| This is an article about the first season. You may be looking for the entire series. |
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Greetings and Salutations! I am your host, MePhone4, and this is Inanimate Insanity! |
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| —MePhone4 in The Crappy Cliff | ||
Inanimate Insanity (also known as Inanimate Insanity 1/Inanimate Insanity I), often abbreviated as I.I. or II1, is the first season of the Inanimate Insanity series, that premiered on April 1, 2011, with the first episode, "The Crappy Cliff". The season premiered on the YouTube channel AnimationEpic and has 18 episodes in total. The series came to a temporary halt on June 1, 2012, for a summer hiatus, but returned on September 1, 2012. The final episode, "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)", was released on December 8, 2012, concluding the season with 18 episodes total (not including 5.5). It ultimately crowned OJ as the winner of the first season by winning the final challenge, beating out the runner-up, Taco.
Inanimate Insanity was succeeded by Inanimate Insanity II, released on April 2nd, 2013, with the release of "Breaking the Ice".
Voice Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Adam Katz as Apple
- Nate Groth as Balloon
- Adam Katz as Baseball
- Max Weissman as Bomb
- Taylor Grodin as Bow
- Justin Chapman as Knife
- Michael Bruzzone as Lightbulb
- Adam Katz as Marshmallow
- Mark Katz as MePhone4
- Adam Katz as Nickel
- Taylor Grodin as OJ
- Taylor Grodin as Paintbrush
- Justin Chapman as Paper
- Rochelle Garciano as Pepper
- Derek Napolitano as Pickle
- Crasi4tunes as Salt
- Samantha Katz as Taco
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Episodes[]
There are eighteen episodes in season one of Inanimate Insanity.
| Number | Name | Release date |
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| 1 | The Crappy Cliff | April 1, 2011* |
| 2 | A Lemony Lesson | May 1, 2011* |
| 3 | The Arena of Death | June 1, 2011* |
| 4 | One-Shot Wonder | July 1, 2011* |
| 5 | The Stacker | August 1, 2011* |
| 5.5 | A New Stage In The Game | September 1, 2011* |
| 6 | War de Guacamole | October 1, 2011 |
| 7 | Sugar Rush | October 31, 2011 |
| 8 | 4Seeing the Future | December 1, 2011 |
| 9 | The Snowdown | January 1, 2012 |
| 10 | Double Digit Desert | February 1, 2012 |
| 11 | Aquatic Conflict | March 1, 2012 |
| 12 | Crappy Anniversary | April 1, 2012 |
| 13 | Inanimate Smackdown | May 1, 2012 |
| 14 | The Great Escape | June 1, 2012 |
| 15 | The Tile Divide | September 1, 2012 |
| 16 | The Penultimate Poll | October 1, 2012 |
| 17 | Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 1) | November 1, 2012 |
| 18 | Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2) | December 8, 2012 |
* = Was re-uploaded on September 14, 2011, due to Nate Groth deleting the original episodes.
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Elimination Order[]
The team that loses the challenge originally had to eliminate a contestant (usually the one who caused them to lose), but now the viewers normally vote on this. The eliminated contestant is never to be seen again except either when a process of rejoining or a scene from Idiotic Island.
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The 14 contestants are divided into 2 teams of 7.
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Trivia[]
- Season 1 was mostly animated with Anime Studio 6 Pro rather than Adobe Flash.
- However, the introduction of Adobe Animate is seen in "The Tile Divide", mixed with Moho animation.
- Season 1 was the second object show on YouTube, the first was Battle for Dream Island premiering on January 1st, 2010 on the channel Jacknjellify.
- Season 1 began on April 1st, which also coincides with April Fools' Day.
- Later seasons would follow the same trend of starting in April, but coincide their respective numbers with the date. Season 2 began on April 2nd, 2013 and Season 3 began on April 3rd, 2021.
- Season 1 ran for 1 year and 8 months (or 618 days) from April 1st, 2011 to December 8th, 2012.
- This makes Season 1 the shortest season of the series spanned across time.
- The intro for Season 1 was altered several different times:
- In "Sugar Rush" the intro is slowed down and a red filter is applied. The words "Halloween Special" appear under the title.
- In "4Seeing The Future" MePhone4 is cut off abruptly by the explosion. The words "Under New Hostmanship" appear under the title.
- In "The Snowdown" a jingle bell is played throughout the intro. The words "Holiday Special" appear under the title.
- Starting from "Aquatic Conflict" and on, the intro is updated to feature new character poses. The background is also changed to be MePhone4's background.
- The music for the intro is "Aces High" by Kevin MacLeod. This would continue in Inanimate Insanity II.
- MePhone4, Taco, OJ and Pickle are the only characters to appear in every single episode of Season 1.
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