bigger money. They became throwaway characters.

Many of the titans were vital characters in the storyline, such as Makuta being the main antagonist. However, there are a few titan sets that only appeared once, and did very little like Umbra. But most of the titan sets were very important in the storyline, changing the storyline dramatically if they died.

[atvan]

I suppose Teri had to stay, but otherwise, who else? Once they started releasing so many titans, they failed to make them useful. Krekka and Nidhiki did die, as did Sidorak. Roodaka fixed the Hagah, who then proceded to lose Zaktan and go crazy (only to be fixed by a blob of jello's mind). Brutaka started an interesting conflict that ended up speeding up the Voya Nui story, but made it more exciting, and then proceded to start an interesting but non-essential side plot. Axonn saved a matoran, again sped up the CoL scene (robbing the ingenuitive thinking process from the toa combat that made it interesting), and cleaved through dirt and stone for the toa (why exactly?). Fenrakk drooled acid and turned into a cannon. Gadunka did nothing, Nocturn ate a whale, Hydraxon showed off the MoLife's powers and got in the way of the story, and Maxilos made a humanoid body for Teridax (he could have used, for example, a takea shark corpse instead). Icarax told the Toa of Life (anyone else think that sounds too much like Toa of Light?) that he was genocidal. Mutran wrote a story. Meganuva brought a compass that pointed at something Tahu had already found. Everybody on Bara Magna was useless and I cannot remember if there were any titans or not./rantIf I missed any, remind me, and I will point out there uselessness as well.

Edited July 23, 2012 by atvan

[bonesiii]

Good question of who had to stay among titans besides Makuta. But remember, nearly anybody could have died after a certain point; I'll assume that we're talking about dying soon after being introduced in this case. Most of the titans could die after their year of introduction, I think.So... None of the "titans" from 2001 needed; the Rahi.2002, Bahrag had to stay until 2007 when the Bohrok cleared Mata Nui Island. Exo-Toa barely did anything useful ever.2003 (Makuta obviously), I don't think there were any other applicable titans.2004 Nidhiki and Krekka did die; can't think of anything.2005 Roodaka did a little that mattered later...2006 Axonn and Brutaka both had continuing major roles, Brutaka especially with the antidermis. Axonn had the major role of putting the Toa Nuva on their path in 2007.2007 Don't think any were needed; other than Maxilos being really Makuta again.2008 Did any survive? Well, Takanuva did. He had some important roles I think, and you could argue is "the" Bionicle protagonist.2009 Don't think so...2010 Eh. My memory of the timing of when it was just the Stars may be off... Whatever.

[renaldohoek]

Fero's death would have been met with a hot breeze and a handful of sand.Actually, it would've been more interesting had he died, especially if some time had actually been given to flesh out his character a bit. Beyond riding a dinosaur, stabbing kids, and getting hit on the head by a guy that looks like he's covered in snakes, he didn't do a whole lot to drive the plot.

[fishers64]

I suppose Teri had to stay, but otherwise, who else? Once they started releasing so many titans, they failed to make them useful. Krekka and Nidhiki did die, as did Sidorak. Roodaka fixed the Hagah, who then proceded to lose Zaktan and go crazy (only to be fixed by a blob of jello's mind). Brutaka started an interesting conflict that ended up speeding up the Voya Nui story, but made it more exciting, and then proceded to start an interesting but non-essential side plot. Axonn saved a matoran, again sped up the CoL scene (robbing the ingenuitive thinking process from the toa combat that made it interesting), and cleaved through dirt and stone for the toa (why exactly?). Fenrakk drooled acid and turned into a cannon. Gadunka did nothing, Nocturn ate a whale, Hydraxon showed off the MoLife's powers and got in the way of the story, and Maxilos made a humanoid body for Teridax (he could have used, for example, a takea shark corpse instead). Icarax told the Toa of Life (anyone else think that sounds too much like Toa of Light?) that he was genocidal. Mutran wrote a story. Meganuva brought a compass that pointed at something Tahu had already found. Everybody on Bara Magna was useless and I cannot remember if there were any titans or not./rantIf I missed any, remind me, and I will point out there uselessness as well.

*howls with laughter*Makuta, however, could not have used a Takea shark corpse. Makuta can only inhabit empty or robotic bodies, not dead ones - that was established in another recent topic.

[Solaris Magnus]

Gadunka, Perditus, Atakus....character like these who had little to any story line importance could have died without changing the plot in any meaningful way.I may be stretching it, but Mata Nui could have died at the end as well.-Star

[aaninja64]

Kotu. Nokama's right hand, who did nothing but break a large chunk of seaweed and not play kolhii. So accomplished.

[~Shockwave~]

I'm going to be the buzz kill hereif we really think about this, we might realize that if a charecter died we have no idea what it would change.think about it, lets say the mutated gadunka died (i think that's what it was.) we don't know if that might have scared off something that would've eaten the mahrii or something. we could apply that logic almost anywhere. granted in a story it's not likely, but still.

[Podu]

Unless my memories fail me, the Ignika-mutated Gadunka actually stole the Ignika from Nocturn so I think that is pretty important (I mean, without that the Barraki probably would just break the Ignika and the MU goes boom )

[Toa Smoke Monster]

Unless my memories fail me, the Ignika-mutated Gadunka actually stole the Ignika from Nocturn so I think that is pretty important (I mean, without that the Barraki probably would just break the Ignika and the MU goes boom )

The only interaction between Nocturn and Gadunka in story was when the former dropped the Ignika and the latter (while in its original form) crawled under the mask, in which it got zapped by the mask and started to grow.Gadunka did steal the Mask from Matoro though. It only had it for a minute, and resulted in it being returned to its original form. Edited August 13, 2012 by The Smoke Monster

[Toa Of Virtues]

Well, prove me wrong, but I don't think the bohrok-kal did anything to improve the storyline. The only lasting thing they did was let the Toa Nuva find out about their symbols. The Toa Nuva stopped them before they could do anything else lasting.

Edited August 13, 2012 by Toa Of Virtues