Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie[3] (formerly known by its working title, II2 Episode 16) is a YouTube original movie that serves as the finale for Inanimate Insanity II, comprised of three individual parts (referred to as "acts"). The first part of the finale, dubbed Act I and titled "The Reality of the Situation" released on September 7, 2024. Act II, titled "Through No Choice of Your Own", was released on October 12, 2024. The third and final act, titled "Objects in Mirror", was announced through an ARG, and was released onto YouTube on November 29, 2024. If all three parts of the movie are counted as a singular episode, the movie is the 16th and final episode of the season, hence its working title.
The full movie was shown live at four screenings from November 24 to December 1, three of which included Act III prior to its YouTube release. The full movie will be released on YouTube on a future date.
Synopsis[]
After escaping his creator, MePhone began a series of reality show competitions. Now, his newest season has come down to its final two contestants, Suitcase and Knife. But when MePhone's past comes back to haunt him, not only will it put his contestants in danger, but it may stop his show from having a proper ending.
Plot[]
Act I[]
- Main article: The Reality of the Situation § Plot
Act II[]
- Main article: Through No Choice of Your Own § Plot
Act III[]
- Main article: Objects in Mirror § Plot
Pre-release information[]
Pre-Act I[]
On April 1, 2016, in the Inanimate Insanity Kickstarter video, Adam Katz confirmed that the season was planned to end with 16 episodes. Although a stretch goal for a 17th episode was planned, it was never reached.
On May 25, 2024, Adam Katz confirmed on a BFDI/II Crew Barbecue stream on jacknjellify's channel that II2 Episode 16 was in active development.
During the BFDI x II 2024 Tour, the crew revealed several pieces of information about the finale:
- The crew is aiming to release the finale in 2024, and it will be in multiple parts.[4]
- It could be long enough that it can be considered a full length movie.[4]
- The episode will be written by Brian Koch.
- In contrast with "Truth or Flare", Episode 16 was described as a "tornado" compared to the former.[5][6]
- Steve Cobs and Pickle were both confirmed to be appearing in the finale.[5][6]
- The finale was also described as "the favorite thing they have ever done".
On July 5, 2024, Brian Koch made a tweet asking for someone to help make "a really cool closing credits sequence", likely in relation to the upcoming finale.
On August 16, 2024, Brian Koch hosted a QNA stream on his channel following the release of "Truth or Flare". He revealed many things about the finale, including:
- He further confirmed II2 16 serving as a finale movie, consisting of multiple parts.[4]
- The episode will feature at least two special guests who Brian is very excited about.[7]
- The first word of the transcript is "They", and is said by someone who did not appear in "Truth or Flare".[8][9]
- The episode has been fully written, with animation being worked on at the moment.[10]
- OJ and Taco will both appear in the episode.[11][12]
Act I[]
On August 20, 2024, Brian Koch made a tweet once again stating that the episode would be movie-length and would be in multiple parts, while additionally referring to it as "Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie".
On August 27, 2024, Brian Koch confirmed on Twitter that each part would have its own title, and that the collective whole would be the movie.[13]
On September 1, 2024, The trailer for "The Reality of the Situation" released, confirming that the first act was coming out on September 7, 2024.
On September 3, 2024 (at midnight), Brian Koch hosted a QNA stream on his channel for questions regarding the movie. Some pieces of information revealed include:
- He once again states that he believes the finale is their "magnum opus".
- The debatably biggest inspiration for the movie was Toy Story 3.
- The Prime Shimmer will have some sort of relevancy.
- OJ will have a speaking role.
- Several deaths will occur in the finale.
- All of the separate parts will be uploaded together as Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie.
- The final part is aimed to be released in 2024, but there is no guarantees.
