"Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters" is the 3rd episode of Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two and the 64th (by release date) or 73rd (by in-universe order) episode in the overall series. It was released on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
Donut notices blocks falling everywhere. Cake questions Donut and enters a flashback with him and Needle in peace, only to later realize there were blocks everywhere. Snowball tries threatening Two to get rid of the blocks, but they insist that they're not causing any problems. Much to Two's dismay, Naily is stabbed into the ground when she gets hit by blocks. Winner tries to hold a tower of blocks back, but Tree says that preventing death is Death P.A.C.T. Again's job, and gets crushed by blocks. Next, Eggy, Pen, and Barf Bag are shown running away before slipping on Barf Bag's vomit, and blocks fall on them too. Then, Bottle begins to say that when she sees barf, she wants to vomit, but Rocky instead does it for her, vomiting on Winner that causes them to not hold on to the tower. The top of the tower lands on Tennis Ball and gets flung away, hitting on Robot Flower showcasing a fresh new Zap Ray to Teardrop, saying that she should be careful next time. Once Robot Flower got hit by Tennis Ball, she accidentally killed Teardrop by activating and dropping the gun at the same time, but then Eraser discovers the gun and shoots it to a window from the Hotel, causing a bunch of glass shards to land on Two's cheesecake. Two desperately yells about their cheesecake while the intro plays.
After the intro[]
Before the Cake at Stake, Two recovered all the recently deceased contestants, Death P.A.C.T. Again were very disappointed about the multiple death counts they faced today. With that, they planned to forfeit the challenge and instead focus on saving someone's life and preventing death.
As The Strongest Team on Earth is prepared for seeing someone get eliminated, Two announces that the price of today's Cake at Stake is a cheesecake, but is now covered with some broken glasses after the unfortunate incident. Eggy then tried to comfort Two that the cake is undoubtedly “delicious” and promises to eat it, even if she is very uncertain about it. Continuing the elimination, there are 74,873 total votes—which is the most ever. The first contestant safe is Grassy, with 26,669 votes. With joy, Grassy gratefully introduced himself, like he always does, as does Two. As Two gave the cake to Grassy, they asked him if ever he will eat the cake, but Grassy then slides backward and threw the cake away from the roof of the Hotel—Two is very upset about it. Carrying on, Two then asked Snowball (as he's safe with 13,017 votes), but then Snowball furiously refuses. He also asked Bell as well (next safe with 10,617 votes) but politely said that she would save the cake for later. After these rejections of eating the price, Robot Flower then voluntarily wants to eat the cake, which Two said it's great news for her; with a total of 6,847 votes received, she is safe from elimination—Robot Flower then smashes her head to the cake (due to not actually having a mouth). Basketball is next up safe, with 6,150 votes. She pretends to eat the slice but is still caught. Before the next eliminated contestant, Eggy hoped that she will be joining with Pie instead just to avoid the promise that she made, but Two announces that she is safe with 5,977 votes, while Foldy is the second person eliminated with 5,596 votes. Foldy then is shocked by the outcome but left with good intentions for the other contestants before she finally disappears by the power of Two.
With Foldy gone, there are now 41 contestants. Marker feels bad after Foldy's Elimination. Clock mentions the contestants are competing infrequently, and asks how is the season ever gonna finish. Needle is angry at Two and mentions them leaving on and off for months. Two teleports the rest of the contestants somewhere else by snapping.
