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The information in the article below contains spoilers for the BFDI series. Please watch the episode(s) if you have not seen them yet.

For other episodes with the same title, see Insectophobe's Nightmare 2 and Insectophobe's Nightmare 3.
Come on, Grapes! Tie up!
 

"Insectophobe's Nightmare" is the 9th episode of Battle for Dream Island. It was released on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. In this episode, Blocky rejoins the competition, and the Squashy Grapes split into 2 separate teams to form "Another Name".

Plot[]

Before the intro[]

Pencil is reading a book named "How to be Dumb" and she thinks this book is "the best". She then hears weird noises and goes with Match to see what the noises are. They notice the Ice Cube Recovery Center on a spring on a tree (continued from last episode, during another one of Blocky's pranks). They see Ice Cube falling, with Pencil mistakenly thinking she's shrinking and Match correcting her saying she's falling. Then Ice Cube comes out of the recovery center again, knocking Pencil and Match, making both of them fall off the cliff.

Cake at Stake[]

Coiny and Snowball are sitting on top of the Ice Cube Recovery Center Creator, talking about the contestant who will join the Squashy Grapes. Announcer then tells him that he is about to find out. During Cake at Stake, the Announcer tells the eliminated contestants that one of them will rejoin the game and become a part of the Squashy Grapes, and they will receive a Win Token if they rejoin. Coiny complains about the unfairness. In total, there were 28 votes. Luckily, everyone got at least 1 vote. However, Woody only gets one vote, and Announcer sends him back to the TLC (which is now bigger). Pin and Spongy only get four votes, and the final 3 remain. Flower says if he kicks her out, she will crush the Announcer with her recently refurbished Announcer Crusher. Flower also gets four votes, but before she can trigger the Announcer Crusher, she is sent to the TLC.

The final two remain. After receiving slaps for calling Blocky and Needle names, Announcer says that Blocky got 8 votes, while Needle got 7 votes, and she does not rejoin. Blocky then joins the Squashy Grapes.

The contestants reached a new stage in the battle. As a reward for making it to the final 15, Announcer gives all of the remaining contestants BFDI posters.

Contestant Votes Percentage of votes
WoodyIconEp4 1 3.57%
PinIconEarlyS1 4 14.28%
SpongyIconEarlyS1 4 14.28%
FlowerIconEarlyS1 4 14.28%
NeedleIconEarlyS1 7 25%
BlockyIconEp9 8 28.57%

Rejoin[]

Squishy Cherries
BubbleBFDICon
EraserBFDICon
MatchBFDICon
 Pen
SquishyCherriesHQ
PenBFDICon
PencilBFDICon
Squashy Grapes
BlockyBFDICon
CoinyBFDICon
FireyBFDICon
LeafyBFDICon
RockyBFDICon

Revising the teams[]

Since the Squishy Cherries are half as big as the Grapes, the Announcer decides to have the Grapes break into two teams of five (to which Coiny disagrees because he likes bigger teams.) The Announcer makes Leafy and Rocky the team captains for their respective teams due to them both having no enemies and having names five letters long. On Leafy's team is Ice Cube, Teardrop, Snowball, and Blocky. On Rocky's team is Tennis Ball, Golf Ball, Coiny, and Firey. Leafy decides to name her team the "Squashy Grapes" once again, while Firey wanted to be the Squashy Grapes as well. Golf Ball says their team has to be another name because the names can't be the same. The Announcer mistakenly thought she wanted to call the team Another Name and made it the name. Pen asks the Announcer that last episode he said two people will be eliminated, and he's confused. Announcer tells Pen that the voters will vote two people of the losing team, and the winning team chooses the other two onto their team, and Pen agrees.

