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In television terminology, a '''bible''' is a guidebook issued to the writers of a TV series, containing a detailed outline of the show's premise and setting, character profiles, and assorted rules and guidelines for the show. | In television terminology, a '''bible''' is a guidebook issued to the writers of a TV series, containing a detailed outline of the show's premise and setting, character profiles, and assorted rules and guidelines for the show. | ||
Production bibles can often reveal key things, such as prototype names for characters (i.e. the G1 production bible, when listing the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] has the name "Divebomb" crossed out and replaced with "[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]"), spellings, [[authorial intent]] (such as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] being "[[FIBRIR| | Production bibles can often reveal key things, such as prototype names for characters (i.e. the G1 production bible, when listing the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] has the name "Divebomb" crossed out and replaced with "[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]"), spellings, [[authorial intent]] (such as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] being the "[[FIBRIR|red robot]]") and preliminary [[character model]]s. Part of the G1 production bible was available as a bonus feature on [[Shout! Factory]]'s ''Matrix of Leadership Collection''. Parts of it were also quoted verbatim for [[Teletraan-1]]'s files on the Decepticons in the season 1 episode "[[Heavy Metal War]]". | ||
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Revision as of 16:33, 22 October 2010
In television terminology, a bible is a guidebook issued to the writers of a TV series, containing a detailed outline of the show's premise and setting, character profiles, and assorted rules and guidelines for the show.
Production bibles can often reveal key things, such as prototype names for characters (i.e. the G1 production bible, when listing the Dinobots has the name "Divebomb" crossed out and replaced with "Swoop"), spellings, authorial intent (such as Rumble being the "red robot") and preliminary character models. Part of the G1 production bible was available as a bonus feature on Shout! Factory's Matrix of Leadership Collection. Parts of it were also quoted verbatim for Teletraan-1's files on the Decepticons in the season 1 episode "Heavy Metal War".
