Battle For Dream Island
| Battle For Dream Island | |
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| Genre | Animation Comedy Fantasy Reality Show Web Series |
| Created by | Michael Huang Cary Huang |
| Written by | Cary Huang and Michael Huang Satomi Hintasu (seasons 4-present) Kenzie Bryant (seasons 4-present) |
| Voices of | Michael Huang Cary Huang Adam Katz (seasons 2-present) Graham Taylor (seasons 2-present) Seasons 4-present: Satomi Hintasu Kenzie Bryant Sam Lee Sabrina Babrina Cindy Jiang Katherine Sun Thomas Chick Niall Burns |
| Theme music composer | The Heirs of Rockefeller (seasons 1-2) Michael Huang (seasons 4-present) |
| Composer(s) | Kevin MacLeod (seasons 1-3, 4-present) Michael Huang (seasons 4-present) |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 66 |
| Production | |
| Animator(s) | Seasons 1-3 Michael Huang Cary Huang Current (Season 4) Satomi Hintasu Kenzie Bryant Michael Huang Cary Huang Maroue Reus Niall Burns TopHatTheHat Joseph Pak Allen Lee Former Caedmon Johnson (season 4) |
| Running time | 5-22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jacknjellify, LLC Frederator Studios (funding participation as of season 5) |
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| Original network | YouTube |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080p |
| Original release | January 1, 2010 – present |
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| Website | |
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Battle for Dream Island (or simply BFDI for short, and also known by various alternate titles) is an American Flash animated web series created by twins Michael and Cary Huang on their Jacknjellify YouTube channel on New Year's Day of 2010. The series is produced by self-run Jacknjellify, LLC, with Frederator Studios participating in funding as of season 4.[1]
Plot[edit]
Set in a fictional universe, the series centers around hundreds of anthropomorphic everyday objects, each with their own personalities, living in a part of the world known as Goiky. When a mysterious speaker box known as the Announcer arrives from out of nowhere, only few are selected to join the competition and are divided into teams that battle in a competition to win a titular island of luxury known as Dream Island. Every episode contains a challenge to determine the winner. When an object dies, they are recovered back to life using a recovery center. Viewers of the series are given a choice on who to eliminate from the competition each episode. Some episodes allow viewers to vote for an eliminated or fan-made character to rejoin the game instead.
The first season, Battle for Dream Island (BFDI), included 20 debuting competitors and 1 fan-made competitor who joined midway through the season.[2][3] 18 of the total 21 competitors were eliminated and sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber (TLC), a metal box containing all of the eliminated contestants.[4] The 3 finalists are put into one final viewer vote to determine which of them will win Dream Island. One of the finalists, Leafy, grows jealous of another finalist, Firey, for not allowing her into the island once Firey wins. Leafy bribes the Announcer to give her the island. A series of events unfold which results in all recovery centers being destroyed, several competitors permanently dead, and Leafy being chased by most of the living competitors.[5]
The second season, Battle for Dream Island Again (BFDIA), takes place shortly after the first, with Leafy being chased. After an attempt to escape by choosing a forked path, the chasers use a "Leafy Detector" to pinpoint her location and catch up just as she is crossing Evil Canyon via a natural bridge. About to be caught, a map showing a portion of Goiky knocks Leafy off, giving her an opportunity to escape to Yoyleland by teleportation. An uncertain amount of time after this, all of the living competitors in the grassland of Goiky meet to see the viewer results of who is participating in season 2. Along with the competitors are all of the fan-made characters who were featured but never debuted in the first season. 12 returning competitors and 10 debuting competitors were chosen. The season featured a new voting system which allowed for viewers an option to vote for someone to get an extra prize each elimination ceremony.[6] The season only ran for 5 episodes, with the fifth being split into 4 parts and a video game.[7][8] All 5 eliminated competitors this season were sent to the Locker of Losers (LOL), where the characters who did not make it into BFDIA were sent. The season was cancelled due to the Huang twins needing to focus on college.[citation needed]
The third season, dnalsI maerD roF elttaB (IDFB), was released 3 years and one month after BFDIA 5e and canonically 3 years after the events of such. It only ran for one episode but is not canonically cancelled yet.[citation needed] It features all characters who were outside the LOL before season 2 ended, including Evil Leafy, Leafy, and Bubble. Woody was brought outside the LOL from an unknown cause. It also reveals that every character has resided in Yoyle City due to the only recovery center being glued to the ground there. Golf Ball and Tennis Ball manage to find a wall teleporter, and talk with some characters about using it to bring characters out from the LOL. Due to device limitations, only one character can come through a portal per month, and it was decided that a character was to be chosen through viewer vote.[9]
The fourth season, Battle for Battle for Dream Island (BFB), had its first episode premiere on November 3, 2017. It takes place an unknown amount of time after IDFB, but eventually every single person must have managed to make it out of the LOL.[10] The place the series takes place in changes after BFB 16.[11] Before BFB 16, it takes place relatively close to Yoyleland, but not in the grasslands of Goiky, where seasons 1 and the first 4 and 2 fifths episodes of season 2 took place. The trees are orange and Yoyle Mountain is seen in the background. After BFB 16, it takes place in a mountainous environment with a thin layer of topsoil, relatively close to the orange woodlands but separated by large valleys. The hosts are Four and X, two numeric organisms[12] of unknown origin. The prize is something different from the first two seasons, being a BFDI. At BFB 16, all but 14 competitors quit the show and instead compete in The Power of Two (TPOT), the fifth season, which has yet to have an episode released. Unlike the first season, this one has 10 unique teams, two of which form after the events of BFB 16.