New Teams[]

Squishy Cherries
BubbleBFDICon
EraserBFDICon
MatchBFDICon
 Pen
SquishyCherriesHQ
PenBFDICon
PencilBFDICon
Another Name
CoinyBFDICon
FireyBFDICon
RockyBFDICon
Squashy Grapes
BlockyBFDICon
LeafyBFDICon

Contest[]

For the challenge, the teams have to compete in a six-legged race. Snowball yells at the team to tie themselves up while the Cherries garner the lead (with Pen being dragged along on his back due to having tied on the wrong leg). Because the Grapes were taking too long to tie, Snowball then ties the team into one large ball, with Snowball dragging them. Pen is knocked by the tree that Eraser avoided. Firey and Coiny have a slap fight and Rocky vomits into Coiny's mouth and face. Tennis Ball groans in annoyance. Bubble talks a lot throughout the challenge, making her team fall to second place, and Another Name takes the lead. They see the bridge, and due to Firey being afraid of heights, he screams, making the Cherries realize they are behind and quickly run toward them. Another Name sees a finish button but loses when Rocky pukes and the team slips on his vomit. The Cherries win, leaving Another Name in second. The Grapes lose the challenge due to their lack of teamwork.

Stinger[]

At night, Snowball is exhausted, which causes him to fall asleep while crossing the tight rope, and he falls along with his team. Leafy states that when falling into a bottomless pit, they die of starvation.

Still In The Running[]

 Flower
20th
FlowerBFDIConBW
 Spongy
19th
SpongyBFDIConBW
 Woody
18th
WoodyBFDIConBW
 Pin
17th
PinBFDIConBW
 Needle
16th
NeedleBFDIConBW
BlockyBFDICon
BubbleBFDICon
CoinyBFDICon
EraserBFDICon
FireyBFDICon
LeafyBFDICon
MatchBFDICon
 Pen
SquishyCherriesHQ
PenBFDICon
PencilBFDICon
RockyBFDICon

Characters[]

Main[]

Minor[]

Cameo[]

Cast[]

Voice actor Roles
Cary Huang Match/Pin/Tennis Ball/Ice Cube/Rocky/Needle
Michael Huang Pencil/Snowball/Firey/Woody/Leafy/Flower/Spongy/Blocky/Bubble/Golf Ball/Pen/Eraser/Coiny
AT&T/NaturalReader Mike Announcer

Trivia[]

  • This is the only episode in which Another Name does better than last place.
  • This was the first episode to use the Super Angry Mouth Open/Closed asset.
  • This is the first episode to use updated limbs.
  • This is one of the 4 episodes that released on September 1, the others being "The Glistening" in 2011, "Welcome Back" in 2016, and "Well Rested" in 2023.
  • This is currently the only Insectophobe's Nightmare episode not to have bugs.
  • If each episode takes place one month away from the next, that means that Ice Cube has been dying and being recovered for a whole month.
  • This is the first episode where Bubble appears in the entire episode without being popped.
  • This is the only Insectophobe’s Nightmare where Golf Ball, Rocky, Teardrop, Coiny, and Bubble don't die.
  • As of this episode, Ice Cube is the only member on the Squashy Grapes to be voiced by Cary.
  • This episode marked the first rejoin, and the rejoiner was Blocky.
  • This is the first episode since "Power of Three" where more than 2 teams were present.
  • Bomby makes a cameo in the picture at 0:59, making his first appearance.
  • It is shown that Firey has acrophobia, the fear of heights, as he screams as Another Name crosses the tightrope.
    • However, according to the official character guide, Tennis Ball has a talent for crossing the tightrope.

Continuity references[]

  • This episode is the first appearance of the "How to be Dumb" book, which other characters are later seen reading throughout the series.
  • Ice Cube is still endlessely falling from Blocky's prank.
  • Coiny asks Snowball if remembers that their team is getting a new player.
  • Flower once again attempts to crush the Announcer with her Announcer Crusher. The Announcer repeats "Too bad for me", but flings her away before she can crush him.
  • Ice Cube once again complains to Leafy about Pencil not letting her in her alliance, which Pencil says was almost a year ago.
  • Tennis Ball says that Rocky forgot how to talk in BFDI 4.
  • Eraser's "which is?" gag starts to annoy the Announcer as he stops to look at him blankly for a bit.
  • Bubble accidentally distracts her team by pointing out that they're winning when they've been coming in last place for so long.
  • The Squashy Grapes falling was part of Teardrop's flashback in "Get Digging".

