| Episode | Gallery | Transcript |
| Character | Scene/Script |
|---|---|
| (Continuing from Episode 2) A shot of the elimination area. Fan holding Test Tube in his hands while Jack makes a fool of himself trying to reason his irrational behavior. The rest of the people present look at him judgingly. | |
| Jack | Okay, listen. I may have gotten a little caught up in the moment— |
| Fan | Is that the best excuse you can come up with for ATTEMPTED MURDER?! |
| Bot | Seriously! We've all heard better! |
| Jack | Oh, come on! It was an accident! |
| Fan | Eheh, "an accident!" So what exactly were you trying to do when you knocked Test Tube down like that?! |
| Jack | As if I thought that far ahead! Look—I'm impulsive. Let my temper get the better of me. But that's why I need to learn—and grow—and change! And just like you said, the only way I can do that is by still having a chance in this game. Right? |
| Fan | *Sighs* [Fan pauses to contemplate and collect his temper] (quickly) Absolutely not, you're a danger to society, time to stand trial. |
| Scene dramatically switches to the courthouse with Jack on trial. | |
| Suitcase | He did what?! |
| Cabby | See, this is exactly what we were worried about! The game becoming an all-consuming obsession! |
| Fan | Well, we had a good run! I guess two days is about as long as most reboots last anyway. |
| Test Tube | Wait wait wait, hang on! Don't shut down the whole game on my account! |
| Fan | I-it's fine, Test Tube. I'd much rather lose the game than ever risk losing you. |
| Test Tube | Fan, that means the world, but the game's not the root of the issue! Yes, Jack acted upon aggressive tendencies, but the game didn't bring those out of him; they were already there! |
| Jack | It's true! Ask anyone who knows me! I'm UNSTABLE! |
| Test Tube | The game didn't break Jack! On the contrary, it's the only thing that can heal him! I still believe in this system, and, if we prove it can help him... |
| Fan | It can help anyone. |
| Jack | Wo-how! No one's ever defended me like this! I'm so touched! I'd give you a hug, but I just remembered these pesky handcuffs! Heh heh heh, do I really still need them? |
| Fan, Test Tube (simultaneously) | Don't push it, Jack. |
| Jack | Ehh, worth a shot. |
| OJ | This is the only contestant who's had a violent outburst like this, right? |
| Fan and Test Tube look outside and sees Teddy and Cammy arguing. | |
| Teddy Bear (sim. with Cammy) | I'm gonna punch you right in the leg! You moving past of a papparazzi! Me- (rest is inaudible) |
| Cammy (sim. with Teddy Bear) | -so put some more respect on MePhone's name! He created you AND me! (rest is inaudible) |
| Test Tube nods to Fan. | |
| Fan | Ehh—Exactly! Everyone else's violence has been MUCH more manageable! |
| Suitcase | As mildly encouraging as that sounds, safety clearly isn't taken seriously enough! |
| Fan | You're absolutely right, so that will need to change today! |
| Suitcase | And I'll be there to make sure it does; otherwise, we'll need to cancel the competition and crush everyone's dreams before they've even fallen asleep. |
| (Test Tube and Fan look at each other nervously) (The contestants all gather outside of HOOT) | |
| Spikey | Fan, some... rumors have been spreading. Is it really true there was a near-death experience? |
| Test Tube | I don't know if we have to call it "near." The Blue Ray protected me! |
| Fan | Exactly. Either something happened or it didn't. Like, I nearly didn't finish the sentence I'm saying now... but then I did! So, is there really anything to report? |
| Teddy Bear | And why is Jack in handcuffs? |
| Goo | Is that what happens to us when we're eliminated? |
| Fan | No, th-that'd be so dark! It's what happens if you nearly kill someone. |
| Jack | HEY! Allegedly. |
| Pepper (unimpressed) | Jaaack! There were so many witnesses! |
| Suitcase | And there won't be any more near murders so long as you all properly learn the true meaning of safety! Or else! |
| (All of the contestants look a little anxious about the "or else" part.) | |
| Test Tube | But first, it's time to make the teams! |
