Inanimate Insanity Invitational

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Inanimate Insanity Invitational
(Season 3)

Created by

Adam Katz

Directed by

Original release

April 3, 2021 - March 3, 2024

Run Time

12-27+ minutes

Upload schedule

Monthly (Episodes 1-7 , 15-17)

Bi-monthly (Episodes 8-14, 18-19)

Winner

Cabby

Teams

The Pinkers (1-10)

The Sinkers (1-7)
The Thinkers (1-10)

Preceded by

Inanimate Insanity
Inanimate Insanity II (Ep 1-14)

Suceeded by

Inanimate Insanity II (Ep 15+)
Season 4 (in-universe, planned)

Simultaneous with

Inanimate Insanity II
Inanimate Comics

Number of episodes

19

First episode

"Stranded in Paradise"

Last/Latest episode

"You Can't Do This Forever"

“	Alright, with our teams assembled, it's time for the first challenge! This is Inanimate Insanity, seasoooon...!	”
—MePhone4, Stranded in Paradise

Inanimate Insanity Invitational, abbreviated as III or II3, is the third season of Inanimate Insanity created by Adam Katz and directed by Brian Koch and Justin Chapman.

The series was first announced on the Inanimate Insanity Direct that was broadcasted on AnimationEpic's YouTube channel on April 1, 2021, on the 10th Anniversary of Inanimate Insanity. The first episode was released two days later, on April 3, 2021. The final episode, "You Can't Do This Forever", ended by crowning Cabby as the winner with a 7-6-2 vote from the Jury. It was released on March 3, 2024, ending the season with 19 episodes.

The season is additionally set between the events of "Hatching the Plan" and "Truth or Flare".

Overview[]

Sometime after the events of Hatching the Plan, nine fan-selected contestants received VIP invitations under the guise of seeing Spoiled Lemon, a popular band, playing live at a vacation resort. Once they arrive on the tropical island called Paradise, the invitations are revealed to be fake, and the contestants are swindled into yet another competition hosted by MePhone4 alongside nine brand new contestants, for a total of eighteen contestants split into three teams of six, eventually named The Sinkers, The Thinkers and The Pinkers. The teams were later rearranged into two teams of six in Episode 7. The teams then compete in various challenges created by MePhone4 in the familiar style of the previous seasons. The team that loses is then up for elimination, while the two other teams are safe from elimination.

At eliminations, contestants will vote for who they would like to eliminate from their own team. The contestant with the most votes is eliminated and sent to Indefinite Island where they are given the choice to remain for a chance to rejoin the game, or leave. Although viewers cannot vote for contestants to be eliminated, they are able to vote for one contestant from each of the three teams after every episode to be given immunity and be safe from elimination. Voting is held at inanimateinsanity.com/vote and usually has a window of about a week after every episode airs. This ended after Episode 12 due to Yin-Yang being guaranteed to win.

This season has been stated to have a far different approach to the competition than its predecessors. Although it is still character-driven, the stories are less intense and dark like Season 2 and adopt a more light-hearted competition-angled approach, similar to Season 1. According to Adam Katz, the goal of Season 3 was to return to the original roots of the show.

In "A Jury of Your Fears", it was revealed that Inanimate Insanity Invitational was created as an escape from the previous season, with no cash prize or definitive winner planned. The Final 3 would've been the team leaders in the planned 4th season.

Season4Plans — MePhone4's plans for a Season 4.

Characters[]

Hosts[]

MePhone4
The Floor (co-host; S3E12 onward)

Returning[]

Debuting[]

Scrapped Characters^{[citation needed]}[]

There were multiple characters that were considered to be in Season 3, but ended up getting scrapped.

Starfruit - Starfruit was originally considered to be in this season, but it was ultimately scrapped.
Magnet - Described to have a "magnetic" personality which drew people near her.
Umbrella - Described to be a "shy" gal.
Shades - A character that was described to be similar to Frank from Alternate Reality Show.
Onion - Another scrapped character, but not much is known about them.

