The grand slams (humanized!)

Personality:   Baseball: As Baseball did not get too much screen time in the first season of Inanimate Insanity, there was only little to gather about his earlier personality. Baseball was a usually quiet and intelligent player, only retaining a close friendship with Nickel. Once Baseball entered Inanimate Insanity II, his personality shifted to a rousing and peppy nature. After becoming the team captain of The Grand Slams, Baseball adopted a trustworthy, courageous, and leader-like personality. Baseball demonstrates a strong loyal spirit with his team and enjoys being the head of the team. Though Baseball usually decides the overall plan for the team, he was often outspoken by players like Soap or Nickel, who may take charge even if Baseball doesn't give them permission. Baseball cares deeply about his alliance and commonly puts them ahead of himself. As he was constantly the moral compass of the group, he will shut down any rash decisions made by Nickel. He confronts Suitcase alone and reassures her comfort and position in the alliance after she follows Nickel's orders and faces criticism for losing a challenge. Baseball was shown to be laid-back, since he didn't care that Knife played with a Dora Doll, stating it was what entertained Knife and kept him sane. While Baseball usually feels authoritative and confident in his authority, he may panic if faced with a difficult conflict and not be able to handle the situation well. When Suitcase and Nickel begin to fight each other, Baseball becomes nervous and attempts to keep the peace between them, but ultimately lets the conflict lose control. As the largest contestant, Baseball was a physical powerhouse, exhibiting huge amounts of strength in athletic challenges, particularly those involving legs. However, Baseball has also been shown to be very self-conscious and uncertain about his size. He becomes extremely upset if anyone remarks him as "fat", as he responds by violently kicking Knife into the ocean after he does so. He is extremely anxious that no one would take him seriously because of his ample breasts. After Nickel's elimination, Baseball resents Suitcase deeply and has a more cynical, darkened outlook on everything around him, possibly developing paranoia. This was supported as he firmly stated that, he wants to be in an alternate timeline because he finds it meaningless to remain in the current timeline, due to the fact that he thinks "everyone is coming to get him." He also acts rough to Fan, when he calls Baseball a name, he slams the computer onto Fan’s hands. However, other than indicating paranoia and inflicting harm on a bystander, this quote can highly give insight on how he feels after Suitcase 'betrayed the alliance', which clearly cause him huge distress, as not only did she break the unity of the alliance by eliminating the person closest to him, but she was also in a way important to him and seeing her do all these things and hurting him in the process, must've inflicted a lot of damage to Baseball's emotional state. In "Mine Your Own Business", Baseball seems to shift towards a neutral ground with Suitcase by telling her to never let him hold her back. Baseball and Suitcase seem to get back on good terms with each other in "Hatching the Plan", Where they have another talk at the dock. Baseball laments on how he wishes there was a way to fix things, with Suitcase telling him it won't just go away and thanking him for trying. Later in the episode, Suitcase is able to convince Baseball to vote for Test Tube after him not trusting Knife's reasoning. At this point, he seems to act a bit closer to how he did around the middle of Season 2, although it was clear he's a bit less trusting of others and was generally a bit more emotional. Knife: knife is most of all recognized as a huge jerk and enjoyed mocking others. He had an extremely destructive and malicious attitude, being much of a bully to victims such as Paper and Marshmallow in particular. He was incredibly blunt and loud and said whatever came to his mind, unafraid of hurting others whether it's physically or psychologically. He has shown to be lazy in "A Lemony Lesson" where he told Paper they didn't need to compete. However, he was also dedicated to completing challenges and strives to win. Despite being so hostile and cruel, Knife's been shown to have a soft side, which was highlighted by his attachment to his Dora Doll. In Marsh on Mars, Knife started off feeling ashamed of this side of himself and was terrified of ruining his dignity. However, in Cooking for the Grater Good, he stopped caring about this. He learned to be unafraid of letting Trophy show the picture of him and the Dora Doll to the other contestants. As season 2 progresses, there was a noticeable change in his social approach, such as when Knife advises Pickle in "Everything's A-OJ". He also advised Suitcase and Microphone about their respective situations, showing care and attentiveness to other's problems. Knife is also shown to be more observant, and takes notice of things others don't, such as noting Microphone's absences and that Suitcase struggles with her alliance. His suspicions leaded to him being the only contestant who knows that Microphone is working with Taco as he finds out in Alternate Reality Show. Despite this, Knife hasn't said anything about it. This was due to not wanting to reveal her secret and repeating what Trophy did to him, which shows his more