I'm Taken

"**I'm Taken**" is the second episode of ITS. It released January 14 2023.

## Trivia

* This episode's title is a double meaning, as it's based on the phrase "I'm taken", saying someone's in a relationship, but also Tilde literally takes Hashtag in this episode.
* This is the first challenge where more than one person recieves immunity.

## Continuity References

* This episode confirms it was Hashtag Tilde was referring to when she said her boyfriend left her to host a show in "its episode 1".
* The icons during the elimination are screenshots from the last episode.
* Lost Poster now has their "missing" text crossed out, as they've found Mouse.
* As Mouse says, them trapping Hairy in a box is the reverse of what Hairy to them last episode.
* That Thing returns from the last episode. Tilde also says the exactly same line as Hot Air Balloony when referring to her, "except that thing."
* Bloody mentions Hashtag being in his face, hoping he dies because of it, referencing the reason he originally shot him last episode.
* During Explosiony's ramble at the start of the challenge, along with the fake voting screen, Satnav's icon is the exact same as last episode.
* Plunger and 8-Ball reappear in this episode. 8-Ball is still wearing his mouse costume from last episode and Plunger is now bandaged and in a wheelchair because of Explosiony punching him last episode.
* Domino's ringtone is the exact same as last episode. He also mentions his firing in the previous episode.
* Domino assumes Knife is lazy, mirroring Hashtag calling him lazy last episode.

## Cultural References

* The music while Hot Air Balloony and Mushy are angrily staring each other is from a video called "Masked Dedededede". The video features a distorted version of Masked Dedede's theme from the Kirby series while increasingly unsettling pictures of King Dedede are shown in time of the beat.
* Mushy's gasp is the same one used in Battle for Dream Island.
* During the Five Little Monkeys song, some specific monkeys are shown, including
	+ Diddy Kong, specifically a sprite from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
	+ AiAi from Super Monkey Ball
	+ Curious George
	+ Mr. Monkey Man, an object OC by a friend of Noddy's called YakkySplat
* The sounds when Domino spawns in pizza during the elimination are voice clips of people saying "pizza" other media. This includes
	+ Spiderman 2's "pizza time" scene, increasingly pitched up when Hot Air Balloony asks for more ingredients
	+ Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2's mention of pizza, with the fandom sometimes making fun of the pronouciation and calling it "pizzer"
	+ The Little Ceasar's "pizza pizza" catchphrase
	+ The song Chic and Stu by System of a Down
	+ Lightbulb from Inanimate Insanity II, specifically episode 4 "Cooking for the Grater Good"
* There apparently not being any glue in hell is a reference to Team Fortress 2's "Meet the Demoman" video, where he says "They'll have to glue you back together, IN HELL!"
* When Tilde mentions her and Hashtag checking dates, the image is them edited onto a clip of SpongeBob SquarePants Movie where Plankton checks the Calender. This is specifically a reference to the "March 14th, the that day Krabs fries" meme.
* Baby Bottle saying she has a bucket of chicken to becomes friends with Hot Air Balloony is a reference to Team Fortress 2's "Expiration Date" video where Scout's way of seducing people is just saying he has a bucket of chicken.
* The music used when the contestants are dancing on Jupiter is the battle theme from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Hot Air Balloony's dance mimicks one of Luigi's idle animations from the same game.
* The real life toy "Bop-It" is shown multiple times in this episode.
* Explosiony reaching Australia by digging through the Earth possibly references theories and jokes of being able to dig through the Earth all the way to Australia.
* The music when the fake voting screen comes up is the same as BFB's voting screen music, "Lade". Said fake voting screen also has a bunch of references in the icons.
	+ Mushy in her icon is presented as an enemy from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time named "Shrooblet". Her name is also "mush" which was one of her original names.
	+ Internet Explorer's icon instead shows another web browser, Mozilla Firefox.
	+ Hot Air Balloony's pose on the icon references Balloony's from BFB. The text also references a part of the YouTube Rewind of Will Smith saying "Aw that's hot, that's hot"
* The way the battle against Tilde is presented is similar to the Paper Mario series, while text describing the actions seems to be a homage to the Final Fantasy series.
* While Internet Explorer is getting punched by Text Boxer, she is briefly shown as another Internet Explorer object character found on the Object Show Wiki.
* Satan's "YEAAHHHH" when getting the Bop-It is taken from the first Rayman game.