OJ [II]

Description

Orange Juice (OJ for short), labeled The Normal Guy, is the winner of Inanimate Insanity and a contestant on Inanimate Insanity Invitational. Competing on Team Chickenleg, OJ started with a quiet game, though he was manipulated and betrayed multiple times within his alliance. Through finding truer allies in the merge, he made it to the finale and defeated Taco in the final challenge, becoming Inanimate Insanity's first winner. Although he wasn't chosen to be a contestant in Inanimate Insanity II, he made appearances as a supporting character, even being a temporary host in "Everything's A-OJ." He returned in Inanimate Insanity Invitational as a member of The Thinkers, where he tried to hold a leader position among others, but was blindsided and eliminated for the first time ever in "The Overthinkers" after Yin-Yang received immunity, leaving him as the one with the second most votes due to a setup by Silver Spoon. He left Indefinite Island early, not participating in either rejoin challenge. He placed 16th.

Nickname(s)

Orange Juice Uncultured Breakfast Beverage (Taco) The King of Inanimate Insanity (Silver Spoon)

Gender

Male Pronouns: He/Him

Species

Glass cup filled with no pulp orange juice

Status

Alive (Yes, this was before he was dead/deleted.)

Color

Vivid Orange (Juice) Clear (Glass)

Occupation(s)

Contestant Host (Briefly) Hotel Owner

Competition

Team: [II1]: Team Chickenleg [II3]: The Thinkers Episode eliminated: [II1]: N/A (winner) [II3]: "The Overthinkers" (2 votes) Rank: [II1]: 1st [II3]: 16th

Relationships

Friend(s): Paper (Best Friend) Pickle Nickel Baseball Knife Marshmallow Lightbulb Paintbrush Bow (Possibly) Candle Apple (Possibly) Balloon Soap Bomb [S1E18+] MePhone4 (Possibly) Fan (Possibly) The Floor Rival(s): Taco Salt (One-sided, OJ's side) Pepper MePhone4 (sometimes) Bomb [S1E10]-[S1E18] Silver Spoon MePhoneX

Appearance

OJ is a tall cylinder shaped glass that tapers near the bottom with a circular opening at the top. Inside, he is filled with orange juice.

Personality (Part one)

OJ is a prideful and assertive character. Throughout season 1, he forms multiple alliances, winning the season with much help from others. As of now, he is the winner of Inanimate Insanity season 1 and the owner of Hotel OJ. He has grown into a more hardworking and productive person over time, though he still struggles with self absorption and a harsh personality. In season 1, OJ is cruel and critical. He laughs at Marshmallow when she's zapped by Knife in "War De Guacamole", he's okay with Balloon kicking Taco in "A Lemony Lesson" because it helped with the challenge, he directly insults Bomb in "Double Digit Desert" by telling him he deserves the immunity more because he’s “smarter than him”, and he complains so often that Pickle mentions it as a possible reason to vote him out in "The Penultimate Poll". Though he remains irritable, he learns to be a kinder person after befriending Paper, rather trying to help him in "Inanimate Smackdown" when he’s being bullied by Apple instead of egging her on. In the final episode, OJ makes a speech about friendship, and it is revealed in "Breaking the Ice" that he has built a hotel where all of the season 1 contestants now live for free.

Personality (Part two)

The role of hotel manager and owner is shown to slowly exhaust OJ more and more, leading to him becoming overworked and overwhelmed, the latter mentioned in a Tweet from Brian Koch. In "Rain On Your Charade", he talks to Balloon about how he has become a sort of caretaker for the contestants, struggling to keep up with his demanding job. He gets the season 2 contestants to help him clean the hotel in "Everything’s A-OJ", since it was still in need of repairs from when MePhone4 crashed a plane into it. In that same episode, he is shown to again be rude and disrespectful, such as when he randomly eliminates Suitcase and claims she's ruining the show, or wastes the contestants’ time by making them clean his hotel and then deciding to simply do a coin toss to determine who won the challenge. Overall, OJ shows a more productive but stressed-out side in season 2, wanting to get work done fast while clearly feeling miserable about it. OJ is tricked into joining Inanimate Insanity Invitational with the rest of the returners, believing he's going on a short trip to see a Spoiled Lemon concert. Even when he is only expecting it to be a little amount of time away from the hotel, he is shown to be very anxious about leaving things alone, uncomfortable with the concept of a vacation in any shape or form. He ends up trying to force himself into a leadership position on The Thinkers, attempting to make decisions for the team (such as in "The Overthinkers") and getting upset when challenged. This leads to him frequently butting heads with Paintbrush, considering their short temper and OJ’s inability to listen to them (or anyone else). Once he is voted out in "The Overthinkers", he leaves calmly, seemingly not too fazed about being eliminated.

