Minor Characters are characters who have debuted and been identified, but, as of yet, hold no significant roles in Inanimate Insanity.
Inanimate Insanity[]
Talking Trees[]
| “ |
Get off my branches you little turd! |
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| —Tree 1, A Lemony Lesson | ||
| “ |
I'm an apple tree so just |
” |
| —Tree 2, A Lemony Lesson | ||
The Talking Trees are two sentient trees who appeared in "A Lemony Lesson". Nickel finds the two trees and kicks one, causing the two to yell at him. The other one comments that he is an apple tree, and therefore, can be ignored because the challenge involves lemon trees. Lightbulb is quick to acknowledge that the trees were not there previously (three seconds ago), and MePhone4 notes that she is correct, but focuses the attention on a different set of trees that do not talk.
They are both voiced by Adam Katz.
Talking Cacti[]
The Talking Cacti are two sentient cacti who appeared in "Double Digit Desert". Apple walks into one of the two cacti, prompting a conversation.
Nick Le[]
| “ |
IM HIGHLY OFFENDED! |
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| —Various Occasions | ||
"Nickle" redirects here, and is a common misspelling of Nickel.
Nick Le was a recurring character created after many fans voted for Nickel, but misspelled his name as Nickle. Nick Le appears to be a humanoid-like, lightskinned character with no hair. His clothing is a light blue shirt with the words "Nick Le" on it, and a pair of navy jeans with a black and yellow belt. He also wears black shoes.
In "The Stacker", MePhone4 told Nick Le that 70 people had voted for him, even though he was not on the show. Nick Le shouted out in response, "I'm highly offended!".
He appeared once again in a flashback in "War De Guacamole", as now Nickel was going to be eliminated because all the votes for Nick Le were counted and he was eliminated, while Lightbulb was brought back.
In Double Digit Desert, Nickel does not rejoin the game, and while he is upset, he is glad that at least nobody misspelled his name this time. However, as MePhone points out, more people had spelled his name as Nickle than correctly as Nickel, but having learned his lesson in the sixth episode, he knew to count all of the votes, aggravating Nickel. Suddenly, Nick Le randomly falls from the sky and lands on top of Nickel, once again stating that he is highly offended, but apparently this time for not counting the votes for him as an individual from Nickel's, thus making him feel treated like he doesn't really exist. They both seem to be sent to Idiotic Island.
In "Aquatic Conflict", Nick Le's idle is seen to represent the top two voted to-be-eliminated contestants being eliminated.
He was voiced by Nate Groth.
Santa Claus[]
| “ |
Wow, what a moral. |
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| —4Seeing The Future, -Santa Claus | ||
Santa Claus was a minor character that appeared in "The Snowdown."
Although he does not appear until the very end of the episode, Santa Claus is talked about by Apple, who says she's excited to get her pony from Santa for Christmas, to which Paintbrush denies his existence. At the end, Santa Claus appears and picks up a note from MePhone4 saying he's a fat slob so he ate the cookies he left out. Santa is disappointed at the failure of the simple task that is the only material reward he gets from delivering presents when Apple approaches him. Santa recognizes her, and Apple states that she knew he was real, and then proceeded to ask where her pony was. Santa, having forgotten to bring it, runs away.
In "Aquatic Conflict", while he does not appear, Santa is mentioned briefly in this episode. When Apple says that she hopes Paintbrush is eliminated, Paintbrush yells back that they wish that Santa took Apple with him.
Santa reappears in the Inanimate Answers episode HOW THE APPLE SOLVED CHRISTMAS!
He was voiced by Brian Koch.
Siri[]
| “ |
Actually, I'm Siri. |
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| —4Seeing The Future | ||
Siri was an application on MePhone4S who made her debut in "4Seeing The Future".
As MePhone4S boasts his newer technological advances, he notes his "voice recognition technology", causing MePhone4 to ask "are you serious?", prompting Siri to reply "actually, I'm Siri." Later, MePhone4S utilizes Siri to generate cookies for elimination.
Siri makes a second appearance in "The Tile Divide", where she quickly scolds MePhone4 for disrespecting MePhone4S.
