A Better Name Than That

A Better Name Than That (or ABNTT for short, and frequently misspoken as Another Name Than That by Four), stylized as A BETTER NAME THAN THAT, is one of the eleven teams in [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_for_BFB Battle for BFB]. The name was created when Golf Ball said in response to [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Death_P.A.C.T. Death P.A.C.T.] naming their team that her team must have "a better name than that" if they wanted to win. Thus, A Better Name Than That was created.

[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Official_Character_Guide Official Character Guide] description
When everyone was making teams, Golf Ball witnessed Death P.A.C.T. devise their name and said to her own team, "Hmm. If we want to win, then our team must have a better name than that!" And the name stuck! "A Better Name Than That," or ABNTT, was born.

The team often struggles because its members care too much about who is leading them. Golf Ball, for one, thinks she should be the leader, but 8-Ball undermines her all the time, making it unclear who everyone should listen to. Although 8-Ball turns out to be a really bad leader, the others listen to him because Golf Ball is too bossy.

Coverage
In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Getting_Teardrop_to_Talk Getting Teardrop to Talk]", the team started with [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Basketball Basketball] asking [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/8-Ball 8-Ball] to form a team together since they are both balls. 8-Ball suggests adding [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golf_Ball Golf Ball], [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Tennis_Ball Tennis Ball], and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Snowball Snowball] because they are balls too. Snowball rudely declines the offer. [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Grassy Grassy] then tells Basketball that no one has picked him yet, so Basketball chooses him on the team. Golf Ball states that the team needs at least 2 [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower mechanical] [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/TV minds]. Robot Flower and TV then get picked. [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Blocky Blocky] joins by overhearing Grassy stating that "with a team like this, we're sure to get up to loads of funny doings". This then fills the team.

When it was time to choose names for your teams, Basketball looks at [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Death_P.A.C.T. Death P.A.C.T.] saying that they're naming their team. Golf Ball states if she wants her team to win, then her team must have a better name than [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Death_P.A.C.T. that]. The name is finalized.

In the challenge, Golf Ball tells Robot Flower and Blocky to climb up the tree to catch a basket because they have arms. Golf Ball says that TV will relay coordinates of baskets' locations, and 8-Ball and Basketball will weigh the baskets down once someone has gotten a hold of them. Grassy does nothing. Blocky asks what Golf Ball will do, with her responding that she is managing the team. Tennis Ball follows. This gets Blocky mad at Tennis Ball and kills him.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Lick_Your_Way_to_Freedom Lick Your Way to Freedom]", [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Grassy Grassy] tells [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Blocky Blocky] that he needs more respect from [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golf_Ball Golf Ball]. While Blocky tries to find Golf Ball, [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/8-Ball 8-Ball] reminds Blocky that he killed her last episode. Blocky then tries to find recovery centers, but [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower Robot Flower] says that the recovery centers were destroyed, so Blocky tries to tell [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Four Four] to recovery their dead team members, before being interrupted by Four to do [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Cake_at_Stake Cake at Stake]. After Cake at Stake, Grassy tells Four to recover Tennis Ball so Four does so.

In the challenge, 8-Ball bites open a jawbreaker, freeing Golf Ball and making A Better Name Than That safe. The team then tells Golf Ball that 8-Ball is the new team leader. Golf Ball gets furious and makes [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Tennis_Ball Tennis Ball] do something, but Tennis Ball replies that he couldn't stop them.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Why_Would_You_Do_This_on_a_Swingset Why Would You Do This on a Swingset]", Golf Ball tells her team to spin forward, but 8-Ball commands the team to do the opposite of it, and makes the team follow his orders. Golf Ball proceeds to make commands, but the team still follows 8-Ball orders. The scene ends when Golf Ball tells the team to "spin in circles, really slowly", and the team is safe off-camera.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Today's_Very_Special_Episode Today's Very Special Episode]", [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golf_Ball Golf Ball] tells the team not to waste time. However, [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/8-Ball 8-Ball] tells the team to waste time, and the team gladly follows 8-Ball's orders. When there are only 30 seconds left, Golf Ball exclaims that time is running out, but [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Tennis_Ball Tennis Ball] says they were just following orders. When TV's timer runs out, Golf Ball tries to lead the team with no success, before deciding to draw [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Four Four] herself, which makes the rest of the team irritated. When time is up, Four takes Golf Ball's drawing and declares the team safe. After the challenge, Golf Ball says that their team almost lost. 8-Ball tries to say the opposite but admits that it was his fault that the team almost lost. He says that he did so because he wanted to add some humor. However, only [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower Robot Flower] hears what 8-Ball says, but she gets interrupted by [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/TV TV], saying that she's a machine.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Fortunate_Ben Fortunate Ben]", Golf Ball asks how the steering was going, and Tennis Ball tells Golf Ball that this is just a paper plane.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Four_Goes_Too_Far Four Goes Too Far]", [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Basketball Basketball] says irritably that Four's destruction was ruthless, and asks [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/8-Ball 8-Ball] what to do. 8-Ball says that the answer to that question lies with [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golf_Ball Golf Ball], who tells the team to multiply Four by zero. During Cake at Stake, when Four is about to blast Nickel, the team initiates their plan, which is successful. Golf Ball tells TV to calculate the final results after the event. After Cake at Stake, Tennis Ball hints that Donut should be the new host.