Characters[edit]
BFDI contestants[edit]
- Blocky: A male toy block. Contestant in BFDI and BFB. Blocky enjoys playing pranks on others. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Bubble: A female soap bubble. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA (after BFDIA 5a), IDFB, and BFB. While having an optimistic personality, Bubble is very fragile and pops often, causing her to need her own "Recovery Center" to reform after being popped. Bubble speaks in a unique accent, pronouncing many vowels like "oi". Bubble commonly exclaims "Yoy!" or "Yoylecake!" out of excitement, the latter revealed to be a type of cake from Yoyleland. Bubble is one of the original members of Pencil's alliance. In BFB, after making some mistakes, Bubble's position in Pencil's alliance is demoted, from "member" to "bember" to "bemb". Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Coiny: A male copper coin. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. He is fairly mean most of the time and likes to slap Firey. After BFB he stopped being mean and became friends with Firey. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Eraser: A male pink rubber eraser. Contestant in BFDI and BFB. Eraser is somewhat aggorant and impatient and uncaring. He utters "Which is?" when Announcer announces the next contest. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Firey: A male orange-and-yellow flame. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. As a flame, Firey is killed by water, causing him to require his own personal Recovery Center. He is best known as the winner of BFDI. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Flower: A female pink-and-yellow flower. Contestant in BFDI and BFB. Flower is quite mean to many other characters, and often obsesses about her beauty. She has her own fashion line called Oh, for Petals Sake! Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Golf Ball: A female, armless golf ball. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Golf Ball is calculated, bossy, and a natural leader. She has a close friendship and platonic relationship with Tennis Ball (both being armless sports balls) and often calculates things like the percentage of her chance of winning. As a team leader, Golf Ball tends to accidentally name her team a phrase describing the future name itself, being part of the teams "Another Name" in BFDI, "Team No-Name" in BFDIA, and "A Better Name Than That" in BFB. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Ice Cube: A female, armless tap water ice cube. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. She is quite silent and vengeful. Her catchphrase is I want revenge! Voiced by Cary Huang in BFDI, BFDIA, and IDFB; voiced by Satomi Hinatsu in BFB 1–2 and 13 onward; voiced by Kenzie Bryant in BFB 3–12.
- Leafy: A female green leaf. Contestant in BFDI, IDFB, and BFB. Leafy is usually very helpful and nice, usually helping Ice Cube and Woody, but in "Return of the Hang Glider", she was hated by other veteran contestants (except Firey, who forgot her though it was later to be a trick to save his reputation) for stealing Dream Island. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Match: A female wooden matchstick. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, and BFB. Match is best friends with Pencil and is a member of Pencil's alliance. She says the word Like in almost every sentence. Voiced by Cary Huang.
- Needle: A female sewing needle. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. While she typically is very friendly, Needle dislikes being called by the nickname "Needy", and attempts to slap anyone who calls her such. In BFB she does not seem to mind being called Needy anymore. Voiced by Cary Huang in BFDI and BFDIA 1-4; voiced by an unknown person in BFDIA 5 and IDFB; voiced by Satomi Hinatsu in BFB 1–2; voiced by Kenzie Bryant in BFB 3 onward.