Writers[]

Adam Katz - 1, 5, 9, 13, 16,
Justin Chapman - 4, 6, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19
Brian Koch - 3, 8, 12, 15, 17
Taylor Grodin (formerly) - 2, 7, 9

Voice Actors[]

Contestants[]

Unvitational Committee:[]

List of Episodes[]

On June 21, 2024, AnimationEpic uploaded a compilation video of every episode of Inanimate Insanity Invitational, which spanned 6 hours in length. The video can be found here.

Number	Name	Release date
1	Stranded in Paradise	April 3, 2021
2	The Shame of the Name	May 8, 2021
3	Snapshot Showdown	June 12, 2021
4	The Overthinkers	October 2, 2021
5	Tragedy At 60 Feet	November 6, 2021
6	Try Not To Laugh Challenge	December 18, 2021
7	Best Served Cold	February 19, 2022
8	Out of Body Experience	April 15, 2022 (Part I) April 29, 2022 (Part II) June 24, 2022 (Full Episode)
9	Title TBD	July 22, 2022
10	I Am Chocolate!	October 29, 2022
11	Pesty Besties	December 10, 2022
12	Home Is Where the Heart Is	February 18, 2023
13	Friend or Froze	April 8, 2023
14	Spring on the Breakfast!	Saban Media Center: June 25, 2023 Gerald W. Lynch Theater: July 8, 2023 YouTube Release Date: July 9, 2023^{[note 1]}
15	Blue Buried	September 30, 2023
16	The Great Bluish Bake Off	November 3, 2023^{[note 2]}
17	The Show Must Go On	December 2, 2023
18	A Jury of Your Fears	January 27, 2024
19	You Can't Do This Forever	March 3, 2024

Elimination Order[]

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Contestant		Team(s)		Status	Placement	Stage
Contestant		Ep 1	Ep 7	Status	Placement	Stage
	Fan	The Pinkers	Eliminated	2^nd eliminated "The Shame of the Name"	18^th	Pre-Merge
	Lifering	The Sinkers		3^rd eliminated "Snapshot Showdown"	17^th
	OJ	The Thinkers		4^th eliminated "The Overthinkers"	16^th
	Box	The Sinkers		5^th medically evacuated "Tragedy at 60 Feet"	15^th
	Tea Kettle	The Sinkers		6^th eliminated "Try Not To Laugh Challenge"	14^th
	Clover	The Pinkers	The Thinkers	8^th eliminated "Out of Body Experience"	13^th
	Goo	The Pinkers	The Thinkers	9^th eliminated "Title TBD"	12^th
	Test Tube	The Pinkers		10^th eliminated "I Am Chocolate!"	11^th	Merge
	The Floor	The Thinkers		11^th eliminated "Pesty Besties"	10^th
	Paintbrush	The Thinkers	The Pinkers	12^th eliminated "Home Is Where the Heart Is"	9^th
	Candle	The Thinkers		13^th eliminated "Friend or Froze"	8^th
	Bot	The Pinkers		14^th eliminated "Spring on the Breakfast!"	7^th
	Yin-Yang	The Thinkers		15^th eliminated "Blue Buried"	6^th
	Blueberry	The Sinkers	Eliminated	1^st eliminated "Stranded in Paradise"	5^th	Pre-Merge
				Returned "Blue Buried"		Merge
				16^th eliminated "The Great Bluish Bake Off"
	Nickel	The Sinkers	The Thinkers	17^th eliminated "The Show Must Go On"	4^th
	Silver Spoon	The Thinkers	The Pinkers	3^rd (2nd Runner-up) "You Can't Do This Forever"
	Balloon	The Sinkers	The Pinkers	2^nd (Runner-up) "You Can't Do This Forever"
	Cabby	The Pinkers		7^th eliminated "Best Served Cold"		Pre-Merge
				Returned "I Am Chocolate!"		Merge
				1^st (Winner) "You Can't Do This Forever"

Indefinite Island status[]

Stayed[]

Didn't stay[]

Never went[]

Team progression[]

The 18 contestants are divided into 3 teams.

