This is a list of running gags in the BFDI series.
2,763[]
- Main article: 2,763
TV displaying the number 2,763 in "Gardening Zero" as the reverberation units of a large David saying "Aw, Seriously?"
2,763 (two thousand, seven hundred sixty-three) is a recurring number in the Battle for Dream Island series, most commonly used as the number of miles from the Plains to Yoyleland. In metric units, this distance translates to exactly 4446.617472 km.
BFDI (acronym)[]
- Main article: Acronyms
Throughout the series, the acronym BFDI (short for the series name Battle for Dream Island) has also been humorously used to refer to other concepts, objects or jokes throughout the series itself.
Occurrences[]
- "Barriers and Pitfalls": Blocky’s prank company known as Blocky's Funny Doings International is introduced.
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2": During the No More Advertisements Foundation commercial, the presenter refers to ads as Boring, Frustrating, Disgusting and Irritating.
- "Well Rested": Fries lists off different adjectives for each hotel room in the order of Bad, Fancy, Decent and Iffy.
- "Catch These Hands": Yellow Face traps Purple Face in a box he refers to as Beryllium Fortress, Destruction Impossible.
- "Taste the Sweetness": Most of the contestants form a new team known as The Beautiful Face Devotion Institute. One of the challenge wheel's slices is "Brackets, Factors, Decimals, and inches".
- "Lots of Mud": With Flower now hosting, the intro changes the title to "But Flower's Doing It". When teams are being recreated, one of the teams suggested by Nickel is Bad Face Destruction Institute.
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare 4": The name of the contest for the episode is called Bug-Filled Dodgeball Insanity.
- "Well, Look Who It Is!": Dora called a company called Blazing Fast Delivery of Islands to eat.
- "Don't Dig Straight Down": Team Ice Cube! finds an underground location named the Buried Forest, Deciduously Insulated.
Other[]
- The vinyl record Bops, Famous Ditties & Instrumentals acronymized is BFDI, a reference to this gag.
BFDI walking[]
Tree walking
BFDI walking is a kind of running gag, which consists in the fact that gait animation in the old BFDI style is used in new episodes to this day. This is because walking animation is very difficult to depict, and a blank walking animation is used as a time saver.
BFDI walking is used in almost every episode. An exception is "Let's Raid The Warehouse": in the shopping selection scene, Teardrop approached Gelatin without using the prepared walking animation. Also, Blocky approached Woody with his gift without using the prepared walking animation.
COME HOST NOW!!![]
- Main article: COME HOST NOW!!!
COME HOST NOW!!! is used in Battle for Dream Island Again when a host dies by getting crushed by Spongy, with Golf Ball calling a random number from the dead host's phone to host. The person who comes to host is introduced in the previous episode, according to a pattern followed in the previous episodes. Its first appearance was in "Lots of Mud".
Occurrences[]
- In "Lots of Mud", Puffball Speaker Box gets crushed by Spongy. Golf Ball calls Flower on Puffball Speaker Box's phone unknowingly, and Flower comes to host.
- In "Insectophobe's Nightmare 4", Flower gets crushed by Spongy. Golf Ball calls bugs on Flower's phone unknowingly, and the bugs come to host.
- In "PointyPointyPointy ♫", the bugs get crushed by Spongy, Golf Ball calls "My Next Meal" on the Bugs' phone, and Barf Bag picks up the phone, the LOL characters starts hosting.
Check-it Eyebrows[]
- Main article: Check-it Eyebrows
Notice the two identical eyebrows facing the same way.
Check-it Eyebrows are frequently used in BFDI when a character is looking at something while having visible eyebrows. Both eyebrows look like an "r" shape and face the same way. This animation graphic is used globally on object shows. A user named SammyShinx coined the term "Check-it Eyebrows" because they reminded him of a face on ROBLOX called "Check it". Since then, staff such as Cary Huang and Satomi Hinatsu have used the name, making it one of the few fan names to be made official. So far (not counting irregular designed and faceless characters like David, Dora, Yellow Face, and Black Hole), every single character on BFDI has had Check-it Eyebrows except for Evil Leafy, and every character who doesn't use normal BFDI assets. Teardrop was the first ever character to have Check-it Eyebrows.
Commercials[]
| “ | So yeah, buy now! | ” |
— Yellow Face at the end of his commercials
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- Main article: Commercials
BFDI Commercials
Commercials (also known as advertisements) are a running gag, and are mostly introduced by Yellow Face. Usually, Yellow Face and some stick figures are the only characters featured during these commercials, except during the Non-Slip Shoes So Ha commercial.
Diamonds[]
Diamonds are a species of gems only mentioned in BFDIA. According to Book, only diamonds are allowed in Gem School.
Dodging Pattern[]
Leafy doing the dodging pattern in BFDIA 2.
