"You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?" is the 1st episode of Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two and the 59th (by release date) or 71st (by in-universe order) episode in the overall series. The episode was released on Sunday, January 10, 2021. In the stinger of "Uprooting Everything", It was announced to release on Saturday, January 9, 2021; however, it was delayed a few hours due to glitches present in the intro.
Two recommended characters, Winner and Price Tag, joined the game, the latter serving as a replacement for Nonexisty due to him not being able to compete, as he does not exist.
The characters agreeing with Fanny that it's not worth returning to BFB.
The episode starts with TV playing a recording of Four suggesting to add back the original A BFDI as the winner's prize for Battle for BFB, to those who initially quit the show because of it getting replaced. Yellow Face suggests they switch back to Battle for BFB, but Fanny disapproves, as she explains that Four had already betrayed their trust by reinstating the BFDI after everyone had assumed it was gone for good, and, for all they know, Four could continue to keep on changing the prize. The others agree with Fanny. Fries then praises Fanny and tells her that she has the spirit of a leader, but asks if Two does any better than Four as a host, as the contestants have been waiting for ages to compete in TPOT. Two then interrupts their conversation by appearing in front of them and telling them they could've said they were ready, which frightens the contestants. Two starts floating around the building, and then flies to the top, reminding them that it was time for Cake at Stake. The contestants as well as the RCs stare at Two blankly from the bottom of the tower, as they can't hear what Two was saying. Two then uses their powers to make them float to the top of the Bathrooms.
Two plays the Cake at Stake intro, the same one played at the start of Battle for Dream Island. Nickel asks Two why everyone was brought to do Cake at Stake, and Two reminds everyone that 59,151 votes have been cast on the 26 recommended characters, and only 1 of them is going to join the 40 other contestants to battle. The reward for getting the most votes at Cake at Stake is a Mangosteen, which Two calls a purple tomato (possibly referencing the yellow tomato used in BFDI 18 for the prize of the nominated contestant). Two says that everyone got over 200 votes, and Clock says that's good to hear, but Two interrupts him, saying that they were kidding and announces that Rubber Spatula only got 177 votes. Rubber Spatula is shocked and says nobody likes them, but Pen assures them by implying that over 100 people liked them more than anyone, and tells Rubber Spatula to tell the voters how thankful they are. Rubber Spatula starts naming every single voter's name while TV shows the voters' names, but Two interrupts and tells them to hurry up twice. Rubber Spatula quickly says the rest of all their voters' names, and Two asks if they're finished and claps their hand to make the tile underneath them fall.
The RCs gasp and Two tells Shampoo that they won't be joining either with only 240 votes. Shampoo tries to thank all their voters, but Two gets annoyed and makes the tile underneath Shampoo fall before they can go any further. Two then tells Kitchen Sink, Scissors, and Snare Drum that they didn't make the cut, and the tiles drop underneath them. Scissors gets stuck above the hole and says that they always make cuts, but the surrounding tiles drop around them and they fall. Two tells Conch Shell, Boom Mic, and Clapboard that "it's curtains for them", but Clapboard makes the same pun, and Two gets upset. Clapboard gets Two's attention, and Two drops the tiles underneath them. Camera tells them, "See you in post-production!".
Two informs the 18 remaining RCs that each of them got over 1,000 votes. Clock thinks that Two is lying, but Two actually told the truth this time and tells Leek that they only got 1,014 votes. Leek is disappointed that Two didn't give them a nickname and the tile under them falls. Two next tells 9-Ball that they only got 1,033 votes. 9-Ball says that number sounds hard to spell and doesn't really care, and the tile underneath them falls. Two reveals that Camera, Blender, and Onigiri didn't get enough votes, but struggles when trying to give Onigiri a nickname. Camera gets embarrassed and tells Blender to hide their lens with the lens cap that Onigiri has in their mouth, then the tiles underneath them fall.
Two informs the final remaining RCs that there are only 13 of them left, and Discy replies, "Finally!". Two says, "Eager now, aren't we?", and Discy replies, "Um, yeah!", so Two makes everyone wait for the results, but then promptly says that Discy is out, and the tile falls underneath them when they say, "Wait!". Two next reveals that VHSy, Income Tax Return Document, Salt Lamp, and PDA all didn't get the most votes. The tiles underneath them simultaneously fall, and Income Tax Return Document replies, "You'll pay for this, Two!", and PDA replies, "Yeah, and we won't help you figure out how much!". Two responds by telling PDA that they know how to use a pencil. Ice Cube looks at Two angrily, with a growing frown. Cloudy asks Ice Cube what's wrong, to which she replies, "Pencil!".
