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| “ | No Robot Flower, the opposite. I should never have gone through with any of that. The best version of you is the one we have here. | ” |
— Basketball, Category One
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| “ | Tennis Balls aren't the ONLY balls with lines. | ” |
— Basketball, The Reveal
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Basketball is a female contestant in Battle for BFDI and Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two.
In Battle for Dream Island, Basketball was one of the 30 recommended characters that had a chance to join the show in "The Reveal". The votes for the debut were revealed in "Reveal Novum" and she only got 5 votes which was not enough to join, placing her 22nd to join the season.
In Battle for Dream Island Again, Basketball had the chance to join at the start of the season but she only received 86 votes which wasn't enough, placing 50th to join the season and so she was sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber.
In IDFB, Basketball is currently in the Tiny Loser Chamber due to failing to debut in BFDIA. She had a chance to join the season but only received 80 votes[2], which was not enough to rejoin and placed her 26th to join the season.
In Battle for BFDI, Basketball competed on A Better Name Than That until the split in "The Escape from Four" where she left the show to compete on Two's show.
In Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two, Basketball competed on The Strongest Team on Earth. until the team swap in "What's Up Bell's String?" where she was instead put on 
by One. She was eliminated in "Seasonal Shift" with 8,441 votes, placing her 23rd overall.
Appearance[]
Basketball appears to be a rubber air striped basketball.
Changes[]
BFDI 12
- Basketball has no shading.
- Basketball's eyes are above her line, and her mouth is below.
- Basketball has outlines.
BFDI 14
- Basketball is now green.
- Basketball's lines become white.
- Basketball loses her outlines.
BFDI 15
- Basketball loses her legs.
- Basketball's face is below her line.
- Basketball is orange.
- Basketball's lines are black.
- Basketball regains her outlines.
BFDI 17
- Basketball is dark orange-ish-brown.
- Basketball has white stripes.
- Basketball regains her legs.
BFDI 17 (30 recommended characters)
- Basketball is a bright orange.
- Basketball gains shading toward her right.
- Basketball has black stripes.
- Basketball's stripes are more plentiful.
BFDI 21
- Basketball is an apricot-tone.
- Basketball's bottom stripe leans toward the bottom.
- Basketball gains arms.
- Basketball loses her shading and outline.
BFDIA
- Basketball reverts to her BFDI 17 design.
BFDIA 13+
- Basketball loses her shading.
- Basketball has a tangerine shine toward her bottom-right.
- Basketball has thinner stripes.
- Basketball's stripes are a dark gray.
- Basketball is slightly smaller.
- Her voice has changed.
BFB 12 - BFB 14
- Basketball is bright orange.
BFB 15+
- Basketball regains her normal orange color.
Personality[]
BFDIA[]
Since Basketball didn't compete, not much of her personality is shown. However, in "PointyPointyPointy ♫", it was shown that she can be very spiteful and jealous to Tennis Ball whenever he calls himself the "only ball with lines". This most likely happened in "The Reveal" after she said that tennis balls aren't the only balls with lines.
BFB[]
Following the "only ball with lines" shenanigans in BFDIA, Basketball and Tennis Ball started to become minor friends.
Basketball is more of a follower and is very loyal to 8-Ball, usually supporting his endeavors. Basketball also cares about the well-being of her fellow contestants, as she picked Grassy for her team when no one else would, and she felt that Four's violence was getting out of hand.
As the season progresses, Basketball becomes unsure of her role in her team at the time, being considered untrustworthy by team leader Golf Ball. Basketball also generally a curious person and can be quite handy, and will solve any problem in any situation regardless of her surroundings, such as helping her team and 
to make sure they were still able to defend themselves using Robot Flower from losing in "The Liar Ball You Don't Want" despite still being on the Moon, although her plan backfired. She appears to become nervous under pressure, as shown when she shouts to stop controlling Remote when things went haywire, and appeared to be sweating when she was discovered impersonating Rocky.
TPOT[]
Like Golf Ball and Tennis Ball, Basketball has a talent for scientific pursuits, operating her own aboveground factory in the hotel to develop technological innovations. Over time, she transitions from an oblivious follower to a proactive team member, splitting from Are You Okay to form The Strongest Team on Earth. While more strategic and quick-thinking in this season, she denies being a team leader despite her significant involvement. She occasionally clashes with teammates over decisions she dislikes, as seen in her conflicts with Snowball and Eggy.
Curious and determined, Basketball actively seeks answers, as shown in "What's Up Bell's String?" where she investigates One’s suspicious behavior, even if no one else appeared skeptical. In the stinger of the same episode, Basketball watches her from behind a bush, demonstrating her cautious approach. She recognizes the potential danger or sensitivity of the situation and tries to watch without being noticed.
Official Character Guide biography[]
Like all basketballs filled with air, Basketball is quite bouncy. Some consider her to be nothing more than a follower, but she is always in the middle of the action.
Basketball is good friends with 8-Ball and Grassy. On the other hand, she's not super close with Golf Ball and Tennis Ball, but does share their affinity for scientific exploration. However, she treats the discipline differently, applying her discoveries more humbly.
Did You Know?: Basketball sometimes worries that she might be too bouncy.
Abilities[]
- Bounciness: Since Basketball is most likely made of rubber, anything that falls on her gets bounced back.
Coverage[]
Appearances[]
- Battle for Dream Island
- "A Leg Up in the Race" (does not speak coherently)
- "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None" (does not speak coherently)
- "Vomitaco" (does not speak)
- "The Reveal"
- "Reveal Novum"
- "The Glistening" (does not speak coherently)
- "Return of the Hang Glider"
- Battle for Dream Island Again
- "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know" (does not speak coherently)
- "Get in the Van" (3rd-anniversary wheel)
- "Well, Look Who It Is!" (speaks in group)
- "PointyPointyPointy ♫"
- "Spore Day"
- "Respect to the Wicked" (does not speak)
- IDFB
- "Welcome Back" (cameo)
- Battle for BFDI
- "Getting Teardrop to Talk"
- "Lick Your Way to Freedom"
- "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset"
- "Today's Very Special Episode"
- "Fortunate Ben" (does not speak)
- "Four Goes Too Far"
- "The Liar Ball You Don't Want"
- "Questions Answered"
- "This Episode Is About Basketball"
- "Enter the Exit" (does not speak)
- "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" (does not speak)
- "What Do You Think of Roleplay?"
