List of Battle for Dream Island episodes

Logo for Battle for Dream Island; used since 2010

Battle for Dream Island is an animated web series created by twin brothers Cary and Michael Huang. ^[1] Its first episode was uploaded to YouTube on January 1, 2010. ^[2]

Series overview

Season	Title	Episodes		Originally released
				First released	Last released
1	Battle for Dream Island	25		January 1, 2010 (2010-01-01)	January 2, 2012 (2012-01-02)
2	Battle for Dream Island Again	22	5 [a]	June 30, 2012 (2012-06-30)	August 2, 2013 (2013-08-02)
			17 [b]	September 1, 2023 (2023-09-01)	TBA
3	dnalsI maerD roF elttaB	1 [c]		September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)
4	Battle for B.F.D.I.	30	16	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)	March 25, 2020 (2020-03-25)
	Battle for B.F.B.		14	April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)	April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)
5	Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two	20		January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10)	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2010–2012)

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Take the Plunge" [d]	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	January 1, 2010 (2010-01-01)
A dark gray speaker box called the Announcer descends from the sky, announces the existence of Dream Island, an island designed to be the ultimate paradise, and starts a contest with 20 contestants to see who can stay on a balance beam the longest. Pin and Leafy win the first contest and get to organize the teams of the competition; the Squishy Cherries and the Squashy Grapes. The second contest is a race to make a boat and row it to the finish line, which the Squishy Cherries win. Because Pin won the challenge for her team, she obtained a win token, allowing her to halve her votes during Cake at Stake.
2	"Barriers and Pitfalls"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
Cake at Stake is introduced, where the losing team's members get cake slices until there are none left, revealing the eliminated contestant. Flower is eliminated with 4 votes. The contest is an obstacle course, won by the Squashy Grapes. Needle obtains a win token for finishing the challenge first.
3	"Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01)
The Cake at Stake is key lime pie, and Spongy is eliminated with 4 votes. The contest is a quiz, initially won by the Squishy Cherries until it is revealed Blocky and Pen cheated, giving the victory to the Squashy Grapes. Golf Ball obtains a win token for having the highest score on the test.
4	"Sweet Tooth"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	April 2, 2010 (2010-04-02)
The Cake at Stake is ice, and Blocky is eliminated with 6 votes. The contest consists of two parts: to bake cakes that will be rated by Announcer, Flower, and a die, and to eat 100 chocolate balls. The Squashy Grapes win in a tiebreaker, and Pin gains her second win token for having the highest scoring cake.
5	"Bridge Crossing"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	May 1, 2010 (2010-05-01)
The Cake at Stake is an ice cream cake, and Woody is eliminated with 9 votes. The contest is to cross a bridge, the Squashy Grapes win in a tiebreaker. No one receives a Win Token in this episode.
6	"Power of Three"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01)
The Cake at Stake is cupcakes, and Pin is eliminated with 5 votes. The teams are temporarily split into 5 teams of 3, and the contest is to get across 3 islands. Coiny, Ice Cube, and Needle lose the contest, and Eraser, Firey, and Pen all get Win Tokens for finishing first.
7	"Puzzling Mysteries"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)
The Cake at Stake is key lime pie again, and Needle is eliminated with 6 votes, even after halving her votes with a win token. The contest is to solve a puzzle, won by the Squashy Grapes. As a result, they get to choose a contestant from the Squishy Cherries to be on their team. Firey switches to the Squashy Grapes. No one receives a Win Token in this episode.
8	"Cycle of Life"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	August 1, 2010 (2010-08-01)
The contest is a race where each contestant has to carry one of their other team members. The Squashy Grapes win and get to have an eliminated player on their team. No one receives a Win Token in this episode.
9	"Insectophobe's Nightmare"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)
Blocky rejoins the game onto the Squashy Grapes with 8 votes, which are then split into Squashy Grapes and Another Name. A new elimination system is introduced, in which the two most voted contestants from the team that was last are voted on by the team that placed first; one contestant will join the winning team, and the other will be eliminated. The contest is a six-legged race, in which Squishy Cherries places first and Squashy Grapes in last. Blocky receives a Win Token for rejoining.
10	"Crybaby!"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01)
The Cake at Stake is modelling clay, with the bottom two being Teardrop and Snowball, at 5 and 18 votes respectively. Teardrop is eliminated from a 3-2 vote, with Snowball being moved to the Squishy Cherries. The contest, which is for each team to fill their tub as much as they can with tears, ends in a tie. The tiebreaker is a skiing contest in which the Squishy Cherries and Another Name were rolled into snowballs, needing a tiebreaker-tiebreaker; a handstanding contest won by the Squishy Cherries. Eraser gains a win token for handstanding the longest.
11	"Lofty"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)
Starting from this episode onward, the show would feature recommended characters from viewers, with Bomby being the first under this title. The Cake at Stake is imaginary cake, with the bottom two being Golf Ball at 12 votes (6 after using her win token) and Rocky at 15. Golf Ball is eliminated from a 0-6 vote, with Rocky being moved to the Squishy Cherries. The contest is try to stay up in the air with balloons, which the Squashy Grapes win and Another Name lose. No one receives a Win Token in this episode.
