Matanui Prime

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Matanui Prime is the Autotoabot leader in ManiacToaLaco's Transonicle series. He is based off of Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's 2007 Transformers.

Transonicle

Main article: Transonicle

Matanui first "appearance" is giving the speech in the beginning of Tranonicle. He actually appears later on, onboard a ship with the other Autotoabots, but is unnamed. He, along with the other Autotoabots, land on the Matoran planet in their protoforms, and scans an vehicle, his being a Peterbuilt Truck, with red and blue flame decals. He meets with Jaller, Hahli and the other Autotoabots in an alleyway, and introduces them all. The group then heads to Jaller's home, where they search for the glasses, which will help the Autotoabot's locate the AllShiny. However, the intrusion of Jaller's parents and Sector 6 stop the search, and Sector 6 members, led by Agent 12345, take Jaller and Hahli away in a van. The Autotoabots stop the Sector 6 vehicles though, and they free Jaller and Hahli. However, the Sector 6 Helicopters show up, and for some reason Matanui carries Jaller and Hahli away in his hands. They manage to evade them and hide under a bridge, where they manage to hide for a few minutes, and Jaller reveals he had the glasses in his pocket the entire time. This makes Matanui Prime yell, which surprises Jaller and Hahli so much that they fall. Luckily, Pohatubee is there to catch them, but he is then captured by Sector 6, along with Jaller and Hahli. Matanui has the glasses now however, and after a breif converstation with Lezz, the Autotoabots head to a secure location, where Matanui finds the location of the AllShiny using the glasses. The Autotoabots then head to the Canyon of unending whispers where the AllShiny is, but they meet Pohatubee and the Matoran, who already have the AllShiny. They then turn and make way for Lego City. Their ambushed by Barritax, Bradak, Wreckdak and Krekkacrusher on the way however. Hydraxhide smashes Barritax off the freeway, and then Krekkacrusher and Wreckdak transmoc and attack Matanui. He throws Wreckdak into Bradak then, who is in tank mode. Matanui and Krekkacrusher fight, fall off the freeway, fight somemore, crush IcyToa1, continue fighting before Matanui manages to kill Krekkacrusher. Wreckdak then jumps down, but a quick shot from Matanui's guns hits Wreckdak in the face, and then brings part of the freeway down upon him, probably crushing him, however, Metrutronions have been shown to take much mroe damage than that, and he never shows up again, so it's unknown is Wreckdak is actually killed.

Matanui then drives to Lego City, arriving just after Lezz is killed by Makutatron, who had been freed from the Canyon fo Unending whispers earlier. Matanui and Makutatron fight for an entire chapter, before Matanui is smashed under a wall, and knocked out. He shows up again in time to rescue Jaller from falling to his death after being knocked off a building by Makutatron. Matanui and Makutatron fight again, with Matanui being beat again. Matanui shows up again, to fight Makutatron one last time, but is quickly and embarrassing thrown back again. Jaller then kills Makutatron using the AllShiny, destroying it in the process. Matanui then takes a piece of the AllShiny out of Makutatron's body, and dubs it the "Autotoabot Dorito of Leadership". Matanui sees Lezz's body, and remarks "his music was annoying, but he will be missed just the same."

Matanui then ends Transonicle with a farewell speech, telling other Autotoabots to join then on the Matoran planet.

Transonicle 2: Revenge of Icarax

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Personality

Matanui Primes personaltiy is often serious, sad and often sadistic, as he seemed to enjoy the Autotoabots "torturing" (actually poking with a stick and harrassing) the captured Deceptikuta Crashinator. While he shows care for Matoran life, he shows almost no concern for the lives of Deceptikuta, as shown by is (often violent) killings of Deceptikuta, which at one point he notes on, saying "What has this war made us come to?"

Often, he seems to consider his opinion better than other's has he had been shown to ignore the objections of his troops. His care for the life of Matoran is "demonstrated" during the Battle of Lego-City, as he does not unleashe his full battle potential, trying hard not to cause collateral damage (which he inadvertently does). During the forest battle (which he ends up being killed in) he notes how he fights better during his banter with Makutatron "As there is no Matoran around to be hurt".

While he is can be a great fighter, his bravery and need to care for life (other than Deceptikuta) is enough to put himself at risk, as he often fights in ways putting himself in danger, i.e jumping off a bridge and onto Subbterranisher's face, pulling Krekkacrusher off of a freeway etc. He also sees that even one Matoran life is to much to pay for the existence of the Metrutronions (even though it has been shown that Autotoabots have accidentaly crushed Matoran, it's not known if their killed.)

Notes

• Matanui Prime is one of the 4 Primes who appear in the Transonicle series; himself, Dakama Prime, Phoinex Prime, Icarax (who is a prime, even though he does not use the suffix) and the leader of original Primes, who is seen by Jaller when Jaller "dies"
• Matanui is killed, but comes back, because he is awesome.
• Matanui has the most kills of named characters, with 5: Icarax, Zivonastator, Krekkacrusher, Grindtaka and Wreckdak, as well as several Strikers. However, he has the least kills of Drones, with 3, compared with fellow Autotoabot Hydraxhide, who has killed the most drones with 158, roughly.
• Matanui is 36 feet tall, but he is occasionaly put at other heights.
• He mentioned having a wife, but we're not really sure.
• His name was originally "Axxon Prime", and Makutatron was "Brutatron", as in Axxon and Brutaka, who have a rather brother like realstonship in the actual Bionicle media. It was changed to Matanui and Makutatron since Brutaka made a better Blackout.
• If Matanui was in a movie, he would sound like Peter Cullen, voice actor of Optimus in Transformers.
• Matanui, despist being Mata-Nui, has a face like a Hau, with the mouth thing being his faceplate and such.
• He has two swords, two guns, and had a hook when one sword was broken.
• In Transonicle, he was a rather poor fighter, and over the two years between Transonicle and Transonicle 2, he become so much better he could take on an upgraded Makutatron, Nihiscream, Grintaka and 3 Strikers, killing Grindtaka and a Striker, severaly Damging the others before being killed by Makutatron.
• He is one of ManiacToaLaco's favourite charactors.
• He once threw Jaller into the air and transmoced around him in mid-air.
• He is rather throwable, as Makutatron showed.
• He is also one of the few Metrutronions to have not spoken Metrutronion in the series at all.
• His past will be explained more in Transonicle Re-Mastered, as well as in Transonicle 3.