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Quick Answers
What is the significance of 'Reveal Novum' in the BFDI series?
In the BFDI series, 'Reveal Novum' is a notable episode, being the 18th of season one. The episode's challenges include a cliff jump and a staring contest, with Pencil winning but also being declared a loser alongside Firey and Spongy. Characters such as Bomby, 8-Ball, Balloony, Barf Bag, and Basketball meet their end in this episode.
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Why did 21 characters quit to join the fifth season of BFDI?
21 characters from BFDI's fourth season opted to join the fifth season, Battle for BFDI. This move was prompted by the show's shift towards longer story arcs, character development, and enhanced animation. The split in the show was viewed as inevitable due to diverse audience preferences. The fifth season offered a unique experience, with fewer contestants and a lighter tone.
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Who are Nonexisty and Evil Leafy in the BFDI series?
In the BFDI series, Nonexisty is a character who was initially considered for inclusion but was eventually deemed a waste of a slot. This character is often used humorously and was featured as a recommended character in BFDI 14. Evil Leafy, the series antagonist, debuted in IDFB. Despite a storyline death in 'No More Snow!', Evil Leafy's survival was revealed in the IDFB premiere episode, 'Welcome Back'.
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Cake at Stake audience[]
Baby Coiny; simondomino
Balloony; totaldrama61
Barf Bag; jimimon100
Basketball; Brom316, flamer9111 and Pacothediscoking (shown as 3 separate clones)
Bell; pinkbelossom
Bolty; totaldrama23
Book; jmarston123
Burger; cheese7373
Camera; rememberREACH417
Charmander; XXtheofficialcartoon
Cloudy; JoshuaJoyCleyn
Credit Card; JACKIEMON1
Diamond; SARNNICE
Dictionary; thecartoonremix4
Dime; englishcreamcakes
Diving Board; Explosion772
Donut; tdifan133
Dragonman; tyboy618. Would also reappear as an RC in Four Goes Too Far.
Eggy; PestramShowALT
Fanny; billybillybobjim
Fire-ette; DeeandEd
Firella; alexlion05
Flaky; theHEARTGOLD10
Fries; cheese7373
Frisbee; Bunny5665 and Khan3000ify
Glue Bottle; MrOrange890
Grapes; nheonhoc
Grass; JACKIEMON1
Hot Dog; huntsgum; similar character from Rescission
Juice Box; TopModelUniverse1
Markers; alexlion05
Milkshake; cheese7373
Nail; blahbamouth1997
Pachirisu; BlockyCuzco
Pillow; kciiz
Roboty; tyboy618
Rubiny; vicentetdh
Saw; PokemonDude19
Sky; krazyjordan7
Stapler; LuckyLucario11
Strudel; blahbamouth1997
The Tiny Loser Chamber; ThirstySkunk910
Tree; mouinecraft
TV; TDPets1
Vacuum; BlockyCuzco
Vomit; PestramShowALT
Water Bottle; Kalasi97
Not in the audience[]
Competition[]
These characters appeared when the contestants were competing.
Debut candidates[]
These 30 recommended characters were randomly picked by the Huang twins and given the chance to join BFDI in "Reveal Novum". They later had a chance to join Season 2 in "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know". All of them (except Nonexisty and Evil Leafy) would compete together during the fourth season. However, 21 of them quit to join the fifth season.
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates the recommended character won the season 1 debut. Two asterisks (**) indicate the character made it into season 2. A dagger (†) indicates the character left season 4 to compete in season 5.
- 8-Ball
- Balloony
- Barf Bag†
- Basketball†
- Bell†
- Bomby**† (Also known as Bob-omb, Teh Boom, Nuclear Bomb and TNT)
- Book**† (Also known as Dictionary)
- Clock†
- Cloudy†
- David*
- Dora**
- Eggy†
- Evil Leafy
- Fanny†
- Fries**†
- Grassy†
- Marker†
- Naily† (Also known as Tack)
- Nickel**† (Also known as Dime and Quarter)
- Nonexisty
- Pie†
- Pillow†
- Remote†
- Robot Flower† (Also known as Mechanical Flower, Auto-tune, and other Flower variants: Daffodil, Daisy, Gigantic Flower, Lily, Rose, and Violet)
- Roboty
- Ruby** (Also known as Rubiny)
- Saw†
- Taco
- Tree† (Also known as Treeyee and Whispy Woods)
- TV† (Also known as Telly)
Other Character[]
Trivia[]
- "Gatling Pea" is a reference to the Mobile game "Plants vs zombies"
- In "The Reveal", Autotune is said to be an alternative name for Robot Flower, even though the recommended character of the same name looks nothing like her. The alternative name is most likely due to Robot Flower's autotuned voice.
- In the list of recommended characters shown at the bottom of the episode, there was a mistake where "AUTONTUNE" was written instead of "AUTOTUNE".
- Flag is one of the few recommended characters to be animated, similar to Crayon jumping and the recommended characters Firey set on fire.
- Dragonman also appears in "Four Goes Too Far" as a recommended character.
- AnimationEpic & DuncanEpic's Nickel has one leg.
- Rebecca Black, Ke$ha, Justin Beiber, and Lady Gaga are pop stars.
- Nickel was a contestant from Inanimate Insanity and the 2nd season and it was recommended by its creator.
- Patrick Star is from SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Maroon Ball's asset was seen in "Don't Lose Your Marbles".
- Flaky is based on the character from Happy Tree Friends, a comedy and horror adult show disguised as a preschool animated show.
- Zekrom looks more like a black Reshiram. On the other hand, Reshiram's shape is correct.