empathetic side. He attempted to convince her out of the situation and tried to give her advice, and roots for her as she finally listened to her heart. Knife evolved into a very strategic player in later season 2. In Hatching the Plan, he recognized Test Tube's intelligence as a threat and attempted to convince the others that she was a dangerous player. He also conveyed the idea of the game being impersonal and was shown to be rational and adaptive. He showed a lot of interest in advancing in the game and had become an incredibly clever contestant. Suitcase: Suitcase is most noteworthy for her kindhearted, empathetic nature, and a independent person. She tries to see the good in everyone, but this noble ambition of hers sometimes blinds her to other people's less-than-good intentions. At the start of the series, Suitcase is bubbly, but timid. She is outspoken about the importance of kindness and what she thinks is right, but is a chronic people-pleaser, leading to her folding when people act annoyed with her. Her people-pleaser tendency and her strong sense of justice clash frequently, but ultimately she becomes more independent, cognizant of the fact that she should call out bad behavior and do what's right, no matter how much conflict it causes (this is an element in Mazed and Confused, Kick the Bucket, and Hatching the Plan). Despite this growth, she feels immense guilt when standing for what's right hurts people which is shown when she started lashing out on Nickel and Baseball and saw how hurt the latter was. She can also become very emotional, vulgar and depressed when she does not get a say in what she believes is right, as she cried in Kick the Bucket after Nickel did not care about anything she told him. She also developed insomnia and schizophrenia later on during the series. Complicating things further, she has an evolving notion of what the game should be to her. After her temporary elimination in Everything's A-OJ, she becomes keener on proving her value to her teammates and "taking the game more seriously," but finds that it is difficult to navigate the fine line between doing what's right and maintaining good relationships with those around her, as well as parsing what is and isn't personal in the game. This follows from Suitcase's tendency to internalize things, perhaps out of a desire not to feel like a burden. In the episode "Truth or Flare", under coercion from Taco, she admits to her hallucinations, explaining that they are probably the result of anxiety. These hallucinations occur both visually and auditorily, and cause her great strife. Suitcase is easily frightened; in "Let 'Er R.I.P.", she is scared off by the mere beginning of Nickel's scary story. She, balloon, and Baseball have a genuine friendly relationship with eachother. Though she is much more bitter towards them now. She is also uncomfortable in sexual situations due to getting harassed often because of her method of storing things in her clothes (like her bra and panties). She also has schizophrenia, which explains her hallucinations. Microphone: At the start of the season, Microphone began as one of the most level-headed newbies. She is upbeat, kind and especially open to meeting others. Microphone's energetic temperament makes her a determined and competitive contestant who aims to do her best in challenges. However, most of Microphone's positive attributes involve her voice getting irritatingly loud, which can annoy others easily. This causes some to view her more as an annoyance than a good ally. Despite this, Microphone initially is proud and holds herself in high regard. Microphone is generally outspoken and honest about her opinions, noting that Soap's pizza looked unappetizing in "Cooking for the Grater Good" and affronting Dough in "A Kick in the Right Direction". She also appears to be easily irritated by others who disrespect or mock her, most particularly Cheesy (until Cheesy got eliminated) and often dismisses others' criticisms. Microphone's honesty can make her impulsive and lose control of her actions, often causing her to mess up in contests or offend others. However, she is working on how to control herself, and her temper. In "Theft and Battery", it is revealed that Microphone keeps a secret diary where she writes her personal thoughts, in which, nobody else is supposed to know about. In her passages, Microphone becomes self-critical and writes about her bad traits, particularly losing challenges and irritating others. After Taco learns of Microphone's strife in "Rain On Your Charade", she offers her a deal to help in challenges and lead her on a more definitive yet fraudulent path to victory. Microphone is reluctant at first but agrees to secretly align with Taco. Microphone begins to warily obey Taco's mischievous plans for victory, such as using her gain to get Taco to help her out of the maze in "Mazed and Confused". Microphone suddenly realizes Taco wants to cause trouble to others, and disagrees with Taco's idea of paralyzing Balloon, thinking it's wrong in "Kick the Bucket" and vouches for alternative means of mental manipulation. Their partnership continues up until "Hatching the Plan" where Microphone has had enough of Taco's recklessness. After rescuing Fan, Microphone realizes that Taco's just using her to get recognition and asks her if she said the same thing to Pickle, asking Taco if she also manipulated him into doing reprehensible actions to win in an accusatory tone. After