Inanimate Insanity season 2
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| File:Season2ofii.webp Promotional artwork for the season | |
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| No. of episodes | 18 |
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| Original network | YouTube |
| Original release | April 2, 2013 – November 29, 2024 |
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The second season of the American animated web series Inanimate Insanity, created by Adam Katz, originally aired on YouTube from April 2, 2013, to November 29, 2024. Unlike the first season's lighter tone, the second season adopted a distinctly darker approach, placing heavy emphasis on character development, contestant relationships, and an overarching serialized plot involving the Meeple corporation and antagonist Steve Cobs. The season also incorporates original musical numbers, making it the only season to feature a full musical format. The season went on a four-year hiatus following the release of "Hatching the Plan" in 2020 before resuming with "Truth or Flare" in 2024, with the finale releasing as a theatrical film, Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie.
The season began with 19 contestants — 8 returning from Season 1 and 11 newcomers — divided into two teams: The Bright Lights and The Grand Slams. Suitcase was ultimately crowned the winner of the season.
Cast
The second season expanded the voice cast considerably. Returning Season 1 veterans included Adam Katz (Apple, Nickel, Baseball, Marshmallow), Taylor Grodin (Paintbrush, OJ), Justin Chapman (Knife, Paper), Michael Bruzzone (Lightbulb), and Ben Cross (Balloon). New cast members for Season 2 included Brian Koch (Fan), Adam Katz (Test Tube), Hailey Chapman (Microphone), Austin Nebbia (Suitcase), Niall Burns (Cheesy), Dee Cashin (Cherries), Marco Bonomo (Yin-Yang), Braden Whiteside (Tissues), Kacie Chapman (Soap), and Stephen Boyer (Trophy). Box was non-speaking for the majority of the season.
Production
The second season represented a significant creative evolution for the series, with animation shifting from Anime Studio to Adobe Animate. Original music was commissioned beginning with "Everything's A-OJ", with composers Logan Nelson and Katya Richardson providing the soundtrack from "Mazed and Confused" onward. A Kickstarter campaign was launched after "Rain On Your Charade" to fund continued production. The season's production spanned over a decade, making it one of the longest-running animated web series seasons in YouTube history.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Breaking the Ice" | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | April 2, 2013 | 201 |
| MePhone4 crashes his plane into Hotel OJ, recruiting 19 contestants for a new season. Eight veterans from Season 1 return alongside eleven newcomers. Baseball and Lightbulb are selected as team captains, forming The Grand Slams and The Bright Lights respectively. The teams compete in an icebreaker dodgeball challenge. No elimination occurs this episode. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Marsh on Mars" | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | May 9, 2013 | 202 |
| A prank by Cherries sends Marshmallow hurtling into space toward Mars. Both teams race to retrieve her before she dies outside of orbit. The Bright Lights lose. Tissues is eliminated with 700 viewer votes, sneezing himself into the Rejection Portal. The episode introduces the Rejection Portal as the season's elimination transport. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Tri Your Best" | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | June 25, 2013 | 203 |
| The teams compete in a triathlon. Test Tube creates a serum to separate Yin-Yang into two halves for better performance, but it backfires. The Bright Lights lose again. The Cherries are eliminated with 974 viewer votes, the highest total to that point, after confessing they were responsible for sending Marshmallow to Mars. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Cooking for the Grater Good" | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | August 23, 2013 | 204 |
| The teams compete in a pizza-making contest judged by cameos from other object show hosts. Lightbulb's cookie pizza wins over Paintbrush's cheese pizza. Trophy, who has been blackmailing Knife with a photo of his Dora doll, is eliminated with a record 1,945 viewer votes. Box comes in second with 739 votes. The episode introduces Steve Cobs in a mid-credits scene. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "A Kick in the Right Direction" | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | October 19, 2013 | 205 |
| The teams play soccer, with the prize being Dough, a new contestant who will join the winning team. The Grand Slams win. Box is eliminated with 1,442 viewer votes. Moments after joining the Grand Slams, Dough is eaten whole by Yin, making him the fifth contestant eliminated via permanent death. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Let Er' R.I.P." | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | November 1, 2013 | 206 |
| A Halloween-themed episode set in a haunted mansion. Bow's ghost is revealed to be haunting Apple, possessing her. The Grand Slams lose. Yin-Yang is eliminated with 1,859 viewer votes, after which the two halves fight each other directly into the Rejection Portal. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Everything's A-OJ" | Adam Katz | Adam Katz | April 2, 2014 | 207 |
