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Alright, looks like we're all set. Follow me to the first challenge of Inanimate Insanity... IV! |
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Inanimate Insanity IV, also known as Inanimate Insanity 4, and abbreviated as II4 or II IV, is the fourth season of Inanimate Insanity. It premiered during the BFDI x II 2025 Tour, with its first episode being shown live on several dates ranging from June 27 to July 13, 2025, before being released on YouTube a day after the final live showing.[1][2]
Overview[]
This season primarily focuses on the contestants' lives following the finale of Inanimate Insanity II while also retaining the competition-based format seen in the previous seasons. Similar to Inanimate Insanity Invitational, this season also utilizes a new animation style, this time reminiscent of Season 1R, while also taking cues from Seasons 2 and 3.
Pre-Release Information[]
Before Season 4 was announced, series creator Adam Katz confirmed that Season 2 would not be "the last you'll see of these characters" at the Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie Laemmle Glendale showing's Q&A panel on November 26, 2024.[3] A tweet posted by the Inanimate Insanity account on December 31, 2024 added to this, with further content confirmed for 2025.[4]
In the announcement post of Inanimate Insanity: Season 1 Remastered on March 1, 2025, the fourth season, then referred to as the "official continuation" of the show, was announced to be coming in summer 2025.[5] Adam said in the credits of "The Crappy Cliff (Remastered)" that the crew wanted to make it clear that the remaster was not the continuation.
Season 4 was officially confirmed in the video "Inanimate Insanity SEASON 4!?" on April 4, 2025, revealing it will be premiering at the BFDI x Inanimate Insanity 2025 Tour on dates ranging from June 27 to July 13, 2025, and the second episode will be premiering in the tour on dates from July 19 to August 3, 2025. The first episode was released on YouTube on July 14, 2025, and the second episode at August 4, 2025.
On April 14, 2025, AnimationEpic posted a Google Form named "Inanimate Insanity - Call to Action!" for applications for props and backgrounds design, storyboards, and animation for both Season 1 Remastered and Season 4 (except storyboards were Season 4-exclusive). The props and backgrounds design section mentioned there will be two distinct art directions present for both seasons of the show. Props from "Objects in Mirror" and a background from "Inanimate Insanity SEASON 4!?" were used as an example of the style of Season 4. The animation section was looking for animators proficient in Adobe Animate, with those who could match the follow-through, smooth style of the upcoming Season 4 (mentioning it will be similar to the Inanimate Insanity II standard). The animation section also referred to the season as "Inanimate Insanity 4", using a standard number 4 as opposed to its Roman numeral equivalent.
On April 26, 2025, during the "Back to the Beginning! | Inanimate Insanity" stream, Adam and Brian confirmed a few things about the upcoming season, including the overall premise and the different animation style.[citation needed]
Characters[]
Artwork of Season 4's lineup of contestants along with Fan and Test Tube.
This season features the largest number of contestants in the series, at 24. 10 of these contestants are new, while the other 14 return from previous seasons, including 4 from the first season, 6 from the second, and 4 from the third. This is the second season to have 10 debuting contestants after Inanimate Insanity Invitational. This season also marks Magnet and Starfruit's overall contestant debuts, after being dropped from Invitational.
Staff[]
- Fan (host/moderator)
- Test Tube (co-host/co-moderator)
- Bot (assistant)
- OJ (substitute host)
- Suitcase (safety consultant)
- Cabby (consultant)
Returning Contestants[]
- Box
- Candle
- Cheesy
- Cherries
- Goo
- Lifering
- Lightbulb
- Microphone
- Paper
- Pepper
- Soap
- Taco
- Tea Kettle
- Trophy
Debuting Contestants[]
Non-Contestants[]
- Apple
- Balloon
- Baseball
- Blueberry
- Bomb
- Bow
- Clover
- Dough
- Knife
- Marshmallow
- Nickel
- Paintbrush
- Pickle
- Salt
- Silver Spoon
- Tissues
- The Floor
- Yin-Yang
Recurring Characters[]
One-Time Characters[]
- Bell (permanently deceased)
- MePhone4 (mentioned)
- Steve Cobs (corpse only)
List of Episodes[]
| Number | Name | Release date |
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| 1 | The Future Is Today! | Tour Dates: June 27 - July 13, 2025 YouTube Release Date: July 14, 2025 |
| 2 | Cob Mentality | Tour Dates: July 19 - August 3, 2025 YouTube Release Date: August 4, 2025 |
| 3 | Run the Risk! | September 20, 2025 |
| 4 | Fan the Flames | November 28, 2025 |
| 5 | II4 Episode 5 | TBA |
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Hosts[]
Contestants[]
See also: Elimination Tables
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Rejoin Scoreboard[]
A new mechanic introduced in the season is the Rejoin Scoreboard. As explained in "Cob Mentality", eliminated contestants are allowed to choose one team to assist in the challenge, and if said team places first, all eliminated contestants on the team gain a point. If an eliminated contestant gains 5 points at any point in the game, they automatically rejoin.