Team	Members
Blue Team
Blue Team	Nickel	Balloon	Blueberry	Box	Lifering	Tea Kettle
Pink Team
Pink Team	Fan	Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo
Yellow Team
Yellow Team	OJ	Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

Blueberry is eliminated.

Team	Members
Blue Team
Blue Team	Nickel	Balloon	Box	Lifering	Tea Kettle
Pink Team
Pink Team	Fan	Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo
Yellow Team
Yellow Team	OJ	Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

Fan is eliminated.

Members

Nickel	Balloon	Box	Lifering	Tea Kettle

Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo

OJ	Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

Lifering is eliminated.

Members

Nickel	Balloon	Box	Tea Kettle

Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo

OJ	Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

OJ is eliminated.

Members

Nickel	Balloon	Box	Tea Kettle

Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo

Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

Box is disqualified.

Members

Nickel	Balloon	Tea Kettle

Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo

Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

Tea Kettle is eliminated.

Members

Nickel	Balloon

Test Tube	Bot	Cabby	Clover	Goo

Paintbrush	Candle	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	The Floor

The teams are rearranged.

Members

Test Tube	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Paintbrush	Cabby

Candle	Yin-Yang	The Floor	Clover	Goo	Nickel

Cabby is eliminated.

Members

Test Tube	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Paintbrush

Candle	Yin-Yang	The Floor	Clover	Goo	Nickel

Clover is eliminated.

Members

Test Tube	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Paintbrush

Candle	Yin-Yang	The Floor	Goo	Nickel

Goo is eliminated.

Members

Test Tube	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Paintbrush

Candle	Yin-Yang	The Floor	Nickel

The teams merge. Cabby rejoins.


Cabby	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Test Tube	Paintbrush	Candle	Yin-Yang	The Floor	Nickel

Test Tube is eliminated.


Cabby	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Paintbrush	Candle	Yin-Yang	The Floor	Nickel

The Floor is eliminated.


Cabby	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Paintbrush	Candle	Yin-Yang	Nickel

Paintbrush is eliminated.


Cabby	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Candle	Yin-Yang	Nickel

Candle is eliminated.


Cabby	Bot	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	Nickel

Bot is eliminated.


Cabby	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	Nickel

Blueberry rejoins.


Cabby	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Yin-Yang	Blueberry	Nickel

Yin-Yang is eliminated.


Cabby	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Blueberry	Nickel

Blueberry is eliminated again.


Cabby	Balloon	Silver Spoon	Nickel

Nickel is eliminated.


Cabby	Balloon	Silver Spoon

Cabby wins the season. Balloon and Silver Spoon are eliminated.

Cabby

Favorite Contestant Voting[]

On February 13, 2021, a video called "Inanimate Insanity - VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!" was released prompting viewers to vote for their favorite character among the contestants from Season 1 and Season 2. In the Inanimate Insanity Direct, following the announcement of the third season, Adam confirmed that they took the results of the favorite character poll into consideration when creating the cast of Season 3. However, any "important characters" tied to Season 2's ongoing story were intentionally excluded.

On April 10, 2021, the results were displayed in "Why We Made Inanimate Insanity Season 3". There were 22,513 votes in total. Contestants with green votes joined the season. Contestants with red votes were excluded, due to them still being a part of Season 2.

