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{{Episode|name=BFDI x Inanimate Insanity - THE PORTAL?!
|airdate=March 30, 2024<br>June 8, 2024 (Spanish Localization)
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|transcript=BFDI x Inanimate Insanity - THE PORTAL?!
|previous=[[TWO OF THEM!? - BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Event]]
|next=[[Inanimate Insanity SEASON 4!?]]|youtube=NEIBSvwdcmU}}"'''BFDI x Inanimate Insanity - THE PORTAL?!'''" (also known as "Host to Coast" and previously as "Season 2 is Back!") is an animated short that was released on March 30, 2024, advertising the BFDI & Inanimate Insanity 2024 Tour. It also confirmed the return of ''[[Inanimate Insanity II]]''.

==Plot==
The video starts from where You Can’t Do This Forever left off MePhone4 teleporting via the [[Rejection Portal]] to the top of the [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower] that was painted in [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Meaty BFDIA 8] in the [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Plains Southern Goiky Plains], MePhone4 initially believes that he is in Paris, when the Puffball Speaker Box appears, wondering why he is at the Eiffel Tower. MePhone4 tells the PSB that he is trying to return to the second season of his show. The Puffball Speaker Box replies by claiming that he's in the second season of ''her'' show, ''Battle for Dream Island Again.'' 

MePhone4 and PSB arrive to a city. MePhone4 attempts to teleport again, and suddenly, after they leave, Evil Leafy appears. MePhone4 and PSB then arrive at Seattle on a rainy day, PSB then looking for MePhone4 to say something important, and then she found MePhone4 in a box. Soon after, MePhone4 teleports back to season 2 and Puffball Speaker Box said that she will now live in Seattle.

The last portion of the video features Cary, Michael, and Adam announcing the BFDI & Inanimate Insanity 2024 Tour, with all the information the viewers need to know about it such as the release of the new Evil Leafy Plush, the Pin pin, and the locations and dates of each of the six meetup locations.

==BFDI & Inanimate Insanity 2024 Tour Schedule==
*June 28-30, 2024 | NYU Skirball Center (New York City, New York)
*July 6, 2024 | Linda & Archie Dunham Theater (Houston, Texas)
*July 13 and 14, 2024 | SIFF Cinema Egyptian (Seattle, Washington)
*July 20 and 21, 2024 | Saban Media Center (Los Angeles, California)
*July 27, 2024 | Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois)
*August 3 and 4, 2024 | Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
During all the meetups, [[Truth or Flare|''Inanimate Insanity II'' Episode 15]] was shown. For the first 3 meetups (New York, Houston, & Seattle), the TPOT 12 was shown, and for the last three meetups (Los Angeles, Chicago, & Fort Lauderdale), BFDIA 14 was shown. Moreso, there were QnA sessions, as well as VIP tickets to meet the BFDI/II crew. [https://twitter.com/AnimationEpic/status/1812139928748241062 Announced] on July 13, 2024, there was a pop-up event on July 19, 2024 in Burbank, California to sell tour merchandise to people without a ticket the day before the Los Angeles tour dates.

==Cast==
'''DIRECTED BY:'''
* Adam Katz
* Benjamin Cross

'''PRODUCED BY:'''
* [[Adam Katz]]
* Cary Huang
* [[Michael Huang]]

'''WRITING:'''
* [[Ben Cross|Benjamin Cross]]

'''STORYBOARDS:'''
* [[Adam Katz]]

'''VOICE ACTING:'''
* [[Mark Katz]] - [[MePhone4]]
* [[Niall Burns|Niall Burns “XanyLeaves”]] - [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Two Two], [[Thermos]]
* [[Michael Huang]] - [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Puffball_Speaker_Box Puffball Speaker Box], [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Donut Donut], [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golfball Golf Ball], [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Fries Fries], [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Pencil Pencil]
* [[Adam Katz]] - [[Apple]], [[Test Tube]]
* [[Jill Katz]] - [[Tea Kettle]]
* [[Rheagan Rizio]] - [[Groscer]]
* [[Brian Koch]] - [[Starfruit]]
* [[Madeline Landry]] - [[Hay Bale|Haybale]]
* Zach Kornfeld - [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/BBQ_Sauce Barbecue Sauce]
* Carol Fargo - [[Minor Characters|Rusty Jo]]
* [[Dave Zhu]] - [[Frank]]
* AB Hammer - [[Minor Characters|Hammer]]

