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Recap / Battle For Dream Island S1 E9 Insectophobes Nightmare

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Being tied together certainly is a nightmare for Firey and Coiny.

The ninth episode of the Battle for Dream Island series. Blocky rejoins onto the Squashy Grapes and, due to the team being twice the size of the Squishy Cherries, they are forced to split into two teams, with one team still being the Squashy Grapes, and the other being Another Name. The contestants compete in a six-legged race, where the Squishy Cherries come first, Another Name comes second, and the Squashy Grapes come last.

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  • Animation Bump: Has much smoother animation, due to it using new assets and being animated by Michael, who does animation with much more effort than Cary.
  • Artifact Title: The episode doesn't have any bug invasions; however, this actually happened for both sequels.
    • However, the title most likely alludes to the fact that the featured challenge is a six-legged race.
  • The Bus Came Back: Blocky rejoins the game in this episode.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: The Squashy Grapes are now twice as big as the Squishy Cherries, so they end up splitting into two teams.
  • Department of Redundancy Department:
    Announcer: Well, that means the Grape team will permanently be permanently split permanently in two, permanently forming 3 teams of 5. Permanently.
  • Diabolus ex Machina: Another Name is leading the three-legged race until they encounter a tightrope. Firey has a fear of heights. They place second.
  • Giver of Lame Names: Golf Ball, accidentally. When Firey wants the name of the new team to be the Squashy Grapes, Golf Ball tells him that Leafy's team is already the Squashy Grapes, and that their team name has to be another name. Because of this, their team name ends up being "Another Name".
  • "It" Is Dehumanizing: At one point during the contest, Coiny gets barfed on by Rocky and refers to him as "it". Then again, the characters are all anthropomorphic objects.
  • Malicious Misnaming: Snowball calls the Squishy Cherries the "Mushy Berries" when he sees that they are in the lead.
  • Overly Long Gag: The stinger has Ice Cube infinitely falling off a cliff and being recovered by her recovery center for a full 2 minutes with chiptune music playing in the background.
  • Watch Out for That Tree!: During the contest, Eraser tells the other Squishy Cherries to avoid the tree in front of them. Pen, who is being dragged along on his back because he tied the wrong leg to Eraser's leg, ends up bonking his head on the tree.

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