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Warning! This page contains spoilers.

No one likes a spoiler. So when I was looking at random episode pages on the Other Wiki like this one, I was surprised at how much terrible stuff there was, at least for the viewer who hasn't seen the episode (but wants to). Granted, I think every episode page on the wiki has a spoiler warning at the top so first-time fans aren't overwhelmed with the feeling of missing out. But wouldn't it be cool if there was a page full of episode data that you could go to for easy reference?

That's exactly what this page is for, except it won't be about BFDI, but exclusively about the episodes of Fake TPOT.

What to expect on this page[]

Example page of BFDIA

An example page on the Other Wiki: It tells all the important stuff and even includes all the thumbnails used throughout the episode's history. Maybe I should do that with Fake TPOT, eh?

The read-only aspect[1] of the series doesn't allow for things like end credits and giant Google Docs with the names of everyone involved in the process (here's to you, TPOT 1),[2] but I do want people have access to what goes on in and behind the scenes of the episodes without, you know, having to read them. It's like SparkNotes, only trashier.

The episode "summaries" are not really summaries (yet). They work the same way as the infoboxes on the Other Wiki, which welcome readers to the most important facts of an episode, such as who was eliminated, who died, when an episode was released and things like that. If I didn't know that the episode template was literally called just that, i.e. "Template:Episode", it would have been very difficult for me to compile all the important aspects of each episode without checking the entire canon for new headings in each episode's infobox.

  • Episode number and title: Always given. Also found on the navbox and the main page.
  • Team name change(s): Only use if a team's name was changed in this episode.
  • Challenge: Challenge for the episode (indicated by Contest).
    • Challenge winner(s): The team, or later the individual, that won the contest (MVP: Who contributed the most to leading the team to victory). In pre-merge episodes, the teams are listed in order of safety.
    • Challenge loser(s): The team, or later the individual(s), that lost the contest.
  • Contestants
    • Deaths: The contestant(s) who died in this episode.
    • Recoveries: The contestant(s) recovered in this episode.
    • Eliminated: The contestant(s) eliminated in this episode. (Same as "Entered TLC" on the Other Wiki)
      • Elimination finalized: The contestant(s) finally eliminated (if they were eliminated previously but still were able to compete).
      • Sent to Two's hotel: The contestant(s) eliminated (if they were not an official competitor before).
    • Rejoined: The contestant(s) who rejoined in this episode. (Same as "Rejoined TLC" on the Other Wiki)
    • Debuted: The contestant(s) who made their debut in this episode.
    • Sorted into or switched teams: The contestant(s) who were sorted into or switched teams in this episode. Make sure to indicate the team's name in bold.
  • Things
    • Prize: The "cake" used in this episode's Cake at Stake. (Same as "Cake" on the Other Wiki)
  • Dates
    • Filmed: The day(s) the episode was filmed.
    • Int. release date: The earliest date in which one could find the episode. You can interpret this as meaning when the episode was released on YouTube, but note that the year has been subtracted by forty-eight. (The abbreviation Int. is ambiguous; it can stand for either international or Internet.)
    • U.S. release date: The date the episode first aired on U.S. cable television. The date listed in this row may be even a year after the episode first aired on the "int". I suspect that, if BFDI/BFB were a cable TV series, the episodes would have to air the episodes weekly instead of several months-ly, since that's how most TV series ran before streaming services.
    • Date and time finished: The date and time an episode ended (specifically when the last part of the episode was released to this wiki). This is important for one of the credits sections.

Here is an example of an "episode infobox" for the first episode of the real The Power of Two, "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"

Challenge Contest Get to the top of the First Hotel
Winners
  1. Are You Okay (MVP: Puffball)
  2. The S!
  3. team8s
  4. Just Not
  5. The Strongest Team on Earth
Losers Death P.A.C.T. Again
Contestants Deaths
  • Bottle
  • Remote
Recoveries
  • Remote
Debuted
  • Winner
  • Price Tag
Sorted into teams
  • Basketball, Bell, Eggy, Foldy, Grassy, Robot Flower, Snowball (The Strongest Team on Earth)
  • Black Hole, Fanny, Lightning, Marker, Pie, Remote, Tree (Death P.A.C.T. Again)
  • Eraser, Fries, Golf Ball, Pen, Puffball, Tennis Ball, TV (Are You Okay)
  • Barf Bag, Coiny, Donut, Gaty, Needle, Pin, Saw (team8s)
  • Bottle, Clock, Cloudy, Ice Cube, Rocky, Winner, Yellow Face (The S!)
  • Bomby, Book, Cake, Naily, Nickel, Pillow, Price Tag (Just Not)
Cake at Stake prize A mangosteen
Dates Filmed 7 December 1972 (EXIT scene filmed 9 May 1972)
Int. release date 10 January 1973
U.S. release date 16 January 1973
Date and time finished 10 January 2021 (something:something a.m.)

Episode summaries[]

Act I[]

