History Woobie / InanimateInsanity

* Fan. [[spoiler:[[NothingIsTheSameAnymore He grows increasingly more stressed and frustrated by the show's numerous changes]] and wishes for everything to be simple again, which is one of the reasons he's so at odds with Paintbrush, who is aware that there's more to the game. He also isn't ready for his egg to hatch and wishes to keep nurturing it (which sparks his first real fight with Test Tube, his closest friend, over custody of the egg once he's eliminated), and in a monologue near the end of the episode, he sadly admits that he has to trust her even if he disagrees with her.]] And even with Season 3's LighterAndSofter tone, [[spoiler:he ends up inadvertently getting on Cabby's bad side when he gets upset by her invading his privacy and ([[AmbiguousInnocence presumably]] [[InnocentlyInsensitive unintentionally]]) writing rather hurtful things about him in her files, which results in her manipulating most of the Pinkers into voting him out, separating him from Test Tube ''again''.]]

* Poor, poor Balloon. [[TheAtoner He tries to change himself into a better person]] once he joins Season 2, but almost none of the contestants trust him. He begins to develop a close relationship with Suitcase, [[spoiler: but Nickel attempts to exclude him from their alliance and treats him like garbage. Then Episode 11 comes and he gets verbally pressured by Microphone prior to the challenge, accidentally causes his team to lose, and gets eliminated for that very reason. And one of his votes was from himself.]]

* Baseball. [[spoiler: When Nickel and Suitcase get into an argument in Episode 10, he begins to have doubts as a leader. It gets worse the following episode, when Suitcase destroys his alliance by voting out Nickel, his closest friend since the beginning of the series. The aftermath of Nickel’s elimination causes him to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into despair]] and [[TookALevelInCynicism take a level in cynicism.]]]]

* Marshmallow. Early in Season 1, she is treated like TheChewToy by Knife, and while he does stop bullying her, her dilemmas don't get any better. [[spoiler: She indirectly kills Bow, her close friend, in the finale and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone shows clear regret about it afterward.]] Then Apple, whom she made amends with in Episode 2, claims she was using her to get farther into the game. Episode 11 then reveals she doesn't like competing on the show-she believes it destroys relationships and causes drama for the contestants-so she decides to quit and leave the competition.]]

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself). As of Episode 12, more than a few of the remaining contestants dislike her: Baseball holds a grudge against her for destroying his alliance, Microphone acts dismissive towards her when she attempts to start a conversation, the others glare at her when she automatically wins the painting challenge[[labelnote:*]]Paintbrush lost control of their temper and accidentally set everyone’s paintings on fire, but Suitcase was the only contestant to have their painting judged[[/labelnote]], and Test Tube blames her for Fan’s elimination. The poor girl definitely deserves more than a few hugs.]]
* Poor, poor Balloon. [[TheAtoner He tries to change himself into a better person]] once he joins Season 2, but almost none of the contestants trust him. He begins to develop a close relationship with Suitcase, [[spoiler: but Nickel attempts to exclude him from their alliance and treats him like garbage. Then Episode 11 comes and he gets pressured by Microphone prior to the challenge, accidentally causes his team to lose, and gets eliminated for that very reason. And one of his votes was from himself.]]

* [=MePhone4=] is a '''massive''' JerkassWoobie. "Mine Your Own Business" reveals that [[spoiler: in his early days he was often physically and emotionally abused by Steve Cobs, and it was bad enough that [=MePhone=] eventually [[RepressedMemories suppressed all of his memories of him]].]] It is likely that the way Cobs treated him is the main reason why he's so apathetic.

* [=MePhone4=] also qualifies as a JerkassWoobie. "Mine Your Own Business" reveals that [[spoiler: in his early days he was often physically and emotionally abused by Steve Cobs, and it was bad enough that [=MePhone=] eventually [[RepressedMemories suppressed all of his memories of him]].]]

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself). As of Episode 12, more than a few of the remaining contestants dislike her: Baseball holds a grudge against her for destroying his alliance, Microphone acts dismissive towards her when she attempts to start a conversation, the others glare at her when she automatically wins the painting challenge[[labelnote:*]]Paintbrush lost control of their temper and accidentally set everyone’s paintings on fire, but Suitcase was the only contestant to have their painting judged[[/labelnote]], and Test Tube blames her for Fan’s elimination.]]