12	"A Leg Up in the Race"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01)
The Cake at Stake has no cake, with the bottom two being Tennis Ball and Coiny at 22 and 30 votes, respectively. Leafy picks Tennis Ball for the Squashy Grapes, eliminating Coiny. The teams and Win Tokens are removed, being replaced with a points leaderboard where the bottom third go to Cake at Stake. Firey, Pen, Blocky, and Eraser earn 15 points for each token they had. The contest is to climb ladders.
13	"Don't Lose Your Marbles"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)
The Cake at Stake is fish, with the bottom third being Snowball, Bubble, Rocky, and Tennis Ball. Snowball is eliminated with 47 votes. The contest is to find and bring a red ball to the Announcer.
14	"Half a Loaf Is Better Than None"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01)
The Cake at Stake is fruitcake, with the bottom third being Match, Ice Cube, Rocky, and Tennis Ball. Match is eliminated with 66 votes. The eliminated contestants get a contest to carry loaves to their basket until the deadline, won by Spongy, who rejoins the competition and gains 38 points for each loaf of bread carried. The next contest is to jump over obstacles on a conveyor belt.
15	"Vomitaco"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01)
The Cake at Stake is nickels, with the bottom third being Ice Cube, Leafy, Eraser, and Firey. Eraser is eliminated with 99 votes. There are two contests: to stay on floating islands in a giant barf bag, and to make a taco rated by the eliminated contestants.
16	"Bowling, Now with Explosions!"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
The Cake at Stake is an explosive blueberry pie, with the bottom third being Pen, Bubble, and Rocky. Pen is eliminated with 144 votes. The contest is bowling, and everyone is sent to Cake at Stake besides Firey, who earned immunity by bowling a strike.
17	"The Reveal"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)
The Cake at Stake is knives, and Blocky is eliminated with 112 votes. The contest is to throw and catch frisbees as a pair. Announcer reveals that the contestants will vote on who is eliminated, and the viewers will instead vote on a "recommended character" to join the competition.
18	"Reveal Novum"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)
The Cake at Stake is a cracker, and Leafy and Tennis Ball tie for elimination with 2 votes. The tiebreaker is to jump over a gap, eliminating Tennis Ball who falls. David joins the game as the recommended character with 102 votes. The contest is a staring contest won by Pencil.
19	"Rescission"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	July 1, 2011 (2011-07-01)
The Cake at Stake is shovels covered in mud. The bottom three are Spongy, Firey, and Pencil; Pencil is eliminated with 259 votes. From this point on, points no longer exist, with contestants now obtaining immunity by winning challenges. The contest is to race on unicycles, won by Bubble, Rocky, and Firey. For winning first, Bubble is allowed to choose another contestant to have immunity, choosing Leafy.
20	"Gardening Hero"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
The Cake at Stake is ice cream cake again, with Spongy, Ice Cube, and David up for voting. David is eliminated with 331 votes. Announcer moves the competition to outer space due to "budget cuts", and the contest is to get in a spaceship and shoot lasers at other contestants. Bubble wins, and once again picks Leafy to have immunity alongside her. Announcer invites the viewers to vote on an eliminated contestant to rejoin the game, while the non immune contestants being voted on by the previously eliminated.
21	"The Glistening"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01)
The contestants return to Earth. The Cake at Stake is nothing, and Ice Cube is most voted to be eliminated. Flower rejoins the game with 205 votes. The contest is a long jump competition, won by Leafy, although she gives up her immunity to Spongy.
22	"Don't Pierce My Flesh"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)
The Announcer gets crushed by Spongy, so Firey and Flower bring out their personal speaker boxes to host. The Cake at Stake is yoylecake (a cake composed of fictional yoyleberries from the show), and Rocky is eliminated with 319 votes. The contest is to escape an volcano. The contestants all tie, so Firey and Flower's Speaker Boxes do a beauty contest. They declare their creators as the winners, giving Firey and Flower immunity.
23	"Hurtful!"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)
The Announcer gets recovered, and the Cake at Stake is cheese slices. Spongy is eliminated with 432 votes. The contest is to do every previous contest in order from episode 1 to 22, which is won by Bubble.
24	"Insectophobe's Nightmare 2"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	December 1, 2011 (2011-12-01)
Multiple bugs infest the area, killing the contestants (except for David). The Cake at Stake is red velvet cake, and Flower is eliminated with 524 votes. There is no contest, so the Announcer invites the viewers to vote who should win Dream Island. In addition, the Announcer promises that a Season 2 will only happen if they receive 1,000 votes.
25	"Return of the Hang Glider"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	January 1, 2012 (2012-01-01)
After releasing the eliminated contestants, the Announcer holds the final Cake at Stake for Bubble, Leafy and Firey. There were only 870 votes, which supposedly meant no Season 2 would occur. The cake is a Grand Cake, made up of all the previous cakes. With 406 out of 870 votes, Firey wins the cake and Dream Island. When choosing who gets to enter, Firey lets everyone in except for Leafy, who he excludes because he was hurt by her wanting to get off his ferris wheel. Angered, Leafy buys Dream Island from the Announcer. After the others find out, they threaten to kill her via Flower's Announcer Crusher. Before she is crushed, Firey swoops in using a hang glider and saves her, telling her that he values their friendship rather than the island as they fly away towards the sunset.