The dodging pattern is a running gag in the Battle for Dream Island series. It refers to a specific series of moving projectiles set up in the same way that a character dodges in exactly the same way to dodge it each time it shows up.
Occurrences[]
- In "Lofty", Leafy uses the pattern to avoid nails that are thrown at her by Snowball and Eraser.
- In "Gardening Hero", Spongy does the pattern when Firey and Leafy fire lasers at his spaceship.
- In "Get Digging", Leafy uses the pattern again, now avoiding acid spitballs fired by Needle.
- In "Meaty", Fries and Tennis Ball use the pattern to avoid FreeSmart's "paint bullets" with in Fries' new car.
- In "Insectophobe's Nightmare 4", Fries dodges a pattern of bugs thrown at him by Golf Ball. However, unlike the previous ones, this gets subverted as he ends up colliding with one of the stray bugs in the path that stabs and kills him. Marking the first time that someone has failed to dodge projectiles in this pattern.
- In "The Four is Lava", the pattern gag returns for the first time in seven years (so far, chronologically in 5 years) with Puffball using it to avoid cannonballs fired by Spongy's jet.
- In "Category One", Pillow tries to shoot her flamethrower at a Dragon which leads it to do the dodging pattern.
Trivia[]
- Leafy and Fries are the only characters who did the pattern twice.
- Spongy is the only character not voiced by Michael Huang who has done the pattern, unless you count Tennis Ball in BFDIA 8 (even though he didn't say anything).
- Leafy and Spongy have both been on the receiving and offending end of this pattern at least once.
- The dodging pattern always had two projectiles at the start except for BFDIA 8 and BFB 15, given Eraser and Snowball tried to pop Leafy's balloon with nails (BFDI 11), Firey and Leafy shot lasers at Spongy (BFDI 20), Needle and Gelatin shot acid spitballs at Leafy (BFDIA 2), Golf Ball and Tennis Ball threw bugs at Fries (BFDIA 12), but Pencil shot paint bullets at Fries and Tennis Ball (BFDIA 8), and Spongy fired cannonballs at Puffball by his jet (BFB 15).
- In BFDI 11, BFDI 20, BFDIA 8 and BFB 15, Leafy, Spongy, Fries and Puffball respectively had to squish themselves because they couldn't fit in the gap at the end.
- BFDIA 8 was the first time the dodging pattern was done vertically.
- Fries is the only person who failed to complete the pattern, as there was an extra bug near the beginning in his instance in Insectophobe's Nightmare 4.
Gallery[]
"Don't call me Needy!"[]
- Main article: Needle/Slaps
"Don't call me Needy!" is a running gag by Needle, where she slaps people for saying the word "Needy" as she dislikes being called it, mistaking it as calling her "needy" which is a negative trait containing high demands or needs. The only time she doesn't slap someone for calling her "Needy" is Firey in "BFDI Is Back".
Fork[]
| “ | They're forks! | ” |
— Yellow Face, "Getting Teardrop to Talk"
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- Main article: Fork
A fork
Forks are items that are seen in BFB first appearing in "Getting Teardrop to Talk". They have a simple, two-dimensional, trident-shaped design and are mostly associated with Gelatin.
The forks are the size of kitchen forks, but they only have 3 prongs. The shapes of the forks resemble pitchforks, and they appear to be extremely dark purple.
This same purple color is also used in other minor objects that have been made after BFB or been made before BFB, but have been redesigned.
Face planting[]
Face planting is a moment when a character falls over face-first. Face plants are often seen throughout the BFDI series, Mainly when a character falls down the stairs, gets pushed, or other causes, with the end result being the character laying on their face.
List of instances[]
- In "Take the Plunge: Part 1"...
- In "Barriers and Pitfalls", Spongy face plants upon reaching the top of the rock-climbing wall.
- In "Power of Three", Snowball face plants after Golf Ball is thrown at him.
- in "Cycle of Life", Golf Ball face plants into a tree due to Rocky vomiting on her.
- In "Crybaby!", the members of the Squishy Cherries (minus Eraser) fall face-first during the handstand challenge.
- In "Don't Lose Your Marbles", Pencil face plants after being hit by a ball, which then hits Remote, who falls face-first and loses her batteries.
- In "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None", Pen face plants after jumping across a gap.
- In "Rescission"...
- A tired Spongy falls face-first onto Pencil.
- Firey and Spongy both face plant during the challenge.
- In "The Glistening", a stickman face plants off a cliff during one of the Cake at Stake intros.
- In "Don't Pierce My Flesh", Spongy faceplants various times throughout the challenge
Those who haven't[]
- 8-Ball
- Bell
- Pillow
Gallery[]
Four's song[]
- Main article: Four's song
Four's song refers to a gag in the series where an object will hum or sing the same tune. The first instance of this song was in the pre-BFDI animation "X Finds Out His Value", sung by Four. The tune goes along the line of "Doo dowdow doo, doo doo doo" and it's also 
's Rythm.
