Battle For The Overload Universe

*“Don't you want to battle to win a prize?”*
―Four, Getting Bottle to Talk

**Battle For The Overload Universe (BFTOU)** is the fourth season of the *Object Universe* series and the successor to the third season UO. It aired on November 3, 2017, with the release of Getting Rocket to Talk.

A fifth season, known as *Object Universe: The Power of Two*, will air simultaneously. It was announced to premiere January 9th 2021 but due to bugs with the intro, it ended up premiering January 10th 2021. A sixth season is also planned to be made after BFTOU ends.

The prize used to be an OU, but to keep contestants competing, it was upgraded to a BFTOU. In "X Marks the Spot", the original reprise, an OU, was added to the prize pool in addition to a BFTOU. This is the first season to have two prizes.

## Overview

Unlike UO, *Battle For The Overload Universe* goes back to the traditional format of challenges and eliminations, similar to the first and second seasons. The elimination style changed to a choice of saving rather than eliminating in BFTOU 17.

The art style is more simplified and animated more loosely, which in turn allowed the running time of the first episode to be nearly half an hour long, and later episodes to be able to be made within a shorter time frame.

Many unexplained plot changes have happened to let new characters join the cast and for old characters to return. Additionally, Profily debuted as a contestant in "The Hidden Contestant".

The premiere episode, Getting Bottle to Talk, introduces the fourth season's cast as well as the new hosts, Four and X from the 2008 TeenChampion video, X Finds Out His Value.

Although the release of UO confirmed the end of OT, the release of BFTOU does not confirm the end of UO. Since all the characters are present (except for Evil Window and Metal Window), including the ones that were originally trapped in the Locker of Losers, this might mean that UO is not canceled and BFTOU takes place sometime in the future. However, it is highly possible, as stated by Sam in his BFTOU 1 reaction video.

## Characters

### Remaining Contestants

* Propeller Hat
* Masky
* Bottle

### Hosts

* Four
* X (was originally/temporarily co-host of The Power of Two)
* Coney (temporarily while Four was missing, and X was hiding)
* Purple Face (co-co-host since "Uprooting Everything")
* Window (co-host with X when Four colored The Desert)

### Eliminated contestants

* Toaster ("Lick Your Way to Freedom": 4,595 downvotes)
* Rubik's Cube ("Today's Very Special Episode": 9,168 downvotes)
* Basketball ("Fortunate Ben": 7,553 downvotes)
* Ball ("Four Goes Too Far": 8,254 downvotes)
* Boombox ("Questions Answered": 4,814 downvotes)
* Picture ("This Episode Is About Basketball": 9,028 downvotes)
* Boxing Glove ("Enter the Exit": 11,292 downvotes)
* Pearly ("What Do You Think of Roleplay?": 12,758 downvotes)
* Remote ("Return of the Rocket Ship": 10,000 downvotes)
* Golf Club ("The Four is Lava": 11,109 downvotes)
* Ping Pong Ball, Magnet, Mii U, Melony, Fly Swat, Button, Dusty, Disc, Paper Airplane, Snowglobe, Lighter, Coney, Icicle, Baseball, Globe (O.T), Cup, Disco Ball, 3DS, Candy, Toothy, Map, Tissue, Casey, Soccer Ball, Asthma Inhaler, TV, USB, Butter, Atlas, Luigi Hat, Balloon, Tetris Block, Whistle, Cherry, Crayon, Tennis Racket, Tiki, Popcorn, Globe (O.O), and Milk ("The Escape from Four": Quit to join The Power of Two)
* Kite ("Take the Tower": 3,516 upvotes)
* Rocket ("How Loe Can You Grow?": 3,283 upvotes)
* Mario Hat ("A Taste of Space": 7,573 upvotes)
* Badge ("Let's Raid the Warehouse": 5,600 upvotes)
* Marble ("Who Stole Coney's Diary?": 10,565 upvotes)
* Television ("Fashion For Your Face!": 6,374 upvotes)
* Locky ("The Game Has Changed": 11,229 upvotes)
* Clock ("The Tweested Temple": 12,705 upvotes)
* Bubble Gum ("The Hidden Contestant": 9,843 upvotes)
* Profily ("The Hidden Contestant": 0 upvotes)
* Ice Cream ("Uprooting Everything": 9,684 upvotes)
* Top Hat ("B.F.T.O.U. = Back From Beginning"): 12,113 upvotes)

### Contestants that rejoined

* Top Hat (eliminated in "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset": 6,926 votes; rejoined in "Get to the Top in 500 Steps": 13,835 votes; later eliminated in "B.F.T.O.U. = Back From Beginning")
* Badge (eliminated in "The Liar Ball You Don't Want": 12,062 votes; rejoined in "The Escape from Four"; later eliminated in "Let's Raid The Warehouse")
* Rocket (eliminated in "The Escape from Four": 22,845 votes; rejoined in the same episode, later eliminated in "How Loe Can You Grow?")