On September 4, 2024, Brian Koch uploaded a "final" trailer for Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie onto his channel, showing new shots of the upcoming movie, specifically from "The Reality of the Situation".[14]
On September 6, 2024, Brian Koch revealed the title of Act I of the movie, being "The Reality of the Situation".[15] Later that day, AnimationEpic announced in a YouTube community post that the episode would be uploaded at 9 a.m. PST, although technically the United States was in daylight saving time.[16] An AnimationEpic Instagram story posted by Adam Katz the same day announced the episode was completed.[17]
Act II[]
On September 23, 2024, Brian Koch stated in a QnA stream that the first word spoken in II2 Episode 17 will be "Marshmallow".[18]
On September 26, 2024, AnimationEpic posted a community post saying that if they reached 650k subscribers, they would release the trailer for the episode.[19] The following day, Brian Koch announced on Twitter that the day following this post had resulted in their largest single-day subscriber growth in the channel's history.[20]
On October 4, 2024, the AnimationEpic channel released a new short, "UNLOCK THE II FINALE ACT 2 TRAILER! - SUBSCRIBE!", that showcased new footage of the episode, telling viewers once again to subscribe and reach 650k subscribers for the episode's trailer.[21]
On October 6, 2024, Adam, Justin, and Brian hosted the livestream "Win a Prize at 650K!" on AnimationEpic to reach 650k subscribers, growing from 644,901 to 647,814 subscribers.[22] Despite the 650K subscriber goal having not been reached, Justin announced at the end of the stream he would upload the trailer for "Episode 17" anyway, which revealed it would be released on October 12, 2024. The channel later hit 650k subscribers on October 10, 2024, two days before the episode's release.
On October 9, 2024, Brian posted on Twitter another challenge to reveal two words of the title: reply with 52 covers of "The Future Is So Yesterday" by the end of the day.[23] With the challenge completed, Brian revealed the words "THEIR" and "OF" are in the title, and that the words were not in order.[24] The second challenge to reveal two more words was to edit MePhoneX into the backgrounds of images. With these done in October 10, Steve Cobs picked 5 winners and Brian revealed the words "CHOICE" and "THROUGH" are also in (not in order through). The final challenge was to tell what Inanimate Insanity has meant to you, the viewers.[25]
On October 11, 2024, the AnimationEpic channel hosted a "Purgatory PARTY!" livestream, which acted in a similar fashion to "Inanimate Insanity II PRE-FINALE HOTEL OJ PARTY!". During the stream, Brian finally revealed final 2 words being "NO" and "OWN" (again not in order) with reminder to air in tomorrow.[26]
Act III[]
II2 ARG[]
- This section contains heavy spoilers for the ARG.
- Main article: Inanimate Insanity II ARG
On October 12, 2024, the same day as when "Through No Choice of Your Own" was released, Adam Katz's Twitter account got deleted.[27] However, the account would later be restored and then rebranded to represent A.D.A.M. on October 15.[28]
On October 13, 2024, Brian Koch hosted a QNA stream following the episode's release, but didn't allow any questions relating to Inanimate Insanity for the entire duration of the stream. Near the end of the stream, Brian cryptically said "Because there's more than just a show in our lives, right? There has to be." He repeated "There has to be" several times before ending the stream.[29] Three days later, Brian would start up another stream with Justin Chapman who he was driving with to an unknown location. He exclaims during the stream that "They had already gotten Adam". At the end, Brian exclaims "They'll never catch us" right before Justin starts screaming, announcing that something's "here" as the stream abruptly ends.[30]
At exactly 7 PM UTC on October 16, a tweet would be pushed to the A.D.A.M. account, stating that a large amount of files were being loaded, with an estimated wait time of exactly 2 days.[31] After the 2 day period ended, A.D.A.M.'s Twitter officially started the Inanimate Insanity II ARG by tweeting out a code, which when deciphered read "YOU SEEK TO KNOW THE TRUE REASON FOR SUCH A TRAGIC SECOND SEASON IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO SHOW MORE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO RESTORE SEE .COM/[INSERT CODE]".[32]
The ARG revealed that "Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie" would have a third act, also known as Episode 18, releasing in late November 2024.
