Inanimate Insanity (Season 1)

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Inanimate Insanity
Created by	Adam Katz
Directed by	Adam Katz Taylor Grodin Brian Koch Justin Chapman
Original release	April 1, 2011 - December 7, 2012
Run Time	5-10 minutes 11 minutes (S1E18)
Upload schedule	Monthly
Winner	OJ
Teams	Team Epic Team Chickenleg
Suceeded by	Inanimate Insanity II
Number of episodes	18
First episode	"The Crappy Cliff"
Last/Latest episode	"Journey Through Memory Lane/Part 2"

Inanimate Insanity (also known as Inanimate Insanity 1/Inanimate Insanity I), often abbreviated as I.I., is the first season of the Inanimate Insanity series, that premiered on April 1, 2011, with the first episode, "The Crappy Cliff". The season premiered on the YouTube channel AnimationEpic and has 18 episodes in total. The series came to a temporary halt on June 1, 2012, for a summer hiatus, but returned on September 1, 2012. The final episode, "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)", was released on December 8, 2012, concluding the season with 18 episodes total (not including 5.5). It ultimately crowned OJ as the winner of the first season by winning the final challenge, beating out the runner-up, Taco.

Inanimate Insanity was succeeded by Inanimate Insanity II, released on April 2nd, 2013, with the release of "Breaking the Ice".

Voice Cast

Main Cast

• Adam Katz as Apple
• Nate Groth as Balloon
• Adam Katz as Baseball
• Max Weissmann as Bomb
• Taylor Grodin as Bow
• Justin Chapman as Knife
• Michael Bruzzone as Lightbulb
• Adam Katz as Marshmallow
• Mark Katz as MePhone4
• Adam Katz as Nickel
• Taylor Grodin as OJ
• Taylor Grodin as Paintbrush
• Justin Chapman as Paper
• Rochelle Garciano as Pepper
• Derek Napolitano as Pickle
• Crasi4tunes as Salt
• Samantha Katz as Taco

Supporting Cast

• Brian Koch as MePhone4S

Episodes

There are eighteen episodes in season one of Inanimate Insanity.

Number	Name	Release date
1	The Crappy Cliff	April 1, 2011*
2	A Lemony Lesson	May 1, 2011*
3	The Arena of Death	June 1, 2011*
4	One-Shot Wonder	July 1, 2011*
5	The Stacker	August 1, 2011*
5.5	A New Stage In The Game	September 1, 2011*
6	War de Guacamole	October 1, 2011
7	Sugar Rush	October 31, 2011
8	4Seeing the Future	December 1, 2011
9	The Snowdown	January 1, 2012
10	Double Digit Desert	February 1, 2012
11	Aquatic Conflict	March 1, 2012
12	Crappy Anniversary	April 1, 2012
13	Inanimate Smackdown	May 1, 2012
14	The Great Escape	June 1, 2012
15	The Tile Divide	September 1, 2012
16	The Penultimate Poll	October 1, 2012
17	Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 1)	November 1, 2012
18	Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)	December 7, 2012

* = Was re-uploaded on September 14, 2011, due to Nate Groth deleting the original episodes.

Characters

Hosts

MePhone4

MePhone4S Formerly from (4Seeing The Future - Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2))

Contestants

Baseball (16th)

Knife (15th)

Nickel (14th)

Balloon (13th)

Pepper (12th)

Lightbulb (11th)

Salt (10th)

Paintbrush (9th)

Bomb (8th)

Marshmallow (7th)

Apple (6th)

Bow (5th)

Pickle (4th)

Paper (3rd)

Taco (2nd)

OJ (1st)

Elimination Order

The team that loses the challenge originally had to eliminate a contestant (usually the one who caused them to lose), but now the viewers normally vote on this. The eliminated contestant is never to be seen again except either when a process of rejoining or a scene from Idiotic Island.

