"Blue Buried" | Inanimate Insanity S3E15

Walkie Talkie: Big smiles, Indefinites! We're almost there! -Couldn't we have just left in the morning? Walkie Talkie: Nope! MePhone said the next rejoin challenge would be at 3 o'clock sharp! -PM! Surely he meant PM! Walkie Talkie: I'm not taking that chance! -How did I get myself into this? -Because you earned it, Bluebear! Any one of us could have taken the boat to go home at any time! But we all said thanks, but NO thanks! And stuck it out on indefinite island, just for a shot at rejoining t

he game! -But I stayed because I didn’t want to ride a boat. And now I’ve been forced onboard one! Boats are horrific affronts to nature. How do they float? Wizard magic? -Remember our meditation training. Just breathe. -Finally! -He...hey! Everyone stay together! -Woah. You're all early! I'll go get MePhone. -Why did he say that with authority? -Oh, I guess we never mentioned. He became MePhone’s new assistant. -Since when was that an option? -It wasn't. -Sweet, sweet land! I've never felt so a

live! -No! I have never once meant AM! -Is he... -Oh, don't worry! He kind of just lies around not moving all the time! Totally normal! Yep! Uh...yeah, he's not breathing. -[Gasp] It appears our dead friend Blueberry has been...PICKED OFF. No, I'm... pretty sure he's dead. [Intro theme] [Dramatic music] -I can't believe something like this could happen. On our little island! -I can. People die here all the time, but are we suddenly being so precious about it? -Yes, but it’s usually some kind of

wacky accident! The thought of being close to someone who would intentionally commit such a vile act? It’s sickening! Yin: Welcome to my life. Walkie Talkie: Listen everyone! We refuse to start the rejoin challenge until someone please confesses to the murder! - Oh drat! So a flunky won’t have the opportunity to undeservingly stumble back into the competition? I’m devastated. -[Sing-songy] Sounds like someone... had a motive! -[Sing-songy] Sounds like someone's... a little pitchy! -Wait, your of

f-key accusations just gave me a brilliant idea! Each one of you current contestants will pair up with a former contestant to investigate. Once you all guess whodunit, I’ll revive Blueberry who can tell us what REALLY happened. Whichever team accurately solves the mystery, its active contestant will win immunity, and its eliminated contestant will rejoin the competition! Yang: Uh, just one question--what if you...WERE...the murderer? Yin: Yang, is there something you'd like to share with the cla

ss?! Yang: I’m just saying, that would be a problem since the murderer already knows who they are! Yin: It’s a problem for a few other reasons too! -Well, I refuse to reward a killer. If you suspect your teammate, call them out! You can only win if you figure out who did this AND you’re not a murderer. There, does that work? Clover: That's a perfect solution! -Thank y--Clover! When did you get here? -I’m taking a break from my latest project since I’ve always wanted to be a detective, and wear

the funny hat they wear, OH! Count me in! Walkie Talkie: No way! You had to stay on my very cool and moody island to get another chance at this competition! And she did not! -I got this, Walkie. Ok Clover, you think it’s fair to get to compete? If you can get one other person to agree- Shoot, forgot about the luck. Alright, you’re in, whatever. Anything else? -Yes, actually. If I take myself out of contention to rejoin, could I be on a team with Bot? -Hey! Kinda feels like that'd give Bot an unf

air advantage? -[Sigh] You're right. I approve! Okay, Floor, make the other teams. I don't really care about the rest. -Clearly. You're with Balloon! Uh, Yin-Yang! Cabby. Uh....Nickel. -That eldritch horror should just be grateful MePhone’s permitted him to remain! -You call a face on the ground eldritch horror? I’d sleep soundly if I had your nightmares! -Candle! I assure you, I never let your gifts leave my side, and kept your flame alive! -I see you've...remained attached. -Of course, just li

ke you wanted! How are you, my dear? -Ready. I’ve been biding my time, knowing one more rejoin was coming! See, I had no interest in leaving the competition, but it was your arrogance that took me out. This is your chance to get me back in the game properly. Either way, I refuse to leave. -Coming in a bit hot, are we? -Cabby! Still hanging in there I see! You’ve been making all us Indefinites proud! -All of you, huh? -Yeah, this mystery should be no problemo for you, what with all the info you a

lways jot down! -Oh… about that… I kind of thought, maybe I’d try… not relying on the files for a change? -Really? How...how come? Cabby: Now I could have said I’m worried about reducing others to inaccurate depictions of themselves like I did with Bot. Instead I said-- Oh, just wanted to mix things up! R-r-r-r-remix! Hah...yeah! Lifering: Why wouldn’t she use her files? It’s like if I didn’t use my safety kit when I twisted my ankle running into this confessional just now. You gotta use what yo

