Talk:Sari Sumdac (Animated)

'Tentative' meta-category? (So that one can periodically go through it and clear things out?) -Derik 22:56, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Sandals and such

I'm debating undoing the "not a Kiss Player" addition, but can't quite justify it based on the general humor tone of the rest of the wiki, so I'll leave it to someone else. I'm also tempted to change the picture caption, as I'm pretty sure those aren't sandals. (The dark orange parts of the feet appear to be the shoe uppers, rather than a differently colored part of her socks.) However, that just seems ridiculously picky somehow. If anyone else has a good idea about this, feel free to implement it, I guess.--Apcog 16:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I bet she is a robot thats why she has somehow managed to gain a connection to the All-Spark and also not be completly hated by the fandom yet Bobtherandomguy 00:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Adopted?

I'm curious... what's the source for Sari being adopted? CarrerCrytharis 06:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it was her official bio. --FFN 06:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

In the promo material that Unicron.com received, Sari's bio stated that she's adopted. --ItsWalky 07:47, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Well-liked character?

I'd really like to debate that she's "well-liked" so far - I personally hate her, the person I watch the show with hates her, and every Transformers fan I talk to hates her. So unless we're of a gross minority, I think it's safe to say her appeal is not universal. Combobreaker 09:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't hate her, therefore every fan doesn't hate her. You should try asking outside your social circle--Carrion 13:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

By no means was I trying to say that every fan hates her! I'm just personally annoyed by her being defined as a well-liked character when all of my fellow TF fans - including myself - hold no love for her. And erm, I HAVE been asking outside my "social circle" and so far it's been nothing but "she's annoying" and "neutral." Combobreaker 20:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

My own social circle also seems to find her rather amusing, so no hate from me or mine.Pacce 13:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Thus far, I kinda like her. JW 15:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I certainly prefer her than most of the UT kids (certainly anything is better than Kicker). -- SFH 16:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

She has a fairly unique interaction with the Autobots compared to past humans. She and Bumblebee make decent partners in crime, so I can see how this would appeal to kids.--Rosicrucian^Talk 16:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I personally like how she's the first girl in an American-made series to be the major human character, and she's a lot less annoying than any Witwiky, IMO. --Nightshade83 16:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Tara Strong is awesome. That is all. --FFN 17:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

This is true. Good writing + awesome voice actress = character that doesn't annoy me.--Rosicrucian^Talk 17:17, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

See, I love Tara Strong to death, but that doesn't make me automatically love all the characters she plays. The writing is decent (slightly above G1 level writing but not as good as, say, Avatar: The Last Airbender), but I find Sari's character to be little more than Generic Perky Girl with her Deus Ex Machina Key. I enjoyed Spike as a character more because he really WAS just a human, no "omg sekrit POWARZ" to make him more "interesting." Combobreaker 20:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Spike didn't have powers? The guy and his entire family probably have an allergy to Kryptonite, and then there's the Headmaster thing. Also, calling Animated's writing slightly better than G1 gives the G1 cartoon way to much credit.--FortMax 00:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, Spike and the other Witwickys have 80s Cartoon Disease - just look at the other Hasbro show from the same time period, GI Joe. They were all "human" in the same way. But Spike never whipped out his wallet and used it to revive Optimus Prime. And frankly, I find a lot of the plot devices in TF:CHINS just as laughable as G1, only now with uglier art and more obnoxious humans. In fact, that's WHY I find it watchable - the writing is so similar to G1's lulzy improbability that I enjoy it immensely, or at least enough to ignore the terrible art. Anyway, I'm running speedily away from my point. That is, I and every other TF fan I've talked to absolutely despise Sari. Calling her "well liked, more so than usual" on her Wiki page Does Not Compute for me. It's fine to call her a "generally liked character" or even just "a popular human character," but using the turn of phrase that's there now makes it seem like every TF fan everywhere absolutely adores her.

Hell, at this point I'd even take Kicker. At least his art style doesn't hurt my eyes. Combobreaker 01:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Geez, give the art style a break already! People bitching about the art style reminds me of when Zelda: Windwaker first came out for the Gamecube. People dismissed the game as "kiddie" just because of the cell-shading style, but it was actually a very enjoyable game, just as challenging as any other in the Zelda series. Actually, Sari reminds me very much of Tetra in that game.

Just give it a chance. I actually prefer the stylized art over the overly-detailed 80's comic look of G1. Plus, is Sari having her key really all that different than how the All Spark was used in the Movie? Both are miraculous objects that completely ignore all known laws of physics and can bring robots to life/fix said robots in about 3 seconds flat. At least in a cartoon that's somewhat more acceptable.--Nightshade83 01:35, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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