Post-II2 ARG[]
On November 4, 2024, Brian Koch revealed on Twitter that all Act III lines have been recorded.
On November 8, 2024, the trailer for "Objects in Mirror" released, which announced that the episode would be releasing on November 29, 2024. The trailer additionally announced that the full movie would be shown live at the Laemmle RoHo 7 Theater in Los Angeles on November 25. The website for the showing additionally confirmed that Angela Giarratana and Aisha Rae were the two special guest stars that had been teased by Brian.[2]
On November 14, 2024, another screening of the episode was announced to be happening at the Laemmle Glendale Theater on November 25.[33]
On November 19, 2024, it was announced that another screening of the movie would be held at the Rich Mix Theatre in London on November 24, at 11:30AM GMT. This showing would be hosted by Khoreo.[34] Later that day, Brian Koch announced that the final cut of Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie had been exported, which meant that the season itself had finally finished production.[35] Adam Katz additionally later confirmed that the movie had a total runtime of 1 hour and 47 minutes, including the credits.[1]
On November 29, 2024, the day of Act III's YouTube release, Brian said the YouTube release may or may not have one moment not in the theatrical release.[36] He also said there was no confirmed release time, but they were currently aiming for 3 PM ET, which ended up being correct.[37]
Official Elimination Order[]
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Features[]
Characters[]
Contestants[]
Meeple[]
- MePhone4
- Steve Cobs
- MePad
- MePhoneX
- MePhone3GS
- MePhone3G
- MePhone1
- MeTag (debut)
- A.D.A.M.
- B.R.I.A.N. (debut)
- J.U.S.T.I.N. (debut)
- MePhone4S
- MePhone5 (illustration)
- Mecintosh (Act I: unfunctional; Act II: voice only, hallucination)
Supporting[]
- Taco
- Lightbulb
- Baseball
- Microphone
- Pickle
- OJ
- Paper
- Test Tube
- Fan
- Paintbrush
- Balloon
- Soap
- Cheesy
- Yin-Yang
- Box
- Trophy
- Cherries
- Salt
- Pepper
- Bomb
- Starfruit
- Nickel
- Tissues
- Cabby
- Candle
- Goo
- Bow
- Dough
- Marshmallow
- Apple
- Baxter
- Light Shimmers
- The Prime Shimmer
- The Baby Shimmer
- Silver Spoon
- Toilet
- Evil Paper (mentioned)
- Guava
- Blueberry
- The Floor
- Clover
- Tea Kettle
- Lifering
- Bot
- Springy
- Walkie-Talkie
- Ballpoint Pen
Locations[]
Items[]
- InvisiBow
- Me (debut)
- Pen Signal
Gallery[]
TBA
CREDITS[]
INANIMATE INSANITY II: THE MOVIE[]
SERIES CREATOR & PRODUCER:
- Adam Katz
WRITTEN BY
- Brian Koch
DIRECTED BY
- Adam Katz
- Brian Koch
- Justin Chapman
STORY BY
- Brian Koch
- Justin Chapman
- Adam Katz
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
- Kaiden Hunter
- Don and Gail Mitzner
- Jacob Goldstein
- Lennard and Joan Katz
CHARACTER ANIMATION
- Adam Katz
- Aidan L. [Aidae]
- Aiden Gomez
- Allen Lee [Allenimations]
- Anthony Acedo
- Antony Kos
- Brannon C. [BrannFlakes]
- Charles D. [TestTubeh]
- Cormac Oliver
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
- Daniel Adam Valle
- Dawn Shimizu [Shimzo]
- Diego D. [p0tatomango]
- Donato Borza
- Elijah O'Reilly [UltraRetrosion]
- Filip K. [Khoreo]
- Giovanni Edwards
- Griffin Weber
- Ivan Maslov
- Joseph H. [Spherigon]
- Joseph Pak [TTGuy]
- Mason Bozaich
- Niall Burns [XanyLeaves]
- Sacri
- Saka
- Sicle