Act I summaries
(2) "Horseback Lightswitch"
Challenge "To bring Bottle back to life" (To the contestants, there was no challenge, as Two jumped too far ahead in time. For this reason, there were no winners or losers in this episode, and no team was put up for elimination.)
Contestants Eliminated
  • Pie
Cake at Stake prize A shared boulder
Dates Filmed 15 January 1973 (EXIT scene filmed 9 May 1972)
Int. release date 21 May 1973
U.S. release date 30 September 1974
Date and time finished 21 May 2021 (3:45 p.m.)
(3) "Good Day and Good News"
Challenge Contest Avoid spoilers of post-split BFB
Winners All other teams (MVP: Remote[3])
Losers Death P.A.C.T. Again (originally)
The S! (the actual team up for elimination)
Contestants Deaths
  • Remote (off-screen)
Recoveries
  • Remote
Eliminated (Two staged a mock elimination, in which a non-existent contestant was eliminated.)
Debuted, sorted into teams
  • Balloony (Death P.A.C.T. Again, unauthorized)[4]
Cake at Stake prize Invisible cake
Dates Filmed 28 May 1973 (EXIT scene filmed 11 June 1972)
Int. release date 30 September 1973
U.S. release date 7 October 1974
Date and time finished 28 June 2021 (8:28 p.m.)
(4) "All Boxed In"
Challenge Contest Create the best Nonexisty Cage
Winners
  1. The S! (MVP: Balloony)
  2. Are You Okay
  3. (tied)
    • The Strongest Team on Earth
    • Death P.A.C.T. Again
  4. team8s
Losers Just Not
Contestants Deaths
  • Nickel
Eliminated
  • Ice Cube (only technically; she still competes)
Rejoined
  • Pie (returns to Death P.A.C.T. Again, unauthorized)
Debuted, sorted into teams
  • 9-Ball, Discy, Kitchen Sink, Shopping Cart (The Strongest Team on Earth, unauthorized)
  • Conch Shell, Salt Lamp, VHSy (Death P.A.C.T. Again, unauthorized)
  • Anchor, Income Tax Return Document, PDA, Rubber Spatula (Are You Okay, unauthorized)
  • Camera, Clapboard, Scissors, Snare Drum (team8s, unauthorized)
  • Blender, Boom Mic, Onigiri, Tape (The S!, unauthorized)
  • Avocado, Leek, Shampoo (Just Not, unauthorized)
Switched teams
  • Balloony (from Death P.A.C.T. Again to The S!)
Cake at Stake prize Edible numbers
Dates Filmed 29 October 1973 (EXIT scene filmed 28 June 1972; first part of the episode filmed 28 May 1973)
Int. release date 9 February 1974
U.S. release date 14 October 1974
Date and time finished 8 July 2021 (2:49 p.m.)
(5) "So This Is Life" / "Two Rocks the Elderly"
Challenge Contest Get a slip signed for doing community service (planting trees for The Strongest Team on Earth, helping the elderly for all other teams) (This challenge was not authorized by Two, as it was initiated by the contestants. It was still appreciated.)
Winners
  1. team8s (MVP: Gaty)
  2. The S!
  3. Death P.A.C.T. Again
  4. The Strongest Team on Earth
  5. Just Not
Losers Are You Okay
Contestants Deaths ("So This Is Life")
  • Tree
  • Remote
  • Battery (non-participant)
  • Eraser
  • Lightning (off-screen)
  • Fanny (off-screen)
  • Saw (off-screen)
  • Pin (off-screen)
  • 9-Ball (off-screen; non-participant)
  • Pillow
Deaths ("Two Rocks the Elderly")
  • TV
Eliminated ("So This Is Life")
  • Bomby
Elimination finalized ("So This Is Life")
  • Ice Cube
  • Pie
Sent to Two's hotel ("So This Is Life")
  • Balloony (voluntarily)
  • Anchor, Avocado, Blender, Boom Mic, Camera, Clapboard, Conch Shell, Discy, Income Tax Return Document, Kitchen Sink, Leek, Onigiri, PDA, Rubber Spatula, Salt Lamp, Scissors, Shampoo, Shopping Cart, Snare Drum, Tape, VHSy (involuntarily)
  • 9-Ball, Battery (technically)
Cake at Stake prize None (We find out later that it's more of an anti-prize: The eliminated contestant gets their own hotel room, without any roommates.)
Dates Filmed 17 February 1974
Int. release date "So This Is Life": 21 June 1974
"Two Rocks the Elderly": 26 August 1974
U.S. release date "So This Is Life": 21 October 1974
"Two Rocks the Elderly": 28 October 1974
Date and time finished "So This Is Life": 11 July 2021 (11:03 p.m.)[5]
"Two Rocks the Elderly": 12 July 2021 (11:13 a.m.)
(6) "The Seekers Are Inn!"
Challenge Contest Find the contestants who are inside Two's hotel
Winners
  1. team8s (MVP: Saw)
  2. Death P.A.C.T. Again
  3. Are You Okay
  4. Just Not
  5. The Strongest Team on Earth
Losers The S!
Contestants Recoveries
  • Tree
  • Pillow
  • TV
  • Lightning
  • Remote
  • Fanny
  • Nickel
  • Pin
  • Saw
  • Eraser
  • Bottle
  • 9-Ball (off-screen; non-participant)
  • Battery (off-screen; non-participant)
Eliminated
  • Fries
Sent to Two's hotel
  • 9-Ball, Battery (actually)
Cake at Stake prize None (In the original script, the line from Donut was "The sheer joy of competing for another episode" in response to Tennis Ball, who asked what the prize is.)
Dates Filmed 2 September 1974 (EXIT scene filmed 28 June 1972)
Int. release date 31 October 1974
U.S. release date 4 November 1974
Date and time finished 16 July 2021 (10:10 a.m.)

Act II[]

Act II summaries
(7) "Canned Laughter in the Rain"
Challenge Contest Two steps: Find the source of an unceasing laughter-like noise (later revealed to be an insect called the "laughing bug") and put an end to it in any way
Winners
  1. Death P.A.C.T. Again (MVP: Tree)
  2. Are You Okay
  3. The Strongest Team on Earth
  4. Just Not
Losers The S! (did not complete the task)

team8s (made things worse; thus they are up for elimination)

Contestants Eliminated
  • Rocky
Cake at Stake prize Noise-cancelling headphones
Dates Filmed 25 November 1974 (EXIT scene filmed 17 August 1972)
Int. release date 12 March 1975
U.S. release date 2 November 1976
Date and time finished 20 July 2021 (11:47 a.m.)
(8) "The Switchgate"
Challenge Contest Make the "essence" of Barf Bag (Using themselves, the contestants had to depict not only her physical aspect, but also take into account her personality.)
Winners
  1. team8s (MVP: Donut)
  2. Just Not
  3. Are You Okay
  4. The S!
  5. The Strongest Team on Earth
Losers Death P.A.C.T. Again
Contestants Deaths
  • Hotel Bell (off-screen; non-participant; implied until death was ascertained in "A Cheese Puff")
  • Hop Bell (off-screen; non-participant; implied until death was ascertained in "A Cheese Puff")
  • Golf Ball
  • Tennis Ball
Eliminated
  • Needle
  • Tennis Ball (eliminated after the contest under bizarre circumstances)
Switched teams
  • Gaty, Saw (from team8s to The S!)
Cake at Stake prize Pieces of sidewalk chalk
Dates Filmed 17 March 1975 (EXIT scene filmed 3 September 1972)
Int. release date 5 July 1975
U.S. release date 9 November 1976
Date and time finished 23 July 2021 (4:17 p.m.)
(9) "Eraser to Go(ne)"
Challenge Contest A relay race (to build a five-sided rooftop ornament, which would be revealed to be the thing at the top of Two's Second Hotel at the end of the episode)
Winners
  1. Death P.A.C.T. Again (MVPs: Tree, Black Hole, Fanny, Remote)
  2. team8s
  3. Just Not
  4. The S!
  5. The Strongest Team on Earth
Losers Are You Okay
Contestants Deaths
  • Pie (non-participant)
Eliminated
  • Marker
Cake at Stake prize Protractors from Protractor's Protractors
Dates Filmed 9 July 1975 (EXIT scene filmed 20 September 1972)
Int. release date 28 October 1975
U.S. release date 16 November 1976
Date and time finished 26 July 2021 (9:50 p.m.)
(10) "Little Hotel on the Savannah" / "Press Two to Clear"
Challenge Contest Move everything from the team cabins to the new rooms in the Second Hotel
Winners
  1. Are You Okay (MVP: TV)
  2. Death P.A.C.T. Again
  3. Just Not
  4. The S!
  5. team8s
Losers The Strongest Team on Earth
Contestants Deaths ("Press Two to Clear")
  • Eggy (partially)
  • Foldy
  • Grassy
Recoveries ("Little Hotel on the Savannah")
  • Golf Ball
  • Tennis Ball (non-participant)
  • Pie (non-participant)
Elimination finalized ("Press Two to Clear")
  • Tennis Ball
Cake at Stake prize Hoovers (vacuum cleaners)
Dates Filmed 3–4 November 1975 (EXIT scene filmed 20 September 1972)
Int. release date "Little Hotel on the Savannah": 20 February 1976
"Press Two to Clear": 17 April 1976
U.S. release date "Little Hotel on the Savannah": 23 November 1976
"Press Two to Clear": 9 November 1976
Date and time finished "Little Hotel on the Savannah": 28 July 2021 (5:37 p.m.)[5]
"Press Two to Clear": 29 July 2021 (5:30 p.m.)
(11) "Oratoria Polyglottica"
Challenge Contest Oratory (have one team member memorize a classical passage of speech in a non-English language without reading directly from the source text)
Winners
  1. The S! (MVP: Clock)
  2. Cold Woe Bunch
  3. The Strongest Team on Earth
  4. Death P.A.C.T. Again
  5. Are You Okay
Losers Just Not
Team name change
  • team8s → Cold Woe Bunch
Contestants Deaths
  • Eggy (off-screen, as Eg)
Recoveries
  • Grassy
  • Eggy
  • Foldy (just eliminated)
Eliminated
  • Bell
  • Foldy
Switched teams
  • Yellow Face (from The S! to team8s / Cold Woe Bunch)
Cake at Stake prize Video cameras (called "videos" by Two)
Dates Filmed 26 April 1976 (EXIT scene filmed 23 October 1972)
Int. release date 14 June 1976
U.S. release date 7 December 1976
Date and time finished 1 August 2021 (9:51 p.m.)
(12) "Death P.A.C.T. Takes a Holiday"
Challenge Contest Six-way tug of war
Winners
  1. The Strongest Team on Earth (MVP: Robot Flower)
  2. Cold Woe Bunch
  3. The S!
  4. Just Not
  5. Are You Okay
Losers Death P.A.C.T. Again (will not be immediately penalized)
Contestants Deaths
  • Grassy
  • Bottle
  • Gy (non-participant)
  • Balloony (death revealed in this episode, non-participant)
Eliminated
  • Pillow
Cake at Stake prize Strawberry cake (given to Eraser instead of the team)
Dates Filmed 23–24 June 1976 (EXIT scene filmed 9 November 1972)
Int. release date 7 October 1976
U.S. release date 14 December 1976
Date and time finished 6 August 2021 (11:02 a.m.)