"Yeah! Final 8!"
Shopping Cart tells the remaining RCs that they're the final 8, and the remaining RCs all get cheerful. Two reveals that Anchor only got 2,265 votes, and is about to drop the tile, but Anchor insisted on eliminating himself by slamming into the ground (and destroying the number 2265), and Two thanks them. Two also reveals that Tape got out, but Two pronounced it as "Tapy" because of how they give nicknames. Due to this, Foldy mistakes "Tapy" as "Stapy" and gasps, but Basketball tells her that Two said "Tapy" and not "Stapy". Two claps their hands to remove the tile under Tape, but they tape themself to a surrounding tile to prevent them from falling. Tape tells Two that they are stuck with them, but Two peels the tape and shook it off their hand, and Tape falls. Two says, "Shopping Cart?", which implies that they are going to get eliminated, but Shopping Cart says, "Aw! Looks like I didn't get in!". Two comforts Shopping Cart by telling them that they didn't say that they didn't debut, so Shopping Cart thinks they won the debut, but Two denies that and awkwardly drops the tile underneath them. After, Two says, "Battery and Avocado! You—", but Avocado interrupts Two by saying they know they didn't make it, and Two should learn a thing or two about suspense, and they both jump down where Shopping Cart fell.
Two informs the veterans that there are three remaining RCs: Winner, Nonexisty, and Price Tag, but Nickel says to Two that they can only see two. Two says that they are flattered that Nickel finds them so attention-grabbing, but then points out the final 3 is "over there", then tells Winner and Price Tag to make room for Nonexisty. Two reveals the next one out is Price Tag, and drops the tile underneath them. Two reveals the final two, and Winner ends up winning the debut, with almost 3 times the amount of votes that Nonexisty got. Two gives Winner the mangosteen, and they ingest it.
"41 is a- a PRIME NUMBER!"
Just as Two is about to have Winner join, they realize that with Winner joining, they added 40 and 1 (40 + 1) and that there are now 41 contestants. Winner questions what is wrong with 41, and Two says that 41 is a prime number. Winner then asks if prime numbers are illegal where Two is from. Two is confused and tells that even 2 is a prime number, and is told that they are "a even prime" by Tennis Ball. However, Tennis Ball's quote embarrasses both Two and Winner, possibly due to its grammatical error (a even prime, instead of an even prime). Marker then asks what is wrong with primes. Fanny answers him by saying that they are impossible to divide up equally (because a prime number's factors are only 1 and itself). Two then points out that there can't be a prime number of contestants because then the teams won't have equal amounts of people. Golf Ball points out the nearest composite numbers are 40 and 42, and since no one wanted to quit, they would add in the second most voted debuter to make the contestant count 42. Unfortunately, the second most voted RC was Nonexisty, which didn't affect the count as Nonexisty equaled 0 due to being a non-visual character, so the RC who received the third most votes, Price Tag, was added to the competition instead, equaling 1 and bringing the total number of contestants up to 42.
Creating the teams[]
"Let's go wiiith... six teams of seven!"
Two orders the contestants (except Black Hole) to board the elevator inside one of the Bathrooms. Nickel asks what teams they will form, and Two suggests forming 6 teams of 7. Donut says he's sticking with Barf Bag, and Naily says she's sticking with Bomby, but not on the same team as Donut and Barf Bag as he expected. Coiny, Pin, and Needle join with Donut, with the intent of getting W.O.A.H. Bunch back together again.
The camera cuts to Clock, Eggy, and Cake. Clock looks at Winner and asks Eggy and Cake if they remember Winner. Cake and Eggy say no, and Clock explains that Loser and Winner were a duo during the start of Loser's career. However, Loser eventually went solo and hit the mainstream, and Winner was forgotten. Eggy then claims she's more into Loser's recent work. Clock tells her, "Well, suit yourself, but I'm not gonna miss out." Cake is desperate for the three to stay together, but Eggy says they were never really friends anyway, and it was okay if they split up. Cake ends up crying over this, and accepts an offer to join Naily's team. Tennis Ball and Golf Ball stick together and Basketball joins too, Puffball complains that they forgot she was a ball when they created A Better Name Than That, a team that supposedly had "all of the balls", and forcefully joins Golf Ball's team, even if they didn't accept her. Fries joins too, Eraser along with him. Pen looks at Eraser's team.
