BFB 17 In a Nutshell

“I MISS X!!!” - Four (see A Main Character)

**BFB 17 In a Nutshell** is the first episode of the third season of **Number Squad** and the 61st episode overall. This Episode takes place straight after BFB 16. In this episode, Four misses X (Cohost (X)), and the other contestants have to get X back for Four before disaster ensues.

**Note**: This episode took place during BFB 17.

## Plot

### After they got Teleported

The episode begins with a **TITLE CARD!** We then arrive at the Pillary Ruins where all 14 contestants, including Four, have been transported to the Pillary Ruins, also known as Elsewhere on Earth. All of the contestants explore the scenery, and Four wanders off to sit near a tree and become unresponsive. Blocky says that the situation is getting ridiculous, and complains about Four’s sudden behaviour. Balloony suggests talking to her, and Taco says that it’s a great idea for a noob! She then reminds Balloony that Four told X to leave her, as seen in “The Escape from Four”. Blocky walks up to Four and tells her what the matter is. Four says she doesn’t know, and that she wants X to come back. She says that ever since the incident from BFB 16, she hasn’t been her old self. A flashback to the 16th BFB episode plays, whereas it shows the moment that broke the 4X ship.

### Four starts Crying for X

Blocky tells Four that the show is getting off track, but he is interrupted by Four’s crying, as she says “I miss X!”, whilst Blocky says “I know you do.” He wants Four to be happy again, so he talks to the other contestants and they have a chit chat. Teardrop comes up with a plan, and tells everyone that they can take the Freesmart Super Van. Four is left with Blocky, who plays a machine that has recorded every time Four has screeched in the Pre-split BFB series. This ends up stunning and incapacitating both Four and Blocky.

### Ruby Singing

The FSSV’s radio is busted, so Ruby decides to lighten the mood with singing. She starts singing as Lollipop covers her ears. Leafy reluctantly joins in, as Lollipop shakes in her seat, wondering when her pain will go away. Gelatin notices they’re almost at Goiky, so Ruby drives extremely fast. Then, a police car heads towards them, and Ruby sinks in her seat.

### Attempts on Cheering Up Four

Four hadn’t moved from her spot, which concerned Taco and Spongy. Loser discusses a plan with his fellow teammates in an attempt to cheer Four up. Four looks up at them, and tells them that there’s nothing they can do to make her happy again, and she begins crying again, as Taco hugs her. Then Firey comes in and says, “Well, at least you’re not with Two.” Four smiles, and thanks Firey for making her happy. But then, Spongy had to ruin everything by saying this: “But, doesn’t X like Two better than you, Four?” Taco sneered at him, and his cruel words made Four start crying all over again. Taco and Loser facepalm.

### Trouble with the Police

Soon after, the crew hear police sirens. The police officer comes up to the Freesmart Super Van, and taps on the window. It opens and Ruby peeps her head out. The policeman asks her how fast she was travelling, but Ruby responded with, “Do you take Yoyleberries?” The police officer doesn’t take them, and asks for Ruby’s drivers license. Ruby gives it to him, and he allows her to pass, and lets her off on a warning. The FSSV speeds off, leaving the police officer with a handful of berries.

### Four Hours of Crying Later...

Back at the Pillary Ruins, the other contestants are still dealing with Four’s loud as heck crying. Loser tries to reassure her that everything is fine, but Four says, “No, it’s not! It’s so difficult to deal with your friend leaving you for **HIM**!” Spongy takes back what he said earlier and reassures Four that maybe she’s better off without her cohost. This made Four start her third wind, as she continued crying. The other contestants facepalmed again, as Spongy floor-palmed(facepalming without arms).

### Journey Back to Goiky

Back in Goiky, X and Two are seen playing Patty Cake! The FSSV shows up, ready to take X home to Four. However, Pin interrupts them, and holds onto X, saying that she prefers X as a host rather than Four. All of the other TPOT contestants agree, and they tie X to Donut’s legs. They cheer, until Two comes along. He sees that X and Donut are tied together, so he asks his contestants why they did that. Coiny says that they want X to stay as their host, but X wants to go back to Four because she wanted to explain herself. Donut is uncomfortable with X being tied up to his legs, so he unties her and lets her go. X shakes his hands and runs into the FSSV. The FSSV drives off back to the Pillary Ruins.

### X comes Back

Four is still depressed that X isn’t with her, until she hears a little beep beep heading her way. She looks into the distance, and sees the FSSV arriving back. X then rushes out and hugs Four. Four hugs her back. Blocky comes back after recovering from the blatant screeching from earlier. X talks to Four about what happened between them in BFB 16. Four then reminds X that the latter was going to switch to Two’s show. But, then X explains that she didn’t want to switch, and that it was hard to decide. Four comes to realisation that X didn’t want to leave her, and then Four begins kissing X. The episode ends with them both drinking juice boxes.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode with ocular gushers
	+ Coincidentally, Four is the first character that has cried waterfalls
* This episode takes place between BFB 17 and BFB 18
* The Four crying scene is a reference to BFDIA where Pencil pressured Ruby into pressing a button
* This is one of the dozen episodes and counting where Teardrop said something.
* This is the first episode where Four was affected by her own screeching.
* This is the first episode where Ruby got into trouble
	+ This is also the first time she spoke to a police officer
* This is one of the dozen NS episodes where Four was crying(Go to Crying Scenes in Number Squad for more information)
* Four was crying five times in this episode; once when she says that she misses X, again when she states that there’s nothing the contestants can do that can cheer her up, again wher Spongy says, “But doesn’t X like Two better than you, Four?”, again when she doesn’t stop crying, and a fifth time when Spongy said “Well, maybe you’re better off without your cohost.”
* There are still teams in this episode. This time, they were given team names
* There are two storylines in this episode: The Have Cots going to bring back X and running into a bit of trouble with the police officer, and the Have Nots trying to stop Four’s loud crying noises.
* This is the first episode where Four is seen kissing X

## References

* This episode is the debut of the Pillary Ruins, which appeared in BFB 17 - 26 and in BFB 30
* Goiky makes an appearance in this episode
* The “Just go!” scene makes a debut in this episode
* Juice boxes are present in this episode, where they made an appearance in BFB 16