Battle for Dream Island (2024)

"BFDI" redirects here. For other uses, see BFDI (disambiguation).

For the series, see Battle for Dream Island (series).

For one of the prizes of Battle for BFB, see A BFDI.

Battle for Dream Island, abbreviated as BFDI, is the first season of the Battle for Dream Island series, first premiering on January 1, 2010, on the YouTube channel Bubble BFB. The show takes place in a fictional location known as Goiky. The first season has 25 episodes.

BFDI was succeeded by Battle for Dream Island Again, released on June 29th, 2012, with the release of "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know".

Overview[]

This season involves 20 anthropomorphic inanimate objects (and later, another object^[BFDI18]) who have known each other all their lives and are casually living together. But when the host, the Announcer, falls from the sky and tells everyone about the luxurious island known as Dream Island, competition sparks, and everyone begins battling each other for the island.

In episode 1b, the 2nd part of the first episode, the Announcer divided the 20 contestants into two teams of 10: the Squishy Cherries and the Squashy Grapes. The two teams competed in contests at the beginning of every month, and the Announcer put the losing team up for elimination—the elimination ceremony is known as "Cake at Stake". The viewers then decided to eliminate someone between the 1st and 10th of every month. At the beginning of the next episode, the Announcer eliminates the most-voted contestant and sends them to the Tiny Loser Chamber.

In episode 9, the teams reformed, and half of the Squashy Grapes formed a 3rd team (called "Another Name") in the process. During Cake at Stake, the two most-voted contestants would leave the losing team. The winning team would then choose one of them onto their team and eliminate the other.

In episode 12, the teams dissolved, and the contestants competed as individuals. The Announcer then introduced a new point system. The contestants kept their scores throughout the season, and they could earn or lose points, depending on how they did in a contest. At the end of an episode, the three or four contestants with the lowest scores would be up for elimination. The Announcer would then send the most-voted contestant to the Tiny Loser Chamber.

In episode 19, the point system ended, and competitors competed for immunity. One or two people won immunity each episode. The Announcer put the rest of the contestants up for elimination and sent the most-voted competitor to the Tiny Loser Chamber the following episode. This process continued until the final 3. The viewers then decided which of the three would win Dream Island.

Production[]

In 2008, Michael and Cary Huang created a catalog which featured a comic strip of Firey, Woody, Teardrop, Spongy, and Match. They later decided to do comics, comic strips, and even some series.

They decided to make a Flash animation series of a contest to win an island called "Dream Island" like Total Firey Island. They decided to release it on YouTube on Bubble BFB's channel instead of KreekCraft's channel.

Mechanics[]

Cake at Stake[]

Main article: Cake at Stake

This is the elimination process for Battle for Dream Island; initially, the team that lost last contest is usually put up for elimination. The viewers then vote who they want to be eliminated on the losing Team between the 1st and 10th of each month. At the beginning of the next episode, the elimination ceremony, known as Cake at Stake, commences.

If a contestant is safe, then they will receive a slice of cake or something else. The competitor with the most votes will not get the cake, and will be eliminated from the battle, and thus, sent to the Tiny Loser Chamber. Since the eventual merge of the teams, the contestants that did not receive immunity (or got the lowest scores during the point system stage of the game) are put up for elimination. Typically, 3-4 contestants were put up for elimination during the merge. Occasionally, the contestants themselves got to choose who was eliminated instead.

Rewards[]

Many contests reward the winners. Usually, the prize is immunity for the winning team/contestant(s), but sometimes the reward is an eliminated competitor/rival teammate being added/moved to the winning team. Before the merge, contestants could also win a Win Token. If a contestant is up for elimination, they could use their Win Token to erase half of their votes, helping them stay usually safe (except for Needle and Golf Ball) during eliminations. Other rewards (BFDI posters, BFDI DDSs, teddy bears, houses) were also given out prior to reaching a new stage in the competition.

Characters[]

Contestants[]

Contestant		Team(s)	Status	Placement
	Pen		1st eliminated "Barriers and Pitfalls"	21st
	Golf Ball		4th eliminated "Bridge Crossing"	20th
	Snowball		6th eliminated "Puzzling Mysteries"	19th
	Ice Cube		7th eliminated "Crybaby!"	18th
	Pin		8th eliminated "Lofty"	17th
	Spongy		9th eliminated "A Leg Up in the Race"	16th
	Needle		10th eliminated "Don't Lose Your Marbles"	15th
	Teardrop		11th eliminated "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None"	14th
	Pencil		12th eliminated "Vomitaco"	13th
	Coiny		13th eliminated "Bowling, Now with Explosions!"	12th
	Eraser		14th eliminated "The Reveal"	11th
	Bubble		15th eliminated "Reveal Novum"	10th
	Rocky		16th eliminated "Rescission"	9th
	Firey		17th eliminated "Gardening Hero"	8th
	Flower		3rd eliminated "Sweet Tooth"	7th
			1st Returned "Insectophobe's Nightmare"
			18th eliminated "The Glistening"
	Woody		19th eliminated "Don't Pierce My Flesh"	6th
	Match		2nd eliminated "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?"	5th
			2nd Returned "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None"
			20th eliminated "Hurtful!"
	Blocky		21st eliminated "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2"	4th
	Leafy		5th eliminated "Power of Three"
			3rd Returned "The Glistening"
			3rd (2nd runner-up) "Return of the Hang Glider" (11 votes)
	Taco	No Team	2nd (Runner-up) "Return of the Hang Glider" (15 votes)
	Tennis Ball		1st (Winner) "Return of the Hang Glider" (80 votes)

Character icons (BFDI 1b - BFB 14)[]

List of Episodes[]