Screechy

Screechy
Four when screeching
Type	Four's Screech
Effects	Dizziness Fainting Paralysis Confusions Stuns Violent Shaking Death (when combined with scratching)
Source	Four
First appearance	"Getting Teardrop to Talk"
Last appearance	"Take the Tower" "Just Push Through It (Songify BFDI by Schmoyoho)" (non-canon)

“	No more screechy please!	”
	— X, "Getting Teardrop to Talk"

Screechy is a type of verbal abuse that is performed by Four. It is generally done when Four is prompted to speak. The term was at first coined by X, when telling Four to stop screeching. In "Fortunate Ben", however, everyone refers to it as "the screech".

Four screeches for (at least) 2 reasons: the first is when stunning and/or harming a contestant, or when he likes something.

Effects

Audio sample of Four's screech (as usually in the show).

Audio sample of Four's screech. WARNING: Loud!

Generally, the screech is a loud, earsplitting sound that causes some effects on the victim. These symptoms include:

• Dizziness
• screechy
• Paralysis
• Confusions
• Stuns
• Violent Shaking
• Death (when combined with scratching)

The victim generally recovers shortly after the screech.

Love Hearts

Main article: Love Hearts

Love Hearts are a type of item that Four shoots out of his eyes and mouth when he sees something he adores.

The hearts themselves are solid, thus they can hurt someone, as Eraser was hit by a heart and flung through the sky. The first appearance the Love Hearts made was during "Today's Very Special Episode", where there were roughly 345 hearts shown.

Victims

Clock's resonant frequency happens to match with the screech.

Victim	Count
8-Ball[1]	1
Basketball[1]	1
Bell[2]	1
Bracelety	1
Clock[1]	3
Donut[3]	2
Eraser[2]	1
Lollipop[4][5]	3
Marker[2]	1
Match[6]	1
Pen[1][7][8]	3
Pillow[8][9]	2
Saw[3][7]	1
Taco	1
Tree[8]	3
Woody	1
X	3
Yellow Face[4]	1
Rest of Death P.A.C.T.[8]	1

^[1] Partially screeched

^[2] Screeched from Love Hearts

^[3] Screeched by audio recorder

^[4] Screeched in ear

^[5] Screeched, then/or licked

^[6] Screeched non-canonically

^[7] Screeched, but got no effect

^[8] Screeched, then/or eaten

^[9] Killed by screech

Names

• Screech (X)
• Screechy (X)
• The Screech (Pen, Lollipop, Liy)
• Loud noises (Yellow Face)

Trivia

• Four's screech itself comes from Freesound (a sound database that anyone can upload and download), available under the Creative Commons Zero License. Here is the link to the uncut sound.
• According to Cary, it is possible to build up a tolerance to Four's screech.
  • Pencil is a prime example of a contestant that built a tolerance to it, as said in the EXIT.
• In real life, Four's screech must be louder than 120 decibels in order to cause damage.
• X, Clock, Lollipop, Pen, and Tree are currently the only characters to have been screeched three times.
  • Donut got screeched at the second-most amount of times, at 2.
• Donut was the first contestant to be screeched at by Four.
  • Coincidentally, he later became a host after Four got multiplied to 0, causing them to disappear.
• Bracelety and 8-Ball are currently the only Exitors who have been screeched at.
• Match is the only contestant to be screeched outside a BFB episode.
  • She is also the first person screeched in 2018.
• Love Hearts are performed when Four screeches in excitement or when he loves something related to him. They are used in "Today's Very Special Episode".
• Canonically speaking, Woody and Pen are the only original BFDI contestants to have been screeched at.
• Pen is the first contestant to ask for a screech, although he chose it over an insult from X.
  • Lollipop was also the first contestant to ask Four to screech at another contestant.
• Pillow is the first (and possibly only) person who has been killed by a screech.
  • Her death, however, might not have been from the screech itself, as Four was clawing at her when she tried to suffocate/muffle him while he was screeching.
• In "Questions Answered", Donut was affected by a recorded screech.
  • This confirms that the screech can still affect a contestant even when it's just a recording of it.
  • The audio recorded version may only work on certain contestants. This is because Saw was not affected by it.
• According to the Jacknjellify TikTok account, the official transcription for the screech sound effect is "EEEYYEARGGG".

Gallery

Poses

Four screeching idle

Four Screeching (GIF)

Bracelety getting screeched

Four Screeching at X

Scenes

4 Screeching (Gif)

X telling Four to stop, he doesn't...

X being screeched by Four

Four screeching at "Pillow"

Four screeching at Woody

Four screeching in excitement in "Today's Very Special Episode"

Four screeching at Match 1

Four screeching at Match 2

Tree being screeched for the 2nd time

Four's extra weird screech at Pen

Lollipop getting screeched for the 2nd time

Four screeching Yellow Face through his earmuffs

Donut getting affected by the audio recorder

Four screeching (and attacking) 8-Ball because he said "Four....X two-"

Pillow getting screeched for the 2nd time

Lollipop getting screeched for the 3rd time

Four screeching a vase in "If Among Us Was a BFDI Challenge"

Four
Interactions with	Everyone, X, Donut
Locations	Eternal Algebra Class Withfour, Unnamed Classroom, Four Shaped Landscape, The Fourest
Others	Screechy, Zappies, Mutilation, Anti-Flying Button, Duct Tape, Have Cots, Season 43