Her final appearance is in "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)", where she urges MePhone4S not to downgrade into MePhone4. It is assumed that she, unfortunately, perished with MePhone4S after he downgraded.
She is voiced by Susan Bennett.
Talking Hand[]
The Talking Hand is a Character that First Appeared in Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 1).
They appear when Their Owner,Mephone4S warns Mephone4 about Mephone5,Mephone4,not Understanding what 4S was Saying,Mephone4s says "Talk to the Hand!" And the Talking Hand appears saying "Hello!"
They later appear on the same Episode while Mephone4s says to Mephone4 grab their "Hand",which makes the Talking Hand replie with "Not so Hard!"
It is possible that it may have perished alongside Siri after Mephone4s downgraded, though it is seen on MePhone4's hand after MePhone4S dowgraded.
Inanimate Insanity II[]
Pizza Cutter[]
| “ |
Bon Appétit! |
” |
| —Cooking for the Grater Good | ||
Pizza Cutter is a minor character who appeared in "Cooking For The Grater Good". He is a silver and brown pizza cutter. After MePhone4 decides to throw a pizza party, Pizza Cutter enters holding a pizza, but immediately slips and falls into a puddle of mud. He accidentally shouts a French phrase after the fall and tries to cover it up by saying something in the Spanish language. However, Knife pointed out the language he spoke in was Spanish and not Italian. When MePhone4 called him out for claiming to be an Italian cook, he ran off, leaving the muddy pizza behind.
He makes a cameo in "Everything's A-OJ", appearing in prison, possibly for impersonating other cultures or fraudulence. He is soon released and makes another cameo in "Mazed and Confused" as one of the audience members watching the Spoiled Lemon concert.
He was voiced by Derek Napolitano.
Milk[]
Milk is a minor character who appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". She is a glass of white milk with eyelashes, visually similar to OJ. She makes her debut in the backseats of the courtroom, where she spectates the case of Hotel OJ vs. MePhone4. She appears very moved by Box's witness speech and even cries. She is sitting in front of Baseball and to the right of Lightbulb. She is a character owned by Dee Cashin who was used as a background character to fill out the scene.
Rusty Jo[]
Rusty Jo is a minor character that appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". He appears to be based upon a metal jail cup, commonly used in prisons for criminals to drink out of. Rusty Jo notably has numerous scratches, a tooth gap, and blemishes on his body. When MePhone4 enters the jail, Rusty Jo questions MePhone4, who explains to Rusty Jo and the others that he locked some people in a room for several months, taking everyone by utter surprise. Rusty Jo is shocked, shaming MePhone4 for his excuse of a using reality show, and gives him words of encouragement to change his ways for the better, given he is somehow only in jail for one day. MePhone4, however, brushes this off, though he does seem concerned.
In Season 2 is Back!, he is seen ganging up on Frank along with the other people in jail (Excluding Swiss Army Knife and Poker Chip) alongside Pencil.
He was voiced by Adam Dormi and is now voiced by Carol Fargo.
Dagger[]
Dagger is a minor character who appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". They are a tall knife with a thin pointed blade and brown handle. They appeared in jail with many other characters. Their teeth are dull and slightly yellow. It can be assumed they are in jail for a crime involving violence.
In Season 2 is Back!, They are seen Ganging up on Frank alongside the Other People in Jail (Expect Swiss Army Knife and Poker Chip) alongside Pencil.
Razor Blade[]
Razor Blade is a minor character who appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". They are a silver rectangular razor blade with a hole in the center. They appeared in jail with many other characters. Their teeth are dull and slightly yellow. It can be assumed they are in jail for a crime involving violence. They are also armless.
In Season 2 is Back!, They Are Seen Ganging UP on Frank Alongside the Other People in Jail (expect Swiss Army Knife and Poker Chip) alongside Pencil.
They are voiced by Jason Marsden.
Swiss Army Knife[]
Swiss Army Knife is a minor character who appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". They are a red circular device with multiple knives and wrenches built in, which they can expose at will. They appeared in jail with many other characters. It can be assumed they are in jail for a crime involving violence.
