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I have to carry Match, and I know she's gaining weight!
 
Pencil

"Cycle of Life" is the 8th episode of Battle for Dream Island. It was released on Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 8:12:59 AM PST (GMT-8). This episode had no Cake at Stake, and thus no elimination, being the only one to do so.

Characters[]

Main[]

Squashy Grapes[]

Squishy Cherries[]

Minor[]

Cameo[]

Plot[]

Before the intro[]

Pen goes to the Announcer to tell him that he and his team finally solved the jigsaw puzzle, so his team is free from the room that they were trapped in last episode. Pencil and Match talk about their votes. Pencil says she never got a vote. Leafy, Teardrop, Rocky, and Snowball also have no votes. Match is confused as to why Snowball didn't have any votes. Match then remarks that she got a vote four episodes in a row and no one else had. Bubble wants to say her vote status, but the Announcer lands on her, popping Bubble, and says artofliving123 voted him even though that vote shouldn't be made. Pencil is angry that he killed Bubble.

Picking the participants[]

There is no Cake at Stake, so the scene goes straight to the contest. The contest is a relay race, and Firey steps on Coiny's foot immediately after the contest is announced. Golf Ball is complaining about something unfair, and it just happened to be that the Squashy Grapes had many more members than the Squishy Cherries, so they'll take much longer to run all the way around. So the Announcer decides to make 4 of the members on the Squishy Cherries go twice. However, Bubble disagrees with this as she predicts that her team will be tired by the second round. The Announcer decides to make 4 members on the Squashy Grapes not participate, but Pen disagrees since the other team would be able to choose their best players while they can't. The Announcer asks the Squishy Cherries for a suggestion of the rules. Bubble asks for five contestants from each team to compete, but the Squashy Grapes' runners would be chosen randomly, to which the Announcer decides that it sounds fair.

The Announcer shows a nine-slice wheel, with each contestant on the Squashy Grapes having their slice. The five contestants on the slices that the needle lands on will participate in the race.

During spinning, a commercial from Blocky's Funny Doings International pops up, where Blocky rigs the Ice Cube Recovery Center on top of a tree near a cliff, kills Ice Cube, and watches Ice Cube repeatedly fall off the cliff and die.

After the commercial ends, the wheel lands on Firey, much to Coiny's dismay. Snowball says Firey had to be a fast runner, which he proves. Ice Cube compliments Firey, to which he returns the favor. Coiny insults Firey, and he does the same.

When the contestant wheel is spun again, Rocky barfs on the slice selected. Tennis Ball asks who is on the slice, but Snowball declines on scraping the vomit off. Golf Ball uses process of elimination to figure out that Ice Cube would be the next runner. Snowball complains about Ice Cube being weak and armless before the wheel is spun again.

Firey spins the wheel and the barf lands on Firey, much to the delight of Coiny. Leafy is chosen as the 3rd participant, and Golf Ball the 4th. Announcer reminds them that they have one spot left. Snowball spins the wheel and lands on Rocky, which he responds with "NOOOOOOO!!!!!". Firey is happy that Coiny is not a participant, so Coiny responds with a slap.

Contestants who are running[]

Squishy Cherries[]

Icon Contestant Place Carrying
Eraser 1st Pen
Pen 2nd Pencil
Pencil 3rd Match
Match 4th Bubble
Bubble 5th N/A (Last)

Squashy Grapes[]

Snowball, Tennis Ball, Coiny, and Teardrop weren't chosen to run.

Icon Contestant Place Carrying
Firey 1st Ice Cube
Ice Cube 2nd Leafy
Leafy 3rd Golf Ball
Golf Ball 4th Rocky
Rocky 5th N/A (Last)

Contest[]

Firey, Ice Cube, Leafy, Golf Ball, and Rocky participate for their team. The rest of the Squashy Grapes watch on. The Announcer states no one will be sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber again, to which Pen is disappointed, however, the Announcer says that two people will be eliminated next episode, but he would get to that later. The former also says that the winners would receive a prize, however refuses to tell Eraser.

The contest comes with a catch: the contestant who is currently running must carry the contestant who runs the race after him/her. The last person in line doesn't carry anyone. Bubble is happy that she doesn't have to carry anyone, and Match is happy that she's carrying Bubble. Pencil states that she's carrying Match, and she knows that Match is gaining weight. Match responds by slapping Pencil.

When the race begins, Ice Cube melts after Firey got back with her, and Eraser got a good lead for the Cherries. Firey melted Ice Cube, and she was recovered while Pen & Pencil extended the lead. Because Ice Cube had no arms, Leafy had to sit on her, but Leafy flew off when Ice Cube got onto the tree. When Leafy went back on, Match and Pencil went. When it was Leafy's time to run the race, she discovered that Golf Ball is heavy. She walked slowly. Match held onto Bubble so hard, she popped, and the BRC (Bubble Recovery Center) was a few miles away. Bubble made it back and reminded Match not to hold onto her too hard. When Golf Ball carried Rocky, Rocky barfed on Golf Ball's eyes, causing her to run right into the tree, but they made it back anyway, and Rocky didn't run or walk, so Golf Ball kicked him to the tree, and Bubble walked in that path, so she popped. Rocky was moving, but he walked very slowly and GB angrily kicked him to the end. Leafy caught him and celebrated the Grapes' victory with Firey. Snowball and Coiny then expressed their relief for winning. Eraser blamed Bubble for the Cherries losing once again.

The prize the Squashy Grapes got was an eliminated player. Coiny asked if they get to choose which player, but they don't, and the voters do instead by voting.

Stinger[]

The ending section shows the Ice Cube Recovery Center on a tree while Ice Cube is being recreated, thrown off a cliff, and repeatedly killed numerous times because of Blocky's advertisement, while music plays. Effects are added to make it more dramatic.

