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 background character in TPOT. He is a hyper piece of jello who is one of the contestants of BFDI and as of BFB 3, is one of Four's (presumable) right-hand men alongside X.

He is usually a nice, intelligent, slightly troublesome and sane character, but during the first half of BFB, however, he was flanderized to the point where he's not only more antagonistic than usual, but also became an outright intolerable and unlikable troublemaker. Even after the first half of BFB, he can still be an unbearable and mean-spirited prick, although not as bad as last time.

Why He Was Completely Deserving 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. It still applies to him in BFB 17-29, although to a lesser extent. And don’t add any moments from Season 2 & 3 because he was likable in that season.'''


 * 1) He got horrendously flanderized, 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 but still had a good heart to a more reckless, unlikable, obnoxious and inconsiderate prick who has the maturity and intelligence of a baby
 * 2) * He has completely lost almost all of his charm he had in the earlier seasons, until the second half of BFB.
 * 3) * He has also been seriously dumbed down to having the mind of a baby in this season, as he does a lot of immature, childish and infantile stuff such as playing tag with Naily, being spoiled whenever he doesn’t get his way, laughing like a childish idiot, and doing juvenile things such as throwing forks and acting like an moron. Additionally, he also became someone who is too happy all the time.
 * 4) * Gelatin may have been somewhat selfish in BFDIA and IDFB due to his claustrophobia making him have a tendency to push off his teammates, but not to this extent.
 * 5) He has the tendency to do terrible things, such as when he threw forks at Four (even if he deserved it).
 * 6) He is sometimes a huge jerk to his teammates, especially Donut, for example, he insulted him and called him a "party pooper" in BFB 4, which is also rude and disrespectful. He also doesn’t seem to care about how others feel.
 * 7) Although unintentionally, he can say some pretty rude, insensitive, mean-spirited, blunt or thoughtless things to others due to being flanderized into a idiot jerkass, for example, in BFB 4, he called Donut a party pooper without showing remorse. Another example is in BFB 16, where he repeatedly says whatever in a nonchalantly rude way.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9) 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 by making dark humor as well as pushed one of his teammates (Naily) off when Bomby exploded to establish some room for himself.
 * 10) 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.
 * 11) He always makes bad decisions, such as when he did a cannonball in Barf Bag, which caused her to pass out.
 * 12) 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.
 * 13) His beatboxing skills are mediocre and can be seen as annoying too.
 * 14) 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 are often used in the background with no speaking lines in the episodes. Sounds familiar?
 * 15) He is one of the reasons why Donut is so irritable and cranky all the time, which makes sense considering Gelatin is quite the nuisance.
 * 16) 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, incompetent and harmless nuisance than an absolutely evil threat.
 * 17) * Likewise, while he does try to help his team, he admittingly comes off as more of a menace and hindrance than a useful helper.
 * 18) Even though Graham Taylor does a good job voicing him, it can get very annoying at times, especially in BFB 16.
 * 19) As what WHWCDTBZBF#11 said, he, alongside Four, take away the spotlight from the other characters.
 * 20) Unlike most of the other contestants, He never learns his lesson, and if he seemingly has, it gets reversed in the next episode.
 * 21) While his design is still good, it can look a bit mediocre at times and is a slight downgrade to his design in BFDIA & IDFB.
 * 22) He barely has any character development nor character arc in this season, and he seems to get worse and worse as the first half of BFB go on.
 * 23) His personality is very inconsistent sometimes. On the one hand, he is a simply mischievous and troublesome boy who just wants to have fun and hardly means any harm. However, on the other hand, he is a manipulative and egomaniacal monster who does sinful and irredeemable things to hurt others. BFB 16 best showcases this.
 * 24) He never listens to his teammates. For example, he will do the exact opposite of what people say to him. He also doesn’t serve any purpose in most of the season 4a episodes, other than being an absolute nuisance.
 * 25) Overall, Gelatin's flanderization damaged half of his reputation as a whole, it's to the point where some started to hate his character as a whole and some even considered him worse than Four and Book.

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 Goes Hard!".
 * 3) He usually does get punished for his reckless actions, for example, Four zapped him in BFB 3, so it’s needless to say he isn’t a Karma Houdini in the slightest. He was also pushed by Flower in BFB 15 and Donut would also lash out at him often for his rude and irresponsible nature.
 * 4) Graham Taylor does a great job voicing him most of the time, although it can get annoying at times.
 * 5) His design is still good, despite it being a bit mediocre at times.
 * 6) To be fair, he doesn’t push off his teammates as often in this season then he did in BFDIA, which is simultaneous character development.
 * 7) Despite being unfunny at times, he is actually very funny most of the time and spawned so many one-liners that eventually became memes in this season, such as:
 * 8) *Dark humor is the way some people cope with tragedy."
 * 9) *"Team Ice Cube Goes Hard!"
 * 10) *"Donut, you are just a party pooper!" (Although that quote is also mean-spirited)
 * 11) *"It's not me, I'm not touching anything!"
 * 12) **beatboxing* (although it is also kind of annoying and loud)
 * 13) He went through a surprising character arc after his infamous flanderization, as he went from an irresponsible and unlikable bastard into a mature and kind-hearted person akin to how he was in BFDIA.
 * 14) Much like Four, his flanderization did not damaged the show too much.

Reception
Although not as bad as Four, Gelatin received a very mixed reception from people since BFB, with some viewers still liking him but others hating him for his obnoxious antics. However, despite being extremely controversial, he is far from the most hated character in BFB and has a sizable amount of fans.

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