## Teams

* BFTOU 1
* BFTOU 2
* BFTOU 3
* BFTOU 4
* BFTOU 5
* BFTOU 6
* BFTOU 7
* BFTOU 8
* BFTOU 9
* BFTOU 10
* BFTOU 11
* BFTOU 12
* BFTOU 13/14
* BFTOU 15
* BFTOU 16 (Pre-Split)
* BFTOU 16 (Post-Split)
* BFTOU 17
* BFTOU 18
* BFTOU 19
* BFTOU 20
* BFTOU 21
* BFTOU 22
* BFTOU 23
* BFTOU 24
* BFTOU 25
* BFTOU 26
* BFTOU 27
* BFTOU 28
The 64 contestants are divided into 8 teams of 8.

Toaster is eliminated.

Top Hat is eliminated.

Rubik's Cube is eliminated.

Basketball is eliminated.

Ball is eliminated.

Badge is eliminated.

Boombox is eliminated.

Picture is eliminated.

Boxing Glove is eliminated.

Top Hat rejoins.

Pearly is eliminated.

Remote is eliminated.

Golf Club is eliminated.

Rocket is eliminated.

Rocket and Badge escape from the EXIT, and join the show. Ping Pong Ball, Magnet, Mii U, Melony, Fly Swat, Button, Dusty, Disc, Paper Airplane, Snowglobe, Lighter, Coney, Icicle, Baseball, Globe (O.T), Cup, Disco Ball, 3DS, Candy, Toothy, Map, Tissue, Casey, Soccer Ball, Asthma Inhaler, TV, USB, Butter, Atlas, Luigi Hat, Balloon, Tetris Block, Whistle, Cherry, Crayon, Tennis Racket, Tiki, Popcorn, Globe (O.O), and Milk all join TPOT instead, thus leaving BFTOU. The teams were disbanded and new teams were formed in the next episode.

The contestants are split into two teams depending on whether their color is similar to Four or X.

Kite is eliminated.

Rocket is eliminated.

Mario Hat is eliminated.

Badge is eliminated.

Marble is eliminated.

Television is eliminated.

Locky is eliminated and the teams merge.

Clock is eliminated.

Bubble Gum is eliminated; Profily claims that they were in the game all along, but is eliminated later in the same episode.

Ice Cream is eliminated.

A team consisting of the remaining four contestants is formed, but then after the elimination gets disbanded in the same episode. Top Hat is eliminated.

