Template Template

Template Template
Element:	Fire
Species:	Unknown
Gender:	Male
Role:	Debug Skylander
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	Tackle Spin Attack Slap
Appears in:	Skylanders: Swap Force Skylanders: SuperChargers

Template Template is a debug character used in various Vicarious Visions titles, first seen in Skylanders: Swap Force. He is a humanoid character with no particular details aside from large hands and a tail.

Appearances

Using a glitch, it is possible to see the character in-game by replacing a regular SWAP Force Skylander, though he can be accessed through other means. Despite having three different attacks, He can use two different tail spin moves, and a series of ineffective-looking slaps. for testing purposes and an unknown upgrade tree, none of them are fully implemented and won't affect enemies, but enemies are able to deal damage back.

He would later be seen in prototype footage of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, known as Template Legacy this time appearing with an entirely orange body. he is used as a Crash placeholder in that level using Skylanders: SuperChargers assets, with Tiki Speaky as his assist as a placeholder for Aku Aku. Though they can be accessed in the game's files, Template Template is completely white in this version, and it's unknown if they have the same gameplay as before.

Gallery

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  Template Template seen from behind, as seen in the GDC Animation Bootcamp.
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  Template Legacy character all white appearance

Trivia

• His name refers to his use as the base for Swap Force Skylanders, indicating both of his top and bottom half.
  • Though he doesn't seem to be a placeholder for any particular Swap Force character, his overall body shape and movement most resembles that of the officially released Skylander, Fire Kraken.
• Template Template's head most resembles that of an earless Greeble.
• Unlike most scrapped characters with in-game data, Template Template slides around if any attacks are done while he's running, most likely because he has no alternate animation for this.
• Template Template is also used as a placeholder in Vicarious Visions' storyboards, representing the in-engine Skylander.
• In Skylanders: Imaginators' files, Template Template is used in some debug pictures, featuring an oddly untextured purple shirt and a shiny blue tail.