"Did someone say haters?"
Tree suggests that Death P.A.C.T. should just stay the same since they coincidentally have 7 people. Everyone is on board, but Pen, wanting to be with Eraser knowing he has a chance to do so, is hesitant, and even though Pie tries convincing him to stay, he splits off to join Eraser's team. Fanny replaces him (due to Pen calling Death P.A.C.T. haters), and Tree notices that Pillow is gone. Pen joins Eraser and asks about Blocky. Fries tells him that Blocky stayed in BFB and that their team has 7 people already. Golf Ball complains about all the "useless people" the team has. So Basketball splits off, leaving a spot open, and joins Robot Flower and Grassy. TV takes the last open spot in Golf Ball's team.
Rocky teams with Yellow Face and Cloudy. Saw tells Gaty that she misses Lollipop and Taco, and they team up. Book is rejected by them, as she is told that she needs to meet new friends so she can "be better" despite already trying to redeem her actions since BFB 14. Book invites Ice Cube, which she also rejects, even while Book saved her back in the same episode. Pillow suddenly picks her up and starts reading her. Ice Cube joins Winner's team, and Saw and Gaty join Barf Bag's because they have zigzags, Lightning says he's a zigzag too. Snowball asks to team up, but Lightning rejects and leaves him.
Pillow, Naily and Price Tag making cat faces, as she and Book join Naily's team.
Naily lets Price Tag join her team (saying that they look "epic") and they both show their cat faces (to confirm if Price Tag is epic). Snowball tries to join but gets kicked by Naily in offense about her being armless. Bell and Foldy team-up. Marker tries to join but gets kicked out by Bell, and instead joins Lightning, which he reluctantly agrees to do so since he declined of being friends with him back in BFB 1. Basketball invites Eggy, Bell, and Foldy to their team. Cloudy and Winner connect teams and Bottle splits off from Death P.A.C.T. and joins them (to have fun), making a full team. Pillow puts Book down and Book tells her not to read her, but Pillow states she was just looking at the pictures. Pillow and Book then join Naily and Taggy's team and Book begins talking to Bomby, reminding him they were both cranking the HPHPRCC back in BFDIA 5d, as well as inviting Nickel, reminding him if the same thing, making another full team. Lightning and Marker join Death P.A.C.T as they accept students in preventing death. Eggy tells Basketball that there is only one contestant that hasn't been picked yet: Snowball, who joins Eggy's team, much to Basketball's disgust.
After joining, Snowball, out of pride from himself, says the team must be The Strongest Team on Earth. Lightning then realizes that they're already picking team names, and after thinking what they should name themselves, Black Hole says "Isn't it obvious? Let's just be Death P.A.C.T. again," naming the team on purpose but lodging the word "Again" in accidentally. Pen wants his team to be Death P.A.C.T. Again as well, despite having split from them to join with Eraser, but Golf Ball stops him, and almost chooses a nameaccidentally as she did in BFDI 9 and BFB 1. She stops herself prompting not to say another word, but Tennis Ball asks her "Are You Okay?" and chooses the name by accident, much to her disappointment. Coiny, Pin, Needle, and Donut think their team's name should be W.O.A.H. Bunch but Gaty and Barf Bag disagree and suggest that they should be The Zig-zags. The two sides erupt into an argument, and Saw tries to intervene, but accidentally slipped and shouted "we're team-EIGHT-s!", from having sniffed on 8-Ball's fumes in BFB 8 and named themselves the Team8s. Clock suggested their team name be "The Winners!", but Winner says that they don't want their name to be in the team name, which Clock understood and omits "Winner" from the team name, leading it to become The S!. Price Tag says the other team names are stupid and Book tells them that as long as they are careful they can avoid choosing it by accident. Cake and Nickel agree, and so does Naily, replying "we're Just Not", ironically naming her team by accident as well.
