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Box, labeled The Box, is an insentient male contestant on Inanimate Insanity II. He is placed with The Grand Slams.
Box competed as a contestant on Inanimate Insanity Invitational as a member of The Sinkers. He was medically evacuated from the game after an accident caused by his team's poor dynamics along with Clover's luck, and did not go to Indefinite Island, not participating in either rejoin challenge. He placed 15th.
Personality[]
Box is not shown to have a personality, since he is not alive. Despite this, other contestants treat Box as it were sentient, often speaking to and for him or seeing his silence as shy, wise, emotional or rude depending on the situations. In Inanimate Insanity Invitational, Box is seen by Nickel and Balloon as a backstabber since he accidentally votes for them after supposedly allying with them. These completely coincidental incidents make him a powerful ally in Tea Kettle's eyes. It is also seen through the subtitles of some episodes, Box does have a voice although it is unheard of in the videos. Although the Audience can’t hear it, in universe box does have a voice.
Trophy is the only character to call out the cardboard material's lifelessness prompting everyone else to defend the inanimate object. Despite that animosity both teamed up in The Participation Trophy where it's also revealed Box idolizes Trophy and "mimics his exercise regimen" using it to swiftly (offscreen to the viewers) navigate the kiddie pool obstacle course earning Trophy's respect despite both of them also losing to Team Cinnamonfinity.
Even though Box seemingly moves sometimes, it's been stated multiple times Box is not a very good swimmer sinking rapidly in any body of water, having to be rescued by Lifering and Yin-Yang.
Appearance[]
Box has a simple appearance that accompanies his rather plain and nonexistent personality. He is an ordinary yellow rectangular cardboard box with four sides. A bump-like design runs along Box's sides and splits them into a lighter half above and darker half below. His top can be opened by two small flaps.
The inside of Box is completely empty, except for the written word "box", which Apple notably misreads as "Taco".
Official Site Bio[]
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Coverage[]
Cameos[]
Despite Box's elimination in "A Kick In The Right Direction", Box has appeared multiple times throughout the series in the form of background cameos:
In "Let 'Er R.I.P.", Box appears under one of the tables.
In "Theft and Battery", Box appears three times, once behind a counter as Lightbulb mentions knowing "a guy", once inside a glass showcase as Steve Cobs yells at Soap, and finally on a computer screen as Microphone talks to Steve Cobs.
In "Mazed and Confused", Box can be seen hiding behind bushes when Lightbulb is about to be with Fan as her partner.
Vote Status[]
Season 2 Votes[]
Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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"Cooking for the Grater Good" | 4 | 739 | 4010 | 18.42% |
"A Kick in the Right Direction" | 5 | 1442 | 3851 | 37.44% |
Total: | 2181 votes |
Popularity Poll[]
Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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695 (to join) | 22513 | 3.08% |
Season 3 Immunity Votes[]
Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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"Snapshot Showdown" | 3 | 1207 | 7136 | 16.91% |
Total: | 1207 votes |
Trivia[]
- On the official site, Box's biography is intentionally vague, hinting Box's simplicity and mysteriousness.
- Box first appeared in the "Roger That" trailer at the end, in the picture with Paintbrush, Yin-Yang, and Baseball, being stood on by Yin-Yang, becoming the fourth person revealed in Inanimate Insanity II.
- In AnimationEpic's video "Inanimate Battle 2", Taco was in Box, as a joke. It also refers to the fact about what was inside Box, and when Apple opened it, she thought it said Taco, but it turned out to be a misread since Knife corrected her with it saying Box.
- As stated in the description of "The Best of Box", Box was originally never supposed to be a contestant, but he became one when Derek and Adam were laughing at the idea of just making a cardboard box a character. Soon Taylor, Brian, and everyone started to love the idea and think it was hilarious, causing him to become an official contestant.
- As revealed on the new Inanimate Insanity Site, he "enjoys transcending time and space."
- Box is able to talk, even though the viewer can't hear it. This explains why he was able to speak into the microphone in the court case in Everything's A-OJ.
- Box is the lowest-placing armless contestant in both Inanimate Insanity II and Inanimate Insanity Invitational.
- Box is the first limbless contestant to be eliminated in Inanimate Insanity Invitational. This is also makes Box the first ever contestant to never be punched by the Fist Thingy III, due to being medically evacuated.
- In both seasons he participated in, Box was eliminated in the 5th episode.
- Box is the only contestant to participate in both Inanimate Insanity II and Inanimate Insanity Invitational to not make it to the merge in either season.
- Because of this, he is also the only contestant to participate in more than one season and never make it to the merge.
- Box and Blueberry are the only contestants who haven't done a confessional.
- Box has only had one line throughout the entire series.
- This line was later removed and replaced with birds chirping; due to when you reverse the line, it says "You reversed this clip didn't you mother f***er". it was removed sometime after Early 2021
- He is one of five characters to begin with Bo-, the others being Bomb, Bot, Boaty and Bow.
- It is possible that he may have been alive before, as MePhoneX is known to be able to despawn characters and make them lifeless, similar to Box.
Gallery
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The Grand Slams |
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Members (as of II Season 2 Episode 17):
Knife • Suitcase |
The Sinkers |
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Members: Lifering • Box • Tea Kettle • Blueberry • Nickel • Balloon
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