- Pen: A male ballpoint pen. Contestant in BFDI and BFB. His best friend is Eraser. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Pencil: A female orange pencil. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Pencil is best friends with Match, and forms an alliance with Match and Bubble in BFDI 1. Eventually, Ruby joins the alliance, and Book and Ice Cube are accepted as "alternates". As seasons progressed, she got meaner and meaner. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Pin: A female red pushpin. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. While a bit bossy, Pin is a natural leader. In BFDIA, Pin loses her limbs as a punishment. In IDFB, Pin loses her red coloring (temporarily becoming white) in exchange for her getting her limbs back. Voiced by Cary Huang.
- Rocky: A male, armless rock. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. While not talking much, Rocky vomits often and its often helpful in challenges, other times, a disadvantage. Voiced by Cary Huang.
- Snowball: A male snowball. Contestant in BFDI and BFB. Snowball is very competitive and a bit rude to those who are not his friends. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Spongy: A male, armless kitchen sponge. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Ostracized for being fat, Spongy mostly keeps to himself. Voiced by Cary Huang and occasionally Michael Huang.
- Teardrop: A female teardrop. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, and BFB. Teardrop does not speak, and therefore does not have a voice actor. However, she can talk in sign language, and speak in a computer document.
- Tennis Ball: A male, armless tennis ball. Contestant in BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. He is smart and intelligent but clumsy due to his size and being armless. He and Golf Ball had a "platonic" relationship to each other. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI 1–2; voiced by Cary Huang in BFDI 3–25, BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB.
- Woody: A male piece of balsa wood. Contestant in BFDI, IDFB, and BFB. Woody is terrified of almost everything. Voiced by Michael Huang; voiced by Cary Huang in a single scene of BFB 7.
- David: A male, crudely drawn stick figure human. Contestant in BFDI (after BFDI 18) and BFB. David typically only says the words "Aw, seriously?". He is one of the species known as "Davids", a group of similar, crudely drawn stick figures, many of which reside in Davidland. Voiced by Michael Huang.
BFDIA contestants[edit]
- Bomby: A male fuse bomb. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Bomby does not enjoy having his fuse lit, often screaming when Firey accidentally lights his fuse. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI, BFDIA, and IDFB; voiced by Satomi Hinatsu in BFB.
- Book: A female hardcover book. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. While being nice, she can be in vain and doesn't like rule-breaking. Voiced by Michael Huang (pitched up).
- Donut: A male cherry-filled doughnut. Contestant in BFDIA and BFB, and temporarily host of BFB. Donut is rational, opinionated, headstrong, and a bit irritable. In BFB 6, Donut is strategically placed next to Four and X by the team "A Better Name Than That" in order to get rid of Four, multiplying him by "zero" (Donut), as 4 × 0 is just 0. Donut becomes the host of BFB, and, with the "factor of Four" within him, gains new otherworldly abilities previously possessed by Four. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Dora: A female, crudely drawn stick figure human loosely based on the title character of Dora the Explorer. Contestant in BFDIA and BFB. Before BFB, her dialogue is in Spanish, rapidly sped-up to the point of becoming unintelligible. Dora mentions in BFDI that she enjoys eating islands. Voiced by Google Translate speaking Spanish (sped up) in BFDI and BFDIA; voiced by Animal Crossing sounds in BFB.
- Fries: A male box of French fries. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Fries has a cynical and pessimistic attitude toward many things. Fries has also been known to eat French fries as food. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Gelatin: A 9-year-old male green molded gelatin dessert. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Impulsive and a bit immature, Gelatin is known to use syringes of "freeze juice" on other characters. Voiced by Graham Taylor.
- Nickel: A male, armless nickel. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Nickel, sharing the same voice actor in both series, is also a contestant on the object show Inanimate Insanity. Voiced by Adam Katz.
- Puffball: A female, limbless pink puffball. Contestant in BFDIA and BFB. While limbless, Puffball can fly and change color, and she speaks in a vocoded voice. Formerly a BFDIA fan favorite, Puffball becomes addicted to the prospect of gaining prizes for her likability when her team is up for elimination. Voiced by Michael Huang (vocoded).
- Ruby: A female ruby. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Energetic and naive, Ruby becomes a member of Pencil's alliance in BFDIA. She is also incredibly addicted to sugar. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI, BFDIA, and IDFB; voiced by Cary Huang in BFB.
