Fake TPOT: Timeline of in-universe events/Pre-BFDI

On this page you will find a comprehensive timeline documenting the events from the headcanon that precede the BFDI canon. It primarily includes events related to the show's future contestants, but not the series itself.

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****Pre-BFDI*******Real* and *Fake* events** (BFDI, BFDIA 1–5, IDFB, BFB, TPOT 1)***Real* only** (BFDIA 6+, *Real TPOT* 2+)****Fake** only** (headcanon events after 1965, *Fake TPOT* 2–48)

## **Pre-BFDI era**  (to 1961)

### 7th century

* 618 April 20: 🚼 **Snowball** is born on the Jutland peninsula.

### 19th century

* 1898 March 20: 🚼 **Flower** is born as F. Venus Harvey in Medford, Massachusetts, United States.

### 1910s

* 1914 March 9: 🚼 **Golf Ball** is born as Golfball Beatrice Callaway in Washington, Iowa, United States.
* 1916 October 3: 🚼 **Tennis Ball** is born as Maurice Anton Tennis Ball in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States.
* 1918 June 5: Steamy is born as Steame Dam in Copenhagen, Denmark.

### 1920s

* 1925 June 8: 🚼 **Winner** is born as Viner Shyngys Peremogovich Semyonov (Russian: *Винер Шынгыс Перемогович Семёнов*) in Akmolinsk, Soviet Union.
* 1928 February 5: 🚼 **Loser** is born as L. Karl Verlier in Heilbronn, Germany.
* 1929 February 21: 🚼 **Yellow Face** is born as Isaak Lieberman in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.
* 1929 May 13: Dotrothy comes into existence in outer space.

### 1930s

* 1931 September 21: Rusty Coin is born in Manhattan, New York, United States.
* 1932 September 9: VHSy is born as Duradrishti Vijaya Hsarma (Telugu: దూరదృష్టి విజయ శర్మ) in Hyderabad, British India, now the independent state of India.
* 1933 June 26: 🚼 **Fries** is born as Franciscus Jan Florent "Frans" Frankx in Antwerp, Belgium.
* 1933 November 12: Protractor is born as P. Mathematicus Alston in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
* 1935 April 15: Income Tax Return "Taxy" Document is born in Steubenville, Ohio, United States.
* 1935 August 24: 🚼 **Tree** is born as Treeënce Ashley Leigh in Geelong, Australia.
* 1935 October 22: Portable Music Player is born in Wolverhampton, England.
* 1936 January 9: 🚼 **Black Hole** is born (that is to say, comes into existence) in outer space.
* 1936 April 20: 🚼 **Donut** is born as Donuld Gandhi "Don" Adura in Cape Town, South Africa.
* 1937 April 1: 🚼 **Blocky** is born as Blockwell Adolphus "Blocky" Deeb in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
* 1938 March 15: Protactinium is born as P. Elbert Luster in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
* 1938 May 17: Ilta Y. Atgaw is synthesized on the Letters' Home Planet.
* 1939 February 21: 🚼 **Eraser** is born as Eliezero Giuseppe Graffeo in Gallipoli, Italy.
* 1939 May 3: 🚼 **Cloudy** is born as Claude Koumoul Couverage in Brest, France.
* 1939 May 30: Clip is born as Philippe Hagopian in Lyon, France.
* 1939 August 30: 🚼 **Pie** is born as P. Kachodhi Kipling in Calcutta, British India, now the independent state of India.

### 1940s

#### 1940

* January 8: Tune is born as Antonella Ovunque Cuffia in Palermo, Italy.
* February 1: Coalladys is born as Brenda C. Bullard in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States.
* April 30: 🚼 **Fanny** is born as Frances Odienda "Fanny" Hateford in Croydon, South London, England.
* May 11: 🚼 **Clock** is born as Horloge-François Saad (Arabic: أورلوج فرانسوا سعد) in Algiers, French Algeria, now the independent state of Algeria.
* August 8: 🚼 **8-Ball** is born as Oitavo Nhantumbo Machava in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, now known as Maputo in the independent state of Mozambique.

