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Inanimate Insanity II (also known as Inanimate Insanity 2) is the second season of Inanimate Insanity. It premiered on April 2, 2013, exactly 2 years and 1 day after its predecessor, Inanimate Insanity, began, which was on April 1, 2011. Just like last season, the show is an animated competition series on YouTube. It began with 19 contestants, competing for another million-dollar prize. The season is planned to end with 16 episodes.[1]

The season went on hiatus following the release of Inanimate Insanity Invitational on April 3, 2021, and is now back in production following the release of "You Can't Do This Forever".

Pre-Release Information[]

On June 3, 2012, Adam Katz officially confirmed the second season of Inanimate Insanity on the official YouTube channel. The second season was confirmed in a video concerning II's summer hiatus and the T-shirt contest.

On September 8, 2012, Adam posted an update on Season 2 showcasing the four eligible entries from the T-shirt contest. The viewers were allowed to vote for which character should join Season 2 until October 1 and they were to choose from Banana, Rubber Ball, Yin-Yang, and Guitar.

Also, during that time, Baseball, Yin-Yang, and Paintbrush were confirmed as season 2 contestants, while Bomb and Taco were confirmed to not compete in Season 2.

According to a Facebook post, Inanimate Insanity has stated that a new female contestant needs a clean design, which can be inferred to be Soap.

Season 2 Date!!!

In one of AnimationEpic's real-life trailer videos, a picture of Paintbrush, Baseball, and Yin-Yang standing on Box are seen at the end for a quick moment, with the words "Coming April 2013", officially confirming the release date. This video also confirmed Box as a contestant, although it was created to deceive viewers that Box was simply an ordinary cardboard box.

On February 1, 2013, Marshmallow was confirmed to be in Season 2, according to the 5th episode of Ask Adam. It was also stated that 2 more characters have been revealed, one in a miscellaneous video, and the other in a previous episode. Microphone was been spotted in "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)" in the corner. Box may also be considered to be the character revealed in the miscellaneous video, as he was shown in "Roger That", but was mistaken for an ordinary cardboard box.

On March 1, 2013, a teaser trailer for season two was uploaded, which confirmed Cheesy for Season 2. Fan and Nickel also appeared in the trailer but were not acknowledged for confirmation.

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Tissues's silhouette in TheTGrodz's icon.

On March 17, 2013, it was announced on the official II Facebook page that the first 2 minutes of Episode 1 would be released at ObjectCon.

At ObjectCon on March 30, 2013, the first 2 minutes of Episode 1 was shown, and 2 characters were accidentally revealed, Box and Suitcase.

Characters[]

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Everyone in the intro.

Returning[]

Everyone!

Debuting[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 This character is currently competing in the season.
  2. This character joined the season after the competition started.

Non-Returning[]

Missing[]

Staff[]

Scrapped Characters[]

These characters were originally going to be in Season 2 but were eventually scrapped. The following descriptions are in Taylor Grodin's "Inanimate Insanity Secrets" video at 1:12.

  • Chip - A French Fry, but called "Chip", like in England. Had an English accent, but hated being called French Fry.
  • Hot Sauce - Spoke only Spanish, kind of like Baguette speaking French from BOTO.
  • Game Boy Color - An old-timer, didn't have a clue where he was. It would have a similar appearance to BMO from Adventure Time.
  • Pearl - Stuck-up and full of herself, wanted to be treated like royalty.
  • Hay Bale - Western and proud, slightly dim-witted, however.
  • Frank - A Hot Dog, his name is short for "Frankfurter", and acted as the "Cool Guy".
  • Goggles - The beta version of Test Tube. Full of "sciencey" stuff.
  • Textbook - A BIG nerd. Snorted and said many things that no one cared about.

Hay Bale and Frank eventually appeared in the show, debuting in "Alternate Reality Show". Their personalities and appearances matched their original concepts. Although not yet confirmed, it is possible that Pearl's personality was recycled for Silver Spoon in Inanimate Insanity Invitational.

List of Episodes[]

14 out of 16 episodes have been released.