Occurrences[]
- In "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?", both Golf Ball and Announcer hum the tune.
- In "Bridge Crossing", Bubble hums the tune whilst she crosses the first bridge.
- In "Hurtful!", Bubble once again hums the tune.
- In "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset", Four hums the tune before Cake at Stake.
- In "Enter the Exit", Four hums the tune when 8-Ball mentions the most important number.
- In "X Marks the Spot", Firey hums the tune when he's about to ask Four what's wrong.
- In "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters", Eraser hums the tune.
- In "The Great Goikian Bake-Off", Golf Ball hums the tune.
- In "What's Up Bell's String", TV named the team:
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Non-canon[]
- In "X Finds Out His Value", Four hums the first instance of the song.
- In "Thanks for 700,000 subscribers!", Four hums the song again.
- In "Firey and Gelatin Steal a Van", Firey and Gelatin hums the song.
Laughing Crowd[]
| “ | Where are these guys coming from? This is getting out of control! | ” |
The first instance of this gag.
The laughing crowd refers to a joke featured in a few episodes of Battle for Dream Island and Battle for Dream Island Again, in which the team up for elimination walks past a crowd comprised of clones of the safe contestants laughing in a mocking manner. The joke first appears in "Lofty", where the Squishy Cherries and the Squashy Grapes laugh at Another Name for losing. A bigger crowd appears in "A Leg Up In The Race", where Another Name loses again. The gag returns in "Get Digging", where a huge, 3D rendered crowd comprised of Team No-Name and Leafy mocking W.O.A.H. Bunch. It then reappears in "Insectophobes Nightmare 3", where the roles are reversed. Another 3D rendered crowd appears in "Taste the Sweetness", with the recommended characters chanting along with Pencil. In "Lots Of Mud," When the The Beautiful Face Devotion Institute is going to the Cake At Stake arena, Fries is laughing in the crowd and holding the "Loser!" sign.
Mouth twitching[]
| “ | If we're gonna smile, we're gonna smile real big! | ” |
— Foldy, "Fortunate Ben"
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- Main article: Mouth Twitching
Mouth twitching is a gag originating from Battle for BFDI. It occurs whenever a contestant reacts to someone else's elimination by zooming into their mouth and showing a quick, slight twitch (either upwards or downwards).
Occurrences[]
- "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset": Firey's mouth twitches upwards when Leafy is eliminated.
- "Today's Very Special Episode": Ice Cube's mouth twitches downwards when Bracelety is eliminated.
- "Fortunate Ben": Foldy's mouth is about to twitch upwards after Liy's elimination, but then she and Stapy decide to smile really big.
- "The Seven Wonders of Goiky": Winner's mouth twitches upwards when Clock is eliminated.
Music slowdown[]
There are several times when the music slows down in BFDI, sometimes in an unsettling way.
- "Get in the Van": When Ice Cube says she wants to go to Match's dance party too.
- "Well Rested": When Gelatin's Headphones burst out a spike ball in the fancy room, causing Evil Leafy to successfully enter.
- "Intruder Alert": When Firey Speaker Box announces there are 5 minutes remaining in the contest.
- {UNCONFIRMED! WATCH THE EPISODE TO SEE IF ITS TRUE! IF ITS FALSE, REMOVE THIS} "Catch These Hands": When Puffball Speaker Box tells Ice Cube that she answered Pencil's Charade Incorrectly.
- "Taste the Sweetness": When the Fire Alarm Water Burst Melts the Ice Cream that Coiny and Ruby made.
- "Who Stole Donut's Diary?": When Flower realizes how Taco feels about elimination, and shows remorse and apologizes.
- "The Game Has Changed": It happens twice. It first happens when Flower finds out that she wasn't eliminated, rather it being Stick. It happens again when Purple Face interupts Flower's Dance.
Organ denial[]
- Main article: Organ denial
Organ denial is a gag where an object will refer to an object as if it had a specific trait such as an organ, only for that object (or another) to deny that they have that trait. It has appeared a few times throughout the series so far.
Occurrences[]
In "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2", Bubble confirms that her species does not have a brain when she forgets what Announcer said about the cancellation of BFDI.
In "Return of the Hang Glider", Pen idiomatically says that Eraser has a brain because he agreed to Pen wanting Dream Island. Eraser confirms his species do not have brains. In "Balancing P.A.C.T.", Pen says that tennis balls have brains and erasers don't. This is later referenced in "Intruder Alert", when Ruby tries to say that if erasers don't have brains and Pencil's head is an eraser, then Pencil must not have a brain.
