Fake TPOT: Timeline of in-universe events/Pre–canon divergence

On this page you will find a comprehensive timeline documenting all the events that have taken place within the BFDI canon and its corresponding headcanon. This timeline covers the events of BFDI (1962–1964), the first part of BFDIA (1964–1965), all of IDFB (1968) and BFB (1969–1973) and the opening episode of TPOT (1973).

For events that take place in later other seasons, particularly those that are exclusive to either the canon or the headcanon, see the linked pages in the navigation box directly below this text.

  Disambiguation page
**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)

## **Run-up to BFDI**

### 1961

* November 26: The creation date of Golf Ball Clone in Nairobi.

## **BFDI era**

### Early BFDI era: BFDI 1–8  (1962)

**Early 1962**

* January 1: 📺 "**Take the Plunge**" (BFDI 1) is aired. It is released as a two-part pilot.
* January 19: Hullopsis is born as H. Filter-Allolebra in the Letter Protectorate.
* February 1: 📺 "**Barriers and Pitfalls**" (BFDI 2) is aired.
* March 1: 📺 "**Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?**" (BFDI 3) is aired.
* March 20: Borpu is born as B. Skyprodow in the Letter Protectorate.
* April 1
	+ 🚼 **Profily** is born as Profille Bildsten in Stockholm, Sweden.
	+ 📺 "**Sweet Tooth**" (BFDI 4) is aired.

**Mid-1962**

* May 1: 📺 "**Bridge Crossing**" (BFDI 5) is aired.
* June 1: 📺 "**Power of Three**" (BFDI 6) is aired.
* July 1: 📺 "**Puzzling Mysteries**" (BFDI 7) is aired.
* August 1: 📺 "**Cycle of Life**" (BFDI 8) is aired.

### Two teams era: BFDI 9–12  (1962)

* September 1: 📺 "**Insectophobe's Nightmare**" (BFDI 9) is aired.
* October 1: 📺 "**Crybaby!**" (BFDI 10) is aired.
* November 1: 📺 "**Lofty**" (BFDI 11) is aired.
* December 1: 📺 "**A Leg Up in the Race**" (BFDI 12) is aired.

### Points era: BFDI 13–19  (1963)

**Early 1963**

* January 1: 📺 "**Don't Lose Your Marbles**" (BFDI 13) is aired.
* January 5: 🤖 The creation date of **Roboty** in Nairobi.
* February 1: 📺 "**Half a Loaf Is Better Than None**" (BFDI 14) is aired.
* March 1: 📺 "**Vomitaco**" (BFDI 15) is aired.
* April 1: 📺 "**Bowling, Now with Explosions**" (BFDI 16) is aired.

**Mid-1963**

* May 1: 📺 "**The Reveal**" (BFDI 17) is aired.
* June 1: 📺 "**Reveal Novum**" (BFDI 18) is aired.
* July 1: 📺 "**Rescission**" (BFDI 19) is aired.

### Immunity era: BFDI 20–25  (1963)

* August 1: 📺 "**Gardening Hero**" (BFDI 20) is aired.
* September 1: 📺 "**The Glistening**" (BFDI 21) is aired.
* October 1: 📺 "**Don't Pierce My Flesh**" (BFDI 22) is aired.
* November 1: 📺 "**Hurtful!**" (BFDI 23) is aired.
* December 1: 📺 "**Insectophobe's Nightmare 2**" (BFDI 24) is aired.

### Post-BFDI  (1963–1964)

**Early 1964**

* January 1: 📺 "**Return of the Hang Glider**" (BFDI 25) is aired. This is the final episode of the series.

## **Old BFDIA era**

### BFDIA 1–4  (1964)

**Mid 1964**

* June 29: 📺 "**Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know**" (BFDIA 1) is aired. This is the first episode of the second series of *Battle for Dream Island*.
* August 1: 📺 "**Get Digging**" (BFDIA 2) is aired.
* August 15: 📺 "**Insectophobe's Nightmare 3**" (BFDIA 3) is aired.

**Late 1964**

* September 6: Car Rim Plush is born as C. R. P. Osagie in Benin City, Nigeria.
* November 1: 📺 "**Zeeky Boogy Doog**" (BFDIA 4) is aired.

### BFDIA 5  (1964–1965)

**Early 1965**

* January 2: 📺 "**Get in the Van**" (BFDIA 5a) is aired. This is the first part of a "five-part" special.

*For events occurring after BFDIA 5e, where the canon and headcanon timelines differ, see either the canon-only events or the headcanon-only events page. All events from February 1965 to August 1968 can be found on those pages. Exceptions to this are the dates of birth of contestants-hopeful and canonical episode releases, all of which are listed here.*

* February 1: Vahepsis is born as V. Peerock in the Letter Protectorate.
* February 7: Onigiri is born as O. Fujiwara (Japanese: 藤原 おにぎり) in Kobe, Japan.
* February 11: 📰 The unnamed second part of BFDIA 5 is aired. Unlike the previous episodes, it deviated from the format of a television episode. Instead, **BFDIA 5b** was presented as an interactive instalment distributed in many semi-obscure pulp magazines and other low-circulation print media.
* April 14: 📺 "**No More Snow!**" (BFDIA 5c) is aired.
* July 2: 📺 "**It's a Monster**" (BFDIA 5d) is aired.
* August 2: 📺 "**The Long-lost Yoyle City**" (BFDIA 5e) is aired. This is the final part of the BFDIA 5 special, as well as the last episode of BFDIA to air for over ten years.

