- For a timeline of in-universe events, see Timeline of in-universe events.
This is a timeline of real-world events in or related to BFDI in chronological order.
Pre-jacknjellify[]
- January 22, 1997: Katherine Sun is born.
- March 18, 1997: Cary Huang and Michael Huang are born.
- April 18, 1997: Adam Katz is born.
- July 7, 1997: Graham Taylor is born.
- April 23, 1998: Satomi Hinatsu is born.
- September 17, 1998: Maroue Reus is born.
- February 10, 1999: Thomas Chick is born.
- April 6, 1999: Sam Thornbury is born.
- July 24, 2000: Niall Burns is born.
- April 21, 2001: Kenzie Bryant is born.
- June 6, 2001: Caedmon Johnson is born.
- July 21, 2001: Amor Boretto is born.
- April 3, 2002: Ian Woodside is born.
- September 15, 2002: WormBuffet is born.
- January 10, 2003: Taft Marz is born.
- June 14, 2003: Derpadon is born.
- November 19, 2003: Ivan Maslov is born.
- 2007: Cary or Michael creates their Freesound.org account.
- 2007: Michael starts animating on I Can Make a Difference! and uploads it to the 2007-2008 Reflections Program.
2008[]
- February 4, 2008: jacknjellify is formed on YouTube.
- February 6, 2008: The BeiBei Squisher!, their first video, is released.
- May 2, 2008: The first BFDI drawing ever is made. The first BFDI characters in no particular order were Firey, Spongy, Woody, Teardrop and Match.
- May 5, 2008: I Can Make A Difference!, their first found animation, is released.
- May 9, 2008: Some more BFDI characters are created.
- June 24, 2008: Party Games- Flipbook is released.
- Summer 2008: Firey Expansion is written.
- August 15, 2008: The States Have A Little Phun!, their first use of Phun, is released.
- August 17, 2008: Triangular Rushhour! is released.
- August 20, 2008: A Few Contraptions! is released.
- August 23, 2008: The Marble Race!, their first marble race video, is released.
- August 25, 2008: The Marble Race 2 is released.
- September 4, 2008: The Marble Race 3 is released.
- October 15, 2008: The Last Block is released.
- October 19, 2008: Doo Doo-Dee Doo, their first music video, is released.
- December 31, 2008: X Finds Out His Value is released. It is one of their most famous early videos. It also includes the first use of the original logo.
2009[]
1 year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 4, 2009: Fitness of the Future is released.
- January 5, 2009: Triangular Slider Puzzle is released.
- January 7, 2009: Dun Dun Dun Dun is released.
- January 27, 2009: Time-Lapse Clouds is released.
- February 4, 2009: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 1 year old.
- February 13, 2009: The Snatcher is released.
- February 20, 2009: Cary Huang makes firey.fla.
- February 27, 2009: Cary Huang makes Firey Music Video.swf.
- April 15, 2009: When Video Games Malfunction! is released. It features an debatable early appearance of Blocky.
- June 2, 2009: The Last Balloon is released.
- June 7, 2009: The Marble Race 4 is released. It is currently the last live-action Marble Race.
- July 10, 2009: Phun Stapler is released, the last video until 2010 and the last video before "Take the Plunge: Part 1", the first ever episode of BFDI.
- August 18, 2009: The Huang twins come back from Hawaii and decide they should create an animated flash show based on their comics.
- September 2009: BFDI begins production.
2010[]
2010 was the year BFDI began and the 2nd year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2010: "Take the Plunge: Part 1", the 1st part of the first episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released. With 60 million views, it is their most viewed video to date.
- January 1, 2010: "Take the Plunge: Part 2", the 2nd part of the first episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released after an hour BFDI 1a was released.
- January 4, 2010: Tribute to Jaysillyboy is released.
- January 15, 2010: Homestar Runner! In Spore! is released.
- February 1, 2010: "Barriers and Pitfalls", the 2nd episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- February 4, 2010: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 2 years old.
- February 27, 2010: The Big Stuff is released.
- March 1, 2010: "Are You Smarter Than A Snowball?" the 3rd episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- March 9, 2010: The Ball is released.
