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Betrayal is inevitable in this game. You and... Baseball... know that better than any of us. |
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| —Candle to Nickel | ||
| "Friend or Froze" | |
| Season 3, Episode 13 | |
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| Watch on YouTube | |
| Duration | 19:20 |
| Challenge | Jump off a cliff into a pipe and stay on the glacier the longest |
| Winner(s) | Balloon (immunity given to Silver Spoon) |
| Eliminated | Candle (3 votes) |
| Original airdate | April 8, 2023 August 20, 2024 (Spanish Localization) |
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| Episode chronology | |
| Previous "Home Is Where the Heart Is" |
Next "Spring on the Breakfast!" |
"Friend or Froze" is the 13th episode of Inanimate Insanity Invitational and the 45th episode overall. It was released on April 8, 2023.
Synopsis[]
MePhone finally makes his anniversary special by Breaking the Paradise. Meanwhile, Yin-Yang tries to get some milk.
Plot[]
The episode starts off with Nickel and Balloon putting the final touches on Bot’s new look, which they had drawn in the previous episode. Nickel hands them a mirror, and they are amazed by their new look. The three do their “Looney Balloonies” cheer, and Nickel tells Bot to stick with them in the vote, due to them not voting Paintbrush in the previous elimination. He also tells his alliance that if they wanted to reach the Final 3, they would have to stick together. Silver pops out of a nearby bush and remarked on Nickel’s statement before getting pulled down by Candle. Silver worries about how the trio was going to leave them behind in the competition, and worries that flipping alliances was a bad decision. Candle calms Silver down with her tuning fork. Candle suggests that the group had an ominous history, and that some information would be in Cabby’s files.
MePhone4 assembles the Final 7, and congratulates them on making it that far into the game. MePhone tries to announce that it was the anniversary special, but is cut-off mid sentence by The Floor, which annoys him. Yin complains to MePhone about how it wasn’t fair that they didn’t have the Immunity Vote anymore. Silver mocks him, telling him he would probably be out next. MePhone, realizing that was boring, quickly creates the Immunity Milk. MePhone explains that if Yin-Yang decided to chug the milk, he would be instantly immune for the following elimination, and that it could only be used once per season. He adds that Yin would have to earn it, having to get one other person to agree that he deserved it. Cabby opens her mouth to speak, but Silver talks her down, telling her she was their only other target left. MePhone tells the contestants to follow him to the next challenge. On the way there, Silver stops Cabby, offering to convince his alliance to keep her safe in exchange for a specific file.
Challenge[]
Balloon expresses frustration when the challenge is seemingly jumping off the 60 Foot cliff again. MePhone explains it wasn’t just the cliff jump, and that this time they would have to land on a trampoline, jump over a wall (created by The Floor) and into a pipe. He adds that anyone who made it into the pipe would make it to the second part of the challenge, which he would show off later.
Balloon tries to suggest the group sticks together, but he is cut off by Candle who suggests they just did what worked last time. Candle grabs Silver’s hand, and the two walk off and bounce into the pipe. Yin-Yang pleads to Cabby to give him ownership over the Immunity Milk. Cabby lies, telling him she didn’t want to do it in front of everyone else. In reality, Cabby didn’t want to give it to him because it would completely seal her fate. Yin-Yang tells Cabby he's glad he can still trust her. Cabby offers Yin-Yang a seat in her cabinet for the challenge. The two jump off, but land face-first into The Floor’s wall, sending them into the quicksand below. Nickel notice that Balloon is looking down, and tries to console him. Balloon is worried that Nickel and Bot would stop listening to him like Silver and Candle did.
Bot gets the idea to use their legs to bridge over to the wall, and the three make it over. When Bot comments on how everything was going how Nickel wanted it to, Nickel realizes something was going on. Nickel throws himself out of Balloon’s hand and to the quicksand, but is sent back up due to a sneeze from The Floor. Over on the Gladstonian Glacier, Candle asks Silver if he secured the file, and he pulls out a file of a familiar friend: Baseball. The two read the file, with it giving the impression that he was separated from Nickel due to Balloon going rogue. Balloon, Nickel and Bot make it to the other side of the pipe. MePhone announces the second part of the challenge: Be the last person standing on the Gladstonian Glacier.
