- "BFB" redirects here. For the prize, see A BFB.
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November 3, 2017 – present |
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Michael Huang (BFB 1-25) |
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A BFDI, A BFB |
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| “ | Don't you want to battle to win a prize? | ” |
Battle for BFB, also known as BFB, previously known as Battle for BFDI, and by its full name Battle for Battle for Battle for Dream Island, is the fourth season of the Battle for Dream Island series and the successor to IDFB. It premiered on November 3, 2017, with the release of "Getting Teardrop to Talk".
A fifth season, called Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two, will premiere some time in the future and will air simultaneously. A sixth season is also planned to be made after BFB ends.
The prize used to be a BFDI, but to keep contestants competing, it was upgraded to a BFB. In "X Marks the Spot", the original prize (a BFDI) was added to the prize pool in addition to a BFB. This is the first season to have two prizes.
Contents
Overview
Battle for BFDI logo
Battle For B.F.D.I (BFB) Intro HQ
The intro to the season
Unlike IDFB, Battle for BFDI goes back to the traditional format of challenges and eliminations, similar to the first and second seasons. The elimination style changed to a choice of saving rather than eliminating in BFB 17.
The art style is more simplified and animated more loosely, which in turn allowed the running time of the first episode to be nearly half an hour-long, and later episodes to be able to be made within a shorter time frame.
Many unexplained plot changes have happened to let new characters join the cast and for old characters to return.
The premiere episode, "Getting Teardrop to Talk", introduces the fourth season's cast as well as the new hosts, Four and X from the 2008 jacknjellify video, "X Finds Out His Value".
Although the release of IDFB confirmed the end of BFDIA, the release of BFB does not confirm the end of IDFB. Since all of the characters are present (except for Evil Leafy and Nonexisty), including the ones that were originally trapped in the Locker of Losers, this might mean that IDFB is not canceled and BFB takes place sometime in the future. However, it is highly possible, as stated by Cary in his BFB 1 reaction video.
Episodes
| Number | Name | Release date |
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| 1 | "Getting Teardrop to Talk" | November 3, 2017 |
| 2 | "Lick Your Way to Freedom" | November 17, 2017 |
| 3 | "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset" | December 8, 2017 |
| 4 | "Today's Very Special Episode" | December 22, 2017 |
| 5 | "Fortunate Ben" | January 12, 2018 |
| 6 | "Four Goes Too Far" | February 3, 2018 |
| 7 | "The Liar Ball You Don't Want" | February 17, 2018 |
| 8 | "Questions Answered" | March 10, 2018 |
| 9 | "This Episode Is About Basketball" | April 6, 2018 |
| 10 | "Enter the Exit" | April 28, 2018 |
| 11 | "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" | May 27, 2018 |
| 12 | "What Do You Think of Roleplay?" | July 10, 2018 |
| 13 | "Return of the Rocket Ship" | July 11, 2019 |
| 14 | "Don't Dig Straight Down" | August 24, 2019 |
| 15 | "The Four is Lava" | December 14, 2019 |
| 16 | "The Escape from Four" | March 24, 2020 |
| 17 | "X Marks the Spot" | April 17, 2020 |
| 18 | "Take the Tower" | May 4, 2020 |
| 19 | "How Loe Can You Grow?" | May 22, 2020 |
| 20 | "A Taste of Space" | June 10, 2020 |
| 21 | "Let's Raid The Warehouse" | July 3, 2020 |
| 22 | "Who Stole Donut's Diary?" | July 24, 2020 |
| 23 | "Fashion For Your Face!" | August 21, 2020 |
| 24 | "The Game Has Changed" | September 18, 2020 |
| 25 | "The Tweested Temple" | October 13, 2020 |
| 26 | "BFB 26" | TBA |
Characters
Contestants
- Main article: Battle for BFDI/Elimination Table
Remaining contestants (post-split)
Hosts
- Four
- X (was originally/temporarily co-host of The Power of Two)
- Donut (temporarily while Four was missing, and X was hiding)
Eliminated contestants
- Pencil ("Lick Your Way to Freedom": 4,595 downvotes)
- Bracelety ("Today's Very Special Episode": 9,168 downvotes)
- Liy ("Fortunate Ben": 7,553 downvotes)
- Roboty ("Four Goes Too Far": 8,254 downvotes)
- 8-Ball ("Questions Answered": 4,814 downvotes)
- Stapy ("This Episode Is About Basketball": 9,028 downvotes)
- David ("Enter the Exit": 11,292 downvotes)
- Match ("What Do You Think of Roleplay?": 12,758 downvotes)
- Firey Jr. ("Return of the Rocket Ship": 10,000 downvotes)
- Dora ("The Four is Lava": 11,109 downvotes)
- Barf Bag, Basketball, Bell, Black Hole, Bomby, Book, Bottle, Cake, Clock, Cloudy, Coiny, Donut, Eggy, Eraser, Fanny, Foldy, Fries, Gaty, Golf Ball, Ice Cube, Lightning, Marker, Naily, Needle, Nickel, Pen, Pie, Pillow, Pin, Puffball, Remote, Robot Flower, Rocky, Saw, Snowball, Tennis Ball, TV, Tree, and Yellow Face ("The Escape from Four": Quit to join The Power of Two)
- Balloony ("Take the Tower": 3,516 upvotes)
- Spongy ("How Loe Can You Grow?": 3,283 upvotes)
- Ruby ("A Taste of Space": 7,573 upvotes)
- Loser ("Let's Raid the Warehouse": 5,600 upvotes)
- Taco ("Who Stole Donut's Diary?": 10,565 upvotes)
- Bubble ("Fashion For Your Face!": 6,374 upvotes)
- Blocky ("The Game Has Changed": 11,229 upvotes)
- Firey ("The Tweested Temple": 12,705 upvotes)
Contestants that rejoined
- Leafy (eliminated in "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset": 6,926 votes; rejoined in "Get to the Top in 500 Steps": 13,835 votes)
- Loser (eliminated in "The Liar Ball You Don't Want": 12,062 votes; rejoined in "The Escape from Four", later eliminated in "Let's Raid The Warehouse")
- Spongy (eliminated in "The Escape from Four": 22,845 votes; rejoined in the same episode, later eliminated in "How Loe Can You Grow?")