- April 1, 2010: "Sweet Tooth", the 4th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- May 1, 2010: "Bridge Crossing", the 5th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- June 1, 2010: "Power of Three", the 6th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- July 1, 2010: "Puzzling Mysteries", the 7th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- July 18, 2010: The Crazy Love is released.
- August 1, 2010: "Cycle of Life", the 8th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- September 1, 2010: "Insectophobe's Nightmare", the 9th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released. This is the first episode where Bomby debuts as a recommended character, and the first episode where the animation uses updated limbs.
- October 1, 2010: "Crybaby!", the 10th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- November 1, 2010: "Lofty", the 11th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- November 20, 2010: The Jacknjellify Facebook page is created.
- December 1, 2010: "A Leg Up In The Race", the 12th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- December 14, 2010: The Large Stuff, the sequel to The Big Stuff, is released.
- December 29, 2010: The Left Seat is released.
2011[]
2011 is the 1st year since the creation of BFDI and the 3rd year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2011: Battle for Dream Island celebrates its 1st anniversary.
- January 1, 2011: "Don't Lose Your Marbles", the 13th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- January 28, 2011: A sneak peek of Battle for Dream Island's 14th episode is publicly shown to Jacknjellify's Facebook page.
- February 1, 2011: "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None", the 14th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- February 4, 2011: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 3 years old.
- February 20, 2011: The battlefordreamisland.com domain is registered. Currently, it immediately redirects to its YouTube playlist.
- March 1, 2011: "Vomitaco", the 15th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- April 1, 2011: "Bowling, Now with Explosions!", the 16th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- April 12, 2011: "Puppetry of Bowling, Now with Explosions!", the second April Fools episode of Battle for Dream Island, gets uploaded to Jacknjellify.
- May 1, 2011: "The Reveal", the 17th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- May 1, 2011: Jacknjellify announces that a video of the storyboard for "Take the Plunge" would be released after the end of the voting period for "The Reveal". Unfortunately by this time, it was unreleased.
- May 20, 2011: "Mandelbrot Needle Zoom" is released.
- June 1, 2011: "Reveal Novum", the 18th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- June 7, 2011: "Alligator Sky Music Video", a music video for the Owl City song by the same name, is released.
- June 11, 2011: "Sir E. Dee" is released.
- July 1, 2011: "Rescission", the 19th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- July 16, 2011: carykh, Cary Huang's personal channel, is created.
- July 16, 2011: Fernozzle, Michael Huang's personal channel, is created.
- July 31, 2011: A sneak peek of Battle for Dream Island's 20th episode is publicly shown at Jacknjellify's Facebook page.
- July 31, 2011: Michael Huang's personal Twitter account, @fernozzle, is created. He does not make any tweets for two years during creation.
- August 1, 2011: "Gardening Hero", the 20th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- August 7, 2011: "Intensive BFDI Unit", a YTPMV of "Intensive Care Unit" by Renard, is released.
- August 9, 2011: ozgq, Michael Huang's alternate personal channel, is created.
- August 11, 2011: "Battle for Dream Island - Storyboard 1: "Acquire the Submergence"", a storyboard of "Take the Plunge", is released.
- August 23, 2011: "Rock My BFDI", a YTPMV of "Rock My Emotions" by Kitsune^2, is released.
- August 26, 2011: "???" is released. This remains the least viewed video on their main channel since it's unlisted and is not included in any of their playlists.
- August 28, 2011: A fake sneak peek of Battle for Dream Island's 21st episode is shown at htwins.net.
- August 31, 2011: A real sneak peek of Battle for Dream Island's 21st episode is publicly shown at Jacknjellify's Facebook page.
- September 1, 2011: "The Glistening", the 21st episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- September 2, 2011: An Evil Leafy wallpaper is posted onto battlefordreamisland.com.
- September 10, 2011: "BFDI Fan Art Reviews" is released. It’s a video where two of the creators review the submissions for Battle for Dream Island's fan-art contest.
- September 18, 2011: YOYLECAKE Michael, Michael Huang's current music channel, is created.
- October 1, 2011: "Don't Pierce My Flesh", the 22nd episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- October 13, 2011: Jacknjellify announces on Facebook that they have started working on the audio for Battle for Dream Island's 23rd episode.
