Waffling About

Waffling About is an animated short that was released on December 12th, 2020.

Plot
Test Tube exclaims loudly from inside Hotel OJ that her invention is not working and she must tighten a screw, awakening Nickel who chides her for being loud and questions what her invention does. Test Tube explains that her invention toasts waffles scientifically accurately to make the perfect breakfast. Nickel sarcastically remarks that perfection is subjective to Box as a joke, who gives him no response. There's a knock at the door, revealing Baton who tells that he received a call about perfection being claimed despite it being subjective. Nickel walks away whistling while Test Tube slams the door angrily before taking out Experiment 626 and plans a scheme against Nickel.

Later outside the hotel, Nickel relaxes on the ground when Test Tube approaches with a plate of red glowing waffles and asks Nickel to eat them. Nickel rejects the offer but Test Tube forces the waffles into Nickel's mouth, causing him to glow and eventually split into two different nickels, one Dark and one Light. The Dark Nickel begins to make sarcastic remarks powerful enough to make energy pulses, while the Light Nickel has been sapped of all personality and is silent. Test Tube panics as the Dark Nickel begins to become more powerful.

Meanwhile, Trophy is taking photos of a vase, the Dark Nickel approaches him and blows Trophy away with an energy blast from two simultaneous sarcastic remarks, shattering the vase in the process. Test Tube notes that their reactions give the Dark Nickel more power, though Trophy continues to feed into them. Suddenly, Test Tube gets an idea and places Box in front of the Dark Nickel, who tries to insult Box but receives no response. The Dark Nickel loses his power and zaps into a ball of light, which Test Tube captures and combines with the Light Nickel. The two form back into regular Nickel, confused by what just happened. As Test Tube recalls the lesson of splitting someone into two separate beings, Yin-Yang walks in and Yin yells at Test Tube, asking how many times she must learn this very specific lesson. Yang then says that her waffles taste terrible, revealing he's taken a bit of her waffles, as Test Tube and Nickel scream "no!".

Characters

 * Test Tube
 * Nickel
 * Dark Nickel
 * Light Nickel
 * Box
 * Baton
 * Trophy
 * Yin-Yang

Locations

 * Hotel OJ

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance and speaking role for Yin-Yang since Inanimate Insanity II T-Shirt Anniversary.
 * The events of this short are similar to the story of "Tri Your Best", which involves Test Tube splitting another person in two using Experiment 626.
 * Yin references this when Test Tube learns not to split choatic entities and Yin gets mad at her for having to learn that lesson again.
 * The visual design of this short is akin to the Paper Mario series.

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RVIJCe_c8I