| Fan | Now, looking back at this competition's history, we could do a classic schoolyard pick, creating traumatic memories for whoever's chosen last, OR, let it be completely randomized with no rhyme or reason for who goes where. |
| (Microphone, Soap, and Taco all look at each other when he brings up randomizing teams) | |
| Fan | So, we're doing NEITHER option, and instead having your performance in the first challenge determine where you're placed! What a concept! |
| Microphone | I mean, MePhone also did that in season 2, yeah? |
| Fan | Well, yeah, the best one. Especially when I factor in my bias. |
| Test Tube | And not to worry; there won't be any unfair advantages here. Each team will be divided up evenly based on your rankings from the scoreboard! |
| (In the background, Bot wheels the whiteboard from the last challenge with the rankings being used to calculate the teams.) (The cast moves to an area with four colored squares to stand on.) | |
| Fan | In no particular order, first up for Team Blue, we have Magnet! |
| Magnet | Oh, wow, chosen first? I'm honored! |
| Pepper | He literally just said "in no particular order!" |
| Magnet | [Little giggle] Ohhh, Pepper, just let me have this. |
| Pepper (stubbornly) | No. |
| Fan | For Team Red, we have Microphone! |
| Taco | Just going to throw it out there, if I'm not on Microphone's team, I'm not playing. |
| Soap (sarcastic) | Nice. Are you going for the world record in codependence? |
| Taco | No, that wouldn't be right! It's all Pepper has. |
| Pepper | HEY-UH! |
| Fan | Team Yellow, fittingly enough, has Poppy! |
| Poppy | [Little giggle] Anyone gonna quit if they're not on my team? |
| (MeTag raises their hand, and Poppy looks at them in shock.) | |
| Fan | And on Team Green, come on down, Box! |
| Box | Wow, I'm finally officially on a team! Nothing can rip this game away from me now. |
| Suitcase | [Quietly] Oh, I really hope I'm not put in that position... |
| Box | Everything okay, Suitcase? |
| Suitcase | U-uh—congratulations! |
| Fan | Back to Blue, we have Pepper. |
| Pepper | WAIT PLEASE NO— |
| Magnet | YES!! Oh, my prayers have been answeeeered! |
| Pepper | And mine were left on "read." |
| Fan | Speaking of Red, next is Tea Kettle! |
| Microphone | Nice. It'll be great to have your perspective. |
| Tea Kettle | Really? Sorry, I'm not used to being listened to on my team. |
| Microphone | [Gasp] Samesies! |
| (They share a high five.) | |
| Fan | And Yellow—again, fittingly—has Lightbulb too! |
| Lightbulb | You know, Fan, if it's okay, this time I actually don't want to be team captain. |
| Fan (confused) | Nobody said that you were. |
| Lightbulb | Oh! Well, then, um, sorry to disappoint nobody. |
| Fan | I—n-n-never mind. Next for Green is Bonesaw! |
| Box | Perfect! The original final two, strong together! |
| Bonesaw | Bonesaw LOVES getting hopes high!! |
| Fan | Okay, Blue adds Cammy, Red adds Teddy Bear, Yellow adds Paper, and Green adds Spikey! |
| Cammy | Wait, are you breezing past us because you don't think we're as important? |
| Fan | No, everyone's just very chatty and this is taking too long. Another round! Cheesy on Blue, Cherries on Red, MeTag on Yellow, and Lifering on Green. |
| (Paper stands between Metag and Poppy, looking very nervous.) | |
| Paper | [Talking to himself while sweating] Keep an open mind... Keep an open mind! |
| Fan | Then, Candle on Blue, Soap on Red, Tapey on Yellow, and Trophy on Green. |
| Soap | [Talking to Taco] Hey, hope this works out. |
| Taco | And by "work out," you mean us not being on the same team, don't you? |
| Soap | [Shrugs] No, I was just being nice. |
| Taco | Oh! Sorry. |
| Fan | Almost done! Goo, welcome to Green. |
| Goo | Oh, good! |
| (He sees that both Bonesaw and Spikey are on his team.) | |
| Goo | Please don't hurt me... |
| Spikey | You really think we would do that? |
| Bonesaw | Who sees us as heartless monsters!? |
| Trophy | [Talking to Goo] Impressive. You hurt them. |
| (Goo is horrified by this realization.) | |
| Fan | Starfruit, welcome to Yellow. |
| Lightbulb | Ah, Starfruit, famously one of my oldest friends. And oldly one of my famous-est friends. |
| Starfruit | Lightbulb, I know you better than anyone, but lately, I feel like I don't even know myself anymore... |
