Inanimate Insanity II

***Inanimate Insanity II*** (also known as ***Inanimate Insanity 2***) is the second season of *Inanimate Insanity.* It premiered on April 2, 2013, exactly two years and one day after its predecessor, *Inanimate Insanity*, began. Just like last season, the show is an animated competition series on YouTube. It began with 19 contestants, competing for another million-dollar prize. It will have 16 episodes by the time it ends.

## Pre-Release Information

On June 3, 2012, Adam Katz officially confirmed the second season of *Inanimate Insanity* on the official YouTube channel. The second season was confirmed in a video concerning II's summer hiatus and the T-shirt contest.

On September 8, 2012, Adam posted an update on Season 2 showcasing the four eligible entries from the T-shirt contest. The viewers were allowed to vote for which character should join Season 2 until October 1 and they were to choose from Banana, Rubber Ball, Yin-Yang, and Guitar.

Also, during that time, Baseball, Yin-Yang, and Paintbrush were confirmed as season 2 contestants, while Bomb and Taco were confirmed to not compete in Season 2.

According to a Facebook post, Inanimate Insanity has stated that a new female contestant needs a clean design, which can be inferred to be Soap.

In one of AnimationEpic's real-life trailer videos, a picture of Paintbrush, Baseball, and Yin-Yang standing on Box are seen at the end for a quick moment, with the words "Coming April 2013", officially confirming the release date. This video also confirmed Box as a contestant, although it was created to deceive viewers that Box was simply an ordinary cardboard box.

On February 1, 2013, Marshmallow was confirmed to be in Season 2, according to the fifth episode of *Ask Adam*. It was also stated that two more characters have been revealed, one in a miscellaneous video, and the other in a previous episode. Microphone was been spotted in "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)" in the corner. Box may also be considered to be the character revealed in the miscellaneous video, as he was shown in "Roger That", but was mistaken for an ordinary cardboard box.

On March 1, 2013, a teaser trailer for season two was uploaded, which confirmed Cheesy for Season 2. Fan and Nickel also appeared in the trailer but were not acknowledged for confirmation.

On March 17, 2013, it was announced on the official II Facebook page that the first two minutes of Episode 1 would be released at ObjectCon.

At ObjectCon on March 30, 2013, the first two minutes of Episode 1 was shown, and two characters were accidentally revealed, Box and Suitcase.

## Characters

### Returning

* Apple
* Balloon
* Baseball\*
* Knife\*
* Lightbulb\*
* Marshmallow
* Nickel
* Paintbrush

\*These characters are currently competing in the season.

### Debuting

* Box
* Cheesy
* Cherries
* Dough\*\*
* Fan
* Microphone
* Soap
* Suitcase\*
* Test Tube
* Tissues
* Trophy
* Yin-Yang

\*This character is currently competing in the season.
\*\*This character joined the season after the competition started.

### Non Returning

* Bomb
* Bow
* OJ
* Paper
* Pepper
* Pickle
* Taco
* Salt

### **Missing**

* Taco
* Bow (deceased)
* Dough (deceased)

### Staff

* MePhone4
* MePad (from Marsh on Mars until Hatching the Plan)
* Toilet (until "Mine Your Own Business")

## Scrapped Characters

These characters were originally going to be in Season 2 but were eventually scrapped. The following descriptions are in Taylor Grodin's "Inanimate Insanity Secrets" video at 1:12.

* Chip - A French Fry, but called "Chip", like in England. Had an English accent, but hated being called French Fry.
* Hot Sauce - Spoke only Spanish, kind of like Baguette speaking French from BOTO.
* Game Boy Color - An old-timer, didn't have a clue where he was. It would have a similar appearance to BMO from *Adventure Time*.
* Pearl - Stuck-up and full of herself, wanted to be treated like royalty.
* Hay Bale - Western and proud, slightly dim-witted, however.
* Frank - A Hot Dog, his name is short for "Frankfurter", and acted as the "Cool Guy".
* Goggles - The beta version of Test Tube. Full of "sciencey" stuff.
* Textbook - A BIG nerd. Snorted and said many things that no one cared about.

Hay Bale and Frank eventually appeared in the show, debuting in "Alternate Reality Show". Their personalities and appearances matched their original concepts. Although not yet confirmed, it is possible that Pearl's personality was recycled for Silver Spoon in Inanimate Insanity Invitational.

## List of Episodes

15 out of 16 episodes have been released.

* The release date of "Tri Your Best" was originally June 2, then June 12, then July 2, but finally released a week early on June 25.
* The release date of "Cooking for the Grater Good" release date was first September 2, 2013, but was uploaded early on August 23.
* The second part of "Kick the Bucket" was planned to be released on January 6, 2017, but was delayed until January 13. It was delayed again, to be released in late January. It was finally released on February 4, 2017.

## Trivia

* Instead of using Anime Studio, all animators use Adobe Flash for Season 2 as well as Season 3.
* A scavenger hunt was set up by AnimationEpic for the fans to complete to find out a season 1 character in season 2.
	+ This video was eventually erased by the user "Post DeDe".
		- A while later, TheTGrodz uploaded a video revealing that the character was actually Paintbrush, confirming them officially for Season 2.
* While Baseball was unofficially confirmed in an Ask Adam video, he was officially confirmed to be in season 2 in Paintbrush's confirmation video, as "+ Baseball.", which appears at the very end of a split second.
* Marshmallow was the first female contestant confirmed to be in Season 2.
* Last season, all armless contestants were on Team Epic, and now they are on The Grand Slams.
* Ironically, almost all the members of Team Epic, except Paper joined Season 2, while Balloon was the only member of Team Chickenleg that joined.
* This season has the most number of contestants, with 20.
* This season is currently the longest-running season, lasting more than 10 years.
* The season's final 4 has an an armless male, an armless female, a male with arms and a female with arms, making it an equal ratio of male and female... characters alongside an equal ratio of armless characters and armed characters.
* According to Adam Katz, this season will continue once Season 3 concludes.
	+ He also confirmed it'll return in 2024.

## Crowdfunding campaign

After the production of Rain on Your Charade, the II crew came upon some financial difficulty. A Kickstarter was opened to get donations to continue the show. The Kickstarter's 111 backers raised $15,644 in 2015, which was enough to ensure the series' completion and to meet one stretch goal (which was to hire someone to improve background art for future episodes).
In exchange for their donations, backers received a variety of perks, including behind-the-scenes information and a role on the Discord server. Many of them can be seen in the credits of II2 episodes.

## References

1. ↑ The team is currently producing and airing Season 2, which will consist of 16 episodes.[1]
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/adamtkatz/status/1647304511088893952
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/adamtkatz/status/1705682157405098372