When MePhone4 first enters the jail, Swiss Army Knife locks eyes with him and violently sprouts their knives.
Gallery[]
Hammer[]
Hammer is a minor character who appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". He is a gray and yellow sledgehammer with a slim body and large head. He appeared in jail with many other characters. His teeth are dull and slightly yellow. After MePhone4 reveals that he locked people up, Hammer curiously asks how long they were kept in for. MePhone4's answer, "several months", visually disturbs everyone, including Hammer. Hammer is also a character in The Strive for the Million.
In Season 2 is Back!, he is seen ganging up on Frank along with the other people in jail (Expect Swiss Army Knife and Poker Chip) alongside Pencil.
He was voiced by Alex Hammer.
Poker Chip[]
Poker Chip is a minor character who appeared in "Everything's A-OJ". They're a blue poker chip with a round body and white squares around his edges. They appeared in jail with many other characters. Their teeth are dull and slightly yellow. It can be assumed they are in jail for a crime involving gambling.
They made a second non-physical appearance in "Kick the Bucket" inside of a painting that Bow talks to with many other poker related objects.
MeBook[]
MeBook is a minor character who appeared in "Theft and Battery". He is a white laptop with turquoise accents on his top and side, and a gray screen with a large crack on his right side, and he is based off of the iBook Clamshell G3. MeBook appears with Steve Cobs in Meeple Care while he inspects the stolen battery, MeBook asks if it's ok that he's repaired in Meeple Care. Cobs replies that it's fine, and notes that not many patients have actually visited Meeple Care for a while. MeBook asks how long it's been, but Cobs cannot answer the question since his Meeple Watch is broken.
He reappears in "Mine Your Own Business" and "The Reality of the Situation" as a background character, although is powered down.
He was voiced by Alex Hammer.
MeBook in "The Reality of the Situation."
Inanimate Insanity Invitational[]
Shark[]
Shark is a minor character who only appears in The Show Must Go On, Nothing much about them, other than they were only appearing in an episode pitch from Silver Spoon, where he punches the Shark into the sky to save Candle.
Inanimate Insanity Infinity[]
Yarn[]
Yarn is a contestant, assumed to be a past-eliminated contestant on Inanimate Insanity Infinity. Although they do not make a physical appearance, there is a game piece representing them in the board game played by Lightbulb during "Just Like Me", possibly hinting that they were also a contestant, since game pieces for Barrel, Hay Bale and Chives also appear on the board.
MePhone7+[]
MePhone7+ is a minor character who appeared in "Alternate Reality Show", replacing MePhone7. He is mostly visually similar to MePhone7, but his color palette is black (case) and dark blue (screen). His sunglasses are a bit thinner and is taller than 7. He is based off the real life iPhone 7 Plus in matte black.
Gallery[]
Miscellaneous Crossover Characters[]
Orange and Apple[]
Orange and Apple are characters who appeared in "One-Shot Wonder" at the bottom of a gorge. The two are in reference to The Annoying Orange, as their voices are provided directly from the show's creator, Daneboe. Following a routine of "Hey Apple"s, Apple angrily responds, only to be sliced by Knife falling down the gorge.
Red and Chuck[]
Red and Chuck are some of the main characters in the Angry Birds series, appearing in "One Shot Wonder" as the example of the contestant during the challenge, where Chuck was flung from the slingshot and fell down the gorge. Red later appeared as one of the items in "Cooking for the Grater Good".
Pickaxe[]
Pickaxe is the host of Object Madness. His only appearance was in "Mazed and Confused" as he attends the Spoiled Lemon concert at the end of the episode.
Door[]
Door is the host of The Object Show Movie. His only appearance was in "Mazed and Confused" as he attends the Spoiled Lemon concert at the end of the episode.
Battle for Dream Island Cameos[]
Announcer[]
| “ |
We had to sell it because of budget cuts. |
” |
The Announcer is the host of Battle for Dream Island and the secret host for Battle for Dream Island Again who appeared in "The Arena Of Death". Although he did not speak, Nickel was seen scorning him in reference to him not joining BFDI during the debut join. In the slideshow in "Aquatic Conflict", the Announcer is also pictured trespassing Area 51 with MePhone4.