| Lightbulb | Don't worry, your team captain is here to guide you through this! |
| Tapey | So, are you team captain or not? |
| Lightbulb | [Shrugs] I mean, if everyone keeps campaigning for it.. |
| Fan | And finally, that leaves—yes indeed—Taco on the red team! And for the record, that's how it shook out before you threatened to quit. I do not reward threats. |
| Taco | It wasn't a threat! It was a promise. I don't use threats anymore. |
| Microphone | And if you say she does, OOOOHH, then you're in trouble! |
| (Taco and Microphone both laugh while Soap looks away in annoyance) | |
| Candle | Did anyone else notice that our team is down a member? |
| Fan | Well, Jack would've been on your team before being eliminated, but he may still choose to assist you. |
| Jack | I'm weighing my options. |
| Cheesy | Oh, guess we might be getting some CHEDDAR JACK! [Involuntary knee-slap] [Panicked] Oh, I'm relapsing hard!! |
| Teddy Bear | So not only am I NOT with Spikey, I'm the only newbie on my team! Surrounded by people who have prior experience with the game!? |
| Cherries | Think of it this way: you're playing with a bunch of losers! |
| Teddy Bear | Huh. That actually does make me feel better. |
| Tea Kettle (sarcastic) | Yeah, thanks a lot for the vote of confidence. |
| Cherries | Try as I might, I can't please everyone. |
| Fan | Now that you're all together, I need to impress upon you how important it is that you all look out for each other. When one of you wins, all of you win. |
| Candle | That does tend to be how teams work. |
| Fan | Remember why we're here. We all want to become the best versions of ourselves, and you can't do that alone. You need to do that through relationships with others. So take a look around you. These people are gonna have your back. |
| Trophy | Of course. That's the best place to stab. |
| Fan | As hilariously macabre as that is, Trophy, we're on thin ice today, so can you please clarify for Suitcase that was a joke? |
| (Suitcase glares at Trophy) | |
| Trophy | Look, I had to say something. You're laying it on a little thick here. |
| Fan | Well, thank you for being the perfect example of toxic and jaded thinking we need to break away from! |
| Trophy | I got you, brother. |
| Fan | Some of us clearly have a long way to go to truly buy into this camaraderie. Today's challenges are all set up to build teamwork and trust. Because every member of the team is important. But that can't just be an empty platitude. In order to reflect this, in this mini-reward challenge, you'll be naming your teams, and every team name must incorporate the first letter of every team member's name. |
| (Test Tube brings out her whiteboard) | |
| Test Tube | So, team Blue will be working with P, M, C, C and, uh, C. |
| Pepper | Three C's?! |
| Test Tube | Team Red has M, T, S, C, T and T! |
| Soap | Three T's?! |
| Test Tube | Team Green has T, L, G, S, B and B. |
| Bonesaw | NO VOWELS?! |
| Cammy | None of us have had vowels! |
| Fan | To clarify, you can add letters. A team has more than the sum of its parts, you know. |
| Test Tube | And team Yellow has P, M, L, P, T and S. |
| Lightbulb | "Splatamatum!" Oh, wait. That's missing the second P. Well, now I'm embarrassed. |
| Fan | There are no bad ideas, but there are fake words, and you can't use them. Whoever can turn in the shortest applicable team name in the next three minutes will win. And you'll all have spheres of silence so you won't know what the other names are till the end. |
| (Test Tube uses the Blue-Ray to create 4 blue spheres that cover all of the contestants on their respective teams) | |
| Fan | Okay, go! |
| Magnet | [Gasp] I got it. "Compact!" |
| Pepper | Nooo, that's missing a C-aah! |
| Cammy | Which C did you forget? Asking for a friend. |
| Magnet | Ahah, no, no. I don't forget anyone. I give everyone what they want! |
| Cammy | It's fine. I'm sure Candle didn't take it personally. |
| (Scene switches to Red team) (Tea Kettle reads a dictionary) | |
| Tea Kettle | "Systematic?" |
| Cherries | That's only two T's! |
| Microphone | Oh! Here we go, here we go... "Statistic!" |
| Taco | You left out yourself, Microphone. |
