8-Ball

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**8-Ball** is a male object contestant on *Battle for BFDI* and was one of the 30 recommended characters who had a chance to join the game during "The Reveal". However, in "Reveal Novum", he failed to become a contestant, coincidentally getting only 8 votes and placing 16th, tied with Book.

8-Ball also had a chance to join *Battle for Dream Island Again*, but he failed yet again, placing 29th with only 154 votes and was yet again tossed into the Locker of Losers. He had a chance to join IDFB, but he got 110 votes tying with Marker and Pie.  He competed in *Battle for BFDI* on the team 'A Better Name Than That' until he was coincidentally eliminated in the eighth episode of BFB, "Questions Answered", with 4,814 votes.

## Appearance

8-Ball appears to be a #8 billiard ball, a ball used to play the table game Billiards (also referred to as Pool). 8-Ball, along with Match, Dora, David, Teardrop, Blocky, Donut, Pen, Grassy, and Black Hole were the only eliminated contestants to not be (heavily) redesigned in IDFB.

### Changes

#### BFDI 15

* 8-Ball has legs.
* 8-Ball's 8 is towards the right of his side.
* 8-Balls two legs are uneven.

#### BFDI 17

* 8-Ball's 8 is toward the top.
* 8-Ball has a shine gradient toward the top.
* 8-Ball loses his legs.

#### IDFB/BFB

* 8-Ball's body is a bit brighter.
* 8 Ball's asset is mirrored.
* 8-Ball moves by rolling.

## Status

8-Ball was eliminated in "Questions Answered" and was one of the five eliminated males sent to the EXIT in "Enter the Exit" after Four was recovered. Currently, his fumes are affecting Saw.

## Personality

8-Ball always wants everyone to know that he does not have a favorite number despite his name. He speaks with a bland, monotone voice, except when A Better Name Than That almost lost in "Today's Very Special Episode" because of him, he got emotional and almost started to cry when apologizing to Golf Ball. In "Getting Teardrop to Talk", 8-Ball successfully managed the team after Golf Ball's death without being too controlling or bossy. 8-Ball's excellent leadership gives him the title of team captain in "Lick Your Way to Freedom".

However, he became a contrarian to Golf Ball in later episodes. It was later revealed that he was joking and trying to add humor to his team the entire time. The other team members however, still obeyed him rather than Golf Ball, causing the team to almost lose twice. 8-Ball's attempts at humor show that he tries to lift the spirit of the team and boost morale with good intentions, though he often comes across as somewhat dim-witted at not seeing the negative effects of his sarcasm.

## *Official Character Guide* biography

8-Ball is a pool ball-the black 8 to be exact. Unlike the other balls, he moves around by rolling.

8-Ball will not let people forget that he doesn't have a favorite number. Despite his uninterested tone of voice, he inspired his team to overthrow Golf Ball as its leader. Everyone seems to listen to him whenever he opposes Golf Ball's directions. In fact, Basketball is 8-Ball's closest follower, asking him for guidance during BFB's most tumultuous time.

**Did You Know?:** 8-Ball has never counted to 9.

## Coverage

### Appearances

* Battle for Dream Island
	+ "Vomitaco" (cameo)
	+ "The Reveal"
	+ "Reveal Novum"
	+ "Return of the Hang Glider" (cameo)
* Battle for Dream Island Again
	+ "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know" (does not speak coherently)
	+ "No More Snow!" (cameo)
* IDFB
	+ "Welcome Back" (voting screen)
* Battle for BFDI
	+ "Getting Teardrop to Talk"
	+ "Lick Your Way to Freedom"
	+ "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset"
	+ "Today's Very Special Episode"
	+ "Fortunate Ben" (does not speak)
	+ "Four Goes Too Far"
	+ "The Liar Ball You Don't Want "
	+ "Questions Answered" (eliminated)
	+ "This Episode Is About Basketball" (flashback)
	+ "Enter the Exit"
	+ "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" (last appearance for now)

### Battle for BFDI

In "Getting Teardrop to Talk", he is first seen talking to Gaty, asking her what her favorite number is. When Gaty replies with 3, 8-Ball says he doesn't have a favorite number. He joins A Better Name Than That, and helps recruit Golf Ball and Tennis Ball for the team. During the challenge, 8-Ball is used to bring the basket down to the ground according to Golf Ball's plan. He appoints himself as team leader after Blocky kills Golf Ball, and successfully helps the team get the basket to X.

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In "Lick Your Way to Freedom", he bites a jawbreaker, opening it and revealing Golf Ball to be inside, making their team safe. The team known as A Better Name Than That appointed him as the new and current team leader, due to Golf Ball not treating Grassy with respect.

In "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset", 8-Ball takes advantage of his place as the team leader and orders his team to do the opposite of whatever Golf Ball says, beginning this spree of sarcasm, much to Golf Ball's dismay.

In "Today's Very Special Episode", 8-Ball once again does the opposite of what Golf Ball says about not loafing around until the timer is about to reach 0:00. After his team barely passed, 8-Ball suddenly drops his bland voice and apologizes to the team about how he didn't listen to Golf Ball's original command to go to work and nearly lost because of him. Golf Ball realizes that 8-Ball doesn't always have his bland, robotic voice and maybe a bad leader after all but her deduction was ignored by the rest of her team, except Robot Flower.