Contestant		Team(s)	Status	Placement	Stage
	Baseball	Team Epic	2nd eliminated "The Arena of Death"	16th	Pre-merge
	Knife		4th eliminated "War De Guacamole"	15th
	Nickel		5th removed "War De Guacamole"	14th
	Balloon	Team Chickenleg	6th eliminated "Sugar Rush"	13th
	Pepper		7th eliminated "4Seeing The Future"	12th
	Lightbulb	Team Epic	3rd eliminated "The Stacker"	11th
			1st Returned "War De Guacamole"
			8th eliminated "The Snowdown"
	Salt	Team Chickenleg	9th eliminated "Aquatic Conflict"	10th
	Paintbrush	Team Epic	10th eliminated "Aquatic Conflict"	9th
	Bomb	Team Chickenleg	11th eliminated "Crappy Anniversary"	8th	Merge
	Marshmallow	Team Epic	12th eliminated "Inanimate Smackdown"	7th
	Apple		Debuted "War De Guacamole"	6th	Pre-merge
			13th eliminated "The Great Escape"		Merge
	Bow	Team Chickenleg	Debuted "Double Digit Desert"	5th	Pre-merge
			14th eliminated "The Tile Divide"		Merge
	Pickle		15th eliminated "The Penultimate Poll"	4th
	Paper	Team Epic	1st eliminated "A Lemony Lesson"	3rd	Pre-merge
		Team Chickenleg	2nd Returned "Double Digit Desert"
			16th eliminated "The Penultimate Poll"		Merge
	Taco		2nd (Runner-up) "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)"
	OJ		1st (Winner) "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)"

Team progression

• Episode 2 1/2
• Episode 2 2/2
• Episode 3
• Episode 5
• Episode 6
• Episode 7
• Episode 8
• Episode 9
• Episode 10
• Episode 11
• Episode 12
• Episode 13
• Episode 14
• Episode 15
• Episode 16
• Episode 18

The 14 contestants are divided into 2 teams of 7.

Team	Members
	Paper	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Lightbulb	Nickel	Knife	Baseball
	Balloon	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Pepper	Bomb	Salt

Paper is eliminated.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Lightbulb	Nickel	Knife	Baseball
	Balloon	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Pepper	Bomb	Salt

Baseball is eliminated.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Lightbulb	Nickel	Knife
	Balloon	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Pepper	Bomb	Salt

Lightbulb is eliminated.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Nickel	Knife
	Balloon	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Pepper	Bomb	Salt

Knife is eliminated, Apple debuts, Nickel is disqualified, and Lightbulb rejoins.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Lightbulb	Apple
	Balloon	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Pepper	Bomb	Salt

Balloon is eliminated.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Lightbulb	Apple
	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Pepper	Bomb	Salt

Pepper is eliminated.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Lightbulb	Apple
	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Bomb	Salt

Lightbulb is eliminated.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Apple
	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Bomb	Salt

Paper rejoins and Bow debuts.

Team	Members
	Marshmallow	Paintbrush	Apple
	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Bomb	Salt	Paper	Bow

Paintbrush and Salt are eliminated and the teams merge.

Marshmallow	Apple	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Bomb	Paper	Bow

Bomb is eliminated.

Marshmallow	Apple	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Salt	Bow

Marshmallow is eliminated.

Apple	Pickle	Taco	OJ	Paper	Bow

Apple is eliminated.

Pickle	Taco	OJ	Paper	Bow

Bow is eliminated.

Pickle	Taco	OJ	Paper

Pickle and Paper are eliminated.

Taco	OJ

OJ wins. Taco places second.

OJ

Trivia

• Season 1 was mostly animated with Anime Studio 6 Pro rather than Adobe Flash.
  • However, the introduction of Adobe Flash Animation is seen in "The Tile Divide", mixed with Moho animation.
• Season 1 began on April 1st, which also coincides with April Fools' Day.
  • Later seasons would follow the same trend of starting in April, but coincide their respective numbers with the date. Season 2 began on April 2nd, 2013 and Season 3 began on April 3rd, 2021.
• Season 1 was active for 618 days between April 1st, 2011 and December 8th, 2012.
  • This makes Season 1 the shortest season of the series spanned across time.
• The intro for Season 1 was altered several different times:
  • In "Sugar Rush" the intro is slowed down and a red filter is applied. The words "Halloween Special" appear under the title.
  • In "4Seeing The Future" MePhone4 is cut off abruptly by the explosion. The words "Under New Hostmanship" appear under the title.
  • In "The Snowdown" a jingle bell is played throughout the intro. The words "Holiday Special" appear under the title.
  • Starting from "Aquatic Conflict" and on, the intro is updated to feature new character poses. The background is also changed to be MePhone4's background.
• The music for the intro is "Aces High" by Kevin MacLeod. This would continue in Inanimate Insanity II.
• MePhone4, Taco, OJ and Pickle are the only characters to appear in every single episode of Season 1.