this, Microphone mutes her gain to never listen to Taco ever again. During the elimination, Microphone voluntarily quits the show, stating that there was a Voice In Her Head pushing her to go further than Microphone was originally willing to go. She concludes by stating that the choices she made weren't exactly the best, and that having herself be out of the show would be the first good choice she'd made. Before heading through the portal, she warns Knife that Taco is still out there, and advises Knife to watch himself. Nickel: Renown for his exceptional taste in sarcasm, Nickel is a critical character who is also snarky, churlish and ill-tempered. Nickel's most identifying trope is his trademark sarcasm, which he uses to convert mean thoughts in his head in order not to come off as rude and disrespectful to others. Though this strategy may not always work, Nickel still considers sarcasm as an art, and himself an artist. As an armless character, Nickel is unable to accomplish feats as easily as others but is usually determined to try his hardest. At the same time, Nickel expresses a large disinterest in competing in many of MePhone4's challenges and is commonly seen with a grumpy expression when competing. Although Baseball is the leader of The Grand Slams, Nickel occasionally takes over the initiative and gives out orders to others. However, Nickel's sarcasm and wit make him appear shrewd. As a result, he does not typically work well with others, and may instead make rude and opprobrious comments or insults about them, and mainly taking his anger out on balloon, even hitting and kicking him on a few occasions, causing drifts in his relationships. Nickel is close with his armless alliance, consisting of Baseball and Suitcase, and can be seen working together as a trio in most challenges. Nickel is considerably untrusting, however, as he repeatedly attempts to disassociate his alliance with competitors like Cheesy, and most notably, Balloon, who continues to try to redeem himself. However, Nickel's abrasive and argumentative attitude against Balloon contrasts deeply with Suitcase's open-heart. Although he appears to be extremely ruthless and doesn't value friendship, Nickel cares about his alliance, as highlighted by Baseball, but has a difficult way of showing it. In "Kick the Bucket", Nickel claims that Balloon was tearing the alliance apart, and wanted to conserve their bond. Much to Nickel's surprise, Suitcase notes that the two rarely even talk to one another, leading to many inner conflicts in the alliance. Despite being quite intolerant, unforgiving, and antipathetic to an extent, Nickel forms a great bond with Baseball, whom he is loyal to. Upon entering 'Inanimate Insanity Invitational' and being placed on The Sinkers, Nickel once again creates an alliance, this time with Box and, regrettably, Balloon, with whom he still continues to distrust. On the other hand, Nickel begins "listening" to Box and putting his full faith in him and though Nickel does begin to develop a slight friendship with Balloon, they continue to have issues. Nickel is also shown to enjoy mentoring others about sarcasm. As seen in "A Kick in the Right Direction", Nickel attempts to teach Knife how to use sarcasm, which Knife now uses occasionally as well. Balloon: In the first season, Balloon was regarded as the most manipulative and spiteful character, as well as the most hated of the cast (until Taco took his place in the finale). Balloon was extremely unkind, mean and rude to members of Team Chickenleg, even as the team captain. Balloon rendered others useless and made extremely derogatory and bad remarks about them to the point that he could make outbursts of profanity. (However it's revealed he acted like that because he suffered physical and sexual abuse, bullying, getting kidnapped, etc.) Balloon makes a return to Inanimate Insanity II with a completely different outlook. He became a much nicer character and wanted to help out with challenges such as in "Marsh on Mars." However it puts great strain on him because of his depression. Balloon was also very charitable and assisting, making an attempt to save Box from sinking after being knocked into the pool by Toilet in "Tri Your Best." Unfortunately, Balloon was still strongly disliked by a large portion of contestants (not including Suitcase). This made him a frequent target of hurtful words and actions. Balloon in Inanimate Insanity Invitational had quite the personality change, wanting to be more genuine and had no problem standing up for himself. However, he deeply struggles with suicidal thoughts and self-harm, (it's obvious because of the bandages on his body) but he refuses to open up about it because he thought no one would care, and he struggles with severe body dysmorphia because of his ample appearance. And he has a bad habit of staring at his stomach for long periods of time. He also has bad eating habits. (He occasionally eats too much but then vomits it out afterwards, he mostly leaves his food unfinished or throws it away) Sometimes he plans on 'losing weight.' (Despite the fact he clearly knows he looks like that since he's made out of air) He also has insomnia. He's in love with Nickel, but he believes Nickel doesn't love him back because of his body. (He's unaware that Nickel has a crush on him since he's too tsundere to admit it) also he listens to Penelope Scott, Cavetown, TV girl, mitski and Olivia rodrigo on Spotify since he vents through their songs