- Yellow Face: A male, limbless, crudely drawn smiley face. Contestant in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB. Loud and boisterous, Yellow Face often advertises fictional products to the viewers. Voiced by Michael Huang and occasionally by others in BFDI.
IDFB contestants[edit]
- Evil Leafy: A female red leaf, and an evil version of Leafy. Contestant in IDFB. Evil Leafy does not speak, and therefore does not have a voice actor.
BFB contestants[edit]
All contestants in this section, unless specified otherwise, are only contestants in Battle for B.F.D.I.
- 8-Ball: A male, limbless pool 8-ball. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. 8-Ball speaks in a monotonous tone, and often states that (despite the number 8 on his body) he does not have a favorite number. In BFB, 8-Ball joins the team A Better Name Than That. When the team's members turn on Golf Ball and elect 8-Ball as the new team captain, 8-Ball takes on the act of commanding his team to do the exact opposite of what Golf Ball says. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI and Cary Huang in BFB.
- Balloony: A male teal balloon. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Cary Huang in BFDI and Satomi Hinatsu in BFB.
- Barf Bag: A female beige vomit-filled paper bag. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Cary Huang in BFDI and Kenzie Bryant in BFB.
- Basketball: A female, armless basketball. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by ??? in BFDI and Satomi Hinatsu in BFB.
- Bell: A female, limbless bronze bell. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Bell is connected to a long string that leads up to an unknown location for an unknown length. Many contestants have attempted to climb her string, which Bell believes to be an invasion of her privacy and does not like. Voiced by Kenzie Bryant.
- Black Hole: A male, limbless black hole. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Apathetic to most situations, Black Hole is able to break the laws of physics. Voiced by Satomi Hinatsu.
- Bottle: A female clear glass bottle. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Satomi Hinatsu.
- Bracelety: A female cyan bracelet. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Obsessed with Ice Cube, Bracelety attempts to join her team in BFB. Distraught that Ice Cube's team is full, Bracelety joins a new team (and becomes the de facto team captain), naming it "Team Ice Cube!" Voiced by Cary Huang.
- Cake: A male, armless slice of chocolate cake. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. He has a close relationship with Loser. Voiced by Kenzie Bryant.
- Clock: A male, armless blue-and-white analog clock. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI and Satomi Hinatsu in BFB.
- Cloudy: A male, limbless cumulus cloud. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Cloudy can fly, and he speaks with a thick accent, switching various consonant sounds. Cloudy enjoys collecting many things. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Eggy: A female, armless white egg with yellow spots. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Katherine Sun.
- Fanny: A female, armless blue fan. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Fanny is known to hate many things. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI and Satomi Hinatsu in BFB.
- Firey Jr.: A male small orange-and-yellow flame. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Firey Jr. has an unknown relation to Firey. Voiced by Satomi Hinatsu.
- Foldy: A female, armless teal folded origami paper. One of four contestants debuting in canon in BFB, Liy first appeared in a live-action joke video that was released before BFDI 25. Foldy is best friends with Stapy, and has a rivalry with Liy. Voiced by Cindy Jiang.
- Gaty: A female, armless periwinkle picket fence. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Satomi Hinatsu.
- Grassy: A male clump of lawn grass. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Cary Huang.
- Lightning: A male, legless yellow lightning bolt. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Lightning can fly and electrocute others, and has admitted to sadly having killed dozens. Voiced by Sabrina Barba.
- Liy: A female periwinkle light switch. One of four contestants debuting in canon in BFB, Liy first appeared in a live-action joke video that was released before BFDI 25. Liy is a bit pushy and manipulative, and she reveals that she has regretfully killed people in her past. Liy attempts to put that aside when joining the team Death P.A.C.T (a team focused on Death Prevention And Creating Trust). Voiced by Sabrina Barba.
- Lollipop: A female purple lollipop. One of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Lollipop is arrogant, judgemental, and rude, often referring to others by derogatory nicknames related to their appearances. Voiced by Cary Huang in BFDIA and Sam Lee in BFB.
- Loser: A male beige cube. One of four contestants debuting in canon in BFB, Loser is a beige-colored cube whose design first appeared in BFDI 7. Loser is incredibly popular and extremely well-liked by all of his fellow contestants, who often obsess over him when in his presence. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- Marker: A male purple marker pen. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Marker enjoys playing the game known as "Toss the Dirt", and is close friends with Stapy. Voiced by Michael Huang in BFDI and Cary Huang in BFB.
