| キャラクター | ギャラリー | 関係 | 作中での活躍 |
Not to be confused with Nick Le, Dime, or his BFDI counterpart.
Mean thoughts fill my head too. You just gotta transform them into sarcasm so you won't come off as mean to people!
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Nickel, labeled The Sarcasm Spasm, is a male contestant on Inanimate Insanity who was placed on Team Epic. He returned in Inanimate Insanity II, was a member of The Grand Slams. He returns again in Inanimate Insanity Invitational and was a member of The Sinkers until moving to The New Thinkers. He competed for himself in the merge until his elimination in "The Show Must Go On", caused by Balloon orchestrating his elimination in order to best increase his own chances at winning. He is voiced by Adam Katz.
Appearance[]
Nickel is a round coin-shaped character with two sides - heads and tails. His body, including his rims, is shiny silver/gray. His face appears on the heads side, and his legs are at the bottom.
Changes[]
Pre-Debut
- His side has no light streaks.
- He has two light streaks in the front and back sides.
- His light streaks are the same size.
- His outlines are inconsistent.
- His outline is darker.
- His light streaks face his side, similar to Coiny from BFDI.
Debut
- His light streaks faces the opposite direction.
Early/Mid II
- His outlines are more consistent.
- He is drawn sloppily.
- His shine is thicker.
Late II1-Mid II2
- His outline is a little brighter.
- He now has a light streaks on his side.
- He is squashed.
- His light streaks are reverted back to facing his side.
- He has shading.
- He has more light and shading streaks.
Late II2 (Current)
- His light and shading streaks are lesser.
III
- He is no longer squashed.
- His regular color is on top of his side light streak.
- His side light streak are on top of the shading.
Personality[]
Renown for his exceptional taste in sarcasm, Nickel is a critical character who is also snarky, churlish and ill-tempered. Nickel's most identifying trope is his trademark sarcasm, which he uses to convert mean thoughts in his head in order not to come off as rude and disrespectful to others. Though this strategy may not always work, Nickel still considers sarcasm as an art, and himself an artist.
As an armless character, Nickel is unable to accomplish feats as easily as others but is usually determined to try his hardest. At the same time, Nickel expresses a large disinterest in competing in many of MePhone4's challenges and is commonly seen with a grumpy expression when competing.
Although Baseball is the leader of The Grand Slams, Nickel occasionally takes over the initiative and gives out orders to others. However, Nickel's sarcasm and wit make him appear shrewd. As a result, he does not typically work well with others, and may instead make rude and opprobrious comments or insults about them, causing drifts in his relationships.
Nickel is close with his armless alliance, consisting of Baseball and Suitcase, and can be seen working together as a trio in most challenges. Nickel is considerably untrusting, however, as he repeatedly attempts to disassociate his alliance with competitors like Cheesy, and most notably, Balloon, who continues to try to redeem himself. However, Nickel's abrasive and argumentative attitude against Balloon contrasts deeply with Suitcase's open-heart.
Although he appears to be extremely ruthless and doesn't value friendship, Nickel cares about his alliance, as highlighted by Baseball, but has a difficult way of showing it. In "Kick the Bucket", Nickel claims that Balloon was tearing the alliance apart, and wanted to conserve their bond. Much to Nickel's surprise, Suitcase notes that the two rarely even talk to one another, leading to many inner conflicts in the alliance. Despite being quite intolerant, unforgiving, and antipathetic to an extent, Nickel forms a great bond with Baseball, whom he is loyal to.
Upon entering 'Inanimate Insanity Invitational' and being placed on The Sinkers, Nickel once again creates an alliance, this time with Box and, regrettably, Balloon, with whom he still continues to distrust. On the other hand, Nickel begins "listening" to Box and putting his full faith in him and though Nickel does begin to develop a slight friendship with Balloon, they continue to have issues.
Nickel is also shown to enjoy mentoring others about sarcasm. As seen in "A Kick in the Right Direction", Nickel attempts to teach Knife how to use sarcasm, which Knife now uses occasionally as well.