Pillow confirmed her species lacks a heart in "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life", in response to Remote idiomatically saying that she was pure of heart, deep down.
Non-canon[]
Pin confirmed her species lacks a brain in the non-canon BFDI short called "All BFDI soundboard videos! (compilation)", in response to when Tennis Ball asked for an explanation of what a soundboard video is.
Eraser once again states that erasers don't have brains in "Twosday" after Coiny asks him how he could possibly forget his own birthday.
Phobe’s Nightmare[]
Phobe’s Nightmare is a running gag that occurs in the episode titles. It started off with Insectophobe's Nightmare and these episodes have a themed title:
- “Insectophobe's Nightmare”, the 9th episode of BFDI
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2", the 24th episode of BFDI
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3", the 3rd episode of BFDIA
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare 4", the 12th episode of BFDIA
- "Oneirophobe's Nightmare", the 10th episode of TPOT
- "Claustrophobe's Nightmare", a non-canon short
Rapid retravel announcement[]
| “ | But first we have to get *speaking faster* Pen & Woody & Eraser & Golf Ball & Leafy & Coiny & Rocky & Match & Spongy & Tennis Ball & Blocky & Pencil & Pin & Snowball & Bubble. | ” |
Rapid retravel announcement is a gag where, after a challenge where many contestants are missing/dead. the host will announce all of their names in a quick succession.
Occurrences[]
- in "Barriers And Pitfalls": the Announcer reads the names of all of the contestants drifting through the sea before retrieving them.
- in "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball": the announcer reads reads the names of the contestants stuck in the waiting room from the last challenge before retrieving them.
- in "Taste the Sweetness": Puffball Speaker Box announces all contestants who died in the last episode that need to be recovered.
- in "Lick Your Way To Freedom": Clock reads the names of all of the dead contestants to Four expecting them to be recovered, Four however, just screeches him.
"There isn't enough room up here"[]
| “ | That's better. | ” |
— Gelatin, "Get Digging"
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- Main article: There isn't enough room up here
"There isn't enough room up here" is a phrase and running gag that is commonly said by Gelatin. It began in "Get Digging", and its latest appearance was "The Four is Lava", spoken by Gelatin, or "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?", spoken by Golf Ball.
Occurrences[]
- In "Get Digging", Gelatin says the quote for the first time and pushes Book, Ice Cube, and Spongy off of Puffball, leaving just himself and Needle still on Puffball's back.
- The audio from "Get Digging" is later recycled in "Get in the Van", where Gelatin this time pushes Golf Ball, Tennis Ball and Rocky, leaving himself, Firey, and Fries, who angrily asks Gelatin what he was thinking. Gelatin then replies, "I told you, there isn't enough room up here."
- Gelatin says the line again in "Don't Dig Straight Down", this time re-recorded and standing on Bomby. He pushes Naily off, and him and Barf Bag are launched into the air when Bomby explodes.
- At the start of "The Four is Lava", Gelatin says, "You know, Flower, there isn't enough room up here." Flower then agrees and pushes him into the lava, causing him to scream and die painfully while Flower puts on a pair of sunglasses from Cloudy's Collection and grins.
- In "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?", Golf Ball references the quote by saying, "Huh, I guess there really wasn't enough room up there", when her team falls after trying to climb onto Puffball.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- According to the official character guide, the reason Gelatin pushes people off of things is because he's claustrophobic.
- During the first instance of the line, Golf Ball does know what's about to happen and immediately starts protesting after Gelatin says it in her presence, implying that he may have done this more times offscreen.
Smile widen[]
- Main article: Smile widen
Smile widening is a gag in Battle for BFDI in which after a character makes a positive comment, another character's smile widens as the first few seconds of the song "Nobody But You" by The Apples in Stereo plays.
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TPOT elimination face[]
- Main article: TPOT elimination face
Cloudy, first displaying the use of this face in "Gardening Zero"
In Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two, it has become somewhat of a running gag to have a character make a certain expression before they are eliminated, usually the same expression of defeat. Within the community, this has also become a popular joke due to its appearances.
"Value is in the eye of the beholder!"[]
"Value is in the eye of the beholder!" is a phrase spoken by Nickel in "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters" and "The Seven Wonders of Goiky", to Naily and Cake respectively. Coincidentally, this leads to both of their eliminations in "Fishes and Dishes" and "Balancing P.A.C.T." and surprisingly, Nickel himself was eliminated in "Oneirophobe's Nightmare".
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"Yoylecake!"[]
- Main article: Yoylecake
The famous yoylecake, introduced in "The Glistening"
"Yoylecake!" is a catchphrase used by Bubble as an extension to the "yoy" interjection. There is an actual cake with the same name.
The catchphrase was imitated by Flower, who transformed it into "Carrot cake!".