| Microphone | Oh, why must I be so selfless?! |
| Taco | Well, that always was your problem. |
| (Scene switches to Yellow) | |
| Starfruit | We shall be... "Puppetmaster!" Alluding to how we were all trapped under MePhone's influence, but now seek to control our own strings. |
| Lightbulb | Sorry, bud, no L. |
| Starfruit | Well, now I have to take the L! |
| (Scene switches to Green) | |
| Spikey | How about "Camaraderie!" That's everything Fan was going on about. |
| Trophy | Spikey, that has exactly none of the letters we need. |
| Goo | But it has exactly the right spirit! |
| (Scene switches to Blue) | |
| Cheesy | [Hugging his knees on the floor] I've been cursed with the punning mind of a language expert, and I can't think of a single word that meets these requirements! |
| Candle | Perhaps we can actually be shorter with two words. I submit "Cosmic Cannon." |
| Cammy | No P. |
| Candle | This is maddening. |
| Pepper | AHA! My whole life has built up to this moment... all this time being wary to do anything Salt didn't approve of, I was being... "Circumspect!" |
| Cammy | Wow. One word and it literally means being unable to take risks! How's that for safety? |
| Magnet | Oh, Pepper, you're a genius! |
| (The Spheres of Silence all pop) | |
| Fan | I'm seeing a lot of smiles! That must mean you're done, or you're just staring blissfully off into space. Let's hear those names! Red? |
| Cherries | We're "Thematic Cats!" |
| Fan | Ooh, big musical theater vibes there. With that one space included, your entry is thirteen characters long. Green? |
| Lifering | Our team name is inspired by a classic adage. "Go Big or Be Last!" |
| Fan | Y'know, it doesn't have the same ring to it as "Go Big or Go Home," but who likes ringing in their ears anyway? Seventeen characters, though, so right now I'm afraid you're both big and last. Yellow? |
| Tapey | After fielding through several words that didn't exist, I think we actually came up with a pretty cool name! We're "Heavy Metal Pop Stars!" |
| Jack | Y'know, you didn't need the word "heavy." |
| Starfruit | Yes, but that doesn't have the same rhythm, does it? Check and mate! |
| Fan | It does sound awesome, but it is twenty-one characters. Thematic Cats is gonna take this unless Team Blue has something truly short and sweet. |
| Magnet | Tell 'em, Pepper. |
| Pepper | Well, I realized the perfect name would be— |
| Magnet | "CIRCUMSPECT!!" WOO-HOOOOO, GO PEPPER!! |
| (Magnet pulls Pepper into a hug, and Pepper looks away in disbelief.) | |
| Fan | Oh my goodness! One word, only eleven characters, and it's all about exercising caution! What do you think, Suitcase? |
| Suitcase | Gotta say, I feel successfully pandered to! |
| Fan | Team Circumspect WINS! And we have a pretty exciting prize for you if I do say so myself. |
| (Team Circumspect, Fan, and Test Tube all head to her lab and gather in front of a CRT.) | |
| Test Tube | I've been able to tap into some TV signals that appear to come from the outside world, beyond MePhone's bubble! So much knowledge we've never been privy to, you can see anything you want! THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS! |
| Cammy | Got any cartoons? |
| (Test Tube is disappointed by this) | |
| Test Tube | [Sigh] Yeah. There's cartoons. |
| (She turns on channel 638, which is currently playing the Uneven Evan short made by Adamation back in 2019) | |
| Cheesy | Wow, these creatures are uuuuuug-ly! Phew. |
| Cammy | I know! They make me feel better about myself! |
| (The TV calibrates and switches to a news broadcast proclaiming, "BREAKING NEWS") (The news is hosted by a black silhouette of a rectangular shape, holding a mug) | |
| News Reporter | We interrupt this program with some breaking news. |
| Cammy | Oh no, it's a silhouette! I can't tell how attractive they are! |
| News Reporter | We're receiving reports of the continuation of the controversial competition, Inanimate Insanity, which has previously been correlated to the mysterious death of Meeple CEO Steve Cobs. Not only do they have the nerve to not broadcast this season, but audience members no longer have any say in deciding who is eliminated— |