Re-joining lines[]

Flower

You better vote me, or--or-I'll crush you!

Spongy

Heeelloooo!

Blocky

Vote for me! I've got an edge! Well, twelve edges actually.

Woody

Meeeh, heh?? (nervous)

Pin

You need a heroic leader like me!

Needle

(Announcer calls her "Needy") *slap* Don't call me Needy!

Still In The Running[]

 Flower
20th
 Spongy
19th
 Blocky
18th
 Woody
17th
 Pin
16th
 Needle
15th
 Pen

Cast[]

Voice actor Roles
Cary Huang Match/Ice Cube/Tennis Ball/Rocky/Spongy/Pin/Needle
Michael Huang Pen/Pencil/Bubble/Firey/Golf Ball/Snowball/Blocky/Eraser/Leafy/Flower/Woody/Coiny
AT&T/NaturalReader Mike Announcer

Trivia[]

  • This is the first time Flower does her "You better vote for me, or I will crush you!" animation.
  • This is the last episode to use the older arms and legs.
  • When Pencil says "I was just JK kidding, Match.", it actually means "I was just just kidding kidding, Match."
  • This episode has the longest stinger in Season 1, with a length of 1 minute and 58 seconds.
  • The asset of Loser appeared again in this episode.
  • When annotations were discontinued on YouTube on January 15, 2019, this was the only BFDI episode with annotations left. Most of them are jokes about how voting for this episode has ended.
  • This is last episode to have the Squishy Cherries lose.
  • In the files of Scene 1, Pencil's many assets in the library section are named inappropriately.

Continuity references[]

  • The episode begins with Pen telling the Announcer that his team eventually solved the jigsaw puzzle and they were freed.
  • Pencil says that she's never been voted for and mentions the Squashy Grapes who also haven't been voted for.
    • Match says that she's been voted for in all 4 episodes where her team lost.
  • Blocky's Funny Doings International makes another appearance.
  • This is the second time Snowball screamed: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!".
    • The first time Snowball did it is in Power of Three.
    • However, it was sped up this time.

Cultural references[]

Goofs[]

  • At 1:12, Pen has no legs.
  • Bubble is armless at 1:16.
  • Bubble has one arm at 1:26.
  • Firey is not burning at 1:54.
  • Firey is not burning again at 3:37.
  • At 7:24, when the Squashy Grapes say "Yeah!", Rocky is shown talking, even though since Sweet Tooth he only communicated by barfing.
    • In the same scene, Firey, Coiny, and Golf Ball briefly have no legs when the say "Yeah!".
  • When the Announcer said there is no voting and no Cake and Stake, Teardrop suddenly appeared in the crowd.

Deaths[]

  1. Bubble is popped by Announcer.
  2. Ice Cube is melted by some fire in the middle of Blocky's prank.
  3. Ice Cube falls off a cliff and shatters repeatedly in Blocky's Funny Doings International. Ice Cube dies at least 65 times.
  4. Ice Cube is melted by Firey.
  5. Bubble is popped by Match.
  6. Bubble is popped by Rocky, kicked by Golf Ball.
2010 episodes
"Take the Plunge: Part 1" • "Take the Plunge: Part 2" • "Barriers and Pitfalls" • "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" • "Sweet Tooth" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Power of Three" • "Puzzling Mysteries" • "Cycle of Life" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare" • "Crybaby!" • "Lofty" • "A Leg Up in the Race"
BFDI episodes and other videos
TFI: "Crying Contest" • "Balance Beam" • "Mile Run" • "Elimination Volleyball!" • "Rope Climb" • "Dodgeball" • "Spelling Bee" • "Breath Holding Contest" • "Dice!" • "Spinner" • "Bowling 1" • "Bowling 2" • "Stack 1" • "Stack 2" • "Hurdles 1" • "Hurdles 2" • "Hurdles 3 and 'WETHFPC'" • "Jumbo"


TFS: "Mountain Climb" (unreleased)

TFP: "Balance Beam" • "Dodge Ball" • "Mountain Climb" • "Balloon Toss" • "Teams" • "Boats" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Eating" • "Pyramid" • "Pole Vaulting" • "Test Taking" • "Obstacle Course" (all unreleased)

BFDI: "Take the Plunge" ("Take the Plunge: Part 1" • "Take the Plunge: Part 2") • "Barriers and Pitfalls" • "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" • "Sweet Tooth" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Power of Three" • "Puzzling Mysteries" • "Cycle of Life" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare" • "Crybaby!" • "Lofty" • "A Leg Up in the Race" • "Don't Lose Your Marbles" • "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None" • "Vomitaco" • "Bowling, Now with Explosions!" • "The Reveal" • "Reveal Novum" • "Rescission" • "Gardening Hero" • "The Glistening" • "Don't Pierce My Flesh" • "Hurtful!" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2" • "Return of the Hang Glider"

BFDIA: "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know" • "Get Digging" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3" • "Zeeky Boogy Doog" • BFDIA 5 ("Get in the Van" • "BFDIA 5b" • "No More Snow!" • "It's a Monster" • "The Long-lost Yoyle City") • "Well Rested" • "Intruder Alert" • "Meaty" • "Catch These Hands" • "Taste the Sweetness" • "Lots of Mud" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 4" • "Well, Look Who It Is!" • "PointyPointyPointy ♫" • "Spore Day" • "Respect to the Wicked" • "Start the Shift" • "Airplanes in the Night Sky" • "🥚" • "Launch Party"

IDFB: "Welcome Back"

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BFDI:TPOT: "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" • "What's Up Bell's String?" • "Category One" • "I SAID CAREFUL!!!" • "Seasonal Shift" • "The Power of Four" • "Bottle For Dream Island" • "BFB 31"


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