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself). As of Episode 12, more than a few of the remaining contestants dislike her: Baseball holds a grudge against her for destroying his alliance, Microphone acts dismissive towards her when she attempts to start a conversation, the others glare at her when she automatically wins the painting challenge[[labelnote:*]]Paintbrush lost control of their temper and accidentally set everyone’s paintings on fire, but Suitcase was the only contestant to have their painting judged.[[/labelnote]], and Test Tube blames her for Fan’s elimination.]]

* Microphone. She starts off as one of the more outgoing contestants, but her inability to control her volume and tendency to mess up challenges (even though she won the dodgeball challenge ''by herself'') has resulted in most of her teammates disliking her, and this has caused her to become ''extremely'' self-critical: she uses her diary as a form of self-reflection, but she also describes herself using words such as “annoying, loud, random, harmful, useless, insignificant loser.” [[spoiler:Her sympathy level goes down a bit when she starts an illegal alliance with Taco and she verbally pressures Balloon before the Bucket Brigade, but at that point she’s lost sight of herself and is taking desperate measures to get some form of recognition from her team. When Taco murders Test Tube and incapacitates Fan in Episode 14, she realizes that she teaming up with her was the wrong decision, and she quits the game due to her frustration with working with Taco and how ''Inanimate Insanity'' has broken everyone.]]

* Paper. He was eliminated very early on the show, but rejoined early enough, but being trapped on Idiotic Island made him develop an angry alternate personality. He did defeat the alternate personality, but didn't get rid of him entirely.
* Tissues is one if the more minor contestants due to his early elimination, but he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him since when you look at it, he really doesn’t have a good time throughout the show. He doesn't have many friends, Trophy rejects his offer to form an alliance AND ''flat-out says he should die'', and he's locked in a closet for several months (to make matters worse, he was alone in there for a month due to him being the first to be eliminated in Season 2).

* Microphone. She starts off as one of the more outgoing contestants, but her inability to control her volume and tendency to mess up challenges has resulted in most of her teammates disliking her, and this has caused her to become ''extremely'' self-critical: she uses her diary as a form of self-reflection, but she also describes herself using words such as “annoying, loud, random, harmful, useless, insignificant loser.” [[spoiler:Her sympathy level goes down a bit when she starts an illegal alliance with Taco and she verbally pressures Balloon before the Bucket Brigade, but at that point she’s lost sight of herself and is taking desperate measures to get some form of recognition from her team. When Taco murders Test Tube and incapacitates Fan in Episode 14, she realizes that she teaming up with her was the wrong decision, and she quits the game due to her frustration with working with Taco and how ''Inanimate Insanity'' has broken everyone.]]

* Fan. [[spoiler:[[NothingIsTheSameAnymore He grows increasingly more stressed and frustrated by the show’s numerous changes]] and wishes for everything to be simple again, which is one of the reasons he’s so at odds with Paintbrush, who is aware that there’s more to the game. He also isn’t ready for his egg to hatch and wishes to keep nurturing it (which sparks his first real fight with Test Tube, his closest friend, over custody of the egg once he’s eliminated), and in a monologue near the end of the episode, he sadly admits that he has to trust her even if he disagrees with her.]]

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself). As of Episode 12, more than a few of the remaining contestants dislike her for no particular reason: Baseball holds a grudge against her for destroying his alliance, Microphone acts dismissive towards her when she attempts to start a conversation, the others glare at her when she automatically wins the painting challenge[[labelnote:*]]Paintbrush lost control of their temper and accidentally set everyone’s paintings on fire, but Suitcase was the only contestant to have their painting judged.[[/labelnote]], and Test Tube blames her for Fan’s elimination.]]

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself).]] The poor girl can't catch a break.

* Microphone. She starts off as one of the more outgoing contestants, but her inability to control her volume and tendency to mess up challenges has resulted in most of her teammates disliking her, and this has caused her to become ''extremely'' self-critical: she uses her diary as a form of self-reflection, but she also describes herself using words such as “annoying, loud, random, harmful, useless, insignificant loser.” [[spoiler:Her sympathy level goes down a bit when she starts an illegal alliance with Taco and she verbally pressures Balloon before the Bucket Brigade, but at that point she’s lost sight of herself and is taking desperate measures to get some form of recognition from her team. When Taco murders Test Tube and incapacitates Fan in Episode 14, she realizes that she teaming up with her was the wrong decision, and she quits the game due to her frustration with working with Taco and how Inanimate Insanity has broken everyone.]]