- Naily: A female, armless nail. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Katherine Sun.
- Pie: A female blueberry pie. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Pie has a bit of an pathetic and uncaring personality, and often explodes into pieces. Voiced by Sam Lee.
- Pillow: A female white pillow. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Cindy Jiang.
- Remote: A female, mechanical black remote control. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. One of four robotic contestants referred to as "mechanical minds", Remote is voiced by a manufactured text-to-speech software.
- Robot Flower: A female, mechanical pink-and-yellow flower, and a robotic version of Flower. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. One of four robotic contestants referred to as "mechanical minds", Robot Flower speaks in a vocoded and robotic version of Flower's voice. While she originally emulates Flower's mean and petty personality, Robot Flower has been shown to have compassion for the lives of those on her team, A Better Name Than That. Voiced by Michael Huang (digitally altered).
- Roboty: A male, limbless, mechanical red robot. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. One of four robotic contestants referred to as "mechanical minds", Roboty speaks only in beeping Morse code. Roboty has no voice actor.
- Saw: A female saw. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Satomi Hinatsu.
- Stapy: A male, legless red stapler. One of four contestants debuting in canon in BFB, Stapy first appeared in a live-action joke video that was released before BFDI 25. Stapy enjoys playing Rock-Paper-Scissors, and is best friends with Foldy. Voiced by Sam Lee.
- Taco: A female taco. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Voiced by Kenzie Bryant.
- Tree: A male tree. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Tree is reasonable and has a stern yet somewhat condescending personality, while not being too active of a competitor. He often asks Black Hole for help. Voiced by Thomas Chick.
- TV: A male, armless, mechanical television set. Contestant in BFB, and briefly host of BFDIA. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. One of four robotic contestants referred to as "mechanical minds", TV was voiced by a manufactured text-to-speech software until BFB 13, when he started speaking through clips of the first three seasons.
Hosts[edit]
- Announcer: A male gray speaker box. Host of BFDI. The Announcer is voiced by a manufactured text-to-speech software.
- Flower Speaker Box: A female pink speaker box based on Flower. Host of BFDI briefly. Voiced by Michael Huang (digitally altered).
- Firey Speaker Box: A male orange speaker box based on Firey. Host of BFDI briefly, and host of BFDIA. Voiced by Michael Huang (digitally altered).
- Puffball Speaker Box: A female pink speaker box based on Puffball. Host of BFDIA briefly. Voiced by Michael Huang (digitally altered and vocoded).
- Four: A genderless blue number 4. Host of BFB. Four (along with X) first appeared in "X Finds Out His Value", an educational video made by Cary and Michael Huang in 2008. In BFB, Four is childish and irritable, and has otherworldly abilities. In BFB, Four is able to mutilate and dismember others into a scribbled mess, screech loudly to disorient them, and zap them with energy beams. Those eliminated in BFB are sucked into Four's body. Four can recover dead contestants at will, an ability previously only had by mechanical Recovery Centers. Voiced by Michael Huang.
- X: A genderless yellow letter X and mathematic variable. Co-host of BFB. X (along with Four) first appeared in "X Finds Out His Value", an educational video made by Cary and Michael Huang in 2008. In BFB, X is more friendly and sensitive than his co-host Four. X has a value of 7 (as seen in "X Finds Out His Value") Voiced by Cary Huang.
- Two: A genderless green number 2. Host of Battle For Dream Island: The Power Of Two. Two first appeared in BFB 16. Two has the power to move stuff like lava and forests. It is unknown where the eliminated contestants go. Voiced by XanyLeaves.
Other characters[edit]
- Nonexisty: A male nonexistent being. Never a true contestant, but inside the Tiny Loser Chamber in IDFB. One of 30 recommended characters who could have joined BFDI, and one of 61 characters who could have joined BFDIA. Nonexisty does not speak, and therefore does not have a voice actor. Nonexisty is said to taste like peanut butter.
- Recommended characters: Fan characters "recommended" by fans of BFDI. They have appeared in BFDI, BFDIA, and BFB, and have had a chance to be voted into competing in the series. One of 30 recommended characters was voted to join BFDI, and many recommended characters were voted to join BFDIA.
