- "BFDI" redirects here. For other uses, see BFDI (disambiguation).
- For the series itself, see Battle for Dream Island (series).
- For the prize of Battle for BFDI/Battle for BFB, see A BFDI.
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January 1, 2010 – January 1, 2012 |
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Squishy Cherries | |
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720i HD (Episodes 1 – 15) |
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25 |
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Kevin MacLeod |
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Michael Huang and Cary Huang |
Battle for Dream Island, abbreviated to BFDI, is the first season of the Battle for Dream Island series, first premiering on January 1, 2010, on the YouTube channel jacknjellify. The show takes place in a fictional location known as Goiky. The first season has 25 episodes.
BFDI was succeeded by Battle for Dream Island Again, released on June 29th, 2012, within the release of Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know.
Overview
The 20 original contestants (as seen in the intro)
This season involves 20 anthropomorphic inanimate objects (as well as one human[BFDI18]) who have known each other all their lives, and are casually living together. But when the host, the Announcer, falls from the sky and tells everyone about the luxurious island known as Dream Island, competition sparks, and everyone begins battling each other for the island.
In episode 1b, the 2nd part to the first episode, the 20 contestants were divided into 2 teams of 10: the Squishy Cherries and the Squashy Grapes. The 2 teams competed in contests at the beginning of every month, with the losing team being put up for elimination, known as Cake at Stake. The viewers then got to decide who they wanted to be eliminated between the 1st and 10th of every month, with the contestant having the most votes being eliminated, and sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber.
In episode 9, the teams reformed, and a 3rd team called Another Name was formed in the process. During Cake at Stake, the 2 most voted contestants would leave the losing team. The winning team would then choose one of the 2 to be on their team, with the other being eliminated.
In episode 12, the teams dissolved, and the contestants competed as individuals. A point system was also introduced. The contestant's scores were carried out through the season, and they could earn/lose points depending on how they did in a contest. At the end of an episode, the 3-4 contestants with the lowest scores would be up for elimination, and the most voted contestant would be sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber.
In episode 19, the point system ended, and competitors competed for immunity. One or two people won immunity each episode, with the rest of the contestants being put up for elimination, and the most voted competitor being sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber. This process continued until the final 3. The viewers then voted between the 3 finalists, with the most voted contestant winning Dream Island.
Production
In 2008, Michael and Cary Huang created a catalog which featured a comic strip of Firey, Woody, Teardrop, Spongy, and Match. They later decided to do comics, comic strips, and even some series like Total Firey Island, Total Firey Points, and others.
They decided to make a Flash animation series of a contest to win an island called "Dream Island" like Total Firey Island. They decided to release it on YouTube on jacknjellify's channel instead of carykh's channel.
Mechanics
Cake at Stake
- Main article: Cake at Stake
This is the elimination process for Battle for Dream Island; initially, the team that lost last contest is usually put up for elimination. The viewers then vote who they want to be eliminated on the losing Team between the 1st and 10th of each month. At the beginning of the next episode, the elimination ceremony, known as Cake at Stake, commences.
If a contestant is safe, then they will receive a slice of cake or something else. The competitor with the most votes will not get the cake, and will be eliminated from the battle, and thus, sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber. Since the eventual merge of the teams, the contestants that did not receive immunity (or got the lowest scores during the point system stage of the game) are put up for elimination. Typically, 3-4 contestants were put up for elimination during the merge. Occasionally, the contestants themselves got to choose who was eliminated instead.
Rewards
Many contests reward the winners. Usually, the prize is immunity for the winning team/contestant(s), but sometimes the reward is an eliminated competitor/rival teammate being added/moved to the winning team. Before the merge, contestants could also win a Win Token. If a contestant is up for elimination, they could use their Win Token to erase half of their votes, helping them stay usually safe (except for Needle and Golf Ball) during eliminations. Other rewards (BFDI posters, BFDI DDSs, teddy bears, houses) were also given out prior to reaching a new stage in the competition.
Characters
Entire cast (excluding David and Announcer)
- Main article: List of Battle for Dream Island characters
20 inanimate objects, plus the host: Announcer, and David, who joined in episode 18 make up the main cast. Everyone, excluding the Announcer, compete on the show.
