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19 contestants, one million dollars, this is Inanimate Insanity II! |
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| —MePhone4, "Breaking the Ice" | ||
Inanimate Insanity II (also known as Inanimate Insanity 2, or abbreviated as II2 or II II) 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 said season, it is an animated competition web-series. It began with 19 contestants, competing for another million-dollar prize. However, unlike the first and third seasons, this season was distinctly darker in tone and placed an emphasis on character development and contestant relationships, rather than the competition itself. Also unlike the first and third seasons, this season had an overarching plot for most of its run and features various songs, making it reminiscent of a musical.
The season went on hiatus following the release of Inanimate Insanity Invitational on April 3, 2021, and re-entered production following the release of "You Can't Do This Forever", with the episode "Truth or Flare" releasing after a hiatus of four years. Director Brian Koch confirmed the finale would release in 2024 as a "multi-part" "movie" during the BFDI & Inanimate Insanity 2024 Tour.[1] The final episode was released on November 29, 2024, ending the season with 18 episodes.[2] A Spanish dub was released starting December 17, 2024. The full-length film has yet to be released on YouTube currently.
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.
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 She 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.
On March 17, 2013, it was announced on the official II Facebook page that the first 2 minutes of Breaking the Ice 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.
Crowdfunding campaign[]
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.
Characters[]
All the contestants (except for Paintbrush & Dough)
Everyone in the intro.
Season 2 on II Official Page
A total of 20 contestants took part in the season. 12 of these contestants are new, while the other 8 return from the previous season.
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Debuting[]
- ↑ This character joined the season after the competition started.
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- Taco (formerly, from "Breaking the Ice" until "Rain On Your Charade")
- Bow (deceased)
- Dough (deceased)
Staff[]
- MePhone4
- MePad (Formerly from "Marsh on Mars" until "Truth or Flare")
- Toilet (Formerly from "Breaking The Ice" until "Mine Your Own Business")
- OJ ("Everything’s A-OJ")
- Taco ("Truth or Flare")
- Steve Cobs ("Through No Choice of Your Own")
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[]
| Number | Name | Release date |
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| 1 | Breaking the Ice | April 2, 2013 |
| 2 | Marsh on Mars | May 2, 2013 |
| 3 | Tri Your Best | June 25, 2013[note 1] |
| 4 | Cooking for the Grater Good | August 23, 2013[note 2] |
| 5 | A Kick in the Right Direction | November 3, 2013[note 3] |
| 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)[note 4] March 25, 2017 (full version) |
| 12 | Alternate Reality Show | January 14, 2018 |
| 13 | Mine Your Own Business | With Love Market & Cafe: November 9, 2018 YouTube Release Date: November 10, 2018[note 5] |
| 14 | Hatching the Plan | August 1, 2020 |
| 15 | Truth or Flare | Tour Dates: June 28 - August 4, 2024 YouTube Release Date: August 10, 2024 |
| 16 | The Reality of the Situation | September 7, 2024 |
| 17 | Through No Choice of Your Own | October 12, 2024 |
| 18 | Objects in Mirror | Theater Screening Dates: November 24-26, 2024 YouTube Release Date: November 29, 2024 |
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See also: Elimination Tables
Team progression[]
The 20 contestants are divided into 2 teams of 10 minus 1.
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Box is eliminated via viewer vote. Dough debuts, but is eliminated later in the same episode via perma-death.
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Yin-Yang is eliminated via viewer vote.
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Suitcase is eliminated by OJ, but is brought back the same episode. Then, Apple is eliminated via viewer vote.
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Marshmallow is disqualified and the teams merge. Paintbrush is eliminated via contestant vote.
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Test Tube is eliminated via contestant vote and Microphone leaves the show.
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Lightbulb is eliminated via losing the challenge, and Baseball is eliminated via not being chosen by Suitcase.
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Suitcase is declared the winner of the season, as she was the one to defeat Steve Cobs. Knife is eliminated via losing the contest.
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Trivia[]
- This season is tied for the least number of episodes, with 18 episodes similar to Season 1's 18. Both are beat out in episode count by Season 3, which has 19 episodes.
- It is the first season to end with the same number of episodes as the original season.
- If "A New Stage In The Game" is counted as its own episode, then Season 1 gets bumped up to 19 episodes, leaving Season 2 as having the least episodes without a tie.
- Instead of using Anime Studio, all animators used Adobe Animate 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.
- This video was eventually erased by the user "Post DeDe".
- 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.
- In the previous season, all armless contestants were on Team Epic, and now they were on The Grand Slams in Season 2.
- Ironically, almost all the members of Team Epic, except Paper joined Season 2, while Balloon was the only member of Team Chickenleg that joined.
- This season used to have the most contestants competing, with 20 competitors. This record would later be broken by Season 4, which has 24 competitors.
- This was the longest running season of Inanimate Insanity, at over 11 years (4,259 days).
- Something similar happened with BFDIA, the second and longest running season of Jacknjellify's Battle for Dream Island.
- Also, this season was the second longest running object show ever after BFDIA, which is currently lasting about 4,536 days as of November 2024.
- 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.
- Something similar happens with the final 2, which has an armless female and a male with arms.
- The winner of this season's first letter is "S". Whilst likely a coincidence, adding the winners of Seasons 1 and 3 (O and C) in "chronological order" reveals the term "OSC", an abbreviation commonly associated with the object show community.
- This was later referenced in "The Future Is Today!" with the Organization of Sensible Careers, also abbreviated as "OSC".
- This is the only season not to have any contestant rejoining.
- That is, unless Suitcase's "elimination" by OJ in "Everything's A-OJ" and "rejoin" after MePhone got back from jail is counted.
- In the first episode, it is said that 7 contestants from Season 1 will join the game, even though 8 actually joined the game.
- Due to MePhone4 stepping away from Inanimate Insanity after this season, any future seasons would most likely not be hosted by him.
- After the season ended, Inanimate Insanity is one of few big object shows to finish two seasons.
- It is the third object show series to complete the full second season, after Excellent Entities and ONE.
- Since Season 3 ended after it ended as well, it is the first large object show series in history to complete three full seasons (in chronological release dates, apart from timely shows such as The Daily Object Show and The Hourly Object Show).
- This season marks one of the first big object shows to be finished with 3 complete seasons, after running for more than 13 years (Jacknjellify's Battle for Dream Island started new seasons without finishing the past ones, and despite having 5 seasons, only 2 have been completed.)
- This is the second season with an official dub after Season 3, with the Spanish dub by Unilingo starting on December 17, 2024. Unilingo is also known for making the Spanish dub of Battle For Dream Island.
References[]
- ↑ II2 16 2024
- ↑ Proved on inanimateinsanity.com/truth when "redlinegame" is inserted in to the password box.
Notes[]
- ↑ Originally June 2, 2013, then June 12, then July 2, but finally released a week early on June 25.
- ↑ Originally September 2, 2013, but was uploaded early on August 23.
- ↑ Originally October 2, 2013, but was delayed and eventually was finally uploaded on November 3, 2013.
- ↑ The second part 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.
- ↑ Episode was screened early at With Love Market & Cafe on November 9, 2018.