Gambling Goals

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**Gambling Goals** is the 2nd episode of Interdimensional Object Show II. In this episode, The Money Grabbers face elimination, and the contestants gamble, except for a certain team, who has to work against Octagon to let them in.

## Coverage

### Pre-Elimination Conflicts

The Money Grabbers sit around before their elimination and Quarter notices Spike's shivering. Confused, Quarter asks Spike what's going on. Spike is nervous about the elimination because he's worried that something bad will happen to him when he's eliminated, such as being beat up by a walrus or squished by an elephant. Quarter at first thinks Spike is overreacting, but sees that Spike is truly nervous and decides to console him, saying that he thinks Coin's more likely to be eliminated due to the fact that he's selfish and annoying.

Spike is confused as to why Quarter sees Coin the way he does, but Quarter tells him to pay it no mind and reminds him that he has nothing to worry about. Just then, Zipper shows up and, for the funny, tells Spike that he's going to be eliminated, making him doubt himself. Quarter tells Spike that Zipper's just trying to mess with him and get under his skin, but Zipper argues with Quarter, calling him armless. This offends Spike and Coin and makes them defend their fellow teammate. Zipper then tells them to shut up or he'll make them shut up, which makes Coin groan in anger. Quarter, tired of this, tells his team that they should go to the elimination.

Spike asks if Coin is coming, to which he says in a few minutes. While that's happening, It. (or, most of them anyway), is doing their own thing. Banner, curious, asks Asparagus if she ever wonders what Blank Slate can do. Clearly not understanding, Banner tells Asparagus that since she like sports, it's a great opportunity to teach Blank Slate a sport. Asparagus thinks it's a great idea and already knows the perfect sport to teach them. Banner, at first, is on board, but when Asparagus brings up wrestling, his mood quickly changes to being disturbed and nervous.

Asparagus unintentionally makes fun of Banner's facial expression and thinks it'll be a great idea to teach Blank Slate wrestling since she'll have someone to do sports with without Cactus around. Banner, reluctantly, lets Asparagus execute her idea, worried she'll hurt the rocky one. Blank Slate and Asparagus then perform several wrestling moves, all while Banner gets more and more worried. Eventually, he tells her to stop before things get out of hand. She does as told, but not before Blank Slate gets a hold of her with a hug-hold.

Asparagus is confused at what's happening, and Banner thinks Blank Slate's trying to give her a hug. Asparagus finds this dumb, because, according to her, "No one hugs in wrestling!" Asparagus then tells Blank Slate to let her go, but to no avail. Asparagus then tries to wiggle herself free before coming to the haunting realization; she's stuck. Banner is shocked at this, and Asparagus is confused on how her wrestling partner's grip is so strong. Banner then takes it upon himself to go get help. The scene then zips to Spike and Quarter, with the former still nervous and the latter getting impatient. Quarter complains that Coin's not here and it's been 15 minutes since he and Spike arrived. Just then, Coin shows up with Twoie. This makes Spike so happy that he jumps on the golden-wrapped chocolate dessert. Quarter is confused as to why Twoie is here and what took Coin so long.

Twoie explains that she's reluctantly here to watch the elimination, which answers one question, but creates more. Coin explains it all through a flashback that happened 15 minutes ago. In that flashback, Coin tells Tablet his team's up for elimination, but Tablet interrupts him as he's recovering Cactus. Realizing Coin isn't going away, Tablet tells him that he can do the elimination as long as he gives the safe contestants prizes. Tablet also gives Coin the paper revealing the votes, trusting him to not fudge the results. Coin dashes off, and this ends the flashback. Spike then tells Coin that he forgot to cover why Twoie's watching.

Coin snaps his fingers, and then explains that part through a flashback that happened 10 minutes ago. He tries to get Swordy, Magnet and Topaz to come watch their elimination, but they all say no. Seeing his desperation, Twoie takes it upon herself to go with Coin. This lifts his spirts as he drags her there, ending the flashback. Coin asks if there are any other questions, and Quarter tells him to start the elimination, which he does.

### Elimination

Coin takes out the paper and says that 28 votes were received in total, but Coin believes that none of them were for him. As he rambles about this, Twoie yells at him to get on with it.