Episodes[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 25 | January 1, 2010 | January 1, 2012 | ||
| 2 | 5 | June 29, 2012 | August 1, 2013 | ||
| 3 | 1 | September 1, 2016 | |||
| 4 | TBA | 23 | November 3, 2017 | March 25, 2020 | |
| TBA | April 17, 2020 | TBA | |||
| 5 | TBA | 2020 | TBA | ||
Season 1: Battle for Dream Island (2010–2012)[edit]
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a–1b | "Take the Plunge" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | January 1, 2010 | |
| 2 | "Barriers and Pitfalls" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | February 1, 2010 | |
| 3 | "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | March 1, 2010 | |
| 4 | "Sweet Tooth" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | April 2, 2010 | |
| 5 | "Bridge Crossing" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | May 1, 2010 | |
| 6 | "Power of Three" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | June 1, 2010 | |
| 7 | "Puzzling Mysteries" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | July 1, 2010 | |
| 8 | "Cycle of Life" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | August 1, 2010 | |
| 9 | "Insectophobe's Nightmare" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | September 1, 2010 | |
| 10 | "Crybaby" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | October 1, 2010 | |
| 11 | "Lofty" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | November 1, 2010 | |
| 12 | "A Leg Up in the Race" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | December 1, 2010 | |
| 13 | "Don't Lose Your Marbles" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | January 1, 2011 | |
| 14 | "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | February 1, 2011 | |
| 15 | "Vomitaco" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | March 1, 2011 | |
| 16 | "Bowling, Now with Explosions!" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | April 1, 2011 | |
| 17 | "The Reveal" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | May 1, 2011 | |
| 18 | "Reveal Novum" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | June 1, 2011 | |
| 19 | "Recission" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | July 1, 2011 | |
| 20 | "Gardening Hero" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | August 2, 2011 | |
| 21 | "The Glistening" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | September 1, 2011 | |
| 22 | "Don't Pierce My Flesh" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | October 1, 2011 | |
| 23 | "Hurtful!" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | November 1, 2011 | |
| 24 | "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | December 1, 2011 | |
| 25 | "Return of the Hang Glider" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | January 1, 2012 | |
| When it is revealed that Firey has won Dream Island, he lets everyone into the island, all except for Leafy, because of his disappointment that Leafy had rejected his ferris wheel in the previous episodes. Enraged about this, Leafy buys Dream Island from the Announcer by using a box of paper slips to lie about him having a lot of money. When this happens, the entire island disappears, and only the ocean in the distance can be seen. Horrified about the entire competition being held for nothing at all, the rest of the contestants manage to expose Leafy's theft and destruction / disappearance of Dream Island forever. However, Firey manages to escape with Leafy using Snowball's hang glider, reconciling about rejecting Leafy, as the fade off into the distance as the most wanted criminals for stealing Dream Island. | ||||
Season 2: Battle For Dream Island Again (2012-present)[edit]
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | June 29, 2012 |
| 2 | "Get Digging" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | August 1, 2012 |
| 3 | "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | August 15, 2012 |
| 4 | "Zeeky Boogy Doog" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | November 1, 2012 |
| 5a | "Get in the Van" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | January 2, 2013 |
| 5c | "No More Snow!" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | April 14, 2013 |
| 5d | "It's a Monster" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | July 2, 2013 |
| 5e | "The Long-lost Yoyle City" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | September 1, 2013 |
| 6 | "Well Rested" | Cary Huang | September 1, 2023 |
| 7 | "Intruder Alert" | Cary Huang | October 1, 2023 |
Season 3: IDFB (2016)[edit]
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Welcome Back" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | September 1, 2016 |
Season 4: Battle For B.F.D.I. (2017–present)[edit]