** There’s a particularly heartbreaking scene establishing his Woobie status in Episode 9: [[spoiler:Balloon confesses to OJ that his {{Jerkass}} attitude was a facade and in spite of it all he genuinely enjoyed everyone’s presence, but [[InnocentlyInsensitive OJ misunderstands his desire to make amends with the previous contestants, instead suggesting that he finds the opportunity to make friends with the newbies, and leaves him outside in the rain.]]]] ''Ouch.''
* Microphone. She's normally very outgoing, but her loudness causes her to mess up in challenges and get criticized by her teammates. Episode 9 is not kind to her, as [[spoiler: Soap, her first real friend, gets eliminated and Taco reads her previous diary entries out loud while simultaneously insulting her. Unfortunately, her sympathy level goes down after Episode 11 when [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil she starts working with Taco]] and [[ManipulativeBastard verbally pressures Balloon.]]]] Luckily, her [[spoiler: sudden murder of Test Tube and Fan in Episode 14 brings her back to this, as she quits the game for what it has done for the contestants remaining.]]
** According to [[https://thetgrodzblog.tumblr.com/post/186955609396/ive-been-wondering-about-this-for-a-long-time this post]], Microphone is ''extremely'' self-critical, describing herself with words like "annoying, random, harmful, useless" and calling herself an "insignificant loser." She started off as one of the more outgoing contestants, but being shunned by her teammates has caused her to view herself negatively in hopes of doing better in the competition.

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. He doesn't have many friends, Trophy rejects his offer to form an alliance AND ''flat-out says he should die'', and he's locked in a closet for several months (to make matters worse, he was alone in there for a month due to him being the first to be eliminated in Season 2).

** There’s a particularly heartbreaking scene establishing his Woobie status in Episode 9: [[spoiler:Balloon confesses to OJ that his {{Jerkass}} attitude was a facade and in spite of it all he genuinely enjoyed everyone’s presence, but [[InnocentlyInsensitive OJ misunderstands his desire to make amends with the previous contestants, instead suggesting that he finds the opportunity to make friends with the newbies, and throws him out in the rain.]]]] ''Ouch.''

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself).]] She breaks down in tears when Balloon is eliminated and breaks her alliance when she stands up for herself and Balloon to Nickel. The poor girl can't catch a break.

* Microphone. She's normally very outgoing, but her loudness causes her to mess up in challenges and get criticized by her teammates. Episode 9 is not kind to her, as [[spoiler: Soap, her first real friend, gets eliminated and Taco reads her previous diary entries out loud, putting pressure on her shoulders. Unfortunately, her sympathy level goes down after Episode 11 when [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil she starts working with Taco]] and [[ManipulativeBastard verbally pressures Balloon.]]]] Luckily, her [[spoiler: sudden murder of Test Tube and Fan in Episode 14 brings her back to this, as she quits the game for what it has done for the contestants remaining.]]

* Lightbulb is quirky, upbeat, and one of the most optimistic characters on the show. She does, however, get upset whenever Paintbrush gets mad at her, especially when [[spoiler:they tell her that they don’t want to work with her in Episode 12.]] [[spoiler:All of her friends have been eliminated as of Episode 14.]]

* Paper. He was eliminated very early on the show, but rejoined early enough, but being trapped on Idiotic Island made him develop an angry alternate personality. He did defeat the alternate personality, but didn't get rid of him.
* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. He doesn't have many friends, Trophy rejects his offer to form an alliance AND ''flat-out says he should die'', and he's locked in a closet for several months (to make matters worse, he was alone in there for a month due to him being the first to be eliminated in Season 2, with the experience has leaving him traumatized.
* [=MePhone4=] also qualifies as a JerkassWoobie. "Mine Your Own Business" reveals that [[spoiler: in his early days he was often physically and emotionally abused by Steve Cobs, and it was bad enough that [=MePhone=] eventually [[RepressedMemories suppressed all of his memories of him]].]] ''Ouch.''