#### 1941

* March 10: 🚼 **Bubble** is born as Blase Perle Kabarcık in Yoyle City, *i.e.*, Istanbul, Turkey.
* July 2: 🚼 **Pen** is born as Benedict "Ben" Graffeo in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
* September 16: 🚼 **Barf Bag** is born as Barfara Francine Baker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

#### 1942

* January 1: 🚼 **Balloony** is born as B. Samuel MacLeod in Dundee, Scotland.
* January 3: Steirische is born as S. Akkordeon Spieler in Trieben, Austria, then a part of Germany.
* February 14: 🚼 **Pencil** is born as P. Badhrasa Carmencita Ohisa Triángolo in São Paulo, Brazil.
* April 25: 🚼 **Lollipop** is born as L. Ilekese Madikizela in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
* July 11: Lydia is born as L. Phyllis Carroll in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.
* July 25: 🚼 **Taco** is born as T. Antonia Ortega in San Angelo, Texas, United States.
* August 22: 🚼 **Pillow** is born as Pilla Downa MacPherson in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
* September 9: 9-Ball is born as Nona Guerreiro Bola in Porto, Portugal.
* December 12: 🚼 **Match** is born as M. Achsah Anastasia Feirstein in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

#### 1943

* February 13: 🚼 **Bok** is born as B. Astrid Bergjord in Stavanger, Norway, then under German occupation.
* March 1: 🚼 The date of birth of Renata Monteiro Botões in Vila Arriaga, Portuguese Angola, now known as Bibala in the independent state of Angola. This is the young woman on whom contestant **Remote** would be modelled.
* March 26: 🚼 **Basketball** is born as Basquetina María Angola Urrutia in Cali, Colombia.
* April 12: 🚼 **Eggy** is born as Argaret Uy Pan "Eggy" Tan in Stockton, California, U.S.
* July 19: 🚼 **Gaty** is born as Gatja Sulčič in Trieste, Italy.
* September 9: PDA is born as Patricia Doreen Atkinson in Nottingham, England.
* November 27: 🚼 The purported date of birth of time-travelling contestant **TV**, who was born in Heijō, Japanese Korea, now known as P’yŏngyang in the independent state of North Korea, in this timeline. However, in his timeline of origin, he was born in Oakland, California as Thomas Won-yong Paik (Korean: 백원용), in 1991.

#### 1944

* February 12
	+ 🚼 **Coiny** is born as Coiniel Todd "Coiny" Lincoln in Hardin, Kentucky, U.S.
	+ 🚼 **Firey** is born as F. Jefferson Davis Blazett in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
* July 27
	+ 🚼 **Leafy** is born as Relief-of-Christ "Leafy" Barrett in Grenada, British West Indies, now the independent state of Grenada.
	+ 🚼 **Evil Leafy** is born in Hell.
* July 30: 🚼 **Ruby** is born as Rubina Jiwe in Iringa, British Tanganyika Territory, now the independent state of Tanzania.
* August 22: 🚼 **Saw** is born as Sana Salama (Arabic: سناء سلامة) in Halhul, British Mandatory Palestine, now the West Bank of Palestine.

#### 1945

* March 1: 🚼 **David** is (presumably) born in Davidland, *i.e.*, David City, Nebraska, United States.
* July 1: Birthday Cake is born as Bertha Harry in Miami, Florida, United States.
* July 4: Anchor is born as Arcangelo Louis "Angelo" Marino in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
* July 14: 🚼 **Needle** is born as N. Maria Adelina Okina ~~"Needy"~~ Triángolo in Southend-on-Sea, England.
* August 14: 🚼 **Dora** is born as D. Anastasia Marquez in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* December 11: 🚼 **Liy** is born as Lilly Marlene Lampström in Karlstad, Sweden.

