|July 18, 2024
|July 18, 2024
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|“PointyPointyPointy🎵” {{Efn|Originally named “You’re A Filthy Friend”}}{{Efn|This episode premiered at the BFDI x II tour of 2024. It played at Los Angeles, California on July 20th and 21st, Chicago, Illinois on July 27th, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida on August 3rd and 4th.}}
|“PointyPointyPointy🎵” {{Efn|Originally named “You’re A Filthy Friend”}}
|Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang
|Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang
|Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang
|Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang
|37:27
|37:27
|August 10, 2024
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|“Spore Day”
|“Spore Day”
|July 17, 2025
|July 17, 2025
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|“I’m The Main Character”
|Joseph Pak
|Joseph Pak
|Cary Huang & Joseph Pak
|Cary Huang & Joseph Pak
|40:20
|40:20
|August 8, 2025{{Efn|This episode played at the BFDI x II tour of 2025. It played in Chicago, Illinois on July 19th and 20th, Seattle, Washington on July 26th and 27th, and Los Angeles, California on August 1st and 3rd.}}
|August 8, 2025
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|“Shattered!”{{Efn|Rosie O’Donnell and her child, Clay, reprise their voice roles from episode 17 and 18.}}
|“Shattered!”{{Efn|Rosie O’Donnell and her child, Clay, reprise their voice roles from episode 17 and 18.}}
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| Battle for Dream Island Again | |
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| Also known as | “But Flower’s Doing It” & “Battle for Nothing” |
| Genre | Object show, Parody, Slapstick |
| Created by | Cary Huang & Michael Huang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 23 (list of episodes) |
| Running time | 7-60 minutes |
| Production company | Jacknjellify |
| Network | YouTube |
| Release | June 30, 2012 – Present |
| Battle for Dream Island | |
Battle for Dream Island Again (BFDIA) is the second season of Battle for Dream Island, an American animated web series created by twin brothers Cary and Michael Huang. The season is currently ongoing and follows 22 anthropomorphic objects competing for a poorly made chunk of a farm, known as Dream Island[a], with viewers voting on the characters they want to be eliminated from the competition. All episodes of the entire series, this season included, along with related media are released onto their YouTube channel, Jacknjellify[b].
The show follows anthropomorphic object characters, with their name referring to their object, such as a donut, pencil, and a bomb.Each episode, teams[c] consisting of specific characters, who are free to swap any time, compete in a challenge chosen by a wheel. Characters then do what the wheel ends up landing on, and whichever team that doesn’t complete the challenge goes “up for elimination”. Separate YouTube videos are posted, and viewers have the choice to like or dislike someone. The contestant with the most dislikes is eliminated from the show, and the contestant with the most likes wins a prize to help them out. This is repeated throughout the entire show, with the eliminated contestants being sent to the Locker of Losers in the first six episodes, and the Weak Trembling Fortress for the rest.
Main article: List of Battle for Dream Island episodes
| Episode Title | Directed by | Written by | Length | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 7:31 | June 30, 2012 |
| “Get Digging” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 11:20 | August 1, 2012 |
| “Insectophobe’s Nightmare 3” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 6:47 | August 15, 2012 |
| “Zeeky Boogy Doog” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 10:26 | November 1, 2012 |
| “Get In The Van”[f] | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 17:18 | January 2, 2013 |
| “5B”[g] | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 0:23 | February 13, 2013 |
| “No More Snow!”[h] | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 7:01 | April 14, 2013 |
| “It’s A Monster”[i] | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 10:37 | July 2, 2013 |
| “The Long-lost Yoyle City”[j] | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | 13:12 | August 2, 2013 |
| Episode Title | Directed by | Written by | Length | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Well Rested” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang | 29:38 | September 1, 2023 |
| “Intruder Alert” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang | 20:40 | October 1, 2023 |
| “Meaty” | Cary Huang & Michael Huang | Cary Huang | 18:11 | November 13, 2023 |
| “Catch These Hands” | Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Michael Huang, & Joseph Pak | Cary Huang | 30:519 | February 1, 2024 |
| “Taste The Sweetness” | Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang | Cary Huang | 21:04 | March 2, 2024 |
| “Lots of Mud” | Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Joseph Pak | 19:33 | April 1, 2024 |
| “Insectophobe’s Nightmare 4”[k] | Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang | Cary Huang & Joseph Pak | 21:16 | May 16, 2024 |
| “Well, Look Who It Is!” | Cary Huang & Joseph Pak | Anthony Acedo | 17:42 | July 18, 2024 |
| “PointyPointyPointy🎵” [l] | Anthony Acedo, Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang | Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang | 37:27 | August 10, 2024[m] |
| “Spore Day” | Joseph Pak, Anthony Acedo, & Michael Huang | Cary Huang | 28:25 | October 4, 2024 |
| “Respect to the Wicked” | Joseph Pak | Cary Huang, Joseph Pak, & Michael Huang | 23:35 | December 1, 2024 |
| “Start the Shift”[n] | Joseph Pak & Michael Huang | Joseph Pak, Michael Huang, & Sam Thornbury | 27:49 | January 1, 2025 |
| “Airplanes in the Night Sky”[o] | Joseph Pak | Joseph Pak | 26:28 | March 5, 2025 |
| “🥚” | Joseph Pak | Joseph Pak | 22:52 | May 9, 2025 |
| “Launch Party” | Joseph Pak | Joseph Pak | 22:21 | May 22, 2025 |
| “We’re Not Friends” | Joseph Pak | Joseph Pak | 22:45 | July 17, 2025 |
| “I’m The Main Character” | Joseph Pak | Cary Huang & Joseph Pak | 40:20 | August 8, 2025[p] |
| “Shattered!”[q] | Joseph Pak | Cary Huang & Joseph Pak | 1:00:09 | December 2, 2025[r] |
Twin brothers Cary and Michael Huang (born March 18, 1997) created the show, as well as directed the second season. In 2009, during his school years, Cary “had to create a fake catalogue for an algebra class”, and inside of it was “a comic about how rock, paper, and scissors … could be improved. [Cary] replaced them with water, sponge, and fire”. Cary continued creating comics; he had written a comic inspired by Total Drama Island, titled Total Firey Island.[1] Michael created animations based on Cary’s comics,[2][3] later stating that he wanted to “combine [animation] with Cary’s characters”.[1]
In 2009, the twins started production on Battle for Dream Island at the age of 12, and released the first episode on January 1, 2010 to their YouTube channel jacknjellify.[4][1] Like the previous projects by the Huang twins, the show was animated using Adobe Flash.[5] The season ran for two years, and its final episode was released on January 2, 2012. The next season, Battle for Dream Island Again, premiered on June 30, 2012.