- October 25, 2011: "Am I Waiting on a Tribute Video?", a YTPMV of "Am I Waiting on a Square Space?" by Rev ft. MAKI and R.Cena, is released.
- November 1, 2011: "Hurtful!", the 23rd episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released..
- December 1, 2011: "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2", the 24th episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released. It announces that there will be a second season if it gets at least 1,000 votes.
- December 22, 2011: A piece of art gets uploaded to Jacknjellify's Facebook page, featuring Firey.
2012[]
2012 is the 2nd year since the creation of BFDI and the 4th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2012: BFDI celebrated its 2nd birthday.
- January 1, 2012: "BFDI APPISIOTE 225555555!!!!!", a joke "episode" of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- January 1, 2012: "Return of the Hang Glider", the 25th and last episode of Battle for Dream Island, is released.
- January 17, 2012: "BFDI Second Season" is released. It announces that they are running for the King of the Web competition and that there will be a second season of the show if they get 100,000 votes. Unlike the first season, it was originally planned to be split across the carykh, fernozzle, and losmmorpg channels.
- January 19, 2012: "Subscribers Should Watch This" is released. It announces the same thing as the previous video except with an addition mentioning that the second season would include a mix of some of the original characters, some of the recommended characters from "The Reveal", and new recommended characters.
- February 1, 2012: "BFDI Character Bodies Released!" is released. It gives a link in the description to download all the character bodies used for Battle for Dream Island.
- February 4, 2012: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 4 years old.
- February 11, 2012: "BFDI Second Season Voting" is released. It’s another video announcing the second season and it gives a link to a video with the same name where you can vote for what contestants will appear.
- February 11, 2012: Another video with the same name is released onto carykh. It announces that viewers could vote for what characters would appear in the second season of Battle for Dream Island in the comments and that the 20 characters with the most votes would join.
- February 16, 2012: "Doing It Again!" is released. It announces that they will be running for the King of the Web competition again and that the second season of Battle for Dream Island would be released weekly instead of monthly if they get 12,500 votes. In addition, all of the money won would be donated to water.org, a company that provides clean water to countries which don't have access.
- April 1, 2012: "add 'em cats; there are two!" is released.
- April 21, 2012: "I Can Make a Difference!" is released.
- May 5, 2012: "Ranko6 Tailenol", a YTPMV of "Rainbow Tylenol" by Kitsune^2, is released.
- April-June 2012: BFDIA starts production.
- June 29, 2012: "BFDIA 1: Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know", the 1st episode of Battle for Dream Island Again, is released.
- July 4, 2012: "BFDIA 1 Alternate Cut", an edited “alternate cut” of Battle For Dream Island Again, is released.
- July 12, 2012: "BFDI-Chapp", a YTPMV of "Something-chapp" by Jockson, is released.
- July 24, 2012: "BFDI Assets, For Real This Time" is released. It provides a new link to all the assets used in Battle for Dream Island. This was because the original release which contained the bodies got corrupted.
- July 2012: Jacknjellify starts a Minecraft server.
- August 1, 2012: "BFDIA 2: Get Digging", the 2nd episode of Battle for Dream Island Again, is released.
- August 15, 2012: "BFDIA 3: Insectophobe's Nightmare 3", the 3rd episode of Battle for Dream Island Again, is released.
- August 20, 2012: Jacknjellify reaches 3,000 subscribers.
- August 23, 2012: "3000 Subbies", a YTPMV using an original song, releases to commemorates the 3,000 subscriber milestone.
- September 1, 2012: "BFDIA & B.A.G.U.E.T.T.E." is released.
- September 16, 2012: "Origins of BFDI" is released.
- September 16, 2012: "BFDIA 4 Sneak Peek", a sneak peek of the 4th episode of BFDIA, is released.
- October 16, 2012: "Eliminating BFDI", a YTPMV of "Keygen 8" by Dubmood, is released.
- October 31, 2012: "Happy Halloween" is released.
- November 1, 2012: "BFDIA 4: Zeeky Boogy Doog", the 4th episode of Battle for Dream Island Again, is released.
- December 1, 2012: "The Lost Ice Cube Recordings", a video supposedly consisting of "lost" Ice Cube lines (actually just reversed clips from episodes), is released onto fernozzle.