Coin starts the elimination, telling Spike that he received 2 votes. Spike gets nervous until Coin says that's the lowest out of everyone. He is safe. Spike breathes a sign of relief. Quarter then asks about the prizes, and Coin said he waited until the last minute, throwing a bagel half at Quarter's face (being the prize for the elimination). Spike takes the bagel half, and Coin looks to see who else is safe. He reacts with shock as he finds out he's eliminated with 19 votes, and doesn't understand what he did wrong. Quarter knows that that's wrong, and gets the other half of the bagel. It is then revealed that Quarter only got 7 (**quarter** of the total amount) votes, making Coin jealous because it's known as the luckiest number. As Twoie and Quarter leave the area, they explain how good it is that Coin's eliminated, showing no remorse. To make him feel better, Spike says that he'll miss Coin and to save some chicken fried steak for him.

### Stuck Asparagus

Banner is back with some muscle (Swordy) to help free Asparagus. Swordy wants to know what happened, and Asparagus explained that Blank Slate and her performed wrestling moves. At some point, Blank Slate put her in a hug-hold that she can't get out of. Swordy tries to fix this by pulling them apart, because he sees himself as the strongest person here. Swordy pulls them, and while he manages to pull them separate ways, it's not enough, as Swordy ends up falling over. Banner is shocked and asks if Swordy is okay, but Swordy explains not to worry about him. However, he thinks the situation is dire because Blank Slate has a strong grip, explaining that it would take a miracle to get Asparagus out of the grip, calling Blank Slate a "little bambino". This confuses Banner, who does not understand Italian, and Swordy says that he has to teach him some. Banner then goes to get more help.

Notebook and Magnet are seen talking to each other, and Notebook brings up something, but is interrupted by being crashed into by Banner. Banner quickly apologizes and quickly explains the stuck situation, hoping Notebook can help. Notebook takes out a crowbar and Banner thinks that could work. Notebook is confused on why you need a crowbar to get someone to stop hugging you, but Banner tells him to not worry about it and urges him to go with him. Notebook tells Magnet that he'll be back soon. As Swordy does push ups, Asparagus gets concerned on where Banner is. He arrives back, and with Notebook, who will use his crowbar to get Asparagus out. Swordy believes this won't work, calling Notebook a nerd. However, Notebook explains that sometimes the brainy can overcome the brawns. This statement would be proven true, as Asparagus is successfully freed by Notebook. Swordy scoffs and explains that he could've done that. When asked why, he lies, saying he skipped arm day. Banner and Asparagus then agree that she should take a break from wrestling with Blank Slate. Notebook is confused on how Asparagus even got stuck in the first place, to which she tells him not to ask.

### Challenge

Coin runs up to Tablet, asking where he goes now that he's eliminated. Tablet tells Coin that he's too busy to tend to his needs, as he's about to announce a challenge, but tells him to go away for now. Tablet then walks to the middle of the city, announcing that it is challenge time. However, only Kite and Topaz are aware of this. While Kite thinks the challenge could be fun, Topaz could care less. Tablet then yells in the megaphone, again, announcing that it's challenge time. It works, but only barely, as Twoie shows up, annoyed that Tablet made her ears bleed. Tablet doesn't care, as he finds this the only way to get his contestants to listen to him. Kite is excited about the challenge, but Tablet says that everyone has to be here first (only 3 contestants showed up). Tablet then asks if Kite can go round up everyone else, and the blue diamond does as asked. After a few minutes pass, Tablet gives Kite praise for being able to round up the crowd. Spike is curious about what the challenge is. However, when Tablet says "gambling", it makes Octagon mad and Notebook concerned, with the latter asking Tablet if he knows that's against the law. Tablet tells Notebook to relax, as he got the job done legally. Octagon and Tablet then go back and forth about this, with Octagon ending up deciding that he will discuss this with the team.

Tablet finally explains the objective of the challenge; get as much money as possible from the casino within a 6 hour period. The team that wins gets to have 27% of their money. Igloo finds this a little strange, but he stops thinking about it so much after ultimately deciding he wants money. Before Tablet leaves, he tells It. that he recovered Cactus, much to the team's delight. Asparagus tells Cactus that Blank Slate was wrestling with her, getting him mad as he thinks Blank Slate beat her up.

Everyone runs into the casino, except for LNGAOOH, who is stopped by Octagon. As an effort to stop his team from going down the criminal path of gambling, he plans to block the entrance until the challenge is over. This annoys Twoie and Notebook, while Igloo brings up how the team needs a plan to get inside. Twoie thinks that one of them could probably disguise themselves as the owner, prompting Igloo to take up the role and running off. While in the casino, Quarter decides to teach Spike about a specific card game he knows; 52 Pick Up.