Act III[]

Act III summaries
(13) "File in the Cab!"
Challenge Contest Draw something in the endless sand pit (the winner is the team whose work seems to have the most value)
Winners
  1. Just Not (MVPs: the whole team, i.e., Book, Cake, Naily, Nickel, Price Tag)
  2. The Strongest Team on Earth
  3. Death PACT Again
  4. Are You Okay
  5. The S!
Losers Cold Woe Bunch (will not be immediately penalized)
Team name change
  • Death P.A.C.T. Again → Death PACT Again
Contestants Deaths
  • Grassy (died after being recovered)
  • Snowball
Recoveries
  • Bottle
  • Balloony (non-participant)
  • Grassy
Rejoined, sorted into teams
  • Tennis Ball, Needle (The Strongest Team on Earth)
Cake at Stake prize Plastic shovels (for those that correctly guessed the highest-voted previously eliminated contestant), as well as the two highest-voted eliminated contestants (for the team that won the last contest)
Dates Filmed 15 March 1977 (EXIT scene filmed 26 November 1972; opening scene filmed 25 June 1976)
Int. release date 25 May 1977
U.S. release date 19 December 1978
Date and time finished 10 August 2021 (12:45 a.m.)
(14) "The One Where No One Has Common Sense"
Challenge Contest Be the most accurate at guessing who murdered Snowball on the night of 15 March 1977 (rankings determined by the average "correctness" among the innocent contestants, who had to judge whether selected contestants were guilty or innocent)
Winners
  1. Are You Okay (MVPs: the contestants on the team determined to be completely innocent, i.e., Pen, TV)
  2. Cold Woe Bunch
  3. Death PACT Again
  4. Just Not
  5. The Strongest Team on Earth (automatically relegated to second to last place as all of their members were judged on whether they were guilty or innocent)
Losers The S!
Dates Filmed 11 July 1977 (EXIT scene filmed 26 November 1972)
Int. release date 17 September 1977
U.S. release date 26 December 1978
Date and time finished 13 August 2021 (11:22 p.m.)
(15) "Can You Tell Me?" / "Oh, I Don't Know"
Challenge Contest Get the answer to the question Two has in mind ("Why did you come here?") or get the most information out of a Fruituit[6] in an unscheduled interview
Winners
  1. Just Not (MVPs: Rose Hipt (non-participant), represented by the whole team, i.e. Book, Cake, Naily, Nickel and Price Tag)
  2. Cold Woe Bunch
  3. Are You Okay
  4. The Strongest Team on Earth
  5. The S!
Losers Death PACT Again
Contestants Deaths ("Can You Tell Me?")
  • Black Hole
Recoveries ("Can You Tell Me?")
  • Grassy
Recoveries ("Oh, I Don't Know")
  • Black Hole
  • Snowball
Eliminated
  • Bottle
Switched teams
  • Cloudy (from The S! to Are You Okay)
Cake at Stake prize High-quality microscopes
Dates Filmed 14 October 1977 (EXIT scene filmed 29 December 1972)
Int. release date "Can You Tell Me?": 10 January 1978
"Oh, I Don't Know": 9 March 1978
U.S. release date "Can You Tell Me?": 2 January 1979
"Oh, I Don't Know": 9 January 1979
Date and time finished "Can You Tell Me?": 17 August 2021 (10:27 a.m.)
"Oh, I Don't Know": 18 August 2021 (1:23 p.m.)
(16) "Stewards of the Scenery"
Challenge Contest Clean the furthest area around the middle point where all your team members have cleaned
Winners
  1. Death PACT Again (MVP: Black Hole)
  2. The S!
  3. The Strongest Team on Earth
  4. Are You Okay
Losers Cold Woe Bunch, Just Not (both teams are up for elimination)
Contestants Eliminated
  • Fanny
Switched teams
  • Lightning (from Death PACT Again to Just Not)
Cake at Stake prize Rainbow microscopes (only one survived the journey from Two to contestant; Remote gave hers to Just Not)
Dates Filmed 20 March 1978 (EXIT scene filmed 15 January 1973)
Int. release date 5 May 1978
U.S. release date 16 January 1979
Date and time finished 20 August 2021 (3:57 p.m.)
(17) "Block City Rockers"
Challenge Contest Bumper cars
Winners All other teams (No MVP in this episode)
Losers The Strongest Team on Earth
Team name change
  • The Strongest Team on Earth → The Strongestest Team on Earth!
Contestants Deaths
  • Saw
  • TV
  • Robot Flower
Recoveries
  • Robot Flower
  • TV
  • Saw
Eliminated
  • Cake
Elimination finalized
  • Rocky
Switched teams
  • Yellow Face (from Cold Woe Bunch to Death PACT Again)
Cake at Stake prize Reacher-grabbers
Dates Filmed 12–13 June 1978 (EXIT scene filmed 1 February 1973)
Int. release date 29 August 1978
U.S. release date 23 January 1979
Date and time finished 23 August 2021 (2:50 p.m.)
(18) "Like Game"
Challenge Contest "Like the Z-list celebrities" in Two's Special Seventeenth Skirmish Show (Spoof of Match Game and Blankety Blank: Get as many matches as possible from two special guest players, Firey and Lollipop)
Winners
  1. Cold Woe Bunch (MVP: Pin)
  2. Just Not
  3. The Strongestest Team on Earth!
  4. Are You Okay (places 2–4 were not announced in the episode)
  5. The S!
Losers Death PACT Again
Contestants Eliminated
  • Eggy
  • Grassy
Cake at Stake prize Chocolate cake
Dates Filmed 9 October 1978 (EXIT scene filmed 1 February 1973)
Int. release date 22 December 1978
U.S. release date 30 January 1979
Date and time finished 26 August 2021 (12:03 p.m.)