Teams
The 64 contestants are divided into 8 teams of 8.
Pencil is eliminated.
Leafy is eliminated.
Bracelety is eliminated.
Liy is eliminated.
Roboty is eliminated.
Loser is eliminated.
8-Ball is eliminated.
Stapy is eliminated.
David is eliminated.
Leafy rejoins.
Match is eliminated.
Firey Jr. is eliminated.
Dora is eliminated.
Spongy is eliminated.
Spongy and Loser escape from the EXIT, and join the show. Barf Bag, Basketball, Bell, Black Hole, Bomby, Book, Bottle, Cake, Clock, Cloudy, Coiny, Donut, Eggy, Eraser, Fanny, Foldy, Fries, Gaty, Golf Ball, Grassy, Ice Cube, Lightning, Marker, Naily, Needle, Nickel, Pen, Pie, Pillow, Pin, Puffball, Remote, Robot Flower, Rocky, Saw, Snowball, Tennis Ball, Tree, TV, and Yellow Face all join TPOT instead, thus leaving BFB. The teams were disbanded and new teams were formed in the next episode.
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Trivia
- This season features the most contestants out of BFDI, with 64 of them.
- Strangely, Evil Leafy and Nonexisty are the only 2 contestants not to appear in this season. This is most likely due to Evil Leafy being the antagonist, and Nonexisty being more of a joke. (However, this doesn't mean that they will not appear later.)
- Evil Leafy was seen as a recommended character by Diamondcup67 in BFB 6.
- There is an equal ratio of male to female contestants with 32 of each gender.
- Strangely, Evil Leafy and Nonexisty are the only 2 contestants not to appear in this season. This is most likely due to Evil Leafy being the antagonist, and Nonexisty being more of a joke. (However, this doesn't mean that they will not appear later.)
- Prior to "The Escape from Four", is possible that Battle for BFDI takes place in Yoyleland, as the tower on top of the Yoyle Mountain can be seen in multiple scenes, like seen in the picture on the right.
- However, it is more likely that the season's location is nearby Yoyleland because the grass isn't purple, if the nearby land wasn't terraformed off camera.
- After the events of "The Escape from Four", BFB now takes place at Elsewhere on Earth; TPOT will be held at BFB's original location.
- Ever since "X Marks the Spot", TPOT contestants can only make cameo appearances.
- However, it is more likely that the season's location is nearby Yoyleland because the grass isn't purple, if the nearby land wasn't terraformed off camera.
- The intro is always started by a character using their limb to resemble Four.
- The intro has been started by Four (BFB 1-3, 17, 20, 22), Snowball (BFB 4), Spongy (BFB 5), Grassy (BFB 6), Bomby (BFB 7), Barf Bag (BFB 8 and 14), Coiny (BFB 9), Stapy (BFB 10), Liy (BFB 11), Eraser (BFB 12), Saw (BFB 13), Firey (BFB 15), Loser (BFB 16), Flower (BFB 18), Lollipop (BFB 19), Teardrop (BFB 21), X (BFB 23), Purple Face, with the help of Flower (BFB 24), and Gelatin, with the indirect help of Four. (BFB 25).
- Snowball is the first contestant to do Four's intro pose.
- Barf Bag is the first female to do Four's intro pose.
- Stapy is the first eliminated contestant to do Four's intro pose.
- Team Ice Cube! and The Losers! have the most contestants who has done Four's intro pose, at 3.
- Barf Bag is the first contestant to do Four's intro pose more than once.
- The intro has been started by Four (BFB 1-3, 17, 20, 22), Snowball (BFB 4), Spongy (BFB 5), Grassy (BFB 6), Bomby (BFB 7), Barf Bag (BFB 8 and 14), Coiny (BFB 9), Stapy (BFB 10), Liy (BFB 11), Eraser (BFB 12), Saw (BFB 13), Firey (BFB 15), Loser (BFB 16), Flower (BFB 18), Lollipop (BFB 19), Teardrop (BFB 21), X (BFB 23), Purple Face, with the help of Flower (BFB 24), and Gelatin, with the indirect help of Four. (BFB 25).