u got! -Okay Yin-Yang… I’m sorry, do you like being called Yin-Yang? Or is it weird to address you both simultaneously? Yang: Wow. We haven’t even started and this guy’s already confused himself! Yin: You know what Yang? Normally I’d complain about you embarrassing me with your insensitive remarks. Yang: Okay, be normal then, loser. Yin: But I’m not going to. Because I’m done. Yang: Done? What do you mean done? Yin: We were making real progress with mindful positioning, but ever since Candle swi

tched alliances, it’s been all Yang all the time! No wonder Goo doesn’t see us as a unit anymore! -Oh, I wasn't trying to imply-- Yang: You think I’m the murderer, don’t you? Yin: Of course I don’t think that. I KNOW IT! -What did I do... -Look Nickel. MePhone generated the hat for me! It’s so dumb. I LOVE IT. -This is a waste of time. We all already know you’re a mass murderer. And the timing of your arrival was incredibly suspicious. Just fess up. Your luck did this so you could have another c

hance in the game! -Oh Nickel, didn’t you learn anything from my little gift? -Sure did! I learned that the only reason anyone would ever care about me is if I had luck! It didn’t help me at all! -Don’t you remember what I said when I wished you luck? One day you too would learn to share the wealth. -But if you were so focused on yourself that you never tried using the luck to help others, then well, it sounds like that day never came. -No! Th- that’s crazy. I- I can’t just make people like me!

-Sure you can. We don’t have to hide behind snarky remarks. We all have agency in our lives, Nickel. -No...snark? -Y’know, you didn’t have to ask MePhone to put you on a team with me. -Oh, I know you don’t need me! I just wanted to make sure you didn’t get teamed up with someone else. -Anyone in particular? -Well, there's no need to name names, but it starts with a-- Bot: C-A! -Yes! No! Look at this little message in the sand right under Blueberry’s hand! He must’ve started to write something be

ginning with-- Test Tube: CA! Before losing consciousness! [Gasp] The name of his attacker! So it could only be CABBY! -Or Candle. -Oh yeah. -It just felt so good to have the approval of the person it was hardest to get it from, y’know? -I’m proud of you, hun. Finally standing up for yourself! I had to learn that too. -Really? -Yeah, the last rejoin challenge, I was so focused on helping Lifering that I didn’t think about myself. But that’s what you have to do to win out here, and you can’t feel

guilty about it. …Balloon? -Something about this crime scene just doesn’t sit right with me. There’s no murder weapon, or even any visible wounds. So how could Blueberry have been killed? -Sick sleuthin' there, kid! That deserves a puff pastry bite! -Mmmm, don't mind if I do! [Gagging sounds] -Oh I’m so sorry sweetheart! I had to ration on Indefinite Island, it may not be all that fresh! -Not all that fresh, this is INEDIBLE, what, are you trying to kill me?! [Gasp] ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME? -

Uh, okay... He was sitting here? -Yes. Now, wait for my signal....go! -Too fast. I need the exact time it would have taken for him to run to the scene. -And you think that would help? I did have a theory I wanted to discuss… -And you think you're allowed to question me? -The theory can wait! -Good! This shouldn't take much longer. Silver Spoon: She’s had me run it 73 times. ‘Too fast,’ ‘too slow,’ ‘too theatrical!!’ Nonetheless, I shall stop at nothing to ensure her victory! -The real mystery i

s who’s awake enough at 3am to enact a murder plot? -Hm, do you know who in the cast is a night owl? That’d make them more likely to be culpable! -Ooh, I remember someone telling me they function best in pitch-black darkness… and finding it very unhinged… but who was that? -Hey! Surely you noted it down! Why don’t you give the ol’ records a check, huh? -Lifering, I appreciate what you’re trying to do. I’m just… not sure if everyone’s comfortable with my methods. It’s better for everyone if I jus

t try to memorize. -You mean, you want to live your life like one big test? Cab-in-et! Tests are silly. It’s not like real life doesn’t let you refer to notes or ask questions! -I suppose that's true. -Everyone has things that work for them. It’s important to use the tools you have! -Perhaps I need to check in with someone! I think I'm stuck. -You ARE stuck Cabs, in a rut of self-doubt and second-guessing! -No, I mean--[Gasp] LOOK! -I mean, I always put up some walls, but when Balloon turned Sui

tcase against our alliance, that’s when I laid out all the defenses. -Was it Balloon that turned her? Or did she make an active choice to rebel against you? -But...that would mean it was...my fault. -Y’know Nickel, with you, it really all goes back to agency… accountability. It’s the core of your issues, every time. -Yeah. Yeah it really is. WAIT. The only reason I’m opening up to you right now is because-- -Yes, the luck, that really comes as no surprise anymore. But don’t you also want to? -Mm