Cultural references[]

  • Leafy's last line (when you fall into a bottomless pit, you die of starvation.) is a reference to Episode 4 of Teen Girl Squad, a series of crudely drawn cartoons. They are one of the many spin-offs of Homestar Runner.
  • The word insectophobe in the title, meaning the fear of insects, refers to the 6-legged race contest as insects have 6 legs.
    • However, the real name for that is entomophobia.
    • in the Episode’s Description said that is a pun that the viewers doesn’t get
  • When Rocky vomits on Coiny, he says "it slimed me!", which is a reference to the 1984 comedy film Ghostbusters.

Goofs[]

  • When Coiny gets barfed on by Rocky, neither of them are moving, but the background is.
  • When Tennis Ball sees the tight rope, Coiny's mouth is gone and Firey has no arms and is not burning.
  • When Rocky barfs on the grass where his team slips, their team is not attached.
  • When the teams are first being picked, Another Name's order is Coiny, Golf Ball, Tennis Ball, and Rocky. Then Firey joins and appears in front of Coiny. But then, Rocky is in front, and then Tennis Ball, Golf Ball, and Firey are behind Coiny at the end. But when they are choosing their team name, Golf Ball is in front of Firey instead of Coiny.
  • When the Announcer is asking Rocky to pick (after Leafy picks Ice Cube), Ice Cube is behind the Announcer next to Teardrop even though she should be with Leafy.
  • There are many instances when the characters were not attached to their ropes.
  • When Firey is screaming because of his fear of heights, his legs are not on the tight rope.
  • When Ice Cube shatters, she turned into ice spikes, which flew off the ground, then went back to the ground for the last second of the scene.
  • When the Announcer says "That are impatiently waiting over there.", Teardrop has no legs.
  • When the camera pan out to Flower's "recently refurbished" Announcer Crusher, the Cake at Stake from "Barriers and Pitfalls" shows for two frames.
    • Also, when Flower says "Recently Refurbished Announcer CRUSHER", her mouth is not moving, like in said episode.

Deaths[]


2010 episodes
Take the Plunge: Part 1Take the Plunge: Part 2Barriers and PitfallsAre You Smarter Than a Snowball?Sweet ToothBridge CrossingPower of ThreePuzzling MysteriesCycle of LifeInsectophobe's NightmareCrybaby!LoftyA Leg Up in the Race
Battle for Dream Island episodes and other videos
Totalfireyislandshort TFI: "Crying Contest" • "Balance Beam" • "Mile Run" • "Elimination Volleyball!" • "Rope Climb" • "Dodgeball" • "Spelling Bee" • "Breath Holding Contest" • "Dice!" • "Spinner" • "Bowling 1" • "Bowling 2" • "Stack 1" • "Stack 2" • "Hurdles 1" • "Hurdles 2" • "Hurdles 3 and 'WETHFPC'" • "Jumbo"


TFS: "Mountain Climb" (unreleased)

TFP: "Balance Beam" • "Dodge Ball" • "Mountain Climb" • "Balloon Toss" • "Teams" • "Boats" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Eating" • "Pyramid" • "Pole Vaulting" • "Test Taking" • "Obstacle Course" (all unreleased)

BFDI1 BFDI: "Take the Plunge (Take the Plunge: Part 1" • "Take the Plunge: Part 2)" • "Barriers and Pitfalls" • "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" • "Sweet Tooth" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Power of Three" • "Puzzling Mysteries" • "Cycle of Life" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare" • "Crybaby!" • "Lofty" • "A Leg Up in the Race" • "Don't Lose Your Marbles" • "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None" • "Vomitaco" • "Bowling, Now with Explosions!" • "The Reveal" • "Reveal Novum" • "Rescission" • "Gardening Hero" • "The Glistening" • "Don't Pierce My Flesh" • "Hurtful!" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2" • "Return of the Hang Glider"

BFDIA2 BFDIA: "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know" • "Get Digging" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3" • "Zeeky Boogy Doog" • BFDIA 5 ("Get in the Van" • "BFDIA 5b" • "No More Snow!" • "It's a Monster" • "The Long-lost Yoyle City") • "Well Rested" • "Intruder Alert" • "Meaty" • "Catch These Hands" • "Taste the Sweetness"