He is voiced in BFDI by AT&T's Text-to-Speech Mike
Pencil[]
Pencil is a contestant on Battle for Dream Island who appeared in "The Arena Of Death". She abruptly appears and calls Nickel a jerk during the elimination ceremony after he stated that pencils were stupid, after becoming annoyed that the prizes for cookies were switched for pencils. MePhone4 then was annoyed at her interrupting the elimination and punched her away using the Fist Thingy, also introducing the Fist Thingy at the same time. She also popped Balloon at the end of the episode as she was flying away.
She was voiced by Michael Huang.
Nonexisty[]
| “ |
No Problem |
” |
Nonexisty is a recommended character on Battle for Dream Island who appeared in "One-Shot Wonder". After Nickel explains to Knife how he escaped the LOL, he turns and thanks Nonexisty, who appears as a shadow, and replies with a confident "no problem".
Although Nonexisty can speak and has a shadow on Inanimate Insanity, he cannot speak on Battle for Dream Island, since he is literally non-existent and apparently tastes like peanut butter, as said by Firey.
His voice actor is Justin Chapman[1].
Rocky[]
| “ |
Mmmhmmm! |
” |
Rocky is a contestant on Battle for Dream Island who appeared in "One-Shot Wonder". He makes a non-speaking cameo appearance during the slingshot challenge and acts merely as an obstacle. Pickle and Lightbulb trip over him on different occasions, causing Pickle to let go of Salt's slingshot too early and have her fall down the gorge, as well as causing Lightbulb to shatter. Rocky makes a non-canonical appearance for the animatic short "Inanimate Insanity & BFDI Meet Up!".
Cloudy[]
Cloudy is a recommended character on Battle for Dream Island and a former TPOT contestant. An alternative version of him appeared in "The Stacker". As Salt and Pepper play Frisbee, Pepper throws a Frisbee after telling Salt to go long, but it hits him, who whines in pain.
Coiny[]
Coiny is a contestant on Battle For Dream Island. Although he never actually appears, Coiny can be seen with Nickel in the photographs on Aquatic Conflict. during the slideshow.
This is also a reference to The Coin Bros, made by Adam Katz as a project before II.
Coiny also makes an appearance in the third episode of Fan's Fantastic Features, Nickel For Your Thoughts.
Paintbrush may have also been referring to Coiny when they ask Silver Spoon "What about a penny?" in Try Not To Laugh Challenge when he calls Nickel "the embodiment of the most meager form of wealth", although it has been proven that Coiny isn't actually a penny.
Coiny makes a cameo appearance in The Show Must Go On, with the voice line "Thanks Balloon, I'm so glad we connected! Your social game sure is strong!". He is voiced by Michael Huang, who also voices him in Battle for Dream Island.
Firey[]
Firey is a contestant on Battle for Dream Island who appeared in "Crappy Anniversary". While OJ was trying to catch his cake, Firey swooped in and caught it, stating he can catch anything. It is confirmed during LorenTzel and Taylor's Season 1 rewatch stream that Firey appears here because Taylor asked Michael Huang (Firey's voice actor) for a "catching sound effect" for the elimination, and Michael sent the voice clip of Firey instead of an actual catching sound. Ironically, Firey ended up snatching the cake of the first season's (then) future winner, similar to him.
He was voiced by Michael Huang.
Book[]
Book is a contestant on Battle for Dream Island who makes a non-canonical appearance in the animatic short "TWO OF THEM!? - BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Event".
Trivia[]
- People sometimes mistake her with Dictionary, due to their similar appearance.
Inanimate Battle Contestants[]
Big Orange Spoon[]
Big Orange Spoon is a contestant on Inanimate Battle who first appeared in episode 3. The spinoff made by Adam Katz had four episodes, with four new characters being added in episodes 3/4. They came second in both the 3rd and the 4th episodes, losing to Knife both times (That being a running gag of the series). They have become a fan favorite among the IB fans.
