Newbie Alliance

The **Newbie Alliance** was an alliance led by James, that consisted of individuals who were originally intended to participate in *IBLFB*, prior to its fall into obscurity. Participating in the *Battle for BFLBI* initiative, the members of the Newbie Alliance split up to join three separate teams during the competition. During the first challenge, all members of the Newbie Alliance ended up going deceased.

## History

### Cancellation of *IBLFB*

*"We're the Newbies. We were supposed to debut in a BFLBI Reboot that never came to be. We never got our chance to compete..."*
―James[src]
In 2015, Silverhawk planned to create a reboot to *Battle for LittleBigIsland*, having previously cancelled that show so he could prioritize *Out Walking the Dog?* more. Developing the reboot, entitled *IBLFB*, Silverhawk made Simon the host, and sought to bring on board several new people to participate in the competition as contestants, alongside the contestants that were featured in the original show. Eventually, development on the reboot came to a immediate halt, leading everyone involved to be laid off. James, one of the proposed contestants for *IBLFB*, eventually united with several others, including Shane, Dan, Alex, Robert Robertson and Jacques, and became the leader of the newly-established **Newbie Alliance**. James and the Newbie Alliance would later become members of the Disco Jam, where he met and befriended Sam.

### *Battle for BFLBI: The Power of Tanner*

#### Return to Goiky

*"The original had seventeen contestants, now there are twenty-four of us! Some of us won't be able to compete! We gotta find the host before any more wacky characters show up and steal our spots!"*
―Chris[src]

In 2022, James got the members of the Newbie Alliance back together so they could party at the Disco Jam. Following James, the members of the Newbie Alliance went to Goiky to pick up Sam, who James had previously invited to come join them. Upon arrival, the group introduced themselves to Sam's friends, the original BFLBI Contestants. Meeting Mark, James explained how he and the other Newbies were originally supposed to participate in *IBLFB*, until it was cancelled. The group were suddenly startled as an invisible Dan tried to scare the group as if he was a ghost, only for his cloaking device to malfunction and reveal himself to his friends.

Due to the Newbie Alliance's arrival, Chris became notable that there was now 24 of them, and became paranoid that some of them won't be able to compete in the upcoming new season of *Battle for LittleBigIsland*, and made it his urgent mission to find the Announcer before any more potential competitors showed up. The members of the Newbie Alliance were all eventually sucked into a Black Atom created by Harold, where they were sent to Silverhawk and Four's location. Being dragged into the *Battle for BFLBI* initiative, Four instructed the contestants form eight teams of eight.

#### Disbandment

*"Wow bro, you already found seven members? Let's make it eight!"
"Nuh-uh, you are not allowed on this team."
"What? Why?"
"We're trying to create a Newbie Alliance, of just us newbies."
"But there's only seven newbies though."
"Sorry, bro. Guess you gotta find another team."*
―Sam, Shane, Alex and James[src]

Seeing *Battle for BFLBI* as the perfect opportunity to finally get the participation he and the other Newbies desired all those years ago, James decided to form together his own team, strictly consisting of only Newbies. James also brought on board Barry, due to him never actually having competed in the original show. Wanting to join James and his friends, Sam attempted to join the Newbie Alliance, but James and Shane refused to let Sam be part of the team, despite there only being seven Newbies.

Short time later, the Newbie Alliance started to fall apart, as Barry left to join The Death P.A.C.T., intrigued by Nick and seeking to make some money off of him. Alex and Dan were the next two to leave, with Alex assuming the Newbie Alliance to not have been a great idea after all.

Shane called out the rest of the Newbies for being weaklings, and decided to go and join The Death P.A.C.T., believing Rachel's dehydration strategy to be tough, and took Ross along with him. With the Newbie Alliance now reduced to just James, Robert Robertson and Jacques, Robert proposed to join Chris' team and did so, perfectly fitting the three of them with the other five.

Dan and Alex eventually joined The Wildhead Nutcats, the final team consisting of leftover contestants, much to their annoyance. Irritated with the team's roster of competitors, Dan let out his frustration, having insignificantly been forced to join a team with a bunch of useless, pitiful organisms.

### Separate Adventures

#### Taking "The All" Out of "The Alliance"

*"Hey, we're like, The Newbie Alliance, right?"
"Technically we are, but there are other people here."
"Yeah, we're not all in the alliance."*
―James, Robert Robertson and Mark[src]

With Chris' team having the most amount of Newbies, James asked Robert Robertson and Jacques if they technically still were the Newbie Alliance. Robert told James that, while they technically were, they technically weren't at the same time, due to the five other members of the group being people who already competed in *BFLBI*. Mark additionally claimed that they were not all in the alliance, giving Chris the idea to take "The All" out of "The Alliance", intending on naming his team "**Iance**". However, he took "Iance" out of "The Alliance" instead, cursing his team with the name of **The All**.

#### Stan's Heart Failure

With the eight teams locked and ready, Silverhawk prevailed to begin the challenge, only to be interrupted by Stan, who died of an unexpected heart attack. The All's members surrounded Stan's now-dead corpse, and screamed, disappointed to have lost a member before the competition even started.

