Testing the Plan

"I'm on your team, I'll save you all a fortune."

- Spaghetti

About
Testing the Plan is the second episode of the first season of Objects At Gaming. It was released on May 16th, 2020.

Story
The episode starts with Red introducing the newly built confessional booth to the cast. Watery's upset about Lampy not liking him, Mustache is heartbroken about Wrenchy choosing him for his team, Blueprint wants to help Mustache cope with being on the team until he can see Spaghetti again, hopefully. Pink Sunglasses is curious about when the elimination begins, which Red says it will start in 15 minutes.

More bonds and rivalries are being formed. Dead Football starts telling his alliance about him not doing well in the last challenge. Cookie and Toilet Paper tell him warm words about it not being his fault and Broccoli being the main cause of the incident. Dead Football thanks his alliance and shares a hug with Cookie, much to Toilet Paper's exclusion. Broccoli is then confronted by fellow teammates Illuminati and Shelfy, who are very angry at him for causing his own team the loss, hoping he is eliminated soon. Meanwhile on the other team, Socky gets praise for his win. Blueprint comes in and tells everyone to be friendly with Mustache, since he's apart from his only good friend. Socky, Orangey, and Lampy immediately agree to help him out. Mustache, hiding in a bush, is visited by Blueprint, in an attempt to be his friend. Blueprint tells Mustache that he most of the team are going to be kind to him throughout the game, which gives Mustache more of an opportunity to see the world with some new allies. Blueprint, who was originally going to celebrate his win, is informed by Red that it is time for Team Birthday Party's elimination ceremony. Pinata gets a little nervous, but Snowflake reminds her that she was immune for winning Four Corners.

At elimination, Grapey is confused about her team's fate, which they won't be losing anybody since they won. Plum immediately gets upset with Broccoli for making the team lose. Red then explains the rules for elimination and reveals that the eliminated contestants will be sent to the Contestant Crybaby Cage! The prizes for elimination are french fries, which definitely get Shelfy happy. Broccoli tries to determine himself first safe, but it backfires since Pinata won immunity, making her the first safe. Dead Football, Toilet Paper, Cookie, Illuminati, and Spaghetti are also safe. Cactus is the next safe, but his fries crash into his head, which Broccoli teases him for it. Snowflake and Plant are safe, so it is now down to the bottom 3: Broccoli, Pink Sunglasses, and Shelfy. PS and Shelfy are very nervous, but Shelfy is then safe, who eats his fries whole. Pink Sunglasses is the final contestant safe, which means Broccoli is the first contestants eliminated from the game! Broccoli is abducted to the elevator, which sends him to the cage. Though Shelfy is happy Broccoli is gone, Pinata still has hope for the future of the team.

Socky is happy he didn't get last place, which Grapey calls him a dumbbell for already knowing. The next challenge, which everyone but Spaghetti is upset about, is a trigonometry test. The contestants enter the school building where they take the test. After a minute of testing, Spaghetti proves his extreme smarts by finishing first, giving Team Birthday Party the advantage. Blender, jealous of Spaghetti, makes plans to cheat of his test. Grapey and Medaly disapprove of their plan, since they're worried that his actions might get them the boot soon. Illuminati is doing decently, though Pink Sunglasses is having a very hard time and Plant is in the corner doing nothing. Blender successfully steals Spaghetti's test and begins cheating. Cardy and Lampy notice the crime he's about to commit. Wrenchy complains about his test being extremely difficult. Orangey and Sombrero are mad at him for being a terrible leader and make plans of having Socky, who won last challenge, be the new team leader. Toilet Paper tries to make an attempt to catch Blender cheating off of Red's security camera, which he successfully does and Team Birthday Party wins!

Recommended Character

 * Chessboard by Princceton

Trivia

 * This is the last solo episode for TheCatOfObjectShows, since new voices are being brought along starting next episode
 * This is also the last episode to use the original beta intro.
 * This is the first episode to introduce the Contestant Crybaby Cage (well, the elevator to the place).
 * This episode's title has similarities with Inanimate Insanity II Episode 14, entitled "Hatching The Plan." Although the episode was released two months before II II 14's trailer (in which the title was revealed), this may be why the episode's dislike count was higher than normal in August 2020.
 * This is the first episode to use the confessional booth.
 * The poster at 8:35 is a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Procrastination", as the single "The" refers to the only word written on his 800-word essay he turned in for Boating School.

Goofs

 * Just like last time, this episode's audio also didn't match the visuals 100% of the time.
 * This episode in particular had audio issues, as some of TCOOS had some lines with a sound popped, at the following timestamps: 1:54, 1:56, 2:54 (though it was a decent use for the stomp), 5:09, 5:45, 6:06 (it's hard to notice however), 6:27, 7:25, 7:37, 9:14, 10:46
 * Another audio issue was that the sound in this episode was noticeably quiet.
 * The TV displayed the vote count very incorrectly. It followed the rigged system by displaying 16-4, but because the show has contestants in control, the ACTUAL result is an unanimous 11-1, Broccoli still being eliminated.
 * Contestants (and Red) break the fourth wall at the following time stamps: 0:07, 2:59, 8:56, 9:08, 11:13