| (Everyone watches awkwardly as the News Reporter speaks) (Fan grabs the remote and turns the TV off.) | |
| Fan | Well, that was disturbing. Sorry about that. |
| Cheesy | Ugh, I try not to think about how there were real people out there watching us! Judging us... |
| Magnet | I can't imagine what that must've been like. [Nervous laugh] I, uh, really missed out... |
| Fan | Look, don't worry about what some faceless individuals are saying. We're doing this for ourselves, not the fans! Wait, am I hearing myself? Oh gosh, what have I become... UH- SWITCHING GEARS BEFORE I CAN FURTHER REFLECT ON THAT! |
| (The scene cuts to the contestants and hosts situated in the contestant grounds) | |
| Fan | Okay, Jack, have you decided who you're going to assist? |
| Jack | What assistance can I POSSIBLY offer with these handcuffs? |
| Test Tube | Moral support, with your charming personality! |
| Jack | You know what? I'm going to take the high road and help team Circumspect. They're down a member and could use the extra help. |
| Suitcase | Wow, Jack, I'm so impressed! ...that you think we're naïve enough to believe that's the reason. Circumspect just won, so you'd think they have the best chance of winning again? |
| Jack | Okay, but the fact I even bothered to sound nice still shows some growth, right? |
| Fan | The bar for you is miles underground, Jack. Okay! For the first official team immunity challenge, it's all about safety and trust. This is a multi-leg race that— |
| Spikey | What if you don't have legs!? |
| Fan | Uh-s-sorry, a multi-PART race, where each of the five parts will have two contestants representing each team: one blindfolded and one not. Upon completing each part of the race, the blindfolded contestant will remove their blindfold to guide the next blindfolded contestant. Whichever team guides each other to the end last will be up for elimination. |
| Jack | I like those odds. So technically, every other team wins? |
| Fan | They all get immunity, but you only get a point if your team comes in first, Jack. |
| Jack | You heard it, team! We can't settle for anything less than first place! |
| Candle | Well, we can. You cannot! |
| (The contestants prepare to begin the first part of the challenge, a race. Four contestants line up at the start blindfolded, each with one teammate beside them to help them run.) | |
| Suitcase | Do you really think this will work? |
| Fan | The only way to learn safety is if there's danger.
(Pauses...) Okay, you may begin! |
| (The 4 pairs all begin the race) | |
| Lifering | Don't worry, Box! I've heard that when you're blind, your other senses become enhanced! |
| (Box trips.) | |
| Box | [Blindfolded] Are you sure that isn't when you're born blind? |
| (Lightbuld, blindfolded, and Starfruit pass Fan and Lifering.) | |
| Lightbulb | [Blindfolded] This is easy! I pretty much never look where I'm going anyway. |
| Starfruit | So that's why you always trip. Heh, but not on my watch! |
| Lightbulb | Yes! And you must have so much experience running away from paparazzi. That's why we're ahead of Cammy. |
| (Cammy and Pepper are much farther ahead of them.) | |
| Starfruit | Ah yes, I remember outrunning those vultures... But wait, did I actually experience that, or did MePhone just put the memory in my head? WHO AM I REALLY?! [He stops running] |
| Lightbulb | [Touching his face] Starfruit, you may have been created as a throwaway joke, but there's no reason you can't take your garbage self and recycle it into something better—something new! Preferably while running! |
| Starfruit | So the only way to break the cycle is to RE-cycle! I am REBORN!! |
| (Teddy Bear holds Soap's hand, and runs in front of her) | |
| Soap | [Blindfolded] Teddy Bear, you're going too fast! |
| Teddy Bear | Well, now I feel silly! I thought this was a RACE! |
| (They both trip and face plant onto the ground, with Teddy making a squeak noise when she falls) (Cammy and Pepper make it to the finish line) | |
| Cammy | We made it, Pepper! You're really good at this. |
| Pepper | [Blindfolded] I'm, like, an expert at following blindly! |
| (She takes off her blindfold and sees Candle with a blindfold, who she will have to guide through the maze part of the challenge) | |