Contestants
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Woody | Squishy Cherries | 4th eliminated "Bridge Crossing" |
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Needle | Squashy Grapes | 6th eliminated "Puzzling Mysteries" |
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Teardrop | Squashy Grapes | 7th eliminated "Crybaby!" |
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Golf Ball | Squashy Grapes | 8th eliminated "Lofty" |
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Coiny | Squashy Grapes | 9th eliminated "A Leg Up in the Race" |
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Snowball | Squashy Grapes | 10th eliminated "Don't Lose Your Marbles" |
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Match | Squishy Cherries | 11th eliminated "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None" |
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Eraser | Squishy Cherries | 12th eliminated "Vomitaco" |
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Pen | Squishy Cherries | 13th eliminated "Bowling, Now with Explosions!" |
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Blocky | Squishy Cherries | 3rd eliminated "Sweet Tooth" |
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| 14th eliminated "The Reveal" | ||||
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Tennis Ball | Squashy Grapes | 15th eliminated "Reveal Novum" |
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Pencil | Squishy Cherries | 16th eliminated "Rescission" |
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Ice Cube | Squashy Grapes | 18th eliminated "The Glistening" |
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Rocky | Squashy Grapes | 19th eliminated "Don't Pierce My Flesh" |
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Spongy | Squishy Cherries | 2nd eliminated "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" |
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Flower | Squashy Grapes | 1st eliminated "Barriers and Pitfalls" |
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| 21st eliminated "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2" | ||||
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Firey | Squishy Cherries | Winner "Return of the Hang Glider" (406 votes) | |
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Team status
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| Rocky | Squashy Grapes | Golf Ball, Snowball | Squashy Grapes | Another Name | Squishy Cherries | |||||
| Ice Cube | Squashy Grapes | Coiny, Needle | Squashy Grapes | |||||||
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| Tennis Ball | Squashy Grapes | Leafy, Teardrop | Squashy Grapes | Another Name | Squashy Grapes | |||||
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| Snowball | Squashy Grapes | Golf Ball, Rocky | Squashy Grapes | Squishy Cherries | ||||||
| Coiny | Squashy Grapes | Ice Cube, Needle | Squashy Grapes | Another Name | Eliminated | |||||
| Golf Ball | Squashy Grapes | Rocky, Snowball | Squashy Grapes | Another Name | Eliminated | |||||
| Teardrop | Squashy Grapes | Leafy, Tennis Ball | Squashy Grapes | Eliminated | ||||||
| Needle | Squashy Grapes | Coiny, Ice Cube | Eliminated | |||||||
| Pin | Squishy Cherries | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Woody | Squishy Cherries | Eliminated | ||||||||
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| Flower | Squashy Grapes | Eliminated | ||||||||
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Woody is eliminated.
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Needle is eliminated. Firey joins the Squashy Grapes after they win the challenge.
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Teardrop is eliminated. Snowball joins the Squishy Cherries, as they won last episode's challenge.
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Golf Ball is eliminated. Rocky joins the Squishy Cherries, as they won last episode's challenge.
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Recommended characters
- Main article: Recommended Characters
Starting in episode 10, the viewers got to create their own characters in the comments section of a video that would make cameos in the next episode. Originally, there were no restrictions on creating characters, however, starting in episode 18 ("Reveal Novum"), only one recommended character was allowed per recommender, and as of episode 23 ("Hurtful!"), no copyrighted characters were allowed to avoid lawsuits.
In Episode 17 ("The Reveal"), 30 handpicked recommended characters were chosen to be part of a special voting period, with the most voted character joining the competition. The winner of the voting was David, who joined as the 21st contestant of Battle for Dream Island.
Episodes
- Main article: List of Battle for Dream Island episodes
There is a total of 25 episodes. The first episode was a double length episode, while the rest of the episodes ranged at around 7-15 minutes each.
Re-uploaded episodes
There were 2 episodes of the season that had to be re-uploaded due to fatal errors in the originals. The first was Episode 12 ("A Leg Up in the Race"). In the original, Golf Ball and Rocky were shown on the Another Name team, despite the fact that in the previous episode ("Lofty"), Golf Ball got eliminated and Rocky got moved to the Squishy Cherries, and neither of them should have been there. As a result, the episode was taken down, and a new version was uploaded, with the error fixed.
The second was Episode 20 ("Gardening Hero"). This episode was originally missing a 30-second portion that contained elimination/rejoin details and the recommended characters for that episode. The episode was later re-uploaded with that part of the episode included.
Battle for Dream Island - Season 1 (All Episodes)
On July 21, 2018, between the releases of "What Do You Think of Roleplay?" and "Return of the Rocket Ship", the jacknjellify channel uploaded an official, three-hour-and-50-minute video compiling every episode of the first season, with black title cards marking the start of a new episode. Unlike the original videos, due to changes in YouTube's software, there are no annotations. It is the most viewed video on the channel to not be a BFDI episode, the channel's most viewed video since BFB started, and the channel's most viewed video from 2018.
Description
"Want to watch the Full Season of Battle for Dream Island? Look no further! This cartoon compilation has All Episodes of the first season of BFDI! Watch as twenty characters battle for a luxurious island in an elimination-centric monthly animated series!"
Timestamps
- 0:00:00 Episode 1: Take the Plunge
- 0:16:53 Episode 2: Barriers and Pitfalls
- 0:27:17 Episode 3: Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?
- 0:35:21 Episode 4: Sweet Tooth
- 0:45:29 Episode 5: Bridge Crossing
- 0:52:53 Episode 6: Power of Three
- 1:03:48 Episode 7: Puzzling Mysteries
- 1:10:19 Episode 8: Cycle of Life
- 1:20:15 Episode 9: Insectophobe's Nightmare
- 1:28:57 Episode 10: Crybaby!
- 1:35:15 Episode 11: Lofty
- 1:42:10 Episode 12: A Leg Up in the Race
- 1:49:17 Episode 13: Don't Lose Your Marbles
- 1:57:47 Episode 14: Half a Loaf is Better Than None
- 2:07:22 Episode 15: Vomitaco
- 2:16:04 Episode 16: Bowling, Now with Explosions!