Number Name Release date
1 Breaking the Ice April 2, 2013
2 Marsh on Mars May 2, 2013
3 Tri Your Best June 25, 2013
4 Cooking for the Grater Good August 23, 2013
5 A Kick in the Right Direction November 3, 2013
6 Let 'Er R.I.P. February 2, 2014
7 Everything's A-OJ September 20, 2014
8 Theft and Battery February 12, 2015
9 Rain On Your Charade August 2, 2015
10 Mazed and Confused June 17, 2016
11 Kick the Bucket December 23, 2016 (Part 1)
February 4, 2017 (Part 2)
March 25, 2017 (full version)
12 Alternate Reality Show January 14, 2018
13 Mine Your Own Business November 10, 2018
14 Hatching the Plan August 1, 2020
15 II2 Episode 15 2024
  • The release date of "Tri Your Best" was originally June 2, then June 12, then July 2, but finally released a week early on June 25.
  • The release date of "Cooking for the Grater Good" release date was first September 2, 2013, but was uploaded early on August 23.
  • The second part of "Kick the Bucket" was planned to be released on January 6, 2017, but was delayed until January 13. It was delayed again, to be released in late January. It was finally released on February 4, 2017.

Elimination Order[]

See also: Elimination Tables

Contestant Team(s) Status Placement Stage
Tissues2018Icon Tissues The Bright Lights 1st eliminated
"Marsh on Mars"
20th Pre-merge
Cherries2018Icon Cherries 2nd eliminated
"Tri Your Best"
19th
Trophy2018Icon Trophy The Grand Slams 3rd eliminated
"Cooking for the Grater Good"
18th
Box2018Icon Box 4th eliminated
"A Kick in the Right Direction"
17th
Dough2018Icon Dough Debuted
"A Kick in the Right Direction"
16th
5th eaten
"A Kick in the Right Direction"
YinYang2018Icon Yin-Yang The Bright Lights 6th eliminated
"Let Er' R.I.P."
15th
Apple2018Icon Apple 7th eliminated
"Everything's A-OJ"
14th
Cheesy2018Icon Cheesy The Grand Slams 8th eliminated
"Theft and Battery"
13th
Soap2018Icon Soap 9th eliminated
"Rain On Your Charade"
12th
Balloon2018Icon Balloon 10th eliminated
"Kick the Bucket"
11th
Nickel2018Icon

Nickel

11th eliminated
"Kick the Bucket"
10th
Marshmallow2018Icon Marshmallow The Bright Lights 12th disqualified
"Alternate Reality Show"
9th
Paintbrush2018Icon Paintbrush 13th eliminated
"Alternate Reality Show"
8th Merge
Fan2018Icon Fan 14th eliminated
"Mine Your Own Business"
7th
Microphone2018Icon Microphone The Grand Slams 15th Quit
"Hatching the Plan"
6th
TestTube2018Icon Test Tube The Bright Lights 16th eliminated
"Hatching the Plan"
5th
Baseball2018Icon Baseball The Grand Slams Final 4
Knife2018Icon Knife The Grand Slams Final 4
Lightbulb2018Icon Lightbulb The Bright Lights Final 4
Suitcase2018Icon Suitcase The Grand Slams Final 4

Team progression[]

The 20 contestants are divided into 2 teams of 10 minus 1.

Team Members
Bright Lights Logo Lightbulb2018Icon Tissues2018Icon Cherries2018Icon YinYang2018Icon Apple2018Icon Marshmallow2018Icon Paintbrush2018Icon Fan2018Icon TestTube2018Icon
Lightbulb Tissues Cherries Yin-Yang Apple Marshmallow Paintbrush Fan Test Tube
Grand Slams Logo Baseball2018Icon Knife2018Icon Suitcase2018Icon Trophy2018Icon Box2018Icon Cheesy2018Icon Soap2018Icon Balloon2018Icon Nickel2018Icon Microphone2018Icon
Baseball Knife Suitcase Trophy Box Cheesy Soap Balloon Nickel Microphone

Box is eliminated. Dough debuts, but is eliminated later in the same episode.

