The Fist Thingy outstretches straight forward to eliminate Knife.
The Fist Thingy is the first and latest official way that contestants are eliminated on Inanimate Insanity at "Elimination Time!". It is a red boxing glove with the label "Fist Thingy" on it attached to a gray or white pole that shoots out and punches the contestant that receives the most votes either from the contestants or viewers at full speed in the Elimination Area. It sends these contestants flying off the show to Idiotic Island, where the contestants shall remain. The Fist Thingy was at one point retired from its original job and instead used to keep intruders out of Idiotic Island, but was brought back soon after.
The Fist Thingy makes its first appearance in The Arena Of Death when Pencil, a character from Battle for Dream Island, appears after being offended by Nickel saying that pencils were stupid. MePhone4 is annoyed that Pencil interrupted the elimination, and hits her with the Fist Thingy. This also helps show what the Fist Thingy is to the contestants, and MePhone4 goes on to explaining what it is.
After its debut, the Fist Thingy continues to operate until The Snowdown, where the elimination area is changed, no longer needing the Fist Thingy in order to eliminate contestants. However, it is used a few times after its temporary retirement to punch Pepper's Salt doll, and keep Bow out of Idiotic Island. It is used several times in the next episode, continuing its job to keep Bow off the show, punching her inside Idiotic Island, at the elimination area, and even in the Cacti Desert, being the main reason why Bow actually won the contest. It returned as the way people were eliminated starting with Crappy Anniversary. MePhone4 has also used the Fist Thingy in The Great Escape to quiet Paper down during the contest, and send MePhone4S away in The Tile Divide.
Even though the fist thingy was replaced in Season 2 with the portal, it reappears in Everything's A-OJ, sending the previously eliminated contestants back through the Rejection Portal. It also reappeared in Inanimate Insanity Invitational to send the eliminated contestants to Indefinite Island as the Fist Thingy III.
It is also hinted that the fist thingy may be sentient, as shown in "Out of Body Experience" and "Home Is Where the Heart Is". In the former, it's seen waving goodbye with a tissue in hand to Clover as she floats away during her elimination, and in the latter, it bangs itself in frustration when it cannot send The Floor away. At the end of said episode, after eliminating Paintbrush, it fist bumps MePhone4 as he says he still got it.
Changes[]
Late II
- The Fist Thingy now has a label, saying "Fist Thingy".
II2
- The Fist Thingy's pole is lighter.
- The shade of red on the Fist Thingy is slightly larger
- The label was changed to say "Fist Thingy II."
III
- The Fist Thingy now has gradient shine on the glove.
- The pole is now more shiny.
- The label was changed to say "Fist Thingy III".
Current Eliminated Contestants[]
| Contestant | Contestant Name | Contestant Voice Actor | # of Votes | Place | Episode Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Baseball | Adam Katz | 5 EPM | 16th | The Arena of Death |
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Paper | Justin Chapman | 3 EPM (Episode 2)
184 EPM (Episode 16) |
14 (Episode 2
3rd (Episode 16) |
One-Shot Wonder |
- Not in the table: Balloon (Didn't get hit by The Fist Thingy.)
* = Current Record.
**=Lowest Record
| Contestant | Contestant Name | Contestant Voice Actor | # of Votes | Place | Episode Eliminated | Possible Reason For Elimination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Blueberry | Barry Strum | 3 EPM; 3 | 18th; 5th | Stranded in Paradise, The Great Bluish Bake Off | Not helping his team during the challenge; Being a major threat |
|
Fan | Brian Koch | 4 EPM | 17th | The Shame of the Name | Arguing with Cabby about her files |
|
Lifering | Adam Katz | 3 EPM | 16th | Snapshot Showdown | Tie-breaker vote from Box |
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OJ | Taylor Grodin (Formerly) | 2 EPM | 15th | The Overthinkers | Yin-Yang getting immunity, and Silver Spoon and Candle voting for him |
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Tea Kettle | Jill Katz | 2 EPM | 14th | Try Not To Laugh Challenge | Balloon choosing to vote for her over Nickel |
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Cabby | Casey Landman | 5 EPM | 13th (Rejoined in I Am Chocolate!) | Best Served Cold | Test Tube showing other contestants her files |
|
Goo | Justin Chapman | 3 EPM | 12th | Title TBD | Costing his team the challenge |
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Test Tube | Adam Katz | 5 | 11th | I Am Chocolate! | Being a target for Cabby and The New Old Thinkers |
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The Floor | Sam Thornbury | 5 | 10th | Pesty Besties | Silver Spoon and Candle sabotaging The New Old Thinkers |
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Paintbrush | Jazzy Oliver | 4 | 9th | Home Is Where the Heart Is | Being the games most perceptive player |
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Candle | Dee Cashin | 3 | 8th | Friend or Froze | Balloon leaving the Looney Balloonies alliance and joining The New Old Thinkers |
|
Bot | Shooshies | 0 | 7th | Spring on the Breakfast! | Losing the tiebreaker between themself, Nickel, and Balloon |
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Yin-Yang | Marco Bonomo | 4 | 6th | Blue Buried | Being a potential threat in the final 3 due to his popularity |
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Nickel | Adam Katz | 2 | 4th | The Show Must Go On | His elimination being Balloon's best chance at winning the game |
- Not in the table: Box (Medevac, didn't get hit by The Fist Thingy) and Clover (Didn’t get hit by the Fist Thingy.)
EPM = Eliminated Pre-Merge
Trivia[]
- Balloon, Silver Spoon and Clover are the only contestants in Inanimate Insanity Invitational to not be hit by the Fist Thingy.
- Both Balloon and Silver made it to the finals and did not end up getting sent to Indefinite Island, and Clover was carried away by her butterflies.
- Additionally, Balloon is the only contestant in multiple seasons to never be hit by the Fist Thingy.
- Bow holds the record for being hit 8 times by the Fist Thingy, 6 of which all happened in Double Digit Desert.
- Bow apparently likes being punched by the Fist Thingy.
- So far, the Fist Thingy has been used in a total of 20 times, all including eliminations, and random punches.
- The Fist Thingy in Season 2 is referred to as "Fist Thingy II". In Season 3, it is referred to as "Fist Thingy III".
- On many occasions, more than one person uses the Fist Thingy. First Salt and Pepper are hit by the Fist Thingy in 4Seeing The Future. Next in The Penultimate Poll where everyone in Season 1 except for Taco and OJ are hit by the Fist Thingy, and in Season 2 when Tissues, Cherries, Trophy, Box and Yin-Yang in Everything's A-OJ.
- Baseball is the first contestant to get hit by the Fist Thingy.
- MePhone4S is the only non-contestant (other than Pencil) to get hit by the Fist Thingy, since Bow joined the game in Season 1.
- Pencil is the only object not from Inanimate Insanity to get hit by the Fist Thingy.