, maybe. -Well, we should probably go back to solving that murder. -Oh yeah. Hey, did you bill me for today's session? -Nooo, the first is always free! -Whoa! This must be a coded message! Wow, I’m a natural at this!! Must be the hat. Bot: Just hear me out. Cabby isn’t who you think she is. -No, we’re not who SHE thinks WE are! In her eyes, we’re just whatever she happened to write down about us, accurate or not. -Sometimes it’s not accurate, I’ve seen that firsthand, but it’s her process. It he

lps her. And the files don’t stay the same forever! They can change. Just like us. Write that if you must. I have something else to write. Silver Spoon: Oo-oOOooooo! Don’t be alarmed, we’ve still only one death on our hands, ‘twas but a performance! -Thank you. I was mortified. -What do you think, Candle? Are we clear to move on? -A shame you didn’t wait for my signal, I didn’t get any of that. -ALRIGHT, THAT DOES IT! I am giving everything I have to get you back in the game my dear, but that’s

just it! I’m all out of... everything! It’s almost like you WANT me to stop existing only to best serve your needs! -Not almost. That's exactly what I wanted to do. -I---uh...come again? -Silver, you can’t let your regret over my elimination consume you. We did make for quite the duo, I agree, but you are not nothing without me. -[Chuckling] The teacher has remained the teacher. -And... she wants to hear your theory. Walkie Talkie: Time's almost up! Start approaching my vicinityyyy! -Listen Bot,

I just wanted to ask you something. About my files! -No Cabby. I’m sorry I made you think you needed permission to use something that helps you. -But I completely mischaracterized you, you had a right to be offended. -But we talked about it. And you listened, and I don’t want you to forget that. I added some art too, I’m more of a visual learner. Hope it helps! -It's...you! Alright everyone, now talk us through this. Who did you all suspect? -Well, right by the body we found two tiny letters in

the sand “CA.” We believe that Blueberry was starting to spell out his attacker’s name! That name of course being… Candle! -...Yes! Cabby’s wheels are squeaky enough that one of us would have heard her if she was moving around at night. Which left only one remaining option. Now that’s what I call incriminating! Balloon and TK, go! -It was clear to me that the body’s exterior was unharmed. Therefore I conclude that Blueberry was poisoned, with an expired pastry, and the guilty party is someone w

ho claimed to feel no guilt! TEA KETTLE! -And when Balloon told me that, I thought it was such a ridiculous accusation that he had to be covering for himself. So I said Balloon. -Wow I thought you both would get along. Kind of a shame. -I was having trouble moving forward in this investigation, but then I realized what was holding me back! Literally! All straight from the crime scene! -Th-that just proves I passed through the location is all! What can I say, I’m a sticky guy! -Oh things are gett

ing sticky alright. Goo-Goo-Gaga over here wanted a better chance at winning the rejoin! And what better prime target? This town ain’t big enough for two blue blobs! -NO! The more blue blobs, the merrier! -Ya seem real nervous, Gooey! -That’s just who I am! Anxieties and analogies! My two modes! -Oh yeah? Well we think you have a third mode! MURDER mode! -Beep beep, incoming MURDER!!!! -NO! -Well get this! Clover and I decoded a message! There’s a lot of nonsense meant to distract you… -But in t

he ninth row, you’ll find a diagonal headed down and to the left that clearly reads “BOT!!” -What's so funny? -That’s a word search I made for Bot to keep them entertained on the boat ride. -I like to solve without circling to make them harder. -I..uh...can we do get a do-over-- -Next. Yin: It's Yang. Walkie Talkie: What makes you say that? Yin: It’s Yang. Pretty open and shut case. Right Goo? -I’m scared what would happen if I didn’t agree so yes! -You all have been thinking too small. It was n

ot a contestant who did this! It’s The Floor! -He knew that him still remaining on this island as MePhone’s assistant would be a subject of controversy for the Indefiniters. -And sure enough, it was, immediately upon our arrival. If their complaints continued, perhaps they’d convince MePhone to fire him! So he needed to distract them with an even larger controversy! -Plus, think about it, people. Where was Blueberry found? ON The Floor! The answer’s been beneath our feet all along! -Very well. I