Act IV[]

Act IV summaries
(19) "Laisser Tomber Les Balles"
Challenge Contest Get to the top of Two's Second Hotel (the official placings were determined by the average placings of the first, second, third etc. groups of three contestants sorted in accordance with the Arabic alphabet; this was announced later in the episode)
Winners Group winners of the contest (average placings):
  1. Snowball, Cloudy and Clock (6.0)
  2. Nickel, Naily and Winner (9.3, tie broken by Nickel)
  3. Price Tag, Black Hole and Puffball (9.3)
  4. Coiny, Lightning and Needle (9.7)
  5. Robot Flower, Remote and Saw (11.0)
  6. Tree, Tennis Ball and TV (19.3, tie broken by Tree)
  7. Golf Ball, Gaty and Donut (19.3)
  8. Book, Pin and Pen (19.7)

Individual winners of the contest (in order of ascent to the hotel roof): Lightning (MVP), Cloudy, Nickel, Puffball, Snowball, Remote, Black Hole, Tree, Winner, Needle, Clock, Robot Flower, Book, Gaty, Saw, Naily, Price Tag, Coiny, Pin, Barf Bag, Donut, Eraser, Golf Ball, Tennis Ball, Basketball, TV

Losers Group losers of the contest (average placing):
  • Eraser, Barf Bag and Basketball (22.3)

Individual loser of the contest (i.e., the last one to make it up to the roof): Pen

Team changes All teams are disbanded in this episode. The contestants compete individually.
Contestants Deaths
  • Ice Cube (potential rejoiner)
  • Eggy (potential rejoiner)
Eliminated
  • Yellow Face
Rejoined
  • Fries
Cake at Stake prize Gloves
Dates Filmed 3–5 June 1979 (EXIT scene filmed 6 March 1973)
Int. release date 9 August 1979
U.S. release date 3 February 1981
Date and time finished 28 August 2021 (11:42 p.m.)
(20) "Teamwork (Take Six)" / "Pumping Iridium"
Challenge ("Pumping Iridium" only) Contest Three separate contests (team placings are not stated in the episode)
  • Run around the building that houses Two's new gym (U)
  • Lift the most weight on a bench press machine (Vitas)
  • Mimic the dance moves on TV's screen as accurately as possible (The Alefs)
Winners
  1. Vitas (MVP: Black Hole)
  2. U
Losers The Alefs (will not be immediately penalized)
Team changes Three new teams are created out of the final 27.
Contestants Recoveries ("Teamwork (Take Six)")
  • Ice Cube (non-participant)
  • Eggy (non-participant)
Eliminated ("Teamwork (Take Six)")
  • Barf Bag
Eliminated ("Pumping Iridium")
  • TV (eliminated after the contest)
Sorted into teams ("Teamwork (Take Six)")
  • Cloudy, Coiny, Fries, Gaty, Nickel, Pin, Puffball, Saw, TV (The Alefs)
  • Black Hole, Donut, Eraser, Lightning, Pen, Remote, Snowball, Tree, Winner (Vitas)
  • Basketball, Book, Clock, Golf Ball, Naily, Needle, Price Tag, Robot Flower, Tennis Ball (U)
Cake at Stake prize Inflatable muscle arms
Dates Filmed 24 September 1979 ("Teamwork (Take Six)"); 10 December 1979 ("Pumping Iridium"; EXIT scene in this episode filmed 23 March 1973)
Int. release date "Teamwork (Take Six)": 2 December 1979
"Pumping Iridium": 28 January 1980
U.S. release date "Teamwork (Take Six)": 10 February 1981
"Pumping Iridium": 17 February 1981
Date and time finished "Teamwork (Take Six)": 31 August 2021 (11:16 p.m.)
"Pumping Iridium": 2 September 2021 (10:29 p.m.)
(21) "45 RPM to Your Doom!"
Challenge Contest Stay on a rotating record for as long as possible
Winners
  1. The Alefs (MVP: Puffball)
  2. Vitas
Losers U
Contestants Name changes
  • Rubber Spatula → Aresko[7]
Debuted, sorted into teams
  • Rubber Spatula/Aresko (The Alefs)
Debut initiated
  • Battery (may not compete until the next episode)
Cake at Stake prize Invisible Tomato
Dates Filmed 4 February 1980
Int. release date 26 March 1980
U.S. release date 24 February 1981
Date and time finished 8 September 2021 (11:41 a.m.)
(22) "Shadows... in the Light"
Challenge Contest Make a maze for Two using only cardboard boxes
Winners
  1. The Alefs (MVPs: Aresko, Cloudy, Fries, Nickel, Puffball)
Losers U, Vitas (both teams are up for elimination)
Hosts "Deaths"
  • Two (was assumed to have died until it was revealed in the next episode that they are still alive)
Contestants Eliminated
  • Needle
  • Robot Flower
Partially allowed to compete, sorted into teams
  • Battery (U; she may only compete as a "shadow" of Clock)
Cake at Stake prize Not-macroscopes (small glass squares that, when held up to the light of a non-solar astronomical body, can show the satellite view of the area directly above its holder)
Dates Filmed 12 May 1980 (EXIT scene filmed 25 April 1973)
Int. release date 19 July 1980
U.S. release date 3 March 1981
Date and time finished 10 September 2021 (5:01 p.m.)
(23) "Alphabet Two-p"
Challenge Contest Definitions bee (get as far as you can without defining a given word incorrectly)
Winners
  1. U (MVPs: Book, Price Tag)
Losers Vitas (spared out of Two's sympathy)
The Alefs (up for elimination)
Contestants Eliminated
  • Eraser (eliminated in a tiebreaker after the contest against Lightning)
Fully debuted
  • Battery
Cake at Stake prize "A slightly bigger brain" (Golf Ball has enlarged each safe contestant's brain by 0.1%. It has very little effect on their intelligence.)
Dates Filmed 1 September 1980 (EXIT scene filmed 25 April 1973)
Int. release date 11 November 1980
U.S. release date 10 March 1981
Date and time finished 13 September 2021 (9:26 p.m.)
(24) "It Was a Very Good Year"
Challenge Contest Three separate party-related contests (in which one member from each team must take part)
  • Pin the mouth on the Snowball (Pin, Snowball, Book)
  • Speed addition (Gaty, Battery, Tennis Ball)
  • "Get Bent" (a parody of Twister) (Aresko, Winner, Naily)
Winners
  1. The Alefs (MVP: Pin)
  2. U
Losers Vitas
Contestants Eliminated
  • Cloudy
Switched teams
  • Battery (from U to Vitas)
Cake at Stake prize Googly eyes
Dates Filmed 5 November 1969 – 25 April 1972 (archival and EXIT scenes, i.e., all of parts 1 and 2, all filmed during this time); 31 December 1980 – 1 January 1981 (parts 3 and 4; the episode ends shortly after midnight)
Int. release date 6 March 1981
U.S. release date Part One: 17 March 1981
Part Two: 24 March 1981
Date and time finished 22 September 2021 (1:57 a.m.)

