Balloon

**Balloon**, labeled **The Forgivable** (formerly **The Manipulative One**), is a male contestant on *Inanimate Insanity* and was the team captain of Team Chickenleg. He returned to compete in *Inanimate Insanity II* and was a member of The Grand Slams. He once again returned to compete in Inanimate Insanity Invitational, and was a member of The Sinkers until moving to The NEW Pinkers before the merge. He is voiced by Ben Cross.

## Appearance

Balloon is a round, salmon red, stringless balloon. The neck of the balloon is positioned between his legs. He is one of the bigger characters, his height becoming more apparent when standing next to shorter characters (like Nickel.)

## Personality

In the first season, Balloon is regarded as the most manipulative and spiteful character, as well as the most hated of the objects. Balloon was extremely unkind, mean and rude to members of Team Chickenleg, even as the team captain. Balloon rendered others useless and made extremely derogatory and good remarks about them to the point that he could make outbursts of profanity.

Balloon makes a return to *Inanimate Insanity II* with a completely different outlook. He became a much nicer character and wanted to help out with challenges such as in "Marsh on Mars." Balloon is also very charitable and assisting, making an attempt to save Box from sinking after being knocked into the pool by Toilet in "Tri Your Best."

## Coverage

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## Abilities

* Levitation: Balloon can be seen being able to float in air several times, due to being made up of helium.
* Slow Falling: Since Balloon is made up of helium, he falls slower than the rest of contestants.

## Trivia

* **Running Gag:**
	+ Balloon has been popped in Episodes 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 16, 19, 22, 24, and 26.
* Balloon was confirmed to be on the aromantic spectrum on Justin's Tumblr.
	+ This makes him the fourth canonical LGBTQ+ character, following Lightbulb, Paintbrush, and Bot.
	+ He is also the first character to have a confirmed romantic identity.
* Balloon has the highest-pitched voice of all characters.
	+ This is probably because of the helium inside him.
	+ He's also one of the three male characters to have a high-pitched voice, the others are Paper and Cherries.
* Balloon's character page on the website reveals he enjoys classical music, but pop music makes him nervous. (No pun)
* His character page states that Balloon is not afraid of heights, as falling doesn't scare him, and his favorite spot is noted to be on top of a mountain.
* If Balloon feels pressured, his website page states that he can cling to walls using static electricity.
* Bow makes a reference to Balloon in "Crappy Anniversary", by mimicking his catchphrase.
* Balloon was originally going to be changed into a girl, similarly to Lightbulb, but this was declined due to creative differences between Adam and Nate. This was also seen in The Inanimate Insanity Secrets video.
* Originally, Balloon was not going to be in Season 2, but he was added in to develop a new personality.
* Balloon has never been voted out by viewers, as he was voted out on Inanimate Insanity and Inanimate Insanity II both by contestants.
	+ Balloon is one of the two contestants who was eliminated through contestant vote elimination the two times they got eliminated, the other being Paper.
	+ Balloon is the only contestant to be voted out twice by the contestants and one of only two characters that were in both Season 1 and 2 to not be eliminated not by the viewers and never will in Season 3. The other contestant is Marshmallow since she was eliminated during Season 2 by leaving the premises of the show.
	+ Balloon got his first-ever elimination viewer vote in "Tri Your Best", along with 162 other votes in the same episode.
* Balloon is the only contestant on Team Chickenleg to compete on Inanimate Insanity II.
	+ Coincidentally, he was the team captain of Team Chickenleg.
* Balloon owns a standard wristwatch, shown in "Theft and Battery".
* Balloon was not seen in the last scene of "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)" alongside other Season 1 contestants.
* Balloon holds the record of the most deaths at 10 deaths.
* Not counting deleted scenes, Balloon is one of the three contestants who have canonically used strong language, the others are Paper and Pickle, if also not counting one of the trees who appeared in "A Lemony Lesson".
	+ Including deleted scenes, however, Nickel can be added.
* Balloon was planned to receive in 3rd place, with a final 3 of Balloon, Salt, and Knife. Due to complications at the time with his previous voice actor, Balloon was voted out via a contestant vote early into season 1.
* Balloon is one of the only 2 contestants from both season 1 and season 2 that never made to the merge; the other one being Nickel.
	+ Additionally, Balloon has been eliminated back-to-back with Nickel in both seasons he participated.
		- As of "I am Chocolate!", He has finally reached the merge of a season along with Nickel.
* Balloon is one of the only contestants to appear in all 3 seasons, the others being Nickel and Paintbrush.
* According to MePhone4, Balloon is his third favorite contestant currently competing in Inanimate Insanity Invitational, behind Yin-Yang and Bot.

## Gallery

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**Members:** **Balloon** (c) • Pickle • Taco • OJ • Bow • Pepper • Bomb • Salt • Marshmallow

**Members (as of II14):**
**Balloon** • Suitcase • Trophy

**Eliminated:** Nickel • Cheesy • Dough • Baseball (c) • Soap • Box • Knife • Microphone

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