- The intro's song is called "MUSIC OF FOUR'S 3D HAND".
- Mistakes in the intro:
- Everyone after Marker in the lineup has rough finishes to their limbs and facial features out of everyone else in the intro.
- Spongy didn't have any legs, except in BFB 3.
- Lightning and Pillow didn't have arms when all contestants are showing until the intro in BFB 3.
- Although it's hard to see, Bracelety's mouth is blue instead of white, but only when all the contestants are showing.
- Until BFB 4, Robot Flower doesn't have any body, but only when all contestants are showing.
- Tree is missing in the first part. However, he was added to the intro in BFB 3.
- TV was missing his legs until BFB 3. (This doesn't have to be counted, as it is shown that TV can deattach and reattach his legs.)
- Mistakes in the intro:
- Before the second half starts, a faint voice clip of the objects saying "Switch" over and over can be heard, which is taken from "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know".[1]
- The hosts, Four and X, previously appeared in a 2008 jacknjellify animation called "X Finds Out His Value".
- They are also the second time that there have been two hosts simultaneously, the other being Firey Speaker Box and Flower Speaker Box, if TV does not count as a host.
- As of BFB 6, they disappeared through Four's multiplication with Donut.
- As of BFB 9, X has returned, being found out as a disguised as fries within Fries.
- As of BFB 10, Four has been recovered by Pin.
- This is the first season not to have past episode release dates.
- However, the creators sometimes announce the release date for the future episode(s) after the voting. For example, Satomi Hinatsu has announced the release time of BFB 12 on July 10, 2018.[2]
- The original BFDI assets for facial features and limbs aren't used in BFB (except in the air fluttering, most walking and running, other rare occasions, and sometimes even as a joke).
- Since BFDI, BFDIA, and IDFB use the same animation style, BFB decided to use a new animation style where the mouth, arms, and legs are hand-drawn, and the animation is mostly done frame-by-frame.
- Although before BFB a similar animation style was also used in "BFDI is Back" and "Paper Towel".
- This is the first season in which previously eliminated contestants aren't held in the TLC. Instead, the first 12 contestants are held inside the EXIT and the rest are held in the BRB.
- This is the first season where a female is in last place. (Note that Woody was last place in BFDI as Flower rejoined late and finished 4th/21, and Donut was 22nd/22 because Bracelety, who got the least BFDIA join votes, was not an official contestant at the time.)
- This is the first season that David and Dora appeared together, however they are in different teams, as David is on Beep and Dora is on .
- The BFB intro was the first intro to feature the host, unlike the intros of BFDI, BFDIA, and IDFB.
- The show is animated with Animate CC and saved on this folder.
- This is the first season of BFDI in 6 years to get past five episodes.
- This is due to BFDI reaching 6 episodes on June 1, 2010, BFDIA 6 being canceled, and IDFB going on its "best hiatus ever."
- IDFB 2 is having an intentional hiatus[citation needed], thus getting the name, "BFDI's best hiatus ever!"
- This is due to BFDI reaching 6 episodes on June 1, 2010, BFDIA 6 being canceled, and IDFB going on its "best hiatus ever."
- Because of his elimination in How Loe Can You Grow?. Spongy has become the first contestant to be eliminated four times.
- Match has become the first contestant to be eliminated three times.
- Spongy is the second.
- The scene backgrounds used in this series are from Paper Towel.
- Just like the previous seasons, BFB Stingers always take place at night.
- However, this isn't true for BFB 16.
- Pencil and Leafy were the first two contestants eliminated. Coincidentally, they both subtracted some of nearly everyone's points in Bowling, Now with Explosions!.
- This season marks the first time where Leafy was eliminated.
- However, she rejoined in Get to the Top in 500 Steps.
- This is the second season where a female contestant got eliminated first (Pencil) chronologically, the first being Flower in Season 1.
- The average number of limbs of a BFB contestant is 2.98.
- The logo with X and Four spell out "bfb", X's feet being the b's and Four in the middle being an f, all in lowercase.
- However, in the "Battle for Nothing" intro shown in "Enter the Exit", X appears to be frowning. His other foot now forms an "n", and Four is just an outline. The logo spells out "bfn".
- When someone is walking or running, the running animation for BFDI is used.
- BFB episodes were expected to come out every two weeks despite no official schedule for them ever being made, but many episodes were released in three weeks or more, and one of them was released barely over a year after the one preceding it.
- During the Q&A of the 2019 BFDI + II Meetup, Cary stated that the host of BFB was originally going to be a giant spider.
- The first episode was released the same day as the iPhone X, which is coincidental as X is the co-host.
- BFB was originally going to be called Sloppy BFDI.
- Leafy is the only contestant to be on three teams. She started on Beep, rejoined on The Losers!, then joined the Have Cots after the split.
- Firey and Rocky are the only other characters to be on three teams in one season. They were on all three teams in Season 1.
- The contestants not in the Final 14 of BFB were originally going to be killed off, and The Power of Two was not considered early on.[3]
- This is the second season to reach the merge phase, with the first being BFDI.
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