Act V[]

Act IV summaries
(25) "A Cheese Puff" / "Chocolate Solder"
Challenge ("Chocolate Solder" only) Contest Come up with the most sensible solution for a situation of Two's choosing
Winners
  1. U (MVPs: Golf Ball, Tennis Ball)
Losers The Alefs, Vitas (both teams are up for elimination)
Contestants Deaths and recoveries
(implied, "A Cheese Puff")
  • Needle (possibly died and recovered before this episode; non-participant)
Disappearances ("A Cheese Puff")
  • U.S. Dollar (non-participant)
Appearances ("A Cheese Puff")
  • U.S. Dollar Faulty Clone (non-participant)
Recoveries ("A Cheese Puff")
  • Hotel Bell (non-participant)
  • Hop Bell (off-screen; non-participant)
Eliminated ("Chocolate Solder")
  • Battery (eliminated after the contest)
Sent off, though technically still competing
("Chocolate Solder")
  • Book (arrested)
Cake at Stake prize Nothing (Temporary host Book did not have anything)
Dates Filmed 24 August 1981 ("A Cheese Puff"); 25 October 1981 ("Chocolate Solder")
Int. release date "A Cheese Puff": 22 October 1981
"Chocolate Solder": 19 December 1981
U.S. release date "A Cheese Puff": 28 February 1984
"Chocolate Solder": 6 March 1984
Date and time finished "A Cheese Puff": 24 September 2021 (12:47 a.m.)
"Chocolate Solder": 26 September 2021 (3:48 p.m.)
(26) "Taking the Plunge Once More"
Challenge Contest Stay on the balance beam the longest for your team
Winners
  1. The Alefs (MVPs: Fries, Pin, Puffball)
  2. U
Losers Vitas (will not be immediately penalized)
Contestants Deaths
  • Snowball
  • Golf Ball (off-screen)
  • Black Hole
  • Clock
  • Remote
  • Fries, Pin, Puffball (died at the same time)
  • Aresko, Basketball, Coiny, Donut, Gaty, Naily, Nickel, Pen, Price Tag, Saw, Tennis Ball, Tree, Winner (died at the same time)
Eliminated
  • Lightning (eliminated in a tiebreaker against Nickel)
Fully brought back
  • Book (brought back after the contest)
Cake at Stake prize Faulty life rings
Dates Filmed 27 December 1981 – 1 January 1982
Int. release date 15 February 1982
U.S. release date 13 March 1984
Date and time finished 29 September 2021 (12:44 a.m.)
(27) "Who Says Younger = Better?"
Challenge Contest Be the first person of your team to escape from a recovery cylinder (The challenge was possible because all but one of the contestants were dead. An unofficial challenge, a baseball game, was held by the contestants in Two's body before they were recovered. In this challenge, Tree was the MVP in the combined team of Vitas and U against The Alefs.)
Winners
  1. U (MVP: Bok)
  2. Vitas
Losers The Alefs
Contestants Name changes
  • Book → Bok (name change announced in this episode, technically in effect since 1 January 1982)
Recoveries
  • Pen
  • Tree
  • Black Hole
  • Remote
  • Golf Ball
  • Tennis Ball
  • Puffball
  • Winner
  • Fries
  • Aresko
  • Donut
  • Pin
  • Basketball
  • Saw
  • Coiny
  • Clock
  • Nickel
  • Naily
  • Price Tag
  • Gaty
  • Snowball

Dates Filmed 1 January 1982 (first scene before the introduction of Two's interior); 12 April 1982 (rest of the episode)
Int. release date 10 June 1982
U.S. release date 20 March 1984
Date and time finished 2 October 2021 (12:57 a.m.)
(28) "Englowchment"
Challenge Contest Go the furthest without coming into physical contact with a Twobot (an annoying miniature talking robot in the shape of Two)
Winners
  1. Vitas (MVP: Snowball)
Losers U (got last place; immune from being up for elimination)
The Alefs (up for elimination)
Contestants Name changes
  • Liy → Exix[8]
Deaths
  • Fries
  • Clock
Eliminated
  • Gaty
Sent off, though technically still competing
  • Fries (zapped away)
Debuted, sorted into teams
  • Liy/Exix (The Alefs)
Cake at Stake prize TPOT-brand teapots
Dates Filmed 2 August 1982 (EXIT scene filmed 4 August 1973)
Int. release date 3 October 1982
U.S. release date 27 April 1984
Date and time finished 6 October 2021 (3:23 p.m.)
(29) "The 250 Club"
Challenge Contest Make the most convincing presentation on any pertinent issue
Winners
  1. The Alefs (MVPs: the whole team, i.e., Aresko, Coiny, Exix, Pin, Puffball, Saw)
Losers Vitas (had the worst presentation)
U (up for elimination, as not every member participated)
Contestants Eliminated
  • Nickel
Cake at Stake prize "Something metal" (revealed to be microphones in a later episode)
Dates Filmed 22 November 1982 (EXIT scene filmed 21 August 1973; flashback scene before the episode filmed 2 August 1982)
Int. release date 26 January 1983
U.S. release date 3 April 1984
Date and time finished 9 October 2021 (1:05 p.m.)
(30) "A Time to Let Go" / "Return of the Rock Ship"
Challenge ("Return of the Rock Ship" only) Contest Be the least tempted to cause a split among the TPOT cast; i.e. don't even think of joining a new series hosted by Ilta Y. Atgaw
Winners
  1. U (MVP: Basketball)
  2. The Alefs
Losers Vitas (only suspected of wanting to switch; no one actually did)
Contestants Elimination status ambiguous ("A Time to Let Go")
  • Naily (eliminated in 30b)
  • Basketball (allowed to stay in 30b)
Elimination finalized ("Return of the Rock Ship")
  • Naily
  • Nonexisty
Debuted, sorted into teams
  • Nonexisty (U)
Cake at Stake prize Platform pieces (pieces of the Cake at Stake platform)
Dates Filmed 13–14 March 1983 (EXIT scene of "Return of the Rock Ship" filmed 6 September 1973)
Int. release date "A Time to Let Go": 21 May 1983
"Return of the Rock Ship": 18 July 1983
U.S. release date "A Time to Let Go": 10 April 1984
"Return of the Rock Ship": 17 April 1984
Date and time finished "A Time to Let Go": 13 October 2021 (4:00 p.m.)
"Return of the Rock Ship": 16 October 2021 (4:46 p.m.)