- December 8, 2012: Jacknjellify reaches 10,000,000 total video views.
- December 8, 2012: "Dear Viewers", a YTPMV of "Dear Vienna" by Owl City, is released.
2013[]
2013 is the 3rd year since the creation of BFDI and has more episodes of BFDIA until BFDI's big hiatus. It's also the 5th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2013: BFDI celebrates its 3rd birthday.
- January 2, 2013: BFDIA 5a: Get in the Van is released.
- February 3, 2013: jacknjellify reaches 6,000 subscribers.
- February 3, 2013: "6000 Subscribers", a YTPMV of "Famous" by Archie, is released.
- February 4, 2013: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 5 years old.
- February 11, 2013: The game BFDIA 5b is released.
- March 18, 2013: notverlis, Michael Huang's former music channel, is created.
- March 31, 2013: "Send us your object shows!" is released.
- April 11, 2013: BFDIA 5c: No More Snow! is released.
- May 10, 2013: Jacknjellify reaches 10,000 subscribers.
- July 2, 2013: BFDIA 5d: It's a Monster is released.
- August 1, 2013: BFDIA 5e: The Long-lost Yoyle City is released. It the final part of Episode 5.
- August 14, 2013: Last BFDI, a YTPMV of "Last Step" by Dubmood, is released.
- August 25, 2013: BFDI Clothes and T-shirts are released.
- August 26, 2013: Taking a Break from BFDI. (Livestream tomorrow!) is released. It announces that Battle for Dream Island Again would be on indefinite hiatus due to the new school year and them not having enough time to work on the show. It also announces that there would be a livestream on the following day to answer people's questions.
- August 27, 2013: The first BFDI Livestream.
- October 27, 2013: The Jacknjellify Twitter account is created.
2014[]
2014 is the 4th year since the creation of BFDI and has had little events involving BFDI due to the show being on a hiatus with Jacknjellify's AdSense account being disabled. It is also the 6th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2014: BFDI celebrated its 4th birthday.
- January 2, 2014: Thanks for 4 years!, a celebration of BFDI's 4th birthday, is released.
- February 4, 2014: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 6 years old.
- March 6, 2014: Jacknjellify's AdSense account was disabled.
- June 21, 2014: Abacaba, Cary Huang's channel for data visualization videos, is created.
- November 3, 2014: Jacknjellify reaches 50,000 subscribers.
2015[]
2015 is the 5th year since the creation of BFDI and also has had little events involving BFDI. It is also the 7th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2015: BFDI celebrated its 5th birthday.
- February 4, 2015: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 7 years old.
- March 2015: Cary Huang and Michael Huang return to the object show community.
- July 22, 2015: Cube Roll, Cary Huang's speedcubing channel, is created.
- November 7, 2015: Jacknjellify reaches 100,000 subscribers.
- December 12, 2015: Ten Words of Wisdom started on the channel Carykh, hosted by Cary Huang.
- December 16, 2015: Zack Bone Productions, Cary and Michael's channel for uploading stuff they made as a kid is created.
2016[]
2016 is the 6th year since the creation BFDI and had a lot of events involving BFDI. BFDI returns from its long hiatus along with some other updates. It is also the 8th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2016: BFDI celebrated its 6th birthday.
- January 19, 2016: BFDI 1b is reuploaded.
- January 22, 2016: The original BFDI 1b comes back on YouTube and the reupload is made unlisted.
- February 4, 2016: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 8 years old.
- March 3, 2016: a video called Why We've Had to Stop Animating on YouTube is released. Michael Huang talks about their unfair AdSense ban and how it affected the continuity of BFDI.
- April 23, 2016: Cary Huang's personal Twitter account, @realCarykh, is created.
- Spring-Summer 2016: IDFB 1 starts production.
- July 23, 2016: BFDI Is Back is released. It was a short animation announcing the comeback of BFDI and the release day for BFDIA 6.
- September 1, 2016: Welcome Back is released. It is season premiere of IDFB rather than BFDIA 6 like most people thought. It also introduces the new assets for the recommended characters.
- September 25, 2016: a short update video called Back 2 School Bad News is released, delaying the release of IDFB 2 to December 1st because of college.