- "Return of the Rocket Ship"
- "Don't Dig Straight Down"
- "The Four is Lava"
- "The Escape from Four"
- Battle for BFB
- "X Marks the Spot" (speaks in group)
- "SOS (Save Our Show)" (flashback)
- "Chapter Complete" (cameo)
- Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two
- "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"
- "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"
- "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters"
- "Gardening Zero"
- "Fishes and Dishes"
- "The Great Goikian Bake-Off"
- "The Seven Wonders of Goiky"
- "Balancing P.A.C.T."
- "Outbreak At Stake"
- "Oneirophobe's Nightmare"
- "Out Of The Blue" (does not speak)
- "What's Up Bell's String?"
- "Category One"
- "I SAID CAREFUL!!!"
- "Seasonal Shift" (eliminated)
- "Bottle For Dream Island"
- Non-canon appearances
Battle for Dream Island[]
Basketball in Battle for Dream Island
In "A Leg Up in the Race", Basketball appears as a recommended character and is set on fire, possibly dying.
In "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None", Basketball appears as a recommended character and jumps into the vat of hydrochloric acid to try and get Announcer's marble collection.
In "Vomitaco", Basketball appears as a recommended character.
In "The Reveal", Basketball appears as a recommended character at Cake at Stake, to watch Blocky get eliminated. Announcer calls her and the others "stalkers". Basketball has been "handpicked out of hundreds" and had the chance to debut in BFDI. Their audition is them saying that tennis balls aren't the only ones with lines, with a more masculine voice compared to her voice on BFB.
In "Reveal Novum", Basketball only gets 5 votes, which is not enough and is sent to the LOL by the Sender Scoop Thrower. In the end, Basketball and all the other debuters (except David and Bomby) get crushed by the sun when it sets.
In "The Glistening", Basketball appears as a recommended character and votes for Ice Cube.
In "Return of the Hang Glider", she watches the final Cake at Stake.
Battle for Dream Island Again[]
In "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know", Basketball doesn't join season 2, with only 86 votes. She and the other contestants who didn't get enough votes get separated from the season 2 cast. Basketball is then sent to the TLC.
In "Get in the Van," she appears on BFDI's third anniversary wheel.
In "Well, Look Who It Is!", Basketball is briefly shown in the LOL. However, she doesn't get lines.
In "PointyPointyPointy ♫", Tennis Ball asks how they are supposed to reach the top of the first island for the challenge. Cloudy inquires about who asked the question, to which Tennis Ball replies that it was him, adding that he’s the only ball with lines. This comment offends Basketball, who then rudely tells Tennis Ball to figure it out on his own before starting the challenge.
In "Respect to the Wicked", Basketball does not get lines due to Balloony taping her mouth shut.
IDFB[]
In "Welcome Back", Basketball tries to escape the LOL by bouncing on the lid until it opens, however it doesn't work. She is then given a chance to join the game, along with the other contestants in the TLC.
Battle for BFDI[]
In "Getting Teardrop to Talk", Basketball is excited and cheers for Loser along with Pencil, Ruby, Bomby, Grassy, Woody, Bubble, & Pie. Grassy and Basketball then discuss how great Loser is. Later on in the episode, Basketball asks 8-Ball if he wants to be on the same team as her because they are both balls, he accepts. Basketball then picks Grassy for the team when he complains that no one picked him. In the challenge, Golf Ball plans to have Basketball, along with 8-Ball, weigh down the basket. When Robot Flower knocks Blocky off the tree, he lands on Basketball, who is too bouncy and walks away with Grassy taking her place. Golf Ball later plans to use a trebuchet to get the basket, using 8-Ball and Basketball as weights to bring the basket down. Their team is the 6th safe when the trebuchet is used to fling the basket to X.
In "Lick Your Way to Freedom", Basketball is first seen helping Grassy enunciate "respected". She later yells at Four to recover their dead teammates. Basketball learns about Golf Ball's disrespect for Grassy and appoints 8-Ball as the new team leader.
In "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset", Basketball and Robot Flower remind Golf Ball that she was dethroned as team leader last episode.
In "Today's Very Special Episode", Basketball says she is glad that they listen to 8-Ball after he makes a rule to waste time. She also tries to stop Golf Ball from doing the challenge, calling it treason. Later, she and Blocky talk to each other about "hearing someone that disrespects people", which is Golf Ball. Ignoring how 8-Ball admitted that he almost made them lose.
In "Four Goes Too Far", Basketball says that Four's becoming more destructive and that they should do something about it. She asks 8-Ball what to do, to which he responds that Golf Ball has the answer. They all act on a plan to multiply Four by 0 and succeed during Beep's Cake at Stake. During the challenge, she gets into Golf Ball's rocket to get away from the Twinkle of Contagion. Later in the episode, when A Better Name Than That and are both on the Moon with the twinkle, she tells them to accept the fact that one of the two teams will have the twinkle at the end of the challenge. This turns out to not be the case, as The Losers! have the twinkle at the end of the challenge. However, Golf Ball's ship breaks down, leaving them stranded on the Moon.
In "The Liar Ball You Don't Want", Basketball says that she's been inspecting Robot Flower. After she stops Tennis Ball and Golf Ball's eyebrow wiggling, Basketball explains that Robot Flower can give commands to the communicator dish on the ship and that Remote can receive orders from it. She and Tennis Ball use Robot Flower to control Remote so that they can prevent the Liar Ball from landing in their goal, along with 's. However, the ship then loses connection with Remote, which is when Basketball notices something going wrong and tries to take full control of Robot Flower. After Robot Flower breaks the signal due to Remote's bomb, Basketball asks TV if he knew that she decided to break it. As the Liar Ball landed in A Better Name Than That's team crater, they are up for elimination.
