User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/WIP

This is where anything I am working on that doesn't require an entire page will go.

Autobots	Decepticons
Sky Lynx (de facto leader) Grimlock Ramhorn Slag Sludge Snarl Steeljaw Swoop	Blot Cutthroat Divebomb Headstrong Hun-Gurrr Overkill Rampage Ratbat	Ravage Razorclaw Rippersnapper Sinnertwin Slugfest Tantrum Trypticon

Autobots	Decepticons
Sky Lynx (de facto leader) Grimlock Ramhorn Slag Sludge Snarl Steeljaw Swoop	Blot Cutthroat Divebomb Headstrong Hun-Gurrr Overkill Rampage Ratbat Ravage Razorclaw Rippersnapper Sinnertwin Slugfest Tantrum Trypticon

Animation models

As mentioned in the section above, the animation wasn't entirely up to snuff due to a multitude of different reasons. While it is pretty clear that some episodes were not ready to air but were pushed out anyway due to production deadlines, it seems that even the earliest of behind the scenes production materials were also rushed, one of the biggest being the animation models. Like Energon's predecessor, Armada, Energon was also very big on keeping the character models as accurate to their toys as possible, however; it appears that the show's production team had been hired before all of the first wave of toys had been fully designed, leading to several characters within the first few episodes to feature models that did not match their finalized toys. These inaccuracies were sometimes as small as a character using a weapon that was rendered in the wrong color, to characters featuring entirely different designs altogether. Production materials for both the show and Hasbro/Takara's toy designs that have since surfaced on auction sites suggest that some of these designs are based on prototypes of the toys and even hand-drawn design sheets by Takara employees.

Most of the unfinalized designs for the main characters that appeared in the first few episodes appeared to subside by the the eighth episode ("Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary") and were replaced by new toy-accurate models, however; other minor characters that appeared in earlier episodes, such as the Street Action Mini-Con Team never received new models.

Among some of the few that were affected are:

• Cyclonus: features gold tips on his rotor blades and gold arm cannons – likely a carry over from his Armada color scheme.
• Jetfire: uses a grey version of his gun which is later changed to red.
• Megatron: uses a tiny, green sword/tank that is later changed to a larger toy-accurate one.
• Strongarm: features robot feet based on Takara drawings under his windshield feet.
• Sureshock and Perceptor: both use a design based on early Takara drawings. Grindor and High Wire both use mostly unaltered designs, leaving them looking the same in all modes.