- October 1, 2016: Paper Towel, a short animation is released to make up for the delay of IDFB 2.
- November 23, 2016: BFDI's Best Hiatus Ever is released, delaying IDFB 2 again to an unknown time. There was a short animation to make up for the delay that was planned to come out on December 1st, but it was delayed to the first half of December, then became indefinitely delayed.
2017[]
2017 is the 7th year since the creation of BFDI and had several events involving BFDI. It is also the 9th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2017: BFDI celebrated its 7th birthday.
- January 31, 2017: New thumbnails for Season 1 and 2 episodes were made and added. Around this time the title format for all Season 1 episodes were changed from Battle for Dream Island - Episode (number): "(title)" to BFDI (number): (title).
- February 4, 2017: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 9 years old.
- March 18, 2017: Cary and Michael Huang celebrate their 20th birthday in a livestream titled STREAM: Birthminute stream.
- June 22, 2017: "BFDI: Ballers" is released.
- July 2017: Cary and Michael start hiring people to do the voices, animation and audios which making good and fast production for BFB.
- August 11, 2017: Humany, Cary Huang's channel for casual videos, is created.
- November 3, 2017: "BFB 1: Getting Teardrop To Talk", premiering the fourth season of BFDI, is released.
- November 17, 2017: "BFB 2: Lick Your Way to Freedom" is released.
- December 8, 2017: "BFB 3: Why Would You Do This on a Swingset" is released.
- December 22, 2017: "BFB 4: Today's Very Special Episode" is released.
- December 23, 2017: jacknjellify reaches 300,000 subscribers.
2018[]
2018 is the 8th year since the creation of BFDI. It is also the 10th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2018: BFDI celebrated its 8th birthday.
- January 3, 2018: "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!" is released.
- January 12, 2018: "BFB 5: Fortunate Ben" is released.
- February 2, 2018: "BFB 6: Four Goes Too Far" is released.
- February 4, 2018: The jacknjellify YouTube channel celebrates its 10th anniversary of creation.
- February 6, 2018: "The JingJing Squisher (10 year anniversary)" is released.
- February 16, 2018: "BFB 7: The Liar Ball You Don't Want" is released.
- March 10, 2018: "BFB 8: Questions Answered" is released.
- April 6, 2018: "BFB 9: This Episode is About Basketball" is released.
- April 28, 2018: "BFB 10: Enter the Exit" is released.
- May 27, 2018: "BFB 11: Get to the Top in 500 Steps" is released.
- June 8, 2018: "BFDI and II Finally Cross Over" is released. It premieres an official crossover between BFDI and Inanimate Insanity.
- July 10, 2018: "BFB 12: What Do You Think of Roleplay?" is released.
- July 21, 2018: "Battle for Dream Island - Season 1 (All Episodes)" is released.
- July 28, 2018: BFDI Storyboard 2: "Boundaries and Difficulties", a storyboard of "Barriers and Pitfalls", is released.
- August 5, 2018: BFDI Storyboard 3: "Are You More Well-Read Than an Avalanche Particle?", a storyboard of "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?", is released.
- August 6, 2018: jacknjellify reaches 400,000 subscribers. The channel profile picture/logo was changed for the first time since the channel's inception.
- August 11, 2018: BFDI Storyboard 4: "Kindhearted Roughness", a storyboard of "Sweet Tooth", is released.
- August 18, 2018: BFDI Storyboard 5: "Unite Bridge", a storyboard of "Bridge Crossing", is released.
- August 25, 2018: BFDI Storyboard 6: "Activate of 🕒", a storyboard of "Power of Three", is released.
- September 1, 2018: BFDI Storyboard 7: "Mystifying Puzzles", a storyboard of "Puzzling Mysteries", is released.
- October 4, 2018: HELP US get to VIDCON 2019, is released.
- October 6, 2018: Around this date, Caedmon Johnson left jacknjellify due to the controversy surrounding his actions.
- November 3, 2018: Happy Birthday, Battle for BFDI! is released. It celebrates the 1st birthday of Battle for BFB.
- December 15, 2018: "Battle for Dream Island AGAIN - Season 2 (All Episodes) " is released.
2019[]
2019 is the 9th year since the creation of BFDI. It is also the 11th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2019: BFDI celebrated its 9th birthday.