In "Questions Answered", at the cake at stake, Donut communicates to A Better Name Than That using TV. When he moves his hands through TV's screen, Basketball asks if he was able to move things between the Earth and the Moon all this time and tells him to get them back down to Earth.
Donut explains that it only goes one way, unsatisfying Basketball. Once Donut sends Earth through the screen so that they can get back on it, Cake at Stake continues, with all A Better Name Than That members far away from him. He tells them they don't have to sit so far, which is followed by all members of the team going inside his hole, which Basketball clarifies is the way they're doing Cake at Stake this episode. She is the 5th safe on the team. When it's between Golf Ball and 8-Ball to be eliminated, Basketball says she hopes the "team leader" doesn't leave, which both Golf Ball and 8-Ball think are themselves.
In "This Episode Is About Basketball", Basketball thinks that X is talking about her when he announces that the challenge was "basket ball"; however, he wasn't. During the challenge, she is used, along with Tennis Ball, by Blocky for their team to win the challenge, since she and Tennis Ball are both balls.
In "Enter the Exit", Basketball only appears when Robot Flower reveals that Remote sent them a bomb.
In "Get to the Top in 500 Steps", she only appears when Golf Ball rushes Four to reveal the next challenge.
In "What Do You Think of Roleplay?", Puffball takes over Basketball's body, while Basketball is in the body of Rocky. Golf Ball asks "Basketball" who the team leader is, and she answers that it's Golf Ball. Golf Ball is not suspicious that Basketball was replaced anymore because of this, and says that she can interview some of the other members. Due to Puffball being in her body, Basketball talks in a slightly singsongy way, similar to Puffball, but Golf Ball just sees this as Basketball being good at singing.
Meanwhile, over at Beep's room, when Balloony gets popped, "Rocky" reacts, exclaiming that the noise was loud. Due to Rocky rarely talking, this is a dead giveaway to the team that Rocky is a fake. She tries to correct herself by saying "bulleh", but the team has already identified her as a fake and calls her out immediately after. When Basketball transforms back to her usual shape, she has turned completely orange, and complains about this.
Back at A Better Name Than That, when Golf Ball tries to get an answer out of Grassy, who just replies with "I'm Grassy!", the mock Basketball says the process would be going faster if he "wasn't so basic". Blocky, knowing that she and Grassy are friends, figures out that Basketball has been replaced. "Basketball" then transforms into Puffball. This means her team is safe.
In "Return of the Rocket Ship", Basketball wakes up after hearing Grassy shout and wonders what he needs. She then finds Golf Ball and asks her what the team's plan is for the challenge. Golf Ball refuses to tell since Basketball is "not high enough on the managerial hierarchy" to know. Basketball then asks Tennis Ball to ask Golf Ball what the plan is. He does so and tells Basketball to dig. Basketball thanks Tennis Ball and walks toward the spot. She tells Grassy that it's not fair that Golf Ball distrusts her all of a sudden. TV points out that Basketball was the impostor last episode, to which she responds that it wasn't her fault. Later, Basketball enters Golf Ball's rocket with the rest of A Better Name Than That as they dig toward X's treasure.
In "Don't Dig Straight Down", Basketball and her team find an emerald. She is also the one who is holding the emerald while wall-jumping. She tries to hand the emerald to Four, but Golf Ball snatches it to hand in herself. When Basketball sees hands coming out of Four, she gets confused and asks what just happened. Later, Basketball watches Golf Ball preventing iance from getting out, and says that this is Golf Ball's idea of fun.
In "The Four is Lava", Basketball is recovered by Four (which also makes her regain her normal orange shade). Robot Flower tells Basketball to fix her, so Basketball says that she'll figure out what she can do to help.
In "The Escape From Four", while asking Four to recover the dead contestants, Basketball notices Four's enlarged bottom (from Stapy slamming a fridge on the floor of EXIT) and comments on it. Four becomes insulted, becomes a spiky twig-like mass, and chases Basketball. It's implied that Four killed Basketball, since she's seen among the people being recovered. Rather than staying with Four, she joins TPOT.
Battle for BFB[]
In "X Marks the Spot", she cheers when X is supposedly glued to the ground so that he could host TPOT. X is then snatched away by the Four Colored Team with a lasso and she gasps in shock.
Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two[]
Basketball in Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two
In "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?", during Cake at Stake, Basketball tells Foldy that Two said Tapy, not Stapy. When making teams, Basketball asks Golf Ball if they can be on the same team, which GB begrudgingly allows. She's then confronted by Puffball who's angry that she wasn't considered when Basketball wanted a team of ball contestants in BFB. She tries to apologize but Puffball ignores her and joins the team anyway.
When Golf Ball claims her team has too many useless people, Basketball "solves" this by leaving the team and starting her own with Grassy and Robot Flower. Robot Flower compliments Basketball for standing up to Golf Ball and states that this will be her first time on a team with no balls. Basketball then points out that Eggy looks kind of like a ball. However, Eggy isn't pleased at being called a ball and Basketball changes her statement to wanting her on the team, before also choosing Bell and Foldy. She's unhappy when Snowball is forced onto the team from being the last chosen, and is angry when Golf Ball mocks her for it. They become The Strongest Team on Earth.