**1966–1968**

* 1966 May 29: Spejlan is born as Spejla Jönsson in Stockholm, Sweden.
* 1966 June 8: Chakra is born as Chakravati Sethi (Hindi: चक्रवती सेठी) in Varanasi, India.
* 1967 March 11: Ornament is born as O. Tetteh in Odupongkpehe, Ghana.
* 1967 July 1: Toble is born as T. Gomo in the Letter Protectorate.

## **IDFB era**

### IDFB  (1968)

* July 23: 📺 "**BFDI Is Back**", a short starring Firey, Coiny and Needle and featuring a cameo by Ice Cube, is aired on television as a promotional short for IDFB, an upcoming season of BFDI that had not been officially announced. Filming took place in Chicago earlier that month—evidently without the involvement of the powers that be—as its unique style, reminiscent of home movies, is unlike that of any other series of the programme.
* September 1: 📺 "**Welcome Back**" (IDFB 1) is aired. This is the first (and as of 1976 the only) episode of the third series of *Battle for Dream Island*.

### IDFB–BFB hiatus  (1968–1969)

**1968**

* October 1: 📺 "**Paper Towel**", a dialogue-free short starring Blocky and Eraser and featuring a cameo by Pen, is aired on television as a promotional short for something bigger, although what it is meant to promote is unclear. Filming took place in Mahaliland (the future setting of *Battle for BFDI*), most likely in late September, shortly after IDFB went on indefinite hiatus and all contestants returned to their home countries.

**1969**

* July 18: Rublock is born as Rubolca Betancourt Rivera in Havana, Cuba.

## **Pre-split BFB era**

### Early pre-split: BFB 1–4  (1969)

* November 3: 📺 "**Getting Teardrop to Talk**" (BFB 1) is aired. This is the first episode of the fourth series of *Battle for Dream Island*.
* November 17: 📺 "**Lick Your Way to Freedom**" (BFB 2) is aired.
* December 8: 📺 "**Why Would You Do This on a Swingset**" (BFB 3) is aired.
* December 22: 📺 "**Today's Very Special Episode**" (BFB 4) is aired.

### Middle pre-split: BFB 5–12  (1970)

**Early 1970**

* January 12: 📺 "**Fortunate Ben**" (BFB 5) is aired.
* February 2: 📺 "**Four Goes Too Far**" (BFB 6) is aired.
* February 16: 📺 "**The Liar Ball You Don't Want**" (BFB 7) is aired.
* March 10: 📺 "**Questions Answered**" (BFB 8) is aired.
* April 6: 📺 "**This Episode Is About Basketball**" (BFB 9) is aired.
* April 28: 📺 "**Enter the Exit**" (BFB 10) is aired.

**Mid-1970**

* May 27: 📺 "**Get to the Top in 500 Steps**" (BFB 11) is aired.
* July 10: 📺 "**What Do You Think of Roleplay?**" (BFB 12) is aired.

### Year-long hiatus  (1970–1971)

**Late 1970**

* September 18: Fovitwe Map is born as Blank Map in Mombasa, Kenya.

### Late pre-split: BFB 13–16  (1971–1972)

**Late 1971**

* July 11: 📺 "**Return of the Rocket Ship**" (BFB 13) is aired. It is the first of a two-part special.
* August 14: The creation date of Stape-O in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* August 24: 📺 "**Don't Dig Straight Down**" (BFB 14) is aired. It is the second of a two-part special.
* September 27: Binchana is born as B. Pradhan (Oriya: ବିଞ୍ଚଣା ପ୍ରଧାନ) in Bhubaneswar, India.
* December 14: 📺 "**The Four Is Lava**" (BFB 15) is aired.

**Early 1972**

* March 24: 📺 "**The Escape from Four**" (BFB 16) is aired. This episode essentially serves as the first public announcement of the split of BFB to *Battle for BFB* and *TPOT: The Power of Two*.

## **Post-split BFB era**

### BFB-only era  (1972)

**Mid-1972**

* April 17: 📺 "**X Marks the Spot**" (BFB 17) is aired. This is the first episode of the second part of *Battle for Dream Island*'s fourth season.
* May 4: 📺 "**Take the Tower**" (BFB 18) is aired.
* May 22: 📺 "**How Loe Can You Grow?**" (BFB 19) is aired.
* June 10: 📺 "**A Taste of Space**" (BFB 20) is aired.
* July 3: 📺 "**Let's Raid the Warehouse**" (BFB 21) is aired.
* July 24: 📺 "**Who Stole Donut's Diary?**" (BFB 22) is aired.
* August 21: 📺 "**Fashion for Your Face!**" (BFB 23) is aired.

**Late 1972**

* September 18: 📺 "**The Game Has Changed**" (BFB 24) is aired.
* October 13: 📺 "**The Tweested Temple**" (BFB 25) is aired.
* November 6: 📺 "**The Hidden Contestant**" (BFB 26) is aired.
* December 11: 📺 "**Uprooting Everything**" (BFB 27) is aired.

### BFB and TPOT era  (1972–1973)

#### BFB-related events

**Early 1973**

* January 15: 📺 "**B.F.B. (Back from Beginning)**" (BFB 28) is aired.
* February 12: 📺 "**S.O.S. (Save Our Show)**" (BFB 29) is aired.
* April 9: 📺 "**Chapter Complete**" (BFB 30) is aired. This is the final episode of the series.

#### TPOT-related events

* January 10: 📺 "**You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?**" (TPOT 1) is aired. This is the first episode of the fifth series of *Battle for Dream Island*.

*For events occurring after TPOT 1, where the canon and headcanon timelines differ once more, see either the canon-only events or the headcanon-only events page. All TPOT-related events from after January 1973 can be found on those pages.*

## Notes

1. ↑ As of 1976, the language is still known as *Oriya* in English (although in the A.V. timeline it is *Odia* in both languages).

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