- January 7, 2019: "BFDI 1a+1b Reanimated! Fan-made MAP (Multi Animator Project)" is released.
- February, 4. 2019: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 11 years old.
- March 9, 2019: jacknjellify reaches 500,000 subscribers.
- June 18, 2019: "II + BFDI back together again!" is released.
- July 7, 2019: "BFB 13 this Thursday.", a YTPMV of "Megalovania" from Undertale, is released.
- July 11, 2019: "BFB 13: Return of the Rocket Ship" is released.
- July 23, 2019: "*struggles to contain fans at 2019 meetup*" is released.
- August 14, 2019: The Firey Plush is released.
- August 24, 2019: "BFB 14: Don't Dig Straight Down" is released.
- August 29, 2019: Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide, BFDI's first published book, is confirmed for release.
- September 11, 2019: ""Revenge", except every syllable is from BFDI", a YTPMV of "Revenge" by CaptainSparklez, is released.
- November 3, 2019: BFB celebrates its 2nd birthday.
- November 29, 2019: "The Firey Plush is ON SALE + NEW BFDI HOODIE!" is released.
- December 14, 2019: "BFB 15: The Four is Lava" is released.
- December 24, 2019: "All I Want for X-mas — SONG by Four & X from BFB" is released.
2020[]
2020 is the 10th year since the creation of BFDI, thus the series has been around for a decade. It is also the 12th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2020: BFDI celebrates its 10th birthday.
- January 19, 2020: "BFDI's Road to Half a Billion Views" is released.
- February 4, 2020: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turs 12 years old.
- February 8, 2020: "You're A Loser, But..." is released.
- February 13, 2020: "Apply to join BFDI! Animators, Audio Editors, Background/Prop Artists and More" is released.
- March 24, 2020: "BFB 16: The Escape from Four" is released.
- March 28, 2020: "The Secret Behind BFB's Split" is released. It explains why they decided to split Battle for BFDI into two shows.
- March-April 2020: The new animators start on.
- April 14, 2020: "Thanks for 600,000 subscribers!" is released.
- April 17, 2020: "BFB 17: X Marks the Spot" is released.
- April 24, 2020: "Storyboard of "Getting Teardrop to Talk": BFB 1" is released.
- May 2, 2020: "Become a Jacknjellify Member — (BFB 18 on Monday, May 4)" is released.
- May 4, 2020: "BFB 18: Take the Tower" is released.
- May 12, 2020: "Storyboard of "Lick Your Way to Freedom": BFB 2" is released.
- May 19, 2020: "The 22 Best Questions You Asked Us — BFB 19 COMES OUT FRIDAY 5/22" is released.
- May 22, 2020: "BFB 19: How Loe Can You Grow?" is released.
- May 29, 2020: "Storyboard of "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset": BFB 3" is released.
- June 5, 2020: "BFDI TikTok Compilation — BFB 20 on Wed, June 10" is released.
- June 10, 2020: "BFB 20: A Taste of Space" is released.
- June 17, 2020: "Storyboard of "Today's Very Special Episode" (BFB 4)" is released.
- June 24, 2020: "Lo-Fi Beats to Yoyle To — BFB 21 on Friday, July 3" is released.
- June 30, 2020: "Blocky Prank Compilation - Battle for Dream Island" is released.
- July 3, 2020: "BFB 21: Let's Raid the Warehouse" is released.
- July 10, 2020: "Who's The Real Firey? (ft. Leafy Plush)" is released.
- July 17, 2020: "Thanks for 700,000 subscribers! (Leafy Plush & BFB 22 on July 24)" is released.
- July 24, 2020: "BFB 22: Who Stole Donut's Diary?" is released. On the same date, the Leafy Plush is publicly available.
- July 31, 2020: "BFDIA 1 Re-Animated By 95 People! - (Fan-Made)" is released.
- August 7, 2020: "Tribute to Our First Commenter" is released.
- August 14, 2020: "We Discovered Our Forgotten "Firey” Comics — BFB 23 on Friday, August 21" is released.
- August 21, 2020: "BFB 23: Fashion For Your Face! (feat. Boyinaband)" is released.