- Sutton H. [YellowAngiru]
- Tristan Wescott [Spartan Dash]
- Vangs
- Zak Friedland
ANIMATION SUPERVISOR
- Sutton H. [YellowAngiru]
SCENE FINALIZING
- Adam Katz
- Aidan L. [Aidae]
- Brannon C. [BrannFlakes]
- Bryan Ndubisi [Brybee]
- Cormac Oliver
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
- Joseph H. [Spherigon]
- Mason Bozaich
- Sutton H. [YellowAngiru]
- Tristan Wescott [Spartan Dash]
- Zak Friedland
COMPOSITING
- Tristan Wescott [Spartan Dash]
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
3D ANIMATION
- Brenda Chen
STORYBOARD ARTISTS
- Adam Katz
- Charles Case [Cakebrunch]
- Damien Valentine [Tangy]
- Cyn
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
- Daniel Adam Valle
- Dave Zhu
- Giovanni Edwards
- Filip K. [Khoreo]
- Olivia Ciabattari
- Tabs Wekerle
- Wishfixers
BACKGROUND DESIGN & PAINT
- Sean Thurlow
- Lazlo T. [TopHatTheHat]
CHARACTER & PROP DESIGN
- ThattsCherry
- Aisha Rae
- Eyepsychic
- Sutton H. [YellowAngiru]
- Ivan Maslov
- WormBuffet
- Sicle
SOUND DESIGNERS
- Braden Whiteside
- Kyle "Catchphrase" Macaluso
- Vincent Tepe
- Benjamin Cross
- Justin Chapman
ANIMATIC EDITORS
- Adam Katz
- Brian Koch
PICTURE EDITORS
- Adam Katz
- Brian Koch
CREDITS SEQUENCE
- Kat YJ [kitkaty]
- Daisy M. [bobazeeb]
CLOSING CREDITS SCROLL
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
CAPTIONS
- Skyler Lent
ORIGINAL SCORE COMPOSED BY
- John Mietus
INTRO MUSIC BY
- Kevin MacLeod
SONG CREDITS[]
THE FUTURE IS SO YESTERDAY[]
LYRICS
- Brian Koch
MUSIC
- Benjamin Cross
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT & EDITING
- Benjamin Cross
INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
- Adam Halpin
MIXING
- Hunter Bass
PERFORMED BY
- Joshua Waters
ADDITIONAL VOICES
- Olivia Ciabattari
- Benjamin Cross
- Taylor Renee Castle
- Jazzy Oliver
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
- Ariana Nicole George
KARMA WAITS[]
PRODUCTION & SONGWRITING
- Antony Kos
PERFORMED BY
- Antony Kos
VIOLIN
- Nick Montopoli
CELLO
- Daniel G.
I, I[]
LYRICS
- Benjamin Cross
- Brian Koch
MUSIC
- Benjamin Cross
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT & EDITING
- Benjamin Cross
INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
- Adam Halpin
GUITAR/BASS COMPOSITION & PERFORMANCE
- Hunter Bass
MIXING
- Hunter Bass
LEAD VOCAL RECORDING
- Kyle & Teresa Tucker at the Studio Venue
PERFORMED BY
- Angela Giarratana
- Brian Koch
- Vibha Melkote
- Sam Thornbury
- Dee Cashin
- Skyler Lent
- Michael Bruzzone
- Jazzy Oliver
- Rheagan Rizio
- Adam Katz
ADDITIONAL VOICES
- Aisha Rae
- Benjamin Cross
- Bryan Ndubisi [Brybee]
- Charles Case [Cakebrunch]
- Damien Valentine [Tangy]
- Dane Trent [WoopDoo]
- Daniel Adam Valle
- Mason Bozaich
- Olivia Ciabattari
- Shooshies
- Tabs Wekerle
"KEEP ON CLEANING" THEME BY
- Joseph Schmidt & Lynz Munich
"A PARTY" THEME BY
- Morgan Hesmondhalgh [BoxicFunk]
MAKE YOUR OWN REALITY[]
PRODUCTION AND SONGWRITING
- Olivia Ciabattari
PERFORMED BY
- Angela Giarratana
- Olivia Ciabattari
Thank You to All of Our Wonderful Kickstarter Backers
SPECIAL THANKS
- Abygale Noble
- Elizabeth Koch
- Richard Koch
- Nana Mary
- Lori Chapman
- Ron Chapman
- Mia Chapman
- Michael & Cary Huang
- CreatorInk
All of the stunts in this movie were performed by animated objects. Do not try any of what you see here at home. Seriously, you could get really messed up.
