Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two

Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (Season 5)
	Official logo of "The Power of Two"
Country of origin	United States
Genre	Reality TV; Parody; Comedy
Running time	January 10, 2021 – present
Video resolution	1080p
Created by	Michael Huang; Cary Huang; Satomi Hinatsu
Written by	Satomi Hinatsu; Kenzie Bryant
Preceded by	Battle for BFDI
Simultaneous with	Battle for BFB
Number of episodes	2 (so far)
First episode	"You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"
Latest episode	"The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"
Prize	The Power of Two
Winner	TBA

This article contains spoilers.

The information in the article below contains spoilers for the BFDI series. Please watch the episode(s) in question if you haven't seen them already.

"The Power of Two" redirects here. For the prize, see The Power of Two (prize).

“	I'm glad the forty of you have made the wise choice of instead battling for the Power of Two!	”
	— Two, "The Escape from Four"

Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (BFDI:TPOT), also known as simply The Power of Two (TPOT), is the fifth season^[1] of the Battle for Dream Island series, being written by Satomi Hinatsu and Kenzie Bryant.

The season is hosted by Two and was announced in "The Escape from Four". The Power of Two consists of forty-one contestants from the original Battle for BFDI (plus two recommended character contestants), while the other fourteen contestants continue battling in Battle for BFB. The prize is Two's power.

The first episode, "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?", was announced to release on January 9, 2021, according to the stinger in "Uprooting Everything". However, it was delayed a few hours due to glitches of the intro^[2] and ended up being released on January 10, 2021.

The intro was made by Coal Bones, RickToons, and Amor Boretto,^[3] and the song is called "Gibberish!!".

Overview

Unlike post-split BFB, TPOT will focus to be similar to the pre-split BFB episodes.^[4] Likewise, TPOT episodes have higher quality in both animation and writing, but tend to release less frequently, unlike BFB, which tends to have its episodes 3–4 weeks apart.

According to a May 2021 community post on YouTube, Satomi said she and the TPOT crew might work on the shorter and faster episodes starting with TPOT 3 and onwards after TPOT 2.

Episodes

Number	Name	Release date
1	"You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"	January 10, 2021
2	"The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"	June 18, 2022
3	BFDI:TPOT 3	TBA

Characters

BFDI:TPOT has 43 contestants competing in it: 41 veterans coming from Battle for BFDI, and two recommended characters that were up for voting in "The Escape from Four". Winner and Price Tag were chosen, and are the two of the three newcomers, the third being Teardrop, who joined in "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life" after Battle for BFB was over. This time, Two is the host instead of Four.

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Contestants

	Team(s)	Status	Placement
Pie	Death P.A.C.T. Again	1^st eliminated "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"	43^rd
Barf Bag	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Basketball	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Bell	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Black Hole	Death P.A.C.T. Again	TBA	TBA
Bomby	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Book	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Bottle	The S!	TBA	TBA
Cake	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Clock	The S!	TBA	TBA
Cloudy	The S!	TBA	TBA
Coiny	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Donut	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Eggy	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Eraser	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Fanny	Death P.A.C.T. Again	TBA	TBA
Foldy	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Fries	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Gaty	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Golf Ball	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Grassy	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Ice Cube	The S!	TBA	TBA
Lightning	Death P.A.C.T. Again	TBA	TBA
Marker	Death P.A.C.T. Again	TBA	TBA
Naily	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Needle	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Nickel	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Pen	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Pillow	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Pin	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Price Tag	Just Not	TBA	TBA
Puffball	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Remote	Death P.A.C.T. Again	TBA	TBA
Robot Flower	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Rocky	The S!	TBA	TBA
Saw	Team8s	TBA	TBA
Snowball	The Strongest Team on Earth.	TBA	TBA
Teardrop	Tear Drop	TBA	TBA
Tennis Ball	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Tree	Death P.A.C.T. Again	TBA	TBA
TV	Are You Okay	TBA	TBA
Winner	The S!	TBA	TBA
Yellow Face	The S!	TBA	TBA

Teams

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, thus leaving BFB while Blocky, Balloony, Woody, Lollipop, Taco, Teardrop, Bubble, Flower, Ruby, Gelatin, Firey, Leafy, Loser, and Spongy stay at Battle for BFB instead.

