"Wanted" is the 9th episode of the Animator vs. Animation Series, also being the 1st episode of Animator vs. Animation Season 3.

Production

• On October 11th, 2022, Alan Becker announced that Wanted would be coming after The King.

• In Spring 2023, Alan made a YouTube story saying that the next video would be an AVA short and that it had been worked on for almost a year.

• On April 23rd, 2023, a teaser video for Wanted was posted on YouTube.

Synopsis

The Chosen One is in trouble.

Plot

Almost five years after The Dark Lord was defeated by the combined efforts of The Chosen One, Alan, and the Stick Gang, TCO is shown to be escaping from a group of four mercenaries across the Outernet as they pursue him in advanced, glitch-powered hoverbikes. He attempts to flee from them inside of a city as they shoot glitch projectiles at him. TCO boosts up into the air, he then dives between two buildings, all the while trying to dodge their attacks. A blast hits the corner of a skyscraper, causing rocks to fall straight toward a stick figure. TCO uses his laser eyes to break the rock in pieces, preventing the stick figure from being hurt, before continuing to flee from the mercenaries.

Leaving the city, they head into a land with windmills, where Hazard attempts to shoot TCO, only for it to hit a rotor. They move towards a lake and eventually, a waterfall. They go past the waterfall and eventually end up in the area The Showdown takes place. TCO recalls The Second Coming shooting a laser at TDL, and looks up at the sky to see the barrier to ALANSPC still be open. TCO then stops and shoots fire at the four mercenaries, before Agent goes around him and hits him with a glitch projectile. TCO attempts to swim back up, but is hit by Ballista's scooter. TCO begins spinning rapidly, creating a whirlpool, before flying out of the water, creating ice that hits Primal's vehicle. He then shoots his laser eyes at Agent, before dodging Hazard attempting to ram him with his scooter. TCO then lands on Ballista's scooter, using it to get a boost upwards, with Agent following him. Agent hits TCO with his scooter, but TCO continues upwards, forming storm clouds.

TCO uses the storm clouds to channel electricity through his body and releases it into the air, immobilizing Primal, Ballista, and Hazard's scooters. Agent, the remaining mercenary, shoots TCO, who falls onto Agent's scooter, despite Agent hitting him multiple times. TCO uses his ice powers to form an iceberg, trapping Agent and then using lightning to create an explosion. TCO then flies up towards ALANSPC.

Meanwhile, Alan is on his computer and opens Adobe Animate. Red and Blue appear on screen, challenging each other to a fight only for Green to participate in the fight, and then Yellow and TSC join the fight. Alan observes them fighting and draws a large rock, throwing it at TSC, before typing "XD" and ":P". TSC jumps out from under the rock, runs over to the other side of the window, and climbs up a wall on Adobe Animate, taking the pencil tool, which he slides down with. He then draws weapons for the Fighting Stick Figures. The stick figures test their weapons, and TSC leads the charge against Alan. Alan types ">:)" and the fight begins. The stick figures initially have the upper hand, but Alan defeats them by expanding the panel acting as the floor, spreading the stick figures and their weapons everywhere.

After the fight, a portal appears, and TCO emerges from the portal, glitching. He goes towards TSC, trying to get him to use his powers. TSC does not remember having powers at all, and is confused. Seeing TCO's efforts as futile, and also thinking TSC does not have powers, Blue stops TCO from trying to teach him. Distressed, TCO picks up TSC and takes him to the Outernet to help him anyways. TCO peeks through the broken barrier of ALANSPC, seeing the mercenaries still trying to search for him. TSC also looks through the barrier. TCO grabs TSC and flies away, while the Fighting Stick Figures are falling. TCO grabs the attention of the mercenaries, causing them to chase after him, and the two land in a forest near a clearing. The mercenaries fly down to the clearing, parking their vehicles and readying their weapons before searching for TCO. TCO sends TSC to fight the mercenaries. The mercenaries quickly notice TSC and they draw their weapons at him. TSC, unsure of what to do, waves at them. Agent uses his magnifying tool to zoom forwards, they look in another direction and notice TCO hiding in the bushes. The mercenaries instantly associate the two with each other and open fire, trying to shoot TSC. TCO, seeing TSC helpless, and seeing the damage that the projectiles can do, flies in and saves TSC in an attempted escape. Agent uses his magnifying tool to fire three shots at TCO, the last of which hits him in the arm and begins electrocuting TCO. TSC sees his pencil tool on the ground next to him and grabs it, while the mercenaries rush towards him. TSC rushes over to TCO and begins drawing. His finished product is a large, flying eel, which the mercenaries begin firing at. TCO points out that the mercenaries are doing good damage to the eel, and TSC keeps drawing.