Challenge[]
Two welcomes everyone to the amusement park, and tries to make a pun. Remote makes a positive compliment about the empty space after Tree mentions there is nothing there. Two explains that they've been trying to make a profit with the amusement park for 2 years, and no tickets have been sold. Fanny mentions that nobody knew it existed, there are no rides or entertainment, and that everyone hates it. Two notices Fanny is right about there being no attractions, and starts to announce the challenge. Knowing how to solve the block problem for everyone, the challenge is to make an amusement park with the rest of the blocks, and that Two will be judging the attractions on a scale of 1 to 10. Donut mentions that the blocks have caused nothing but death and mayhem, to which Pillow says that they should keep the blocks. Golf Ball picks up a hammer and a screw and tells her team to hurry to her factory, as they are followed by Death P.A.C.T. Again. Yellow Face makes an ad about being boring, but after being interrupted by Clock, he reveals that he was actually talking to him, and Clock says that he agrees with him and suggests to make a performance stage. Clock whispers to Bottle that it could be their chance to see Winner perform without Loser live. Instead, Bottle decides that Yellow Face can rehearse for the performance while the rest of the team create the stage. Yellow Face eagerly accepts the offer and begins writing a script. Ice Cube is looking at Yellow Face, who asks her if she's okay with being shattered repeatedly for the performance, in which she angrily denies. Meanwhile, Basketball and Eggy try to motivate their team, but accidentally speak over one another. Basketball lets Eggy talk instead. She says that the last round was a wake-up and they have to work better as a team. Bell agrees, and suggests that they try "unscrambling" the mess that happened last time, much to Eggy's offense. Snowball points to their logo as the answer the team needs, but gets annoyed as it keeps moving down, right, and then inside his molecular structure. Basketball reads "The Strongest Team on Earth," and Snowball gets the idea to build a contraption to test Two's strength. They notice Teardrop putting her blocks on a table, and Bell pities her for struggling by herself. Coiny overhears their conversation, and suggests that his team use Eggy's idea of a restaurant. Saw is excited about the idea, but Pin is not amused with it, as she feels like it's cheating. Gaty tells her that The Strongest Team on Earth is not actually doing a restaurant. Pin says they could serve something like an apple. Needle then goes and get the blocks. Donut then says he's salivating already.
Meanwhile, Golf Ball shows Are You Okay her new invention, the Brain Wave, and explains how it can bring ideas into reality by thinking about them. Then, she puts it on Puffball and tells her to stare at a drawing of a rollercoaster so that it can come into reality. Golf Ball warns her not to think about anything bad, as it could ruin the rollercoaster. Tennis Ball reminds Golf Ball that they need to incorporate the blocks, which she responds to by saying that the seats will be made out of blocks. She then tells TV to show them a tutorial on how to make the chairs. Eraser says that it sounds boring and Golf Ball suggest him to mess with the other teams like last time. Eraser goes to leave and then bumps into Death P.A.C.T. Again. He asks what they are doing there and Lightning says that they're going to cause inter-team shenanigans. Eraser mentions that he's doing that too. As he leaves, he says they are cool, and Marker says he always knew he was cool. Black Hole then says they are just building a rollercoaster, but Fanny hates them because people could fall off and die. Remote then gets the idea to make a landing pad that can prevent a high fall death from the rollercoaster. Marker gets a sheet, then the team leaves Golf Ball's Factory. Meanwhile, Book mentions to Just Not that they are falling behind and they still have no idea for an attraction. Pillow suggests that they shred Book for the attraction. Nickel says that he loves anagrams. Cake then says they should have a pile of stuff. Bomby loves Cake's idea. Nickel asks what it means and Price Tag says that it's fun to have prizes at an amusement park. Cake thanks Price Tag for explaining it thoroughly, as he struggled to put it into words. Price Tag then says his idea is a million bucks. Nickel suggests that they should go to the hotel to find some things they can use as prizes. Donut asks if Pin is okay, in which she replies that she's still second-guessing the team's idea. Needle tells Pin that she should do that later and continue building. Barf Bag mentions that they'll need a table and chairs. Coiny grabs Saw to carve the blocks into chairs and a table, saying he "saw" an opportunity. Barf Bag reacts with a sarcastic and unamused laughter.
