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Not to be confused with Fanny, a contestant in Battle for Dream Island.

I didn't interrupt you, I'm your biggest FAN!

Breaking the Ice
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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, placing 18th overall. 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[]

Debut

  • His body is saturated and high in contrast.
  • He has 6 folds, and they are inconsistent.

Aquatic Conflict

  • He's less saturated.
  • His shading is lighter.

Second

  • His shading and outlines are lighter, and slightly desaturated.
  • His stick now has shading.
  • His folds are more consistent.

Previous

  • His folds now reach his center properly.
  • He no longer has outlines between his folds.
  • His stick's outline is now yellow.

Current (II)

  • His outlines are thicker and 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. This is shown when successfully manipulating Microphone to win the challenge for his team in "Tri Your Best".

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. This is shown clearly when he sat back and watched in "Everything's A-OJ", being confident in his observations that they'd win either way and ignoring Paintbrush's frustration with his behavior. However, as of "Hatching the Plan", Fan has learned to recognize the flaws in his theories and how they affect the people he cares about.

Fan can be inconsiderate of other's feelings, such as inappropriately laughing in Paintbrush's face when they were frustrated, and not taking them seriously. This is also shown when he disrupts and mocks Marshmallow's problems in "Mazed and Confused", and even being insensitive over Lightbulb's death in "Everything's A-OJ"- caring more for how many times she's been shattered. Despite this, he is shown to be caring at times, such as apologizing to Paintbrush for his behaviour in "Kick the bucket".

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 in "Mind Your own Buisness" when talking to Suitcase, shown to prefer routines and structure.

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 egg, which he could easily project onto, and shows alot 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 impulsiveness, Fan expresses himself very obnoxiously.

Fan has fragile confidence which makes him quick to lose his composure when corrected, such as Cabby correcting his information about the show's trivia in "The Shame Of The Name". 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 in "Mind Your Own Buisness", Fan has learnt to better deal with being eliminated and shown great growth in regards to how he views himself in relation to the game. This leads to him being much more acceptant of his elimination in "The Shame Of The Name".

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!

—Inanimate Insanity Site, 2018


Abilities[]

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. However, the blog hasn't been updated since his last post on April 7th, 2021.

Coverage[]

Click here to view the coverage of Fan
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Vote Status[]

Inanimate Insanity II Viewer Elimination Votes[]

Episode EP # Votes Total Votes Percentage
"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
1388 (to join) 22513 6.16%

Inanimate Insanity Invitational Elimination Votes[]

Episode EP # Votes Total Votes Percentage
"The Shame of the Name" 2 4 6 66.6%

Inanimate Insanity Invitational Viewer Immunity Votes[]

Episode EP # Votes Total Votes Percentage
"The Shame of the Name" 2 2448 15170 16.13%
Total Number of Season 3 Votes: 2448


Trivia[]

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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!")
  • 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.[1]
  • 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.

Gallery

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The Bright Lights
Bright Lights Logo

Current (as of II14): Lightbulb
Eliminated: Test TubeFanPaintbrushMarshmallowAppleYin-YangCherriesTissues

The Pinkers
Screenshot (562)

Members: FanTest TubePaintbrushBotSilver SpoonBalloonCabby
Switched: CloverGoo

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