The Fighting Stick Figures manage to finally climb up the cliff, and see flying figures in the distance. Knowing TSC and TCO must be near there, they begin rushing in that direction. Meanwhile, TSC continues to draw various creatures to target the mercenaries. Agent gives an order to Ballista, and, seemingly carrying out that order, Ballista abandons his mercenary gun and runs in a different direction before morphing his head into a turret. He aims at TSC and begins shooting, pulling out two pixelated guns as well. TSC then draws a shark, which lunges at Ballista, only for him to barrage the shark with punches. TSC then catches Ballista off guard with two hammerhead sharks, defeating him for the time being.

TSC rushes towards TCO, only to be stopped by an arrow. TSC is startled, but keeps moving to avoid being hit by another three arrows. These arrows are shot by Primal, who does not carry a typical gun like the other mercenaries. TSC picks up TCO and draws a rhinoceros, using it a shield. Primal fires arrows at the rhinoceros, causing it to swerve towards Primal, who puts away his bow and pulls out a spear, stabbing the rhinoceros and killing it. TSC then sees Hazard approaching quickly and draws an actual shield, but Hazard attacks with such force that TSC drops the shield and TCO. TSC then draws a sword and begins attacking Hazard, but he dodges all of TSC's attacks and kicks him onto the ground. TSC then draws a bird and it flies into Hazard's face, preventing him from seeing.

TSC then looks over at Ballista, who has overpowered the hammerhead sharks and cut them in half with a large sword. Primal picks up the rhinoceros and throws it on the ground. Hazard holds the bird up in the sky before disintegrating it. All three of them rush towards TSC, only for them to stop right before they are about to kill him. Agent slowly walks towards TSC, the latter gets his pencil out. Agent then challenges TSC to a one-on-one, with TSC drawing various things to attack or defend himself. Eventually, Agent gets near enough to TSC to force him to abandon TCO, allowing the other three mercenaries to jump on TCO and pin him down. Agent and TSC then engage in a swordfight, with TSC using a drawn sword and Agent using a line tool, before Agent knocks TSC down and begins hand-to-hand combat. TSC is outmatched against Agent, who then uses a select tool to spin him around. Agent's last move is to kick TSC onto the ground before pausing him and taking his pencil tool.

TCO sees TSC be defeated and is enraged, engulfing himself in flames and firing his laser vision into the sky. Agent watches as the other mercenaries are thrown away by this blast, before Agent pauses TCO and pats him on the head. The fighting stick figures arrive at the scene just as the mercenaries fly away with TSC and TCO. Green sees the logo of their organization on their vehicles, and keeps it in mind.

At the organization, the workers take TSC to a prison cell and confiscate the pencil tool, and some other workers take TCO to a containment chamber. As the workers study the pencil tool, the mercenaries take an elevator to another room, where a gray stick figure turns to face them in an office chair. Agent holds up the picture of TCO's wanted poster, showing that they have captured TCO. The gray stick figure seems satisfied, placing his elbows on his desk and placing his hands together. This gray stick figure is victim.

Characters

Protagonists

• The Chosen One

• Stick Gang

  • The Second Coming

  • Fighting Stick Figures

    • Red

    • Yellow

    • Blue

    • Green

Antagonists

• victim

• Mercenaries (debut)

  • Agent (debut)

  • Ballista (debut)

  • Primal (debut)

  • Hazard (debut)

Other characters

• Alan Becker

• TCO's Drawings

• victim's Workers (debut)

• The Dark Lord (vision)

• Other Stick Figures

Gallery