Derpy Hooves incident
During the voting of "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3" from Battle for Dream Island's second season, a user, known as Derpy Hooves which is named after the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon pegasus pony of the same name, made several viewers (in this case, bronies) dislike the voting video for Teardrop, causing her to get the most likes and dislikes in the next episode, "Zeeky Boogy Doog", resulting in her elimination.
After months of accusations by Michael Huang, Adam Katz came out as the responsible behind the incident. Though it was still remembered as a controversy, the unfair elimination for the victim wasn't over.
Context
The main face of the individual behind the incident was using the name and character of Derpy Hooves. The character is one of the most beloved and fan favorite ponies from the cartoon series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which it's community is populated by bronies (a name given to the portion of male fans of the show).
Prelude
One infamous controversy which might have been the cause of the incident as a whole was something called "Derpygate". For context, fans were enraged that parents talked to Hasbro (the company behind the My Little Pony toy franchise) about how the character Derpy was depicted as a disabled character. This caused the company to censor a lot of things relating to the episode from season two that happened, "The Last Roundup", specifically on the beginning.
Many fans decided to honor Derpy with videos and animations like "Save Derpy". Adam Katz, the creator of Inanimate Insanity, created a whole YouTube channel dedicated to the character.