- August 28, 2020: "The Top-Viewed BFDI/A TikToks (Compilation)" is released.
- September 4, 2020: "BFDI: Aw, Seriously?" is released.
- September 11, 2020: "IDFB 1 Re-Animated By 108 People! - (BFB 24 on Sept 18!)" is released.
- September 18, 2020: "BFB 24: The Game Has Changed" is released.
- September 25, 2020: "BFB Contestants React to Wiki Comments" is released.
- October 2, 2020: "Thanks for 800,000 subscribers!" is released.
- October 9, 2020: "BFB TikTok Compilation - BFB 25 on Oct 13" is released.
- October 13, 2020: "BFB 25: The Tweested Temple" is released.
- October 20, 2020: "Storyboard of "Fortunate Ben" (BFB 5)" is released.
- October 30, 2020: "PUMPKIN 2.0 - (BFB 26 on Friday, Nov 6)" is released.
- November 3, 2020: BFB celebrates its 3rd birthday.
- November 6, 2020: "BFB 26: The Hidden Contestant" is released.
- November 13, 2020: "Message to Loser (Lyric Video) - SONG by Four from BFB" is released.
- November 20, 2020: "If Among Us Was a BFDI Challenge" is released.
- November 27, 2020: "We asked TikTok to VOTE the best object - BFDI Mini" is released.
- December 4, 2020: "Storyboard of "A Taste of Space" — (BFB 27 comes out on Friday, Dec 11)" is released.
- December 11, 2020: "BFB 27: Uprooting Everything" is released.
- December 18, 2020: "Jingle BELL Rock 🔔 Song with Four, Bell, Seven" is released.
- December 22, 2020: "If X-MAS in Among Us was a BFDI Challenge" is released.
2021[]
2021 is the 11th year since the creation of BFDI. It is also the 13th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2021: BFDI celebrates its 11th birthday.
- January 1, 2021: "All our food does THIS... — BFDI's Best TikToks of 2020" is released.
- January 10, 2021: "BFDI:TPOT 1: You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?", the first episode of the 5th season TPOT, is released.
- January 15, 2021: "BFB 28: B.F.B. = Back From Beginning" is released.
- January 22, 2021: "Storyboard of TPOT 1: "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"" is released.
- January 29, 2021: "Thanks for 900,000 subscribers!" is released.
- February 4, 2021: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 13 years old.
- February 6, 2021: "Hello Woody! (Orders open on Monday)" is released.
- February 12, 2021: "BFB 29: SOS (Save Our Show)" is released.
- February 20, 2021: "Unboxing 3 Silver Play Buttons (and a BFB 30 announcement!)" is released.
- February 27, 2021: "Battle for B.F.D.I. - Season 4a (All Episodes)" is released.
- March 5, 2021: "Firey Discovers Gravity (BFDI TikTok Compilation)" is released.
- March 12, 2021: "Just Push Through It (Songify BFDI by Schmoyoho)" is released.
- March 20, 2021: "This Is BFB: Season Recap (Lyric Video) — BFB 30 on APRIL 9, 2021" is released.
- March 27, 2021: "TikTok voted on our objects again: BFDI MINI DELUXE" is released.
- April 3, 2021: "Storyboard of "Fashion For Your Face!": BFB 23" is released.
- April 9, 2021: Chapter Complete, the final episode of Battle for BFB, is released.
- April 27, 2021: jacknjellify reaches 1 million subscribers, becoming the first channel in the OSC to do so.
- June 14, 2021: "Thanks for 1,000,000 subscribers!" is released. It announces the 1 million subscriber milestone.
- September 9, 2021: "You can help BFDI win an Award!" is released.
- November 3, 2021: BFB celebrates its 4th birthday.
- November 23, 2021: "The Loser Plush is here!" is released.
- December 11, 2021: "The Official Four and X Plush" is released.
2022[]
2022 is the 12th year since the creation of BFDI. It is also the 14th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2022: BFDI celebrates its 12th birthday.
- January 3, 2022: "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!" is released.
- January 10, 2022: TPOT celebrates its 1st birthday.
- January 28, 2022: "BFDI: Claustrophobe's Nightmare" is released.
- February 4, 2022: The jacknjellify YouTube channel turns 14 years old.
