Recap / Inanimate Insanity S 3 E 17 The Show Must Go On

Episode contains the following tropes:

• An Aesop:
  • Putting in the effort to your works without cutting corners or rushing can be very rewarding.
  • No matter how advanced the technology can be, artificial intelligence is incapable of replacing a writing team.
• The Bus Came Back: While the appearances were not physical, Paper and Cheesy make their returns to the series during the thought processes.
• The Cameo: Coiny from Battle for Dream Island makes a cameo appearance.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: The premise of using AI to generate a cartoon is a reference to Hollywood's desire to use AI to do human talents such as drawing and scripting. This lead to the 2023 Writers' Guild of America Strike.
• Not Quite Dead: At the stinger, Springy can be seen coming out of the ground despite being previously eaten by The Floor in "Spring on the Breakfast!", kickstarting the events of the two-part finale.
• Take That!: To AI generated scripts and art. At the end, Brian Koch makes this to artificial intelligence by saying it was made by real people.

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