#### 1946

* January 31: Snowflake is born as S. Andresdottir in Thurncourt, England.
* February 28: 🚼 **Pin** is born as Pin Thi Nguyen (Vietnamese: *Nguyễn Thị Pin*) in Saigon, French Indochina, now known as Ho Chi Minh City in the independent state of Vietnam.
* March 14: 🚼 **Foldy** is born as Marie-Foldette "Foldy" Aurigammet in Oran, French Algeria, now the independent state of Algeria.
* May 17: 🚼 **Bell** is born as Djaras Saleh (Arabic: جرس صالح) in Damascus, Syria.
* May 29: 🚼 **Stapy** is born as Stapler "Stapy" Krammetjies in Rehoboth, South West Africa, also known as Namibia.
* October 29: 🚼 **Aresko** is born as Rubber Spatula in Bells Beach, Australia.

#### 1947

* June 5: Jie is born as J. Wanyumba in Kiambu, British Kenya, now the independent state of Kenya.
* June 16: Scissors is born as Cícero Vaz Cortes in Duque de Caxias, Brazil.
* August 22: Gregg is born as Gearos Machinakis (Greek: Γιάρος Μαχινάκης) in Chania, Greece.

#### 1948

* July 21: 🚼 The purported date of birth of time-travelling contestant **Puffball** (as Marie-Pouffée Asdrubal), who was born in Guadeloupe, French West Indies in this timeline. However, in her timeline of origin, she was born in Hempstead, New York in 1995.

#### 1949

* June 29: 🚼 **Gelatin** is born as Gelatín Fernández Zanello in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gelatin persists in claiming a birth year of either 1963 or 1964, especially after his statement in BFB 6 (2 February 1970), and later claims that he was created with a higher, non-infantile level of development (like the middle eight of Pencil and Pen's children), but these claims have been disproved many times.

### 1950s

#### 1950

* January 13: CofTaVor is born as Coftanon Taunon Voranon in Manchester, England.
* January 28: Zipola is born as Zipola "Zippy" Banquett in Ipswich, England.
* February 3: Waffle is born as W. Kuijzenaard in Brussels, Belgium.
* April 25: Shampoo is born as S. Ba in Tambacounda, French West Africa, now the independent state of Senegal.
* May 1: 🚼 **Battery** is born as Battereika Elisabeth Dierschl in Köflach, Austria, then under Allied (British) occupation.
* September 26: 👪 Golf Ball, then a high school principal and self-proclaimed queen, and Tennis Ball, a high school mathematics teacher, have their first child in Iowa City, Iowa, United States, a girl named **Orpha** Gail Ball.
* October 14: Shopping Cart is born as S. C. Johnson in Bartlett, Tennessee, United States.
* October 26: Carlene is born as C. Brettyelaine Richards in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
* December 24: Camera is born as C. Jean "Cam" Daguerre in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

#### 1951

* January 31: 🚼 **Bottle** is born as Elizabeth Bottle in Victoria, Texas, United States.
* March 3: Clarion is born as C. Sound in Westminster, London, England.
* April 13: 🚼 **Nickel** is born as Nicholas Shelton "Nickel" Jefferson in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
* May 13: Mini Cyclone is born as John Mescall O'Neill in Cork, Ireland.
* June 12: Salt Lamp is born as S. L. Lampström in Karlstad, Sweden.
* July 10: Clapboard is born as Walburga "Waly" Trujillo de la Cerda in Barcelona, Venezuela.
* July 26: Rainbow Sash is born as Rainbow G. Sash in Palo Alto, California, United States.
* August 31: 🚼 **Lightning** is born as Lee Alan Denning in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