ADAMATION, INC.
Cast:[]
- Adam Katz - A.D.A.M., Apple, Baseball, Lifering, Nickel, Test Tube
- Aisha Rae - Box
- Alexa Chapman - Pepper, Salt
- Americatress - Control Shimmer
- Angela Giarratana - Guava
- Barry Strum - Blueberry
- Benjamin Cross - Balloon, MePhone3GS
- Braden Whiteside - Tissues
- Brandon Shim - The Prime Shimmer
- Brian Koch - Ballpoint Pen, B.R.I.A.N., Fan, MePhone4S, Starfruit, Talking Hand
- Casey Landman - Cabby
- Dee Cashin - Candle, Cheesy, Clover, Marshmallow
- Derek Napolitano - Cherries, Pickle
- Geoff Goldfeder - Mecintosh
- Hailey Chapman - Microphone
- Jazzy Oliver - Paintbrush
- Jill Katz - Tea Kettle
- Joshua Waters - Steve Cobs
- Justin Chapman - Goo, J.U.S.T.I.N., Knife, MePad, Mocking Voice, Paper, Silver Spoon
- Justin Napolitano - Trophy
- Kacie Chapman - Soap
- Liv Smith - Toilet
- Marco Bonomo - Yin-Yang
- Mark Katz - MePhone4
- Max Weissman - Bomb
- Michael Bruzzone - Lightbulb
- Olivia Ciabattari - MePhone3G, Meeple HQ Voice
- Patrick Mealey - OJ
- Rheagan Rizio - Taco
- Rosemary Craig - Walkie Talkie
- Sacri - Dough
- Sam Thornbury - Suitcase, The Floor
- Shooshies - Bot
- Skyler Lent - Bow
- Sutton H. [YellowAngiru] - MePhone1
- Zuwie Lefou - Springy
Production Notes[]
Continuity References[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- According to Brian Koch, several ideas for the movie have been in his brain since 2013. He additionally envisioned the final 2 would be Knife and Suitcase around that time.
- The debatably biggest inspiration for the movie was Toy Story 3.
- Other influences included Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Inside Out, Steven Universe: The Movie, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Deathly Hallows Part 2, tick, tick… BOOM!, Hoodwinked!, BoJack Horseman, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Shrek, Muppets Most Wanted, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Trivia[]
- Several early screenings for the movie were held prior to the YouTube release of "Objects in Mirror". Alongside the full movie, a live Q&A section was held after the screenings.[38] The locations and dates included:
- November 24, 2024 at the Rich Mix Theatre (London, UK)
- This screening was hosted by Inanimate Insanity animator Khoreo. However, the directors were not in attendance.
- This screening was the first official Inanimate Insanity event outside of the United States.
- November 25, 2024 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
- November 26, 2024 at the Laemmle Glendale Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
- November 24, 2024 at the Rich Mix Theatre (London, UK)
- Following the official announcement of the movie, Brian Koch began to post very frequently about the movie, talking about his main inspirations, challenging fans to reach goals for hints, and a poll for which character the fans wanted to win.
- On August 29, Brian made a post challenging the fans to get AnimationEpic to 610K subscribers, to which he would reveal the title of Act 1. However, this goal was not met.
- This post additionally featured a zoomed-up image from the movie. This image was later revealed to be from OJ's Closet, as seen in the trailer for "The Reality of the Situation".
