Weapons

There weapons used throughout the Squeeze universe are much different than the weapons we use in real life. It has been stated by the authors, that in the Squeeze universe, weapons like Guns and Knives simply do not exist, and are instead replaced with items such as water bottles and plastic knives. What they do have in common is that many of them are used when children imagine using weapons, providing a child-like imagination feel to the whole series.

The way that they are used throughout the series thus far, they take a lightsaber type role in the series, where the type of weapon is associated with the alignment of the character wielding it. This can be seen when both Caleb and Thomas are the only characters who wield the water bottle, but Snake Eyes wields the lint roller.

## Water Bottles

Water bottles are one of the main weapons associated with Caleb and Thomas, but is only used as a weapon in the second film. Though it is foreshadowed in the first film. During the scene where Caleb is talking with Thomas in The Squeeze, on the table, a water bottle can clearly be seen near Thomas, opened, and mostly full. This may suggest that Thomas was a bottle wielder much longer than Caleb was and that he was hiding it in plain sight. This is also supported by the fact that Thomas is much more skilled at firing a water bottle than Caleb in the The Squeeze 2. Water bottles act as good blunt force weapons, which is how Caleb primarily use them, and if necessary have a powerful one shot attack, as can be seen used by Thomas.

Water bottles seem to be associated with Caleb and his allies, much akin to how blue and green lightsabers are associated with Jedi in the Star Wars series.

## Lint Roller

The lint roller is only wielded by Snake Eye in The Squeeze 2. The lint roller is used as a blunt and parry weapon, just like the water bottle does. Unlike the water bottle, the lint roller is not strong enough to finish an opponent which can be useful when you are simply trying to get information or spar, but not to kill the an opponent.

## Plastic Knives

Plastic knives are seen in both films and have been wielded by both Caleb and Snake Eye. The plastic knives are finisher weapons, they do a lot of damage at the point but are easy to dodge, because of the required force needed to pierce skin and clothes. When using the plastic knife you will need to wear down your opponent with your fists or a blunt weapon before you can reasonably pull of an attack with the plastic knife. Though this can leave you vulnerable since, plastic knives are not good parry weapons.

So far plastic knives have appeared in two colors: black and white. What is interesting about this is that Caleb wields the black knife and Snake Eye wields the white knife. From a literary analysis stand point it would appear the common trope, where white colored objects are associated with good and black colored objects are associated with black, is flipped on its head. The most famous form of the original trope can be seen in Star Wars where Luke originally wears white clothing, but during his fight with Darth Vader, he questions his willingness to join the dark side. This is visually represented by his dark clothing. After his fight his shirt is torn revealing the white shirt underneath, confirming his choice to remain in the side of the force.

Even though it is a possibility that this could mean Caleb is actually the villain or antagonist, fighting on the wrong side in the first film, I personally do not believe that is what the authors intend with this character. A far more likely option is that the symbolism of white and black are switched in these films leading to a whole new can of worms of interpretation.