Act VI[]

Act VI summaries
(31) "The Call of Wagtayatli"
Challenge Contest Get your designated strangers out of the Second Hotel in any way possible (including by sending them into the Filing Cabinet)
Winners Tree's team and Winner's team placed equally (MVPs: Coiny, Golf Ball)
Losers None (up for elimination was everyone who did not take part in the competition, i.e. everyone except Clock, Coiny, Golf Ball and Pin)
Team changes All teams are disbanded in this episode and two new teams are created out of the final 20.
Contestants Name changes
  • Exix → Liy[9]
Recoveries
  • Fries
  • Clock
Sorted into teams
  • Aresko, Black Hole, Bok, Coiny, Liy, Pen, Pin, Remote, Saw, Tree ("Tree's Team")
  • Basketball, Clock, Donut, Fries, Golf Ball, Price Tag, Puffball, Snowball, Tennis Ball, Winner ("Winner's Team")
Cake at Stake prize New teammates (not explicitly stated in the episode)
Dates Filmed 14 November 1983
Int. release date 6 January 1984
U.S. release date 22 October 1985
Date and time finished 21 October 2021 (6:08 p.m.)
(32) "Squ̇āshy"
Challenge Contest Make the least movement ("Do nothing")
Winners The Squishy Bunch (MVPs: the entire team, i.e. Aresko, Black Hole, Bok, Coiny, Liy, Pen, Pin, Remote, Saw, Tree) (then known as "Tree's team")
Losers Namely Ties (then known as "Winner's team")
Team name changes
  • Tree's team → The Squishy Bunch
  • Winner's team → Namely Ties
Contestants Eliminated
  • Aresko (elimination not finalized in this episode)
  • Puffball (elimination not finalized in this episode)
Cake at Stake prize Nothing (Although no prize was given at Cake at Stake, the winning team in this episode are allowed to name their team first.)
Dates Filmed 5 March 1984
Int. release date 30 April 1984
U.S. release date 29 October 1985
Date and time finished 25 October 2021 (2:53 p.m.)
(33) "Beyond the Sea"
Challenge Contest Be the first person to name the only time-travelling contestant left in the game (the correct answer was "Price Tag")
Winners The Squishy Bunch (MVP: Remote)
Losers Namely Ties
Contestants Eliminated
  • Donut
Elimination finalized
  • Aresko
  • Puffball
Cake at Stake prize Fill buckets (real-life versions of the "Fill" icon in Microsoft Paint, pixelated and all)
Dates Filmed 25 June 1984 (contestants' scenes); 27 October 1973 (EXIT scenes, getting equal attention in this episode)
Int. release date 23 August 1984
U.S. release date 5 November 1985
Date and time finished 27 October 2021 (11:08 p.m.)
(34) "Topendia Tuorum"
Challenge Contest Scramble Squares, i.e. be the team that has stepped on the most squares on a large circular surface outside the Second Hotel
Winners Namely Ties (MVP: Winner)
Losers The Squishy Bunch
Contestants Deaths
  • Price Tag
  • Coiny
Eliminated
  • Fries
Cake at Stake prize Books in the Algebralien language
Dates Filmed 22 October 1984 (contestants' scenes); 28 October 1973 – 15 November 1983 (EXIT/FEXITers' scenes)
Int. release date 16 December 1984
U.S. release date 12 November 1985
Date and time finished 30 October 2021 (4:28 p.m.)
(35) "B*R*A*S*I*L" / "This Insvenska Thing"
Challenge ("This Insvenska Thing" only) Contest Put an end to the "Insvenska condition" (an invented disease that causes its victims to suddenly insert a word of Swedish into every sentence they say and later only be able to speak only Swedish)
Winners The Squishy Bunch (MVP: Liy)
Losers Namely Ties
Contestants Deaths ("This Insvenska Thing")
  • Pen
  • "Voice" (causative agent of the Insvenska condition; non-participant, revealed to be Profily in the next episode)
Recoveries ("This Insvenska Thing")
  • Pen
  • Coiny
  • Price Tag
  • "Voice" (causative agent of the Insvenska condition; non-participant, revealed to be Profily in the next episode)
Eliminated ("B*R*A*S*I*L")
  • Saw
Cake at Stake prize Golden boots
Dates Filmed 11 February 1985 (contestants' scenes); 15 November 1983 (FEXITers' scenes in Brazil)
Int. release date "B*R*A*S*I*L": 11 April 1985
"This Insvenska Thing": 7 June 1985
U.S. release date "B*R*A*S*I*L": 19 November 1985
"This Insvenska Thing": 26 November 1985
Date and time finished "B*R*A*S*I*L": 3 November 2021 (1:42 a.m.)
"This Insvenska Thing": 5 November 2021 (5:33 p.m.)
(36) "These Aren't the Peace Talks You're Looking For"
Challenge Contest Eliminate Profily by sending them to the Filing Cabinet
Winners Namely Ties (MVP: Snowball)
Losers The Squishy Bunch
Contestants Deaths
  • Pen
  • Pencil
Eliminated
  • Basketball
  • Profily
Debuted
  • Profily
Sorted into teams
  • Pencil (Namely Ties)
Cake at Stake prize Butterfly nets
Dates Filmed 10 February 1985 (California scenes); 10–11 June 1985 (Kenya scenes)
Int. release date 4 August 1985
U.S. release date 3 December 1985
Date and time finished 10 November 2021 (11:18 p.m.) (all parts compiled on the wiki); 11 November 2021 (1:39 a.m.) (parts put in order)

Act VII[]

