FruityStories

FruityStories is an American Christian CGI Animated Series that aired on Falidon Jr. from 1993 to 2013. It started just as 30 minute specials on the network, but grew to be a full series in 2008.

It was about fruits that would parody either tales from the Bible or other popular media, or tell original stories with the Harry-Man episodes.

The show was produced by Giant Thought and Falidon Jr. Originals.

## Characters

### Main

* Ben the Strawberry (voiced by Series Creator Bob Fisher)
* Harry the Banana (voiced by Mitch Wazowski)
* Junior Pineapple (voiced by Several Child Actors)

### Recurring

* Madam Raspberry (TV Series Only) (voiced by Chris Anthony)
* Mr. and Mrs. Pineapple (voiced by Series Writer Tim Harris and Bob Fisher’s Wife Risa Fisher)
* Ozzie Pineapple (voiced by Bob Fisher)
* Jean-Paul and Phillip Grape (Both voiced by Tim Harris) are two grapes who first appeared in Nigel’s Ark in the TV Specials and Ron, Shawn, and Bumblebee (as background characters, first speaking series appearance was Slush Wars) in the Show.
* Mr. Sezzard the Watermelon (voiced by David Mann)
* Mr. Runt the Cantaloupe (voiced by Bob Fisher)
* Pops Blueberry (voiced by Bob Fisher)
* Cora Peach (voiced by Janet Murphy (Jeremiah), Sydney Shiotani (TV Series Season 1), and Michaela Dean (TV Series Seasons 2 and 3) is a peach who was introduced in the third TV special *Jeremiah* (In the TV series, Ron, Shawn, & Bumblebee).
* Jumble & Gary Gourd (TV Series Only, both voiced by Mitch Wazowski)
* Petula Flower (TV Series Only, Season 2)
* Azul the Caterpillar (voiced by Larry Brantley)

### Villains

* Lie the Alien
* Rumor Mill Employees
* April Apple

### Minor

* Emmy Kiwi is a Kiwi Fruit who like Cora and Azul, was introduced in Jeremiah. She first appeared in the series in *The Pet Who Saved Christmas*. She mostly plays supporting or minor characters, except in *Little Drummer Fruits* (a story from Christmas Tales), when She player one of the three drummer fruits with Junior and Cora.
* Benny is a young grape who first appeared in Jeremiah in the Specials and Ron, Shawn, and Bumblebee in the series.
* The Blackberries are a trio of unnamed blackberries.
* Mom, Tim, and Daisy are the daughter and grandchildren of Pops Blueberry. Their only speaking roles are in *To Forgive or Not to Forgive*, *James & The Giant Apple Tree* (Tim Only), and *Slush Wars* and are mostly just background characters. They were written out completely in Season 3 because of this and Only returned as guests in In the Clubhouse.
* Scotty is a Scottish-accented pear.

## =One-Shot

* Lily is a lavender stray cat who can talk and sing. Her only appearance is in “The Pet Who Saved Christmas”.

## Episodes

### TV Specials

1. The Vikings Who Don’t Do Anything (1993)
2. Nigel’s Ark (1998)
3. Jeremiah (2002)

### Season 1

1. Where’s God When There’s Monsters? (Crazy Song: The Flying Dolphin Song) - The FruityStories characters do 2 stories: Tales from The Bedroom (a parody of Tales from The Kitchen) and Dylan & The Underground.
2. To Forgive or Not to Forgive (Crazy Song: Homophones) - Two more stories are told about forgiveness. The Bad Blueberries, a backstory about what Pops was before joining the FruityStories crew, and Harry’s Island (a parody of Frilligan’s Lagoon).
3. Can You Be My Friend? (Crazy Song: The Comb Song) - Another set of stories including The Calamity of Flipperloop (A parody of The Dr. Strew Book The Snootches) and The Original Tale Gourds Are Nutty.
4. Ron, Shawn, & Bumblebee (Crazy Song: Song of The Banana) - The first episode with just one story, which is about 3 candy factory workers named Ron (played by Ben), Shawn (played by Junior), and Bumblebee (played by Harry) trying to obey their parents without them around.
5. James & The Giant Apple Tree (Crazy Song: I Love to Talk) - In a parody of Gabey & Doliath, James (played by Junior) must fight a living apple tree to get food for his family.
6. The Pet Who Saved Christmas (Crazy Song: Oh Dandy) - An original story about a stray cat who ends up saving Christmas From A Greedy Man (played by Mr. Sezzard).
7. Harry-Man (Crazy Song: The Yodeler with Healing Powers) - The first episode focused mainly on Harry-Man, as He must stop a giant alien from eating the entire city of Chattyburg.
8. Slush Wars (Crazy Song: Banana Riding a Cow) - In a Parody of both Sky Wars and Jason & The Promised Land, fruits struggle getting to the Promised World mainly because of peas throughing slushy at them.
9. Madame Raspberry (Crazy Song: His Sandwich Sub) - A story (Narrated by Jean-Paul and a parody of the book Madame Rebecca) about an unthankful lady trying to become thankful from buying stuff at a mall.
10. Getting Crazy Songs Back (1 Hour Special) (Crazy Song: My Comeback Song) - A 1 hour special that clip shows previous songs while having a story about Harry being depressed because His segment got replaced.
11. The Rumor Mill - Harry-Man returns to try shutting down an evil company for making false rumors Out of His Friend Albert.
12. King Jorge & The Squeaky Toy (Crazy Song: Extinct Love) - A parody of the broadway biblical musical ”King Jorge” when The King needs to learn not to be selfish.
13. Ellen: The Determined Queen (Crazy Song: Pastries for Billy)
14. Argyle the Nice Viking (Crazy Song: Listen)
15. The Beautiful World of The Future (Crazy Song: Harry Attempts to Sings the Blues)
16. Ballad of Little Moe (Crazy Song: Pizza Goddess)
17. An Easter Caper (Crazy Song: My Giant Egg)
18. Corarella (Crazy Song: Car Admirations)
19. Karate Banana (Crazy Song: Baby Cup)
20. The Fruitytown King (Crazy Song: The Sun Sets Tonight)
21. Christmas Tales (Crazy Song: 12 Foods of Christmas)
22. Jumbllip & Gerd (Crazy Song: Bunnyrena)