Silver immediately rushes and punts Balloon into the air. Bot tries to use their legs to push Nickel off, but he is saved by Candle. She reminds him of Bot’s earlier advice on “teamwork makes the dreamwork”. Nickel, Silver and Candle team up against Bot, pinning their legs down and pushing them off. Yin-Yang continuously throws sand at The Floor’s face, which irritates him. He confronts Cabby realizing that she might have sabotaged her. Cabby admits to it, but reminds him that either way it was her or him leaving tonight. Yin-Yang understands, but Cabby thinks about it and realizes they could milk the Immunity Milk, and possibly save them both. The Floor commends them on patching it up.
Nickel approaches Candle and Silver to finish the challenge, but Candle brings up Baseball, putting a shocked expression on Nickel’s face. The two bring up the fact that Balloon had “been the reason” he had gotten out, and that he was banking his entire game on Balloon, who had “severed” him from Baseball. Nickel comes to the conclusion that none of his relationships were real, and that it was only his luck causing it to happen. Nickel says he was sick and tired of being the only person who could win because of his luck.
Meanwhile, Yin-Yang excitedly throws more sand at The Floor, causing a piece of his wall to break off and fall through the pipe. The wall crushes Nickel, killing him and sending Silver and Candle into the water. MePhone announced that the challenge was over, and the winner was Balloon, due to never hitting the water. Balloon lets out an unenthusiastic “hooray”.
MePhone revives Nickel, and announces that Cabby had given Yin-Yang ownership of the Immunity Milk. Yin-Yang offers the milk to her, which worries the majority alliance, as if they voted the wrong person they would get one of theirs voted out. Balloon, Nickel and Bot regroup, and Nickel tells Balloon they should give Silver and Candle his immunity to keep them on their side. Silver takes the cookie, making him immune. Bot realizes that there was 5 of them, and that they could split the votes between the two to at least force a tie. The group agrees on the plan, and Silver presses the elimination button. Balloon holds a very worried expression next to his closest allies.
Elimination[]
MePhone asks Yin-Yang if he would want to drink the Immunity Milk to potentially save himself from the elimination. Cabby doubts the larger alliance would take the risk. Silver threatens them, but Yin-Yang ultimately decides against drinking it. MePhone starts reading the votes. Cabby, Yin-Yang, and Candle all receive 2 votes. Silver and Candle look smug as the final vote is read. However, much to their shock, Candle is revealed to be the 13th contestant eliminated from Inanimate Insanity Invitational.
Balloon hops up, being followed by a questioning Nickel. Balloon tells him that he heard everything he said on the glacier. Balloon is upset with Nickel because he can’t move on from the past, telling him he now wanted to focus on the future. Nickel tells him the cookie thing was just to make Silver and Candle comfortable but Balloon retorts stating that he put them over him. Candle reminds Nickel that a bad option was what he wanted, which makes Nickel realize that the luck was broken due to him dying.
Candle apologizes to Yin-Yang for having betrayed him, she states that she's rooting for him while offering a fist bump. Yin-yang simply says 'good game' and the two shake hands instead. As she walks away, Yang playfully calls her a dumb idiot, which she agrees to. Silver approaches Candle, and is given her crystal and tuning fork for his loyalty. Silver’s hands start shaking and he desperately reaches out to Candle, possibly to take her place instead, but she gets sent to Indefinite Island, ending the episode.