Back at the factory, Pen, Tennis Ball, and Fries congratulate TV for helping them build the seats, saying that he went "above and beyond" instead of doing something basic. Puffball gets irritated that she's was only making an average rollercoaster, so she decides to think about a more exhilarating ride for her team to love her. She quickly corrects herself saying they'll love the rollercoaster. The Brain Wave scans Puffball's thoughts of her new rollercoaster, and sounds an alarm while showcasing the words "WARNING" on the screen. Meanwhile, Eraser is taunting Teardrop and tries to zap her attraction with the Zap Ray he found earlier. She flutters her arms in response, but Eraser thinks she doesn't care. So, he kicks the blocks off Teardrop's table, but it doesn't trigger a reaction, much to his ignorance. Back at the hotel, Bomby and Nickel find random things inside the desks, such as a jawbreaker, batteries, as well as some garbage. Nickel tells Bomby to appreciate what he found, which Pillow assumes he said that for the fact that he believes that or that he's a nickel, and Nickel dejectedly agrees to both. Meanwhile, Death P.A.C.T Again is finished building their landing pad as Lightning puts the sheet over two stacks of their blocks . As Tree is testing it, he finds it fun, but Remote and Black Hole remind him that it's strictly for death prevention. When Team8s is finished with the Restaurant, Needle remembers about the food, but Pin said that she forgot about the apple. Coiny decides to use Barf Bag as a replacement, since they don't have any food. Meanwhile, Bottle asked Yellow Face about the performance, he said that the performance is good. Yellow Face then shows his "opening dance" for the performance. Bottle impressed and she asked what Yellow Face can't do. Yellow Face said that he sometimes worried about something, but cutted to scene where Bottle said that the performance is going to be under control to Clock. Clock said that the performance is going to be "great" while looking at Winner. Bottle told Clock not to push anyone, and Clock, turning around, accidentally nudging Bottle and killing him. Yellow Face asked Cloudy about the stage, Cloudy said that it reminds him of sorting a collection and it fits into place. Cloudy asked if he like it. Yellow Face "advertises" Cloudy. Cloudy thanked Yellow Face.
Robot Flower said that her team will win the challenge. Basketball doubted if Two just can knock over the stack. Snowball said that Two can knock it over if they can prove themselves. Basketball felt that the "attraction" is not ready. Snowball think that no one likes his idea and punched Bell. Basketball said that she have an idea. Snowball think that his team will just clobbering Bell. Basketball said that she'll need some string. She have the string in her lab at the hotel, she'll glue the rest of the stack. Robot Flower said she'll be right back to grab the string. She runs away. At outside of the park, Two saw Robot Flower runs to the hotel, they said hello and goodbye to her. Two announces that the sun is beginning to set, they suggested all the teams meet them back at the amusement park, and the judging of all teams' attractions will begin tonight.
At the factory, Golf Ball finished making the seat for her team's attraction. Golf Ball thanked Puffball for visualizing her team's rollercoaster. Golf Ball then checks the preview. According to the preview result, the rollercoaster will be "Hyper-Crazy", with an 10000/100 Dangerous Reading. Golf Ball said that the rollercoaster she think will be dangerous and it is outrageously ridiculous. She said that they don't have time to restart and she think Puffball has ruined their idea. Tennis Ball is upset and said that they don't have time to make another rollercoaster due to Two's announcement. Fries takes it easy and he suggested to take the Brainwave and upload it into the park.
At the hotel, Book think they can't just take the garbage onto the park. Pillow mentions things besides the garbage, while Naily makes a sarcastic comment about the garbage. When Nickel heard Two's announcement, he suggested get back outside with the stuff they already had. Robot Flower runs upstair to get the string. Nickel commands his team to grab the garbage and Robot Flower. Pillow jokes about this, asking "why he said to grab the same thing twice". As Robot Flower is running downstairs, Bomby holds the string, and Just Not is dragged by Robot Flower, just in time before the sun set.
Robot Flower arrives back to her team with the string and Basketball thanks and accolades her. Basketball gets to work on the attraction. Now it is modified as a punching game. Snowball loves the attraction so much that he punches Grassy really far away. Basketball gets mad at Snowball and told him to use the punching game next time for punching.
Now that Are You Okay is back at the amusement park, Golfball tells Pen that the button on the Brainwave will create the rollercoaster. She clicks on the button and it spawns the rollercoaster that turns out to be dangerous. Golf Ball and Puffball are surprised about the outcome, then Pen gets the block seats onto the ride as he place them onto the ride. Black Hole saw the rollercoaster made by Are You Okay, and is shocked that it's become dangerous. He knew that Death P.A.C.T. Again made the right call just preventing death for the challenge.
Two announces that the sun had nearly set, but Winner doubted that it'll take about an hour for them. Much to their dismay, the sun sets down and Winner said they will never doubt Two again, only officially declaring that after the sun sets for a second time, after the sun comes back up.
