History WebAnimation / AnimatedInanimateBattle

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This show has a staggering cast of '''''62 main characters''''', comprised of two staff members and 60 contestants (The second-largest object show cast only beaten out by [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland BFB]]).

* OutOfFocus: Due to the show's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters gargantuan cast]] (second only to [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland BFB]]), it's inevitable for some characters to get less screentime than others. A prime example would be the majority of Team 3 who didn't have any significant characterization until episode 3.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: This show has this trope in spades. A good chunk of the characters have personalities that reflect the objects they just so happen to be (eg: Nabla being a math symbol TheSmartGirl, Pitchfork being...well...a pitchfork and having a harsh, [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] personality, Tivo being a (a drawing of) smart TV with questionable sentience, Raison being a dried-up grape and being the resident [[GrumpyOldMan elder of the group]], and so on).

* StockSoundEffects: Used to the fullest extent for all the episodes, whether it's animal sounds or background music, but makes this cartoon all the more charming.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Behold, the second-largest cast in object show history.[[note]]From left to right: '''First row:''' [[ThePerfectionist Album]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Alef]], Antimatter, [[TheChewToy Apricot]], [[{{Cowboy}} Bacon]], [[ShrinkingViolet Blanket]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Bone]], [[CheerfulChild Bouncy Ball]] | '''Second row:''' [[ConstantlyCurious Brain]], Brick, [[TheCynic Can]], Candle, Chalk, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Chip Bag]], Chocolate Chip, [[TheBully Coconut]] | '''Third row:''' Cork, Creamy, [[IAmVeryBritish Domino]], [[LargeHam Envelope]], Farty, [[DramaQueen Filmy]], [[AxCrazy Fireball]], [[GenkiGirl Flaggy]] | '''Fourth row:''' [[JavelinThrower Frisbee]], [[KillerRabbit Glassy]], [[LovableJock Glove]], [[CasanovaWannabe Glowstick]], Glue, [[PhoneaholicTeenager Gold Nugget]] | '''Fifth row:''' Hailstone, Hanger, Jelly, Ketchup, [[PottyEmergency Leek]], Lyre | '''Sixth row:''' Mitten, [[TheSmartGuy Nabla]], [[EmoTeen Nacho]], [[OverlyLongTongue Nine]], [[ValleyGirl Orange]] [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins Food Dye]], [[LeaderWannabe Package]], [[LazyBum Pear]], [[TeamDad Pill]] | '''Seventh row:''' [[HairTriggerTemper Pitchfork]], [[UndyingLoyalty Popsicle Stick]], [[GrumpyOldMan Raisin]], [[NatureLover Recycling Bin]], [[TheSpeechless Roe]], [[GentleGiant Safe]], [[SergeantRock Salami]], [[DumbMuscle Shot Put]] | '''Eighth row:''' [[LovableCoward Showery]], [[LovableJock Sock]], Teabag, Telescope, [[OutOfFocus Toothpick]], [[ThePrankster Whoopee Cushion]], [[TeamMom Yarn]], and [[ValleyGirl Yellow]] [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins Food Dye]] | '''Middle:''' [[GameShowHost Oodle]] [[SpellMyNameWithAThe the]] [[SemiDivine Doodle]] | '''Not pictured:''' [[MechanicalLifeforms Tivo]], [[RecurringExtra Tumbleweed]], [[CompanionCube Mr. Pickaxe]], [[LivingToys Cinnamon Bun]] and [[spoiler:[[RedEyestakeWarning Red]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil Eyes]]]][[/note]]]]

* AudienceParticipation: Prior to "Fartists", people got to vote via poll on who gets to leave the show. It was changed to where the contestants themselves get to vote on who goes. It continues to play straight, though, as the viewers now vote on which contestant receives a prize.

