AHH!
Oh... hey...
... you're still up?
Not a big talker, huh?
[CHUCKLES] You and Egg would really get along.
[BLINKS]
No, of course I trust that Test Tube is taking care of him.
But she obviously only took him because...
... she doesn't trust me...
[FAN SIGHS]
I don't know...
... not like I can be there.
Where are you going?
[SNIPS CLAWS]
Fan...
... are you sleep talking... again?
Shh! Only a little...
Sorry Baxter, finish that thought?
[BLINKS]
You're right!
The only barrier separating me from the game is in my MIND!
Actually Fan, there are show parameters in place...
Baxter you're a genius!!
Oh I see what Lightbulb sees in you now!
Away I go!
Wait Fan-  we can't just leave!
... can we?
[GLASS SHATTERS OFF-SCREEN]
TROPHY: Ugh! My herbal tea!
TROPHY: Ugh... at least I have my big jar of cacao nibs.
FAN: Oh whoops, wrong way!
TROPHY: Wait! Oh no!!
TROPHY: Wait! Oh no!!
[JAR SHATTERS]
TROPHY: NOOOO!!!
[PAINTBRUSH SIGHS]
[PAINTBRUSH SIGHS]
[KNOCKS ON WALL]
TISSUES: Quiet down, Paintbrush...
TISSUES: Some people are trying to sleep!
[TISSUES COUGHS AND GAGS]
[♬]
[MICROPHONE]: Wha...?
Don't act so surprised,
I have been dragging you along for a while now.
[MIC SNICKERS]
Hey,
at least till you inevitably "drop me too" or whatever.
Oh, inevitably.
[MIC LAUGHS]
[MIC LAUGHS]
[TACO GASPS]
Oof!
Shh! Mute it!
Sir... I never knew what you did to...
... save me.
Yeah, well... I didn't want to know either.
But I guess repressing my memories was a pretty short-term solution, huh?
As soon as I saw that smug face again, man...
... all I wanted to do was something that wasn't one of his "tasks."
And you accomplished that.
This show is yours.
No, it's not!
I left to this island to rebel against him,
making a reality show he'd HATE,
but he created A.D.A.M.,
he tricked me, hired me AND Toilet,
and not a SINGLE thing I've done has been out of his control!
Not ONE!
Not even saving me? Why would he let that happen?
[OMINOUS WHIRRING]
[OMINOUS WHIRRING]
[MEPHONE4 GLITCHES]
[MEPHONE4 GLITCHES]
Uh... sir?
What... was that?
Processing...
Contestant grounds.
So, what if it made a noise?
So -- everything!!
Gee! Have YOU ever studied an incubated species
capable of exponentially amplifying noises
prior to emergence?!
Imagine I said yes,
like, of course not.
So what do we do?
WE can't do anything...
... but I'VE prepared!
[SODA MACHINE BEEPS]
[BEEPS CONTINUE]
Oh, uh, you thirsty?
[BEEPS CONTINUE]
Thir- an- angry?
uh- "THRANGRY!"
Oh, I'm not thrangry.
I'm THURIOUS!!
But do you know how productive anger can make you?
I'M RIDING THE WAVE HERE!!
[EGG EMITS NOISE]
[NOISE CONTINUES]
[MEPHONE4 GLITCHES]
[NOISE CONTINUES]
[TRUMPET PLAYS CEREMONIOUSLY]
[NOISE ECHOES INTO SPACE]
[NOISE CONTINUES]
[NOISE STOPS]
You're okay... I got you...
Fan!!
[♬]
He's here, MePad!!
Cobs is here for me!
Cobs?!
What?!
Are you certain?
He always wanted a spaceship.
We need out, now!
He took Fan, get him back!
[SHIP BEGINS TO CHARGE]
We can't let them get away!!
[BLOWS SMOKE]
That won't hold for long!
We still need to find a way up there!
Anyone got a BIG LADDER?
[BASEBALL LAUGHS]
[BASEBALL LAUGHS... AWKWARDLY]
Thi- this is a new approach for me... uh...
... thi- this is way too much, I'm sorry.
We've gone up to space. This should be easy, right?
Yet MePhone ditched us again before he could give us parts,
but at least he gave us a challenge this time!