Challenge[]
Eggy informs Two that the teams are named, and Two reveals that they were originally going to create team names for them, instead of having each team make their own name. Eraser goes up to Two and asks what the first challenge is. Two says they were about to announce it but got distracted thinking about how ugly the area looked. They ask where the plants are, and Eggy explains that everything got burnt up by the overflowing lava from BFB 14. Two asks what color the trees and the grass were, and Remote says "green and yellow", causing Two to misinterpret her words, making the grass yellow and the trees green. Remote was about to tell Two to switch the colors but Naily says they look nicer like this, and Two begins the new intro. After the intro, Two says that the contest is to get to the top of the tower. Every member of the team has to get to the top to win immunity, and the last team to get all of their members to the top would be up for elimination. Two flies to the top of the tower, and once they are at the top, they tell the contestants that once they get up to the top, they aren't allowed to go back down. No one hears them, though, so no one is aware of this rule.
The first challenge begins.
Lightning says he won't forget to fly, flying to the top of the tower to then celebrate the victory. Tree says "What about us?", but he can't hear them. Remote gives Tree a megaphone, and Tree yells up to Lightning again, asking "What about us, how are we going to get up?" Lightning attempts to fly back down to carry them, but he is unable to go back down due to Two's powers. Two then tells him that going back down is not allowed. Meanwhile, Are You Okay tries to climb onto Puffball, but they can't fit, leaving Golf Ball to say that there really wasn't enough room up there, referencing Gelatin's quote, used multiple time in BFDIA. TV suggests using the trebuchet Tennis Ball used in BFB 1 but because it had been damaged by the lava, Tennis Ball had to go create a new one. Cloudy is carrying Rocky, but he can't go very fast because Rocky will fall through him and puke on him. Grassy and Robot Flower hop onto Bell, floating up to the top. Grassy and Robot Flower hop off, but Bell is also unable to go back down due to Two. Eggy directs Basketball's attention to The S!, who has Winner throwing Yellow Face to the top. Eggy suggests throwing people, and Snowball volunteers to throw, because he has arms. Eggy suggests Foldy. Foldy says she's one of the lightest contestants but is worried because of how windy it is. Snowball ignores her, picking her up and throwing her, causing her to fly around in the wind.
"UOGH!! I FORGOT ABOUT THE ELEVATOR!"
Basketball sees Just Not entering the building, telling them they'll lose if they take the stairs. Naily calls her stupid, telling her they're using the elevator, leaving Basketball shocked she didn't think of that. Eggy stays to watch Foldy while Basketball and Snowball chase after Just Not. Just Not managed to get in the elevator before it closes, but Basketball and Snowball aren't able to. Snowball pries the door open, causing the elevator to stop. Basketball heads inside the elevator shaft to try and fix the elevator.
Marker tells his team about the broken elevator. He suggests using Fanny to blow them up, but Pie explains that Fanny's propeller isn't strong enough to blow them all up. Remote then exclaims she has a plan, grabbing Marker and uncapping him. She draws a visual representation of her plan on the wall, explaining that they can run up the stairs, jump out, and be flung to the top due to Black Hole's gravity. Pie points out she's vandalizing the wall, but Marker tells her his ink is washable. Death P.A.C.T. Again runs up the stairs, excluding Black Hole. Book hears their footsteps, and Cake asks them to get them out. Pie asks if they're dying. Cake says no, and Pie leaves them behind. Meanwhile, with Are You Okay, Tennis Ball has fixed the trebuchet, now making it more like a catapult. Puffball shoots them off, but it overshoots, causing them to land on a tree, which launches them back. They begin to go back and forth. Fries' fries fall out, so Puffball grabs Fries and uses him to catch the team and drop them on the roof, making Are You Okay the first team safe.
Gaty seeing Donut holding Saw to activate her magnet powers to get to the top.
Winner continues to throw their teammates up. Bottle shatters when she hits the ground. Clock kicks Yellow Face over, using him as a cushion to prevent Ice Cube from dying as well. Clock asks Two if Bottle counts even though she's dead due to her corpse landing on the roof. Two asks if it should, and Clock says it should, so Two says it counts. Winner overshoots with Rocky, but Rocky propels himself onto the roof by barfing on Foldy. This causes Foldy to fall to the ground. Winner uses their arm to jump up the Bathrooms, making The S! the second team safe. Coiny claims he has a plan, grabbing Pin and using her sharp side to scale the Bathrooms. Barf Bag does the same with Needle, and Donut does the same with Saw. They ask how they'll get Gaty up, and Saw responds by asking Donut to hold her over the edge. Donut does so, allowing Gaty to use her magnetic hinges to float up to the top. This makes Team8s the next team safe.
Two getting beaten up by competitors for not projecting their voice over the extra rule.