- 2:23:59 Episode 17: The Reveal
- 2:33:55 Episode 18: Reveal Novum
- 2:46:33 Episode 19: Rescission
- 2:52:56 Episode 20: Gardening Hero
- 3:00:31 Episode 21: The Glistening
- 3:08:46 Episode 22: Don't Pierce My Flesh
- 3:15:18 Episode 23: Hurtful!
- 3:24:23 Episode 24: Insectophobe's Nightmare 2
- 3:36:05 Episode 25: Return of the Hang Glider
List of episodes
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| 1 | Take the Plunge | January 1, 2010 |
| 2 | Barriers and Pitfalls | February 1, 2010 |
| 3 | Are You Smarter Than a Snowball? | March 1, 2010 |
| 4 | Sweet Tooth | April 1, 2010 |
| 5 | Bridge Crossing | May 1, 2010 |
| 6 | Power of Three | June 1, 2010 |
| 7 | Puzzling Mysteries | July 1, 2010 |
| 8 | Cycle of Life | August 1, 2010 |
| 9 | Insectophobe's Nightmare | September 1, 2010 |
| 10 | Crybaby! | October 1, 2010 |
| 11 | Lofty | November 1, 2010 |
| 12 | A Leg Up in the Race | December 1, 2010 |
| 13 | Don't Lose Your Marbles | January 1, 2011 |
| 14 | Half a Loaf Is Better Than None | February 1, 2011 |
| 15 | Vomitaco | March 1, 2011 |
| 16 | Bowling, Now with Explosions! | April 1, 2011 |
| 17 | The Reveal | May 1, 2011 |
| 18 | Reveal Novum | June 1, 2011 |
| 19 | Rescission | July 1, 2011 |
| 20 | Gardening Hero | August 1, 2011 |
| 21 | The Glistening | September 1, 2011 |
| 22 | Don't Pierce My Flesh | October 1, 2011 |
| 23 | Hurtful! | November 1, 2011 |
| 24 | Insectophobe's Nightmare 2 | December 1, 2011 |
| 25 | Return of the Hang Glider | January 1, 2012 |
Trivia
- Overall, there were a total of 53 characters (excluding recommended characters/Speaker clones) in the 1st season (20 (21 if David is counted) contestants, 3 hosts, and the 30 (29 if David is not counted) hand-picked recommended characters).
- All of the characters either had both arms and legs, were armless, or didn't have any limbs at all.
- 33 characters have both arms and legs. (32 if Pin is not counted)
- 10 characters are armless.
- 10 characters have neither arms nor legs. (11 if Pin is counted)
- None of the limbless characters ever competed in this season, but Pin lost her limbs in the following season.
- All of the finalists in this season had both arms and legs.
- All the finalists in this season also weighed less than 0.1 oz (3.78 g), according to Golf Ball: Firey (~0 oz(0 g)), Leafy (~0.02 oz (0.76 g)), and Bubble (~0.0009 oz (0.03 g)).
- They were also all voiced by Michael.
- There are a total of 6 episodes in this season in which the voters did not vote someone to be eliminated.
- The first 3 eliminated contestants all rejoined the game.
- Two contestants, Flower and Blocky, shared an antagonist role.
- Flower is the first and last to be eliminated in BFDI.
- Additionally, Spongy is the second and second last contestant eliminated.
- Before BFDI, jacknjellify had only 11 subscribers, but after, their number of subscribers grew by more than a factor of 1000.
- BFDI raised jacknjellify up to the 4,988th most viewed channel in the world at the time. As of April 2018, they are now the 5,577th.
- The first season has no delayed episodes.
- In addition, each episode was always one month after the other.
- There were no food characters in this season, unlike future seasons.
- Battle for Dream Island premiered on New Year's Day of 2010.
- BFDI has no female voice actors, although future seasons do for some characters.
- This is the only season so far to be completed. BFDIA was cancelled and IDFB was put on hiatus after BFB started, but BFB has the potential to be the next complete season.
- On the intro of the 25th episode of BFDI, Eraser said that there might be a cool coincidence if you put the 1st spoken word of the first episode, the second word of the second episode, and so on all the way to the 25th spoken word of the 25th episode and made a message. The message says: "Yeah, what is it? Now I see you are taking the word with the place of the episode number. This is the message, no coincidence."
- As of January 1, 2021, BFDI Season 1, along with the series, is 11 years old.
- BFDI was edited with Sony Vegas.[1]
Contestants
Episode thumbnails
References
External links
| Seasons of Battle for Dream Island (template) |
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| Main series: Battle for Dream Island • Battle for Dream Island Again • dnalsI maerD roF elttaB • Battle for BFB • Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two • Season 6
Spinoffs: ABCDEFG • B.A.G.U.E.T.T.E. • BFDI Mini-Season - "Marbles" • Ten Words of Wisdom • Eleven Words of Wisdom Imaginary: Season 43 Milestone celebration: Subscriber specials Non-canon: Battle for Permission to Meet 10 |