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Battle for Dream Island

TV-Y7

2010

6 seasons

122 episodes

AnimationComedy

Battle for Dream Island (commonly abbreviated as BFDI) is an American reality TV viewer-voting animated web series created by Michael Huang and Cary Huang, who are most known by their YouTube channel name, jacknjellify. The series is about a competition between inanimate, anthropomorphic objects. It premiered on January 1, 2010, and is currently airing its fifth season, with a revival of its third season beginning in the fall. The entire series is uploaded on YouTube, on the channel jacknjellify.

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Cast

Cary Huang

Michael Huang

Adam Katz

Gooseworx

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Seasons

Battle for Dream Island, abbreviated as BFDI, is the first season of the Battle for Dream Island series, first premiering on January 1, 2010 at 8:11:19 AM PST (GMT-8), on the YouTube channel jacknjellify. The show takes place in Goiky. The season has 25 episodes. The final episode, "Return of the Hang Glider", premiered on January 1, 2012 at 10:52:11 PM PST (GMT-8). A compilation of all 25 episodes was later published on July 21, 2018.

1.Take the Plunge: Part 1
01-01-20107 min
A mysterious speaker box offers 20 objects the chance to win an island, which is to be determined by a competition.
2.Take the Plunge: Part 2
01-01-201010 min
Leafy and Pin form 2 teams, the Squashy Grapes and the Squishy Cherries; the next challenge requires them to sail across a canal.
3.Barriers and Pitfalls
01-02-201010 min
Everyone must traverse an obstacle course. Meanwhile, the Squishy Cherries have to save Blocky to avoid elimination.
4.Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?
01-03-20108 min
Brains are put to the test when the objects are given a quiz to complete.
5.Sweet Tooth
01-04-201010 min
Each contestant must bake a cake, which will be rated by 3 judges.
6.Bridge Crossing
01-05-20107 min
The challenge is simply to cross a bridge, which proves to be a great struggle.
7.Power of Three
01-06-201011 min
The 2 teams are temporarily split into teams of 3. For the challenge, these mini teams have to traverse 3 small islands, each with it's own challenge.
8.Puzzling Mysteries
01-07-20107 min
Everyone is trapped in a room and to escape they need to complete their respective team puzzles.
9.Cycle Of Life
01-08-201010 min
The teams must race to the tree and back to win.
10.Insectophobe's Nightmare
01-09-20109 min
The Squashy Grapes receive a new team member. Now that the Squashy Grapes have twice as many members as the Squishy Cherries, they are split into two teams of five. All three teams...
11.Crybaby!
01-10-20107 min
The challenge is to fill the team tanks with the most tears, but things don't go according to plan.
12.Lofty
01-11-20106 min
Interesting shenanigans take place when contestants try and stay afloat longer than their opposing teams.
13.A Leg Up In The Race
01-12-20107 min
The teams are disbanded, marking a new stage in the game
14.Don't Lose Your Marbles
01-01-20119 min
The contestants struggle to find red balls scattered around for points.
15.Half a Loaf Is Better Than None
01-02-201110 min
The eliminated contestants get another chance of rejoining the game by competing in a bread collecting challenge.
16.Vomitaco
01-03-20119 min
The objects are given a choice of either trying to stay in the giant barf bag the longest or making a taco for the eliminated contestants.
17.Bowling, Now with Explosions!
01-04-20118 min
The contestants only with arms do their best in a bowling challenge
18.The Reveal
01-05-201110 min
The Announcer has something big to reveal after the frisbee challenge
19.Reveal Novum
01-06-201113 min
A stick figure named David joins the game, and makes his mark in his first challenge.
20.Rescission
01-07-20116 min
The contestants have to cycle down a large hill...on unicycles.
21.Gardening Hero
01-08-20118 min
The contestants are sent into space, which makes the challenge space-themed.
22.The Glistening
01-09-20118 min
The eliminated contestant rejoining the game is revealed, and the challenge is to do the longest long-jump.
23.Don't Pierce My Flesh
01-10-20117 min
The game heats up when the contestants are challenged to escape a volcano.
24.Hurtful!
01-11-20119 min
As it's the final challenge, the challenge is to complete a mini version of every challenge throughout the season.
25.Insectophobe's Nightmare 2
01-12-201112 min
The last contestant will be eliminated leaving the final 3, but the Announcer will cancel BFDI if the votes are lower than last episode.
26.Return Of The Hang Glider
01-01-201214 min
The winner of Battle For Dream Island is finally revealed.