Two asked Are You Okay about their attraction they had created. Golf Ball said her team made a rollercoaster for their park. Puffball said that the blocks are the seat for the rollercoaster. Pillow said that Two should ride on the rollercoaster. Naily said that was a good idea and she hoping Are You Okay lose, and Pillow said that they'll also die. Two loved that idea and asks Are You Okay to join them on the ride. Two, Golf Ball, Fries, and Pen took their own seats. Two asked Puffball to push the lever to ride the rollercoaster. Puffball pushes the lever and the ride starts running. Two, at first, liked the ride. When the ride got to the main part, Golf Ball, Fries, Pen, and Two scream. They were then thrown away from the ride and sent into freefall. They were saved by Death P.A.C.T. Again's trampoline. Two said that the trampoline was quite fun. Two gave Death P.A.C.T. Again (mistaken for Are You Okay) 10 out of 10 for the amazing trampoline and loved bouncing on it. Two gave Are You Okay 5 out of 10 because the rollercoaster was exhilarating but dangerous. Tennis Ball accepts it.
Two goes to The Strongest Team on Earth's attraction and asks what the attraction is. Snowball reckons they are weak, then Two responds that they are not "so weak." Bell tried to punch the block suspended from a string, but she barely can punch it. She said she doesn't know if Two is up to the challenge. Two thought the attraction looks hard. Two, using his power, punched the block so hard it flew into the distance. Two said that The Strongest Team on Earth's attraction is a strong game for a strong team. It's simple and they like it. Grassy returns to the park, announcing his return. Snowball puts him on the attraction, replacing the block that was thrown away. Snowball said that there's a whole new test to try. Two don't know how they feel about the new element, but they loved what they played. Two gave The Strongest Team on Earth 7 out of 10.
Two goes to The S' attraction to judge it. Cloudy said that his team created a stage out of blocks for their performance area. Two said that if it's for a performance area, they'll need to see a performance. Winner says they have Yellow Face ready to perform, but Clock interrupts them and says that it's Winner who's performing. Yellow Face is shocked that he couldn't perform and was the only person rehearsing. Clock states that they couldn't miss a chance to see Winner perform live and thinks this will make them win. It can also help them re-enter the mainstream. However, Winner wasn't ready for that. Clock presented Winner perform a solo show to Two. They clap until realizing there's no one on stage. Winner walks away from the stage and Clock approaches them, asking where are they going. Winner didn't agree to Clock's plan at all and tells him not to push them to do something when they're not ready. Clock stated that he wasn't trying to force them, but Winner thinks they'd rather be alone. With no performance taking place for The S, and that they just constructed an empty stage, Two gave The S a 0 out of 10.
Two asked Teardrop what she had working on. She throw her block to Two and they asked what did she want them to do that. Eraser take that block and throw it, destroying her stack. Two is amazed by seeing that Teardrop made a fun carnival game. Two gave Teardrop 5 out of 10. Golf Ball told Eraser that he was meant to hurt her chances, not help her. Eraser releases the zap gun and tried to shoot Teardrop, but failed. Eraser then chases her.
Two asked Just Not about the garbage. Book puts the garbage onto the table. Cake said that these are "a bunch of prizes." He doesn't think that it's an amusement park if there's no prizes. Two said those have almost no value. Price Tag asked if they want a value. They jumped onto the garbage and give it a value of $30, and Two sees that it makes the value clear. Two gave Just Not 3 out of 10. Naily said Price Tag did a good job.
Eraser is still chasing Teardrop while trying to shoot her, but accidentally shoots Pen, TV, and Fanny to death. Marker saw them die and lies down at the trampoline. Tree said that his team considered Markers death prevented.
Two goes to Team8s' "attraction." They said if they got above 0 out of 10, they'll beat "The S!". Gaty thinks they'll enjoy what they put together and Two says everything she puts her mind to is always fantastic. Two pats Gaty and hurted their hand. When Donut tried to speak, he got bumped by Teardrop. Eraser releases the zap gun and tries to shoot her, but Teardrop avoids it and shoots Team8s' "attraction" instead and it disappears. Needle is surprised and Saw begins to scream. Two gave Team8s 0 out of 10, because they had nothing to show them thanks to Eraser and Teardrop.