Season 2: Battle for Dream Island Again (2012–2013, 2023–present)

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	June 30, 2012 (2012-06-30)
The episode begins with Leafy being chased by the rest of the cast, escaping into Yoyleland without being able to return. The 20 most voted contestants, as well as 2 chosen to automatically join, are brought back for the second season. Of the 22, they are split into a team of 3 and a team of 19. The challenge is a tug of war, which the smaller team loses. Instead of voting in the comments, viewers can like or dislike a contestant's video, with the most-liked getting to spin the prize wheel and the most-disliked getting eliminated.
2	"Get Digging"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	August 1, 2012 (2012-08-01)
The smaller team is named W.O.A.H. Bunch [e] , and Coiny wins the prize with 448 likes, and Donut is eliminated with 573 dislikes. Coiny's prize is yoyleseeds. Teardrop is forced to switch to the smaller team, and the contest is to make Yoylestew, won by W.O.A.H. Bunch.
3	"Insectophobe's Nightmare 3"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	August 15, 2012 (2012-08-15)
Puffball wins the prize with 387 likes, and Dora is eliminated with 347 dislikes. Puffball's prize is a personal speaker box, which becomes a host. Needle is forced to switch to W.O.A.H. Bunch, and the contest is to kill all of the bugs in the team's glass box, won by the larger team.
4	"Zeeky Boogy Doog"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01)
Teardrop wins the prize with 502 likes, and is also eliminated with 440 dislikes. Teardrop's prize was to choose between immunity into the final 15 or a "Hand-Powered Recovery Center"; she chooses the Hand-Powered Recovery Center. Bomby and Yellow Face switch to W.O.A.H. Bunch. The contest is to build Dream Island, as Leafy sold the island to the Announcer in the season 1 finale. W.O.A.H. Bunch won the contest.
5a	"Get in the Van"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	January 2, 2013 (2013-01-02)
Pin accidentally stabs Puffball Speaker Box, resulting in Firey bringing out his personal speaker box to host. The Cake at Stake is chunks of Donut's corpse. Puffball wins the prize with 424 likes, and Match is eliminated with 426 dislikes. Puffball's prize is to choose which contestant should have their limbs removed, and she chose Pin to lose her limbs. Nickel and Spongy switch to W.O.A.H. Bunch, and Book, Ice Cube, Pencil, and Ruby make their own team, named FreeSmart. The contest is to get to the summit of Yoyle Mountain.
5b	"BFDIA 5b"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	February 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)
This part of the episode is a puzzle-platform game using Adobe Flash. [‡ 1] The FreeSmart members, trapped inside Evil Leafy after the events of BFDIA 5a, traverse through and escape her body using different abilities.
5c	"No More Snow!"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)
After the events of BFDIA 5b, Book and Ruby successfully escape Evil Leafy, with the other FreeSmart members including Bubble and Match missing or dead. W.O.A.H. Bunch falls into the Evil Canyon, so Coiny says Spongy should jump onto the spikes so the other team members can land onto him. The remaining FreeSmart and W.O.A.H. Bunch members meet up and the Firey Speaker Box brings out a "Hand-Powered HPRC creator". They crank the handle until the HPRC is created.
5d	"It's a Monster"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02)
The FreeSmart and W.O.A.H. Bunch members are still cranking even after 78 days. Finally, a Hand-Powered Recovery Center comes out, and they recover their dead team members. W.O.A.H. Bunch also recovers Puffball, so they can make her fly them to Yoyleland. This fails and they get frozen with "Freeze Juice".
5e	"The Long-lost Yoyle City"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	August 2, 2013 (2013-08-02)
Team No-Name is flying over Davidland on Puffball. Meanwhile, FreeSmart is in their van at Yoyleland. Ruby accidentally glues the Hand-Powered Recovery Center to the ground, and Pencil gets trapped by a fish's tongue. FreeSmart uses a saw to kill her, and they recover her using the Hand-Powered Recovery Center. FreeSmart and Team No-Name get to Yoyle Mountain, where they are met by the Firey Speaker Box. FreeSmart gets to the summit first. While Team No-Name is about to make it, Puffball betrays her team members by dropping them to be eaten by the fish. W.O.A.H. Bunch makes it, which means Team No-Name loses the contest.
6	"Well Rested"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	September 1, 2023 (2023-09-01)
Puffball is eliminated at Cake at Stake. The challenge is to find a suitable place for the team members to have a good nights' sleep. The challenge results in team WOAH Bunch being unable to sleep due to being chased by Evil Leafy for the entire night.
7	"Intruder Alert"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)
Rocky is eliminated at Cake at Stake. The challenge is to build a new dungeon, which will use to store the future eliminated contestants as TV steals the key to the Tiny Loser Chamber (TLC). As a result, FreeSmart lost the challenge due to not building a dungeon. And Weak Trembling Fortress (WTF) is the new TLC now.
8	"Meaty"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	November 13, 2023 (2023-11-13)
Firey is eliminated at Cake at Stake. The challenge is to Paint the Eiffel Tower. As a result, W.O.A.H Bunch! is lost due to Gelatin gives glasses to Puffball Speaker Box which she see green and yellow but no purple, even though everyone see purple and green.
9	"Catch These Hands"	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	Cary Huang	January 31, 2024 (2024-01-31)
The episode opens with Nickel attempting to scrub the pink paint off himself. Ice Cube mentions that, being pink, she is a strawberry milk cube. After Ruby recovers herself, she chomps on Ice Cube, and because Ice Cube was covered in lead paint, Ruby vomits it out, the lead paint vomit then begins corroding the Eiffel Tower. The Cake at Stake starts in the Total Clubhouse of Awesomeness on the Eiffel Tower, with the prize being a paper airplane ticket out of the clubhouse, and Yellow Face is eliminated after Purple Face steals his win tokens. The challenge is Play Charades in Trash Compactors, as a result, Team No-Name is out due no members left in this challenge.
10	"Taste the Sweetness"	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	Cary Huang	March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)
