Here For Our Host

"We need to come up with the plan on how to impress Red and give him some joy."

- Pinata

## About

Here For Our Host is the seventh episode of the first season of Objects At Gaming. It was released on February 3rd, 2022.

## Story

Red is about to get the contestants for the challenge, until he sees Wrenchy with a piece of paper, which later "confirms" that everyone but him quit the game because of his "poor hosting". Believing this, Red bursts into tears and runs to his grey office to call CCC manager, Sharpie Pen, to fly to the mainland in an attempt to have the contestants show if they care about the host or not.

As Sharpie Pen arrives, she explains that the challenge, having no winners or losers, is to put on a kindness presentation for Red. Team Fix-It plans to put on a rockapella musical performance, most of Team Birthday Party has some artwork planned out, and the ODDyssey is raring for poetry and theatre.

Meanwhile at the CCC, Broccoli had just met Watery, and hears about his struggles with befriending Lampy (as well as throwing a tantrum and being at the boiling point). In Broccoli's mind, when he sees Lampy the next time, he plans on beating him up for his harsh words against Watery, despite Watery wanting peace.

Illuminati directs the alliance in their roles. Pink Sunglasses will present the act, with Shelfy performing a heartwarming poem written by Cactus, with references to kittens. Blueprint will shine as the lead in his team's song act, with backup performances by Lampy on beatbox, Mustache on an acapella bass line, and Sombrero with some vocals and bongos. Mustache also plans on helping Cardy and Orangey with getting the stage ready. And Socky brings in a puppet version of Red, for the further heart.

Pinata steps up as team leader, although she is a little hesitant to draw on the canvas, as she shouldn't rush art. Snowflake is also to lift up the portrait, despite the canvas' large size and the high heights she has to fly. Cookie also wants to hug Red after the presentation. And for the first time, likely up to this point, Plant cooperates without creating their own personal scene.

The sun has set, and after a lot of planning, it's time. Shelfy gets into costume to perform his poem, and falls face flat as he takes his bow. For the rest of the team, Plum is finally being polite, and introduces the portrait, painted by Spaghetti and Pinata, lifted by Snowflake, with walkie talkie directions from Toilet Paper.

As Team Birthday Party concludes, Team Fix-It steps up and is ready to rock & roll! During the song, Sharpie Pen had wished that the girls would've sang along, but Red preferred hearing just the team. Pink Sunglasses also makes a formal apology to Football for his actions in the previous challenge. Red thanks the contestants for their overwhelming support during a time of uncertainty, but time is passing, and Team Birthday Party still needs to vote out a member of their team.

During the elimination, with a record amount of votes, Football wins the prize, a spot in the Objects E-Sports Gaming League. The votes go on, and Pink Sunglasses is eliminated 6-5 against Plant. He apologizes again for his actions, and a saddened ODDyssey has to move on without PS. However, they are confident about their future, and with possibilities of inviting Snowflake to join in.

PS is at the CCC, with Wire about to take him to his room, only for Power Outlet to take over again after taking care of Watery offscreen. Medaly and Blender stay up late, with the latter angry that he is near PS's room.

## Votes

### Elimination

**Pink Sunglasses - 6 votes (ELMINATED)**

Plant - 5 votes (Barely safe)

Everyone else - 0 votes (Safe)

## References

### Continuity

#### Rubik's Algorithim Antics

* Pink Sunglasses is extremely regretful about him snapping at Football
* The ODDyssey had done some planning
* Socky still says "DUH!" with a funny face
	+ Rebecca K. Lunetta pointed it out in the Discord sever that it's very funny and it made her laugh
* Power Outlet is now in Watery's care, singing him lullabies, telling him stories and is pretty much a mom figure
	+ Wire is still concerned about her obsession with him (hence why he wanted to chat to her about THAT in the episode's stinger)
* Broccoli and Watery are now friends. However, Broccoli might see/have him as an only friend since he doesn't have anyone due to his attitude
* Pinata is extremely angry and disappointed about how the outcomes of the previous challenge occurred

#### Ring the Bells of the Seven Seas

* Watery is at the boiling point due to how Lampy treats him (as well as what happened in the previous episode)

### Cultural

***\*\*NOTICE: Rebecca K. Lunetta and TCOOS has gotten carried away with these references during the production***

* The Pentagonix is a reference to the acapella group, Pentatonix
* The PolkaBeets is a reference to The MaccaBeats (Jewish acapella group)
* Pinata tells her team to "Listen up smart". The line is a reference to Homestar Runner, a webshow made by Mike and Matt Chapman (alias The Brothers Chaps)
	+ Rebecca K. Lunetta and her mom are the Homestar Runner superfans
* The cooperation parts are references to Sesame Street.
	+ The part where Plum refers to "the puppet bird" while mocking about cooperation is pretty much Big Bird
* Little Miss Hug is a Little Miss from the Mr. Men and Little Miss franchise (originally by Roger Hargreaves)
	+ Rebecca used to be in the Mr. Men fandom from late 2017-late 2018. Unfortunately, her time there aged poorly (don't ask her)
* Sayonara is Japanese for "goodbye" and is also a reference to BFB 16
* Both Red and Sharpie Pen said "Hasta la vista!" (reference to The Terminator)
* Wrenchy distracting Red and running away mischievously is a reference to Toy Story where Woody distracts Buzz
	+ The "You Can't Rush Art" line from Pinata is also a Toy Story reference
* Mozart is a composer and a pianist
* Chocolate Milkshakespeare is a reference to William Shakespeare
	+ Leftover Hamlet is a reference to Shakespeare's play, Hamlet
* Illuminati's call for the ODDyssey to assemble is a reference to the Avengers
* At the end of Blueprint's song as Team Birthday Party joins in at the end, the way Pinata, Spaghetti, and Socky enter the scene is a direct callback to the Family Guy intro
* Sharpie Pen's "You're welcome" line is a reference to Moana where Maul does the musical number titled "You're Welcome"
	+ The line is also an internet meme

## Trivia

* Cookie didn't make any funny faces this episode
* This is the first episode in which Rebecca K. Lunetta is part of the writing process.
	+ She is also the mastermind behind the music tracks (some of them), dialogue and references
	+ She wrote the poem and drew concept art of some scenes (Watery's boiling temper, telephone line, ODDyssey logo and Pinata's sketch)
* This is the first episode to release in 2022.
* Coke Corporation reprises his role as Mustache, after having been unavailable to voice during the production of OAG 6.
* The teaser for this episode was first shown on Day One of Objectcon 2022!
* This episode will be the last of the **First Third** of the season, hoping that this gets the show reviewed by Brandon Baker, who voices Socky.
* This episode has proved TCOOS's intense dedication for content creating for 2022. Animation for the episode finally began on January 2nd, and reached its halfway point within 13 days, as he gave himself all the time he could get, while still making sure he performed well in school at the same time.