So What Is The Prize?

Season 1, Episode 1

"**So What Is The Prize**" Is the first episode of BFWTPI and the first overall. It arrived on Fanfiction.Net on January 2, 2023.

## Plot

The episode starts at the meadow where Paw and Hat are talking about their dead friend Flower, who got crushed by a boulder while rock climbing. While Hat is holding her ashes, he and Paw talk about Flower's death and how it was sad. Then it soon turns into an argument on whether who's crying was louder during the funeral. Then Star stopped the argument and began to take a flying tea set from the sky so they can have a tea party. After a conversation or two, Star teaches his new friends how to drink tea. Then the bag of ashes is mentioned, making Paw sad.

Suddenly, after Star ends the tea party, a big crowd is shown walking to a sign filled with names. Soon Star, Paw, and Hat walk over to the sign as well. Everyone reads the signs with the names on them. Egg, one of the contestants, goes up to the signs and questions who Host Box and Music Note are, as soon as he says the question, a van pulls by and drops off Host Box and Music Note. Host Box and Music note announce that they are the hosts for a new object show. Coffee Mug questions what the prize is and Host Box says that it's unidentified, leading to all 28 contestants freaking out over it. Host Box makes everyone snap out of it, announces there will be 4 teams of 7, and leads them to the first challenge. Host Box then announces the challenge which states that the contestants have to stand on tall poles and try not to get hit by purse-sized bean bags filled with sunflower seeds, or else they will land a soft landing on a pillow floor. The four contestants left standing are the team captains.

After the van leaves, the contestants climb up to the top of the poles. Then the automatic bean bag thrower is revealed to the contestants, then the challenge starts. Diary gets hit first, then Neutron, then Heart, and it keeps going. Meanwhile, Host Box and Music Not talk about how they burned down the room on Christmas Eve. Back at the challenge. 6 objects are left, Coffee Mug, Bowling Pin, Paw, Hat, Star, and Wood Plank. Later, Paw and Hat also get hit. And Star, Bowling Pin, Wood Plank, and Coffee Mug are the team captains.

After getting down the poles, the team captains begin to choose their teammates. And after a while, the teams are picked. Team Awesome, Team Love, Team Power Plant, and Team Passion Fruit. The team captains write their team names on forms and submit them to the hosts.

Later that night, Team Awesome decides to lay down in the grass and count the stars. Then Paw gets sad and starts to cry. The ash bag is shown again, and Paw bursts into tears. But then Star comforts her saying Flower will be recovered some say. This makes Paw stop crying as the team continues to count stars.

### Stinger

Host Box and Music Note are having a fun time together. Then all of a sudden, Music Note falls asleep. And Host Box carries him to the bedroom in their house where they sleep.

## References

* The challenge for this episode is a combination of *ONE*'s 1st challenge and *Object Overload*'s 1st challenge. For example, there are tall wooden poles that the contestants have to balance on, and the contestants are hit by purse-sized bean bags filled with sunflower seeds by a throwing machine.
* The title of the episode and what Coffee Mug says is a reference to a line from *BFB 1: Getting Teardrop To Talk* when Eraser says "What is the prize?".
* The tea kettle that Star holds in one scene has the same asset used for Tea Kettle in *Inanimate Insanity Invitational*.
* The "able to drive on grass" van is a slight reference to the *KIRO 7* news video talking about an *Amazon* delivery van driving on a man's yard, twice.
* Every contestant saying separate lines one at a time on one setting is a slight reference to the *BFDI 17* auditions of recommended characters.
* Host Box announcing the challenge is a reference to other object shows who announce the challenge with a digital screen.
* Host Box and Music Note simultaneously saying "Right behind all of you!" is a reference to the *Imgflip* meme "Behind You".
* The automatic bean bag thrower machine is similar to the Sender Scoop Thrower from *BFDI*.
* Objects getting interrupted when hit by objects is a reference to other object shows.
* Hat yelling "TAKE COVER EVERYONE!" is a reference to Barf Bag saying a similar line in *BFB 13*.
* The bench Host Box and Music Note sit on is the same bench from *Inanimate Insanity*.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where:
	+ The hosts appear.
	+ The contestants have lines.
	+ A dead character is mentioned.