During the challenge, their plan is to have Bell lift two members at a time to the roof of the building, but she doesn't come back down. When Snowball accuses Bell, Grassy, and Robot Flower of betraying them, she doubts Robot Flower would betray anyone other than one previous time. Eggy interrupts her and tells her to look at The S!, who are getting by having their teammates thrown to the roof. After cutting off Snowball, she asks who they should have thrown first. Eggy suggests Foldy but this plan doesn't work as the wind carries her off. She mocks Just Not for taking the stairs, until Naily tells her they're taking the elevator. Basketball is shocked, as she forgot about the elevator. Naily and Price Tag then turn back to grin mockingly at her, encouraging Basketball to tell her teammates to get after them. She realizes Foldy is still in the air and asks Eggy to keep an eye on her. She gets angry when Snowball breaks the elevator and tries to fix it herself. Eventually Snowball makes the elevator go down again, and after pushing him to safety, she bounces the elevator back to the top, fixing it. She compliments Snowball for fixing it before she and the rest of the team go into the elevator. She's annoyed when the elevator stops on a random floor and rapidly presses buttons to close the door, despite them not actually doing anything. Her team barely makes it up before Death P.A.C.T. Again, so they're safe. Basketball joins in the attack against Two for not making one of the rules clear.
In "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life", after Cake at Stake ends, Basketball along with other contestants use the intro as an advantage for free time. As the challenge starts, Robot Flower says that she loves the challenge since she also loves squares. Basketball then asks her about her opinion on circles, which would cause some other contestants to do the same thing with different shapes. Golf Ball tells Tennis Ball that he should focus on the challenge instead of being distracted. Basketball then mocks Golf Ball for not caring about shapes. Golf Ball tries to say that she does, but Tennis Ball drags her. When stacking blocks, Bell asks Robot Flower to get more blocks, but she ends up getting batteries. Basketball is confused, and asks her the same thing as Bell, but Robot Flower gets even more batteries. Basketball then takes Robot Flower to diagnose what's wrong with her and puts Eggy in charge of the team.
A few scenes later, she is seen in a green room with computers. She notices a text saying "RF-001" on one of the computers. Robot Flower clarifies that it's the first purchase someone ordered on her online shop, which would mean they ordered 3,000 items. Basketball assumes that it's the reason why she isn't working properly. Suddenly, a blue paperclip from Marker hits a button saying "RESET" on Robot Flower, making her fall to the ground. Basketball notices the paperclip, thinking it's a robot splinter, and removes it. As Robot Flower returns back to normal, she starts working properly, with Basketball believing that it's because she pulled the splinter out. After knowing she can function properly, Basketball realizes that they only have 2 minutes and 36 seconds left, so Robot Flower rushes her back to the team. Basketball is then informed by Foldy and Snowball that Eggy left the team without context. Basketball, Eggy, and Foldy then start arguing until the end of the challenge. When the challenge ends, Bell realizes that she accidentally left a piece of a stack landing on Tear Drop's pedestal when she was tangled by Team8s's tower, placing them up for elimination. Bell thinks it's her fault, but Eggy says that they all could've done better, which Basketball agrees to.
In "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters", Basketball is the 5th contestant safe on her team. She pretends to eat her cheesecake, to appease Two, until a change in perspective shot shows that she's still holding it. During the challenge, her team decides that they should work better as a team. They decide to go with Snowball's suggestion to make an attraction to test Two's strength. They built a tower for Two to knock over, but Basketball thinks it is not ready. Snowball thought she hated that idea and hits Bell. This helps Basketball come up with another idea to improve on the current design on the attraction. After getting string from Robot Flower, Basketball glues up more blocks and hangs one remaining block on a string, turning the contraption into a punching game, which Basketball calls it a "real test of strength". Snowball takes a liking to it so much that he punches Grassy. Basketball gets upset with him for this, saying to hit the punching game instead. Their attraction gets a 7/10 from Two so The Strongest Team on Earth. is safe.
In "Gardening Zero", Basketball is worried when she finds out her team is being sent to the Snowy Tundra, as she isn't sure how a plant will survive in the cold. Before her team leaves, she tries to mock Golf Ball for her hatred of shapes. Later, in the tundra, the Funny Plant is already near frozen.
Bell says she can generate soundwaves to heat up their plant, and it works, until she accidentally shakes her bracelet off. Basketball points out that their plant is starting to freeze again and says they need a new plan. Later, Grassy has been lit on fire by Snowball, which is keeping the plant warm, but Basketball doesn't like that they have to burn their teammate. Grassy's bracelet eventually burns off and he's sent back home. The team is safe since their plant survived long enough for their team to not be put up for elimination, however, in the stinger, their plant is frozen in solid ice and snaps in half.
In "Fishes and Dishes", Basketball informs her team that she and Robot Flower built breathable bubbles that the team can use to move through the water without getting wet. Golf Ball laughs at Basketball's invention and shows off what she built, a robotic fish monster. Basketball's team then sneaks into Golf Ball's fish when she isn't looking and steals it for themselves to use. Later, Basketball asks for a status report from Snowball. Almost no progress was made in finding the plates as Snowball drove the fish on shore to go to a drive-thru, Grassy spoke to some fish, and Bell made a failed attempt to steer the robot. At some point, a real fish monster appears, and Basketball realizes that it thinks the robot is a real fish. Bell realizes that they can communicate with the fish monster to get it to tell them where the plates are. However, Robot Flower doesn't like seeing her team use a machine to deceive others. Basketball suggests that she hangs back with TV until they're done, but Robot Flower instead sets the robot to self destruct with TV's help. This causes the robot to fill with water and sink to the bottom of the canal, however there is no explosion. Ironically, what sets the robot to explode, killing Basketball and her team, is caused by the breathable bubbles that Basketball built earlier. Basketball's team is up for elimination.
In "The Great Goikian Bake-Off", Basketball is in the bottom two in Cake at Stake with Eggy, but she manages to be safe with 2,531 votes. Her prize is a folder that tells her to bounce on Four repeatedly, which she does. For the challenge, Basketball suggests that her team go to her aboveground factory to grab one of Golf Ball's bracelets. Basketball instructs Snowball to put it on, which sends him to Yoyleland. Once he's there, he eats a Yoyleberry and turns into Yoyle metal. This makes him immune to Four's zaps and the rest of the team stands behind him like a shield. Basketball then instructs Bell and Grassy to grab X and steal his key. The two manage to pull this off and get the key to Snowball, who gets through the lasers and door, and grabs some of the food with ease. Two gives Basketball's team a 9/10. In the stinger, Basketball gets mutilated by Four when she tries stealing their lunches.