In "Four Goes Too Far", Basketball complains about Four being so destructive. She asks 8-Ball what to do about this, but he says Golf Ball has the answer. When Golf Ball tells A Better Name Than That to get on his rocket, 8-Ball jokingly commands the team to do the opposite, which causes Golf Ball to get somewhat upset.

In "The Liar Ball You Don't Want", while contestants from team Template:BlehWord throw instructions at Tennis Ball who is trying to control Remote to defend their goals in the challenge, 8-Ball informs them that they are doing their best.

In "Questions Answered", his team A Better Name Than That is up for this episode. 8-Ball and his team are still seen on the Moon until Donut unites both the Earth and the Moon. In Cake at Stake, he got the most votes out of his entire team, placing him 58th. 8-Ball is then crushed to death by the Moon, and his fumes are inhaled by Saw, which causes her to shout "Eight!" at random times during the quiz show.

In "Enter the Exit", Four is recovered and Clock tells him which contestants had died. Four recovers them, 8-Ball included, but Clock then remembers he was eliminated so he gets sucked up by Four. After all the eliminated contestants who weren't yet sucked up get sucked up, 8-Ball notices a door. This leads to the EXIT. When the first four eliminated contestants wonder why there is a talking jawbreaker, he informs them that it's Loser, however, he states that because he lied, they all hated him. Bracelety says she still doesn't hate him until 8-Ball says that Ice Cube hated him, changing her mind. Later Four announces to the class that one of the eliminated contestants would rejoin the show. Pencil says that she's been dying to get out of the class, followed by 8-Ball and Stapy also stating this, leading to Liy reminding them they just got there. During his audition to rejoin, 8-Ball says that he shouldn't be in math class because he already knows what the most important number is. He's about to say eight but is then interrupted by Four singing, causing him to say four. He then whispers to the viewers "times 2." However, Four hears this and attacks him.

In "Get to the Top in 500 Steps", 8-Ball only received 998 votes to rejoin, keeping him in EXIT. When he asks Liy if she's sad she didn't rejoin, Liy points to the door in the back of the classroom and tells him she's found her next adventure.

## Votes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 4
 11

Total votes

## Deaths

1. "Reveal Novum": Gets crushed by the Sun with the other recommended characters in the LOL.
2. "Questions Answered": Is crushed by the Moon.

## Trivia

* In "Getting Teardrop to Talk", almost all of 8-Ball's lines start with "(Although) I don't have a favorite number," referencing his debut audition in "The Reveal".
	+ This has seemingly stopped in the later episodes of *BFB*. However, it has shown up again while he was apologizing to Golf Ball in "Today's Very Special Episode" and in "Questions Answered" before he was crushed.
	+ However, in "Enter the Exit", he tries to tell the viewers that 8 is the most important number.
		- However on his worksheet in "Get To The Top In 500 Steps", the "what is your favorite number" question is answered with "I don't have one".
* He is the only limbless character voiced by Cary Huang.
* 8-Ball is the only ball character whose name is separated with a hyphen.
* 8-Ball is the only character with a number in their name, aside from Four.
* In "No More Snow!", he can be seen in the forest.
* Both of his deaths involve being crushed.
	+ When being crushed, he didn't explode into blue liquid, which might suggest that he's a billiard ball rather than a magic 8-ball.
	+ 8-Ball is the only one who has been crushed by both the sun and the moon.
* 8-Ball is first out of all the Season 4 contestants when sorted in alphabetically, as his name starts with a number.
* 8-Ball is the only recommended character who joined BFB to not get a redesign.
* 8-Ball moves by rolling around, and is the only character to regularly do this (aside from Pin when she didn't have limbs, Puffball when she was bandaged up, and Yellow Face on a few occasions).
* 8-Ball temporarily acted as the new leader of A Better Name Than That after replacing Golf Ball.
	+ He would later allow Golf Ball to be in charge again in "Four Goes Too Far".
* Coincidentally, he got 8 votes in "Reveal Novum".
	+ He was also eliminated in "Questions Answered", the eighth episode of BFB.
	+ He also got in 8th place of votes to rejoin in "Get to the Top in 500 Steps".
* 8-Ball is one of the few characters who have never survived an elimination; the others are Bracelety, Loser, Liy, Dora, and Stapy.
* 8-Ball, along with Bell, Roboty, Puffball, Yellow Face, Black Hole, and Pin (in BFDIA), are the only contestants without limbs.
* In "Getting Teardrop to Talk", when 8-Ball was launched by the trebuchet, he has an old mouth asset, but it only appears briefly.
* He is one of the few contestants to have white facial features rather than the usual black. This also applies to Remote, Cake, and TV.
* He is one of the main protagonists of The BFDI Objects Series
* In BFDI Objects 8-Ball wears a big 8-ball pendant attached to him

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## References

1. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13dUHjWwflvXt2cuW-oGNV29z6XK3KunzWfHPonZoX0M/edit#gid=1397548773

## See also

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