| OJ sues MePhone4 for crashing his plane into his apartment and imprisoning eliminated contestants. MePhone4 is sentenced to jail and OJ temporarily takes over as host. OJ eliminates Suitcase, but MePhone4 returns from jail and reverses the decision. Apple is instead eliminated with 2,045 viewer votes. The episode features the original musical number "Keep on Cleaning." | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Theft and Battery" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | September 6, 2014 | 208 |
| MePhone4 falls ill and the contestants travel to Meeple Headquarters to retrieve a replacement battery. Steve Cobs is formally introduced as the primary antagonist. Cheesy is eliminated with a record 2,605 viewer votes after calling Microphone a monstrosity. The episode marks the beginning of the season's overarching Meeple/Cobs plot arc. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Rain On Your Charade" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | June 6, 2015 | 209 |
| Taco reveals herself as a manipulative strategist, forming an alliance with Microphone. Soap is eliminated with a record 2,663 votes — the highest viewer vote total of the season — with Nickel in second at 1,731. After the episode, the production crew launched a Kickstarter to fund continued production due to financial difficulty. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Mazed and Confused" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | June 11, 2016 | 210 |
| The contestants navigate a giant maze. The teams end up tied at the end, prompting MePhone4 to cancel the elimination, sending Fan into a breakdown. Viewer voting is officially discontinued beginning with this episode, with viewers now voting on challenges instead of eliminations. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Kick the Bucket" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | February 4, 2017 | 211 |
| A two-part episode. Marshmallow leaves the competition voluntarily to find Bow at Purgatory Mansion, forfeiting her spot and becoming disqualified. The teams are dissolved and the game merges. Contestant voting returns. The Grand Slams vote off their own team: Nickel, Microphone, Knife, Baseball, and Balloon all vote for Balloon, while Suitcase votes for Nickel. MePhone4 declares a double elimination — both Balloon (11th) and Nickel (10th) are sent home. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Alternate Reality Show" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | June 16, 2018 | 212 |
| Lightbulb and Test Tube accidentally travel back in time to Episode 1 via Test Tube's time machine, meeting the Inanimate Insanity Infinity alternate-universe contestants. Marshmallow is disqualified at the top of the episode for not returning. Paintbrush is eliminated by contestant vote with 3 votes from Knife, Baseball, and Microphone, becoming the 13th eliminated. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Mine Your Own Business" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | December 22, 2018 | 213 |
| The contestants mine for Gemories inside a cave. MePad grants immunity to whoever retrieves the most Gemories. Baseball wins immunity. Fan is pushed into the Rejection Portal by MePhone4 after failing to retrieve a Gemory, making him the 14th eliminated. Viewer voting is discontinued entirely from this point. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Hatching the Plan" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | August 1, 2020 | 214 |
| Fan's mysterious egg begins to hatch. Microphone, despite winning immunity, voluntarily quits the competition, refusing to be controlled by Taco any longer, becoming the 15th eliminated. Contestant voting follows: Test Tube is eliminated with 3 votes (Baseball, Knife, Suitcase), placing 5th. The episode marks the beginning of the season's four-year hiatus. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Truth or Flare" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | August 10, 2024 | 215 |
| The Final 4 — Suitcase, Knife, Lightbulb, and Baseball — compete in a truth-or-dare style challenge. Lightbulb loses the challenge and is eliminated, becoming the first team captain eliminated. Baseball is then chosen by Suitcase to be eliminated in a challenge-based decision, placing 3rd. Knife and Suitcase advance to the finale. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Reality of the Situation" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | October 19, 2024 | 216 |
| The finale begins with Knife and Suitcase facing a culminating challenge as Steve Cobs's threat to MePhone4 escalates. The episode is part one of the multi-part finale. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Through No Choice of Your Own" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | November 15, 2024 | 217 |
| With the world of Inanimate Insanity at stake, Knife and Suitcase must confront Steve Cobs in the penultimate chapter of the finale film. Knife is eliminated via losing the final contest, placing 2nd. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Objects in Mirror" | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | Adam Katz, Brian Koch | November 29, 2024 | 218 |
| In the concluding chapter of Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie, Suitcase defeats Steve Cobs and is declared the winner of Inanimate Insanity II. The episode reveals the fates of all eliminated contestants and closes out the season's overarching narrative, setting up future seasons. | ||||||
Contestants and elimination order
The second season featured 19 contestants (20 counting Dough's debut) competing over 18 episodes. The season is split between viewer-voted eliminations (Episodes 2–9), contestant-voted eliminations (Episodes 11–14), and challenge-based eliminations (Episodes 15–17).