'''VOICE PROCESSING:'''
* Braden Whiteside

'''AUDIO EDITING:'''
* TAFFYMARZI
* Benjamin Cross
* Daniel Booth
* Braden Whiteside

'''CROWDS:'''
* Anthony Acedo
* Benjamin Cross
* Braden Whiteside
* Cary Huang
* Daniel Adam Valle
* Joseph Pak
* Peter Ruette
* TAFFYMARZI
* Xander Archibald “Xananer”

'''ANIMATION:'''
* Adam Katz
* Aiden Gomez
* Anthony Acedo
* Brannon C. “BrannFlakes”
* Christopher Yeh
* Dane Trent “WoopDoo”
* Daniel Adam Valle
* Ivan Maslov
* Mason Bozaich
* Polypawns
* Sacri
* Sicle
* Tristan Wescott “Spartan Dash”

'''PROPS & BACKGROUNDS:'''
* Acadia P. “Oska”
* Adam Katz
* Benjamin Cross
* Ivan Maslov
* Lazlo T. “TopHatTheHat”
* Polypawns

'''ANIMATION REVISION:'''
* Adam Katz
* Ivan Maslov

'''MUSIC:'''
* Kevin MacLeod
* Michael Huang
* Olivia Ciabattari

'''CAMERA OPERATOR:'''
* Abygale Noble

'''LOGO DESIGN:'''
* Charles Case “Cakebrunch”

'''VIDEO EDITING:'''
* Braden Whiteside
* Sam Thornbury

==Characters==
===II===
*[[MePhone4]]
*[[Test Tube]]
*[[Balloon]] (cameo)
*[[Blueberry]] (cameo)
*[[Hay Bale]] 
*[[Frank]]
*[[Minor Characters#Rusty Jo|Rusty Jo]]
*[[Minor Characters#Hammer|Hammer]] (cameo)
*[[Minor Characters#Dagger|Dagger]] (cameo)
*[[Minor Characters#Razor Blade|Razor Blade]] (cameo)
*[[Thermos]]
*[[MePad]] (mentioned)
*[[Lightbulb]] (mentioned)

===BFDI===
*[[Puffball Speaker Box]]
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/TV TV] (cameo)
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Barbecue_Sauce Barbecue Sauce] 
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Evil_Leafy Evil Leafy]
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Pencil Pencil]
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Needle Needle]
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Fries Fries]
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Teardrop Teardrop] (cameo)
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Saw Saw] (cameo)
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Bell Bell] (cameo)
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Book Book] (cameo)
*[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Lewis Lewis] (cameo)

===Other===
*[[Sacri|CRT]] (cameo)
*[https://animatic-battle-battle.fandom.com/wiki/GagOfGreen Pyramid] (cameo)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Come Back In 2 Days.png|March 28, 2024 teaser for Season 2 is Back!, with the colors of the Final 4 and MePhone4
</gallery>

==Trivia== 
*Similar to the previous year's video taking place after "[[Friend or Froze]]", this episode directly follows "[[You Can't Do This Forever]]", where MePhone4 uses the Rejection Portal to return to the main island.
*This is the first meetup announcement short where the jacknjellify and AnimationEpic versions of the short have entirely different plots rather than the plot diverging. As a result, many characters from Inanimate Insanity appear exclusively in the jacknjellify upload, including [[Fan]], [[Candle]], [[Bot]], [[Cabby]], [[Lifering]], [[Box]], [[Inani-Mates#Sprinkles|Sprinkles]], [[Tyler Bombard]], [[Tea Kettle]], [[Starfruit]], [[Apple]], [[OJ]], [[Groscer]], and [[Camera 2]].
*CRT and Pyramid, who are characters created by [[Sacri]] and GreenyGuy respectively, appear in this video. Specifically, they appear in the Houston Space Center.

===Cultural References===
*MePhone4 says "Whatever city this is, we have a problem" and Test Tube says "Houston!" is a reference to an Apollo 13 mission phrase “Houston, we have a problem”.
*Puffball Speaker Box says "Tossed salad and scrambled eggs" which is a reference to the theme song of the American sitcom ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier Frasier]''.
**There is another reference to Frasier in the ending of the short where Puffball Speaker Box says she's gonna be living in Seattle now, and it cuts to a title sequence, which references Frasier's theme song.

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