In "The Seven Wonders of Goiky", Basketball notices Teardrop raining water on Robot Flower and tries to tell Teardrop she's hurting her. Teardrop doesn't listen, as Basketball continues to beg her to stop. For the challenge, the team must repair the roof of the hotel. However, Robot Flower is still malfunctioning from the water, so Basketball drags her to her aboveground factory to help her. Later, Basketball has Robot Flower placed in between some heaters to dry her up.
Robot Flower starts laments to Basketball about how it feels like nobody seems to care about her when she needs help, other than Basketball herself. Robot Flower continues, saying she doesn't like just being "Robot Flower", wishing she could be more like the original Flower. Robot Flower decides that she'd rather have Flower's personality downloaded into her, since everyone seems to like her more. Basketball tries to talk Robot Flower out of it, but Robot Flower says it's what she wants. Basketball reluctantly decides to go through with it, for her friend. Basketball only manages to download season one Flower's personality into Robot Flower before the building's power going out. As a result, Robot Flower is now self-centered, rude, and violent. Robot Flower's worries from earlier are proven true, as no one else seems to care or notice that Robot Flower has lost her original personality.
Also, in the stinger, Basketball swears that she'll get Robot Flower back and also watches as Clock tries and fails to makeup with Winner.
Basketball getting angry at Bell for saying that Robot Flower is more helpful in her current form
In "Balancing P.A.C.T.", Basketball and Winner are watching Robot Flower push the recovery center into the incinerator, but Winner is confused as to what she's trying to do. Basketball explains that she's trying to put their lives as they know it to an end. She also brings up the other night near the hotel, aka the stinger from last episode. However, before Winner could respond, Yellow Face interrupts, assuming that she was referring to his new legs. She is later seen amongst the crow convincing Donut to swallow the gumball, which would result in his arms being removed.
Later, during the challenge, Basketball attempts to stop Robot Flower from pushing people off the balance beam, but Bell points out to Basketball that Robot Flower might actually be more effective in her current state. Basketball argues that this isn't the real Robot Flower and that Bell shouldn't be okay with it. Bell, however, reminds Basketball that the whole situation is her fault. Realizing she must take responsibility, Basketball decides to fix Robot Flower and demands her to stop, but Robot Flower slams her onto the beam before [Basketball] falls off the balance beam. Her team ends up surviving the contest, and because they weren't put up for elimination, Basketball is safe.
In "Outbreak At Stake", Basketball and her team are clinging to Bell's string while being chased by zombies. Struggling to move due to the number of people, they let go of Snowball, thinking he would be safe because he's metal. However, the zombies kill him using the kill-recover trick. Subsequently, Robot Flower decides to ditch the team and join the zombies, and Basketball to tell Bell that Robot Flower is a complete liability. Later, Basketball suggests hiding, so Bell leads them to the grasslands, hoping the others have already found a solution. After the challenge, Basketball survives, and her team is safe from elimination, having lost only Snowball.
In "Oneirophobe's Nightmare", Basketball and her team get teleported inside Robot Flower's "nightmare" for the challenge, but Robot Flower, being mechanical, cannot have nightmares. Basketball asks Two to let them out of the control room, but Two refuses, and insists that they find a way escape Robot Flower's head to be safe, much to Basketball's annoyance. Later, she finds a control panel and suggests using it to guide Robot Flower back to their factory, which would win them the challenge.
Bell presses a bunch of buttons, causing Robot Flower to shake and everyone inside to do the same. Basketball accidentally falls onto the control panel, breaking it, and the words "Reboot in progress" are displayed on the screen. Bell asks what a reboot will do, and Basketball concludes that it will probably wake Robot Flower up. Basketball throws pieces of Snowball at Two, knocking Robot Flower over. She plans to use this method to get to her factory and transport them out while also resetting Robot Flower. However, Robot Flower hears this and wants to destroy the factory instead, and quickly heads there. Everyone tries to hold her back whilst Robot Flower repeatedly tells them to stop.
Basketball hits Robot Flower's head, causing her to knock off the stairs and out of the hotel. Outside, Robot Flower sees Barf Bag, realizing that she could use her barf to destroy Basketball's factory. This worries Basketball, and she tells her team that they need to keep fighting. As Robot Flower and Barf Bag move around in the elevator, the inside of Robot Flower's head also shakes. Eventually, Robot Flower and Barf Bag end up on the roof of the hotel, and Barf Bag has finally calmed down. Robot Flower is about to take her back to Basketball's factory, but Bell throws Snowball in the opposite direction, throwing them off the roof and eventually die after Team8s land on them. All of them get revived by Tennis Ball, but just as he is about to bring back Robot Flower, Basketball tells him to wait on recovering her. The Strongest Team on Earth end up losing the challenge and are put up for elimination.
In "Out Of The Blue", she notices Robot Flower being recovered by Two, and tries to stop them from doing so. However it is too late, and she is immediately chased by Robot Flower, who is still not back to normal.
In "What's Up Bell's String?", Basketball unintentionally gets pierced by Needle. As she winces in pain, she steps back and breaks TV's screen, setting him on fire. Later, during Cake at Stake, she is revealed safe with 8,476 votes. She slides down Bell's string, and upon landing, she quickly climbs up a tree, where she spots Robot Flower and contemplates how to get to her reset switch.
Subsequently, while still in the tree, she spots Bell and Bomby behind a bush next to One, who teleports them elsewhere. She is confused by this encounter. During the team phase, she is picked up by Needle, who throws her toward Golf Ball and back. Pen then throws Basketball toward Tennis Ball, sending her flying into Band Land. There, she ricochets off a hill, knocking the piano out of balance, and falls back down, only to be caught by Pen.