Death P.A.C.T. Again is tired from climbing the stairs, so Tree asks if it's high enough. Remote throws a plant out the window, which goes into Black Hole, prompting her to say "Maybe we didn't think this through". Fanny puts one of her batteries into Remote, causing Remote to become super energized. She states that since they are already more than halfway up, they should just climb the stairs. At the bottom of the tower, Snowball pulls a random pulley, causing the elevator to drop. Basketball pushes Snowball out of the way, and the elevator bounces off of Basketball and to the top, making Just Not safe. The elevator comes to the bottom, now fixed. Eggy and Foldy run in, and the four head into the elevator. At the top floor, Marker presses the up button on the elevator as they pass by. They reach the top, rushing to the edge to get Black Hole. Tree shouts down, but Black Hole can't hear them because Black Holes aren't known for their sense of hearing. Lightning tells his team they can't go back down. Tree pulls out the megaphone Remote gave him but drops it into Black Hole. Remote takes out the battery Fanny gave her, and Tree throws it down and gets Black Hole's attention. Black Hole begins to fly up, but The Strongest Team On Earth gets to the top before him, making Death P.A.C.T. Again up for elimination. Everyone gets angry at Two for not projecting their voice enough, teaming up, and beating them up together.
The stinger flashes back to where "X Marks the Spot" left off with the stinger, where Stapy and Liy are on the ground outside the EXIT, at the time when their escape plan from The Escape From Four fails.
Liy then gets up and announces that "It's time for Plan B", while Stapy knocks the tower down, revealing Firey Jr. was climbing it (Plus Roboty though he was among the stacked objects), knocking Four backward. Stapy and Liy enter the EXIT, Liy removes the boards from the door, and Pencil asks what they are doing. Liy says she was never able to see what was behind the door before Four boarded it up, and she unlocks the door with the staple she got from Stapy, then she opens the door, followed by the EXITors presumably entering it leading them to an unknown place, with a white light ending with a cliffhanger.
59,151 votes were cast for the debuts. The contestant with the most votes was Winner. However, since 40 + 1 equaled 41 which was a prime number, the contestants wouldn't be able to split up into equal teams. They needed another contestant to join in order to make it 42, which can be split equally. So, Nonexisty was initially chosen to join since he was the second most voted contestant. However, because Nonexisty was nowhere to be seen due to being nonexistent, Price Tag was chosen as Nonexisty's replacement instead. Therefore, Winner and Price Tag both joined TPOT, along with the 40 contestants that switched from Battle for BFB to Two's show.
They decided to use Tennis Ball's trebuchet to launch the team to the top, the end up getting flung back and forth between a tree and the trebuchet repeatedly until Puffball uses Fries to catch the team and place them on the building.
1st
Winner decides to throw the team to the top of the building. Bottle shatters upon hitting the top, Ice Cube lands on Yellow Face to not shatter, and Rocky gets overshot but uses his Barf to repel him back onto the building. Winner climbs up the side of the building manually.
2nd
Coiny has an idea and uses Pin to climb the building, Barf Bag does the same thing with Needle, and Donut with Saw. Saw tells Donut to hold her out over the edge and Gaty magnetizes up to Saw.
3rd
They all decide to just use the elevator to get to the top. Snowball ends up breaking the elevator so they are stuck there for a while. Snowball pulls a random wire which causes the elevator to fall, land on Basketball, and bounce to the top, they then walk out the elevator.
4th
Their first idea is to throw their team members to the top, Snowball throws Foldy to the top, but as she is made of paper, starts flying threw the wind. After finding out that Just Not are going to use the elevator, Basketball and Snowball chase after them but just miss getting in the elevator door, which causes Snowball to get angry and break it, Basketball then tries to fix it. Snowball gets impatient and pulls one of the wires causing the elevator to fall, bounce off of Basketball, which fixes it. Rocky's Barf pushes Foldy back to the ground and the team goes into the elevator. The elevator stops for a second as Marker has pressed the elevator button. The team still gets to the top first before Black Hole
5th
Lightning imminently flies up to the top of the building making him the first one up there. They first try going up high enough so the can repel up with Black Hole's gravitational pull. They get to a high point in the building and test by throwing a plant down to Black Hole, but it gets sucked up instead. Remote gets tired and passes out, Fanny takes out her battery and replaced it with Remote's. Remote is energized and has a new idea of just walking up the rest of the stairs, since the team is still tired, Remote carries the team up the stairs, Marker is accidentally dropped, and he presses the elevator button before proceeding up the stairs. When they get there, they try to call Black Hole, but he can't hear them, Tree drops the megaphone he had into Black Hole, Tree says they need to throw something next to him and not in him, Remote gives Tree her battery, and he uses it to throw it next to Black Hole. He notices and starts to fly to the top, but he is a little to slow as The Strongest Team on Earth gets to the top before him.