Gelatin is eliminated at Cake at Stake. The new teams are here since the final 13, First, it's The Beautiful Face Devotion Institute. and, "Fries" is just Fries alone. The challenge is Sell the most ice-cream before the snowflake of winter arrives. As a result Fries won with 200 customers while The Beautiful Face Devotion Institute has 0 customer due to Pineapple pull the fire alarm which the customers leave the shop.
11	"Lots of Mud"	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	Cary Huang & Joseph Pak	April 1, 2024 (2024-04-01)
Spongy gets eliminated, but not before accidentally killing Puffball Speaker Box. So as a replacement, Flower hosts this episode, making the challenge to remove the most petals out of her head. Freesmart tries to give Flower a makeover but it's to no avail.
12	"Insectophobe's Nightmare 4"	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	Cary Huang & Joseph Pak	May 16, 2024 (2024-05-16)
Half the contestants have been eliminated by now, and those who remain battle it out in a game of dodgeball but with... Bugs?! Pin begins having thoughts of revenge against Freesmart and we get to hear the music of the great "Pan Flute" (voiced by Kevin MacLeod).
13	"Well, Look Who It Is!"	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang & Joseph Pak	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang & Joseph Pak	July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
The four members of the Weak Trembling Fortress (WTF) leave the area to visit the abandoned Yoyle City, and Firey revives Leafy with the Recovery Center, unbeknownst to her.
14	"PointyPointyPointy ♫ [f] "	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	August 10, 2024 (2024-08-10)
The episode has the TLC inhabitants traveling around the Earth, Balloony sees a floating spiral island but Lollipop swiftly dismisses him. The Cake at Stake is started by the Bugs but FreeSmart kills them so the TLC inhabitants host it, Golf Ball is eliminated. The challenge is getting to a bunk bed at the top of the spiral island, with the contestants split into teams of two temporarily. The contestants go through many islands that have similarities to each TLC inhabit in which they have missions assigned to complete in order to pass to the next island. Tennis Ball and Nickel are the first team to complete with Fries and Bomby being next to complete. Although Pin and Coiny manage to make it to the final island, FreeSmart catches up to them. Pencil and Needle are in the final island and are second-to-last. Ruby and Book, Pin and Coiny are the last teams. Ruby secretly records Pin's song, plays it into the microphone and is about to win the challenge, but Pin, having had enough of the disrespect, sends a surge of electricity through her cable, which travels up the central beam and strikes Ruby and Book before they can get into the bunk bed, allowing Pin and Coiny to become the final teams safe.
15	"Spore Day"	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Joseph Pak	October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04)
The final 9 are divided into 3 new teams of 3, competing to get all of their respective team members inside of a birdhouse. But the challenge takes a turn when the cast ends up being so small in size that they reach atomic level, all in order to avoid the lead paint of the birdhouse.
16	"Respect to the Wicked"	Joseph Pak	Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang & Joseph Pak	December 1, 2024 (2024-12-01)
As Needle's allegiance is split between conflicting alliances, she decides to play for both teams simultaneously. In the challenge, the contestants are tasked with hiding a cherished item and seeking out their competitors' trinkets in order to tag them.
17	"Start the Shift"	Joseph Pak & Michael Huang	Joseph Pak, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01)
The residents of the WTF [g] take over hosting duties, and the remaining contestants must present their "truest selves" to be granted immunity. Book embarks on a wild goose chase of errands to restore her original cover, while Tennis Ball and Nickel are sent forward in time after a mishap involving Yoylite. Note: Several guest stars have voice roles in this episode, including Rosie O'Donnell and her child Clay O'Donnell. [‡ 4]
18	"Airplanes in the Night Sky"	Joseph Pak	Joseph Pak	March 5, 2025 (2025-03-05)
Tennis Ball uses his prize to forcibly disband WOAH Bunch, and Needle makes the decision to "win for herself", effectively ending the team phase of the competition. The episode's challenge is to be the first to illuminate three beacons in their dedicated color; in the end, Pin betrays Coiny and wins immunity. Note: Rosie and Clay O'Donnell reprise their guest roles in the episode's cold open.
19	"🥚"	Joseph Pak	Joseph Pak	May 9, 2025 (2025-05-09)
A fish monster from the sea becomes the latest host of the competition, as players are tasked to fill their baskets with unique items. The episode concludes in the midst of the challenge and prompts viewers to vote on the game's next host.
20	"Launch Party"	Joseph Pak	Joseph Pak	May 22, 2025 (2025-05-22)
This episode concludes the challenge begun in Episode 19, this time the contestants must sell their ten items for immunity tickets. Needle has special power due to winning the first part, and Coiny and Pin end up being up for elimination after Coiny sacrifices himself.
21	"We're Not Friends"	Joseph Pak	Joseph Pak	July 17, 2025 (2025-07-17)
This is a non-competition episode following Leafy and Pin, along with the BFDIA 19 voting results. Leafy and Pin play at the park, and Leafy tries convincing Pin to help find a yellow tomato, in which they climb up a giant beanstalk which catches fire, then spin a prize wheel to get the tomato. During this, the cake-at-stake is started, with the LOLers revealing the votes for the new hosts, which ends up being Leafy. Leafy goes to recover Firey, and Firey denies ever meeting Leafy, calling her a stranger, then walking away and disappearing, leaving Leafy saddened.
22	"I'm the Main Character"	Joseph Pak	Cary Huang & Joseph Pak	August 8, 2025 (2025-08-08)
The eliminated contestants rebuild the Goiky Highway. Leafy is sitting next to the Hand Powered Recovery Center when she is dropped a letter confirming she's the next host. Pin is eliminated and the challenge is to travel with Leafy until she runs out of "Friendship Flags", which she places if she liked the location. The contestants find a hole in the highway shaped like Woody, Needle uses a magnet to attract the Hand Powered Recovery Center there. Woody is recovered and slotted into the hole, later slipping and falling into a crack in the Earth. Pin saves him but dies in the process. Coiny and Needle jump into the hole with Leafy to get the last Friendship Flag. Tennis Ball gets Pin's drill and drops it into the hole to kill Needle, Book jumps to save her but is burnt to death, and Leafy gets hit by the drill.