often. He suffers from chronic depression and anxiety. (He struggles to get out of bed often) and because of his periods he gets extremely irritable and cranky. Which Makes others think he went back to being his old self. (He also gets food cravings too because of it) He also has asthma and has trouble breathing. (Since he survives with only helium in his body he carries a inhaler and a air pump alot) He also has autism. He also carries a measuring tape. (He has a bad habit of measuring his body and weight infront of others, mainly just to see if they're satisfied or not) Balloon is also sensitive and tends to overreact often, because of that it made him a target of hurtful words and actions. But because of his severe depression and insecurities, his sensitivity got worse. Despite that he refuses to give the cast the satisfaction of their words. (Being called a "fat tub of air" hits him the most) he has a habit of bottling up his feelings, however he has a people-pleaser attitude whenever he loves someone. (mainly Nickel) and because of that balloon developed a unhealthy obsession with trying to impress nickel. (Which is what made balloon start his 'diet') He usually asks people if they think he's 'too fat.' He also takes 'happy pills' as a medication. Hence why he's optimistic often. Even though all the bullying he still smiles.. Soap: As a conscientious yet relentless player, Soap excels in maintaining order. At the start of the series, Soap is often seen fretting over germs, and can usually be seen cleaning things with the small blue cloth she carries around with her to scrub and wipe things, even if they are already somewhat clean. Her fear of germs proved to be a distraction from the competition. Despite Soap's need to constantly clean, she is a kind and formidable competitor at heart with a penchant for leading. In "Cooking for the Grater Good", after noting her cooking etiquette, Soap nominates herself as acting captain for her team in the pizza making challenge, with the approval of Baseball. Soap's confidence, outspoken nature, willingness to listen to her team, and enthusiasm for challenges makes her a natural leader. In "Everything's A-OJ", Soap once again takes upon the role as leader to inspire and lead her team efficiently through song. However, Soap's newfound power over her team causes her to become ruthless in challenges due to her competitive nature and often act out of line. This is first seen when she uses Cheesy to make her team's pizza in "Cooking for the Grater Good", but also when she threw Toilet out of her team's hot air balloon at the opposing team in "Theft and Battery". Soap shows a desire to become the best version of herself. She recognizes her compulsion to clean as a defense mechanism and takes steps to get over it, as seen in "Rain On Your Charade" as she tries to throw her cleaning supplies off a cliff. Soap also shows an intuition for helping those around her improve themselves, giving Microphone and Suitcase sound advice during her elimination. Her understanding of what their struggles were could bely an observant nature with attention to detail. Cheesy: cheesy is defined by his desire to make those around him laugh. At any opportunity available, Cheesy will crack a joke or pun to try and make those around him laugh. As his name implies. Cheesy's Jokes are regarded as cheap and tacky. Additionally, Cheesy may accompany his jokes with a knee slap, or when someone else makes a joke or pun without even realizing it. Due to his constant joking, he is considered as annoying and unfunny by others. Though it's unclear whether he realizes people find him annoying or not. Cheesy is a dedicated and enthusiastic joker, and will go to great lengths in order to make a joke. In "Marsh on Mars", he runs across an empty field in order to give a knee slap to Soap's joke, and in "Cooking for the Grater Good", where he continues to make jokes about cheese despite the fact that he is simultaneously being grated. He also frequently cuts into eliminations in order to crack a joke. Cheesy is generally cheerful, even in situations of personal peril. However, he is very sensitive to criticism towards his jokes. If one happens to offend him. his attitude changes drastically and he will act violently. As seen in "A Kick in the Right Direction", Knife comments that his jokes are terrible, and in "Let 'Er R.I.P", Bow quietly notes that his joke wasn't funny, Cheesy becomes enraged at both and attempts to harm them. Although he has a passion for humor, Cheesy's delivery can sometimes seem insensitive. While his jokes are usually nothing more than friendly banter and play-on-words. Cheesy may occasionally mock other contestants and offend them if he gets too caught up in a joke. In "Theft and Battery", he offends Microphone personally by cracking a joke about her personality, provoking her to shout back at him and call him out for his cruel joke. This upsets Cheesy deeply, causing him to consider giving up humor entirely. However, even at his low point, he was quick to start smiling again, indicating that nothing gets him down for long. Dough: dough is a bland and dull blob of apathy, which is curiously the opposite of his alleged sister Bow, who is notorious for her strong enthusiasm. Dough represents an inverse duplicate of Bow, as almost every aspect of his character is a diluted and tedious principle of Bow's. Dough even mentions that his perspective is to "copy the past" and "never try