Personality (Part three)

OJ is uncomfortable when out of control and will try to rectify this uneasiness by ordering people around and insisting on leading the situation. He is blunt, egotistical, irritable, and has a consistent problem with taking credit for others’ work, such as when he tries to get immunity in "Double Digit Desert" without actually having done any of the challenge on his own, and when Paper states in "The Reality of the Situation" that OJ brushes off his efforts and tries to make everything about himself. Either way, OJ is still hardworking and highly dedicated to his job, claiming in his Exit Interview that he enjoys being productive and useful.

Trivia (Comparisons)

Comparisons: OJ is the only male contestant on Inanimate Insanity able to be shattered. - OJ is the only contestant so far to have eaten one of MePhone4's cookies. ^ Lightbulb ate a cookie in "Marsh on Mars", however, it was an oatmeal raisin cookie. ^ Pickle also ate a cookie in "4Seeing The Future", though it was made by MePhone4S and also poisoned.. - It's unknown if Bomb and OJ are still good friends after the betrayal in the first season in "Double Digit Desert". - "Tri Your Best" is the first full episode in which OJ does not appear in any capacity. - OJ shares similarities to Firey from Battle For Dream Island: ^ Both place 1st Place in the first season of the object show they originated from. ^ Both are both mainly orange characters. ^ Both have a weakness to water. ^ Both had the Runner Up of the season attempt to steal their prize (in OJ's case, it wasn't successful). ^ In an ironic case, Firey's cameo in "Crappy Anniversary" has him snatching the cake meant for OJ, who would be the winner of the first season just like him. ^ Coincidentally, they both place 16th in their respective seasons where they were eliminated for the first time in.

Trivia (Competition)

OJ has only won challenges for himself in "4Seeing The Future", "The Tile Divide", and "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)". ^ Coincidentally, these are the three episodes in which MePhone4S comes in a role as the host or co-host. - OJ is the only Season 1 contestant to return in Inanimate Insanity Invitational after not competing in Inanimate Insanity II. ^ This was initially shared with Bow before the reveal of them not being Bow. - In his Exit Interview, OJ shared that if he had won Inanimate Insanity Invitational he would expand Hotel OJ to become a resort on Paradise. - OJ is the only original Thinker in Inanimate Insanity Invitational to be eliminated pre-merge. - OJ was the highest-ranking member of Team Chickenleg. Conversely, he is the lowest-ranking member of the Thinkers. - OJ has had the highest rank decrease out of any contestant who competed in multiple seasons, ranking 1st in Inanimate Insanity and ranking 16th in Inanimate Insanity Invitational, a decrease of 15 ranks.

Trivia (General) (Part one)

OJ was going to be the silent type, as revealed in a video containing II secrets, but this was changed after The Crappy Cliff. ^ This was temporarily brought back after nearly 14 years for "A Jury of Your Fears" and "You Can't Do This Forever", due to Taylor Grodin being fired from the II crew after the 2022 BFDI x II meetup. However, in "The Reality of the Situation", OJ was recasted as Patrick Mealey. - OJ has shattered in Season 1 episodes 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, and Season 2 episode 1. ^ His voice was the most identical to his original voice actor's natural voice (Taylor Grodin). - OJ has been seen mistakenly on his side many times, yet the orange juice inside him does not spill, except in "Journey Through Memory Lane (Part 2)". - OJ has revealed to have aquaphobia, the fear of water/swimming. - OJ falsely stated that chocolate was a base in "4Seeing the Future", as he can't have bases due to his acidic structure. This may be why he disliked the taste of MePhone4's cookies. - According to Taylor in a Tumblr post, there was a scrapped idea in Season 1 where OJ's juice would be replaced with different liquids affecting his personality, such as apple juice would make him less intelligent. This idea was slightly used with him becoming sick when filled with water, and moody when empty. ^ In a hypothetical, Taylor shared that when filled with orange soda, OJ would be “his usual self, but just operating at about 150% more energy” and when filled with fruit punch he would become a “cool surfer dude”. - In a Tumblr post, Taylor said he likes to imagine OJ's temperature regulates with his mood, and he is usually a naturally cold temperature when he’s feeling calm and collected. ^ In his Exit Interview, OJ states he will sometimes go into the walk-in fridge in Hotel OJ and relax. - In a now deleted Tumblr post, Taylor confirmed that OJ's WiFi password is 0JTHE0GIIWINNER2O12.

Trivia (General) (Part two)

According to the comic "Everything's About-OJ" of Inanimate Comics, his biggest secret is his two near-encounters with bankruptcy, and that he has shattered eleven times off-screen. In the Italian dub, his name is translated to "Aranciata", which is a well-known orange soda in Italy. In a tweet Brian Koch said OJ and Bomb are "fine but not buds like they used to be." In a tweet Brian Koch said OJ collects paintings.