During the challenge, the team goes to the moon to avoid the twinkle. The plan fails as Golf Ball gets the twinkle when they arrived on the moon. Later, the team and have a staring contest. The twinkle eventually goes back to Earth, which makes the team celebrate, before the rocket breaks.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/The_Liar_Ball_You_Don't_Want The Liar Ball You Don't Want]", the team is still on the moon with and is shocked to discover that Taco is dead. During the challenge, Basketball inspects Robot Flower so that she could send data to Remote. The team follows Golf Ball's orders, but Tennis Ball disapproves of the idea as he sees it as unethical. Later, the ship becomes unstable. When Grassy nudges the rocket, the connection becomes unstable. This allows Remote to send a bomb to Robot Flower, who ultimately decides to close connection to save the two teams. However, this makes the team up for elimination.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Questions_Answered Questions Answered]", 8-Ball is eliminated with 4814 votes and gets crushed by the moon soon after. During the challenge, Golf Ball answers Question 5 correctly, making her team safe.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/This_Episode_Is_About_Basketball This Episode Is About Basketball]", Blocky throws Tennis Ball and Basketball into the basket to lower it so they are the first team safe.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Enter_the_Exit Enter the Exit]", Blocky uses [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Needle Needle], [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Match Match], and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Pen Pen] to shape a 4. Robot Flower also tells her team that it was Remote who sent them a bomb.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Get_to_the_Top_in_500_Steps Get to the Top in 500 Steps]" Tennis Ball is selected by the team to climb the stairs. When Flower could not pass Tennis Ball and the others, she uses [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Non-Slip_Shoes_So_Ha Non-Slip Shoes So Ha] to pass Tennis Ball. Later, Tennis Ball presses the button so the team is safe.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/What_Do_You_Think_of_Roleplay What Do You Think of Roleplay]", Golf Ball investigates Tennis Ball and asks what was the first thing he took from the Science Museum. Tennis Ball answers correctly, but Golf Ball is still suspicious as Pin, Coiny, Nickel, and Fries also know about that. Robot Flower questions if Golf Ball is real, but Golf Ball says there's no need. Then, Golf Ball asks Basketball who the team leader was. Basketball answers that Golf Ball is the team leader so Golf Ball lets her guard down.

Later, Golf Ball examines Grassy but she can't conclude. Robot Flower sees this as stalling to make the team loses. However, when "Basketball" complains about Grassy being basic, Blocky figures out that Basketball is the fake, as Grassy and Basketball are friends.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Return_of_the_Rocket_Ship Return of the Rocket Ship]", [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golf_Ball Golf Ball] shows her MMR to [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Tennis_Ball Tennis Ball] and explains how it works to [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Blocky Blocky]. Tennis Ball uses the MMR to discover the emerald's location while accidentally sending his thoughts to X, which is "X is stupid". TV says to keep the location a secret, but Grassy yells the location out loud anyway. Basketball is woken up by Grassy's yelling and tries to learn the team's plan. However, Golf Ball distrusts her. TV guesses it's because she was the impostor last episode. Later, Robot Flower gets Golf Ball's rocket and Blocky rotates the satellite to dig a hole.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Don't_Dig_Straight_Down Don't Dig Straight Down]", the team finds an emerald and wall-jumps to get to the surface. Basketball at first has the emerald but Golf Ball swipes it and gives the emerald to Four and makes the team safe. Soon after that, five pairs of arms come out from Four's mouth, making Tennis Ball disturbed and Basketball confused. Robot Flower, Blocky, and Golf Ball are outraged that the other teams could take their emerald, but Grassy isn't bothered by it. Golf Ball gets Four to barf the emerald out, only to have it be used by a couple of other teams to make them safe.

