Coiny

Coiny is a recurring contestant in the web series, Battle for Dream Island, being a contestant in all of the seasons.
He is voiced by the series co-creator Michael Huang, who also voices several characters in the show such as Firey, Leafy, Bubble, Flower, and Woody.
== Appearance ==
Coiny is an anthropomorphic copper coin, though not a penny. His body is vivd orange, with lighter shines.
== Personality ==
In the first season, Coiny is very rude to others most of the time, especially Firey, who he constantly fights with.
In BFDIA, while still arrogant, is a lot nicer than he was before, and also becomes more of a stragetist and has leadership values, since he comes up with ideas to help his team and Pin.
In IDFB and onwards, he becomes even more nice and thoughtful, such as comforting Pin in "Four Goes Too Far". Coiny has also grown closer to Firey over the years.
== Biography ==
=== Battle for Dream Island ===
Coiny is first seen on top of Spongy while fighting with Firey. Coiny also shouts at Blocky for being in a weird position and accidentally pushes him off the balance beam. However, Blocky swings and knocks Coiny off.
Coiny is selected to be in the Squashy Grapes. Coiny gets on the motor boat alongside Leafy and Ice Cube. The three passed over the finish line, but Pin finished first, so the he is up for elimination.
In "Sweet Tooth" Coiny makes a dirt cake for the challenge. However, Pen and Eraser uses him as currency to get Leafy's cake. Coiny gets 14 points for the challenge.
In "Bridge Crossing", Coiny complains to Snowball on how he would not try his dirt cake, while the latter throws contestants over the cliff.
Coiny teams up with Ice Cube and Needle in "Power of Three", with Coiny leading the team. Despite being in the lead for most of the time, Coiny's team ultimately ends up in last, being up for elimination. In "Puzzling Mysteries", he silences the Announcer to feel silence, which makes it impossible for the Announcer to call Needle "Needy". When the Squashy Grapes win the challenge, the team chooses Firey, much to Coiny's annoyance.
In "Cycle of Life", Coiny's foot is stepped by Firey. He is annoyed on how Firey was chosen and not him, however, his team won the contestant and the Announcer tells him that an eliminated contestant will join the team. Coiny asks if they can choose, but the Announcer says no.
In "Insectophobe's Nightmare", Coiny discusses with Snowball on who should join their team. Coiny is also against the idea of the Grapes splitting, and when he was put in Another Name, Coiny was placed in the same team as Firey again. The two fight for most of the competition, but his team is safe. It is revealed in "Crybaby!" that the reason Firey and Coiny hate each other is because Coiny forgot water was Firey's poison. The two eventually trip on Rocky and form a giant snowball during the tiebreaker, but to two fall over, being up for elimination.
In "Lofty", when Golf Ball questions why they slap each other all the time, they both say to each other that they are a jerk. Coiny also slaps Firey into Blocky during the challenge. In "A Leg Up in the Race", Tennis Ball tries to break up Coiny's and Firey's fight, but the two continue arguing. Coiny is in the bottom two, preceded to be mocked by Firey. Coiny is later eliminated after all of the Squashy Grapes choose Tennis Ball over him.
In "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None", Coiny had a chance to rejoin during a contest that involves filling baskets with bread, but he drowns in the pile of bread.
In "The Glistening", he had another chance to rejoin, bragging about that he is going to win, but Announcer didn't like his attitude and sent him back.
Coiny, as with most of the contestants, votes for Leafy to win. Coiny later faints when Firey was revealed to be the winner. Coiny is let in into Dream Island after Firey accepts him for having the most connection with him in the series. However, after Dream Island has been stolen by Leafy, he doesn't seem to mind it. 
=== Battle for Dream Island Again ===
Coiny returns in "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know", he chases Leafy alongside most of the contestants. He joins the W.O.A.H. Bunch, alongside Donut and Pin. However, since his team only consists of three contestants, he is up for elimination.
In "Get in the Van", Coiny says that if he and Nickel are in the same team, bad things would happen. His team was far behind since they can only walk. He also suggests a now limbless Pin to roll instead of hopping. In "No More Snow", in order for his team to cross over the cliff, he impaled Spongy so his teammates can bounce on him.
In "It's a Monster", he, alongside with others, cranks the HPHPRCC for 78 days. After recovering their teammates, they try to threaten Puffball to join their team, though backfired as the latter recovers Gelatin and freezes the entire team. In "The Long-lost Yoyle City", his team gets second place, being safe from elimination.
=== IDFB ===
He visits the Grotato Farm with Fries. He tries to eat one of them, but Fries says to be patient. In the end of the episode, he takes three "deep-fried breaths" after he uses boiling cooking oil.
=== Battle for BFDI ===
Coiny is first seen with Firey, Snowball, and Taco in "Getting Teardrop to Talk". Coiny sets a challenge for who can throw the seed into a pot. When Four arrives and mutilates Pin, he begs him to revive her. Coiny is part of The Losers.
In "Four Goes Too Far", he comforts Pin after the latter was worrying about her team being too centered around Loser. Coiny reassures that everything is okay.
In "Getting to the Top in 500 Steps", he welcomes Leafy into The Losers. When he is picking runners, he asks why Firey is doing nothing. He simply replies that he is not doing anything. Firey then says that he is a fast runner, which confuses Coiny as he thought Firey said he was slow. While Coiny admits this is true, he disregards him as he is scared of heights.
He, alongside Cake go down to Golf Ball's Underground Factory for shelter. The two later bump into Naily and Woody. With no way other way to escape, Woody is thrown to a garbage chute before Coiny gets killed by the lava. He is one of the several contestants to switch to TPOT afterwards.
=== Battle for BFB ===
He briefly appears in "X Marks the Spot", where he suggests gluing X so they can stay in TPOT, though backfired when the Have Cots lasso them out.
=== Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two ===
In "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything Right?", he joins the Team8s, alongside Pin, Needle, Donut, Gaty, and Saw.
During the contest in "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life", Coiny suggests that his team should glue the blocks together, which Pin disapproves. This confuses Coiny since as Pin was fine with him getting an easy way out in challenges in past episodes.
In "Getting Puffball to Think About Rollercoasters", he uses Saw to carve tables and chairs out of the blocks from the previous challenge. However, his teams restaurant is destroyed by Eraser, which makes his team lose.
In "Fishes and Dishes", he shows his team the "The stuff you buy online store". After failed attempts, he goes for the world's strongest magnet, which he is able to be ordered to Yellow Face's Factory. His team grabs the nearest train. After obtaining the magnet, he steals Eraser's plate, winning immunity.
== Other Appearances ==
Coiny briefly appears in the Inanimate Insanity spin-off, Fan's Fantastic Features in the episode, Nickel For Your Thoughts, with Michael Huang reprising his role.
== Trivia ==
* He is one of the 7 contestants who have appeared in every season, the others being Needle, Pin, Golf Ball, Ice Cube, Rocky, and Tennis Ball.
* Contrary to popular belief, he is not a penny, as confirmed by the Official Character Guide.
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