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle for B.F.D.I. (pre-split) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Getting Teardrop to Talk" | Cary Huang, Michael Huang, and Satomi Hinatsu | November 3, 2017 | |||||||||
| 2 | "Lick Your Way to Freedom" | Satomi Hinatsu and Michael Huang | November 17, 2017 | |||||||||
| 3 | "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | December 8, 2017 | |||||||||
| 4 | "Today's Very Special Episode" | Cary Huang, Satomi Hinatsu, and Michael Huang | December 22, 2017 | |||||||||
| 5 | "Fortunate Ben" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | January 12, 2018 | |||||||||
| 6 | "Four Goes Too Far" | Cary Huang and Kenzie Bryant | February 2, 2018 | |||||||||
| 7 | "The Liar Ball You Don't Want" | Michael Huang | February 16, 2018 | |||||||||
| 8 | "Questions Answered" | Cary Huang | March 10, 2018 | |||||||||
| 9 | "This Episode Is About Basketball" | Satomi Hinatsu and Kenzie Bryant | April 6, 2018 | |||||||||
| 10 | "Enter the Exit" | Cary Huang, Satomi Hinatsu, and Kenzie Bryant | April 28, 2018 | |||||||||
| 11 | "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" | Satomi Hinatsu and Kenzie Bryant | May 27, 2018 | |||||||||
| 12 | "What Do You Think of Roleplay?" | Cary Huang and Satomi Hinatsu | July 10, 2018 | |||||||||
| 13 | "Return of the Rocket Ship" | Cary Huang, Kenzie Bryant, and Satomi Hinatsu | July 11, 2019 | |||||||||
| 14 | "Don't Dig Straight Down" | Cary Huang, Kenzie Bryant, and Satomi Hinatsu | August 24, 2019 | |||||||||
| 15 | "The Four Is Lava" | Kenzie Bryant and Satomi Hinatsu | December 14, 2019 | |||||||||
| 16 | "The Escape from Four" | Cary Huang and Satomi Hintasu | March 24, 2020 | |||||||||
| Battle for B.F.B. (post-split) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | "X Marks The Spot" | Cary Huang | April 17, 2020 | |||||||||
| 18 | "Take the Tower" | Cary Huang | May 4, 2020 | |||||||||
| 19 | "How Loe Can You Grow?" | Cary Huang and Michael Huang | May 22, 2020 | |||||||||
| 20 | "A Taste of Space" | Cary Huang, Michael Huang, and Sam Thornbury | June 10, 2020 | |||||||||
| 21 | "Let's Raid The Warehouse" | Cary Huang | July 3, 2020 | |||||||||
| 22 | "Who Stole Donut's Diary" | Sam Thornbury | July 24, 2020 | |||||||||
| 23 | "Fashion For Your Face! (feat. Boyinaband)" | Cary Huang | August 21, 2020 | |||||||||
| 24 | "BFB 24" | TBA | September 18, 2020 | |||||||||
Season 5: The Power of Two (2020-present)[edit]
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "unreleased" | TBA |
Shorts[edit]
- Thanks for 4 years! (January 2, 2014)
- BFDI Is Back (July 23, 2016)
- Paper Towel (October 2, 2016)
- Ballers (June 22, 2017)
- Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years! (January 3, 2018)
- HELP US get to VIDCON 2019 (October 4, 2018)
- Happy Birthday, Battle for BFDI (November 3, 2018)
- BFDI's Road to Half a Billion Views (January 20, 2020)
- You're a Loser, But... (February 8, 2020)
- Thanks for 600,000 subscribers! (April 13, 2020)
Production[edit]
The idea for Battle For Dream Island began somewhere in May 2008, when Cary Huang made a comic strip with anthropomorphic objects replacing "rock, paper, and scissors" with Water, Sponge, and Fire instead for his school project at the age of 8.[13] Later, the characters would return in an unpublished series of comics like Totally Firey Island and Total Firey Points.
In 2010, Cary decided that he would make a monthly animated series of his characters on the screen, with the use of Adobe Flash and the help of Michael Huang for their YouTube channel.
After production on the first season ended in 2012, the crew started on the second season, Battle for Dream Island Again on the same year, within a few recommended characters joining and most of the original cast returning. However, the show suffered a three-year hiatus due to the crew's suspension from their AdSense and monetization issues for unclear reasons, resulting in the second season's cancellation and the third season's production in 2016.
The third season titled, IDFB, no longer had the objects competing and instead have them adapt to their new lives in Yoyle City, where the Season 2 finale took place in, but due to the creators attending college, the season was put on hold and the series suffered a hiatus again.[14]
However, on November 3rd 2017, the hiatus has come to a close with Satomi Hinatsu joining the crew, and the release of a fourth season titled Battle for B.F.D.I, which brought back the tradition of challenges and competitions, but with the change of the art style and animation and many unanswered questions about how all characters old and new have returned and joined to the game.
Merchandise[edit]
In 2013, Jacknjellify and Spreadshirt made an agreement to sell BFDI t-shirts on their website.[15] Three years later, they set up a RedBubble account that sold more clothing, and also sold posters, notebooks, clocks and pillows based on BFDI.