Team	Members

	Basketball	Golf Ball	Grassy	Robot Flower	Tennis Ball	TV

	Cloudy	Nickel	Rocky

	Book	Gaty	Ice Cube	Saw

	Black Hole	Bottle	Pen	Pie	Pillow	Remote	Tree

	Bell	Eraser	Foldy	Fries	Marker	Puffball	Yellow Face

	Fanny	Lightning	Snowball

	Barf Bag	Bomby	Donut	Naily

	Cake	Clock	Coiny	Eggy	Needle	Pin
None
None	Price Tag	Winner

Price Tag and Winner debut. The 42 contestants are then divided into 6 teams of 7.

Members

Eraser	Fries	Golf Ball	Pen	Puffball	Tennis Ball	TV

Black Hole	Fanny	Lightning	Marker	Pie	Remote	Tree

Bomby	Book	Cake	Naily	Nickel	Pillow	Price Tag

Barf Bag	Coiny	Donut	Gaty	Needle	Pin	Saw

Bottle	Clock	Cloudy	Ice Cube	Rocky	Winner	Yellow Face

Basketball	Bell	Eggy	Foldy	Grassy	Robot Flower	Snowball

Pie is eliminated. Teardrop joins the game as a single-member team.

Members

Eraser	Fries	Golf Ball	Pen	Puffball	Tennis Ball	TV

Black Hole	Fanny	Lightning	Marker	Remote	Tree

Bomby	Book	Cake	Naily	Nickel	Pillow	Price Tag

Barf Bag	Coiny	Donut	Gaty	Needle	Pin	Saw

Teardrop

Bottle	Clock	Cloudy	Ice Cube	Rocky	Winner	Yellow Face

Basketball	Bell	Eggy	Foldy	Grassy	Robot Flower	Snowball

Trivia

Logo shown on the end of "The Escape from Four"