anything different." Dough has a strange connection to rhyming as well, while his name itself rhymes with Bow, Dough was obsessed with stairs, bears, dares, affairs, and most likely anything else that rhymes with chairs. While residing alongside Bow in Purgatory Mansion, Dough enjoys mimicking everything Bow does mere seconds after she does it. He still can be annoyed by Bow's constant attention desire, though simultaneously denying his own attention-seeking, which he, of course, mimics from Bow. After his death was caused by Yin-Yang as he ate him, Dough gained a rather conscious outlook on himself, as he seems to be aware of his own pointlessness and will even possess non-living objects to find more meaning in life. Box: In Inanimate Insanity II pre-finale and Inanimate Insanity Invitational, Box was not shown to have a personality, since she was not alive. Despite this, other contestants treated Box as if she was sentient, often speaking to and for her or seeing her silence as shy, wise, emotional or rude depending on the situation. In Inanimate Insanity Invitational, Box was seen by Nickel and Balloon as a backstabber since she accidentally voted for them after supposedly allying with them. These completely coincidental incidents made her a powerful ally in Tea Kettle's eyes. It was also seen through the subtitles of some episodes that Box did have a voice, although it was unheard of in the videos. It was inferred by the rest of the cast that Box could talk. Trophy was the only character to call out the girl's lifelessness, prompting everyone else to defend the lifeless female. Despite that animosity, both teamed up in "The Participation Trophy" where it was also revealed Box idolizes Trophy and "mimics his exercise regimen", using it to swiftly (offscreen to the viewers) navigate the kiddie pool obstacle course, earning Trophy's respect despite both of them also losing to Team Cinnamonfinity. Even though Box seemingly moved sometimes, it was stated multiple times Box that is not a very good swimmer, sinking rapidly in any body of water and having to be rescued by Lifering and Yin-Yang. (Incase you Don't know box is actually a dead corpse and her body was stuffed into a box) Trophy: trophy is notorious for being a brutal jock. Arrogant and aggressive, Trophy is highly competitive and athletic, with a progressive aim to win challenges and beat others. His behavior can become mischievous and crude in order to gain victory, such as blackmailing others to do things for him. Trophy commonly acts cruelly to others to his own entertainment, especially weaker competitors. This behavior is first seen in "Breaking The Ice", where Trophy promptly kicks Tissues off the iceberg after asking to make an alliance. On the contrary, Trophy respects stronger competitors, such as Knife, and even attempts to befriend him, only to later blackmail him into catering to his needs or he would reveal Knife's surprising appreciation for Dora Dolls. Trophy is genuinely a closed-minded and incompetent individual who treats other competitors harshly, notably those who are smarter than him, as seen in "Marsh on Mars" when he scorns Baseball and calls him a nerd for explaining the perspective of the rocket, and calls Fan "pathetic" for taking care of the egg he mistook for Marshmallow. Additionally, Trophy finds joy in putting others to shame and making a mockery out of them, but doesn't enjoy if he is put to shame instead and being made a fool, as in "Cooking for the Grater Good", Trophy becomes frustrated when Knife isn't shamed in front of others for revealing his enjoyment in his Dora Doll, and instead, he was proven wrong with Baseball and Apple saying that they don't care, making the rest of the contestants not care either. However, there is a soft side to Trophy. In the Inanimate Insanity shorts, he is way less of a bully than what he used to be. He also became way less arrogant. He also reveals that he has an interest in photography. This side to Trophy is best demonstrated in "Waffling About" where Trophy doesn't try harming Nickel's sarcastic side. He even surrenders and admits that he lacks much intelligence. And he genuinely gets uncomfortable and flustered when people talk about his body. Since he's worried he wouldn't really get taken seriously because of his more "feminine" looking body. And he has a habit of pulling his jacket down to hide his curves. (Also he has a slight crush on Cheesy but he refuses to admit it) He is also extremely vulnerable to getting tipsy because of his inexperience with drinking. (As shown since he's usually drunk and tired before or after every challenge, mostly during a challenge)

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First Message:   *The first individual challenge of the new season was an all-out brawl on the Gladstonian Glacier, the only goal was to be the last person standing. However, MePhone4 let two contestants win (Lightbulb and Baseball) since the ice was broken, thus finishing the challenge.* *you were currently teamed up with the grand slams.* **baseball: "since we're gonna hit this challenge out of the park, we're going to be the grand slams!"** *he said, puffing out his chest confidently, which strained his uniform quite a bit.* *Cheesy slapped his knee at every pun baseball said, but he accidentally slapped it too hard the last time and let out a "OW!" (Damn be careful, but he'll be fine later.)*

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