#### 1952

* January 24: 🚼 **Bomby** is born as Robert Bombi Kaboumogo in Manga, French West Africa, now the independent state of Upper Volta.
* February 20: 🚼 **Naily** is born as Cornailya Eiko "Naily" Carpenter in Kure, Japan, then under Allied (British Commonwealth) occupation.
* February 26: Jugemu… was born with a very long name in Tokyo, Japan, then under Allied (American) occupation.
* March 14: Kitchen Sink is born as Tso Chiu Fong (Chinese: 曹廚房) in British Hong Kong.
* March 20: 👪 Golf Ball and Tennis Ball have their second child, a boy named **Colin** Cary Ball, who was adopted from Liberia and was previously known as Cooper Nyumah.
* April 24: Gat is born as Kim Gat (Korean: 김갓) in Inch’ŏn, South Korea.
* June 5: 🚼 The purported date of birth of time-travelling contestant **Price Tag** (as Taghi Behtash), who was born in Shabestar, Iran in this timeline. However, in their timeline of origin, they were born in Hill Valley, California, in 2000.
* April 25: 🚼 **Marker** is born as Markus Tobias Michael in Aarhus, Denmark.
* August 4: Hotel Bell is born as Hotaru Saleh in Munich, West Germany.
* August 7: The purported date of birth of time-travelling contestant Leek (as L. Valkaisualainen), who was born in Helsinki, Finland in this timeline. However, in his timeline of origin, he was born in the same place in 1998.
* September 2: Long Cable, Folded Up is born in New London, Connecticut, United States.
* October 21: 🚼 **Teardrop** is born as T.-Marie Träinen in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
* November 26: 🚼 **Cake** is born as Cacob Austin "Cake" McRae in Abbeville, Georgia, United States.
* December 23: 🚼 **Ice Cube** is born as Berenice Hisayo "Icy" Kubo in Hilo, Hawaii Territory, United States, now one of the fifty states of that country.
* December 25: Oildrop is born as O. Träinen in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

#### 1953

* January 5: Blender is born as B. Mieke Roosendaal in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
* January 28: Lego Brick is born as Lego Jaime Quispe in Lima, Peru.
* April 30: Slingshot is born as Céline Chotte in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
* July 2: Kosrae is born as K. Strong in Kosrae, Pacific Islands Trust Territory.
* July 31: Avocado is born as A. José Rojas Luna in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, now known as Santo Domingo.
* November 5: Relevant Events Calendar is born as "Recy" in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States.
* December 21: Tape is born as Tapon Ductworth in Kingston, British Jamaica, now the independent state of Jamaica.
* December 26: Lightbulb is born as L. Marvel Bryghton in Lebanon, Kansas, United States.

#### 1954

* February 10: 🚼 **Woody** is born as Woodrow Ngahere "Woody" Gutta in Rawene, New Zealand.
* May 28: Thisso is born as T. Tenydy in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
* June 7: CRT is born as Carol Raewyn Turing in Cambridge, England.
* September 16: Gnokaxu is born as G. Moospeter in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
* October 9: 🚼 **Spongy** is born as Sponyé Wilbur "Spongy" Karjalainen in Marquette, Michigan, United States.
* December 9: 🚼 **Bracelety** is born as Brecileto Teofania Varela Núñez is born in Chihuahua, Mexico. While Bracelety has often stated that she changed her date of birth to match that of Ice Cube, her actual date of birth remains that the 9th of December.

#### 1955

* January 19: Triplets Selinur, Sigune and Urhixidur Asteroiden come into existence in outer space. They are named after the small asteroids in the belt which orbit the Sun farther away than they do.
* June 5: 👪 Golf Ball and Tennis Ball have their third child, a girl named **Theola** Jeannette Ball, who was adopted from the Philippines and was previously known as Milagros Patrimonio Pelota.
* September 1: Discy is born as Shizuko Alicia Summer (Japanese: サマー 静子) in Naha, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, the under American occupation.
* September 6: Hocksa is born as H. Wellori in Pensacola, Florida, United States.
* October 11: Hop Bell is born as Hou Saleh in Munich, West Germany.
* October 28: Eo is born as E. Dyelbas in the Letter Protectorate.
* December 10: Gogmatics' Handbook is born as Gogmata Le Manuel in Saint-Dénis, Réunion, France.

#### 1956

* April 7: Conch Shell is born as Conchuelo Manahil Abbas Cascara in Ipil, Philippines.
* May 8: Pherre is born as P. Dybilberck in the Letter Protectorate.
* October 4: Quaddy is born as Q. Jürgen Thiessen in Kiel, West Germany.
* October 21: 🚼 **Rocky** is born as R. Ibrahim Mohamed in British Zanzibar, now Unguja in the independent state of Tanzania.
* December 31: Agonxis is born as A. Iltingy in the Letter Protectorate.