She walks toward TV and Tennis Ball, glad for that to be over, and tells them about Bomby and Bell. However, TV refuses to interact, however, explaining that he doesn't want the same thing that happened to Robot Flower to happen to him. Basketball understands but tries to explain that she saw One. Tennis Ball and TV don't seem to understand what she means, causing her to yell in frustration. Their team name is eventually named .
Later, during the challenge, Basketball notices Fanny being picked up by One's foot and taken behind a bush. She quickly heads for the bush to investigate, but by the time she arrives, Fanny has vanished. Confused about what's going on, Basketball starts walking back to her team. Suddenly, she is picked up by Pin, who tells her to stay out of the way as Fanny is her teammate, not Basketball's. Despite Basketball's protests, Pin throws her away, and she inconveniently lands on TV, who has been smeared with glue. TV realizes that their own teammate is now trapped, leading Tennis Ball to panic.
Subsequently, Basketball explains her strange encounter with Fanny and One to Tree, but Tree doesn't believe her as he spots Fanny from a distance, carrying items for their pit. Confused, Basketball decides to instead approach Fanny and ask for her side of the story, but she struggles due to being stuck to TV. Tennis Ball tells her to stop before gluing himself to TV, and insists that their team sticks together, and near their pit Frustrated with the situation, Basketball declares this the worst day ever. Later, Snowball arrives and gathers everyone up, aiming to toss them into his team's pit. However, he inadvertently gets tangled with TV. Slowly approaching the pit, they all plunge to their deaths except for Tree, who manages to escape. end up losing the challenge.
In the stinger, Basketball is recovered. She trails One through the woods, curious about her intentions. Observing One pull out a list of names, Basketball tries to stay concealed behind a bush. Despite her efforts, One senses her presence and cheerfully greets her without directly looking her way. Basketball is taken aback that One spotted her. Despite Basketball's objections, One insists they have a chat and teleports the both of them elsewhere.
In "Category One", Basketball finds herself in One's room, demanding to know what One wants from her. One offers a tempting deal: she promises to resolve all of Basketball's problems, including resetting Robot Flower back to her original state. A figurine of Robot Flower appears on the desk, which only adds to Basketball's confusion. Despite the offer, Basketball remains skeptical, questioning One's identity and motives. To make her point, One plays a clip from the previous episode, showing Basketball getting glued to TV. One suggests that they have something in common—neither of them likes it when things don't go their way.
Later, One tells Basketball that she could make Robot Flower more dangerous and deadly if she wanted to. Basketball, puzzled, asks why a deal with One even matters and why she can’t just fix Robot Flower herself given her immense power. One admits that while she does have power, it's not enough, turning to a sleeping Two on the TV. Suddenly, a countdown for 100 seconds begins, and One warns Basketball to make a decision quickly, or risk ending up like Bell and Bomby. The screen then shows Needle and Barf Bag in an unknown location, terrified, which shocks Basketball.
In the end, Basketball agrees to One's deal if it means restoring Robot Flower to her original self. She signs the contract, and Robot Flower's original personality is immediately restored. Basketball asks if One is going to end the storm, but One reveals that she has changed her mind and teleports Basketball back to her factory.
Basketball hugging Robot Flower with her feet.
Back at the factory, Basketball accidentally breaks Tennis Ball's controller. She then turns to Robot Flower, who confirms that she’s okay. She then heartfeltly hugs her with her feet, but the computer turns on and replays all the footage of the chaos Robot Flower caused since "The Seven Wonders of Goiky". Robot Flower is stunned by the destruction she has caused. Basketball apologizes for everything and tells Robot Flower that the best version of her was the one she had right there. Robot Flower appreciates the sentiment, and Basketball redirects their attention back to dealing with the storm.
Basketball, Fanny, Tennis Ball, and Robot Flower quickly hurry down the stairs, urging Black Hole to use his gravity to stop the storm. He leaves to go carry out their plan, and the group collaborate to eliminate the remaining bugs. After they finish, Fanny congratulates everyone for their efforts. However, Marker spots one last bug still alive.
The team chases the bug up several flights of stairs. During the chase, Basketball stops Tennis Ball, reminding him that they are not on the same team as them, so that helping them could jeopardize their own team’s safety. Realizing the truth in her words, Tennis Ball catches up to the group and pushes them all down the stairs, sarcastically apologizing for the "mishap".
As Tennis Ball’s actions cause the rest of the group to fall, Robot Flower bolts off to catch the bug. Basketball recalls she can run fast but is too late. The bug reaches Two and bites them. Consequently, Death P.A.C.T Yet Again is up for elimination, while are safe.
In "I SAID CAREFUL!!!," the challenge tasks teams with reaching the summit of either the mountain or the volcano and claiming a flag to secure immunity. Following the instructions, Basketball leads her team toward the mountain. As they brainstorm strategies to outpace the competition, Basketball suggests ordering jetpacks from Robot Flower’s shop on her phone. When she was pressing the button to order them, her toe turned into a finger for a second. Robot Flower promptly receives the notification and quickly retrieves the requested jetpacks. When she returns, Basketball thanks her, but Pin intervenes, refusing to let Basketball’s team use them since Robot Flower is on Pin's team.
A struggle ensues between Pin and over the jetpacks until Black Hole steps in, breaking up the fight and leaving with Pin and the jetpacks, leaving without any. Fortunately, Liy managed to keep hold of a single jetpack. Unsure how best to utilize it, the team decides to let TV wear it while everyone else grips each other tightly to stay connected.
As they take off, Basketball grows increasingly anxious about the jetpack's ability to support the team's combined weight. Her fears are confirmed when the jetpack malfunctions mid-air, causing the team to plummet. Though they land safely at ground level, they realize the jetpacks are no longer viable. Spotting a nearby cabin, they decide to investigate, but before they can make their move, Snowball and his team arrive, dumping snow on top of them before heading into the cabin themselves.