IDFB3 IDFB: "Welcome Back"

B.F.B BFB: "Getting Teardrop to Talk" • "Lick Your Way to Freedom" • "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset" • "Today's Very Special Episode" • "Fortunate Ben" • "Four Goes Too Far" • "The Liar Ball You Don't Want" • "Questions Answered" • "This Episode Is About Basketball" • "Enter the Exit" • "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" • "What Do You Think of Roleplay?" • "Return of the Rocket Ship" • "Don't Dig Straight Down" • "The Four is Lava" • "The Escape from Four" • "X Marks the Spot" • "Take the Tower" • "How Loe Can You Grow?" • "A Taste of Space" • "Let's Raid The Warehouse" • "Who Stole Donut's Diary?" • "Fashion For Your Face!" • "The Game Has Changed" • "The Tweested Temple" • "The Hidden Contestant" • "Uprooting Everything" • "B.F.B. = Back From Beginning" • "SOS (Save Our Show)" • "Chapter Complete"

TPOT Abbreviated BFDI:TPOT: "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?" • "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life" • "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters" • "Gardening Zero" • "Fishes and Dishes" • "The Great Goikian Bake-Off" • "The Seven Wonders of Goiky" • "Balancing P.A.C.T." • "Outbreak At Stake" • "Oneirophobe's Nightmare"

Upcoming: IDFB 2BFDI:TPOT 11BFDIA 11

Shorts: "Thanks for 4 years!" • "BFDI Is Back" • "Paper Towel" • "Ballers" • "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!" • "HELP US get to VIDCON 2019" • "Happy Birthday, Battle for BFDI!" • "BFDI's Road to Half a Billion Views" • "You're A Loser, But..." • "Thanks for 600,000 subscribers!" • "Thanks for 700,000 subscribers!" • "Aw, Seriously?" • "BFB Contestants React to Wiki Comments" • "Thanks for 800,000 subscribers!" • "PUMPKIN 2.0 - BFDI Halloween Shorts" • "If Among Us Was a BFDI Challenge" • "If X-MAS in Among Us was a BFDI Challenge" • "Thanks for 900,000 subscribers!" • "Thanks for 1,000,000 subscribers!" • "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!" • "Claustrophobe's Nightmare • "Twosday" • "Fish and Chips" • "Why is the BFDI Mouth everywhere?" • "Firey and Gelatin Steal a Van" • "Thanks for 1,500,000 Subscribers!" • "Thanks for 2,000,000 Subscribers!" • "Pie Vs Pi: The Pi Day Massacre"

BFDI Mini: BFDI Mini episodesBFDI Mini Again episodesBFDI Mini Deluxe episodesBFDI Mini, Seriously! episodesBFDI Mini Delicious episodes

Plush videos: "The Official Firey Plush is here!" • "Who's The Real Firey? (ft. Leafy Plush)" • "Hello Woody! (Now available to order)" • "The Loser Plush is here!" • "The Official Four and X Plush" • "Marker and Coiny plush have arrived!" • "when you bake a cake (ft. TWO PLUSH)"

Reanimated specials: "BFDI 1a+1b Reanimated! Fan-made MAP (Multi Animator Project)" • "BFDIA 1 Re-Animated By 95 People! - (Fan-Made)" • "IDFB 1 Re-Animated By 108 People! (Fan-Made)"

Cancelled/Unknown: Yoylecake Winning Celebration CartoonDecember 2016 Short50 million views videoUnknown announcement video

YTPMVs: "Intensive BFDI Unit" • "Rock My BFDI" • "BFDI-chapp" • "3000 Subbies" • "Eliminating BFDI" • Dear Viewers" • 6000 Subscribers" • "Thanks for 20,000 subscribers! (Last BFDI)" • "BFB 13 this Thursday." • ""Revenge", except every syllable is from BFDI" • "UNREAL BFDI — Thanks for 1 Billion Views!" • "I HOPE ITS NOT ME - composed by @legotd61"