Worst of both worlds!
[SODA CAN OPENS]
Sorry, I drink when I'm oppressed...
Which we are! Oh...
we are...
Hey Test Tube, maybe we can
[CLICKS TONGUE]
[WHISTLES]
[???]
... we can ...
[HUMS]
[LIP TRILLS]
Eh? Ehh?
Ehhhhhh????
What.
Your secret lab. I meant your secret lab.
Well, holly gosh golly willikers, Mic.
I wish this was under better circumstances.
[SNAPS FINGERS]
[FIREWORKS EXPLODE]
You did it you all did it!
The secret is out, and in your hearts.
Take it. Take everything in the lab.
Whatever Mic hasn't already stolen, hah.
[SIGHS POLITELY]
Golly.
[TEST TUBE SCREAMS]
Oh...
THAT laboratory.
That's it, we got our parts right here!
Fan was TAKEN by none other than Cobs!
That makes us angry, right?
[VARIOUS UNCERTAIN REPLIES]
YEAH, I thought so.
So let's channel that anger and...
SAVE HIM!
Who's with me?
[VARIOUS EXCITED REPLIES]
Alright...
Cobs may have wanted you the...
second he saw you but...
We're the masters of our own fate now, right?
[HIGH-PITCHED] Right!
And his design for this room is exceedingly minimalist!
And not in a pleasing way!
He's lost his touch!!
[EGG EMITS NOISE]
Shh shh...
See you agree, right?
Yeah, really ugly in here.
Right, right, we'll be okay.
[FAN SIGHS]
Stop talking to yourself, Fan.
[LOUDSPEAKER TURNS ON]
[♬]
Up the pace!
Keep tearing that metal, Knife!
And Mic...
Keep tearing apart my TRUST!
AND STEALING!
Mmmm.
That vile vial thinks she has it all figured out,
but even she overlooked the true potential of MePad's teleportation.
It's powerful... yes.
But imagine how far he could go with... our touch
What kind of touches are we talking here?
[TACO]: Finishing touches.
[TACO]: While I'm preoccupied, might you be able to do some.. shopping for me?
[TACO]: Buy me... some time.
[TACO]: It's on sale...
[TACO]: IN BULK.
[DIAL TONE]
[MIC SIGHS]
[ECHOEY SUITCASE VOICE]: I think there's a mystery I'm more interested in tackling first...
[ECHOEY FAN VOICE]: When I wanna talk about me... I can't.
[ECHOEY TEST TUBE VOICE]: Have you two just been... sitting around?!
Suitcase?
Are you going to keep sitting there?
N- no, sorry, I-
What do you think? I don't care about this?
Well, you are the reason he was eliminated, so.
Me?!
Woah woah woah, hey.
We've all lost friends in this game before.
[BASEBALL]: So, how about we get back to-
Y'know what's funny...
Fan was eliminated in from favorite game,
his favorite show in the world.
And do you know what actually hurt him the most?
The egg is none of your concern.
I'm not talking about the egg!
Honestly, I thought you were smarter than this.
[MEPAD]: Isolating yourselves will not prevent his arrival.
Exactly, it's inevitable.
So why should we have to be scared?
I made up my mind, if you'll join me.
Join you in what sir?
Forgetting. Cobs, the show,
remove whatever we want from our systems.
Put it behind us.
Make a few new gems.
Is that not EXACTLY what he wants?
To forget? Comply?
Forfeit our greatest weapon?
Sir.
These contestants, and Toilet, have always had your back.
If we work together, trust each other,
It will be our best chance of surviv-
Huh. Trust.
Sir?
Why'd you let Marshmallow leave, MePad?
Yeah, thought I didn't know about that.
There's no way you wouldn't have noticed.
So don't lecture ME about trust.
I've tried trusting.
Doesn't exactly work out.
Then, I suppose.
What am I doing here?
Hey.
You holding up okay?
I thought I would be.
I figured standing up for myself would make me feel better.
And it does...
... I guess.
But, it is harder.
We're all little on edge here.
Especially Test Tube,
try not to take it personally.
Yeah...
Nothing personal... right?
... right.
[SIGHS]
I wish I knew how to fix this.
Baseball, you can't fix it. It doesn't just go away.
