Paintbrush and Lightbulb



This article focuses on the relationships of Lightbulb and Paintbrush.

Status: Best friends (Lightbulb), Mostly friends (Paintbrush)

Overview
The friendship between the two are sort of a back and forth thing. They are frenemies, basically. Lightbulb and Paintbrush used to have a slight friendship, despite being on the same team in season 1, they didn't interact with each other until season 2, sharing a few bonding moments.

In War De Guacamole, Paintbrush is surprised to see Lightbulb wasn't actually meant to be eliminated and was supposed to be Nickel in The Stacker.

In Breaking the Ice, Lightbulb slaps Paintbrush for trying to greet Microphone, yelling "Stranger Danger!", Paintbrush gets annoyed by her, Lightbulb whispers to Paintbrush about Microphone knew about her and them.

In Marsh on Mars, Paintbrush suggests that Test Tube can build their rocket, Lightbulb asks them how could she qualified to do it, Paintbrush explains to Lightbulb that test tubes are scientific purposes and rockets are science things, Lightbulb says that she doesn't appreciate judging people based on their appearance on her team, Paintbrush didn't understand and tells Lightbulb that she didn't meant it at all, Lightbulb tells Paintbrush that people like them made her sick, Paintbrush is annoyed and went to get some tools.

In Tri Your Best, Paintbrush suggests Lightbulb that she should pick three people, when Lightbulb picks Yin-Yang for the challenge, Paintbrush asks her if she actually meant Yin-Yang, Lightbulb asks Paintbrush where they pull Yin-Yang out off, after Lightbulb is done picking the contestants for the challenge, Lightbulb immediately slaps Paintbrush.

before Lightbulb's actions finally caused Paintbrush to snap in Cooking for the Grater Good. Paintbrush declares themself as captain and tries to lead the team. When Lightbulb makes her cookie pizza which ends up winning for their team, Paintbrush is still slightly unimpressed.

However, in A Kick in the Right Direction, Paintbrush tries to get on Lightbulb's good side, only for Lightbulb to be oblivious when another team member acts offensive. Despite being angry, Paintbrush says nothing when being sent to the calm-down corner. Lightbulb is oblivious to the hate Paintbrush is giving her, and she acts as if the two are friends (making this a one-sided conflict).

In Let 'Er R.I.P., the two are seen talking in the haunted house, Lightbulb does a hideous rap, then switches herself on. Paintbrush first gives a surprised reaction, only to fix it with an ordinary response, and insulting Bow in the process. She flies into Paintbrush's bristles and drags Paintbrush around in the air, to which Lightbulb assumes Paintbrush is flying, exclaiming they can be "flying buddies". Then Lightbulb grabs on to Paintbrush's back and they both fly out of the mansion.

In Everything's A-OJ, Lightbulb is the only Bright Light that offers to help Paintbrush, which Paintbrush was thankful for, but Lightbulb trips and shatters right after. Paintbrush's look at Lightbulb's shattered body showed horror and concern.

In Rain On Your Charade, Lightbulb is joking about finding Marshmallow's bottle cap collection, while Paintbrush is holding up a sign saying "FIND THE CAPS OR DEATH ".

In Kick the Bucket, they aggressively take their rage out on Lightbulb for her attitude becoming more nonsensical lately. Later, they are even more upset at her and question why she thrown an electrocuted ball at Fan, thus pressuring him afterward.

In Alternate Reality Show, they neglect Lightbulb and decide to stop working with her, leaving the latter in an extremely low mood. Later, they apologize to her and say that they're used to doing things their own way, and admit it's hard to explain in their case. At elimination, after Paintbrush is voted off, Lightbulb gives Baxter to them, and then along with Fan and Test Tube, says goodbye to her friend one last time. Their interactions end here.