"Truth or Flare" | Inanimate Insanity S2E15

I love Taco’s characterization here. After Microphone left her she really believed that Microphone made the right choice and everyone else should follow. She thinks this game is inherently evil and pushes people like Balloon, Nickel, Apple, and others to act in inconsiderate and terrible ways that sour their relationships, and Taco is no different. She doesn’t want anyone else to have gone through what she has despite her constantly claiming she didn’t care about Pickle and Microphone. But what she found out after the challenge, what she saw with Suitcase and Baseball, and what was then shown with Paintbrush and Lightbulb, is that there are second chances. You don’t have to give everything up over this game. Your best people will understand that it was just a game and work to repair a relationship with meaning. It’s evolving on a concept from Total Drama, which I appreciate. It’s so fascinating to see her go from a villain to still being an antagonist but having each of the contestant’s “best” interests at heart (even if those interests if what she thinks rather than what they actually believe in).

5:53 "And we lose, more than we gain" A faint kneeslap is heard in the distance.

To be honest, it's pleasant to hear Taco's song in the cinema without the incessant yelling. fantastic episode, guys!

I haven’t seen a comment fully on lightbulb so I’m doing it I absolutely think it’s so relatable to hide depression and anxiety with humor like I get it you need people to talk to you but lightbulb just thinks that everyone will be disappointed in her if they think she did something wrong. As a people pleaser who COMPLETELY relates to Lightbulb I just love the extra details added to her personality in this episode she is trying so hard to clear up any trauma with anything and trying to bottle it up and just cover it up with extra talking and comedy I love how she keeps clicking her pen faster when taco talks more about her. I just find lightbulb so relatable and glad that she is finally at peace knowing that she doesn’t have to disappoint her friends.

S2 IS SO BACK, THE OLD STYLE, THE OLD ANIMATION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PERFECT STORYLINE

Taco’s voice actor going ALL OUT on her villain song was not on my 2024 bingo card, but WOW WAS IT GOOD!!!!

I love what the show has done with Taco. Having her as the show's antagonist is neat, and also having her as a spokesperson to highlight some of the toxic aspects of the reality show competition formats is really interesting! I can't wait to see where you all take this character.

Genuinely, this is the best episode of any show I’ve seen It so perfectly begins to tie up all the themes presented throughout the season, while managing to never feel bogged down and sluggish I cannot WAIT for the finale

Crazy to think that the last Inanimate insanity season 2 episode was published before TPOT 1, It has been such a while

I LOVE HOW TACO IS SINGING LIKE SHE IS IN HAMILTON 😭

I like how in 7:30 is singing that the contestants “can’t bring themselves to face the awful truth” and is shown to visually have a part of her shell broken, which later on foreshadows her literally shattering into pieces for that exact reason. Man I love this show’s writing!

You're telling me you left us on a cliffhanger...AND continued, eliminated two people in the same episode again, then left us on ANOTHER cliffhanger..i love this show

Inanimate Insanity Over Time Episodes 1-7: happy 😀 yay hooray Episodes 8-10: mood shift 😐 Episodes 11-16: HARDCORE DEPRESSION

13:50 i love how goofy lightbulb is when she raises her hand and foot at the same time 😭

I genuinely cried with this episode. Taco with her “villain” personality (her song too). It's kinda personal but I really identify with Taco, when you lose someone, start to deny the help from others and not wanting to face the truth. When she breaks.. it's when you finally accept the reality and the real feelings you have. Idk why I thought Lightbulb and Paintbrush were going to kiss 😭. The fear (maybe trauma) that MePhone has to Steve Cobs. This episode was seriously a roller coaster of emotions. I didn't cry so much even with ONE.

I like how each of them answered the questions differently. Suitcase was fully honest, Baseball said what was least likely to hurt someone, Knife kept twisting Taco’s words to what he wanted, and Lightbulb deflected the questions with comedy

"Alright, so Knife's over here justifying MURDER!!" - Baseball, 2024 The quotes in this episode are killing me they're so out of pocket

Taco's song caught me off guard, and Mepad singing in it caught me even more off guard, but wow. Just, wow. This is the most creative way I've ever seen to get characters to finally communicate. Worth every second of waiting and more! And the song was beautiful too

Honestly, this is one of, if not, the best episodes not just in Inanimate Insanity, but in any object show I’ve ever seen! All of the remaining characters went through some massive development, and the challenge was absolutely perfect to making everyone collectively have full awareness of the dark turn this particular season went! I especially love “Taco’s Tirade”, and how it defined her and MePad’s POV changes. On another note, I was highly impressed with the former’s singing performance, it was so pleasant that it felt like I was listening to a Disney song and nearly forgot that I was merely watching an object show. Finally, I’m also so satisfied with how most of the major conflicts in this season were resolved. Overall, this was such an absolute masterpiece of an episode. It was definitely worth waiting four years for, and I’m hella excited to see what you guys cook for the season finale. GREAT JOB!!!!!

27:43 Can we take a second to talk about how tense everything was here, I mean how the music just stops in the background, everyone goes silent, and all that’s heard is mephone getting a call from cobs, and then slowly mephone doesn’t answer, really sets up curiosity for the next episode!! I love this show so much oml.