Talk:Transformers Animated (franchise)

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.--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--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. --ItsWalky 06:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I dunno. Considering the size of "Animated" compared to the REST of the logo... --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. -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. -Rotty 06:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Well if we just went with Animated we'd have an article named Animated (cartoon). -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. --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". -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).--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. --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.  --ItsWalky 04:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps not, but Transformers: Animated is considerably less confusing than either. -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". --M Sipher 04:34, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's their problem. Why does that necessarily dictate our category names?
 * We use and not  even though the latter is the name of the franchise.  We adjusted it to fit our needs. -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.  --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.--ZacWilliam 15:44, 21 June 2007 (UTC)