Gelatin (BFB 1-18)

Gelatin is a major character in Battle for Dream Island Again, a minor character in IDFB, the secondary antagonist of BFB, and a cameo character in TPOT. He is a hyper piece of jello who is one of the contestants of BFDI.

During the first half of BFB, however, he was badly flanderized to the point where he's outright intolerable.

Why He Deserved to Be Zapped by Four
NOTE: This page will only be talking about how he acted like in the first half of Battle For BFDI, as he is much more likable before and after the first half of BFB.


 * 1) He was horribly flanderized beyond recognition, as he went from a nice, calm, laid-back, intelligent, sane, chill, go-with-a-flow, smart, kind, and friendly contestant with occasional moments of selfishness into an anarchic, spoiled, selfish, rude, irresponsible, self-centered, mean-spirited, stupid, insufferable, annoying, obnoxious, cruel, immature, childish, idiotic, uncaring, unintelligent, bratty, nasty, detestable, manipulative, and extremely unlikable jerk who constantly screws up and has the maturity of a baby and the empathy level of a selfish person.
 * 2) *He has completely lost all of his charm he had in the earlier seasons, and it wasn't until the second half of BFB where he got some redemption.
 * 3) *Gelatin could act selfish sometimes in the earlier episodes, as he sometimes pushed off his teammates on Puffball and even mockingly called Book "well-read", but not to this extent since he had a good heart in the past seasons.
 * 4) He has the tendency to do terrible things, such as when he threw forks at Four. Not that the latter didn’t deserve it though.
 * 5) He is a huge jerk to his teammates, especially Donut, for example, he insulted him and called him a "party pooper" in BFB 4. He also doesn’t seem to care about how others feel.
 * 6) He has a habit of using Bomby for protection purposes in challenges, for example, he decides to use him in BFB 1 & BFB 5. Only to get an overreaction out of Donut.
 * 7) He can sometimes act like a sociopath, for example, he didn’t feel bad for Donut when he died in BFB 14, and just made a pun about him. In that same episode, he pushed one of his teammates off when Bomby exploded.
 * 8) He was at his absolute worst in BFB 16, where he was rude to Four, threw a tantrum when Four didn’t give him a speck of dust, made incredibly blunt comments, and generally acted obnoxious.
 * 9) He always makes bad decisions, such as when he did a cannonball in Barf Bag and sometimes uses deceit and manipulation to get what he wants much like Johnny Test.
 * 10) Much like Lord Betrayus, his extreme levels of flamboyance, pettiness, incompetence, immaturity, arrogance, overreaction, hamminess, buffoonery and occasional sarcasm are generally taken to the point of being stale and irritating.
 * 11) His beatboxing skills are mediocre and can be seen as annoying too.
 * 12) He is often shoehorned in the episodes of this season compared to most of the other contestants, this is to the point where characters like Rocky, TV, Bomby and Puffball is often used in the background with no speaking lines in the episodes. Say, doesn’t that sound familiar?
 * 13) He is one of the reasons why Donut is so irritable all the time, which makes sense considering Gelatin is quite the nuisance.
 * 14) While he's (arguably) the secondary antagonist of Battle For BFDI next to Four and to some extent, X, he is not very good at being an antagonist and comes off more as an annoying yet pathetic and harmless nuisance than an absolute threat.
 * 15) *Likewise, while he does try to help his team, he admittingly comes off as more of a menace and hindrance than a useful helper.
 * 16) Even though Graham Taylor does a good job voicing him, it can get annoying at times, especially in BFB 16.
 * 17) Unlike most of the other contestants, He never learns his lesson, and if he seemingly has, it gets reversed in the next episode.
 * 18) He barely has any character development nor character arc in this season, and he seems to get worse and worse as the episodes go on.
 * 19) He appears in every single episode of Battle For BFDI, which is quite frustrating because we have to deal with his obnoxious antics at a moment's notice in every episode.
 * 20) Overall, Gelatin flanderization damaged half of his reputation as a whole, it's to the point where some consider him worse than Four.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He was a much better character in BFDIA and IDFB and redeemed himself during the second half of BFB.
 * 2) He still cares about his teammates at times, especially in BFB 3, where he says "Team Ice Cube Go Hard!"
 * 3) He usually does get punished for his reckless actions, for example, Four zapped him in BFB 4, so it’s needles to say he isn’t a Karma Houdini.
 * 4) There are very few episodes where he does have his original personality.
 * 5) Graham Taylor does a great job voicing him most of the time.
 * 6) Although he does appear in every episode of BFB, there are some episodes where he doesn't speak at all such as in BFB 2 and BFB 7 (although he was heard in the crowd).
 * 7) He is very funny most of the time.

Reception
Gelatin was given an extremely polarizing reception from viewers in the first half of BFB, some still like him for being hilarious while others found him annoying, unfunny and obnoxious (especially in BFB 16). he was better received in BFDIA, IDFB, and BFB 17-present though.

Trivia

 * His birthday is on June 29, 2012, which is the same day BFDIA 1 came out.

Videos
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hR4-N8jIoc8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMnh7F1QKE