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Not to be confused with Fanny, a contestant in Battle for Dream Island.
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I didn't interrupt you, I'm your biggest FAN! |
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| —Breaking the Ice | ||
Fan, labeled The #1 Fan, is a male recurring character on Inanimate Insanity. Despite his debut, he came back and was a contestant in Inanimate Insanity II until his elimination in Mine Your Own Business. He later competed in Inanimate Insanity Invitational until his elimination in The Shame of the Name, after Cabby rallied the rest of The Pinkers, except Test Tube, together to blindside him. He left Indefinite Island early, not participating in either rejoin challenge. He is voiced by Brian Koch.
Appearance[]
Fan is a red Chinese foldable paper fan. His body is shaped like an upside-down triangle with two yellow sticks at either side. The red paper makes several folds on his body, causing triangular bumps at the top. At his bottom the red paper twists.
Changes[]
- His body is saturated and high in contrast.
- He has 6 folds, and they are inconsistent.
- He's less saturated.
- His shading is lighter.
II2 1-11
- His shading and outlines are lighter, and slightly desaturated.
- His stick now has shading.
- His folds are more consistent.
II2 12
- His folds now reach his center properly.
- He no longer has outlines between his folds.
- His stick's outline is now yellow.
II2 13-14
- His outlines are thicker and slightly darker.
II2 15+
- The outline around his body is now slightly darker.
Current (III)
- He now has 4 folds.
- He is slightly tinted pink.
- His other stick is more visible.
Personality[]
Fan is a talkative, awkward, and passionate contestant, commonly recognized as the ultimate fan of Inanimate Insanity. He has a strong interest in blogging and mentions it a couple of times throughout the show. He is typically ignorant and unaware of what happens around him, being mostly absorbed in his electronics, which he is almost always seen with. Most of his remarks are often about the game's structure, being very observant of the patterns within the show. There are times where Fan isn't much of an active participant in challenges. However, when he puts his mind to it, he manages to be strategic and imaginative.[1]
Fan has a knack for theorizing and speculation. His strongest skill is being observant and creative, however, this is mostly narrowed down to only be focused on the show. He can predict some of the show's events due to his interest in jotting down information and analyzing it. He follows his own observations confidently, even if they may negatively impact other people.[2] However, Fan has learned to recognize the flaws in his theories and how they affect the people he cares about.[3]
Fan can be inconsiderate of others' feelings, such as inappropriately laughing in Paintbrush's face when they were frustrated, and not taking them seriously. [4] He also has an inappropriate reaction to Lightbulb's death where he cares more about how many times she's been shattered. Despite this, he is shown to be caring at times, like apologizing to Paintbrush[5] and The Baby Shimmer.[6]
Fan has a lot of trouble coping with change, having negative reactions to the sudden alterations in the patterns he observes in the show, such as breaking down over there being no elimination in "Mazed and Confused". He further expresses how difficult changes are for him when talking to Suitcase, shown to prefer routines and structure.[7]
Fan isn't the best when it comes to social interactions and has a hard time making friends. He seems to be more attached and connected to non-living things, such as his electronics or his blog, and finds actual social connections more difficult. He had an easier time bonding with the egg, which he could easily project onto, and shows a lot of love and care for it throughout season 2. Despite this, he's found relations through the show and learned to approach new people, such as starting conversations with Test Tube and Suitcase and forming a bond with them. Even though Fan has problems talking to others, he isn't much of a shy person. Due to his impulsivity, Fan expresses himself very obnoxiously.
Fan has fragile confidence and insecurities which makes him quick to lose his composure when corrected.[8] He can also be rather stubborn, such as wanting to prove Knife's observation about him wrong and being more aware of his surroundings to spite his claim of him not paying enough attention. Fan also has difficulties when it comes to talking about himself, but has an easier time expressing himself over text as shown in "Mine Your Own Business".
Despite being very attached to the show and having a very emotional reaction to being eliminated,[7] Fan has learnt to better deal with being eliminated and shown great growth in how he views himself in relation to the game. This leads to him being much more acceptant of his elimination in Invitational.
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Fan is a walking, talking database of Inanimate Insanity’s history, A.K.A. a huge “fan” of the show. Being a contestant is truly a dream come true for him, and he is constantly nerding out over (OBSERVING) every facet of the competition. With an obsession over (WATCHFUL EYES ON) theories and patterns from the show’s past, Fan is usually (NEVER) unaware of what is happening around him and is actually the most ignorant (SELF-AWARE) competitor of all! Fan is, indeed, quite socially awkward (A STRATEGIC AND IMAGINATIVE) player that strives to win, no matter how unconventional or subversive the means! |
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| —Inanimate Insanity Site, 2018 | ||
Abilities[]
- Folding/Flight: Fan is able to glide in the air if he unfolds into a half circle shape. This is first seen in "Tri Your Best". He later uses his unfolding ability to expand his size in order to block the goal in "A Kick in the Right Direction", and inversely, he folds up completely in "Alternate Reality Show" to avoid Paintbrush's heat wave.
Blogs[]
Fan used to post blogs every so often on the Inanimate Insanity Website. The link was shown during his leg of the triathlon in "Tri Your Best."