''Animated Inanimate Battle'' is a web cartoon series created by Robert Johnston on his Website/YouTube channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/c/GatlingGroink57 [=GatlingGroink57=]]], inspired by another web cartoon called ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. It's one of those standard [[ObjectShows object shows]]... Except it's hosted by a [[SemiDivine demigod]].[[note]]We're talking about Oodle.[[/note]]

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Every contestant on the show is loosely based on what they were prior to ''AIB'''s existence, and we aren't talking about InUniverse. In ''Apex'' where Raisin comes from, he was treated as being YoungerThanHeLooks, with people thinking he's old when he really isn't. In ''Animated Inanimate Battle'', [[AgeLift he really is an old man]].

* AudienceParticipation: Who leaves the show is up to the viewers' hands.

[[caption-width-right:350:Behold, the second-largest cast in object show history.[[note]]From left to right: '''First row:''' [[ThePerfectionist Album]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Alef]], Antimatter, [[TheChewToy Apricot]], [[{{Cowboy}} Bacon]], [[ShrinkingViolet Blanket]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Bone]], [[CheerfulChild Bouncy Ball]] | '''Second row:''' [[ConstantlyCurious Brain]], Brick, [[TheCynic Can]], Candle, Chalk, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Chip Bag]], Chocolate Chip, [[TheBully Coconut]] | '''Third row:''' Cork, Creamy, [[IAmVeryBritish Domino]], [[LargeHam Envelope]], Farty, [[DramaQueen Filmy]], [[AxCrazy Fireball]], [[GenkiGirl Flaggy]] | '''Fourth row:''' [[JavelinThrower Frisbee]], [[KillerRabbit Glassy]], [[LovableJock Glove]], [[CasanovaWannabe Glowstick]], Glue, [[PhoneaholicTeenager Gold Nugget]] | '''Fifth row:''' Hailstone, Hanger, Jelly, Ketchup, [[PottyEmergency Leek]], Lyre | '''Sixth row:''' Mitten, [[TheSmartGuy Nabla]], [[EmoTeen Nacho]], [[OverlyLongTongue Nine]], [[ValleyGirl Orange]] [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins Food Dye]], [[LeaderWannabe Package]], [[LazyBum Pear]], [[TeamDad Pill]] | '''Seventh row:''' [[HairTriggerTemper Pitchfork]], [[UndyingLoyalty Popsicle Stick]], [[GrumpyOldMan Raisin]], Recycling Bin, [[TheSpeechless Roe]], [[GentleGiant Safe]], [[SergeantRock Salami]], [[DumbMuscle Shot Put]] | '''Eighth row:''' [[LovableCoward Showery]], [[LovableJock Sock]], Teabag, Telescope, Toothpick, [[ThePrankster Whoopee Cushion]], [[TeamMom Yarn]], and [[ValleyGirl Yellow]] [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins Food Dye]] | '''Middle:''' [[GameShowHost Oodle]] [[SpellMyNameWithAThe the]] [[SemiDivine Doodle]] | '''Not pictured:''' [[MechanicalLifeforms Tivo]], [[RecurringExtra Tumbleweed]], [[CompanionCube Mr. Pickaxe]], [[LivingToys Cinnamon Bun]] and [[spoiler:[[RedEyestakeWarning Red]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil Eyes]]]][[/note]]]]

It was created in 2017 when the creator drew up 60 assets and eventually decided to make a show about it, and initially premiered on April 15th, 2018 with its self-titled {{Pilot}}, before being removed from [=YouTube=] for almost two years. The pilot returned on April 1st, 2020, and eventually got its first proper episode on May 20th, 2020 with the release of "An Ice Beginning." The entire show is animated in Microsoft Powerpoint and uses Paint.NET for character and prop design which is really impressive considering how good its quality is.

Episodes of ''Animated Inanimate Battle'' can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbfmpUjdxf46PtmMbzvrBxVC8ry5NEbFe here]]. This show has nothing to do with the series of ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' videos known as ''Inanimate Battle''.

