Exceed Mach

**"Exceed Mach"** is the second part of the 3rd episode of Incredible Items Beginnings, and is the 6th episode overall. It was released on June 25, 2023.

## List of References

* The episode's title is a reference to the Sonic Frontiers song of the same name, used in the 4-1 Cyber Space stage.
* The episode's challenge is a reference to the Sonic Riders series.
* The 3a recap is based on the Inanimate Insanity Season 1 recaps, though intentionally poorly done.
* Flat Screen showing the hoverboards in his hand references both "UPS > USPS > FedEx" and "The Therapy Episode".
* When Flat Screen is sad after Grass Block tells him the joke is unfunny, his screen becomes an ironic image of a wolf crying, and a video of FlightReacts crying over a sports game.
* Flat Screen showing flowers on his screen is a reference to BFB 1, where when TV is placed on a team, his screen shows a blooming rose.
* Michael shows up to explain how Flat Screen said "challenge" in a scene 4 times, referencing commentary edits.
* The challenge explanation uses the colors, textures, and framerate that was used in very old Flipnote Studio animations.
* Cable talks about "one person dying today", meaning Watch.
* Flat Screen says that "the creator can handle all of that", and Cable believes he is talking about God, specifically in the religion of Christianity. In The Bible, God is written as the creator of the universe and humanity.
* Flat Screen references Michael/AnimatedGalaxy, who is both the creator of the show in-universe and in real life.
* 3DS brings out a diamond axe from Minecraft to break a white bed, which is shown to be Grass Block's bed later in the episode.
* The song used in the montage, "All Around", is a direct reference to Sonic and Tails R, which is where the song originates.
	+ The song itself was used when Sonic and Shadow were running from/racing the Station Square Police Department.
* Grass Block makes a similar pose to the thumbnail during his first shot in the montage scene.
* The sounds and motion of the map being created after the montage scene is directly based on and uses sounds from Super Paper Mario.
* Grass Block repeatedly teleporting over and over is a reference to Village of Objects Episode 8: "Run", where Coin repeatedly used the teleporter gun over and over.
* Table asks if she is meant to do anything during the challenge, referencing how she is still learning to walk, and thus cannot run to catch up with everyone.
* Potion sings the Spongebob Squarepants theme.
* When Potion gets startled by Crystal Ball, his scream is the Stalker's from Half Life 2.
	+ His assets also become the basic BFDI assets.
* Crystal Ball's death uses a green screen of the Strike animation from the bowling game in Wii Sports, along with the announcer from the same game saying "Nice throw!"
* Cape Feather plays a Discord leaving sound effect when he becomes a deleted Discord user image.
* When Flat Screen is asked to bring back Crystal Ball, his screen becomes a scene of Peter Griffin from Family Guy writhing in pain from hurting his knee.
	+ His screen also turns into a growling dog and a snake, due to him sounding like he is growling and also hissing.
	+ His screen also, for a brief moment, show's a map of the Land of OOO from Adventure Time.
* The scream from "Aaahh!! Real Monsters" is heard when Flat Screen explains that if someone can't come back, they won't come back.
* Flat Screen's screen shows a picture of a cursed cat with no ears when he explains that dead players are eliminated.
* Cheeseball being "wacky" is a reference to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Five Night's At Freddy's, and BFDI 1a.
* When DVD Player and Blade are laughing at Polaroid Picture for becoming injured, Blade's face is replaced with FlightReacts laughing.
* Medallion dancing "in peace" has numerous references:
	+ The first dance is based on Green's dance from "Parkour - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep. 22" after beating his friends in a parkour race,
	+ The second dance is from the GreenyGuy dance, used in a Friday Night Funkin' mod.
	+ The third dance is Nyan Cat, recolored to Medallion.
	+ The fourth dance is FlightReacts dancing with a ferret, with Medallion's face poorly drawn over it.
	+ The fifth dance is Medallion's oldest asset in an IDFB pose, while moving rapidly, referencing a sad Spongebob gif.
	+ The song is from an old SmileyCentral.com commercial that was advertising the site. Ironically, SmileyCentral.com was spyware.
* The house with the rainbow and black and white design in the city is the Random House logo.
* Grass Block's art style becomes similar to the BFB 1 art style when he feels insulted by Maple Syrup.
* Cheeseball directly calls herself Dawyne "The Rock" Johnson, referencing the actor of the same name.
* Flat Screen having an exclamation mark/warning sign on his screen when Grass Block cheats is a small reference to MOSS 2.
* Flat Screen's confrontation with Grass Block is a slight reference to The Spot and Miles Morales' confrontation in Across The Spider Verse, specifically when The Spot gains ultimate power. Flat Screen directly references it with being more hand drawn and scribbled.
* Flat Screen's final line before killing Grass Block references "Railspin Splitspace", a Thomas the Tank Engine horror film.
* Grass Block's consciousness references his bed, which was broken by 3DS earlier in the episode. Since his bed has been destroyed, he is unable to respawn, leaving him permanently killed.
* Google and cat\_1a were originally contestants in the 2016 and 2020 versions of Incredible Items Beginnings.
* cat\_1a is widely known as Scratch Cat, and is the Scratch website's main mascot.
	+ Scratch itself is a programming website/language made for children, which had users put blocks together to code games and projects. AnimatedGalaxy used to use the website many times when he was younger.

## Trivia

* The episode was always planned to be "Exceed Mach", unlike the other episodes which had different names in mind.
	+ However, right before the episode was finished, it was almost renamed to "Feel So Fly (Like A G6)", referencing the song of the same name. "Exceed Mach" stayed, as it was a much cooler name.
* According to AnimatedGalaxy, this was the hardest episode so far to create, due to the challenge being tough to record, some of the animation being complex, and numerous re exports of scenes, among other things.
* The montage scene took over a month to animate.