2019 saw the release of a lot of new merchandise, such as a Firey plush sold on their own website that came with a foldable Foldy craft and a code that made your vote for the next plush count as 100 votes.[16][17]
Around the same time, popular children's bookseller Scholastic released the Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide, a book with facts and trivia about the series and its characters for its Scholastic Book Clubs, but can also be bought on the Scholastic website itself. There is also an animated promo for the book released on the Scholastic Instagram and YouTube channel that showed many BFDI characters fighting for the book.[18][19] Later that year in November, Jacknjellify made an agreement with Crowdmade, an online store that sold merchandise based on famous YouTubers. The store sells unique t-shirts and hoodies based on the series.[20] They also released Leafy plushes in July 2020 but they’re sold out right now
BFDIA 5b[edit]
BFDIA 5b is a 2D adventure platforming browser game created by Michael and Cary Huang that runs on Adobe Flash Player, announced in an update video on January 31, 2013[21] and released onto their website on February 11, 2013 as the second part of the fifth episode of Battle for Dream Island Again.[8][22]
The game centers around Book as she finds the rest of Team FreeSmart and a way to escape Evil Leafy, who ate Book and the FreeSmarters at the end of BFDIA 5a. As of March 3, 2013, it was announced that the game's development was put on hold in favor for production of BFDIA 5c[23], as only 53 levels are playable as of now. In response to Flash being shut down at the end of 2020, developer Cary Huang has thought about converting BFDIA 5b and other Flash games he created onto HTML5 and other systems.
Reception[edit]
Since the show has debuted, over 58 million views on episode 1a of Battle for Dream Island alone and very positive responses and popularity from viewers and fans of the show has been received by Jacknjellify.
In the summer of 2016, Fandom hosted the "4th Annual Battle of the Fantasy Foods", a competition between fictional foods, during when the third season IDFB, was being promoted at the time as BFDIA 6 by Jacknjellify[24][25]. Yoylecake, a cake that contains side effects that turns an object into metal in the BFDI series, was the winner of the competition against Pitt Cola from Gravity Falls, an animated series from Disney.[26][27]
References[edit]
- ↑ @ChannelFredNet (October 14, 2019). "You guys may know animator @jacknjellify as the creator of Battle for Dream Island‼️ Watch twenty adorable characters fight it out for control of the luxurious Dream Island🧡🔥" (Tweet). Retrieved December 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Jacknjellify (January 1, 2010). "BFDI 1a: Take the Plunge". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (June 11, 2011). "BFDI 18: Reveal Novum". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (May 2, 2010). "BFDI 5: Bridge Crossing". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (January 2, 2012). "BFDI 25: Return of the Hang Glider". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (June 29, 2012). "BFDIA 1: Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know". Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (August 2, 2013). "BFDIA 5e: The Long-Lost Yoyle City". Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "BFDIA 5b". Jacknjellify. February 11, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ Jacknjellify (September 1, 2016). "IDFB 1: Welcome Back". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (November 3, 2017). "BFB 1: Getting Teardrop to Talk". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (March 25, 2020). "BFB 16: The Escape from Four". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jacknjellify (April 17, 2020). "BFB 17: X Marks the Spot". YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "First BFDI Drawing Ever!". carykh. May 13, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Back 2 School Bad News". Jacknjellify. September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "The BFDI Shop". Jacknjellify. August 25, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "The Official Firey Plush IS ON SALE!". Jacknjellify. August 14, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "VOTE for who the next BFDI PLUSH should be!". Jacknjellify. August 14, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Sixty-four contestants! One island up for grabs! There's only one official BFDI book—and Scholastic Book Clubs is the place to get it. Get the official character guide now—or be eliminated". scholasticbookclubs. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide". Scholastic. November 22, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "The Firey Plush is ON SALE! + NEW BFDI HOODIE!". Jacknjellify. November 29, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "5b Update". Jacknjellify. January 11, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ https://bfdi.tv/5b/
- ↑ "BFDIA 5c Announcement". Jacknjellify. March 3, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Vote Yoylecake (OH MY GOD WE DID IT)". Jacknjellify. August 3, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ↑ "BFDI Is Back". Jacknjellify. August 23, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.fandom.com/articles/fandom-battle-of-fantasy-foods-winner
- ↑ https://recipes.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Thereselovesyou/The_4th_Annual_Battle_of_the_Fantasy_Foods
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