The Penultimate Poll

**Eliminated** | Bomb (329 votes)

**The Penultimate Poll** is the 16th episode of Inanimate Insanity.
While someone is forgiven, an elimination threatens to break up an alliance. In the end, one's friend leaves. The challenge causes confusion at first, eliminated contestants return and vote out one, leaving the final two.

## Intro

The episode starts with Pickle teaching Taco how to play a ring toss. Pickle misses, but Taco lands one, with Pickle summing it up to "beginner's luck." OJ comes by, but Pickle is still upset that OJ didn't allow Paper to help Taco with her lemon problem. OJ admits that he's sorry for what he did, and Pickle accepts it, also stating how his left eye doesn't hurt anymore. OJ reminds him that he was hit on his *right* eye. Pickle unceremoniously takes off his eye patch as OJ facepalms.

## Elimination Time!

MePhone4 starts the elimination by using Meeple's MePhone to TV software, allowing MePhone to host from the TV screen. Everyone tries to guess what the last prizes are- Nickel thinking they'll finally get cookies, Apple wanting kabobs, Bow shouting "SOUR CREAM", and Bomb thinking a new pair of socks. MePhone claims that coincidentally, the prizes are "sour sock cream and cookie kabobs", but without cookies. MePhone starts to explain why, but the 4 contestants finish his sentence for him, very much used to his fat slob habits. MePhone announced that Bow had immunity, so she was safe. Out of the 639 votes, Nickel only received 125. MePhone then stated that no matter who was eliminated, an alliance would be broken up. Apple anxiously asks him to get on with the results. Apple received 184, and Bomb was eliminated with a record of 329 votes. Bomb starts to give some words of encouragement to Bow but is punched away by the Fist Thingy before he can finish.

    Apple

## Eliminated Contestant Elimination Time!

Nickel is relieved that Apple is safe, stating he would have felt guilty if he wasn't since Apple gave him immunity a few episodes ago. Apple then declares that they now outnumber Bow, and asks MePhone what the next challenge is. MePhone announces that the challenge was not be eliminated, which confuses Nickel, who says that's always the challenge. MePhone explains it's as simple as that-  the eliminated contestants would be voting the last person off, leaving only the Final Two. Nickel is surprised at how calm they all are but is soon contradicted when Paper threatens to kill MePhone but is held back by Balloon and Baseball.

     Nickel
     ~~Apple~~ Eliminated

At first, the Voting Box was going to be used, but Baseball is unable to fit in it. MePhone decides to let them vote out in the open. Knife votes for Apple. Paper votes for Apple. Lightbulb votes for Bow, Bow kicks Lightbulb and Apple tells Bow to stop kicking people.

Taco votes for Bow, which Bomb yells at her for. Taco tells Bomb he sucks but ends up getting smashed by him with a hammer. Salt doesn't know who to vote for, but Pickle tells her not to vote for Nickel, since he's his "best friend and maybe even something more than that." Salt gets mad at Pickle, claiming that they were supposed to be BCFFs, and that meant Pickle couldn't have any other friends or love interests.

Angrily, Salt votes for Nickel, threatening that she'll spill him if he goes anywhere near Pickle, causing him to end their friendship. Baseball votes for Bow, since he pities Bow's and Nickel's mental problems, offending them. Pickle votes for Apple, since he's still in love with Nickel and he feels bad for Bow's mental instability. Paintbrush decides to vote for Nickel. When Nickel asks why, Paintbrush replies that they are still upset by the events of "The Snowdown", saying their tree was better then Nickel's. Nickel says that was months ago, but Paintbrush replied that it hurt them more every day. Marshmallow begins to bang around in her box, trying to get out, but Baseball kicks it, stating he didn't permit her to escape.

Balloon votes for Bow, claiming he hasn't caused Bow enough pain yet. Pepper votes for Bow as payback for her voting for her in "Inanimate Smackdown". MePhone realizes that there's a gap in the voting, but decides to ignore it, forgetting that OJ is still on Idiotic Island, who suddenly gets a strange desire to find the meaning of the word gap. It's Marshmallow's turn to vote, but being as she's still in the box, Paper feigns her voice and casts her vote for Apple, which Pepper sarcastically remarks is legit.

## The Final Vote

With all of the votes tied, it's up to Bomb to choose the person leaving the game. Bomb berates Nickel for being too competitive and making reckless decisions. He also points out that he complains a lot, despite not winning many challenges. Bomb then tells Apple she was too much of a follower. After a few seconds of thought, Bomb votes for Apple, saying that while Nickel was a bit too competitive, he did apologize to him earlier and stayed in the entire game. He says the reason he chose Apple was that Apple had skipped half of the game and she relied on Nickel too much. Apple claims that Bow relied too much on Bomb, and it only made her do worse. With the most votes, Apple, along with everyone else, is sent back to Idiotic Island. Nickel gets mad at Bow, believing Apple should be in the Finals instead of her, which Bow replies to with a simple "Salmonella." MePhone announces Bow and Nickel to be the final 2, and the winner would be chosen in the next episode.

After the credits, Marshmallow manages to punch a hole through her box, showing her hand had become clawed, and lets out a terrifying roar, signifying she may have gone insane, leaving the episode on yet another cliffhanger.