Season 3: dnalsI maerD roF elttaB (2016)

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Welcome Back"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)
This episode is set after the events of BFDIA. Golf Ball and Tennis Ball visit the Science Museum of Yoyle City and find a Wall Teleporter, which can create portals through walls. They decide to use the Wall Teleporter to free previously eliminated contestants from BFDI and BFDIA. Viewers can vote in the comments to decide which eliminated contestant to release.

Season 4: Battle for B.F.D.I./B.F.B. (2017–2021)

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
Battle for B.F.D.I.
1	"Getting Teardrop to Talk"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang & Michael Huang	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
The algebraliens Four and X arrive on Earth to start a new competition, Battle for BFDI, with the prize being a "BFDI". The 64 contestants split into 8 teams of 8: A Better Name Than That; BEEP; "Bleh"; Death PACT; Free Food; Iance; Team Ice Cube; and The Losers. The first challenge is to retrieve X's lost baskets before Iance loses and is put up for elimination.
2	"Lick Your Way to Freedom"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Satomi Hinatsu & Michael Huang	November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)
The Cake at Stake is a regular cake, and Pencil is eliminated with 4,595 votes. The contest is to free the contestants that died in the previous episode, who are now trapped inside large jawbreakers and BEEP loses the challenge.
3	"Why Would You Do This on a Swingset"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)
The Cake at Stake prize is Earth, and Leafy is eliminated. The challenge is to spin each team's swing set fifty times and Team Ice Cube loses the challenge.
4	"Today's Very Special Episode"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang & Michael Huang	December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)
The Cake at Stake prize is regular cake, and Bracelety is eliminated. The challenge is to make the best depiction of Four and Death P.A.C.T. loses the challenge.
5	"Fortunate Ben"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)
The Cake at Stake prize is a fortune cookie, and Liy is eliminated. The challenge is for each team to keep their paper airplane in the sky. Beep loses the challenge.
6	"Four Goes Too Far"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Pokey	February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)
The Cake at Stake prize is the condition of being colored FFA500, and Roboty is eliminated. Team A Better Name Than That decides that Four's abusive behaviour is too much and plots to get rid of him by 'multiplying' him with 0, using X as a multiplication operator and Donut as the 0 integer. The plan is successful, resulting Four getting absorbed into Donut; Donut becomes the new host of the show. The challenge is to avoid the "Twinkle of Contagion", with The Losers losing the challenge.
7	"The Liar Ball You Don't Want"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Michael Huang	February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
The Cake at Stake prize is giant eye poppers topped with a grain of sugar, and Loser is eliminated with 12,062 votes and put inside one of the leftover jawbreakers. The challenge is to move the jawbreaker into the opposing team's hole before A Better Name Than That loses the challenge.
8	"Questions Answered"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10)
The prize is torn up pieces of Firey Speaker Box, and 8-Ball is eliminated. The challenge is to press buzzers and answer Donut's questions. Saw inhales the fumes that came out of 8-Ball's body after he got crushed by the moon, causing her to only respond with "8" whenever answering a question and also, Free Food loses the challenge.
9	"This Episode Is About Basketball"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)
It was revealed that X had been hiding in the previous episodes, and he decides to host. The Cake at Stake prize is regular cake, and Stapy is eliminated. The challenge is to throw balls into a basket and weigh it down onto the buzzers from the previous challenge before Beep loses the challenge, again.
10	"Enter the Exit"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang & Pokey	April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28)
The Cake at Stake prize is a slice of cake made by Pin, and David is eliminated. Once the contestants realize that Four was the only available source of contestant recovery, it's decided that the next challenge is to bring him back. The Losers! successfully do so, and once Four is back, he sends the remaining eliminated contestants to Eternal Algebra Class (EXIT), which is revealed on-screen for the first time. Instead of an elimination, one player in the EXIT gets the chance to rejoin BFB.
11	"Get to the Top in 500 Steps"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	May 27, 2018 (2018-05-27)
The Cake at Stake prize for rejoining is a photorealistic cake. Leafy rejoins and is placed on The Losers! due to them winning last episode's challenge. The challenge is to climb a pillar of stairs the fastest, and iance loses after Foldy's sabotage of Flower.
12	"What Do You Think of Roleplay?"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Cary Huang	July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)
The Cake at Stake prize is a burger and Match is eliminated, upsetting Bubble. Each team is put in a room and has to guess which team member's mind has been swapped with someone from a different team, while the "impostor" has to avoid being guessed. Team Ice Cube! fails to guess that Spongy's mind was swapped, causing them to lose, and Spongy feels bad that no one could tell him apart from a fake.