’ll now revive Blueberry so we can get the truth. Blueberry: That won't be necessary. [Everyone gasps] Blueberry: Because I was never dead to begin with. -WHAT?! -Allow me to explain. My goal was to rejoin the game, while having to put in the least effort possible. Unfortunately, that required a lot of effort. But nature was on my side. I function best in pitch-black darkness. I’m unhinged like that. -Argh! Really should've checked my file. -But I needed some red herrings, so you wouldn’t expect

the blue berry. Just before I ran off the boat, I bravely touched Goo, and smeared some on the ground by my seemingly lifeless body. I wrote “CA” because that was a great way to create two suspects in one. In actuality, the rest of it would have said, “CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT.” -This is infuriating. -Then, I just had to lie perfectly still, something I naturally excel at. -Couple that with Candle’s meditation training, and I was able to remain breathless long enough to make even the most daring act

ion star blush from inadequacy. -So that’s why there was no murder weapon. Because there was no murder! -Yes, but what did you expect? Someone to just carelessly leave behind a knife? -I mean I've done it. J-just a callback to Knife, Season 2, I abandoned it all, ehh, you wouldn’t get it. -But wait. All of this would have been for nothing unless the rejoin contest was to solve your murder. How did you know MePhone would make that the challenge? -Because. Whenever MePhone has a personal problem,

he turns it into a challenge. It’s so predictable. And unhealthy. -I like to think of it as multitasking! I designed a game that I couldn’t lose. So to answer the question of whodunit... I done it... to myself. It’s the perfect crime. My own. Start clapping. -This is ludicrous! He can't win! -Sure he can. And you know why? Because you all were supposed to figure out what really happened, but instead, you alllllllll BLEW IT!! - Blueberry wins, and can rejoin the game! All the rest of you eliminat

eds, we’ll see you in the finale on the jury, where you will vote on who wins the competition! -And anyone who didn’t stay on Indefinite is welcome to join too. I want them to see what they missed out on. -And what are these for? -I just don't need them anymore. -And now you can tend to your inner flame. -I'm sorry you couldn't come back. -What more could I ask this place to give me? Yang: I told you it wasn’t me. Yin: So everything’s still all about you, huh? Yang: I DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR

MY NAME! Yin: “I?” “My?” So self-absorbed! Nickel: Blueberry! Allow me to formally reintroduce myself--- -Quiet now. My first target will be the one who brought about my defeat back in the beginning. -It was all her idea. Join me or suffer the consequences. -Consider the teams randomized! It was all Cabby's idea, everybody. And that stuff doesn't come out easy. -Oh no, blue? The color of defeat? It's over! It's all over! Thanks Cabby. Mephone: Well, I will say, I do feel a little more comfortab

le knowing that no one here is an actual murderer. -Maybe it says something about all of us that we truly thought any one of us could be a killer. -Yeah. I think it’s saying you’re all weak. And easily fooled. By the mastermind-- -How many victory laps are you gonna take around the track, Blueberry?! -I’ll keep running till they turn out the lights! -Alright. If anyone has a glass of immunity milk and they want to drink it, I wouldn’t say now would be the time to do so, since it’s gotten pretty

old, but y’know, you still can! Yang: Would that be… okay? Yin: Thanks for asking. Loser. Yang: [Laughs] Yang: We will be using the milk… to give to Cabby. -What?! Yang, are you sure? -We wouldn’t have gotten it in the first place without you. Now drink up! -Sharing the wealth... -[Gagging sounds] Do I really have to drink the rest of this-- Mephone: I'll read the votes! First vote...Nickel. Nickel. Two votes Nickel. Yin-Yang. Yin-Yang. Two votes Nickel, two votes Yin-Yang. Yin-Yang. Two votes N

ickel, three votes Yin-Yang. One vote left. And the final vote is... Yin-Yang! You are our fifteenth eliminated contestant. Yang: But I thought-- -Once again, you thought what I wanted you to think. -Now that we know the jury decides the winner, Yin-Yang’s just too big a threat. Literally. They could threaten everyone here and still be well-liked. Yang: It’s true, and I have! -Oh, I’m so sorry your selfless act was all for nothing. Yin: It wasn’t for nothing! Yang and I had a personal victory! A

nd that is worth celebrating. -Just know. I run this game now. -Hit me as hard as you can! Yin-Yang: AHHHHH! -Well, today we solved one mystery but five fates are still uncertain! Who will live, who will die, and who will remind me that I’m just high on the drama right now and none of us are in any life-threatening danger here? Find out next time on Inanimate Insanity Invitational! Lifering: Adamation! -Oh hey, this is Brian! Thanks so much for partaking in the investigation! You know, for a whi

le there, you were actually my prime suspect! Not because of something you did, but... because of something you didn't do. Why haven't you...subscribed to AnimationEpic? Now I know what some of you are saying--"Brian, I am subscribed to the AnimationEpic channel!" I'm not talking to you! I'm talking to the criminals. Please. Be the change I want to see in the world. Thank you.