Fake TPOT: Timeline of in-universe events/Headcanon events

On this page you will find a comprehensive timeline documenting all the events that have taken place within this particular headcanon of the BFDI series. This timeline covers the events that took place between the supposed "end" of BFDIA (1965) and the beginning of BFB (1969), with a few canonical events in between that are also covered in the parallel "both canon and headcanon" timeline. It also includes the entirety of *Fake TPOT* (1973–1990), as it has been established that episodes made after the first episode can no longer be canon.

For events that take place exclusively in either the canon or both universes, see the linked pages in the navigation box directly below this text.

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**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)**

## **Post-BFDIA hiatus**  (1965–1968)

*The canon version of this era corresponds to the period during which new episodes of BFDIA were filmed and broadcast. Details of canon events from February 1965 to August 1968 can be found on that page.*

## ***Fake TPOT* era**  (1973–1990)

*The canon version of this era corresponds to the period during which canonical episodes of TPOT (and most likely other series) were filmed and broadcast. Details of canon events after January 1974 can be found on that page.*

### Act I: TPOT 2–6  (1973–1974)

#### **1973**

* May 21: 📺 "**Horseback Lightswitch**" (TPOT 2) is aired.
* September 30: 📺 "**Good Day and Good News**" (TPOT 3) is aired.

#### **1974**

* February 9: 📺 "**All Boxed In**" (TPOT 4) is aired.
* June 21: 📺 "**So This Is Life**" (TPOT 5a) is aired, the beginning of the customary two-part specials that take place every fifth episode of the series.
* August 26: 📺 "**Two Rocks the Elderly**" (TPOT 5b) is aired.
* October 31: 📺 "**The Seekers Are Inn!**" (TPOT 6) is aired.

### Act II: TPOT 7–12  (1975–1976)

#### **1975**

* March 12: 📺 "**Canned Laughter in the Rain**" (TPOT 7) is aired.
* July 5: 📺 "**The Switchgate**" (TPOT 8) is aired.
* October 28: 📺 "**Eraser to Go(ne)**" (TPOT 9) is aired.

#### **1976**

* February 20: 📺 "**Little Hotel on the Savannah**" (TPOT 10a) is aired.
* April 17: 📺 "**Press Two to Clear**" (TPOT 10b) is aired.
* June 14: 📺 "**Oratoria Polyglottica**" (TPOT 11) is aired.
* October 7: 📺 "**Death P.A.C.T. Takes a Holiday**" (TPOT 12) is aired, the first in a series of double-length act finales.

### Act III: TPOT 13–18  (1977–1978)

#### **1977**

* May 25: 📺 "**File in the Cab!**" (TPOT 13) is aired.
* September 17: 📺 "**The One Where No One Has Common Sense**" (TPOT 14) is aired.

#### **1978**

* January 10: 📺 "**Can You Tell Me?**" (TPOT 15a) is aired.
* March 9: 📺 "**Oh, I Don't Know**" (TPOT 15b) is aired.
* May 5: 📺 "**Stewards of the Scenery**" (TPOT 16) is aired.
* August 29: 📺 "**Block City Rockers**" (TPOT 17) is aired.
* December 22: 📺 "**Like Game**" (TPOT 18) is aired.

### Act IV: TPOT 19–24  (1979–1981)

#### **1979**

* August 9: 📺 "**Laisser Tomber Les Balles**" (TPOT 19) is aired.
* December 2: 📺 "**Teamwork (Take Six)**" (TPOT 20a) is aired.

#### **1980**

* January 28: 📺 "**Pumping Iridium**" (TPOT 20b) is aired.
* March 26: 📺 "**45 RPM to Your Doom!**" (TPOT 21) is aired.
* July 19: 📺 "**Shadows... in the Light**" (TPOT 22) is aired.
* November 11: 📺 "**Alphabet Two-p**" (TPOT 23) is aired.

#### **Early 1981**

* March 6: 📺 "**It Was a Very Good Year**" (TPOT 24) is aired as a quadruple-length mid-season special.

### Act V: TPOT 25–32  (1981–1983)

#### **Late 1981**

* October 22: 📺 "**A Cheese Puff**" (TPOT 25a) is aired.
* December 19: 📺 "**Chocolate Solder**" (TPOT 25b) is aired.

#### **1982**

* February 15: 📺 "**Taking the Plunge Once More**" (TPOT 26) is aired.
* June 10: 📺 "**Who Says Younger = Better?**" (TPOT 27) is aired.
* October 3: 📺 "**Englowchment**" (TPOT 28) is aired.

#### **1983**

* January 26: 📺 "**The 250 Club**" (TPOT 29) is aired.
* May 21: 📺 "**A Time to Let Go**" (TPOT 30a) is aired.
* July 18: 📺 "**Return of the Rock Ship**" (TPOT 30b) is aired.

### Act VI: TPOT 33–38  (1984–1985)

#### **1984**

* January 6: 📺 "**The Call of Wagtayatli**" (TPOT 31) is aired.
* April 30: 📺 "**Squ̇āshy**" (TPOT 32) is aired.
* August 23: 📺 "**Beyond the Sea**" (TPOT 33) is aired.
* December 16: 📺 "**Topendia Tuorum**" (TPOT 34) is aired.

#### **1985**

* April 11: 📺 "**B\*R\*A\*S\*I\*L**" (TPOT 35a) is aired.
* June 7: 📺 "**This Insvenska Thing**" (TPOT 35b) is aired.
* August 4: 📺 "**These Aren't the Peace Talks You're Looking For**" (TPOT 36) is aired.

### Act VII: TPOT 39–42  (1986–1987)

#### **1986**

* March 22: 📺 "**High Anxiety**" (TPOT 37) is aired.
* July 15: 📺 "**A Ruff Estimate**" (TPOT 38) is aired.
* November 7: 📺 "**Designing Objects**" (TPOT 39) is aired.

#### **1987**

* March 2: 📺 "**Another Voyage Home**" (TPOT 40a) is aired.
* April 29: 📺 "**Entrance Fee: 1 Point**" (TPOT 40b) is aired.
* June 25: 📺 "**Your Own Private-Eye Phones!**" (TPOT 41) is aired as a double-length special.
* October 18: 📺 "**How the Host Was One**" (TPOT 42p) is aired without prior announcement as a double-length prelude.
* October 25: 📺 "**The Password Is *Family***" (TPOT 42) is aired.

### Act VIII: TPOT 43–48  (1988–1990)

#### **1988**

* June 4: 📺 "**Ten Is Enough**" (TPOT 43) is aired.
* September 28: 📺 "**Cherries & CAT Scans**" (TPOT 44) is aired.

#### **1989**

* January 21: 📺 "**A'ight Told You So**" (TPOT 45a) is aired as the first part of this series' only three-part specials.
* March 6: 📺 "**Nine Kids on the Block**" (TPOT 45b) is aired as the series' last regular length episode.
* April 20: 📺 "**The Amazing Reverse Race**" (TPOT 45c) is aired as a double-length episode and the final part of this special.
* July 17: 📺 "**We Can Sail, We Can Sail**" (TPOT 46) is aired as a quadruple-length special.
* October 13: 📺 "Pencil? Two? Oh." (TPOT 47) is aired as a backdoor pilot consisting of two episode segments, both double in length: "**And Your Name Is...**" and "**Guess Who's Coming to Dinner**".

#### **1990**

* January 10: 📺 Exactly seventeen years after the series premiere, "**Soon As We May**" (TPOT 48) is aired as a septuple-length special. This is the final episode of the series.