Finding Items Are Hard

Episode guide

"**Finding Items Are Hard**"[*sic*] is the 5th episode of *Object Mania*, released on 25 March 2021. This is the first proper episode of the show after the hiatus, as well as the first episode to star the show's current cast.

After three old contestants are kicked off to return to the show they were taken from, three all new players join. One of the players who wasn't lucky enough to join develops a friendship with an already eliminated player. When the three new competitors join, they are placed on their teams and the challenge begins. One player tries to do everything without the help of his team, but later feels regretful about it. Before he can reconcile with his team, one contestant stops him. A new contestant proves to be useless to his team. Another contestant reveals a surprising dark side. In the end, an intense race between two contestants earns a joiner's team a win, and causes the other team to lose.

## Plot

The episode starts in the field with Jimothy and Commenter. Jimothy is telling commenter that *BFTS* was a good show. Club America comes in to wish them luck during the joining ceremony, but notes that they don't have a chance against him. Jimothy is annoyed by his remarks. Wii Remote then announces that the debut ceremony is about to begin. Disney Channel asks where he will take them for the ceremony, before disappearing into thin air when Wii Remote snaps his fingers. 3DS is surprised about what he just saw and is about to ask what happened before Wii Remote shuts him down.

    The debut ceremony begins in a gray room. Wii Remote says that 105 people voted. He than smacks Cartoon Network, but it's unknown why. The ceremony ends in a tie, with Paint Ball and Commenter both receiving 18 votes. Wii Remote is surprised by this. Commenter says that he should let him join, but Wii Remote instead lets both Paint Ball and Commenter join, along with Jimothy, who got 14 votes and placed 3rd, since three contestants were removed in the last episode. The joiners are pleasantly surprised and happily join the competition.

The joiners are then placed on teams. Paint Ball joins Bubble's Team, but since Bubble is no longer in the game, Paint Ball is declared the new team captain. Much to Paint Ball's dismay, Commenter is placed on the team as well. Jimothy joins Water's team. Xbox thinks Jimothy doesn't look useful, but Purple iPhone doesn't care. Nintendo 64 Controller and Cartoon Network are happy to have two new contestants on their team, giving them a number advantage of 7 over the other team's 6. Water asks Wii Remote where the non-joiners went.

The location is revealed in the next scene as "The Tiny Loser Chamber of DOOM (so original)" (also the setting for the series' first challenge). Inside, a lonely Sega laments the fact that he has been stuck inside of it for four years. Suddenly, the other non-joiners show up. Disney Channel greets Sega. Sega explains that he was eliminated first due to his rudeness. Sega regrets his past actions and thinks he deserves to be trapped in the chamber. Disney Channel feels bad for him, but he still believes he deserved this. He also laments the fact that he has no friends. Disney Channel comforts him, and offers him her friendship. He accepts it and is now happy he made his first friend.

Wii Remote then announces the fourth contest: a scavenger hunt. The competitors have to find various items. When they're out of time, the team that brings back the most items will win. Jimothy tells his team to be careful because the other team might try to steal their items. CD tells him to shut up, believing his lack of experience won't be helpful to them. Purple iPhone tells him to calm down, but CD storms off.

Cartoon Network then try talking to each other, but the Network side is incapacitated from Wii Remote's smack from earlier. This leaves Cartoon distraught. PS4 then comes in and comforts him.

The scene then cuts to Xbox finding two items. He tries to tell 3DS about it, but 3DS is still shut down. Xbox wakes him up and asks for help. 3DS helps him, though he's still upset about nobody waking him up sooner.

Meanwhile, on Paint Ball's team, YouTube tells Commenter and Party Hat to help out, since they haven't done anything but watch internet videos. Commenter is enjoying himself, but Party Hat isn't. Paint Ball is upset about his team's incompetence, but Nintendo 64 Controller cheers him up by bringing up three items, putting them in the lead. This worries Water, captain of the other team. He asks if his team has found anything. Purple iPhone and Jimothy have found one article of clothing each, which means they have one item more than Paint Ball's team.

CD is still looking for items on his own. He's found three items, but before he can get to Wii Remote, he stops to think about weather he should apologize to Jimothy or not. He's interrupted by YouTube, who punches him and takes his items. Water also finds three items that PS4 and Cartoon Network are trying to get. Water and Purple iPhone race to the items and get to them. Water kicks PS4 away and threatens Cartoon Network into giving him the items. Purple iPhone tries to calm him down, but Water is still too into the competition to stop. Nintendo 64 Controller shows up and throws a rock at water, shattering him. Purple iPhone runs off as Nintendo 64 Controller and Cartoon Network bring the items back.