But you're here, you're listening,
you're trying.
So...
... thanks.
Alright tick-tock, let's get back to work.
Hmm...
[SIGHS]
Boo.
[MIC SCREAMS]
Ow.
[KNIFE CHUCKLES]
Oh, hey, it's just you.
Oh jeez. I'm a "just you" now?
[KNIFE GROANS]
I already hit my favor quota,
but since I'm in a generous mood...
BONUS!
Maybe uh, stop, idiot?
Have some dignity?
Look, Taco and I are equals.
I have a voice here.
No one's shutting me down.
I'm not just being dragged along.
Well, hey, you know what?
Guess you are pretty in-sync.
Huh?
Did you even hear what she said?
Ridiculous!
Explain how I'M the villain for doing what was right!
Uh...
I'm.. I'm sorry Test Tube.
Rah!
Golly!
See that was you, that's you.
Okay c'mon, I didn't smash anything.
Look at all the damage you just caused!
See, 'Tube.
Maybe it's not always what you do... but it's also...
HOW... you do it.
... to 'em.
Huh... thanks.
Now get me some tape, for this. This looks awful!
Oof! Darn.
That's... no good!
We're almost there, buddy.
[SPEAKER]: Language confirmed.
[SPEAKER]: Scanning specimen for threat activity.
[SPEAKER]: Specimen identified as...
[SPEAKER]: ... threat level... one.
ONE?!
If you read my blog... you'd know...
when these fingers hit the keyboard,
they hit it HARD, BUSTER!
[SPEAKER]: Recalculating... threat level...
[SPEAKER]: ... 0.5.
Alright, I'm just gonna choose to assume it's golf rules
and that a lower score is preferable.
[SPEAKER]: Lay our youth down and put enough space between the two of you
[SPEAKER]: before we fire at will.
I am not...
... letting ...
... him ...
... GO!
[SPEAKER]: THEY will let themselves go.
[SPEAKER]: The process has initiated.
Uh...
[EGG SCREAMS]
Oh... I didn't mean to scare you I...
... you know me...
... don't you?
You're... you're not-
All right, it might be a little trashy but I-
I think it's a bit of an improvement.
We're done!
The ship is built for one pilot.
Couldn't you have built one to fit all of us?
Yes.
But I didn't.
Now we just have to decide who-
It's me! I'm going!
And I don't want any "if's," "and's," or "but's!"
Sure, just do it.
Makes sense, you built it and you're qualified... right?
Yes, this is important to me.
See ya.
All right. Well, here you go. I named the ship:
"The Flying Buddy"
So, you know, Test Tube you can have a flying buddy, I mean-
I mean I already- I would but I already have a flying buddy-
[LAUGHS] Like I'm- well, I've got plenty.
I've got them up the wazoo... [CHUCKLES]
Hey, you know, you're like really smart, right?
This is incredible!
You... know what you're gonna do up there?
I'm gonna get him back.
[ALARM SOUNDS]
Whoa... WOAH!!!
C'mon team!
[VARIOUS CHEERS]
[VARIOUS CHEERS]
BIG LADDER!
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE]
Huh.
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE]
[SUITCASE AND BASEBALL CHEER]
All right, listen up
- Yeah! Oh...
- Oh man...
Test Tube has a chance at immunity, but,
we need to prepare in case she falls to nab it.
Woah, hold up.
She just flew off to save Fan
and you're already out to get her?
What's your problem, dude?
Hmm, let's see...
DUDE.
For starters. She's our biggest threat left.
What?
No no, not you.
Oh.
Maybe you feel that way, but we're close. She wouldn't-
What? Turn on her best friend?
[KNIFE]: Didn't you hear Suitcase?
Test Tube threw him away like the trash she built a functioning rocket out of.
Totally not threatening.
Testy's anger has unleashed tonight.
And who knows where it'll take her?
Hm, you should know.
So why should I believe you won't turn on me too?
Because in this game we need numbers to advance.
THEN we can worry about each other,
which, by the way,
must happen for there to be one winner.
Look Baseball,
if she's really your friend,
she'll learn to understand it's...
just part of the game.
[MIC CLEARS HER THROAT]
I know what you're going to say...
"Oh, no, you murdered him!"