Elimination Votes[]
| Elimination Ceremony 12 | ||
| Voted Against |
No. of Votes |
Voter |
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 Candle |
3 |    |
Cabby |
2 |  |
Yin-Yang |
2 |   |
Silver Spoon |
Immune | None |
Bot |
0 | None |
Nickel |
0 | None |
Balloon |
0 | None |
| ELIMINATED: Candle | ||
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Features[]
Characters[]
Currently Competing[]
Hosts[]
Supporting[]
- Baseball (mentioned)
- Suitcase (indirectly mentioned)
- Clover (flashback)
- MePhone4S (indirectly mentioned)
- Paintbrush (mentioned)
- Test Tube (mentioned)
Locations[]
Items[]
Gallery
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Production Credits[]
- Written by:
- Series Creator & Producer:
- Adam Katz
- Series Directors:
- Adam Katz
- Brian Koch
- Justin Chapman
- Sound Designers:
- Vincent Tepe
- Braden Whiteside
- Justin Chapman
- Brian Koch
- Voice Cast:
- Balloon .…………………… Ben Cross
- Bot .…………………………… Shooshies
- Nickel .……………………… Adam Katz
- Silver Spoon ..………… Justin Chapman
- Candle ……………………… Dee Cashin
- MePhone4 .……………… Mark Katz
- The Floor .………………… Sam Thornbury
- Yin-Yang ..………………… Marco Bonomo
- Cabby ………………………… Casey Landman
- Composer:
- Vocalist:
- Prunella Parisa
- Design:
- Sutton H. “YellowAngiru”
- Poppy Hughes
- Sicle
- Lazlo T. “TopHatTheHat”
- Animators:
- Sam Redden “WavesOfRed”
- Filip K. “Khoreo”
- Joseph H. “Spherigon”
- Dane Trent “WoopDoo”
- Indigo Z. R. Benson
- Daniel Adam Valle
- Tori Richardson
- Mason Bozaich “SnowyPackel”
- Anthony Acedo “FusionAnimations”
- Ivan Maslov “Highvan”
- Tristan Wescott “SpartanDash”
- Niall Burns
- Aidan L. “Aidsie”
- Sacri
- Joseph Pak “TTGuy”
- Avery Stenning “Yeartine”
- Bryan Ndubisi “Brybee”
- Adam Katz
- Chelsea Winters “Wuggolo”
- Dawn Shimizu “Shimzo”
- Brannon C. “BrannFlakes”
- Vangs
- Storyboard Artists:
- Thom Jennings
- Charles Case “Cakebrunch”
- Damien Valentine “TANGY”
- Max Martens “Ligreen”
- Adam Katz
- Animation Finalizing:
- Adam Katz
- Dane Trent “WoopDoo”
- Tristan Wescott “SpartanDash”
- Aidan L. “Aidsie”
- Video Editing:
- Brian Koch
- Credits Music By:
- Ps3tronic
Production Notes[]
Continuity References[]
- The first and second parts of the challenge are callbacks to both of the 1st and 2nd season's first challenge and episode.
- Silver going immediately after Balloon is also a reference to the first S2 challenge, which Paintbrush does as well.
- Baseball and Nickel's relationship in Inanimate Insanity II is once again mentioned by Candle and Silver along with him still being in the running of that season.
- When MePhone is interrupted by The Floor, wanting to tell the contestants about the anniversary special. He states he was "rudely interrupted by his assistant". Referencing MePhone4S during The Tile Divide.
- Bot mentions their "Cab Review" which they gave Cabby in Stranded in Paradise.
Trivia[]
- This is were Bot's new redesign takes place, for the remainder of the last set of episodes for this season, this is permanently the design throughout Invitational season.
- This is the first Inanimate Insanity Invitational episode where Yin-Yang doesn't receive immunity, as in every previous episode either his team won (prior to the merge) or he was voted to receive immunity by viewers. (prior to the removal of viewer voting).
- This is the first time this season a vote for Yin-Yang has counted.
- This is the second time Silver Spoon receives immunity from another contestant, the first being Cabby in I Am Chocolate!. And also from Balloon in this episode. This also means he is the first character to receive immunity twice.
- This is formerly the second consecutive episode so far that doesn't include the episodes 13 in the thumbnail. The other being "Home Is Where the Heart Is".
- Due to Candle's elimination, Cabby is the final female contestant still competing in Inanimate Insanity Invitational. She is also the final female newbie to do this.
- This is the first time that Nickel has ever died since becoming a contestant in The Crappy Cliff over 12 years prior.
- This is the first time a soundtrack replaced the unknown elimination music during the episode.
- Now that the Invitational (Official Soundtrack) has finally released, this track is known as "Invitational Ultimate Elimination".
Deaths[]
- Nickel gets crushed by the top part of a wooden pole.