The website's blog is now deactivated, but an archive consisting of his old blog posts can be found on a fan created Tumblr. Fan now has a Tumblr, where he posts on from time to time. The blog was inactive for 3 years as of this post on April 7th 2021, but was updated on September 2nd 2024 in a post a few days before "The Reality of the Situation" was released.
Coverage[]
Vote Status[]
Inanimate Insanity II Viewer Elimination Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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| "Marsh on Mars" | 2 | 139 | 2498 | 5.56% |
| "Tri Your Best" | 3 | 385 | 3021 | 12.74% |
| "Let 'Er R.I.P." | 6 | 311 | 4211 | 7.38% |
| "Everything's A-OJ" | 7 | 249 | 4300 | 5.79% |
| Total Number of Season 2 Votes: | 1085 | |||
| Average Number of Season 2 Votes: | 271 | |||
Popularity Poll[]
| Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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| 1388 (to join) | 22513 | 6.16% |
Inanimate Insanity Invitational Elimination Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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| "The Shame of the Name" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 66.6% |
Inanimate Insanity Invitational Viewer Immunity Votes[]
| Episode | EP # | Votes | Total Votes | Percentage |
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| "The Shame of the Name" | 2 | 2448 | 15170 | 16.13% |
| Total Number of Season 3 Votes: | 2448 | |||
Trivia[]
- Fan is the first character Brian Koch voiced.
- Fan is the second prominent character to be voiced by Brian Koch, the other is MePhone4S.
- Fan is one of the only contestants who owns a phone, the other ones are Marshmallow and Bow.
- He is the only Inanimate Insanity II newbie to own one.
- He is also the only male to have one.
- On his character page on the Inanimate Insanity website, Fan actually edits his own description and notes that he'd like to speak to the writer in his fun facts.
- Fan is one of the four contestants in Inanimate Insanity II to be eliminated without getting the most votes, the other three are Dough, Marshmallow, and Microphone.
- Out of the three, he is the only one who has been eliminated after a contest due to Mephone4 not being available.
- Fan is made of paper, causing Lightbulb to sometimes call him Paper.
- Fan the only contestant with a laptop as shown in "Marsh on Mars" and "Mine Your Own Business", however, he is the second character to own a laptop, the first being Adam.
- Fan is the first male to be declared safe in Inanimate Insanity II.
- It is confirmed via Adam's Deviantart page that Fan thinks Inanimate Insanity is entirely scripted and isn't an actual show with a real prize. He believes that he's just there to watch it unfold in person.
- Fan was the last male on The Bright Lights after Yin-Yang's elimination.
- Cheesy, Microphone, and Fan are the only newbies to appear in Season 1 of Inanimate Insanity.
- He's the only The Bright Lights member who has appeared in it.
- Fan was the last male newbie to be eliminated in Season 2.
- Coincidentally, he was first male returning contestant eliminated in Season 3.
- In "Mine Your Own Business" it's implied in his first vent that Fan is aware that Paintbrush is non-binary, referring to them as "they". However, this could be just him using a common gender-neutral pronoun.
- Fan was the seventh Bright Lights member eliminated. He also got 7th place overall in Inanimate Insanity II.
- Fan is the first Season 2 newbie to be eliminated twice (Second one being Box due to injuries and Third being Test Tube in "I Am Chocolate!")
- He is also the first veteran in Inanimate Insanity Invitational to be voted off.
- Fan is the first contestant to have left Indefinite Island after being voted out.
- He, Suitcase and Lightbulb are the only ones that never got a single vote throughout the merge in Inanimate Insanity II.
- Fan appeared in a tweet celebrating the birthday of GingerBrave, the main protagonist of the game CookieRun: Kingdom, alongside many other characters.[9]
- In the BFDI x II Experience it has been confirmed that Fan, Bot and Test Tube are a family, also shown in the most recent short.
- It is not specified what type of family they are, or how Fan and Test Tube see each other outside of "family".
- Due to Blueberry’s rejoin, Fan is now the lowest ranking contestant and lowest ranking male in Inanimate Insanity Invitational.
- He is the only contestant to never appear in a Season 3 thumbnail, along with Box.
- On Fan's Tumblr blog it is confirmed that he reads Inanimate Insanity fanfiction, stating that he also writes some of his own.
- In a QnA with Brian Koch, it was stated that Fan's favorite Undertale character is Sans.[10]
References[]
- ↑ Revealed in Tri Your Best.
- ↑ Revealed in Everything's A-OJ.
- ↑ Revealed in Hatching the Plan.
- ↑ Revealed in Mazed and Confused.
- ↑ Revealed in Kick the Bucket.
- ↑ Revealed in Hatching the Plan.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Revealed in Mine Your Own Business.
- ↑ Revealed in The Shame of the Name.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie - Live Chat (youtube.com)
Gallery
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| The Bright Lights |
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 Members: Lightbulb • Test Tube • Fan • Paintbrush • Marshmallow • Apple • Yin-Yang • Cherries • Tissues |
| The Pinkers |
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Members: Fan • Test Tube • Paintbrush • Bot • Silver Spoon • Balloon • Cabby |