Official Site Bio[]
Nickel is known for having a sarcastic attitude. He appears to be a bit of a narcissist, as he feels confident in completing many challenges himself. Though being armless, he is still able to do many activities such as tree-climbing, jumping and golf-ball stacking.
Don’t let Nickel’s small stature or value fool you – this coin is rough around the edges! Nickel’s sarcastic attitude, frequent pessimism, and witty zingers make him a polarizing character in the game. He is generally quite blunt and is never afraid to speak his mind, which can rub the more sensitive contestants the wrong way. Despite his gruff exterior, Nickel is very loyal and wants nothing more than to assist his friends and alliances in winning. If he refuses to dial his attitude back, it may just cost him 20 million times his own value!
Coverage[]
Nickle/Nickel Controversy[]
Due to many voters misspelling Nickel's name as "Nickle", the votes were not counted for "The Stacker", causing Lightbulb to be eliminated. After many fans raged on Lightbulb's elimination, resulted in the votes for "Nickel" being re-counted, eliminating Nickel, and bringing back Lightbulb, this also started the character Nick-Le, whose only quote so far is, "I'm highly offended!!".
Vote Status[]
Season 1 Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Stacker" & "War De Guacamole"[note 1] | 5/6 | 46 (+ 70) | 265 | 17.3% (+ 26.4%) |
| "Double Digit Desert" | 10 | 56 (to rejoin) | 386 | 14.5% |
| Total: | 172 votes | |||
Season 2 Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Cooking for the Grater Good" | 4 | 95 | 4010 | 2.37% |
| "A Kick in the Right Direction" | 5 | 99 | 3853 | 2.57% |
| "Theft and Battery" | 8 | 313 | 5688 | 5.5% |
| "Rain On Your Charade" | 9 | 1731 | 7348 | 23.55% |
| "Kick the Bucket" | 11 | 1 | 6 | 16.6% |
| Total: | 2239 votes | |||
Popularity Poll[]
| Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 609 (to join) | 22513 | 2.7% |
Season 3 Immunity Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Snapshot Showdown" | 3 | 1381 | 7136 | 19.35% |
| "Try Not To Laugh Challenge" | 5/6 | 4138 | 12933 | 32% |
| "Out of Body Experience" | 8 | 2687 | 11682 | 23% |
| "Title TBD" | 9 | 2642 | 11469 | 23.04% |
| "I Am Chocolate!" | 10 | 4296 | 36413 | 11.8% |
| "Pesty Besties" | 11 | Part of 3698 | 16250 | Part of 24.4% |
| "Home Is Where the Heart Is" | 12 | Part of 2842 | 14986 | Part of 18.9% |
| Total Number of Season 3 Votes: | 15144+ | |||
Season 3 Elimination Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Stranded in Paradise" | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16.67% |
| "Snapshot Showdown" | 3 | 2 | 6 | 33.3% |
| "Try Not To Laugh Challenge" | 6 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% |
| "I Am Chocolate!" | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10% |
| "Blue Buried" | 15 | 2 | 6 | 33.3% |
| "The Great Bluish Bake Off" | 16 | 2 | 5 | 40% |
| "The Show Must Go On" | 17 | 2 | 4 | 50% |
| Total Number of Season 3 Votes: | 11 | |||
Trivia[]
Comparisons[]
- Nickel is known to be the first of three things.
- He is the first Inanimate Insanity character created.
- He is the first contestant to receive a cookie.
- He is the first one to join his team.
- Nickel is the highest-ranking armless contestant in Season 1, and the lowest ranking armless contestant in Season 2.
- Nickel is one of the only 2 contestants from both Season 1 and Season 2 that never made it to the merge, the other being Balloon.
- As of "I am Chocolate!", He has finally reached the merge of a season along with Balloon.
- Nickel is one of the only contestants to appear in all 3 seasons, the others being Balloon and Paintbrush.
