Election Day

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**Election Day** is the 39th episode of Season 1 of and the season 1 finale of *Apple and Onion* and the 39th episode overall.

## Summary

Apple runs for Mayor to make street parties legal again.

## Plot

Apple and Onion get audio equipment set up in preparations for a street party, while Cupcake, Ice Cream, and Tap Water are engaging in idle chat in front of a fountain. As Apple and Onion invite them to join the potential street party, the three run off screaming, leaving Apple and Onion confused about the stark reaction to their plans as police swarm them to dispose of and destroy their equipment. Chicken Nugget drops down from a helicopter to scold them about street parties being illegal after the "street party disaster of '78". He points out that nobody knows exactly what happened back then, but luckily for everyone, Mayor Naise made sure to prevent future incidents from happening again. Making sure they remember the question by writing it down on a piece of paper, they look for where to talk to the mayor, soon realizing City Hall was right nearby, as Mayor Naise was overlooking everything through a window.

The mayor, enjoying all of the peace and quiet, begins to blow on a set of milk bottles like musical instruments only to cover them up when Apple and Onion walk in. The mayor, having seen what Apple and Onion were trying to do in the courtyard, points out that they probably didn't know better, and should be glad Chicken Nugget was there to save everyone from a repeat of what happened in '78. When Apple calls into question about that particular incident, though, Mayor Naise gets angry and forces them to leave. Hoping to grab the paper he left behind, Onion notices the milk bottles they mayor had been using and quickly deduces that in order to effectively use milk bottles as musical instruments, you need peace and quiet, and to achieve that, street parties have to be illegal unlawfully. Laughing evilly, Mayor Naise is impressed that Apple and Onion were able to figure out his scheme, but reminds them there's nothing they can do as he's mayor, meaning everyone will believe what he says. The pair point out that he's still perpetrating a lie, which Mayor Naise challenges by commenting what are they going to do about it; run for mayor? Sure enough, Apple announces his candidacy with Onion as his campaign supervisor.

Now dressed up in business attire and armed with campaign stickers, Apple and Onion proceed to get the attention of the cityfolk by informing them the truth; that the street party disaster of '78 never happened and that he's using the ban so he can blow his milk bottles. However, Apple promises that, as mayor, he will never lie to anyone, vowing to be "good and true". The shocked crowd begin cheering for Apple's election, leading to an angered Mayor Naise to introduce Apple and Onion to the dirty world of political muckraking.

Mayor Naise runs a negative ad implying that Apple and Onion are, in fact, two different people named Scotch Bonnet and Jalapeno Pepper that allegedly disappeared off the face of the planet in 2012 and were notorious for falsehoods like how the tooth fairy was going to eat peoples' brains and that Father Christmas lives in a grave. In the ad, the mayor adds that these two underwent intensive plastic surgery (depicted by Mayor Naise cutting small peppers on a cutlery board) and voice acting to become Apple and Onion. Despite the outlandish claims in the ad, the potential voters turn on Apple and Onion, tossing down the campaign stickers.

Although disappointed by the turn of events, Apple doesn't give up just yet, informing the crowd that they are not liars. Searching on the internet, Onion discovers that Scotch Bonnet and Jalapeno Pepper are, in fact, real and working on their organic farm in Jamaica. Heading to the island and meeting up with the peppers, Apple and Onion run a live feed showing that they are four different people, meaning Mayor Naise lied about the claims of Apple and Onion's identities, as well as the street party disaster of '78. The voters grab the stickers they tossed and once again show support for Apple, enraging Mayor Naise further. Vowing to up the ante, he prints a photo of the four and draws on it, chuckling deviously.

As Apple and Onion head home, confident their efforts were more than enough, they see another negative ad aired by Mayor Naise. The mayor refutes Apple and Onion's claims, suggesting that the duo had actually used puppets for Scotch Bonnet and Jalapeno Pepper, despite the lack of evidence otherwise besides the mayor's own pen lines representing strings, and once again reminds the voting public Apple and Onion, or should he say, Scotch Bonnet and Jalapeno Pepper, are deceivers and deluders, before realizing he left his milk bottles exposed during the entire ad. Some of the voters, who somehow were on the plane, call for the flight steward to take their stickers and dump them on Apple and Onion, who are further downtrodden by the course of events. Realizing that no matter how hard they work on telling the truth, Mayor Naise is just going to keep lying and the public is going to believe his lies every time, they come to the conclusion that perhaps lying is the key to winning elections.

Going to a computer animation school, Apple and Onion learn about CGI animation, then begin work on creating their own negative ad targeting Mayor Naise with Apple voicing the mayor. As a visibly frustrated public and Mayor Naise confronts them, Apple and Mayor introduce the ad, where Mayor Naise is depicted as announcing his hatred of the city and robbing a bank on a giraffe. In spite of the ad's graphical and technical flaws, such as polygon meshes missing their skins and timing errors in the animation, not to mention the simplicity of the video, the public believe the contents of the video. Not only do they once again show support for Apple, but (to the surprise of Apple and Onion) want Mayor Naise arrested and punished for his crimes. As the mayor is pleading innocence, he is arrested by Chicken Nugget and is thrown into the back of a police car, visibly distraught and crying as it drives away.

As it is now time to vote, Apple and Onion are being carried by the adoring public to the polling place while the pair feel very guilty about their actions. Before they can actually vote, however, Apple admits that he isn't "good and true" but rather "bad and false" for the video they made. He apologizes to everyone for lying, but specifically to Mayor Naise for taking him to jail. In the police car, Chicken Nugget and the mayor overhear the interview Apple is giving, where Apple comments that the mayor saying "good and true" tortured his conscience as a result of lying. The mayor is confused as to why Apple would just throw away the mayoral election like that, but then realizes Apple wanted to be honest rather than deceptive. Chicken Nugget tells the mayor he's been exonerated of the crimes and drives him to the polling place, where he finally informs the public that he did lie about the street party disaster of '78 just so he could have peace and quiet for his milk bottles. He admits great shame for lying for personal gain and apologizes for it. Tap Water then asks who will they vote for now since both Apple and Mayor Naise have been proven liars, which cuts to Butter announcing that Mayor Naise won with 100% of the vote on the grounds that he had the better name for the job. Apple and Onion throw a street party to celebrate Mayor Naise's re-election as the mayor blows on his milk bottles, and Onion then tells the viewers that Mayor Naise kept the job due to having the better name for the position, which is how these things should always work.

## Characters

Major Characters

* Apple
* Onion
* Mayor Naise
* Chicken Nugget
* Scotch Bonnet
* Jalapeno Pepper

Minor Characters

* Cupcake
* Ice Cream
* Tap Water
* Double Burger
* Butter
* Bacon
* Kebab
* Chocolate Chip Cookie
* Kernel
* Milk
* Sushi

## Trivia

* This is the season 1 finale of "Apple and Onion"
* Chicken Nugget breaks the fourth wall where when he says "ILLEGAL" the word falls on Apple, Onion, and Chicken Nugget which crushes them, when he says "ILLEGAL" the second time, a tinnier version of the word lands on Chicken Nuggets hand and he even questions why they don't make the letters as big as these.

1. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20200326cartoon06/