Act VII summaries
(37) "High Anxiety"
Challenge Contest Get the most points (based on several factors, particularly the contest of the episode)
  • Land on the most liveable place according to algebralien standards (basically a skydiving competition with an emphasis on landing)
Winners (MVPs, or who gained the most points)[10]
  • Remote, 62.1 points[11]
  • Black Hole, 51.4 points
Mid-placers
  • Pencil, 42.339.3 points[12]
  • Pin, 39.438.4 points
  • Snowball, 38.236.2 points
  • Coiny, 38.037.0 points
  • Pen, 36.935.9 points
  • Winner, 33.932.9 points
  • Liy, 33.132.1 points
  • Golf Ball, 32.231.2 points (Golf Ball attained loser status at the start of the next episode, switching with Price Tag; however, no votes came her way as a result of this switch)
Losers (UFE)
  • Clock, 31.930.9 points
  • Umtaya, 30.829.8 points
  • Tree, 30.129.1 points
  • Price Tag, 29.644.6 points (Price Tag's loser status was revoked at the start of the next episode, switching with Golf Ball, and all the votes they received were nullified)
  • Tennis Ball, 28.927.9 points
Contestants Deaths
  • Liy
Recoveries
  • Liy
  • Pen
  • Pencil
Eliminated
  • Bok
Debuted
  • Umtaya
Cake at Stake prize Weather vanes
Dates Filmed 3 February 1986
Int. release date 22 March 1986
U.S. release date 3 November 1987
Date and time finished 15 November 2021 (10:17 p.m.)
(38) "A Ruff Estimate"
Challenge Contest Write the most accurate guess about the hosts' methods of calculating the contestants' scores
Winners (highest point-gainers)
  • Golf Ball, +52 points
  • Tennis Ball, +52 points
Mid-placers
  • Price Tag, +33 points
  • Remote, +27 points (originally received 52 points along with Golf Ball and Tennis Ball, but 25 points were deducted from her entry for being written in a language Five could not understand)
  • Umtaya, +22 points
  • Coiny, +15 points
  • Pin, +14 points
  • Black Hole, +6 points
Losers (UFE)
  • Pencil, +10 points
  • Winner, +9 points
  • Pen, +0 points
  • Liy, +0 points
  • Snowball, –10 points
Contestants Eliminated
  • Clock
  • Tree
Cake at Stake prize Calculators with only the digit "2" on them
Dates Filmed 4–6 February 1986 (Two's disclaimer at the start of the episode was filmed 28 May 1986)
Int. release date 15 July 1986
U.S. release date 10 November 1987
Date and time finished 19 November 2021 (10:01 p.m.)
(39) "Designing Objects"
Challenge Contest Furnish your new house the way Loser finds most to his liking
Winners (highest point-gainers)
  • Golf Ball, –2.5 points
  • Tennis Ball, –2.5 points
Mid-placers
  • Umtaya, –7.5 points
  • Pencil, –10 points
  • Pin, –15 points
  • Black Hole, –17.5 points
  • Remote, –20 points
  • Price Tag, –22.5 points
Losers (UFE)
  • Liy, –5 points
  • Pen, –10 points
  • Winner, –12.5 points
  • Coiny, –15 points
Contestants Eliminated
Cake at Stake prize Oil
Dates Filmed 23 September 1986
Int. release date 7 November 1986
U.S. release date 17 November 1987
Date and time finished 25 November 2021 (5:31 p.m.)
(40) "Another Voyage Home" / "Entrance Fee: 1 Point"
Challenge ("Entrance Fee: 1 Point" only) Contest Get the most people through the doors of your flat ("People" referring to the liberated denizens of the Filing Cabinet)
Winners (highest point-gainers)
  • Coiny, +37 points
  • Pin, +37 points
Mid-placers
  • Pencil, +28 points
  • Golf Ball, +15 points
  • Tennis Ball, +15 points
  • Remote, +7 points
Losers (UFE)
  • Pen, +28 points
  • Black Hole, +16 points
  • Price Tag, +10 points
  • Umtaya, +7 points
  • Winner, +3 points (See below for their status at the end of the episode)
Contestants Eliminated ("Entrance Fee: 1 Point")
  • Liy
  • Winner (eliminated after the contest)
Cake at Stake prize Tiny lasagne with something in it
Dates Filmed 23 September 1986 ("Another Voyage Home"; the episode ends at midnight at 24 September); 12–13 January 1987 ("Entrance Fee: 1 Point")
Int. release date "Another Voyage Home": 2 March 1987
"Entrance Fee: 1 Point": 29 April 1987
U.S. release date "Another Voyage Home": 24 November 1987
"Entrance Fee: 1 Point": 1 December 1987
Date and time finished "Another Voyage Home": 1 December 2021 (5:49 p.m.)
"Entrance Fee: 1 Point": 5 December 2021 (9:25 p.m.)
(41) "Your Own Private-Eye Phones!"
Challenge Contest Get the most likes on your very first Indus-Gram post on your new YeFone (futuristic version of a mobile phone advertised by Yellow Face at the beginning of the episode)
Winner (highest point-gainers)
  • Coiny (MisterMoneyBagz), +56.5 points[14]
Mid-placers
  • Remote (Th3_G12M0), +45.0 points
  • Pen (Ben_Venuti), +44.5 points
  • Pin (PinNguyen46), +31.5 points
  • Tennis Ball (TheRacket), +15.0 points
  • Golf Ball (TheClub), +3.0 points
Losers (will not be penalized)
  • Pencil (Pencil), –9.0 points
Contestants Deaths
  • Remote
Eliminated
  • Umtaya
  • Price Tag
Quit
  • Black Hole (joined another series, but...)
Rejoined
  • Black Hole (came back at the end of the episode; his score was reset)
Cake at Stake prize Artificial suns
Dates Filmed 4–11 May 1987 (the rejoin auditions were filmed 29–30 April 1987)
Int. release date 25 June 1987
U.S. release date 8 December 1987
Date and time finished 9 December 2021 (1:39 p.m.)
(42) "How the Host Was One" / "The Password Is 'Family'"
Challenge Contest Two separate contests
  • "Like golf" (Get a ball into a hole) (contest hosted by Pencil and Match (who left before the end of the contest): Black Hole, Bok and Pin)
  • Still TPOT (Spoof of Super Password: Give enough clues to your non-competitor partners, i.e., Gelatin, Teardrop, Flower and Leafy, so that they can guess a particular word) (contest hosted by Pen: Coiny, Golf Ball, Remote and Tennis Ball)
Winners (highest point-gainers in their respective contests)
  • Bok, +undefined number of points (at least 999)
  • Remote, +117.52 points
Mid-placers
  • Pin, +114 points
  • Coiny, +107.52 points
(Arbitrary number of points awarded by and for one of the hosts himself and his girlfriend)
  • Pencil, +201 points
  • Pen, +100 points
Losers (UFE)
  • Black Hole, +49 points
  • Golf Ball, +20 points
  • Tennis Ball, +10 points
Contestants Rejoined ("How the Host Was One")
  • Bok
Cake at Stake prize None (except perhaps a chance at reconciliation with a fellow contestant)
Dates Filmed 30 August – 7 September 1987
Int. release date "How the Host Was One": 18 October 1987
"The Password Is Family": 25 October 1987
U.S. release date "How the Host Was One": 15 December 1987
"The Password Is Family": 22 December 1987
Date and time finished "How the Host Was One": circa 21 December 2021
"The Password Is Family": 6 January 2022 (11:51 p.m.)