According to Brian Koch, Big Orange Spoon has left the movie industry and is now attending the Massachusetts Institution of Technology.[2]
Twinkie[]
Twinkie is a contestant on Inanimate Battle who first appeared in episode 4. The spinoff made by Adam Katz had four episodes, with four new characters being added in episodes 3/4. They were an accidental contestant, as the people filming started joking about how they were supposed to get snowballs. They came 3rd in episode four, losing in the final challenge.
Matza[]
Matza is a contestant on Inanimate Battle who first appeared in episode 4. The spinoff made by Adam Katz had four episodes, with four new characters being added in episodes 3/4. They didn't last very long in the competition, coming 8th and losing to Pickle in a fight.
Eggy[]
Eggy is a contestant on Inanimate Battle who first appeared in episode 4. The spinoff made by Adam Katz had four episodes, with four new characters being added in episodes 3/4. They are a hard-boiled egg that when thrown onto a table leaves a trail. They are later disqualified for using illegal drugs, as noted by a red cup with "illegal drugs" written on it. Eggy was then promptly destroyed. You might be also looking for the contestant in Battle for BFDI.
Edward[]
Edward is the host of Inanimate Battle 4. The spinoff made by Adam Katz had four episodes, with Edward being the host of the 4th. He is labeled as "That Guy from Hunger Games", making a pop culture reference to such fandoms as The Hunger Games and Twilight. He is also a werewolf. He dies from overexposure to his cheese allergy (from being covered in Cheesy's cheese), falling off a table, having a 'sparkle' seizure, falling yet another drop as he tries to use his werewolf powers to fly and is smashed into a door by his wheelchair.
Promotional Characters[]
CRT[]
CRT is a character who appears in “Season 2 is Back!”, seen inside the Houston Space Center. She was created by Sacri, one of the animators for Inanimate Insanity.
CRT is a cream colored CRT monitor with a flower accessory to the side of her case. She has yellow facial features, and bears both limbs.
The Poles[]
The Poles are characters who appeared in "GO VOTE! - From, Inanimate Insanity".
The poles are a duo of sentient likely metal poles. One appears to have a mousatache or an open mouth that is shaped like a mustache.
Purple Balloon[]
Purple Balloon is a character that appeared in the video "Inanimate Insanity - FREE MERCH GIVEAWAY! (@AnimationEpic)". They are a latex balloon that looks just like Balloon, but purple.
Pyramid[]
Pyramid is a character who appears in “Season 2 is Back!”, seen inside the Houston Space Center. They were created by GreenyGuy, a close friend of Sacri.
Pyramid is a small orange pyramid with a square base. They do not have arms.
Other Characters[]
Penny[]
Penny is a character from "The Coin Bros."
Quarter[]
Quarter is a character from "The Coin Bros."
Flower[]
Not to be confused with Flower from BFDI.
Flower was a character that had appeared way back in 2011. Only appearing in Nickel's Tips On Conserving Water. There's not much information about him because he only appeared in one video.
Flower looks similar to the Flower from BFDI, except that he has a stem that is green, and is limbless.
He's the opposite gender of Flower from BFDI. He was the first non-canon character to speak in a non-canon video. He was formerly voiced by Taylor Grodin.
His first and only appearance
Trivia[]
- If Siri is counted as a Meeple product, then she is the first female Meeple product on the show.
- David, Eraser, Ice Cube, Leafy, Pen, Pin, Snowball, Spongy, Tennis Ball, and Woody are the only BFDI contestants who haven’t made a cameo appearance in Inanimate Insanity.
- Blocky, Gelatin, Golf Ball, Match, Needle and Teardrop also didn't make a cameo appearance but their assets did.
- Bubble appears on a framed picture in A.D.A.M's room.
- Milk is the second character who has eyelashes, the first one being Bow.
- Non-canonically/Promotionally, Balloon is known to have clones of him, being Blue and green as seen with Purple Balloon.
- Quarter is actually the first character voiced by Brian Koch, not Fan.