Bread

> "Why are you pushing me to say something negative?"
>
> Bread to IPad in Forged Together

* OIR 9
* Beta OIR 9
* Late OIR 8
* Mid OIR 8
* Early OIR 8
* OIR 8
* Beta OIR 8 2
* Beta OIR 8
* OIR 7
* Mid OIR 7
* Beta OIR 7
* OIR 6
* OIR 5
* Early OIR 5
* Beta OIR 5
* OIR 4
* Early OIR 4
* OIR 3
* OIR 1-2
* Early OIR 1

**Bread** is one of the competitors in Object Invasion. He first competed on the Steaming Sandstorms of Rage, but is currently competing on the Winning Whales as of Evade From the Crowd, as its self-imposed team captain.

"Why are you pushing me to say something negative?"

## **Appearance**

Bread resembles a short classic baguette which is horizontally orientated.

### Appearances

* Object Invasion Reloaded
	+ Blending the Consequences
	+ Don't Strike, Spare My Life
	+ Chilled to the Bone
	+ Never the Same
	+ Snow More Puns
	+ The Crate Outdoors
	+ Evade From the Crowd
	+ Forged Together

### Changes

#### Pre-Episode 1 (Early Development)

Bread exhibited three humps and a rather plastic tone. The bottom of his body was not flat: it was curved slightly upward on either side. There was a thin shadow on his right side, as well as smaller shadows between his humps. The color of his body was a brownish Dijon. The asset made in early development was fashioned using the Scratch 2.0 art engine.

#### Episodes 1 and 2

Bread's asset was simplified even further than the previous one. The bottom of his body was changed to be almost completely flat, but still curved upward on either side—albeit the curves were nearly indiscernible. He still exhibited three humps, although they were flattened considerably as opposed to before. The small shadows between his humps were eliminated, as was the thin shadow on his right side. These shadows were replaced by a single shadow (much lighter in tone) encompassing nearly the entirety of his left side. There was also a highlight, which was very difficult to spot, on his right side. Bread's color, which was previously a brownish Dijon, was brightened slightly. This asset, along with all of the following versions, was not created in the Scratch 2.0 art engine.

#### Episode 3

Bread's asset went in the opposite direction of simplification: at the time of Episode 3, his asset featured irregular shapes of the three humps, four cracks along the top, and four also irregularly shaped humps on bottom. The single shadow was repurposed to cover the lower section of Bread's asset rather than one side; the new shadow maintained the incongruous shapes of the four humps below it. Bread's body at this time could be described as being narrower than before. His color is (to the naked eye) the same as the previous asset—however, the base color was changed to a slight gradient. The old highlight on his right side was removed.

#### Episode 4

Bread was arguably simplified once again, except, at the time of Episode 4, he gained an extra hump on top. The shapes of the humps, both on top and on bottom, were changed to be mostly consistent in shape. Each hump on top was allotted its own crack, which was placed in nearly the exact middle. The single shadow on bottom was changed to reflect the consistent shape of the lower humps. Additionally, the shadow curved upward to cover a small portion of Bread's left side. Bread's color was still mostly the same, although it was darkened slightly, mirroring the early-development asset. The outline of his asset was also decreased in thickness.

#### Episode 5

Bread's length was shortened. The humps along the bottom of his body were smoothed out, to the point of being reduced to only two perceivable humps. Bread's shadow was changed to conform to this. Once again, his color was brightened—returning to the color cast of the Episode 1, 2, and 3 assets. The outline of his asset was reverted back to its original thickness before Episode 4's asset.

#### Episode 6

Bread's asset underwent nearly imperceptible changes: the thickness of his outline was increased, the color of his outline was darkened, and his body was made slightly narrower.

#### Episode 7

Bread's body was both shortened and stretched out vertically, which effectively made the smoothed-out humps on the bottom of his asset appear even smoother and more polished. He also underwent massive color changes: all of his colors took on a slight gray cast, possibly because of saturation. What resulted was a brownish-flaxen color.

#### Beta Episode 8

Bread's asset may have undergone very slight changes in length, but the changes are nigh indistinguishable. Yet again, the color cast was overhauled; his color palette took on a redder and darker tone (his base color was redder, while his outline was darker). Thus, his color was changed to a brownish gold.

#### Episode 8

While not undergoing any perceptible shape changes, Bread's asset was yet again revamped in the color department. Red was removed from his base color, and instead was added to his shadow and outline. In general, the entirety of his asset was brightened significantly. His color was, at this point, a brownish butterscotch.

#### Episode 9+

The humps on the bottom of Bread's asset were finally removed. The bottom of his asset is now flat—completely flat, for the first time. His base color and his shadow were brightened, resulting in his current color being a brownish canary.

## **Personality**

Early on, Bread was shown to be sarcastic, as well as victimized by Lamp. As the show progressed, his true personality emerged: he is intelligent, logical, irritable, and contemptuous. Usually, the incompetence and lack of logic shown by others is what annoys him the most. Additionally, he dislikes being proven wrong or being countervailed. Recently, however, Bread has shown self-control with his irritability, such as shrugging it off when Grapefruit accidentally brained him with a stack of metal sheets.

Overall, Bread's personality has been rather erratic. In Episode 1, he was victimized. In Episode 2, he was sarcastic. In episode 3, he was considerate and irritable. In episode 4, he was resourceful. In episode 5, he received a hugely greater amount of screen time than before, and was irritable and pragmatic. In episode 6, he was irritable and pragmatic again. In episode 7, he became a self-imposed team captain and was irritable and pragmatic once again. But in episode 8, he was no longer irritable—however, he was still pragmatic, and was also a sore loser. Arguably, he was resourceful as well.

It could be possible that Bread used sarcasm as a coping mechanism to deal with Lamp while his archenemy was still present in the game. Around the time Lamp was eliminated, Bread stopped using sarcasm. It is also possible that Bread used Lamp's elimination as a stepping stone to improve as a person, as he developed qualities of leadership and eventually, in Episode 8, learned to repress his irritability.

Additionally, it is also possible that Bread, who has been shown to think of efficient plans within very small periods of time, is significantly more intelligent than the other contestants. Most of his pragmatic comments are based around a realistic approach to things, and Bread (usually) never does anything spontaneously. Possibly, he believes that he is intellectually superior to others, which causes him to become a self-imposed team captain. Additionally, this belief would explain his irritability. In Episode 8, Bread expressed anger at being beaten by another team, which implies that he did not expect a product of his own ingenuity to be overcome by a product of another's. Interestingly, he developed this belief of his superior intelligence (for the most part) *after* Lamp was eliminated. This insinuates that before Lamp's elimination Bread was too insecure to consider himself smarter than others, and that he became secure enough with Lamp's absence to do so. Essentially, there was both a positive and negative change in Bread's character (security and vain superiority respectively) resulting from Lamp's elimination.

All in all, Bread's personality has (for the most part) undergone a positive change over the course of the show—so far, anyway. He began as sarcastic and became pragmatic and actually resourceful.

## Trivia

* Bread is the shortest character in Object Invasion.
* Bread was one of the characters recommended on Scratch, Object Invasion's original platform. He was recommended by a user named Qvae, along with Lamp.
* Despite the fact that Bread is arm-less, he managed to defeat Skittle, who has arms, by knocking her off a platform. This means that Bread is quite athletic for an arm-less object.
* Bread was originally intended to be a shy character, and Lamp's servant.