W-
Well... yes!
Now I can't even say THAT!
... can I?
Why'd you murder him?!
SLEEP. MODE.
But it was an excellent question.
We need to teleport freely.
To save Fan.
Yes, of course, I love the guy.
We grab Fan, in and out, no violence.
This is bigger than the show.
This is... I dunno... serious?
You have to promise me.
Not necessary, teamwork prevails
We are the collective ethereal light
known as:
♬ THE PRIME SHIMMER ♬
We speak on behalf of us all and our energy...
What are YOU supposed to be?
Uh, I'm Fan.
I am
a fan.
From a reality show.
I'm mean- well I'm not STILL on the reality show.
But I, uh,
probably my most notable work.
Tell us.
Tell us where you found one of our own.
Well, technically I didn't but-
Mars.
And he looked lonely...
I mean, was I projecting? Yes, but-
I just wanted him to-
well- not him, I-
egg, well- not an egg now either, uh...
I wanted them to be safe.
Plus you, you did leave them stranded.
They were STOLEN!!!
What right do you have to assume responsibility of them?
You speak of your reality show but beyond that,
who are,
YOU?!
I'm, I- ...
... I-
... I don't know.
Fan! Stand back! Where's the egg?
Oh...
... golly.
What are you?
We are the collective ethereal light known aa-
They're aliens, Test Tube.
You missed the whole sha-bang.
Alien life is real.
By the way, - hi.
Woah...
[CLEARS THROAT]
I, uh, got something for you.
It's pretty broken, but
I'm hopeful that we can fix it.
[SEVERAL GASPS]
You bear the symbol...
...of the oppressor!
Meeple?
This- this symbol...
What did they do to you?...
A stranger with its own light...
... but cold and mechanical...
... arrived on our soil...
... and brought forth questions and curiosity.
They offered technology in return for information
about our unique source of organic energy.
But the more they learned...
... the more they sought to harness our light.
We refused.
So they broke through our shell,
and took those of us that didn't have a choice:
our youths.
We retaliated,
and were able to retrieve all...
but two...
... until.
Until...
you found...
... the culprit.
Would you happen to know where the other lost one might be?
No... I'm sorry.
I'm, sorry about...
everything.
No, no. Test Tube. Don't.
You aren't responsible for this.
Cobs' is the one-
Cobs stole them, you stole them, I stole them!
They never belonged to any of us.
He...
... felt like mine.
I know.
But they belong to this family.
We've searched for eons.
You think you can say goodbye?
No actually, I, I think I...
I think I should say hello.
Hey.
You know, I always called you "him."
Guess not all my theories are right, huh?
I'm sorry that I...
wanted you to be safe so bad that I...
... almost never got to meet you.
I'm always trying to make sense of this crazy world, but...
really, I'm just guessing..
The only thing I know for sure is even without that shell holding you together...
you'll still watch out for each other...
[EGG HUMS]
We're glad you seem to have learned an important lesson about embracing what you don't understand.
We would have preferred if you hadn't abducted our children to do it, but,
can't win 'em all, we suppose.
[CHUCKLES]
Whoa! They understand humor!
Yes, we do.
We just didn't find you funny!
[LAUGHS]
[VARIOUS LAUGHS]
[MIC GASPS]
[FAN SCREAMS]
We're under attack!
[ALARM SOUNDS]
Everyone! Take cover!
Get our ship out of stasis!
... Taco.
Uh, we come in peace!
[ALARM STOPS]
Perfect.
Ah! Stop! This wasn't the plan.
Aliens rarely are.
Steal him back! Now!
She's okay, I know it.
Uh, hey guys, uh, I'm back.
Great, because Cobs is gone!
And he took Test Tube and Fan!
Well, not Test Tube.
How did I get here?
What happened? Where's the ship? Where's Fan?
[BOOM]
[CLAPS]
[VARIOUS CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
See?...
This is why you listen to me, Mic.
Delectable, isn't it?
Finally a taste of recognition.
Finally, I can finally-
Is that what you said to Pickle?
Make him think he was doing what he wanted?
Like he was heard?
[MIC SIGHS]
I thought I gained a friend.
Turns out...
I gained nothing.
Surely it couldn't have been nothi-
[SILENCE]
[CHEERS END]
That's amazing!