Clock asked Two what the tiebreaker will be, since The S and Team8s both got a 0 out of 10. Yellow Face hopes that the tiebreaker won't be a performance, while still angry at Clock for not letting him perform. Clock apologizes to him and promises to do better next time by not pushing anyone and going clockwise to his other teamates. Two said it seems hardly unfair to the other teams to give both teams another shot, and does remember Clock talking about the game is going so slowly. The flashback shows that Clock said if there's 41 contestants, and they compete the game slowly, he asked how they are gonna ever possibly finish the competition. Two figures out a way to speed up the competition is to have two teams up for elimination. Marker gets it because they are Two. The episode ends with Two saying that two teams are up for elimination, but the viewers only vote one of the contestants of two teams, they said that the contestants with the fewest votes on Team8s and The S will both be eliminated.
Stinger[]
Yellow Face introduces Eggy and Bell to the stage. Price Tag, (Most likely) Black Hole, Gaty and Grassy are excited. Yellow Face said that the show is where they must eat Two's glassy-topped cake. Grassy said "Glassy." Eggy didn't want to eat that cake. Marker came up and he thinks she calls him, which Eggy denies. Marker says that he is here to prevent death, and tells her not to eat the cake, as she'll die. Bell asked him what to do because they told Two they'd eat it. Marker says that he'll do it for them. Marker ate the cake and screams in pain, as he is dying, much to Price Tag's, Grassy's, Gaty's, and (most likely) Black Hole's dismay.
A roller coaster generated by Puffball that tuned out to be a safety hazard that required Death P.A.C.T. Again to build a trampoline to prevent deaths from it.
This is the second time the contestant on [D] was the first one safe.
This is the second time the contestant on [F] was 6th safe.
This is the first episode of TPOT not to be showran by Satomi Hinatsu, since she left the Jacknjellify crew on July 2, but later Sam Thornbury showran it.[1]
On December 31, 2022, when asked about TPOT 3 during a livestream, Cary Huang stated that he was not able to discuss the episode and was "sorting things out".
This episode was announced the closest to its actual release date, as "Let's keep BFDI casual", which announced it would be coming in late January, released 1 day before the episode.
Additionally, this is also the first episode where The S! didn't place 2nd.
This is the first TPOT episode to feature one of the Huang twins at the end, similarly to the BFB post-split episodes.
Snowball breaks the fourth wall when mentioning the changing positions of The Strongest Team on Earth.'s logo.
Basketball further intervenes by reading it out.
A bit later throughout the episode, Lightning has an unusually lower voice.
This is the first time Tree died ever since becoming a contestant in "Getting Teardrop to Talk" (He had died once more in "Reveal Novum" but he wasn't a contestant at that time).
This is the first episode in which New Friendly plays outside of flashbacks since "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know".
This is the first TPOT episode where a contestant from Battle for BFB appears in the thumbnail, that being Teardrop.
Additionally, this is the first TPOT episode where a contestant from Battle for Dream Island Again appears in the thumbnail, that being Teardrop and Puffball.
This is the first TPOT episode the track "Votely" doesn't play in.
The episode was featured on YouTube's "Trending" page, peaking at #10 in the US and #5 in Canada.[2][3]
This makes it the first TPOT episode to be featured on Trending, and the second episode of BFDI overall after "What Do You Think of Roleplay?".
This is the first time 14 contestants have been up for elimination at once since "Get in the Van", released 10 years prior.
Just like in BFB, Donut and Barf Bag are once again up for elimination in the third episode.
Despite Two saying that the attractions had to make use of the blocks, Just Not managed to win without using any of them.
Ironically, the two teams that lost the challenge both used the largest amount of blocks compared to the other teams.
This episode currently has the highest vote count of any TPOT episode so far.
This is the first TPOT episode so far:
With the intro before Cake at Stake.
Without any recommended characters.
Without anybody debuting.
Without Remote dying.
With nighttime appearing outside of a stinger.