The team works together to dig themselves out of the snow, and when Basketball and Pen finally free TV, the group celebrates with a cheer. However, their celebration is cut short as the ground beneath them begins to rumble. Uneasy, they look around and spot a sign that reads, "No Avalanche!" They sigh in relief, thinking they're safe—until the snow obscuring part of the message falls away, revealing the full sign: "Notice: Avalanche!"
Panic sets in as Pen hastily suggests ordering more climbing equipment from Robot Flower’s shop. Basketball immediately tries to stop him, warning that it’s a bad idea, but it’s too late—the order has already gone through.
Moments later, they spot Robot Flower racing down the mountain at full speed, determined to deliver Pen’s package. Her rapid descent, however, triggers the avalanche. As the snow begins to cascade toward them, the team scrambles for cover, racing toward a nearby cabin for shelter.
The group barely makes it into the cabin just as the avalanche buries the only exit in snow, leaving them trapped inside. Inside, they encounter Team 2, who had also taken shelter there, and Firey Jr., who has made the cabin his home after the storm blew him there.
Tensions rise as Snowball speculates that caused the avalanche, prompting a heated argument between the two teams. The bickering quickly escalates into a full-on fight. Amidst the chaos, Firey Jr.'s heat begins to destabilize the icy foundation beneath them. Suddenly, the ground gives way, and everyone tumbles into a massive pit below.
In the pit, Pen receives a notification that his delivery was unsuccessful, as Robot Flower couldn’t reach him. Turning to Basketball, he apologizes and admits that he believes they might be stuck with no way out. Snowball seizes the opportunity to blame for their predicament, reigniting tensions between the teams. The situation escalates into a chaotic snowball fight, with members from both teams pelting each other relentlessly.
As the clash continues, loose icicles begin to fall from the cavern’s ceiling, followed by large heaps of snow crashing into the pit. From the mounds of snow, members of Death P.A.C.T Yet Again emerge, joining the fray and intensifying the already chaotic brawl. The snowball fight rages on until someone finally realizes they need to focus on finding the flag to secure immunity. Basketball and her team quickly dive into the snow, frantically searching for it. However, Grassy emerges victorious, clutching the flag and securing immunity for Team 2.
With the mountain’s flag obtained, all eyes turn to the volcano, where the second flag remains unclaimed. Basketball notices that CloudYAY already had a significant head start, making it seem impossible for any of the other teams to catch up and claim the volcano flag. Frustration grows among the contestants, who begin airing their grievances about the members of CloudYAY. After some back-and-forth, they agree to set aside their differences and form a temporary alliance to sabotage CloudYAY and prevent them from winning.
Grassy takes the initiative by shoving Snowball to the side, causing him to merge with the surrounding snow. As Snowball grows larger, the other contestants climb on top of him, creating a makeshift vehicle. Together, they propel the massive snowball forward in pursuit of CloudYAY. However, their momentum leads them straight off a cliff.
The impact proves disastrous, killing most of the contestants on the makeshift snowball, including Basketball. Fortunately, Two recovers everyone who died. However, this recovery also includes Pencil, Pillow, and Donut—three members of CloudYAY. When they realize the other teams have formed an alliance against them, tensions explode, and a chaotic brawl ensues between CloudYAY and the rest of the contestants.
Amidst the chaos, Liy catches sight of Golf Ball and Yellow Face sprinting toward the volcano to claim the remaining flag. Wasting no time, Basketball and the rest of the team quickly break away from the scuffle and pursue them, determined to stop CloudYAY from securing immunity.
Before long, Golf Ball notices that she and Yellow Face are being chased, and quickly takes off in another direction. persists in following Yellow Face, while Golf Ball begins constructing something. Meanwhile, Yellow Face reaches the volcano and manages to cross the bridge to the other side just as arrives.
As Basketball and the rest of the team starts crossing the bridge, Yellow Face begins shaking it aggressively. Basketball urges him to stop, but he ignores her and continues to shake the bridge. The unstable bridge causes Liy and Tennis Ball to plummet into the lava below, killing them. In retaliation, TV runs over Yellow Face with his wheels, allowing Basketball, Bottle, Pen, and TV to cross the bridge safely and continue their ascent.
However, as they progress, a lava monster suddenly emerges from the molten lava. Basketball, shocked, tries to escape, but she is tragically consumed by the lava. Despite the best efforts of the other teams to stop CloudYAY, they ultimately manage to claim the flag, securing their immunity. As a result, and Death P.A.C.T. Yet Again are put up for elimination.
In "Seasonal Shift", she and TV are in bottom two, with the Announcer announcing that one of them is safe with 16,146 votes, which unfortunately for Basketball, is TV. Profily announces that Basketball is out, with just 8,441 votes, causing both Profily and Robot Flower to be upset over losing her. After Robot Flower is also announced to be out, the two of them get into Pineapple's slingshot, and are flung by the Announcer's sender scoop thrower, onto a Dragon, and not seen for the rest of the episode.
In "The Power of Four", Basketball and Robot Flower's assets are shown on Fanny and Ice Cube's whiteboard with a question mark next to them and the other contestants kidnapped by One, hinting that they might have been kidnapped too. However, this is proved to be false in "Bottle For Dream Island", as Basketball and the other eliminated contestants can be seen in Two's Elimination Place trying to escape.
In "Bottle For Dream Island", Basketball is seen trying to escape the elimination space, along with all the other eliminated contestants.
Relationships[]
- Main article: Basketball/Relationships
Votes[]
| Icon | Episode | Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
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18 | 5 (to join) | Failed to Join |
| Icon | Episode | Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 | 86 (to join) | Failed to Join |
| Icon | Episode | Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
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8 | 3,035 | Safe (5th) |
| Icon | Episode | Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 6,150 | Safe (5th) |
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6 | 2,531 | Safe (5th, Risk) |
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12 | 8,476 | Safe (3rd) |
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13 | 19,346 | Safe (3rd) |
| 15 | 8,441 | Eliminated |
| Elimination | Save votes | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 3,035 | 44,944 | 48,070 |
Deaths[]
- "A Leg Up in the Race": May have burnt to death as she is on fire at the ending (debatable).