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Team progression[]
The season begins with 24 contestants.
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Voice Cast[]
Staff[]
- Brian Koch - Fan (host)
- Adam Katz - Test Tube (assistant)
- Sunny "Shooshies" - Bot (assistant)
Returning Contestants[]
- Aisha Rae - Box
- Dee Cashin - Candle, Cheesy
- Derek Napolitano - Cherries
- Joshua Waters - Goo
- Adam Katz - Lifering
- Michael Bruzzone - Lightbulb
- Stephanie Pines - Microphone
- HurricaneHunterJackson - Paper
- Emily Pitcher - Pepper
- Vibha Melkote - Soap
- Rheagan Rizio - Taco
- Jill Katz - Tea Kettle
- Justin Napolitano - Trophy
Debuting Contestants[]
- Anthony Ray Morales - Bonesaw
- Casey Helton - Cammy
- Joey Sourlis - Jack
- Vanessa Benoit - Magnet
- N/A[6] - MeTag
- Joshua Waters - Poppy
- Sacri - Spikey
- Brian Koch - Starfruit
- MsBonnieArt - Tapey
- Jordan Scarzfava - Teddy Bear
Non-Contestants[]
- Adam Katz - Apple
- Adam Katz - Baseball, Nickel
- Benjamin Cross - Balloon
- Barry Strum - Blueberry
- Max Weissmann[7] - Bomb
- Skyler Lent - Bow
- Casey Landman - Cabby, Salt
- Dee Cashin - Clover, Marshmallow
- TBD[8] - Dough
- Olivia Smith - Knife
- Patrick Mealey - OJ
- Jazzy Oliver - Paintbrush, Silver Spoon
- Derek Napolitano - Pickle
- Sam Thornbury - Suitcase, The Floor
- Braden Whiteside - Tissues
- Marco Bonomo - Yin-Yang
Recurring Characters[]
- TBD[9] - Camera 2
- TBD[10] - Dr. Fizz
- Brian Koch - MePhone4S
- TBD[11] - Pizza Cutter
- Michael Huang - Pencil
- N/A[12] - Spring-Toys
- Olivia Smith - Toilet
- Rosemary Craig - Walkie-Talkie
One-Time Characters[]
Trivia[]
- As of this season, Adam Katz and Brian Koch are now the only voice actors to have voiced in every season.
- The first episode of the season features a song, suggesting that it may retain Inanimate Insanity II's musical elements.
- This season continues the trend of having a debuting contestant be the first one eliminated.
- This season is the first to….
- …break the pattern of premiering on the same day of April as its season's number (excluding Season 1's remaster). It instead premiered on June 27, though the announcement of the season was on April 4.
- …not have the contestants immediately form teams at the beginning of the competition.
- …not have MePhone4 as the host. Instead, Fan hosts this season alongside the co-hosts, Test Tube and Bot. This is also the first season where a contestant is the host.
- …not have an intro sequence, though it is likely that there will be a challenge about one in a future episode.[13]
- …not feature Nickel, Balloon or Paintbrush as contestants.
- …premiere at a meetup, and the first to premiere in a theater instead of premiering on YouTube.
- Unlike previous seasons, the episodes of Inanimate Insanity IV are designed to segue into one another, meaning that each episode picks up directly where the previous one left off. For example, "The Future Is Today!" ends with Poppy's introduction, and the following episode, "Cob Mentality", begins with the same scene.
References[]
- ↑ II4 Meetup
- ↑ II4 1 release date
- ↑ Timestamp 2:29 at Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie Laemmle Glendale Q&A panel. "Will there be a Season 4? So I will say this will not be the last you'll see of these characters. So there will be more, I think we're definitely, you know, getting that all situated right now, I don't think we're ready to drop an announcement, but definitely stay tuned, this will not be the end of all these guys. But yeah, thank you." - Adam Katz
- ↑ A new year, a new era. #inanimateinsanity
- ↑ Remaster Announcement
- ↑ Character does not speak.
- ↑ While Bomb has yet to speak as of now, it was confirmed on October 10, 2025 that Max Weissman will be reprising his role as Bomb in the YouTube Short "Recognize These Voices? REMASTER Edition!"
- ↑ While it is likely that Sacri will be reprising her role as Dough, the character has yet to speak as of now.
- ↑ While it is likely that Samantha Katz will be reprising her role as Camera 2, the character has yet to speak as of now.
- ↑ While it is likely that Morgan Hesmondhalgh will be reprising his role as Dr. Fizz, the character has yet to speak as of now.
- ↑ While it is likely that Derek Napolitano will be reprising his role as Pizza Cutter, the character has yet to speak as of now.
- ↑ Characters do not speak.
- ↑ When will Inanimate Insanity Season 4 have an intro?
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