The Power of Two was originally not considered early on, and the contestants that weren't in the Final 14 of BFB were going to be permanently killed off and eliminated from the game.^[5]
This is the first season to be named directly after its prize without "battle for" preceding it. It is also called the "Battle for the Power of Two" (or "BFTPOT") by Two in the first episode right before the intro.
This is the second season to have an announced release date before it started, with IDFB being the first.
- However, TPOT is the only season where everybody knew that the premiere would be a new season (as everybody expected BFDIA 6 to come out originally instead of IDFB).
The acronym TPOT sounds like "teapot". This was hinted on March 19, 2020 with a picture of X holding a teapot posted on Jacknjellify's Twitter and community page.
Four to the power of two equals sixteen ( $4^{2}=16$ ), which jokingly refers to the episode number from Battle for BFDI.
Kenzie Bryant supposedly came up with the name "TPOT".^[6]
It seems it was also possible that the contestants were able to switch between Battle for BFB and this competition if they wanted to.^[7] However, after BFB 17, this idea seems to be scrapped due to no future BFB episodes having any involvement with TPOT contestants. However, Teardrop joined TPOT late, making her the only contestant in both BFB and TPOT.
This is the first season of the entire series in which neither of the Huang brothers are involved in the writing.
This season has the second largest cast of contestants at 43, surpassed by BFB's 65.
X was originally a co-host with Two in TPOT, but he was taken back to BFB in "X Marks the Spot".
As of TPOT, Pin, Coiny, Ice Cube, Rocky, Tennis Ball, Golf Ball, and Needle will be the only characters who were in every season of BFDI.
- This makes this the first season to not include Firey, Spongy, and Pencil (although Pencil will be making appearances).
  - By default, this will be the first season where Spongy isn’t the highest ranking armless contestant.
  - Coincidentally, they were also the three contestants put up for elimination in "Reveal Novum" to be eliminated in "Rescission".
This season has the least number of returning season one contestants at 11.
This is the first season that lacks a former finalist.
Saw, Needle, and Ice Cube are the only contestants to begin the season with design changes from BFB:
- Saw has her pink handle, which was first shown in "Return of the Rocket Ship".
- Needle is CGI, due to eating the Photo Cake that Leafy gave her in "Get to the Top in 500 Steps". She became non-CGI again after being hit by a cake in "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"
- Ice Cube is tiny, due to getting shrunken down in Four's hot soup in "Return of the Rocket Ship". She became big again after dying in "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"
  - It is later revealed that only Saw's design change is permanent and that Ice Cube's and Needle's are just temporary as seen at the end of the TPOT intro.
- David and Dora also still have their changes, but they aren't competing.
TPOT is the first season to have its debut at the beginning instead of the merge.
- TPOT is also the first season to have two back to back debuts as Teardrop joins in the second episode.
The logo's font is Wolpe Fanfare.
Kenzie Bryant has said that, when selecting the season's roster, the BFB team simply selected the contestants they wanted, leaving the rest for TPOT.^[8]
According to Kenzie Bryant's CuriousCat, when questioned about a nonbinary character in TPOT, she refused to comment further due to "spoilers".^[9]
- "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?" would end up introducing two nonbinary characters, those being Winner and Price Tag.
In celebration of TPOTs release, #tpot became trending on Twitter with the caption, "A new season of the animated YouTube show Battle for Dream Island, titled the [sic] 'The Power of Two,' will be released".^[10]
This is the second season to use votes to save; Battle for BFB was the first.
This is the second season to allow another contestant to debut due to someone else being absent; Battle for Dream Island Again was the first.
This is the second season to have the first words spoken by Michael (as Yellow Face, or Four in a recording) instead of Cary, with BFB being the first.
This is the second season to have a newbie eliminated first, after Battle for Dream Island Again.
This is the third season to have a female contestant be the first eliminated, after Battle for Dream Island and Battle for BFDI.
This is the first season to have the first eliminated contestant not be voiced by Michael Huang as he does not voice Pie.
Some of the contestants reference the season’s name at the end of the intro:
- Clock’s clock hands are in the 2:00 position.
- Price Tag’s face says "P:2".
- TV shows the Utah teapot in reference to the show's acronym. The Utah teapot is a common 3D test model that is an in-joke among the computer graphics community.
- Winner is holding up two fingers.
The final seconds in the intro reference the intros from Battle for Dream Island to IDFB.
- Even the bassline during that scene sounds reminiscent of the music theme for the first three seasons' intros.
So far, this is the only season to have a character's name in it (Two).
Pin, Rocky, and Fries appear to be standing around a grotato plant in the intro.
This season's intro is the second one to feature its host(s); the first was BFB.
This season's intro is the 2nd longest intro; the first is BFB 1's with 50 seconds.
- However, if one only counts the intro used for the entire season, then TPOT's intro is indeed the longest.
The intro is the first in BFDI's history to feature a death: Pie exploding after coming near a fire on Bomby's fuse.
Everything involving the EXITors will take place in TPOT, despite the EXIT being in Four, who is in BFB.
BFDI:TPOT currently has the least hosts out of any season, excluding IDFB, having 1.
BFDI:TPOT is the first season to have a Cake at Stake in its first episode.
The former contestants who reach the final fifteen in TPOT will be the only contestants who successfully surpass their placement in BFB.
- This is excluding Teardrop, who would have to reach the final 2 to surpass her BFB rank.
Due to Teardrop being on her own team, TPOT is the second season to have uneven teams after BFDIA.

References

Seasons of Battle for Dream Island (template)

Main series: Battle for Dream Island • Battle for Dream Island Again • IDFB • Battle for BFB • Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two • Season 6

Pre-BFDI: Total Firey Island • Total Firey Points • Total Firey Switch

Spinoffs: ABCDEFG • B.A.G.U.E.T.T.E. • BFDI Mini-Season - "Marbles" • Ten Words of Wisdom

BFDI Mini: BFDI Mini • BFDI Mini Again • BFDI Mini Deluxe • BFDI Mini, Seriously!

Non-canon: Battle for Permission to Meet 10

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Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (Season 5)
Official logo of "The Power of Two"
Country of origin	United States
Genre	Reality TV Parody Comedy
Running time	January 10, 2021 – present
Video resolution	1080p
Created by	Michael Huang Cary Huang Satomi Hinatsu
Written by	Satomi Hinatsu Kenzie Bryant
Preceded by	Battle for BFDI
Simultaneous with	Battle for BFB
Number of episodes	2 (so far)
First episode	"You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"
Latest episode	"The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"
Prize	The Power of Two
Winner	TBA