Cow Pony Apple Squid

***Cow Pony Apple Squid*** (also abbreviated as ***CPAS***) is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Disney XD. The show follows the interwoven adventures of the titular quartet. It premiered on July 16, 2015, after the 2015 Kids' Choice Sports.

On June 25, 2015, Disney XD renewed *Cow Pony Apple Squid* for a second season ahead of the series premiere. The show's final episodes aired in 2018.

## Plot

*Cow Pony Apple Squid* focuses on the titular quartet, a group of anthropomorphic best friends and roommates: Cow, who is obsessed with peanut butter, Pony, who has musical dreams, Apple, who loves video games and Squid, who is talented at mad science. The four embark on surreal journeys on their own, which are then interwoven together. The show is set in Sour City, a gigantic and whirring metropolis where many of the buildings look like archaic clockworks. The streets are constantly teeming with characters of intensely varied description, and the sidewalks are crammed with anthropomorphic animals, robots, foods, objects, sea creatures, and more. The four roommates live in a treehouse, which sits in the middle of the city, surrounded by the forest, the seas and anywhere else the friends could possibly go.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of Cow Pony Apple Squid episodes*

 Pilot
 1
 2

## Characters

### Main

* Cow – a dim-witted anthropomorphic cow who has a large liking for peanut butter. Cow is the "fool" of the group and causes most of their problems. Cow is hardly able to read by himself. He says his catchphrase "that's my favorite!", often when he sees something or someone he likes. His name may be short for Pignatius. Cow is resistant to what would normally be life-threatening injuries.
* Pony – a sweet and cheerful anthropomorphic pony girl who has been Cow's roommate for the past 29 years. She is the "artist" of the group being able to play the clarinet and having a penchant for acting. Pony can be very easily irritated by others' antics and often displays anger, causing her to babble, speak gibberish, and occasionally puff up her chest when angry (e.g. "Flib flabbin' flibble flubbin!"). Her catchphrase is "Totally Ponyally", which she says when she agrees with something. Pony has normal human-shaped ears (not Pony-shaped) normally obscured underneath the locks of hair on the sides of her head. The horns on top of her head have holes in them.
* Apple – a lazy, selfish anthropomorphic green apple who enjoys playing video games. He has Boy Scouts for henchmen. Apple is the "wise-guy" of the group who loves to have fun and pull pranks. Apple is afraid of primates of all species, because they eat his kind. Apple tends to cry when put into pressure but quickly stops. He says his catchphrase "Sweet mama's monkeys" when he is surprised or shocked, and "simpledy doo" after finishing a task.
* Squid – an anthropomorphic squid (a mantis in the pilot and robot in comic) who is a genius inventor and speaks with a lisp. Squid is the "brains" of the group. He is also the most responsible of the four and usually is forced to clean up their messes. Squid has a crush on Pony, and while she has hugged him (and Apple/Cow simultaneously) and said she loves him, this can simply be behavior towards a pal. He sometimes says "Holy laser farts", when he is surprised or shocked.

### Recurring

* Pizzastein, Squid's lab assistant. He has a pizza body and is made up of machines and other things. As his name implies, he is based on Frankenstein's Monster. He is called a "pizzabrain" by Cricket often, and Pizzastein grunts or babbles to express his intentions. In some episodes, Pizzastein temporarily becomes smart due to Cricket's inventions.
* Thomas Jefferson (later nicknamed TJ) debuts in "The Chronicles of Cutesachusetts" where he emerges from a nickel to battle Pony, and later saves the day by battling Lady Primavera. He later runs a smoothie café in "Zombie Broheims" where he prevents Pony from being Customer of the Day because he swore to hate her forever. While discussing cookies she made, he calls Betsy Ross a hag.