The Therapy Episode

**"The Therapy Episode"** is the first part of the 3rd episode of Incredible Items Beginnings, and is the 5th episode overall. It was released on March 17, 2023.

## List of Paintings and References

### Paintings

* Jeff the Killer, though edited to be "cuter".
* Toby from Thomas and Friends.
* A drawing of Max with a party hat and blower.
* A rubber duck.
* Know-It-All from The Polar Express.
* A perplexed blue emoticon.
* Another blue emoticon, hidden slightly offscreen.
* An edit of Chuck from Angry Birds replacing the head of Chica from Five Nights at Freddy's.
* The "BOOMIES" emote.
* Satan/The Dark Prince from Puyo Puyo, with red text reading "Satan."
* A very large smiley face.
* A drawing of Picture Frame/AnimatedGalaxy completely distraught, with Jelli/LunaLotl comforting him, and Water Bottle/Sya watching in confusion.
* Tyler Lantz's profile picture.
* An image of AnimatedGalaxy from 2018 drinking a soda.
* A Honda Pilot 2022 Elite AWD.
* A frame from the Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv creepypasta.
* A sinister FlightReacts.
* A realistic Darwin from The Amazing World of Gumball's "The Safety".
* A Troublesome Truck from Thomas and Friends.
* A screenshot of The Rake, though mostly covered by Speaker.
* The TBH Creature/Autism Creature.
* A confused Mime from Happy Tree Friends.
* An odd plush creature.
* A picture of a Picture Frame plush on a bed with a Max toy on top.

### References

* "I know when I've been insulted!" and "Good grief." is a small reference to a Peanuts special.
* The number 24 is a reference to Spongebob Squarepants.
* The sound that plays when Ladders' alarm goes off is the iPhone "Crystals" ringtone, which is AnimatedGalaxy's "wake up" alarm.
* Speaker references the Awesome Face.
* Speaker, although very quickly, sings "money machine" by 100 gecs.
* Cable repeats the same first lines he had from Episode 2's elimination at the start of this one.
* Cape Feather has a crying rage comic face when Screw "insults" him.
* Cheeseball references Muscle Man from Regular Show, who usually says "You know who else... ...MY MOM!"
* Picture Frame talks about Speaker and 3DS having the same voice.
* Screw has a "forever alone" face during a shot of her during the elimination.
* Watch's dying poses are references to:
	+ Pickle being poisoned from Inanimate Insanity S1E8: 4Seeing the Future.
	+ The pose Sonic the Hedgehog does on the Sonic Adventure boxart.
	+ A Robotnik frame from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, referencing the "PINGAS" meme.
	+ Stock art of Peter Griffin.
	+ A pose of Cola Cup from Random Object Battle Royal.
	+ Family Guy's common "death pose".
* "The Talking Stick" is a common tool used in classrooms to have children show respect to who is talking at the moment.
* Evil Ladders is a reference to Evil Leafy, along with BFDI's recommended characters.
* Swim Mask talks about Episode R's challenge: creating a pirate ship.
* Picture Frame clapping when asking who to pick for the challenge references clapping syllables, which is common in schools when learning phonetics.
* Speaker's long lean comes from Object Planet.
* Speaker turning pitch black with two white lines, making up eyeballs, is a reference to The Mandela Catalogue.
* Speaker saying "cope." references numerous memes and phrases that use the term as a way of saying "deal with it."
* Medallion saying "bro thinks he's on the team." directly references the meme of the same name.
* Medallion's big smiling mouth has a strong resemblance to Pac-Man.
* Cheeseball is told to sit out for the challenge due to being "overpowered", referencing Episode R.
* A clip of The Mighty Eagle saying "No." with triumphant music in the background from The Angry Birds Movie plays after Maple Syrup asks if she can disagree with Potion's plan.
* The Chip Bag Incident is brought up again, since it was originally said in Incredible Items' first episode. On the plane ride to Filmopolis, Candy tells a story about a bag of chips exploding.
* A reused clip from Episode 2 plays when Flat Screen talks about the tools needed for the challenge. Screw also says "What are those?" in the same manner Cable does.
* Picture Frame references the "THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN'!" meme.
* Picture Frame becomes a rotoscoped guy falling, referencing a gif of someone reaching for a drink, but falling out of their chair.
* Flat Screen with bright red eyes could also reference Evil Leafy.

## Trivia

* The reason for splitting the episode in half was because the entire episode was expected to be over a half hour long.
* The episode was animated in 4 days.
* The original name for the episode was "This One Is Kinda Dull".
* Corny animated 3 scenes this episode, along with being the creator of Evil Ladders, the show's only recommended character.
* The episode's VEGAS file got corrupted during production, meaning it had to be quickly re-edited.
* Flat Screen's line when "comforting" Cable before the elimination had to be rerecorded to fit the scene better. However, this leads to slight inconsistencies with the audio mixing around this part.
* This episode marks the first (and currently) only time Pillowy has spoken in the series.
* Green Crayon appears in this episode as an easter egg during the elimination.
* Like UPS > USPS > FedEx, Watch and Pillowy were removed from the intro following their elimination, and their sections were altered.
	+ In Pillowy's section, they would be asleep, and 3DS would jump up behind them, slightly startling them awake. Now, Pillowy is completely gone, and 3DS appears from the left side of the screen.
	+ In Watch's section, he would be talking to Screw, who would yell at him to make him stop talking. Now, Screw looks around the area with a disinterested face.