#### Interactions With *The Shrekbusters*

*"Woah! Who are you?!"
"Oh, we're on different teams, we shouldn't talk to each other."
"Yeah, leave! Before you kill us!"
"Bahaha... relax. I won't kill you... yet..."*
―Daniel Coleman, Alex and Dan[src]

Dan and Alex both approached Daniel Coleman and Alex Rainsford out in an open field. When asked by Daniel who they were, *BFLBI* Alex suggested that they shouldn't talk to each other, due to them being on different teams. Daniel agreed, and urged the two to leave before they killed him and his Alex, but Dan assured he wouldn't kill them, at least not at the moment.

Feeling like they got off on the wrong foot, *BFLBI* Alex introduced himself and Dan to Daniel and his Alex. Dan then changed his mind about killing the two and proposed that they formed a secret alliance, only to be attacked by Shrek. Shrek then took *BFLBI* Alex away and brutally murdered him. Shrek then grabbed Dan, who started screaming, demanding Shrek to let go of him. Daniel and Alex Rainsford activated their Proton Guns and attempted to stabilize Shrek and save Dan, but they accidentally created a Protonic Reversal, which electrocuted them and Dan to their eliminations.

#### Battling for The Power of Tanner

Frustrated with the show, Tanner took over as the host and had the remaining contestants battle for The Power of Tanner, including the remaining members of the Newbie Alliance.

#### VCM's Murdering Spree

*"Hello, I'm Robert Robertson bringing you the stupid news. Here is a live popcorn bush, in the wild."
"Poppin' popcorn!"
"That's right! A bush that grows popcorn!"*
―Robert Robertson and Jacques[src]

Having separated themselves from the rest of The All, Robert Robertson and Jacques went deep into a forest, where Robert began filing a live news report on a nearby Popcorn Bush. Robert was suddenly surprised as VCM jumped out of the bush. Knowing VCM to be a *LittleBigPlanet* legend, Robert prevailed to interview VCM, but VCM brutally murdered Robert with his own microphone. VCM then went up to Jacques and threw him at the nearby tree associated with the Popcorn Bush, making him explode and bleed out.

#### Shane's Obliteration

*"Loser, no-one's being murdered."*
―Shane to Ross[src]

Targeted by Kcaj, Barry made a profit off of Ross and gave him a Shield Generator to protect himself from Kcaj. Observing Ross' cowardliness, Shane told him that no-one was going to get murdered. However, Shane turned around in shock as Kcaj fired his Obliterator Gun and vaporized him.

#### Barry's AdSense Ban

*"Starting a farm, eh? Well, for just pennies and payments of $1599.99, you could by my-"
"OH MY LORD nobody cares about your stupid overpriced merchandise! You're always trying to sell some random bullcrap on a Tuesday morning! Y'know what? I'm gonna press CTRL, ALT DELETE ON YOUR AdSense ACCOUNT!"
"What?"
"No more ads for you, you- dumb, dumb idiot free pass furry-lookin' ass!"*
―Barry and Kevin[src]

Approaching the Kevin Alliance, Barry took notice of the team's farm and noticed how profitable it was. Barry intended to sell a really expensive item to the Kevin Alliance as perusal, but was interrupted by Kevin, who went on a rant about how all Barry does is sell extremely overpriced products, and threatened to delete his AdSense account. This led Barry to go into a depression, and feeling nothing inside of him due to the sudden deletion of the one thing that made his entire life, Barry exploded.

#### James' Interactions with VCM

*"Heh, my ability to control the weather comes in handy again..."
"What? you did that?! Are you a God or something?"
"Some say VeryCoolMe wasn't ready for this world. I say this world wasn't ready for VeryCoolMe."*
―VCM and James[src]

James ended up becoming the final surviving individual who served as a member of the Newbie Alliance, and encountered VCM, who attempted to steal James' hat for a hat collection. However, James refused to let VCM steal it, saying that he would explode if VCM did. VCM threatened to gain ownership of the hat by any means necessary, only to be sidetracked by a blueberry bush. VCM then ate all the blueberries and died of food poisoning.

#### James' Sacrifice

*"I will... sacrifice myself!"
"No, don't! Wait, why do I care?"*
―James and John[src]

Observing Shrek's violent nature across the fields of Goiky, James, the final Newbie and the final member of The All standing, decided to make the risky decision of sacrificing himself to stop Shrek. James jumped into the sky and took off his hat, causing him to explode to his death, taking Shrek's life along with his. Unfortunately, due to James' death, he ended up placing his team up for elimination following the return of Sarah Bermudez.

## Trivia

* The Newbie Alliance is based off of the Newbie Alliance that is featured in *Battle for BFB*. In the *BFDI* Series, the **Newbie Alliance** was created by Lollipop, and started out as an unofficial *BFB* team, but was later made an official one.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 *Battle for BFLBI: The Power of Tanner*