13	"Return of the Rocket Ship"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang & Pokey	July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)
The Cake at Stake prize is hot soup, which was cooled down by Ice Cube as requested by Gelatin. Firey Jr. is eliminated. The challenge is to find X's treasures buried underground before he finds them. As A Better Name Than That use Golf Ball's mutual mind reader to find the coordinates of the treasures, Grassy yells it out loud, leading the other teams to dig to it. Meanwhile, Death P.A.C.T. tries to get their teammate Pillow back by going inside Four. As Team Ice Cube! digs, they find a mysterious area.
14	"Don't Dig Straight Down"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang & Pokey	August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24)
During the challenge, Team Ice Cube finds a mini-planet inside the Earth’s crust which is humorously named "Buried Forest, Deciduously Insulated." Spongy takes a dive into the lake and accidentally cracks open an underground volcano which spews lava and forces the team to evacuate. The lava starts to spread around the crust and goes into BEEP's hole which also causes them to evacuate but the lava goes into Golf Ball's Underground Factory which floods it. Iance comes out the crust of the Earth and makes a hole that allows the lava to escape and flood the surface, killing the majority of the contestants before the Losers were Bleh[ needs copy edit ] and the team is put up for elimination.
15	"The Four is Lava"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	December 14, 2019 (2019-12-14)
The Cake at Stake prize is a "happy thought" and Dora is eliminated. As the lava flood from the previous episode persists, the remaining living contestants are scattered and stranded across different areas in the grasslands, and the challenge is to find a way back to Four without dying. Firey and Leafy argue the entire episode due to their negative relationship in BFDIA, and Flower discovers a button that drains the lava. Team Ice Cube! loses.
16	"The Escape from Four"	Satomi Hinatsu, Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Cary Huang	March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24)
Spongy is eliminated with 22,845 votes, but escapes Four along with Loser. Two appears and invites the contestants to battle for season five's titular Power of Two. Four changes Battle for B.F.D.I.'s prize from a "BFDI" to a "BFB" to incentivize them to stay, but the majority move to Two's show, leaving BFB with fourteen contestants remaining. To make room for the new season, Two relocates Four and the remaining BFB contestants to a new location. Four restarts his season from there, while also reinstating the original "BFDI" as the prize. Viewers can vote in the comments for a new character to join TPOT.
Battle for B.F.B.
17	"X Marks the Spot"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)
The team with Four-colored contestants is put up for elimination. The voting system is changed so the viewers can vote in the comments for a contestant to stay, and the contestant with the least votes is eliminated.
18	"Take the Tower"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)
Elimination: Balloony; Losers: X-colored team/Have Nots
19	"How Loe Can You Grow?"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22)
Elimination: Spongy; Losers: Have Cots
20	"A Taste of Space"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)
Ruby is eliminated. The challenge is to cool down X. The two teams attempt to cool him down in various ways, such as making a sun angel and running across the Earth so it becomes nighttime, which earns or loses them points. After multiple failed attempts, Leafy realizes they could cool down X by pouring a water bucket on him, resulting in the Have Cots' victory.
21	"Let's Raid The Warehouse"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	July 3, 2020 (2020-07-03)
Elimination: Loser; Losers: Have Nots
22	"Who Stole Donut's Diary?"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24)
Elimination: Taco; Losers: Have Cots
23	"Fashion For Your Face!"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21)
Elimination: Bubble; Losers: Have Nots
24	"The Game Has Changed"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Elimination: Blocky
25	"The Tweested Temple"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Cary Huang	October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
Elimination: Firey
26	"The Hidden Contestant"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06)
Elimination: Woody
27	"Uprooting Everything"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)
Elimination: Lollipop
28	"B.F.B. = Back From Beginning"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)
While in the bus that Four used to get away from the "intruders", the contestants are given a note to come outside, where the Announcer makes his return. While this, Leafy gets eliminated. Everyone favors the Announcer over Four, which angers them. Because of this, they decide to merge with the desert, X is distraught by this. The challenge is to do all the previous ones all over again, each challenge, you get met with an eliminated contestant (sometimes more than one). Until the final challenge which is shortened to climbing the ladders instead. Flower ends up winning immunity, leaving Gelatin and Teardrop to be up for elimiantion
29	"SOS (Save Our Show)"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)
Elimination: Teardrop
30	"Chapter Complete"	Cary Huang & Michael Huang	Sam Thornbury	April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)
Winner: Flower Runner-Up: Gelatin

