Transformers Animated Background Character Design Sheets

Just makes me want to cry now...

I recognize most of those, but who on earth is Furao?

Edit: Also, it's sad that we're gonna get toys for...1-5 of these, max in my opinion

Edit 2: Especially since if they did some retools of the (hopefully) upcoming Cybertron-mode Ratchet and made a Cybertron-mode Bumblebee...they'd have dozens of potential retools if they really wanted.

I'm pretty familiar with all of the American Cartoon series. Not so much with the Japanese or the Comic Books. I assume a lot of these characters are from either of them?

G1 U.S. toyline/cartoon homages:
* Rodimus Prime
* Brawn
* Beachcomber
* Cliffjumper
* Wheeljack
* Searchlight
* Freeway
* Chase
* Bumper
* Hubcap
* Seaspray
* Cosmos
* Warpath
* Huffer
* Steeljaw
* Ramhorn
* Alpgh Trion
* Perceptor
* Mainframe
* Powerglide
* Tracks

Beast Era homages:
* Rattletrap (based on Rattrap's "Dawn of Future's Past" body)

Unicron Trilogy homages:
* Red Alert
* Hot Shot

Japanese G1 toylines/cartoons homages:
* Autotrooper (based on the Autroopers/Autoroopers/Autoloopers from Kiss Players)
* Zaur
* Rosanna
* Dai Atlas
* Sky Garry

BotCon exclusive figure homages:
* Glyph
* Tap-Out
* Flareup

Homages to the "Optimus vs. Maglinus" G1 toyline released by Estrela:
* Carrera
* Volks
* Sedan

Unknown homages:
* Furao
* Female 1
* Female 2

Very nice. You know your bots. Refresh me though on who Chase and Freeway are. Are they part of a sub-group?

mitchsantona wrote:Very nice. You know your bots. Refresh me though on who Chase and Freeway are. Are they part of a sub-group?

They are Throttlebots http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Throttlebots.

PS: Is there a larger size version of these scans?

Chase and Freeway were two of the G1 Throttlebots.
If I remember the list correctly (and with no help from any resources whatsoever) I believe they were Chase, Freeway, Rollbar, Searchlight, Wideload and Goldbug (who was the reincarnation of Bumblebee after his old body got trashed beyond repair). If I got that wrong I'm sure one of you guys will let me know in very short order but that's not bad for going totally off memory.
They didn't have an incredible amount of screen time during the old series but they had some and at least Goldbug was in the original comic series but I can't remember if or how many of the others saw print.

edit: I was typing as the above response came in so even though the question is answered, I'm not deleting.

Furao is a Brazillian Bumblebee repaint. The name means "Ferret."

Go-go google skills ftw!

Main Frame I think he looks likes Cerebros from the Headmasters in G1.

Also I think he will be shown in Endgame 2 tomorrow but that is my opinion.

I saw a pic of him in the sketches we saw he was black lookin also it looked like he was on Cybertron somewhere.

Yes, yes! The Throttlebots. Thanks everyone.
I always hated the Throttlebot toys. Anything that just springs up and is transformed to me kind of sucked. I like to work for my robot.

Rodimus2006 wrote:Main Frame I think he looks likes Cerebros from the Headmasters in G1.

Also I think he will be shown in Endgame 2 tomorrow but that is my opinion.

I saw a pic of him in the sketches we saw he was black lookin also it looked like he was on Cybertron somewhere.

Well, we did see him previously in "TransWarped" and in "Decepticon Air".

The Throttlebots were in introtruced in the Scraplet saga in the Marvel comics. They appeared in a few issues.

I have to admit to liking them, maybe because they were some of the first TF's I had and the first complete team. I love Rollbar's toy. I know I shouldn't. I wish whoever came up with the custom heads for G1 Ratchet and Ironhide coud make some kind of arm attachment for these guys.

Love that crowd scene at the end of Animated. Reminds me of the end of the PS2 Armada game except with recogniseable characters. Love the music, reminds me of the 2007 movie music.