Act VIII[]

Act VIII summaries
(43) "Ten Is Enough"
Challenge Contest Design the most suitable font for an unknown figure (later revealed to be Five) to use for their poster for the American Dance Festival
Winners (immune)
  • Black Hole
  • Golf Ball
Losers (UFE)
  • Bok
  • Coiny
  • Pen
  • Pencil
  • Pin
  • Remote
Contestants Eliminated
  • Tennis Ball
Cake at Stake prize Rulers
Dates Filmed 23–24 April 1988
Int. release date 4 June 1988
U.S. release date 21 November 1989
Date and time finished 24 January 2022 (11:59 p.m.) (all parts compiled on the wiki); 25 January 2022 (12:12 a.m.) (parts placed on the same page)
(44) "Cherries & CAT Scans"
Challenge Contest React the least emotionally upon viewing your alternate timeline (your "CAT scan") of what your life could have been had you not been a BFDI contestant
Winners (immune)
  • Golf Ball
  • Pencil
  • Remote
Losers (UFE)
  • Black Hole (disqualified due to accidentally sucking up Two's CAT Scanner)
  • Pen
  • Pin
Contestants Name changes
  • Lightning → ⚡
Eliminated
  • Bok
  • Coiny
Cake at Stake prize Rectangular prisms that look like tissue boxes
Dates Filmed 15 August 1988
Int. release date 28 September 1988
U.S. release date 29 November 1989
Date and time finished 6 March 2022 (4:22 p.m.) (all parts compiled on the wiki); 7 March 2022 (7:47 p.m.) (parts placed on the same page)
(45) "A'ight Told You So" / "Nine Kids on the Block" / "The Amazing Reverse Race"
Challenge Contest Reverse race (Be the first to cross the finish line after a series of checkpoints around the world which all remaining contestants must cross together; for immunity, be of the first two to do so)
Winners (immune)
  • Remote
  • Pin
Ambiguous status (though nominally UFE)
  • Pencil
Losers (UFE)
  • Black Hole
  • Golf Ball
Contestants Name changes
  • ⚡ → Lightning
Deaths ("A'ight Told You So")
  • Pen
Recoveries ("A'ight Told You So")
  • Pen
Deaths ("Nine Kids on the Block")
  • Remote
Eliminated ("A'ight Told You So")
  • Pen
Cake at Stake prize Glow sticks
Dates Filmed 25–26 December 1988 (first part of the episode filmed 15 August 1988)
Int. release date "A'ight Told You So": 21 January 1989
"Nine Kids on the Block": 6 March 1989
"The Amazing Reverse Race": 20 April 1989
U.S. release date "A'ight Told You So": 5 December 1989
"Nine Kids on the Block": 12 December 1989
"The Amazing Reverse Race": 19 December 1989
Date and time finished "A'ight Told You So": 23 March 2022 (8:01 p.m.)
"Nine Kids on the Block": 30 July 2022 (1:49 p.m.)
"The Amazing Reverse Race": 23 August 2022 (11:17 p.m.)
(46) "We Can Sail, We Can Sail"
Challenge Contest Complete all the previous TPOT challenges
Winners (immune)
  • Black Hole
  • Golf Ball (by virtue of her rejoining and not completing the contest)
Losers (UFE)
  • Pin
  • Remote
Contestants Eliminated
  • Golf Ball
  • Pencil (disqualified at the end of the contest)
Rejoined
  • Golf Ball (at the end of the contest)
Cake at Stake prize Parts of a "gold metal", that is, pieces of metal moulded into the shape of the word GOLD
Dates Filmed 24 February 1989 (opening scenes); 24 May 1989 (rest of the episode)
Int. release date 17 July 1989
U.S. release date 26 December 1989
Date and time finished 21 September 2022 (1:33 a.m.)
(47) "Pencil? Two? Oh." ("And Your Name Is..." / "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner")
Challenge Contest None
Winners (series finalists[15]
  • Golf Ball
  • Black Hole
  • Remote
Contestants Eliminated ("And Your Name Is...")
  • Pin
Cake at Stake prize Golden triangular earrings
Dates Filmed "And Your Name Is...": 2–4 August 1989
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": 21–26 August 1989 (the episode ends shortly at midnight on 27 August)
Int. release date 13 October 1989
U.S. release date 2 January 1990
Date and time finished "And Your Name Is...": 2 October 2022 (6:18 p.m.)
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": 29 October 2022 (5:51 p.m.)
(48) "Soon As We May"
Contestants Deaths
  • Bottle
Recoveries
  • Bottle
Winner
  • Black Hole (winner of season 5)
Runners-up
  • Golf Ball (first runner-up)
  • Remote (second runner-up)
Prizes Cake at Stake prize The Grand Cake
Prize for the entire series Two's limitless power, aka the Power of Two (with a caveat)
Dates Filmed 10–14 November 1989
Int. release date 10 January 1990
U.S. release date 16 January 1990 (released as a four-part special; one week ago a documentary about BFDI was broadcast instead of an episode)
Date and time finished 2 July 2023 (1:31 a.m.)

Notes[]

  1. As opposed to the watch-and-then-read aspect of the real episodes.
  2. Now, if I knew how to animate, that would be another story. But I don't, and that's fine.
  3. There isn't really an MVP for this episode, but Remote is the closest. She is the one who revealed the truth.
  4. Although Balloony was seen with The S! for virtually all of the episode, he declared himself to be a member of Death P.A.C.T. Again to Two (who still didn't take him in as an official contestant).
  5. 5.0 5.1 The date and date that the page was split.
  6. A "Fruituit" is a fruit alien from the planet Phala.
  7. "Aresko" is his new calling name, not a legal name. Many contestants continue to call him "Rubber Spatula".
  8. "'Exix" is her new calling name by Two and a shrinking group of contestants who were not her closest friends in BFB. They call her by her true name, "Liy".
  9. She is still known as "Exix" in official senses, i.e. by the hosts, but by now, all the contestants understand that this character is actually called "Liy". Think of this as being similar to the Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire naming issue: Many people still call this country the "Ivory Coast" (at least in English), but in international media, it is called "Côte d'Ivoire".
  10. Starting in TPOT 37, the MVP system is no longer relevant, just as Win Tokens were after BFDI 12.
  11. There were no ties in the contest of this episode because each contestant's initial number of points very much depended on placement. Remote and Black Hole landed in exactly the same place, but Remote was the winner of this contest because her legs actually touched the top of the building, unlike Black Hole, who has no legs (but exerted a strong gravitational force on the edifice nonetheless).
  12. Arrows indicate a change of points at the beginning of the episode, as announced by Two. (The points were not publicly announced in TPOT 37.)
  13. While Snowball's elimination was finalized in this episode, the exact circumstances of his elimination would not be discussed until "Entrance Fee: 1 Point".
  14. Contestants are listed with their Indus-Gram usernames, which were chosen in this episode.
  15. Listed in alphabetical order based on surname.

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