Season 5: Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (2021–present)

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10)
Beginning after the events of The Escape from Four, Two reveals Winner and Price Tag were voted to join the game. Six new teams are formed, and the challenge is to get to the top of the roof of Two's hotel. Two fails to communicate that contestants are not allowed to go back down after making their way up.
2	"The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life"	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	Satomi Hinatsu & Pokey	June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18)
Teardrop joins the game, but is placed on a team by herself due to her late debut. The challenge is to stack your team's blocks into the highest stack possible.
3	"Getting Puffball to Think About Rollercoasters"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	January 28, 2023 (2023-01-28)
Two reveals why a year long hiatus occurred, as they were busy making an "Atwosment Park." Realizing the park is empty, Two challenges the teams to make something for the park. Due to two teams failing and seeing how long it is taking to have another contest, Two decides to speed the game up by putting both teams up for elimination.
4	"Gardening Zero"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Cary Huang	March 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)
In the newly-built "Atwosment Park", Saw and Cloudy are eliminated. In memory of Saw, the Team8s gather around a "funny plant" she liked, until it is suddenly destroyed. The "funny plant" is revealed to be an endangered species, and teams are tasked to protect the seven remaining plants in different regions of the world.
5	"Fishes and Dishes"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	May 4, 2023 (2023-05-04)
Two buys some new plates, but they are flung into a canal. The teams are forced to traverse the waters and retrieve a plate to win immunity.
6	"The Great Goikian Bake-Off"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	July 9, 2023 (2023-07-09)
Four and X return as chefs in Two's hotel, but don't allow them to eat their food, so the teams are challenged to make dinner for Two.
7	"The Seven Wonders of Goiky"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	September 10, 2023 (2023-09-10)
While Clock is allowed to remain a spectator due to an unresolved conflict with Winner, Lightning is so angered by his elimination that he creates a storm, destroying seven monuments in the show's Goiky area. Conflict arises within Death PACT Again as Fanny questioning if their death prevention goal is worthwhile. Robot Flower overwrites her personality, and goes on a violent rampage against all the failed debutants in the hotel.
8	"Balancing P.A.C.T."	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)
The teams are challenged to remain on a balance beam that was repaired in the last challenge, an homage to the first episode of BFDI. Teardrop falls ill from absorbing Barf Bag's vomit, so Snowball and Grassy volunteer to help her.
9	"Outbreak at Stake"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	December 18, 2023 (2023-12-18)
A zombie apocalypse spreads, infecting many of the contestants; including Two. The challenge is to try and prevent your team from getting infected, and the two teams with the most people killed/infected are up for elimination. In the episode's stinger, a mysterious One emerges from the damaged moon.
10	"Oneirophobe's Nightmare"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	March 13, 2024 (2024-03-13)
Everyone is irritable from the outbreak last episode, which annoys Two, so they make the challenge to enter a teammate's nightmare and help them face their fears as a bonding experience. Fanny and Black Hole discuss the motives of Death PACT, while Winner confronts their past and makes up with Clock.
11	"Out Of The Blue"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns, Michael Huang, Sutton Hull & Sam Thornbury	June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14)
The eliminated contestants from Battle for B.F.D.I. are seen again, spending years attempting to escape from Four.
12	"What's Up Bell's String?"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns, Sutton Hull & Sam Thornbury	July 15, 2024 (2024-07-15)
The contestants are shuffled into four new teams. The new teams are tasked to fill their respective pits with whatever they can find. One continues to write deals with contestants, and Basketball begins to follow her as she grows suspicious. In a post-credits scene, Basketball is noticed and One kidnaps her.
13	"Category One"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns & Sam Thornbury	September 14, 2024 (2024-09-14)
One continues to meddle in the game, creating a massive storm that rages through Goiky, and allowing Pencil to accompany Liy in joining the competition. The challenge is for each team to stop a specific part of the chaos from reaching Two and disturbing their sleep. Ultimately, Basketball is coerced into signing a contract to end the storm.
14	"I SAID CAREFUL!!!"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns, Sutton Hull & Sam Thornbury	November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)
TPOT's failed debuters host Cake at Stake, and the challenge is to capture one of two flags, either from atop a snowy mountain or atop a volcano. Three of four teams go for the snowy mountain, and once it is captured, they attempt to team up to stop CloudYAY from capturing the volcano flag.
15	"Seasonal Shift"	Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns, Sutton Hull & Sam Thornbury	January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01)
The failed debuters discover the Yoylite from Start the Shift and learn of its time-traveling capabilities. They are transported to different periods in time, which results in alterations to the series' timeline, and a large crack in the sky, known as a "Rift", is formed as a result. The contestants time travel to different episodes in the series to fix differences, correct the timeline, and catch the debuters, but more mistakes are made along the way, causing the Rift to grow exponentially larger. Gaty signs One's deal to prevent the end of the universe, and thus most of the changes to the timeline are reversed, but the Rift still remains in the sky. Upon hearing that the timeline is still imperfect, Two notices Gaty is missing.
16	"The Power of Four"	Cary Huang, Michael Huang & Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns & Sam Thornbury	February 24, 2025 (2025-02-24)
With Two far too depressed upon Gaty's disappearance, Four and X take over as hosts. The challenge is a game of hide-and-seek, with both Four and X as separate seekers—the team with the most contestants found by Four and the team with the most contestants found by X repsectively are up for elimination. Team CloudYAY loses the most to both, leaving them up for a double elimination.
17	"Bottle for Dream Island"	Sam Thornbury	Niall Burns, Sutton Hull & Sam Thornbury	April 15, 2025 (2025-04-15)
Bottle assumes hosting duties while Four and X are busy. She sends the contestants to a revamped Atwosment Park with four challeges, each with one member from each team participating. Donut is kidnapped by One, who offers him a deal in exchange for his arms back. After Donut questions and refuses her contract, One tears off his legs and punts him home, where he later finds new limbs in a bush.
18	"BFB 31"	Florence Chapell & Sam Thornbury	Florence Chapell & Sam Thornbury	June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)
Lollipop loses her credit card and suspects that someone has stolen it. Four sets up an exhibition challenge, sending the BFBers into each other's memories to figure out who stole the card. After the challenge, Loser is overcome with guilt after learning of Winner's presence in TPOT, and ventures out to find them.
19	"Last One Standing"	Sam Thornbury	Sutton Hull & Sam Thornbury	July 14, 2025 (2025-07-14)
Four learns of One's presence after distributing Two's titular power to the remaining contestants in an effort to hold off the rift. As the Earth is plunged into darkness, TV hosts Cake at Stake and initiates a battle royale as the next challenge. One kidnaps Donut again, revealing to him that she erased Gaty from existence as part of the contract she signed, and erases more signees until Donut reluctantly gives up his power. Eventually, Pencil acquires almost all of Two's power, and takes Four's as well. Pencil is confronted by One, who offers a chance to redo the events of BFDI in exchange for her powers. Pencil obliges and is sent back. One sends Four away and blasts off into space, continuing to wreak havoc while the fate of the Earth lies uncertain.
20	"Alone"	Sam Thornbury	Sam Thornbury	October 17, 2025 (2025-10-17) [h]
One's backstory is revealed: a past of unending isolation and perceived betrayal. In the flashback, she discovers a Yoylite meteor that grants her her mysterious powers. After showing the meteor to Three and helping them gain their own power, she is heartbroken to discover the next morning that their secret was shared with the rest of the numbers. One uses her powers to shatter Three to pieces before being overcome by regret, trying to revive them, and partly succeeding, albeit in a disfigured and catatonic state. Four leads the other numbers (sans Two and Three) in banishing One for her actions. The remainder of the episode is spent in various flashes forward, showcasing One meticulously planning her vengeance, as well as her off-screen confrontations with other missing objects. In the present day, One finds Nine on another planet, destroys it and abducts them, leaving their fate unknown as the episode abruptly ends.