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** Team 4 - Nabla is one of, if not, the most intelligent characters on the entire show, so it would make sense...except [[SteamrolledSmartGuy she has to put up with]] her [[ClashingCousins cousin]], Alef, who currently has most of the team under his influence. Thankfully, Nabla has an ally in Glue. %%methodically, overly complex

** Team 6 - Imagine you're part of an incredibly important group project nearing its deadline except nobody bothers to help or appreciates your efforts since they're too busy bickering their heads off. You had just described what Nacho goes through every single day for as long as she competes. It's clear she wants nothing to do with a bunch of [[LeaderWannabe Leader Wannabes]] and [[BystanderSyndrome bystanders]] but has no other option than to begrudgingly carry the entire team at the risk of elimination.[[note]]Some theorize that the reason Nacho cared about the competition is that she cannot bear the stress of dealing with her teammates in an enclosed space (the Doodleverse) since it's proven they will easily lose without her input[[/note]] As the only member to [[OnlySaneMan ever give a damn about the competition]], Nacho is why Team 6 scores surprisingly high placings from [[TheReliableOne singlehandedly doing all the challenges]].

It started on April 15th, 2018 with its self-titled {{Pilot}}, before being removed from [=YouTube=] for almost two years. The pilot returned on April 1st, 2020, and eventually got its first proper episode on May 20th, 2020 with the release of "An Ice Beginning." The entire show is animated in Microsoft Powerpoint and uses Paint.NET for character and prop design which is really impressive considering how good its quality is.

* ALizardNamedLiz: Taken a step farther with some characters by adding an unnecessary "-y" to the end of their already self-explanatory names. [[note]]Farty, Flaggy, Flimy, Glassy, Showery[[/note]]

* MythologyGag: Done in the opening, where there is a brief scene of Brain and Bouncy Ball playing poker a la the series' {{Pilot}}, with the assets for both characters used for the Pilot.

''Animated Inanimate Battle'' is a web cartoon series created by Robert Johnston on his Website/YouTube channel, [=GatlingGroink57=], inspired by another web cartoon called ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. It's one of those standard [[ObjectShows object shows]]... Except it's hosted by a [[SemiDivine demigod]].[[note]]We're talking about Oodle.[[/note]]

* LarynxDissonance: Some of the female contestants have this due to having [[CrossDressingVoices male voice actors]].

* NoFourthWall: As a staple for any object show, everyone is aware that they're in a cartoon. However, this show takes it all UpToEleven due to characters using things as a NinjaProp (eg. Album's subtitles in "An Ice Beginning") and even a RunningGag of Oodle popping out of things during cutscenes.

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** Violet - Team 6
* {{Continuity}}: With each episode, Oodle adds a new location or item to the Blank Slate, such as the ocean in "An Ice Beginning", the mountain in "Smarter & Boulder", and the claw machines from "Get a Grip".

%%* GeographicFlexibility: Little by little, the Blank Slate gains new locations thanks to Oodle's [[ThePowerOfCreation ability to create things from nothing]].

*** Originally Coconut wanted to lead, going far as to assert dominance over his teammates in "An Ice Beginning", though he soon realized nobody would ever listen to a hard case like him. Thus by the next episode, he willingly passed the torch down to Album, who is without question way better at the role, and steps down as her trusty [[TheLancer Lancer]]. Providing the much-needed [[TheBigGuy brawn]] and [[GeniusBruiser brains]].

%%* GeographicFlexibility: Little by little, the Blank Slate gains new locations thanks to Oodle's [[ThePowerOfCreation ability to create things from nothing]].

** Team 6 - Imagine you're part of an incredibly important group project nearing its deadline except nobody bothers to help or appreciates your efforts since they're too busy bickering their heads off. You had just described what Nacho goes through every single day for as long as she competes. It's clear she wants nothing to do with a bunch of [[LeaderWannabe Leader Wannabes]] and [[BystanderSyndrome bystanders]] but has no other option than to begrudgingly carry the entire team at the risk of elimination.[[note]]Some theorize that the reason Nacho cared about the competition is that she cannot bear the stress of dealing with her teammates in an enclosed space (the Doodleverse) since it's proven they will easily lose without her input[[/note]] As the only member to [[OnlySaneWoman ever give a damn about the competition]], Nacho is why Team 6 scores surprisingly high placings from [[TheReliableOne singlehandedly doing all the challenges]].