- "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None": Walks into a vat of hydrochloric acid.
- "Reveal Novum": Is crushed by the sun with the other recommended characters in the LOL.
- "Don't Dig Straight Down": She was among those who perished in the lava (off-screen).
- "The Escape From Four": Killed by Four (off-screen).
- "Fishes and Dishes": Blown up in the robotic fish monster's explosion.
- "The Great Goikian Bake-Off": Mutilated by Four.
- "Balancing P.A.C.T.":
- Crushed by Robot Flower.
- Set on fire by Robot Flower.
- "Oneirophobe's Nightmare": Dies inside Robot Flower after Team8s fall on her.
- "What's Up Bell's String?":
- "I SAID CAREFUL!!!":
- Crushed by a giant Snowball.
- Burned to death from lava spewed by a lava monster.
Non-canon deaths:
- "If Among Us Was a BFDI Challenge": Sucked into Black Hole.
- "UNREAL BFDI — Thanks for 1 Billion Views!": Price Tag collides with Basketball (in her Yoyle Metal form), transforming her into Bomby.
Kills[]
Kills: 3
| Character | Number of times killed | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Bomby | 1 | "What's Up Bell's String?" (along with Bottle, Fanny, Needle, Tree, and TV) |
| Four | 1 | "Four Goes Too Far" (along with A Better Name Than That and Donut) |
| TV | 1 | "What's Up Bell's String?" (along with Bottle, Fanny, Needle, and Tree) |
Trivia[]
Comparisons[]
- Basketball is one of the eleven characters whose name has been in the title of an episode. The others are Teardrop, Snowball, Four, X, Donut, Black Hole, Puffball, Bell, One, and Bottle.
- Basketball is one of the eight contestants who had their minds swapped in "What Do You Think of Roleplay?", along with Tree, Taco, Spongy, Puffball, Pin, Lightning, & Rocky.
- Basketball is one of the six contestants who have their names end with the suffix "-ball". The others are Snowball, Tennis Ball, Golf Ball, 8-Ball, & Puffball.
- Basketball is one of the of the eight characters who have said
's name, along with Blocky, Saw, Book, Bracelety, Lollipop, Four, & X. - Similarly to Golf Ball, Basketball has her own factory in TPOT 2.
- She's the third character in the series to own a factory. The second being Lego Brick.
- Basketball is one of the two TPOT contestants to appear in every episode of TPOT, along with Robot Flower.
- Basketball is one of the ten characters who own a phone. The others are Leafy, Coiny, Two, Pillow, Fries, Barf Bag, Fanny, Pen, & Flower.
- She's the second armless character to own a phone, after Fanny.
- Basketball is one of the two TPOT contestants who made a deal with One to not be kidnapped after elimination, along with Ice Cube.
Competition[]
- Basketball has gone the longest out of any ball without getting eliminated for the first time.
- Basketball holds the record for the lowest number of save votes received from a single Cake at Stake without being eliminated, at 2,531 votes.
- She also holds the record for the lowest number of save votes received upon elimination during the post-Team Swap phase of TPOT, at 8,441 votes.
- Basketball is the only armless member of The Strongest Team on Earth. who wasn't voted off the team before the team swap.
- Basketball is the sixth contestant to be completely absent from a Cake at Stake, after Spongy, Coiny, Foldy, Bell, & Balloony.
- Out of the five instances where Basketball was up for voting in TPOT, "Category One" was the only episode where she avoided the bottom 3.
- With Basketball eliminated in "Seasonal Shift", she is the lowest ranking former member of A Better Name Than That.
- Chronologically, Basketball is the first contestant to get eliminated in 2025.
General[]
- Basketball was the only non-Beep member who has been covered in tangerine juice, because her mind was swapped with Rocky's. This was fixed when Basketball was killed offscreen in "Don't Dig Straight Down".
- Because Leafy, the only female contestant to have ever been on Beep, was eliminated at the time the Beep members were covered in tangerine juice, Basketball is also the only female contestant who has been covered in it.
- Basketball is Florence Chapell's favorite character in BFDI.
- She is Satomi's favorite character to voice.[3]
- In "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!", Basketball was the first character to appear in an announcement video who has a speaking role and isn't voiced by Cary nor Michael Huang.
- Her OMG phrase (OMP), most likely means "Oh my pump".
- She is the second oldest recommended character to participate in a season at some point. This is proven in BFDI Recommended Characters.
- She was the first character who wasn't a host to start the intro in TPOT.
Gallery
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References[]
See also[]
- 8-Ball and Basketball
- Basketball and Golf Ball
- Basketball and Grassy
- Basketball, Grassy and Robot Flower
- Basketball and Robot Flower
- Basketball and Snowball
- Basketball and Tennis Ball
- Basketball's Aboveground Factory
| BFDI possible debutants |
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| 8-Ball • Balloony • Barf Bag • Basketball • Bell • Bomby • Book • Clock • Cloudy • Dora • Eggy • Evil Leafy • Fanny • Fries • Grassy • Marker • Naily • Nickel • Nonexisty • Pie • Pillow • Remote • Robot Flower • Roboty • Ruby • Saw • Taco • Tree • TV |
| IDFB TLC/LOL |
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| BFDI contestants that are permanently eliminated BFDIA contestants that are permanently eliminated BFDI contestants who failed to join BFDIA Recommended characters who failed to join both BFDI and BFDIA |
| A Better Name Than That |
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 Switched to TPOT: Basketball • Golf Ball • Grassy • Robot Flower • Tennis Ball • TV |
| The Strongest Team on Earth. |
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 TPOT 12: Basketball • Grassy • Robot Flower • Snowball |
| Bagged |
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 Eliminated: Needle • Basketball |