| Pepper | Just wish I was half as good at leading with my eyes... |
| (Box looks at a sign instructing the helpers not to hold the hands of the blindfolded teammates while leading them through the rest of the maze) | |
| Box | You need to go left! |
| Trophy | [Blindfolded] Your left or my left? |
| Box | What do you mean?? There's only one left! |
| Trophy | Box... No, there's not. |
| Box | ...Oh no, I was isolated in a formless void most of my life! I don't know spatial relations! |
| Trophy | Whoa, whoa, it's okay. Just tell me what to do and I'll do the opposite. |
| Box | Okay, left. |
| Trophy | Right! |
| (They both run left, which is Trophy's right) (Soap looks around the path she brought Mic down, and sees that it goes nowhere) | |
| Soap | Agh, dead end! Sorry, we need to go back! |
| Microphone | [Blindfolded] Wait, why don't you figure out the correct route first? I'll stay here, and then I'll turn up my gain, so I can hear you shout the... right directions from the end! |
| Soap | Microphone, that's brilliant! How'd you come up with that? |
| Microphone | Well, it's... kinda how Taco helped me out of the maze in season 2... e-except this time it's not cheating! |
| Soap | So that's how you finished first. Let's try it! |
| (Soap runs off to find the exit, and Mic turns up her gain) | |
| Soap | [Slightly echoed] Okay, it's two lefts, then a right, duck under a bar, and one more left! |
| Microphone | Got it! |
| (Mic walks straight into a hedge) | |
| Microphone (panicking) | Soap, this was a mistake! Come back! |
| Test Tube | [Voice-over] Looks like Go Big or Be Last and Circumspect are in the lead, but the Heavy Metal Pop Stars aren't far behind! |
| (Lightbulb successfully leads a blindfolded Paper through the maze, and Paper takes off his blindfold to begin helping Tapey) | |
| Paper | All right, Tapey, you're going to need to take a leap of faith here! |
| Tapey | [Blindfolded] Of course, that's to be expected with a blindfold. |
| Paper | No no no, a LITERAL leap of faith! |
| (Paper nervously looks at the next portion of the challenge, which is a few rope swings over a large bucket of water) | |
| Trophy | [Sigh] Goo, I honestly don't see any way you don't fall in the water here, so just jump for it and we'll hope for the best. |
| Goo | [Blindfolded] Okay!! HYAH! |
| (He tries to make a big jump but makes a little jump instead, landing him exactly where he was before) | |
| Trophy (sweating) | ...I stand corrected. |
| (Soap and Mic finally make it out of the maze and Mic removes her blindfold and grabs Taco. They head to the rope swing) | |
| Test Tube | [Voice-over] And the Thematic Cats are back in this! |
| Microphone | I tried one of our old strategies with Soap, but it didn't really work out... |
| Taco | She means well, Microphone, but we've come to know each other so well! It's difficult to replicate our level of communication. |
| (Taco sees this as an opportunity to prove that and jumps for the rope without any guidance from Mic) | |
| Microphone | NO, NOT YET! |
| (She falls straight into the water and looses her blindfold) | |
| Microphone | Sorry! |
| Cheesy | [Blindfolded and almost done with the rope swing] I can't hang on, Candle! My hand is too weak from excessive KNEE-SLAPPING! |
| Candle | Cheesy, I know you can do this. Just say a positive affirmation... now. |
| Cheesy | Uhh, It's gouda brie a good day! |
| (Cheesy instinctively slaps his knee, launching him off the rope and making him finish the challenge and land on his face) | |
| Candle | I knew that would work. |
| (Taco gets out of the bucket and is disgusted by how soggy she is now) (Meanwhile, Goo has somehow gotten himself to stick to the third and final rope in the challenge) | |
| Trophy | Okay, that's perfect, Goo. Now just come down. |
| Goo | [Blindfolded] Can do! |
| (He starts climbing up the rope) | |
| Trophy | Wrong way again!! |
| (Tapey finishes the rope swing and makes her way over to her teammate MeTag, who is waiting in front of the rock climbing portion of the challenge) | |
| Tapey | You're not afraid of heights, are you? |
| (A view of the rock climb is shown) (MeTag starts raising their hand to answer) | |