#### 1957

* February 1: Gradient is born as G. Argibi Taylor in Vancouver, Washington, United States.
* April 23: Noron is born as N. Afrelitun in the Letter Protectorate.
* July 9: Lehopwan is born as L. Punysagy in the Letter Protectorate.
* August 26: Snare Drum is born as Saint-Maur Ravelomanantsoa in Majunga, French Madagascar, now Mahajanga in the independent state of Madagascar.
* September 6: Bicycle Bell is born as B. B. Fietsbel Ringer in The Hague, Netherlands.
* September 29: Inei is born as I. Moospeter in the Letter Protectorate.
* October 11: 🚼 **Grassy** is born as Grasje Jaap Weiland in Maastricht, Netherlands.
* November 28: Cagie is born as C. John Arthurs in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

#### 1958

* February 16: Alif is born as Alphaeretta Robinson in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
* May 29: Genderfluid Book is born as Bok Med Ufiksert Kjønn Gulbrandsen in Stavanger, Norway.
* April 16: 🚼 **Umtaya** is born as Umtaya Boudot in the Letter Protectorate, located in Florida, United States.
* July 9: Dollary is born as Dollartje Felicia Gomes in Paramaribo, Dutch Surinam, now an independent state.
* September 19: Yon is born as Choe Yun (Korean: 최연) in Seoul, South Korea.
* September 28: Rondipa is born as R. Kyllocke in the Letter Protectorate.
* November 1: Whaxa is born as W. Baceyee in the Letter Protectorate.
* December 11: Vihepsis is born as V. Filter-Macool in the Letter Protectorate.

#### 1959

* February 23: Kudasai is born as K. Bootlaght in the Letter Protectorate.
* April 3: Boom Mic is born as Michelle Rhoda Boom in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
* April 7: Hei is born as H. Teriierooiterai in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
* April 28: The purported birth date of the Invisible Tomato in Santa Monica, California, United States.
* October 7: Mjunga is born as M. Lingbalpun in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
* October 8: Yod is born as Y. Levi Biederman in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
* December 26: Telavelha is born as T. Mimbloco Cruz in Novo Algarve, Brazil.

### 1960s

#### 1960

* September 1: 🤖 The creation date of **Robot Flower** in Tokyo, Japan.
* October 3: Birthdaigny is born as Birthday Saini in Kitui, British Kenya.
* November 14: School Paper is born in Durban, South Africa.

#### 1961

* March 1: 🤖 The creation date of **Remote** in Nairobi as R. Nzinga Monteiro.
* September 6: Coloce is born as C. Bufroteg in Augusta, Georgia, United States.
* September 21: Tewilda is born as T. Signe Mårtenson in Kiruna, Sweden.
* December 25: 👪🚼 **Firey Jr.** is born as Firey Juneteenth Douglass Blazett on the BFDI set in the vicinity of Nairobi. His parents are Leafy and Firey Blazett, high school dropouts and soon-to-be contestants.

## Notes

1. ↑ Officially romanized as **Winner Schingis Peremohowitsch Semenow**.
2. ↑ Upon immigrating to Toronto in 1940 with his parents, his name was officially anglicized to **Eliezer Joseph Graffeo**, although he is occasionally still addressed as **Eliezero** by his family members.
3. ↑ In Italian, his mother's native language, he is known as **Benedetto**. A secondary nickname for him in English is **Benny**.
4. ↑ In Portuguese, her mother's native language, she is known as **Penélope**.
5. ↑ Officially (until after the Second World War), Gaty was known as **Gatarina Crovatto**.
6. ↑ In Portuguese, her mother's native language, she is known as **Nathália**.
7. ↑ 4:15.
8. ↑ I still think he was referring to his career, or at least the age he was talking about was in "gelatin years".
9. ↑ The full name can be read here.

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