Talk:Transformers Animated (franchise)

2007-08-29T17:59:25Z

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You know, I wasn't going to say anything, but you're getting a little too kneejerk about other people's kneejerk reactions. The list of previous series is fine and adaquately snarky, but is the "OMFG NAFF PASS END OF FRANCHISE SUX GONNA KILL TFS BARF CRAP" really needed? Just seems a bit more negatively charged than the wiki really needs.--[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 05:39, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
:And I would have just edited it out, but I figured it would be more productive to discuss it first. 'Course, it seems Rotty took care of it anyway. :D--[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 06:14, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

This article should really be at [[Animated]], shouldn't it? We don't have anything at [[Transformers Cybertron]], [[Transformers Armada]], etc. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
: I dunno. Considering the size of "Animated" compared to the REST of the logo... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 06:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

:I think it should remain [[Transformers Animated]]. Just [[Animated]] is too confusing, and we can justifiably called it Transformers Animated by the logo. Go with the less confusing one. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:55, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

::It's confusing ANYWAY, since we now have the term "Transformers Animated continuity" to refer to Transformers Animated and "Animated continuity" to refer to the G1 cartoons. -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 06:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

:::Well if we just went with [[Animated]] we'd have an article named [[Animated (cartoon)]]. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:19, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
::::And if this franchise gets a comic, we'll have the "Animated animated continuity" and the "Animated comics continuity." Heh. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 09:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

::::And then if there's an official Flash animated comic strip, we'd have "animated continuity", "Animated animated continuity", "Animated comic continuity", and "animated comic continuity". -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 09:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

== TFA abbreviation? ==

I think, because of how common a word "animated" is and how many things on this Wiki it could refer to we should stick to the full "Transformers: Animated" to avoid confusion or weirdness. I'd also suggest the abreviation "TFA" to be its descriptor, thusly [[Optimus Prime (TFA)]].--[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 11:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

:I don't know. I'd prefer to stick with Animated. We could always change other uses of the phrase "animated continuity" to "cartoon continuity" if it became too confusing. Which might be a good idea anyway, given the use of (cartoon) for article titles. At any rate, we've got quite a a bit of time before we'll actually need to start making articles about this franchise. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 12:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

::I know it seems to be the way we're going, and so be it if so, but I want to state that, convention be damned, I really think refering to this continuity as JUST "Animated" is both counterintuitive and uneedingly confusing. There are times when breaking convention serves everyone better. The chategory "Animated characters" for instance is just screaming to be missunderstood. I just think the full Transformers: Animated, TF: Animated, or abreviating TFA would all be better choices. Just wanted to say it, however we finally choose to go.--ZacWilliam 03:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I don't see how "Transformers Animated characters" is any less confusing than "Animated characters" to a casual browser. It's not like that adjective narrows anything down on this wiki. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
::::Perhaps not, but [[Transformers: Animated]] is considerably less confusing than either. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::Except the series isn't "Transformers: Animated". The press materials call it --and even THEY put it in quotes-- "Transformers Animated". --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:34, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::That's their problem. Why does that necessarily dictate our category names?
::::::We use <nowiki>[[Category: Beast Wars]] and not [[Category: Beast Wars Transformers]]</nowiki> even though the latter is the name of the franchise. We adjusted it to fit our needs. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:43, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I was going to abbreviate this series "AN," until I realized that talking about "AN episode" or "AN Optimus Prime" just makes you look like you're trying to be a hairsplitter. Transformers has been ruined, or at least my system of talking about it. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 15:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::: Worse what hapens when there are multiple and you have to talk about "an AN episode" or "An An Optimus" that's just plain aweful. That's why I'm saying "TFA" I mean "TFA Megatron" or a "TFA episode" works fine.--[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 15:44, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::: You mean Transformers Armada Megatron or a Transformers Armada episode? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::Well, if "Arm" and "UT" weren't pretty well established maybe, even so I'd call it the less confusing of the options other than just using the whole word as Derik says below, wich is slightly long to type, but IS plenty clear for a character tag I guess. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 20:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::: ...how did this subject move to the disambig suffixes? Those will be (Animated). They're less prone to confusion than the categories and article titles. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I move this discussion be '''shelved for a few months''' in the hopes that an appropriate nomenclature will arise in the fandom we can use. The series is slated for 2008, the scale of the changes we'll need to make this fall (if we choose to make changes) will still be manageable. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
==Scale==
Am I the only one who thinks there are going to be scale issues coming? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 22:02, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
:How would you even define "scale issues" in relation to TFs. Nothing Transformers has EVER been in scale with anything else.--[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 22:27, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
::I believe he's referrign to he fact that Ratchet seems to be ''exactly'' the same size in vehicle mode (which we will be able to see at some point) but it the size of Bulkhead's forearm in robot mode. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
:::It's interesting, but given all the size changing in G1 between modes (and not even the really obvious stuff) it's never going to be enough to put even a dent in the vast and eldritch disregard the Transformers franchise has always held for scale.--[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 22:33, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

===Sarcasm===

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