You drove Cobs away all by yourselves?
I need the deets!
Wait-
Yeah! By ourselves!
Together!
Wha- eh?
- Ah!
- And we couldn't have done it without Microphone!
On the contrary!
There was no Cobs.
I encountered an alien species!
Not Microphone, who actually used no teamwork
when she obliterated me!!!
Did you SEE her do that?
Well, no.
But I'm also not an idiot! I-
Well that's fantastic!
Ah, no Cobs. No problem.
Really guys, I'm impressed.
Especially with you, Mic.
You've earned yourself immunity.
I hope it was worth it.
All right contestants, I'll read the votes.
And MePad-
... ugh.
Is MePad gone now too?
Nah, he'll be back.
We all come and go,
that's what it's all about!
After today, I could not be more proud
to still call myself your host.
You're all winners in my book....
So who's gettin' the boot?
[PRINTER CHURNS]
Y-
[PRINTER CHURNS]
You could have generated anything!
[PRINTER CHURNS]
[PRINTER CHURNS]
Okay, first vote...
"Replace Ink Cartridge?"
That won't be necessary.
Microphone...
Did you take my ink cartridge?
Wha- ugh.
No.
I just...
I haven't been...
listening to my heart.
Instead, I've been listening to...
this...
well...
It was a voice in my head!
And it would tell me how to...
go further.
Further than I was willing to go.
I heard it so often that I never...
[CHUCKLES]
I never heard myself.
So... what's the point?
I want out.
But you were really just starting to come into your own
and now there's... a voice?
What does that mean?
It means,
I didn't make the best choices. So now...
I'm making my first good one.
This is what I want.
Mic...
If we're talking voices,
I'd suggest you listen to mine and maybe not do this?
Well darn, I would say her loss
but she seems pretty dead set.
It just doesn't have the same effect.
Is she a criminal? Because she just stole the show
and my heart.
She is a criminal.
Oh.
Well then lock her butt up in the clink!
So that's it. That's the elimination.
Yes, but,
actually no?
I lit the torches and everything.
And a little self-actualization isn't spoiling my party.
So lame.
Mic, your vote won't count.
Buh-bye!
[PRINTER CHURNS]
[MEPHONE4 CLEARS THROAT]
First vote:
Oh, so, we're just gonna-
Test Tube.
Knife.
One vote Test Tube. One vote Knife.
Test Tube.
Knife.
Two votes Test Tube. Two votes Knife.
One vote left.
And the fifteenth...
no no...
sixteenth contestant eliminated is...
Test Tube.
I'm sorry, you're brilliant.
It- it wasn't an easy decision.
[TEST TUBE SIGHS]
I get it. It's a game
Did the voice in YOUR head tell you to do it?
You're a threat to my game.
Nothing... personal.
Better walk in front of me, Mic.
I don't want you stabbing me in the back again!
Back off- Mic's had enough.
You look relieved.
Do I?
She's still out there...
Watch yourself.
Hm...
Say hi to Pickle for me.
[FAN GASPS]
I wasn't sure if I'd ever see you again...
... and be able to tell you....
I'm sorry.
Everyone thinks I'm this brainiac but...
[TEST TUBE]: Clearly I still have a lot to learn.
What I did to you was really cold and...
I'm worried that...
things won't be the same.
Yeah.
Things will be different.
But that's okay.
Cause we got it.  And you know what?
I think they do too.
[TEST TUBE]: I trust you.
[TEST TUBE]: We got this!
Yeah lights! We got this!
Except... now it's lights out
for both of you because you're both eliminated!
Ugh.
[WHINES]
I did not give you both permission to do that.
We still have our brightest light in the game!
The bright puns are being a little overplayed, but...
I appreciate the sentiment, 'Tube.
Heh.
Stir up some chaos for me.
[♪]
And then there were four...
... four players.
Who are really going for it!
We're back in action everyone!
Tune in to see who will advance to the finals!
Next time on...
Inanimate Insanity.
[DEEP NOISE INSIDE SHIP]
[TOILET GASPS]
Aliens?
M- Mistah-
[ALARM SOUNDS]
[THE PRIME SHIMMER]: Adamation!
[EGG HUMS]