| Tapey | Don't answer that. Wait, you don't have eyes; is that blindfold even doing anything? |
| (MeTag starts raising their hand to answer) | |
| Tapey | On second thought, why should I question a potential advantage? |
| Taco | Now, Cherries, lift your right leg up until you feel a rocky formation. |
| Cherries | [Blindfolded] Taco, the entire wall is a rocky formation! |
| Taco | [Joking] Okay, if you want to play it that way, then move your leg over the entire wall, and you'll be done. |
| Cherries | All right, I'll try! |
| (They lift their leg over the ENTIRE WALL, skipping straight to the end and leaving Taco stunned) | |
| Cherries | [On the top of the wall] Okay, what's next? |
| (Taco is speechless) (Meanwhile, Goo finally finishes his rope swing. He drops off of it, absorbs his blindfold and spits it out) (We return to Magnet climbing the wall and Cheesy holding her rope) | |
| Magnet | [Blindfolded] [Little Giggle] Oh, I wish I could see myself doing this... |
| Cheesy | Ooh, want me to take your picture? |
| Magnet | You'd really stop the challenge just to indulge me? [Little Giggle] Pepper would never do that.. |
| Cheesy | All right, say cheese! |
| (He pulls out a camera) | |
| Magnet | Uh, NO! [Nervous Giggle] Don't take my picture! Heh, Cheesy, you're driving me up a wall here.. |
| (Cheesy slaps his knee, making him drop the rope supporting her) (She screams as she falls, but Cheesy grabs the wall again before she can get too close to the ground. She shakes in fear when she's caught) | |
| Goo | [Muffled because Goo is holding the rope with his mouth] Yo, Bonesaw, move your left leg from three feet! |
| Bonesaw | Bonesaw cannot understand what Goo is saying... even more so than usual! Is Goo so afraid of Bonesaw he cannot speak?? |
| Goo | [Muffled] NOOO!! |
| Bonesaw | Bonesaw knew it! Now Goo is SCREAMING! |
| (The Cherries run over to Tea Kettle, who stands next to a race track for the last part of the race) | |
| Cherries | Nice! Tea Kettle, now all you have to do is drive us to the end and we're home free! |
| Tea Kettle | [Blindfolded] I'm sorry, maybe I missed something. Wasn't this challenge supposed to teach safety? |
| Cherries | Well, yeah, I don't see your point. |
| Tea Kettle | And I don't see anything because I'm BLINDFOLDED! |
| (Magnet and Bonesaw both finish the wall and grab their teammates, with Magnet grabbing Jack's hand and Bonesaw picking up Spikey. Poppy sits alone) | |
| Magnet | All right, Jack, we have plenty of time. Just take it niiiice and slow. [Little giggle] Oh, and relax! There's another brake on my side, so if we do go too fast, I can stop us just in case— |
| Jack | [Blindfolded] If you so much as GLANCE in the general direction of that brake, then you might as well just give up now! We need to be FIRST! |
| (He steps on the gas petal, and in response Magnet steps on the brake) | |
| Magnet | Hey! No one talks to me that way EXCEPT PEPPER! |
| (Bonesaw and Spikey sit in their car, with Spikey in the drivers seat) | |
| Spikey | [Blindfolded] Well, how am I going to do this?! |
| Bonesaw | It would be hard even if you could see! |
| Spikey | I wish Teddy Bear was here. Her shrill voice was always a comforting guide. |
| Bonesaw | Well, what would Teddy say to you? |
| (Spikey thinks of what she would say, and has a good idea) | |
| Spikey | BE THE WHEEL! |
| (Spikey slams his face onto the wheel, causing the horn to emit an elongated honk, and starts to drive as fast as he can) | |
| Bonesaw | PERFECT! Bonesaw help address your codependency later! |
| (Bonesaw and Spikey race past the finish line and the Cherries and Tea Kettle, who have already finished the race) | |
| Test Tube | Thematic Cats and Go Big or Be Last have completed the challenge! Which team will nab the final spot? |
| (While Jack and Magnet struggle to get the other to go at their desired speed, Poppy sits quietly and picks at the grass) (MeTag arrives and taps Poppy's shoulder) | |
| Poppy | [Blindfolded] MeTag? Is that you? |
| (MeTag grabs Poppy and places them in the drivers seat of the race car. Poppy feels the steering wheel) | |
| Poppy (nervously) | Please tell me this isn't a steering wheel! |