Quarter demonstrates this game on Xylophone, one of the people in the casino. He throws the cards on the ground and forces her to pick the cards up and give him $100. After asking Spike if there were any questions, Quarter pulls out a deck of Uno cards. Spike scoffs, knowing how to play, and bets $200.

With Get Away From Me!, Zipper and Swordy are seen arguing. As they argue, Twoie gets enraged to the point where she punches the slot machine, getting the 2 to stop talking. Topaz asks why the 2 always have to argue, and Swordy talks back, asking how much money Topaz has made. After learning Topaz has only made 2 dollars, Zipper tells Topaz not to talk about him and Swordy unable to do their jobs when she can barely do hers. Hammock then slips on a banana peel, causing him to pull the lever, which he gets the jackpot from.

Igloo comes back with a new purple coat of paint, which Twoie doubts will be a convincing disguise. Despite this, Igloo tries to pass Octagon, but notices him and also insults his paint job. Igloo tells him he's the owner, which Octagon asks who the owners name is. He fails to answer and is blocked from entering the casino once again. Twoie says he's a good teammate, but he's not that smart. Kite scolds her for this, then Notebook says that what Octagon needs to be convinced is statistics.

Notebook then presents Octagon with facts and logic. He shows Octagon a graph with a blue line decreasing the chances of winning if Octagon does not let them inside, representing a 20% chance, and an increasing red line if Octagon decides to let them in, above 80%. Still, Octagon thinks the law is more important than the graph, and Notebook walks away.

Magnet thinks about charging at him, but Kite doesn't want to because it's not nice. Twoie then asks what he wants to do, and he says to ask nicely, which Twoie disagrees with. Kite proceeds with his plan and asks nicely to Octagon if he would kindly let them in. Octagon screams NO in his face, which makes Kite walk away sadly.

Asparagus then spins a wheel in the casino and becomes addicted to gambling in the process. She keeps spinning the wheel and Cactus suggests she focuses on the basketball game. Banner figures out she's addicted. Blank Slate then falls flat on the ground and Banner picks him up, but then they fall again.

Twoie lashes out on Octagon and says if he really doesn't want them to go in there, she will submit herself as money. Notebook and Kite actually like this idea and they go along with it. Tablet asks why they are outside of the casino and why Igloo is purple. He then goes into the casino to announce that the challenge is over and to meet him outside to show their earnings.

The Money Grabbers are up first, with Quarter showing Tablet the $100 from the 52 Pickup, Get Away From Me shows off their $200,000, and then Banner tells Tablet they don't have any money, and since the Get Aheads have two dollars, their team is up for elimination.

### Stinger

Spike asks why Quarter is so good at card games. Quarter responds with that for him to know and for Spike to never know, but he can always teach Spike how to play them. Swordy then gives Banner some Italian lessons, starting off with counting to 10, Uno, Due, Tre, Quattro, Cinque, Sei, Sette, Otto, Nove and Dieci.

## Credits

* Animators: Goodboi, Nobody, GreenyToaster, No-Life Guy, It'sAName, Z Animations Studio, AirLaserX, Game Genie, GalacticAce, Eccomint, Ivyblade, StarringComet, Stray
* Writers: Goodboi, ChiselTip, Epic, gustavo
* Composers: Goodboi, rose, Swaggie
* Storyboarding: Goodboi, Journey, GreenyGuy, Nobody, gustavo, Eccomint
* Designing: Goodboi, Epic, Journey, It'sAName, V, wavydish, StarringComet
* Editing: Goodboi, Chroma, maki

## Cast

 Epic
 Mr. Pizza
 Fozpip
 JuiceYKW
 rosa
 V
 maki

## Goofs

* One scene was animated in 30 FPS, while the rest was 24 FPS.

## Trivia

* The wait time between this episode and The Return was 1 year, 4 months and 13 days (499 days).
* This episode marks the first time an object show of Goodboi's reaches at least 2 episodes, as the original IOS only had 1 episode out.
* According to Swordy, the time passed between The Return and this episode was 1 day.
	+ To clarify, he references Coin attempting to sell him in the 1st episode, which is referred to as "yesterday".
* Originally, LNGAOOH was going to lose the challenge and It. would take 2nd place.
* This is the first episode without any deaths.