| # | Contestant | Voice Actor (S2) | Episode Eliminated | Votes / Method |
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| 1 | Tissues | Braden Whiteside | "Marsh on Mars" (Ep. 2) | 700 (viewer vote) |
| 2 | Cherries | Dee Cashin | "Tri Your Best" (Ep. 3) | 974 (viewer vote) |
| 3 | Trophy | Stephen Boyer | "Cooking for the Grater Good" (Ep. 4) | 1,945 (viewer vote) |
| 4 | Box | N/A (non-speaking) | "A Kick in the Right Direction" (Ep. 5) | 1,442 (viewer vote) |
| 5 | Dough | N/A | "A Kick in the Right Direction" (Ep. 5) | Eaten by Yin-Yang (perma-death; debuted same episode) |
| 6 | Yin-Yang | Marco Bonomo | "Let Er' R.I.P." (Ep. 6) | 1,859 (viewer vote) |
| 7 | Apple | Adam Katz | "Everything's A-OJ" (Ep. 7) | 2,045 (viewer vote; Suitcase reversed) |
| 8 | Cheesy | Niall Burns | "Theft and Battery" (Ep. 8) | 2,605 (viewer vote; season record) |
| 9 | Soap | Kacie Chapman | "Rain On Your Charade" (Ep. 9) | 2,663 (viewer vote; overall record) |
| 10 | Nickel | Adam Katz | "Kick the Bucket" (Ep. 11) | Double elim; 1 vote from Suitcase (contestant vote) |
| 11 | Balloon | Ben Cross | "Kick the Bucket" (Ep. 11) | 5 votes (contestant vote; voted himself) |
| 12 | Marshmallow | Dee Cashin | "Alternate Reality Show" (Ep. 12) | Disqualified (left show voluntarily) |
| 13 | Paintbrush | Taylor Grodin | "Alternate Reality Show" (Ep. 12) | 3 votes: Knife, Baseball, Microphone (contestant vote) |
| 14 | Fan | Brian Koch | "Mine Your Own Business" (Ep. 13) | Challenge-based (failed to retrieve Gemory) |
| 15 | Microphone | Hailey Chapman | "Hatching the Plan" (Ep. 14) | Voluntary quit |
| 16 | Test Tube | Adam Katz | "Hatching the Plan" (Ep. 14) | 3 votes: Baseball, Knife, Suitcase (contestant vote) |
| 17 | Lightbulb | Michael Bruzzone | "Truth or Flare" (Ep. 15) | Challenge-based (lost Truth or Flare contest) |
| 18 | Baseball | Adam Katz | "Truth or Flare" (Ep. 15) | Challenge-based (chosen by Suitcase) |
| 19 | Knife | Justin Chapman | "Through No Choice of Your Own" (Ep. 17) | Challenge-based (lost final contest); Runner-Up |
| — | Suitcase | Sam Thornbury | WINNER (Objects in Mirror) | |
Home media
All episodes of the second season remain available for free streaming on the AnimationEpic (now Adamation) YouTube channel. Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie has yet to receive a standalone YouTube release as of 2025, having premiered theatrically during live tour screenings.
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