- From September 3 to 6, Brian additionally did several challenges with fans to reveal the title of the first act. More information can be found here.
- On August 29, Brian made a post challenging the fans to get AnimationEpic to 610K subscribers, to which he would reveal the title of Act 1. However, this goal was not met.
- The announcement of the movie and the trailer for Act I were both posted by ToonHive, a large indie-based news account with over 72,000 followers.[39]
- The official movie poster revealed special guests that were mentioned previously, but remained anonymous prior to Act III's announcement. The guests mentioned were Aisha Rae and Angela Giarratana, who is known for being featured in Smosh and Starkid.
- Blueberry, Bot, and Tea Kettle were the only contestants in the Inanimate Insanity series to not have their voice actors (Barry Strum, Shooshies, and Jill Katz respectively) listed on the movie's poster. Despite this, they were all voiced in Act III.
- Baxter is credited as playing himself in the credits. This is a joke, however, which is why it is not included in the credits section of this page.
- Brian said in a livestream after "Objects in Mirror" that the production time for the finale was between nine to eleven months, although the ideas for it were in development for many years.[40]
- The full movie was initially intended to release onto YouTube sometime before December 25th, 2024. However, this ended up not being the case. It is currently unknown when the full cut will be released.
- For some reason, the movie is on the AMC Theaters website.
- Since Suitcase won the season:
- She is the second newbie, rejoining (technically), and female contestant to win a season, following Cabby.
- Although going by season order, she is the first newbie and female contestant to win a season.
- She is the first armless contestant to win a season.
- Every winner of a season has different limbs; OJ has arms and legs, Suitcase only has legs, and Cabby only has arms.
- She is the second newbie, rejoining (technically), and female contestant to win a season, following Cabby.
- If Knife won:
- He would be the second male contestant to win a season, following OJ.
- He would also be the second winner with both arms and legs, following OJ.
- He would be the first Team Epic member to win a season.
- He would be the first veteran to win a season.
- He would be the only winner to have a monochromatic color scheme.
- It would be his fifth season winning overall from the entire videography of AnimationEpic, only if Inanimate Battle is included and considered to be an actual show.
- He would be the second male contestant to win a season, following OJ.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 II2MovieRuntime
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 II2 The Movie Showing
- ↑ II2 The Movie
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 II2 16 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Steve Cobs in II2 16(dead link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pickle in II2 16(dead link)
- ↑ II2 16 Special Guests
- ↑ II2 16 Lore
- ↑ II2 16 Lore 2
- ↑ II2 16 Animation
- ↑ OJ II2 16
- ↑ Taco II2 16
- ↑ II2 Finale Parts Name
- ↑ II216 Trailer
- ↑ II216 title
- ↑ II216 upload time
- ↑ II2 16 done
- ↑ II2 17 first word
- ↑ II217TrailerSoon
- ↑ II Channel gain
- ↑ II217Short
- ↑ Win a Prize at 650K!
- ↑ 1st challenge: Cob needs 52 cover of "The future is so Yesterday"
- ↑ II2 17 first 2 words
- ↑ II2 17 final challenge
- ↑ See you tomorrow.
- ↑ https://x.com/InanimateUpdate/status/1845144683997016112
- ↑ https://x.com/InanimateUpdate/status/1846248698843406493
- ↑ Brian Stream
- ↑ https://x.com/InanimateUpdate/status/1846508118672388456
- ↑ https://x.com/realAdamKatz/status/1846627175849775520
- ↑ A.D.A.M. ARG start
- ↑ II2MovieShowing2
- ↑ II2MovieShowing3
- ↑ II2ProductionDone
- ↑ Act III moment
- ↑ Act III release time
- ↑ AnimtionEpic Q&A comment
- ↑ ToonHive
- ↑ Inanimate Insanity II: Episode 18 LIVE CHAT Timestamp 1:46:45
External links[]
- Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie - Los Angeles screenings' tickets page
- Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie - London screening's tickets page