| (MeTag gets into the passenger seat and puts Poppy's foot onto the gas petal, staring their drive) | |
| Poppy | Oh boy.. Uh, MeTag! I need you to direct me here, but I can't see any of your cute little visual cues! |
| (MeTag sees that they are currently heading straight for a wall, and need to turn left. After stroking their chin and trying to think of a way to make Poppy turn left, they get an idea. They make the L shape with their hand and press it into Poppy's hand) | |
| Poppy | OH, BRAKE! BRAKE! |
| (Their car CRASHES into the padded wall) (Magnet and Jack finally cross the finish line, still fighting over the pedals) | |
| Magnet | [Sigh of relief] Ohhhoho, we made it! |
| Jack | [Taking off his blindfold] Did we come in first? |
| Magnet | No, buuuuut safety did! |
| Fan | It most certainly did! And you are in third, which means team Heavy Metal Pop Stars comes in last. Which means, they're up for elimination. |
| (After recovering from the crash, Poppy takes off their blindfold feeling dizzy and frowns) | |
| Test Tube | But nonetheless, a valiant effort by all involved! |
| Fan | I couldn't agree more. You all really heeded my advice and looked out for each other. Which is especially necessary when your buddy can't see! What about you, Suitcase, what do you think? |
| Suitcase | Honestly? Barring that car crash— |
| Test Tube | Into a soft, padded guardrail! |
| Suitcase | If that level of cooperation could be translated to an actual society... well, it wouldn't be utopia, but it would certainly be functional. |
| Test Tube | YES! FUNCTIONAL! |
| Suitcase | May the game continue! |
| Tea Kettle | Huh? Was there a chance the game was gonna end? |
| Fan | Well, yes, it nearly did... But then it didn't! So nothing to report! ELIMINATION TIME! |
| (TIMESKIP TO THE ELIMINATION) (HMPS, Bot, Test Tube, and Fan all get ready to read the votes, which are all already in the urn) | |
| Bot | Hey, when we get to the scoreboard, can I just handle that myself? I don't think I should lift Test Tube up in the air again. |
| Fan | Of course, Bot. |
| Test Tube | But... you know what happened last time wasn't your fault, right? |
| Bot | Of course! Just trying to be safe. On theme for today! |
| (After Test Tube and Fan leave Bot, they frown and look at the scoreboard) | |
| Fan | Okay, since no one's elected to spin the wheel, it's time to read the votes! First vote... MeTag. |
| (MeTag moves slightly) | |
| Fan | ...Poppy. One vote MeTag, one vote Poppy. |
| Poppy | Yes, we know. We can all count. |
| Fan | Sorry, this is just part of it(?) [When Poppy starts their next line] H-have you ever watched the show? |
| Poppy | Oh, my bad. I didn't know. [Quietly] This world is still so new to me! |
| (Paper and Tapey look at each other, presumably not trusting Poppy. Lightbulb was kicking her feet feeling bored) | |
| Fan | Lightbulb. |
| (Lightbulb stops kicking her feet and frowns) | |
| Fan | Lightbulb. |
| (Lightbulb and Starfruit look at each other with panicked expressions) | |
| Fan | That's one vote MeTag, one vote Poppy, two votes Lightbulb. ...MeTag. Two votes MeTag, two votes Lightbulb, one vote Poppy... one vote left. |
| (Lightbulb looks scared and is shaking, and Poppy looks nervous at the thought of MeTag being eliminated.) | |
| Fan | Second person voted out... MeTag. |
| Poppy | WHAT?! Just because they lost us the challenge? |
| Paper | It's more than just that! |
| Tapey | Look, accidents happen, but you told us you yelled out to brake, so why didn't MeTag hit their brake? |
| Poppy | [Stuttering] What, do you think this was some kind of sabotage? T-that's ridiculous! These suspicions are never gonna end, are they? You're all so sure that you know someone that you can't see them for who they really are! Right, MeTag? |
| (MeTag looks up at Poppy, and Poppy's expression turns tense. Suddenly, MeTag grabs Poppy, and starts running.) | |
| Fan | HEY! W-why are you running? |
| (Fan runs after Poppy and MeTag) | |
| Starfruit | Oh no, I knew the day would come they'd return... THE PAPARAZZI!! FLEE, FLEE!! COVER YOUR MARKETABLE FACES! |
| (Starfruit runs in the other direction) (To be continued in episode 4) | |