In The Secret Behind BFB's Split on March 28, 2020, Cary Huang states around 3:36 that the community may have to wait "4 or 5 months" for every new episode of The Power of Two.
jacknjellify made a public post on Patreon on April 4, 2020, that the episode would feature the prominent recommended characters from January to March 2020, along with the regular recommended characters and name tags for February and March 2020.
Cary Huang released a vlog on Humany on July 23, 2020, about the episode's release date, saying there is no release date and that the TPOT crew is allowed to take more time with production if they wish.[1]
Pokey tweeted about the episode's slower production on August 19, 2020, and states that it's not due to laziness. Instead, it's because quite a few TPOT crew members also have to work on BFB, which has greater priority for them due to the frequent episode output and also the fact that the current TPOT crew is relatively smaller compared to BFB's crew.[2]
Buildup[]
Over time, there were various attempts made to excite people for the episode. Michael Huang announced on Jacknjellify's TikTok that the episode was indeed still coming and believes that the episode will be "really good".[3] Similarly, Pokey tweeted on June 29, 2020 that she thinks everyone will like the episode.[4] Pokey also tweeted something later down the line on November 11th, 2020. In this tweet, she once again showed her excitement, saying that she can't wait for the episode to release because she wants people to see how good it is.[5] She also mentions that the crew was doing such a good job and that seeing the animation come together is satisfying in another tweet attached to it.[6]
The Power of Two trending on Twitter.
Before the release of The Power of Two, the hashtag #tpot went trending on Twitter on January 9, 2021.
Trivia[]
This is the first episode that is not directed by the creators Cary Huang and Michael Huang.
This is the second episode to not have a public flash file. The first is "Welcome Back".
This episode canonically happened between the main part of X Marks the Spot and Chapter Complete. This episode stinger happened shortly after the stinger in the former mentioned episode.
The hashtag #tpot got trending on Twitter, but the actual episode failed to get on the YouTube trending lists.
This is the first object show video to ever gain half a million views in its first 24 hours.
It is also one of the fastest object show videos to reach 1 million views, doing it in 2 days and 10 hours, and also the first to do so in its first week.
TPOT 1 (also presumably all future TPOT episodes) will have closed captions, making it the first episode since "The Escape from Four" to have them available, as "X Marks the Spot" and the following post-split episodes didn't have them until March 24th, 2021.[7]
Every contestant received some amount of screentime in the episode as it was the first episode of a season.[8]
In fact, every character that has competed in a season except Profily appears in this episode in some form, as the EXITors appear in the after credits scene and the final 14 of BFB appear on TV at the beginning of the episode.
This is the first and only episode of TPOT to release while BFB was still making episodes.
This episode marks the return of the original Cake at Stake intro from Season 1.
This also marks the first time in the BFDI series in which there is double debut.
Nonexisty was supposed to debut, but since he equals zero and wouldn't solve the problem of having a prime number of contestants, Price Tag debuted instead.
There were over 59,000 votes in this episode. Coincidentally, this is the 59th episode overall.
This is the first episode of BFDI overall to be released in 2021.
This is also the only TPOT episode to be released within that year.
Like some teams in past seasons, 3-4 team names were named as such accidentally, prompted by contestants saying "We're ..." or "We have to be ...", etc., with whatever is said afterward becoming the official team name.
Some of the teams from BFDIA are slightly referenced in the groupings.
After Donut and Barf Bag decide to be a team, Coiny, Pin, and Needle suggested to join along with them to form the "Bunch" again. This is a reference to the W.O.A.H. Bunch team where Coiny, Pin, Donut, and Needle were, at one point, members.
This is the first time since the Squashy Grapes in which Golf Ball's team doesn't have the word "Name."
This episode marks Snowball's first time not being on the team that loses first, although he came very close.
This episode simultaneously marks the first time in BFDI's run where no Season 1 contestants are up for elimination and only recommended characters are.
TV is no longer included under Kenzie Bryant in the credits even though she still edits the clips for his lines.
