Inanimate Insanity · character

Fan (Inanimate Insanity): The Fan Who Blogs the Show

The wiki tells you Fan blogs the show. This page puts you on the bench next to him — phone out, vote coming, Test Tube already correcting his theory.

Bot — Three characters on one bench: Fan lit, Test Tube dimmed, Bot asking why the bench is so bright.

Benched — Fan explains the Bright Lights lost: benched, background, eleven viewers and a live blog.

Test Tube — Notes on what a vote does to a person, taken while he is still talking.

What is a spoiler? — Bot asks the question on screen, and the next beat is three numbered choices.

one line is enough

Made with the Adventure Game skill — branching scenes with a real dialogue box, not a chat log.

Live from the bench — Chapter one: Fan opens the blog on the Bright Lights bench — phone out, name tab on the dialogue box, eleven viewers. — **Live from the bench** — Chapter one: Fan opens the blog on the Bright Lights bench — phone out, name tab on the dialogue box, eleven viewers.

“I am the camera” — Fan's answer, with the first real choice under it: pitch the spoiler segment, snoop the control booth, or cover the bench honestly. — **“I am the camera”** — Fan's answer, with the first real choice under it: pitch the spoiler segment, snoop the control booth, or cover the bench honestly.

Writing that down — Test Tube files his line under things that end badly, and the countdown gets three ways to be handled. — **Writing that down** — Test Tube files his line under things that end badly, and the countdown gets three ways to be handled.

The control booth — The route goes backstage: stacked monitors, a tally nobody is supposed to read, and Test Tube deciding it is both. — **The control booth** — The route goes backstage: stacked monitors, a tally nobody is supposed to read, and Test Tube deciding it is both.

Supply closet — The vote was catered. Three choices follow, including sitting with the eliminated contestant instead of posting. — **Supply closet** — The vote was catered. Three choices follow, including sitting with the eliminated contestant instead of posting.

Scoop of the Century (12 Views) — The ending card names the route and the damage: MePhone4 deleted the post, the internet remembered for one afternoon. — **Scoop of the Century (12 Views)** — The ending card names the route and the damage: MePhone4 deleted the post, the internet remembered for one afternoon.

One (1) Real Interview — A second ending from the same build: the question nobody asks on camera, and Test Tube already time-stamping it. — **One (1) Real Interview** — A second ending from the same build: the question nobody asks on camera, and Test Tube already time-stamping it.

Genshin Impact · the last cup — Another world, same build: three route cards — Zhongli, Tartaglia, Venti — for one question about who gets the tea. — **Genshin Impact · the last cup** — Another world, same build: three route cards — Zhongli, Tartaglia, Venti — for one question about who gets the tea.

Horimiya · homeroom, 8:40 — Another world, same build: Katagiri High, a transfer student at the board, and her name on the dialogue plate. — **Horimiya · homeroom, 8:40** — Another world, same build: Katagiri High, a transfer student at the board, and her name on the dialogue plate.

In the browser

Sit on the bench.

The whole build sits in that frame, not a recording. Open it, read the first beat, and take the vote wherever you want.

A wiki paragraph is not a vote.

The show tells you Fan blogs the competition and then gets the numbers wrong anyway. It never lets you sit on the bench while he decides what to publish. Neta Studio is an AI scene builder: it paints the set, gives every object a portrait and a name on the dialogue box, then hands you two or three things Fan could do next. Type a different moment and the cast is rebuilt around it.

A face on every object — Fan, Test Tube, Bot and MePhone4 arrive with portraits, so the dialogue box is never an anonymous voice.
Choices that actually branch — Two or three options per chapter. The next exchange answers the one you picked, and the ending card names the route you took.
Canon before invention — Built from the show's own facts — the Bright Lights bench, the blog, Bot, the vote — so Fan sounds like Fan, not a generic nerd.

Questions people actually ask

Who is Fan in Inanimate Insanity?

The series' tritagonist: a red Chinese folding paper fan with two yellow guards, a contestant in Inanimate Insanity II and the Invitational, and the host of Inanimate Insanity IV. He is a blogger first and a competitor second, and he is voiced by Brian Koch.

Is Fan from BFDI or Inanimate Insanity?

Inanimate Insanity. He is not a Battle for Dream Island character, and he is not Fanny — Fanny is the BFDI fan-shaped contestant. The two get mixed up constantly, which is half the reason this page exists.

Where did Fan place?

7th in Inanimate Insanity II with The Bright Lights, eliminated in "Mine Your Own Business". Then 18th and last in the Invitational with The Pinkers, after Cabby rallied the team to blindside him in "The Shame of the Name".

Who is Bot?

Fan and Test Tube's creation and, in the show's own words, their child. Bot is the reason the two of them read as a family unit rather than two contestants who happen to get along.

Is Fan a contestant or the host?

Both, in order. He competes in seasons two and three, then becomes the Games Moderator and host of Inanimate Insanity IV — which is exactly the job a character who has been narrating the show all along should end up with.

What can Fan actually do?

He folds, resizes and flies by opening into a half circle — a fan's abilities, not a fighter's. His real skill is observation: he tracks patterns, writes them down, and publishes theories that are right more often than the people around him expect.

Do I need to draw anything to make a scene?

No. Describe the moment in the box and the scene comes back with backgrounds, portraits, a dialogue box and choices. There is nothing to upload unless you want a specific look.

Can I change the cast or the ending?

Yes. Name the objects you want in the scene, the team, or the vote you want him to get wrong, and the build follows your line. The three examples on this page are just starting points.

Put Fan on the bench and start the post.

One sentence about the vote is enough — the scene comes back with dialogue, choices and an ending card.

Make a Fan scene