Xbox the decrees he's sick of looking for items and decides to order some online. CD wakes up after YouTube's knockout and hears Purple iPhone run past him saying that the other team is winning. The scene then cuts to Commenter and Party Hat watching more videos. Party Hat tries to explain that Commenter's videos aren't funny, but she's interrupted when the items Xbox ordered fall on them. This puts his team in the lead.

After running for a while, Purple iPhone is tired and wishes he could find the items easier. His wish is granted when he sees 4 items. He grabs them, but Cartoon Network tries to get them too. Purple iPhone takes the items and walks off, but Cartoon Network attacks him and steals them. In honor of his team, Cartoon Network runs away with the items he took, with Purple iPhone hot on his tail. They race far and wide, and the race ends when Purple iPhone tackles Cartoon Network, sending the items flying.

YouTube, Cartoon Network's teammate, catches the items, winning the challenge for his team with three items over the other. Purple iPhone is distraught over the fact that he lost the first challenge after the show's comeback, but CD isn't too worried since he thinks the show will be discontinued again. Wii Remote resents this claim and throws CD down the stairs.

The episode ends with Wii Remote telling the viewers to vote one of the six remaining members of Water's team off.

## Cast

* Twitter appears as one of the potential joiners, but she doesn't have any lines.
* A background character named C.D. Guadalajara appears, but he's not voiced by anyone. A stock laughing sound effect is used instead.

## Challenge statistics

 Collectors
 # of Items collected
 Result

* Several items were disregarded, possibly because the contestants who collected them didn't bring them to Wii Remote. Or it could've been an oversight.
	+ YouTube stole 3 items from CD, but the number of items Paint Ball's team collected is plausible only when these three items are disregarded.
	+ Cartoon Network and Water got into a fight over 3 items which ended with Nintendo 64 Controller helping Cartoon Network take them. This would mean Nintendo 64 Controller acquired 6 items, but the number of items Paint Ball's team collected is plausible only when three of said items are disregarded.
	+ Xbox ordered 4 items online, but after the scene where he gets them, only 3 items are added to the counter of Water's team. It's possible one of these items was disregarded.

## Trivia

### General

* The items collected during the challenge are:
	+ A Super Star from *Mario*
	+ A Supermarioglitchy4 hat
	+ A saxophone
	+ A bird
	+ Annoying Orange
	+ A hoodie
	+ A Jake Paul T-shirt
	+ The thumbnail to "Among Us!", a video by SuperMarioLogan
	+ The channel icon of YouTuber Dream
	+ A *Minions* toy
	+ A bomb
	+ A mallet
	+ Another Super Star
	+ A ring from *Sonic the Hedgehog*
	+ A mushroom from *Mario*
	+ Metal Mario from *Mario*
	+ Unidentified object made of ice
	+ A Double Cherry from *Mario*
	+ A Golden Flower from *Mario*
	+ A Green Shell from *Mario*
	+ A Bee Mushroom from *Mario*
* Characters that are up for voting are given letters for the voters to use in the comments. The letter E was unused, possibly due to one of the team's players already being eliminated.
	+ 3DS: [A]
	+ CD: [B]
	+ Jimothy: [C]
	+ Purple iPhone: [D]
	+ Water: [F]
	+ Xbox: [G]

### References

* The opening scene references *Battle for the Silver*, an older series by Ruben Flores
* During the debut ceremony:
	+ There's a meme that depicts Steve Harvey
	+ There's a meme that depicts *SpongeBob SquarePants*
* The Tiny Loser Chamber of Doom, the place eliminated players are sent, is a reference to *Battle for Dream Island*'s TLC
* Several of the aforementioned items reference video games and YouTube channels

### Goofs

* The title is grammatically incorrect, as it should be "Finding Items Is Hard", since the word "hard" is describing the act of finding items, as opposed to said items.
* Audio peaking and mic popping can be heard at several points.

## Gallery

Club America teasing Jimothy and CommenterClub America not joining is comedy goldXbox is not excited about Jimothy joiningCD and Jimothy arguingPurple iPhone backs up JimothyXbox finds some itemsJimothy is excited about the merch he found