## Trivia

* This season features the most contestants out of OU, with 65 of them.
	+ However, when just counting contestants who were eliminated before the split, those who did not join TPOT, and those who joined after the merger (Profily), a total of 25 contestants participated purely in BFTOU. 4 more than OU and 3 more than OT.
* Strangely, Evil Window and Metal Window are the only 2 contestants not to appear in this season. This is most likely due to Evil Window being the antagonist and Metal Window being more of a joke. (However, this doesn't mean that they will not appear later.)
	+ Metal Window was considered for the show, but at the time, the crew agreed he would be a waste of a slot.
	+ Metal Window would have been mentioned in a scrapped storyboard of BFTOU 3.
	+ Evil Window was seen as a recommended character by Diamondcup67 in BFTOU 6.
		- Metal Window was also seen as a recommended character by Pezzottable in BFTOU 14.
		- Metal Window also was eligible to join in BFTOU 16.
* There is an equal ratio of male to female contestants with 32 of each gender.
	+ This is also the case for the show after the split with 7 of each gender.
		- Interestingly, the EXIT, after the split, has 5 of each gender, making the gender ratio for BFTOU overall still equal even if one ignores the TPOT contestants.
* Prior to "The Escape from Four", it's possible that Battle For The Overload Universe takes place in Yoyleland, as the tower on top of the Yoyle Mountain can be seen in multiple scenes, like seen in the picture on the right.
	+ However, it is more likely that the season's location is nearby Yoyleland because the grass isn't purple, if the nearby land wasn't terraformed off camera.
	+ After the events of "The Escape from Four", BFTOU now takes place at The Pillary Ruins; TPOT will be held at BFTOU's original location.
	+ As of "The Hidden Contestant", the game is moving to a new location.
	+ In "Uprooting Everything", it is shown the new location is The Desert from "Getting Bottle to Talk".
* Ever since "X Marks the Spot", TPOT contestants can only make cameo appearances.
* As a result of the split:
	+ There are 7 members of the Squishy Cherries and only 3 original Squashy Grapes.
	+ Rocket is the only armless contestant, not counting contestants who lack limbs entirely.
	+ Golf Club, Masky, Clock and Mario Hat are the only OT contestants.
	+ Basketball and Picture are the only members of their respective teams.
	+ Boombox is the only ball contestant.
	+ Ball is the only mechanical mind.
* The intro is always started by a character using their limb to resemble Four.
* The intro's song is called "MUSIC OF FOUR'S 3D HAND".
* Before the second half starts, a faint voice clip of the objects saying "Switch" over and over can be heard, which is taken from "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know".
* The hosts, Four and X, previously appeared in a 2008 TeenChampion animation called "X Finds Out His Value".
	+ As of BFTOU 6, they disappeared through Four's multiplication with Coney.
	+ As of BFTOU 9, X has returned, being found out as a disguised as fries within Disco Ball.
	+ As of BFTOU 10, Four has been recovered by Luigi Hat.
* This is the first season not to have past episode release dates.
	+ However, the creators sometimes announce the release date for the future episode(s) after the voting. For example, Satomi Hinatsu has announced the release time of BFTOU 12 on July 10, 2018.
	+ As of BFTOU 17, episode release dates are announced from non-canon videos directly preceding the main episodes.
* The original OU assets for facial features and limbs aren't used in BFTOU (except in the air fluttering, most walking and running, other rare occasions, and sometimes even as a joke).
* Since OU, OT, and UO use the same animation style, BFTOU decided to use a new animation style where the mouth, arms, and legs are hand-drawn, and the animation is mostly done frame-by-frame.
	+ Although before BFTOU a similar animation style was also used in "OU is Back" and "Paper Towel".
* This is the first season in which previously eliminated contestants aren't held in the TLC. Instead, the first 12 contestants are held inside the EXIT and the rest are held in the BRB.
* This is the first season where a female is in last place. (Note that Bubble Gum was last place in OU as Propeller Hat rejoined late and finished 4th/21, and Coney was 22nd/22.)
* This is the second season where a female contestant got eliminated first (Toaster) chronologically, the first being Propeller Hat in Season 1.
* This is the first season to not have a member of the Squashy Grapes be the first original contestant eliminated.
* This is the first season that Boxing Glove and Golf Club appeared together, however they are in different teams, as Boxing Glove is on Beep and Golf Club is on Bleh.
* The BFTOU intro was the first intro to feature the host, unlike the intros of OU, OT, and UO.
* The show is animated with Animate CC and saved on this folder.
* This is the first season of OU in 6 years to get past five episodes.
	+ This is due to OU reaching 6 episodes on June 1, 2010, OT 6 being canceled, and UO going on its "best hiatus ever."
		- UO 2 is having an intentional hiatus, thus getting the name, "OU's best hiatus ever!"
* Pearly, Rocket, and Locky all reach their third elimination.
* Because of his elimination in "How Loe Can You Grow?", Rocket has become the first contestant to be eliminated four times.
* Locky, Propeller Hat, Bottle, and Bubble Gum all made it farther than they did in OU.
	+ Bottle also made it farther than she did in OT.
* The scene backgrounds used in this series are from Paper Towel.
* Just like the previous seasons, BFTOU Stingers always take place at night.
	+ However, this isn't true for BFTOU 16 and BFTOU 26.
* This season marks the first time where Top Hat, Television, and Clock were eliminated.
* The average number of limbs of a BFTOU contestant is 2.98.
* This is the first season to have contestants both join and rejoin without viewer votes or a contest.
* This is the first season to feature a double elimination, as seen in "The Hidden Contestant".
* The logo with X and Four spell out "bftou", X's feet being the b's and Four in the middle being an f, all in lowercase.
	+ However, in the "Battle for Nothing" intro shown in "Enter the Exit", X appears to be frowning. His other foot now forms an "n", and Four is just an outline. The logo spells out "bfn".
* When someone is walking or running, the running animation for BFTOU is used.
* BFTOU episodes were expected to come out every two weeks despite no official schedule for them ever being made, but many episodes were released in three weeks or more, and one of them was released barely over a year after the one preceding it.
	+ As of the post-split, they are expected to be released 3-4 weeks after the previously released episode on Friday.
		- However, BFTOU 25 was released on a Tuesday, on October 13, 2020.
		- Additionally, BFTOU 27 was released 5 weeks after BFTOU 26.
* During the Q&A of the 2019 OU + OM Meetup, Niall stated that the host of BFTOU was originally going to be a giant spider.
* The first episode was released the same day as the iPhone X, which is coincidental as X is the co-host.
* BFTOU was originally going to be called Sloppy OU.
* This is the first season to have teams selected by the host, as seen in "X Marks the Spot".
* Top Hat is the only contestant to be on three teams. He started on Beep, rejoined on The Losers!, then joined the Have Cots after the split.
	+ Clock and Cherry are the only other characters to be on three teams in one season. They were on all three teams in Season 1.
* The contestants not in the Final 14 of BFTOU were originally going to be killed off, and The Power of Two was not considered early on.
* This is the second season to reach the merge phase, with the first being OU.
* This is the first season to surpass the number of OU episodes.
* This is the first season to have a team form in the middle of the merge.
* This season will be the second season to have a proper ending, the first being Object Universe.