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. It is made even worse when you remember that Yin-Yang. Suitcase, Fan, and Lightbulb are the only friends he has. Not to mention, Trophy not only rejects his offer to form an alliance, he also flat-out tells Tissues to die! Ouch! The way how he almost always frowns and always apologizes for sneezing on others is just heartbreaking. Then there's the fact that he was the first contestant eliminated from the game just because of his sickness and rudely told to go into the Rejection Portal by [=MePhone4=]. Then, when he did, he found himself trapped in a closet where he spent several '''months''' in against his will, with the first month having him be all alone in there. All because of [=MePhone4=] being sadistic. When Tissues is forced to go back into the Rejection Portal again in "Everything's A-OJ", he gets '''really''' scared. He even '''begs''' [=MePhone4=] to not send him and the others back into the closet. This shows that he was and still is traumatized from being locked in there for several months. Poor Tissues!
* [=MePhone4=] also qualifies as a JerkassWoobie. "Mine Your Own Business" reveals that [[spoiler: in his early days he was often physically and emotionally abused by Steve Cobs, and it was bad enough that [=MePhone=] eventually [[RepressedMemories suppressed all of his memories of him]].]] Ouch!

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. It is made even worse when you remember that Yin-Yang. Suitcase, Fan, and Lightbulb are the only friends he has. Not to mention, Trophy not only rejects his offer to form an alliance, he also flat-out tells Tissues to die! Ouch! The way how he almost always frowns and always apologizes for sneezing on others is just heartbreaking. Then there's the fact that he was the first contestant eliminated from the game just because of his sickness and rudely told to go into the Rejection Portal by [=MePhone4=]. Then, when he did, he found himself trapped in a closet where he spent several '''months''' in against his will, with the first month having him be all alone in there. All because of [=MePhone4=] being sadistic. When Tissues is forced to go back into the Rejection Portal again in "Everything's A-OJ", he gets '''really''' scared. He even '''begs''' [=MePhone4=] to not send him and the other back into the closet. This shows that he was and still is traumatized from being locked in there for several months. Poor Tissues!

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. It is made even worse when you remember that Yin-Yang. Suitcase, Fan, and Lightbulb are the only friends he has. Not to mention, Trophy not only rejects his offer to form an alliance, he also flat-out tells Tissues to die! Ouch! The way how he almost always frowns and always apologizes for sneezing on others is just heartbreaking. Then there's the fact that he was the first contestant eliminated from the game just because of his sickness and rudely told to go into the Rejection Portal by [=MePhone4=]. Then, when he did, he found himself trapped in a closet where he spent several '''months''' in against his will, with the first month having him be all alone in there. All because of [=MePhone4=] being sadistic. Poor Tissues!

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. It is made even worse when you remember that Yin-Yang. Suitcase, Fan, and Lightbulb are the only friends he has. Not to mention, Trophy not only rejects his offer to form an alliance, he also flat-out tells Tissues to die! Ouch! The way how he almost always frowns and always apologizes for sneezing on others is just heartbreaking. Then there's the fact that he was the first contestant eliminated from the game just because of his sickness and rudely told to go into the Rejection Portal by MePhone4. Then, when he did, he found himself trapped in a closet where he spent several '''months''' in against his will, with the first month having him be all alone in there. All because of MePhone4 being sadistic. Poor Tissues!

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes. It is made even worse when you remember that Yin-Yang. Suitcase, Fan, and Lightbulb are the only friends he has. Not to mention, Trophy not only rejects his offer to form an alliance, he also flat-out tells Tissues to die! Ouch! The way how he almost always frowns and always apologizes for sneezing on others is just heartbreaking.

* Where do we begin with Suitcase? [[spoiler: First, Nickel forces her to steal a battery, and Mecintosh warns her that her alliance could be using her for their own gain, causing her to lose faith in them. She later begins to have hallucinations, one of which almost '''''causes her to drown''''' during Episode 11's challenge. And then Balloon, her closest friend and someone she can genuinely trust, gets eliminated 5 to 1 (she didn't even vote for him, she voted for Nickel while Balloon voted for himself).]] The poor girl can't catch a break.

* Tissues. Minor as he is, he's been perpetually ill with a disease known as the "condi-SHAWN" as long as he can remember, and is often held back by it. [[{{Squick}} The way he sneezes is pretty gross]], yes, but you can't help but feel sorry for him sometimes.
* [=MePhone4=] also qualifies as a JerkassWoobie. "Mine Your Own Business" reveals that [[spoiler: in his early days he was often physically and emotionally abused by Steve Cobs, and it was bad enough that [=MePhone=] eventually [[RepressedMemories suppressed all of his memories of him]].]]