Phaxal was, like many other things...you guessed it, a last minute idea. Season 3's production started around the time me and met our good new friend . We started to spent a lot more time with him, and one of our running jokes was that Zach and UC were "equals". Not talking about their art, but rather their looks. Both UC and Zach have their respective characters' haircuts in real life ;D So after about half a year of knowing him, I decided to implement Phaxal as a character. In case you guys didn't know, "P H A X A L" is a Kingdom Hearts II reference, as his name is a rearrangement of "A L P H A" with an "x" added, as with the names of the members of Organization XIII, the 'nobodies'. I thought it'd be a funny reference, so I went with it. Eventually, when the time came for Shadow Alpha to make his big transformation, Zach came down to my house to record for Phaxal, and if you also didn't notice, Phaxal's battle clips are copies of certain attacks from the Shadow users he absorbed. "Demon Flame!" from Demon King, "Bombs Away!" from AKAKK, "Dark Bomb!" from Gamecrazed, etc. His grid fight scene was fun to animate, and his pompous attitude was amusing to write during the remainder of Season 3. Interesting that a last-minute idea quickly turned into a pretty plot-important character XD;