### Season 2

1. Zeus & The Great Dessert War (Crazy Song: Harry‘s Green Top Hat)
2. Milwaukee Slip & The Search for Samuel’s Comb
3. King of The Garden
4. Cheerlock Homes (Crazy Song: Happy Neighborhood)
5. The Return of Harry-Man (Again)
6. Little Moe 2: Get Along, Little Fruits!
7. The Lizard of Has (Crazy Song: Cougar or Lynx)
8. Tom Strawberry (Crazy Song: The Cookies from Hallofornia)
9. Gabe & The Clear Promise (Crazy Song: Cough if You Have to)
10. Crazy Song Countdown (Crazy Song: The Coop Whoop)
11. Snubocchio (Crazy Song: Where Have All the Printers Gone)
12. It’s a Meaningful World (Crazy Song: Junior Pineapple’s Dreamland Wishlist)
13. The Actress & The Schoolgirl
14. Fruity League (Crazy Song: Supper Master)
15. Bears & Builders (Crazy Song: My Big Single Tooth) - Two stories: One that parodies Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the other parodies Leo the Builder.
16. MacHarry Makes Peace
17. The Day Before Christmas (Crazy Song: Wrap Ourselves Up This Christmas)
18. Space Fruits
19. Friday Night Fever
20. Blueberry & The Beast (1 Hour Special) (Crazy Song: Chocolate Dipped Strawberries)

### Season 3

1. Keeping Peace
2. Some Friendships Last a Lifetime
3. The Power of Togetherness
4. It’s Cool to Be Nice
5. Fruits: The Musical - The fruits parody Minks competing for who gets to go to heaven, but they later learn that god doesn’t want them competing for heaven.
6. When Good is To Give
7. Big or Small, Welcome to All
19. Final Harry-Man Episode! We Promise!
20. Certain Call (Series Finale)

## Spin-off

In 2014, it got a spinoff called FruityStories in the Clubhouse, which people Hated because of Sezzard’s absence and the lack of Christian value.

## Non-Crazy Songs

### Main

1. FruityStories Theme - Ben, Harry, Junior, and Mr. and Mrs. Pineapple (Other Supporting Characters in Season 3)
2. What We Learned This Show

### Season 1

1. God Overules Monsters
2. Song of King Daniel
3. What Will We Do About If?
4. Blueberries of Wrath
5. Forgiveness
6. Twinkle Twinkle Little Gold
7. Hooray
8. Hooray (Reprise)
9. We Can Be Your Friends
10. Hello Jackson
11. Remember Me
12. The Money Song
13. Remember Me (Reprise)
14. The Money Song (Reprise)
15. Speak Out
16. Why Can’t I Do the Big Stuff?
17. All Things
18. Oh Yes, It’s Christmas
19. Bullies
20. It’s Cora’s Fault
21. Harry-Man’s Theme
22. A Hopeful Land
23. God Gave Us
24. Keep Going
25. A Hopeful Land (Reprise)
26. I’m Upset
27. Thingmart Song
28. Thankful for Everything
29. At the Rumor Mill
30. At the Rumor Mill (Reprise)
31. Love It Squeaky
32. Gimme Gimme
33. Don’t Be Selfish
34. Our Battle Song
35. Battles Aren’t Anyone’s

## References

### TV Pilot Special Trilogy

1. Nigel’s Ark: The squirrel eating a puzzle piece is a reference to The Curious Smudge Books.
2. Jeremiah: The song “Ella Bella Bingo” is a parody of “Benny Joe Montgomery“

### Season 1

1. The horror movie Junior was watching in “Tales from the Bedroom” os a parody of the movie Frankencelery.
2. In Madame Raspberry, there are cameos from other Falidon characters as merch.
3. In The Rumor Mill, there is one article about the NBA drafting Spongebill Squareshorts.
4. All the Songs from ”King Jorge & The Squeaky Toy” are parodies of the ones from the source material.
5. In “The Beautiful World of The Future”, the characters sing parodies of several other Falidon songs.