Later, Golf Ball points out how the grass around her is dying. Blocky says it's because she's stinky, but Golf Ball then figures out that iance is trying to break through the surface. Therefore, she steps on every patch of dying grass, even though the rest of the team wants her to stop until she notices there're intruders in her factory.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/The_Four_is_Lava The Four is Lava]", Blocky, Robot Flower, and Tennis Ball are the only members of their team who are alive. Blocky tells [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Flower Flower] to stop complaining, so Robot Flower tells him to be more sensitive. Tennis Ball asks how they could complete the contest, so Blocky bends the tree to get to Four, making Tennis Ball and Robot Flower confused until he launches. After a fight with Puffball, Blocky lands on the bench. Robot Flower, not knowing he's already safe, tries to catch him but ends up overheating in the lava.

Later, Tennis Ball and Robot Flower race back to Four. Remembering how [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Basketball Basketball] inspected her, Robot Flower rushes to X with Tennis Ball, making her team safe. After recovering everyone from the team, Robot Flower asks Basketball to fix her.

In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/The_Escape_from_Four The Escape from Four]", A Better Name Than That was dissolved due to the show's split.

Trivia

 * [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/8-Ball 8-Ball] is the only team member to have no limbs.
 * He is also the only eliminated member, until [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/The_Game_Has_Changed The Game Has Changed], when Blocky got voted off.
 * [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower Robot Flower] is the only team member to have no face.
 * The team name is most likely a reference to [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Another_Name Another Name].
 * Just like Another Name, both of their team names were intended to be statements, not the name for their team.
 * Coincidentally, both of the statements were said by [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Golf_Ball Golf Ball].
 * [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Blocky Blocky], [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Grassy Grassy], and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower Robot Flower] are the only team members to have arms.
 * In "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Lick_Your_Way_to_Freedom Lick Your Way to Freedom]", "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Today's_Very_Special_Episode Today's Very Special Episode]", "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Get_to_the_Top_in_500_Steps Get to the Top in 500 Steps]", and "[./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/What_Do_You_Think_of_Roleplay%3F What Do You Think of Roleplay?]", [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Four Four] mistakenly calls the team "Another Name Than That".
 * A Better Name Than That has finished 6 total challenges with the same rank (6th place).
 * Coincidentally, they were also the 6th team to face elimination.
 * Golf Ball, Tennis Ball, and Blocky are the only original contestants on the team.
 * This team has more ball characters than any other team, with 4 contestants being balls.
 * This team also has the most armless people, with 5 armless members.
 * A Better Name Than That is the only team to have intentionally killed Four.
 * A Better Name Than That is tied with [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Free_Food Free Food] for the least concentration of contestants with both arms and legs, at 3.
 * A Better Name Than That is tied with [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/W.O.A.H._Bunch W.O.A.H. Bunch] for the second longest team name of any so far, with [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Death_P.A.C.T. Death P.A.C.T.] being first, excluding 's full name.
 * [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Blocky Blocky] and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower Robot Flower] are the only people on the team who don't appear in the first part of the intro.
 * This team has the most mechanical minds, which are [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Flower Robot Flower], and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/TV TV]. [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Roboty Roboty] and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Remote Remote], the two other mechanical minds, are on teams [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Beep Beep] and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Death_P.A.C.T. Death P.A.C.T.], respectively.
 * Blocky and 8-Ball are the only members of this team who did not join TPOT, as 8-Ball was eliminated before it began.
 * Also, Blocky is the only member to be on Elsewhere on Earth with the rest of the final fourteen of BFB.
 * A Better Name Than That is the third team to lose all of its members in BFB. The first two were [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Death_P.A.C.T. Death P.A.C.T.] and [./https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Free_Food Free Food].