It is spoken in the episode when The Strongest Team on Earth has almost gotten to the roof by elevator, and Basketball rapidly pushes buttons, then Eggy comments "You know those buttons don't do anything, right?".
It is a reference to the fact that "door close" buttons on most elevators normally have no effect.
Every member of The Strongest Team on Earth. injured Two at least once at the ending.
In the same scene, Nickel, Fries, Pillow, Gaty, and Rocky (albeit only because of Tree) all join in on yelling and/or injuring Two despite the fact that their teams were never affected by the "can't go back down" rule. It is most likely that they were upset that Two didn't project their voice enough to say the "can't go back down" rule.
This is the second non-BFDIA episode to have a title that is a quote from the episode, the first is "X Marks the Spot".
TPOT 1 managed to surpass every episode of post-split BFB in view count in just under 6 months. It is also jacknjellify's most viewed video from 2021.
It is currently jacknjellify's most-viewed video of the 2020s.
When Rubber Spatula was done with thanking voters, TV has a yellow face.
Clapboard and Two says "It's curtains", which is an idiom that means the end.
When Rocky reaches the top of the hotel, the Are You Okay members are still holding the poses they had when they learned that they won.
When Tree tries to tell Lightning how the rest will get to the top, Marker's top is the same speaker from the Announcer.
Rubber Spatula's 177 votes is the lowest number received by viewers since "Lick Your Way to Freedom", where Bubble and Ruby got 147 and 152 votes respectively.
This is the only TPOT episode to release before the release of Find The Markers, which was released on November 4, 2021 by Alexlion0511.
This is currently the only TPOT episode where Two doesn't repeat a word before starting the intro.
At 25:07, if you read Fanny's lips, you'll predict she's saying "I hate you" multiple times at Two as they get beaten up.
When Snowball and Basketball didn't manage to get inside the elevator in time, Snowball shouted his infamous "Noooo!" from "Power of Three" and "Cycle of Life".
Snowball also gets into the same pose as before, and even his mouth resembles that of the original assets.
Most of the original Death P.A.C.T. members decided to continue their legacy by naming their team "Death P.A.C.T. Again" and their jingle is a remade version of the previous one they used when forming their team in "Getting Teardrop to Talk".
When Just Not enters the building at the 18:38 minute mark, Book is using her walk cycle from BFDIA 5b.
The purple tomato prize is likely a reference to the yellow tomato in "Reveal Novum" also given to the winning recommended character.
Also, Two said everyone got at least 200 votes, except Rubber Spatula, who only got 177, and they even said "nobody likes me". This is a reference to the same episode where Announcer says everyone got at least 3 votes, except Roboty, who only got 2, and he said the same thing (nobody likes me), except in Morse Code.
The storyboard revealed that the silly sounds made when the contestants land on the roof are a reference to "Fortunate Ben".
Rubber Spatula thanking all their voters may be a call-back to Pen telling all his voters he owes them five hundred million vigintillion dollars in "The Glistening" while stating every username and speeding up in order to finish.
When Two announces, "it's time for Cake at Stake" twice and then tells Nickel to get the contestants, it serves as a callback to Puffball Speaker Box announcing the same thing in "Zeeky Boogy Doog".
Pen wanting to be named Death P.A.C.T. Again only for Golf Ball to tell him that they already have that name might be a reference "Insectophobe's Nightmare", when Firey wanted to be called the Squashy Grapes only for Golf Ball to tell him the other team already has the name. And then, Golf Ball says their team name will have to be ____, but then she immediately remembered what happened the firsttwo times, whatever she says after that ends up being their team name.
Basketball starts to mention the first time Robot Flower "betrayed" her team in "Getting Teardrop to Talk".
When Golf Ball said, "Get onto Puffball ASAP!," it's a reference to "Get in the Van" when she demanded Team No-Name to get onto her so they can get to the summit of Yoyle Mountain.
While saying "ASAP", Golf Ball also does the exact same movements she did when saying "ASAP" back in "Get in the Van". However, she said it a little faster, and Puffball didn't enlarge herself this time, for an unknown reason (she either lost it, forgot how to do it, or just decided not to use it anymore).
Furthermore, she says there really wasn't enough room up there, referring to the times Gelatin pushed them off in "Get Digging" and "Get in the Van", because he said there wasn't enough room.