Icon	Name	Number of votes
	Lightbulb	4,724
	Yin-Yang	2,227
	Paintbrush	1,402
	Knife	1,400
	Fan	1,388
	Test Tube	1,314
	Suitcase	1,019
	Bow	1,008
	Taco	890
	Balloon	872
	OJ	740
	Box	695
	Nickel	609
	Microphone	596
	Baseball	556
	Paper	420
	Cheesy	394
	Marshmallow	357
	Trophy	250
	Bomb	222
	Soap	217
	Apple	212
	Cherries	176
	Tissues	150
	Dough	127
	Pickle	114
	Salt	41
	Pepper	36

Although Lightbulb, Knife, and Suitcase had enough votes, they were excluded from consideration. Bow also had enough votes to join, however due to her being dead and her soul being bound to the Purgatory Mansion, (preventing her from leaving) she was replaced with Bot. Additionally, Taco also had enough votes but was tied to the season's drama. It was stated that although both Microphone and Baseball didn't get enough votes to join the season, they would still be excluded due to their importance to Season 2's ongoing plot.

Trivia[]

The season began on April 3, 2021, and coincidentally, April was the same month its two predecessors began.
- The date is patterned with the previous seasons’ release dates. Season 1 premiered on April 1st, 2011, and Inanimate lnsanity ll premiered on April 2nd, 2013.
- Additionally, the date of Season 3 is descending count-down, 4/3/21, while the intro of the starts with a count-up to the number 3.
Like the previous two seasons, this season uses a new unique art style, featuring different colors for existing contestants and new looks for the eyes, mouths and limbs.
- The style is somewhat reminiscent of the Inanimate Insanity Shorts "Waffling About" and "Seas the Day", but with notably less choppier animation anless of a Paper-Mario like style.
This season has been activated for 3 years (1095 days), from April 3, 2021, to March 3, 2024.
- This is the second shortest season in Inanimate Insanity's history after Season 1.
- It is also the third season to spanned across time after the previous 2 seasons.
The third season was announced at the end of the Inanimate Insanity Direct.
- It was teased as a "big announcement" shortly before.
- The broadcast confirmed that Season 2 would still continue as planned and will run alongside Season 3, and that the 15th episode of Season 2 is in development.
The season's abbreviation is III, which is 3 in Roman Numerals, in reference to the third season.
As of this season, Balloon, Nickel, and Paintbrush are the only returning contestants who have competed in every season of Inanimate Insanity.
OJ is the only returning contestant who has competed in Season 1 but not in Season 2.
Lifering is the only newcomer to Inanimate Insanity Invitational that appeared in previous content.
- This is similar to both Fan and Cheesy in Season 2, as they appeared as minor characters in Season 1 and became contestants in Season 2.
This is the first season to:
- Introduce confessionals.
- Have three teams instead of two.
- Allow viewers vote for contestant immunity instead of elimination.
- Solely have contestant-voted eliminations with no viewer-voted eliminations.
- Incorporate contestants who competed in Season 1 and not Season 2.
- Not have Apple, Marshmallow, Baseball, Knife, or Lightbulb competing.
- Premiere before a previous season has ended, with Season 2 having two episodes left at the time of the premiere.
- Not utilize "Aces High" as the intro song. Though the intro music takes inspiration from the tune.
- Have a contestant built by other contestants.
- Hide a contestant's true identity and introduce them as someone else.
- Have an official dub, with the Spanish dub by Unilingo starting on May 21, 2024. Unilingo is also known for making the Spanish dub of Battle For Dream Island.
This season's intro was animated by Niall Burns while the music was created by John Mietus.
In "Why We Made Inanimate Insanity Season 3" it was confirmed that each new episode of this season is planned to be released every 2-3 months.
- The season, however, has taken short breaks during the summer and winter.
It was revealed in The Music Behind Inanimate Insanity that the season was originally called Inanimate Insanity: Fans vs. Favorites.
This is the third consecutive season where a male is the first contestant eliminated.
This is also the third season where a male is also the second contestant eliminated.
And another season where a male specifically a first boot gets to rejoin only for one episode.
So far that this is the only season to have two rejoiners and two rejoin challenges. Partially including Season 1 due to its sixth episode replace a former contestant to a remaining contestant (which is obviously the formula when another contestant gets eliminated whereas the rejoiner replaces them in the same episode).
- One other thing this season also has only two rejoiners who are both colored blue. Cabby being periwinkle, and Blueberry being navy blue.
This is the second season where a contestant ends up getting a disqualification. In this season's case; medical evacuation. Whereas last season a contestant gets disqualified by the next episode.
This is the first season to have all contestants eliminated at least once, to which Cabby is a rejoiner.
Also so far that as of "The Great Bluish Bake Off", there were no double eliminations occurred throughout this season. By the time this season ends, this will be the only season that a double elimination is not occurred or not announced. That alone that when no double eliminations happen, this season would possibly pass all eighteen and a half episodes of Season 1.
- That would change by the next to last episode where the episode trailer itself claims to be the "penultimate" episode of this season. And just like with "The Penultimate Poll" in Season 1, a possible occurrence will happen by all means the past eliminated contestants will decide who gets 3rd place.
After Blueberry got eliminated in The Great Bluish Bake Off, he became the second contestant to be the 16th eliminated after originally being the first out. This is following Paper after he did the same thing in Season 1.
It is officially the first object show series to complete its third season.
- After Season 2 ends, it will be the first object show series in history to complete three full seasons (apart from timely shows such as The Daily Object Show and The Hourly Object Show).
The winner of this season is a rejoiner. That makes the season one of, if not, the first object show season where a rejoiner wins.
- Additionally, that also makes this season one of, if not, the first object show season where every contestant got eliminated at least once. (Unless if one doesn't count Silver Spoon and Balloon failing to win the finale counts as an elimination)
At the end of most episodes of the season, a character says "Adamation" in line with the title card. This includes:
- Clover in "Stranded in Paradise".
- Tea Kettle in "The Shame of the Name".
- Goo in "Snapshot Showdown".
- Candle in "The Overthinkers".
- Cabby in "Tragedy at 60 Feet".
- The Floor in "Try Not To Laugh Challenge".
- Zoetrope in "Title TBD".
- Bot in "I Am Chocolate!".
- Tootsy Wootsy in "Pesty Besties".
- Paintbrush in "Home Is Where the Heart Is".
- Silver Spoon in "Friend or Froze".
- Yin-Yang in "Spring on the Breakfast!".
- Lifering in "Blue Buried".
- Tyler Bombard in "The Great Bluish Bake Off".
- Balloon in "You Can't Do This Forever".
This is by far the first season to receive its own compilation. If you want to watch this season as a whole, watch it here.
As of The Reality of The Situation, more contestants from the season could reside in Hotel OJ, for example, Goo, Candle, and Cabby in the aforementioned episode.[1]