- February 22, 2022: "BFDI: Twosday" parts 1 and 2 are released.
- February 22, 2022: Cary announces Satomi's TPOT 2 announcements on her community post.
- March 22, 2022: "BFDI: Fish and Chips" is released.
- April 1, 2022: "What if BFDI was in r/place?" is released.
- April 28, 2022: "BFDI *was* in r/place!" is released.
- May 25, 2022: "BFDI & Inanimate Insanity Meet Up!" is released.
- June 18, 2022: "BFDI:TPOT 2: The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life" is released.
- July 17, 2022: "The LOST NEWSPAPERS of Four and X" is released.
- July 30, 2022: The BFDI X Inanimate Insanity MEETUP '22 was held.
- October 6, 2022: "All BFDI soundboard videos! (compilation)" is released.
- October 17, 2022: "Best BFDI Season 1a moments (according to data from you viewers!)" is released.
- November 3, 2022: BFB celebrates its 5th birthday.
- November 15, 2022: jacknjellify reaches 1 billion views.
- November 21, 2022: "Why is the BFDI Mouth everywhere?" is released.
- December 9, 2022: "Marker and Coiny plush have arrived!" is released.
2023[]
2023 is the 13th year since the creation of BFDI. It is also the 15th year since the creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2023: BFDI celebrates its 13th birthday.
- January 10, 2023: BFDI:TPOT celebrates its 2nd anniversary.
- January 27, 2023: "Let's keep BFDI casual" is released.
- January 28, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 3: Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters" is released.
- February 4, 2023: The jacknjellify YouTube channel celebrates its 15th anniversary of creation.
- March 23, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 4: Gardening Zero" is released.
- April 8, 2023: Marker Plush appears on BBC Breakfast.
- April 12, 2023: Marker Plush appears on ITV News.
- April 15, 2023: "TWO OF THEM!? - BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Event" is released.
- May 4, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 5: Fishes and Dishes" is released.
- June 25, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 6: The Great Goikian Bake-Off" premiered at the Saban Media Center.
- July 8, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 6: The Great Goikian Bake-Off" premiered at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater.
- July 9, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 6: The Great Goikian Bake-Off" is released on YouTube.
- Summer 2023: jacknjellify uses an office for the summer of 2023 at Water Garden in Santa Monica, California.
- September 1, 2023: "BFDIA 6: Well Rested", the long-awaited sixth episode of Battle for Dream Island Again, is released.
- September 10, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT 7: The Seven Wonders of Goiky" is released.
- September 30, 2023: jacknjellify leaves their 2023 Water Garden office in Santa Monica, California.
- October 1, 2023: "BFDIA 7: Intruder Alert" is released.
- October 25, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT: 8: Balancing P.A.C.T." is released.
- November 3, 2023: BFB celebrates its 6th birthday.
- November 13, 2023: jacknjellify reaches 2 million subscribers. "BFDIA 8: Meaty" is released at the same time to celebrate.
- December 8, 2023: "Thanks for 2,000,000 Subscribers!" is released. It announces the 2 million subscriber milestone.
- December 16, 2023: jacknjellify releases a new music: Counting on Christmas.
- December 18, 2023: "BFDI:TPOT: 9: Outbreak At Stake" is released.
2024[]
2024 is the 14th year since creation of BFDI. It is also the the 16th year since creation of jacknjellify.
- January 1, 2024: BFDI celebrates its 14th birthday.
- January 10, 2024: BFDI:TPOT celebrates its 3rd anniversary.
- January 31, 2024: "BFDIA 9: Catch These Hands" is released.
- February 4, 2024: jacknjellify YouTube channel celebrates its 16th anniversary.
- March 2, 2024: "BFDIA 10: Taste the Sweetness" is released.
- March 13, 2024: "BFDI:TPOT 10: Oneirophobe's Nightmare" is released
Timeline[]
Trivia[]
- 2014 and 2015 were the only years in which no BFDI episodes were released since the series' start in 2010.
- 2015 was also the only year in which no videos were uploaded. In 2014, there was just one video uploaded.
- After X Finds Out His Value in 2008, Four and X were not seen on the channel again until 2017 when BFB 1 released.
- BFDIA is the only season to be brought back after cancellation.