Team Members
Bright Lights Logo Lightbulb2018Icon YinYang2018Icon Apple2018Icon Marshmallow2018Icon Paintbrush2018Icon Fan2018Icon TestTube2018Icon Dougj2018Icon
Lightbulb Yin-Yang Apple Marshmallow Paintbrush Fan Test Tube Dough
Grand Slams Logo Baseball2018Icon Knife2018Icon Suitcase2018Icon Cheesy2018Icon Soap2018Icon Balloon2018Icon Nickel2018Icon Microphone2018Icon
Baseball Knife Suitcase Cheesy Soap Balloon Nickel Microphone

Marshmallow is disqualified and the teams merge. Paintbrush is eliminated.

Lightbulb2018Icon Fan2018Icon TestTube2018Icon Baseball2018Icon Knife2018Icon Suitcase2018Icon Microphone2018Icon
Lightbulb Fan Test Tube Baseball Knife Suitcase Microphone

Test Tube is eliminated and Microphone leaves the show.

Lightbulb2018Icon Baseball2018Icon Knife2018Icon Suitcase2018Icon
Lightbulb Baseball Knife Suitcase

Hosts[]

Remaining Contestants[]

Eliminated Contestants[]

Trivia[]

  • This season could end with the least number of episodes, with a planned 16 episodes compared to Season 1's 18 and Season 3's 19 episodes.
  • Instead of using Anime Studio, all animators use Adobe Flash for Season 2 as well as for Season 3.
  • According to a Facebook post prior to the season's launch, Inanimate Insanity II was originally going to be called "Inanimate Outrage".
  • A scavenger hunt was set up by AnimationEpic for the fans to complete to find out a season 1 character in Season 2.
    • This video was eventually erased by the user "Post DeDe".
      • A while later, TheTGrodz uploaded a video revealing that the character was actually Paintbrush, confirming them officially for Season 2.
  • While Baseball was unofficially confirmed in an Ask Adam video, he was officially confirmed to be in Season 2 in Paintbrush's confirmation video, as "+ Baseball.", which appears at the very end of a split second.
  • Marshmallow was the first female contestant confirmed to be in Season 2.
  • Last season, all armless contestants were on Team Epic, and now they are on The Grand Slams.
  • This season has the most number of contestants, with 20.
  • This is the longest-active and running of the 3 seasons in history of Inanimate Insanity, inactivating after more than only 1 decade. (3,891 days)
    • This closely resembles BFDIA (which is the second season of "Jacknjellify's Battle for Dream Island").
    • Both are the second and longest-running and active seasons of both related and respective object shows.
  • The season's final 4 has an an armless male, an armless female, a male with arms and a female with arms, making it an equal ratio of male and female characters, alongside an equal ratio of armless characters and armed characters.
  • This is the only season not to have any contestant rejoining.
  • According to Adam Katz, this season will continue once Season 3 concludes.[2]
    • He also confirmed it'll return in 2024. [3]
  • In the first episode, it says that 7 contestants from Season 1 will join the game, even though 8 actually joined the game.
  • After this season ends, Inanimate Insanity will be one of the few object shows to finish its second season.
    • Since Season 3 ended, it will be the first object show series to finish all three of it's seasons, and to have three finished/completed/full seasons (apart from timely shows such as The Daily Object Show and The Hourly Object Show).

Crowdfunding campaign[]

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Thank You Campaign Update

After the production of the episode, "Rain On Your Charade", the II crew came upon some financial difficulty. A Kickstarter was opened to get donations to continue the show. The Kickstarter's 111 backers raised $15,644 in 2015, which was enough to ensure the series' completion and to meet one stretch goal (which was to hire someone to improve background art for future episodes). In exchange for their donations, backers received a variety of perks, including behind-the-scenes information and a role on the Discord server. Many of them can be seen in the credits of II2 episodes.

References[]

  1. The team is currently producing and airing Season 2, which will consist of 16 episodes.[1]
  2. https://twitter.com/adamtkatz/status/1647304511088893952
  3. https://twitter.com/adamtkatz/status/1705682157405098372
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