This is also the first time Pen, Eraser and TV tried to ride Puffball (but couldn't).
Remote killing herself by taking out her batteries may be a reference to her audition in "The Reveal".
When Clock said “that's good to know”, it is a reference to "Reveal Novum," when he says the same line.
When joining Just Not, Book talks about how she, Bomby, and Nickel had cranked the HPHPRCC for many days, back in "It's a Monster".
When Lightning says "Oh, now you're interested?" after Marker asks if they want to be friends, it references "Getting Teardrop to Talk" when Lightning asked Marker and Stapy if they wanted to be friends, and Marker denied to.
The same theme can also be heard in the background when Lightning first asked if Marker (and Stapy) wanted to be friends.
Lightning promises that he won't forget to fly, referencing how he forgot to fly in "Getting Teardrop to Talk", causing iance to lose. His flight ironically causes his new team to lose.
When Bell reaches the top, her ringing noise is the same from "The Reveal".
As the stinger takes place 8 months ago (April to May 2020), X still has his paint marking from BFB 17.
This also means that for the rest of BFB, the EXITors have already found out what's behind the door.
The grass by Cloudy's Collection is still green, as the collection and grass surrounding it was not submerged in lava.
The top of the tree is also still yellow, since it also was not submerged in lava.
The blueberry tree is also still growing more blueberries.
The pose Eraser is in when levitated onto the roof for Cake at Stake is a reference to his BFB intro pose.
Eraser in his pose from Take the Plunge
When Are You Okay is being flung above the building for the first time, Eraser is in the same pose he was in when Flower pushed him off the balance beam in "Take the Plunge".
Eraser even has the older assets that were used at the time, as his mouth is colored, his eyes are more rounded, and his limbs are drawn more crudely, much like the earlier episodes of BFDI. When he is flung by the tree only his mouth remains the same as before.
When the trebuchet gets ready to fling Are You Okay a second time, Eraser reuses a pose from "Today's Very Special Episode", when he stepped in Four's excrement.
When Just Not reaches the roof, Book has an old arm asset when she opens the elevator door.
When Gaty gets stuck on Saw, she does the same animation from BFB 2 when she got stuck on Pin.
Blender taking the lens cap out of Onigiri's mouth is a reference to "Welcome Back", when Bubble takes out the lens cap Ice Cube had in her mouth.
Gaty's sitting pose when the rest of her team got to the top, is a reference to "Welcome Back", when everyone was trying to bust the TLC's lid, Gaty was sitting in the corner of the screen.
The group watching A BFDI being added back as a prize for BFB on TV at the beginning consists of Fanny, Cake, Puffball, Cloudy, Pie, Black Hole, Yellow Face, Clock, Donut, and Fries, which is the very same group of people that only switched to TPOT in the first place due to A BFDI being replaced.
When Just Not are stuck in the elevator before the elevator falls, Cake says "You know, I could really go for some—(sound cut off)". This is a callback to when Loser was stuck in his jawbreaker and stated that he could really go for some chicken nuggets right now in "Return of the Rocket Ship".
Tree successfully throwing Remote's battery off the hotel roof is a nod to "This Episode Is About Basketball", when Pen claims that Tree was their best thrower.
Nonexisty not being able to compete for being not being present might be a reference to when Eraser said "contestants not present may not compete" from "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know".
After Tennis Ball fixed the trebuchet, TV's screen shows Are You Okay's icon in the fashion of the famous bouncing DVD logo.
Leek holding the recommended character flip phone could potentially be a reference to the famous Vocaloid original, Triple Baka, as Hatsune Miku (the main singer)'s main item is a leek, and the song uses Akita Neru's flip phone for various musical elements.
Goofs[]
Rocky's body is light grey when Two tries to announce that it's time for Cake at Stake.
When Rubber Spatula is done thanking their voters, TV has a yellow face from the background. However, this may have been intentional.
The back of Robot Flower's head appears to be the same as the front in several scenes (when she enters the elevator after Cake at Stake, when she runs towards the Hotel at the start of the challenge, and when she attacks Two), even though the lens should be covered in the back as shown in the intro.
In the intro, Remote's facial details are black instead of white. It was fixed in the next episode.
Also in the intro, Pie's explosion was red even though it was blue. It was also fixed in the next episode.
At 19:19, Marker says "The elevator is not an option." Although there are 2 elevators seen at the top of the building.
When Two asks where all the plant life is, Marker does not have legs.