Songs: "All I Want for X-mas — SONG by Four & X from BFB" • "Lo-Fi Beats to Yoyle To • "Message to Loser (Lyric Video) - SONG by Four from BFB" • "Jingle BELL Rock 🔔 Song with Four, Bell, Seven" • "Just Push Through It (Songify BFDI by Schmoyoho)" • "This Is BFB: Season Recap (Lyric Video)" • "Antony Kos - Hey Two! (Extended Cake at Stake song) Lyric Video" • "16 Years of Jacknjellify! 🎂 (Music Video)"

Promotional: "Vote Yoylecake" • "You can help BFDI win an Award!" • "VOTE for who the next BFDI PLUSH should be!" • "The Firey Plush is ON SALE + NEW BFDI HOODIE!" • "What if BFDI was in r/place?" • "BFDI *was* in r/place!" • "BFDI & Inanimate Insanity Meet Up!" • "TWO OF THEM!? - BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Event"

Meetup videos: "BFDI and II Finally Cross Over" • "*struggles to contain fans at 2019 meetup*" • "II + BFDI back together again!" • "The 22 Best Questions You Asked Us — BFDI + II Meetup" • "3,000 PEOPLE came to the BFDI x II Meetup in LA…"

Episode compilations: "Blocky Prank Compilation - Battle for Dream Island" • "Every FAKE AD in BFDI — Yellow Face Compilation" • "Best BFDI Crushes to Date! — Compilation"

TikTok compilations: "BFDI TikTok Compilation" • "Top BFDI/A TikToks Compilation" • "BFB TikTok Compilation" • "We asked TikTok to VOTE the best object - BFDI Mini" • "All our food does THIS... — BFDI's Best TikToks of 2020" • "Firey Discovers Gravity (BFDI TikTok Compilation)" • "TikTok voted on our objects again: BFDI MINI DELUXE" • "10 "David"s, One Winner — BFDI MINI SERIOUSLY" • "A Food Battle for the Ages— BFDI MINI DELICIOUS"

Announcement videos: "???" • "A super fresh minty clean announcement" • "Doing It Again!" • "BFDI Second Season Voting" • "12/12/12" • "Choose Your Fate" • "Back 2 School Bad News" • "BFDI's Best Hiatus Ever" • "Bring BFDI Episode 1 Part 2 Back (also YouTube face reveal)" • "Let's keep BFDI casual"

Livestreams: "BFDI 1 "Take the Plunge" Tutorial Stream" • "IDFB comments game: FAKE OR REAL?" • "2918 meetup steam"

Other: Social media-exclusive animations • "The BeiBei Squisher" • "The Marble Race!" • "When Video Games Malfunction!" • "Doo Doo-Dee Doo" • "X Finds Out His Value" • "First BFDI Animation Ever" • "BFDI Fan Art Reviews" • "Salmon Fiveyears" • "BFDI APPISIOTE 225555555!!!!!" • "BFDI Mini-Season - "Marbles"" • "Happy Halloween" • "ABCDEFG" • "BFDIA 6 Deleted Scenes" • "The JingJing Squisher (10 year anniversary)" • "How to Fold your Foldy" • "The Lost Ice Cube Recordings" • "Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide Instagram promotion" • "BFDI Recommended Characters" • "Apply to join BFDI! Animators, Audio Editors, Background/Prop Artists and More" • "The Secret Behind BFB's Split" • "Recommend a Character - Become a Jacknjellify Member" • "We Discovered Our Forgotten "Firey" Comics" • "All BFDI soundboard videos! (compilation)" • "Best BFDI Season 1a moments (according to data from you viewers!)" • "The LOST NEWSPAPERS of Four and X"

Other pre-BFDI: Character ChartConnections sheetsEarliest "First BFDI Animation"Feb 20 2009 Character BiosFictional BFDI ElectionFirey (comic series)Firey Expansion • "FIREY to keep our customers happy" • Firey Yearbook • "Firey's Candy Bar Adventure" • "Michael's best comic" • School Planner • "The Number Playground Chronicle!"

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