Notes

1. BFDIA 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d and 5e are altogether counted as one episode. 5b is a Flash game. ^{[‡ 1]}
2. Season 2 was cancelled after Episode 5 in 2013. It was later revived in 2023, now being produced alongside Season 5.
3. dnalsI maerD roF elttaB (IDFB) is currently on a hiatus, but it has been confirmed that it will return at a later date. ^{[‡ 2]}
4. This episode aired in two parts, BFDI 1a and BFDI 1b.
5. Full name is Wheel Ooze a Hole Bunch.
6. Originally published as You're A Filthy Friend. ^{[‡ 3]}
7. Acronym, short for Weak Trembling Fortress.
8. This episode premiered in select theaters across the United States on October 16, 2025, ^[3] before being released on YouTube the following day. ^[4]

References

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3. Burlingame, Russ (October 21, 2025). "Michael Huang hopes theatrical release will help Battle for Dream Island expand its huge YouTube audience". Comics Beat . Archived from the original on October 21, 2025. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
4. Schwarz, John (September 22, 2025). "Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two Episode 20 Gets Surprise AMC Theaters Screening". Bubbleblabber. Archived from the original on October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

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1. "5b - Battle for Dream Island". Archived from the original on October 12, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
2. Huang, Cary; et al. (July 24, 2024). Casually Confirms IDFB at the BFDI X II Tour . Retrieved November 5, 2025– via YouTube.
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4. O'Donnell, Rosie (January 7, 2025). "im super proud to present clays first professional voice over as mirror on #BFDI - we r all so proud and excited - and so thankful for the opportunity!!!! thank u michael huang and the whole crew #battlefordreamisland". Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025– via TikTok.