Synergy Animation
is a Chinese animation studio.
Based in Shanghai, Synergy Animation is one of the newer Asian animation houses, founded in 2005 by former Disney animators Cindy Ge and Michael Benet. Their goal is to provide animation at small budgets. However the company has an advantage over the similarly-cheap AKOM in that it uses not only traditional animation, but also Flash Animation and CGI.
Currently, being a newer studio, Synergy isn't really quite well known yet, lacking an article on The Other Wiki. The studio is best known for their work on Phineas and Ferb, one of their top projects, having done numerous episodes, including "Summer Belongs to You!", the Christmas Special and Mission Marvel, the latter two with Wang Film Productions.
Compare Yearim Productions, also one of the newer studios. Also compare the aforementioned Wang, Rough Draft Studios, and Hong Ying, Synergy's partners on their shows.
Unrelated to the Japanese studio Synergy SP.
Synergy has worked on the following series:
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (5 episodes)List "Me, Myself, and AI", "Saga of the Swamp Beast", "Kitchen Frightmare", "Eating Crow", "The Norse Case Scenario"
- The Emperor's New School (with Toon City and Wang; 12 episodes)List "Chipmunky Business", "U.F.kuzcoO./Attack Sub" (with Toon City), "Cool Summer/Prisoner of Kuzcoban" (with Toon City), "Ramon's a Crowd/Guakumentary", "Kuz-Cop/How Now, Sea Cow?", "Emperor's New School Spirit/Card Wars", "Come Fly With Me/Project Poncho", "The Good, the Bad, and the Kronk/Mud", "Malina's Big Break/Hotel Kuzco", "Kronk the Magnificent/Kamp Kuzco", "Faking the Grade/Eco Kuzco", "Graduation Groove"
- FarmKids
- HouseBroken
- Milo Murphy's Law (7 episodes) List "Picture Day/Agee Lentee Diogee", "Cake 'Splosion!/Lady Krillers", "The Ticking Clock/Managing Murphy's Law", "The Goulash Legacy/The Dog Who Knew Too Much", "Adventure Buddies", "Look at This Ship", "First Impressions/The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event" (with Wang)
- Phineas and Ferb List "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister", "Backyard Aquarium", "Perry Lays an Egg", "Gaming the System", "Let's Take a Quiz", "At the Car Wash", "Hide and Seek", "That Sinking Feeling", "Bubble Boys", "Isabella and the Temple of Sap", "Picture This", "Nerdy Dancin'", "What Do I Do?", "Atlantis", "No More Phineas and Ferb", "Phineas and Ferb-Busters", "She's the Mayor", "The Lemonade Stand", "Phineas and Ferb's Hawaiian Vacation", "Phineas & Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!" (with Rough Draft Studios), "Wizard of Odd", "Run, Candace, Run", "Last Train to Bustville", "Phineas' Birthday Clip-o-Rama!" (with Rough Draft, Wang Film Productions, and Hong Ying), "The Belly of the Beast", "Moon Farm", "Candace Disconnected" (with Wang), "Magic Carpet Ride" (with Wang), "Bad Hair Day" (with Wang), "Meatloaf Surprise" (with Wang), "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", "A Real Boy", "My Fair Goalie", "Perry the Actorpus" (with Hong Ying and Wang), "Bullseye!" (with Hong Ying and Wang), "Escape From Phineas Tower", "The Remains of the Platypus", "Excaliferb!", "Let's Bounce" (with Hong Ying), "Quietest Day Ever" (with Wang), "Doonkleberry Imperative" (with Wang), "Delivery of Destiny" (with Hong Ying), "Buford Confidential" (with Hong Ying), "What a Croc!" (with Wang), "Ferb TV" (with Wang), "Sleepwalk Surprise", "Sci-Fi Pie Fly", "Where's Perry (Part 2)", "This is Your Backstory" (with Rough Draft, Wang, and Hong Ying), "For Your Ice Only" (with Wang), "Happy New Year" (with Wang), "Fly on the Wall" (with Wang), "My Sweet Ride" (with Wang), "Der Kinderlumper", "Sidetracked", "Mind Share", "Great Balls of Water" (with Wang), "Where's Pinky" (with Wang), "Knot My Problem", "Just Desserts", "La Candace-Cabra" (with Wang), "Happy Birthday, Isabella" (with Wang), "Love at First Byte" (with Wang), "One Good Turn" (with Wang), "Live and Let Drive", "Thanks But No Thanks" (with Wang), "Troy Story" (with Wang), "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror", "Act Your Age", "Father's Day" (with Wang), "Doof 101" (with Wang), "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer" (with Wang), "Night of the Living Pharmacists" (with Wang), "The O.W.C.A. Files" (part one solo; part two with Wang)
- Random Cartoons (one short: "Kyle + Rosemary")
- The Replacements (season 2, 5 episodes) List "Extra Credit", "Heartbreak in the City", "Art Attack", "Truth or Daring", "Irreplaceable"
- Slide Show Freaks (unlike their other work, this is an original show by Synergy themselves)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man
Tropes associated with Synergy:
- Animation Bump: Compared to most other Bento Box Entertainment productions, HouseBroken is a bit more fluid and lively, especially on Synergy's episodes.
- Off-Model: A newer studio, they're not immune, having shown this in several P&F episodes (particularly "Bubble Boys", "Excaliferb" and "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister").