- Nickel, along with Tissues and Trophy, are the only Season 2 contestants to not appear in a Season 2 episode thumbnail.
- "The Shame of the Name" from Season 3 marks the first time Nickel has appeared in an episode thumbnail since Journey Through Memory Lane/Part 2.
- Nickel is the only Season 3 contestant with only legs.
Competition[]
- Nickel is the only contestant to be eliminated an episode late, due to miscounted votes.
- An infamous running gag with Nickel is that many viewers misspell his name as "Nickle", spawning the creation of the character Nick Le.
- For one frame in "Cooking For The Grater Good", his name was misspelled as Nickle right when the names just showed up.
- Nickel has been eliminated with the least amount of votes with 1 vote in "Kick the Bucket", even less than Paper's first elimination in "A Lemony Lesson".
- Nickel is the third contestant in Inanimate Insanity Invitational to turn golden via the Immunity Cookie. (The first and second contestants to do this were Cabby and Silver Spoon)
- Nickel is the only contestant in Inanimate Insanity Invitational to survive two tiebreakers. The first one by additional contestant vote in "Snapshot Showdown", and alongside Balloon in the episode "Spring on the Breakfast!", they both survive just from a random chance.
General[]
- A different Nickel[1] appears as a contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, BFB and TPOT.
- He retains Adam Katz as his voice actor.
- Taylor Grodin claimed in a Tumblr post that Inanimate Insanity and the BFDI series take place in separate universes, and therefore the Nickels in each show (while they look identical) are in fact separate characters.
- In the Fan's Fantastic Features episode "Nickel For Your Thoughts", it's revealed that Nickel's favorite color is Green.
- In the Inanimate Insanity Short "Waffling About", it's revealed that when he is given Experiment 626, he splits into two nickels; one where the sarcasm can cause shockwaves which strength is based on the receptor's reaction to the sarcasm, and one completely blank and emotionless.
- Nickel was originally planned to rank 4th in the first season, as it was planned to be a contestant vote all the way.
- In the change to viewer vote, he was the first eliminated. However, the Misspelled Votes led to the creation of Nick Le. and Lightbulb being eliminated. This mistake would be fixed the following episode, however.
- Funnily enough, he ended up ranking 4th on Inanimate Insanity Invitational.
- According to MePhone4, Nickel was his second-least favorite contestant in the final 8 of Inanimate Insanity Invitational.
- Nickel, Tea Kettle, and OJ have both gotten the lowest amount of votes upon their respective eliminations on Inanimate Insanity Invitational, at 2 votes
- Nickel is the 2nd highest Inanimate Insanity Season 1 contestant in Inanimate Insanity Invitational. 1st being Balloon, and 3rd being Paintbrush.
- A Nickel sticker and a sticker of Snowball from Battle for Dream Island made an appearance on the American news network Today on October 20th, 2023.[2]
- This makes Nickel the first II character to appear in a news program and Snowball from BFDI the second BFDI character to appear in a news program after Marker as well.
Deaths[]
- Friend or Froze: Crushed flat by the broken wall.
- The Reality of the Situation: Deleted by MePhoneX.
Gallery
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References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200717121826/https://thetgrodzblog.tumblr.com/post/182380354941/is-nickel-in-inanimate-insanity-the-same-nickel-in
- ↑ The impact of screen time on kids: What's at stake, 2:33
Notes[]
- ↑ Nickel received 64 votes in The Stacker, with Nick Le receiving 70 in the same episode. Nickel was eliminated and replaced with Lightbulb in War De Guacamole, counting the votes from the previous episode.
| Team Epic |
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 Members: Lightbulb (c) • Nickel • Knife • Paintbrush • Baseball • Marshmallow • Paper • Apple |
| The Grand Slams |
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 Members (as of II Season 2 Episode 15):
Knife • Suitcase |
| The Sinkers |
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Members: Lifering • Box • Tea Kettle • Blueberry • Nickel • Balloon
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