Battle for Dream Island Again continued on until episode 5, which was split into five separate parts. The second part was an Adobe Flash game following Book and her team, FreeSmart[s], attempting to escape Evil Leafy. Episode 6 was planned to release on September 1, 2013, however it never came. Season 3, known as dnalsI maerD rof elttaB was announced on July 23, 2016, and released on September 1 of that same year. A video with BFDIA 6 deleted scenes released on August 23, 2016, and the season was officially canceled.
On August 30th, a post was made stating a new episode would release on September 1, 2023, though not specifying what season. At this point, Battle for Dream Island had already finished season 4 and was on episode 6 of its 5th season, The Power of Two. On September 1, BFDIA 6 dropped on YouTube, ending the ten-year-long cancelation. Episodes of the season have been releasing every few months since then.
Kevin MacLeod is a guest star in episode 12. Several guest stars have voice roles in episode 17, including Rosie O’Donnell and her child Clay O’Donnell.[6] Rosie and Clay reprise their roles in episodes 18 and 23.
Live events in the United States
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The Huang Twins have organized three live events for this season of Battle for Dream Island, including two tours with the producers of Inanimate Insanity and a theater screening.
The twenty-third episode of the season, titled “Shattered!”[t] was screened in Cinemark and Marcus theaters on December 1, 2025, and was uploaded to YouTube the next day.[7][8] This partnership began with the twentieth episode of The Power of Two, titled “Alone”, which also played at Cinemark and Marcus theaters on October 26th.
- ^ This is referred to as “Dream Island”. In season one, the original Dream Island went missing after being “stolen”, and after the contestants realize they have no prize in episode 4, they create the farm chunk.
- ^ Pronounced “Jack ‘N” Jellifee.
- ^ From BFDIA 18-23, no teams are made and the “merge” starts, in which 1-3 contestants win immunity at a time.
- ^ The season was canceled after its fifth episode. It later resumed production in 2023, and is now produced concurrently with The Power Of Two.
- ^ BFDIA 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, and 5E are altogether counted as one episode.
- ^ The first part of BFDIA 5, also known as 5A.
- ^ 5B was a flash game, accessible in the description of the episode. This is the second part of BFDIA 5.
- ^ The third part of BFDIA 5, also known as 5C.
- ^ The fourth part of BFDIA 5, also known as 5D.
- ^ The fifth and final part of BFDIA 5, also known as 5E.
- ^ Kevin MacLeod has a guest role in this episode.
- ^ Originally named “You’re A Filthy Friend”
- ^ This episode premiered at the BFDI x II tour of 2024. It played at Los Angeles, California on July 20th and 21st, Chicago, Illinois on July 27th, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida on August 3rd and 4th.
- ^ Several guest stars have voice roles in this episode, including Rosie O’Donnell and her child, Clay.
- ^ Rosie O’Donnell and her child, Clay, reprise their voice roles from episode 17.
- ^ This episode played at the BFDI x II tour of 2025. It played in Chicago, Illinois on July 19th and 20th, Seattle, Washington on July 26th and 27th, and Los Angeles, California on August 1st and 3rd.
- ^ Rosie O’Donnell and her child, Clay, reprise their voice roles from episode 17 and 18.
- ^ This episode premiered at select theaters in the United States on December 1, 2025, and released on YouTube the following day.
- ^ Consisted of Pencil, Match, Ruby, Book, and Ice Cube. Match was eliminated in the episode prior to this, and the game was discontinued after level 54’s release. Only Book, Match, and Ice Cube appeared in it.
- ^ This became the longest episode in Battle for Dream Island history, being over an hour long and holding the season’s final challenge.
- ^ a b c Kaiser, Hein (June 19, 2025). “‘BFDI’: Online series continues to soar”. The Citizen. Archived from the original on October 26, 2025. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- ^ “WGSBN Bulletin 1, #3″ (PDF). WGSBN Bulletin. 1 (3). International Astronomical Union: 7. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Potter, Ned. “‘The Scale of the Universe,’ by Two Teenage Brothers”. ABC News. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ Unthank, Kennedy (August 22, 2025). “jacknjellify”. Plugged In. Archived from the original on October 8, 2025. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Burlingame, Russ (28 November 2025). “BATTLE FOR DREAM ISLAND’s first comic book released as part of Black Friday sale”. Comics Beat. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ jacknjellify (November 16, 2025). BFDIA 23 TRAILER — TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE! (video). Event occurs at 0:33. Retrieved 2025-11-29 – via YouTube.
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