Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-26397825-20170625231556

The main characters all have allusions (which, by the way, don't dictate the character but instead are used as inspiration and fun little nods, the characters can stand on their own as a unique person even if you don't know the allusion), but they never once said the side characters had them. Pretty much every tertiary character who hasn't been important to the show beyond background filler for another character doesn't have an actual allusion beyond a visual one. It's way too much effort to put into a character that's only important for five to ten minutes, effort which is better put towards writing the show, storyboarding scenes, double checking animation and making sure things flow from a story and visual perspective.

That time you want them to spend thinking of a deep and meaningful allusion for a character who gets two minutes of screen time before they die, regardless of how they're related to a secondary main character, would be better spent making sure a relationship (such as Team Sloth or Black Sun/Bumblebee) actually develops naturally, for example.