The color of the text in this episode's thumbnail is noticeably darker than any other episode's thumbnail.
This is the first episode out of both BFB and TPOT where the viewers aren't explicitly told to vote by typing a letter in square brackets.
According to Cary, the episode was originally called “The ATWOsement Park” but the idea was scrapped due to being “too cringy”.
Elimination[]
Since Foldy is eliminated, she is the first former member of Free Food to be eliminated.
She is also the first former member of Free Food on The Strongest Team on Earth to be eliminated, leaving Bell as the only former member of Free Food on the The Strongest Team on Earth still competing on TPOT.
Additionally, she is the first former female member of Free Food to be eliminated, leaving Bell and Puffball as the only former female member of Free Food still competing on TPOT.
Also, if not counting her quitting BFB, this is the first time Foldy is eliminated, having her be the last Season 4a newbie not eliminated at some point before.
This is also the second instance where she gets the lowest amount of votes, with the first being "This Episode Is About Basketball".
Foldy is the first contestant voiced by Cindy Jiang to be eliminated, leaving Pillow as the only contestants voiced by Cindy Jiang still competing on TPOT.
Foldy is the first armless contestant to be eliminated on TPOT.
She is also the first armless member of The Strongest Team on Earth, leaving Eggy and Basketball as the only armless members of The Strongest Team on Earth still competing on TPOT.
She is the first contestant whose name starts with "F".
She is also the first female to be eliminated on The Strongest Team on Earth.
Foldy is the first contestant whose name ends with "Y".
She is also the first member of The Strongest Team on Earth whose name ends with "Y", leaving Eggy and Grassy as the only members of The Strongest Team on Earth whose names end with "Y" still competing on TPOT.
Yellow Face asks Ice Cube about being repeatedly shattered, referencing the stinger of "Cycle of Life".
Teardrop arm flutters to get her raygun back from Eraser, who mistook the gesture for her not caring. This is similar to Pillow's theory on arm fluttering meaning one not showing any concern in "Getting Teardrop to Talk".
Barf Bag being used as the edible for Team8s' restaurant may be a reference to "Questions Answered".
Two pats Gaty on the head, stimulating an "ow" from them, similar to "The Escape from Four" but with Four and Naily instead.
This is the third episode in a row where Bottle shatters. However, she doesn't say "Uh oh!" this time.
In addition, this is the second episode in a row to have Pen die twice in the same episode.
At 12:10, Coiny can be seen standing in a posture similar to his BFDIA intro pose.
Needle's muffled speech through a flood of blocks is similar to the bread-drowned contestants in "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None".
When Naily gets hit to the ground, she is in the same position from when Flower stuck her to it in "The Four is Lava". She also says "Aw, fooey!" referencing Yellow Face's same line in "It's a Monster"
Nickel's thought of Dream Island recycles the asset of Team No-Name's Dream Island in "Zeeky Boogy Doog".
Marker's offscreen yelps during the stinger could possibly reference the "Deep Fried Breaths" ending of "Welcome Back".
This is the second time Puffball intentionally does something selfish on her team. The first is "The Long-lost Yoyle City".
Needle yelling "Seriously?!" at Two is a minor reference to her saying "Aw, seriously?" in season 1.
Bell makes the same face Coiny does in BFDIA 5e (before he tells Pin that Leafy was made of Yoyle Metal) after accidentally affronting Eggy.
The Brainwave's alarm uses the United States' Emergency Alert System (EAS) broadcast noise when Puffball's ideas for the rollercoaster change.
More specifically, the Specific Area Message Encoding, or SAME tones. These tones hold information on who sent out the alert, the areas it goes to, and what type of alert it is. Furthermore, decoding it, it's a Required Weekly Test.
Eggy being offended by the word "scramble" is an iconic allusion to the common breakfast dish of scrambled eggs.
Foldy's line 'Oh-my-Origami-Book-That's-Called-"GeoGami"' refers to the book whose instructions Cary used to fold Foldy, which can be found here.
Goofs[]
For around 1 1/4 hours, this episode was titled "Getting PuffBall to Think About Rollercoasters" instead of "Getting Puffball to Think About Rollercoasters" (Puffball's name had a capital B for ball).
