Recap / Battle For Dream Island S 1 E 14 Half A Loaf Is Better Than None

Coiny drowning in the bread basket

The fourteenth episode of the Battle for Dream Island series, in which a contest is held for the eliminated contestants to fill their baskets with as many loaves of bread as they can before time runs out. Spongy fills his basket with the most loaves of bread, and rejoins the game. Announcer then dumps his marble collection into a vat of hydrochloric acid, offering 15 bonus points to the contestant who manages to retrieve them. Tennis Ball retrieves the marbles with his magnet, and wins the 15 bonus points. Finally, the contestants participate in a hurdle-jumping contest, which Bubble and Blocky win despite the former popping and the latter giving up.

Tropes include:

• An Arm and a Leg: When Announcer gives the armless contestants ten sympathy points, Eraser attempts to cut his arms off just so Announcer will give him ten sympathy points, too.
  Leafy: Don't even think about it, Eraser.
• Borrowed Catchphrase:
  Announcer: Time for the 14th contest.
  Pen: ...Which is?!
  Eraser: Hey, that's my line!
• Chain of People: When Eraser attempts to jump the gap in the intro, he ends up hanging on for dear life. He, Pen, Blocky, Firey, Match, Pencil, Bubble and Leafy form a chain, but when Leafy calls for Ice Cube, Icy lets everyone fall to get revenge on Leafy for causing her to lose points in the previous episode.
• Everyone Hates Fruitcakes: Needless to say, Match is not happy about fruitcake being used for this episode's Cake at Stake.
• Lame Pun Reaction: The contestants each receive half of a pair of scissors for reaching the halfway mark.
  Announcer: Get it? It's HALF of something that can cut things in HALF. Because you all reached the HALFway mark.
  Pencil: (laughs sarcastically)
• Lampshade Hanging: During the first contest, the Announcer questions why so many people are drowning in the loaves of bread.
  Announcer: Why are so many people drowning? It’s not quicksand or anything.
• Like Is, Like, a Comma: Match takes it up to eleven before she is eliminated. Currently provides the page quote.
  Match: OMG, I know it's so, like, hard, but you've got to keep, like, like, going! You've got to win this for, like, like, like, like, the both of us!
• Only Sane Man: Tennis Ball. While all of the other contestants mindlessly jump into the vat of hydrochloric acid, Tennis Ball uses his magnet to retrieve the marbles.
• Running Gag: People drowning in the basket filled with bread in the first contest.
• Trip Trap: Pin sticks out her leg to trip Match and Snowball in the bread basket contest.