References[]

Notes[]

↑ Episode was screened early in theaters on June 25 and July 8, 2023.
↑ Episode was supposed to release on October 28, 2023 and then was delayed.

Inanimate Insanity Shows

Main Series: Inanimate Insanity • Inanimate Insanity II • Inanimate Insanity Invitational

Spinoffs: The Taco Show • Enanimat Ensanetay • Inanimate Battle • "Best Of" • Inanimate Answers • Fan's Fantastic Features • Exit Interview
Shorts: The Stupid Trailer • Nickel's Tips On Conserving Water • Inanimate Insanity II T-Shirt Anniversary • Inanimate Insanity Plays AMONG US! • Inanimate Insanity Plays MORE AMONG US! • Waffling About • Inanimate Insanity Plays Jackbox Talking Points • Inanimate Insanity Plays MORE Jackbox Talking Points • Seas the Day • Inanimate Insanity Direct • Inanimate Insanity & BFDI Meet Up! • TWO OF THEM!? - BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Event • Season 2 is Back!• Theatre Etiquette
Comics: Inanimate Comics
In-Universe Seasons: Inanimate Insanity Infinity • Season 4 (planned season)

[1] Episode was screened early in theaters on June 25 and July 8, 2023.

[2] Episode was supposed to release on October 28, 2023 and then was delayed.

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