Champion

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**Champion** is the 1st episode of Season 2 of *Apple & Onion* and the 40th episode overall.

## Summary

Apple and Onion need to get rid of a problematic dog they thought was a horse.

## Plot

Onion is busy playing paddle ball and counting the consecutive amount of times he hits the paddle when his glasses get stuck on the ball, only to resume counting before Apple startles him. Recalling the instance they discussed what pet they would have, Apple finally gets what he assumes is a horse, but is in actuality a very large dog. Onion and the dog stare at each momentarily before Apple realizes Onion is going to tell him it's not a horse, leading to the dog running around the shack and slobbering on Onion to his discomfort. Apple comments that he bought the dog off of Street Dog since Street Dog claimed it was a "prize-winning champion", and Onion thinks that was a good idea since people are always wanting champion animals until he sees the poorly-crafted rosette on the dog's chest, making Apple upset.

Suddenly, the dog begins combing the roof shack for every piece of furniture and article it can grab, including one of Onion's shoes, in order to arrange it in a relatively neat pile, barking the entire time. When Onion tries to reclaim his shoe, the dog barks at him, forcing them to recognize that it has a lot of chaotic energy. Apple deduces that the dog needs to go for a walk, and tries to convince Onion to do so, even by coin flip, only for the dog to grab the coin and put it in the pile, forcing the pair to be dragged along as the canine races down streets, jumping over everything.

Getting home, Onion points out the dog's excessive jumping as it grabs some of the street items the pair inadvertently carried for its pile. Unable to brush their teeth or sleep on their mattresses on account of them belonging to the dog's pile, Apple & Onion miserably sleep on their cot frames until the next morning, when the dog managed to take those for the pile. They now realize the must get rid of the dog, with Onion accepting that the dog needs to be found a loving home (although Apple had considered something less humane).

Now having named the dog Horse (even though Onion would've named it different), Apple tries to give the dog to Mrs. Lollypop, only for Horse to snarl at Sooty and chase after her. Mrs. Lollypop questions why would she want a nuisance of a pet, and isn't fooled by the fake rosette Apple shows off, even though Apple believes she thinks it's a real rosette. Horse manages to create another pile in the apartment and spits out Sooty.

At the gym, the pair suggest to Whey Man that they should adopt Horse on account of its size, and he's eager to do so, until realizing the dog has once again taken everything in the gym and put it all in another pile, causing everyone to deflate.

At Pizza's Diner, both Apple & Onion are crying, worrying that they are stuck with Horse forever. A quick assumption that Pizza would consider is rejected on account that, once again, Horse has put everything into a pile (including Pizza and his mother), not to mention the booth Apple & Onion were sitting in.

Another hectic walking session with Horse has them speed right past Chicken Nugget, who catches up to them after the pair crash into a bus stop bench. Eager to free themselves from Horse, they try to offer Chicken Nugget a police horse, but after he's unsuccessful at getting on the dog, declines the offer, Apple tries to offer Chicken Nugget a stepladder to go with Horse, though Chicken Nugget refuses to admit he is short, and again, declined the offer, though thanks them for remembering the speeding ticket. Piecing together the destroyed bench advertisement, they notice a horse jumping competition, which Onion finds as merely convenient wordplay given their circumstance, but Apple views it as an opportunity instead. For if they enter the competition with Horse, and win, everyone will want Horse, and they'll be free from their suffering.

The horse jumping competition, taking place at Judge Fudge's Fudge Farms, sees the competition face an insurmountable last obstacle in the form of a particularly high hurdle, causing the horses to give up at the end, leaving everyone to question if anyone will win the thing. Off in the distance of the event, Apple, Onion, and Horse sneak into a stable in order to make Horse look like an actual horse by giving him a saddle, blinkers (referred to as "those eye-cover-things"), hay for a mane, and buckets for feet after Onion admonishes Apple for trying to nail horseshoes to the dog's feet. Taking note of a sign to always close the gate on account of "chaos-causing pigs" in the stable, Apple slams the barn door in an effort to assure himself that he did it, only for it to swing wide open.

After the last entrant is sent flying above the hurdle by her horse, Judge Fudge bemoans that nobody will earn this year's championship rosette before being told of the last minute entrant; a horse named Horse. Apple flips a coin to decide the rider, with the coin landing on heads, meaning Onion will ride on Horse. Despite Onion's protests, Apple reminds him he always picks tails, cause "tails never fails". Onion is then dragged by Horse over the hurdles, and to the surprise of everyone in attendance, the dog clears the final hurdle with ease as Onion manages to get back on the saddle, thus winning the competition.

With Horse crowned champion, Apple & Onion celebrate their freedom, only for the chaos-causing pigs to appear and wreak havoc all over the farm! The combined chaos of the pigs is so great that they create what is called a "Pig-Nado" as Judge Fudge panics regarding who left the stable open, which cuts to a cross-eyed Apple. Horse begins barking excessively at the events going on while the pair try to shush him as to not blow the disguise while Judge Fudge questions why he choose this particular breed of pig and what can possibly round them up to restore order. Recalling every single pile the dog had created, they agree that Horse is the only thing that can save the day, even if it means disqualification and being stuck with Horse forever as well as the misfortune it will bring. Undoing the façade, they release Horse and let it wrangle every pig into a pile, only to see it also has managed to have the pigs marching in a stacked form as they proceed to undo everything that happened. Judge Fudge is thrilled to see how Horse's chaotic energy cancelled out the chaotic nature of his pigs, but still disqualifies them from the competition, as expected, leaving Apple & Onion resigned to their fate. However, Judge Fudge insists that Horse is a working dog, and that keeping such a canine cooped up in a small place would be a bad idea, so he takes the dog off their hands and awards it "A Very Good Boy" rosette. Apple & Onion bid farewell as well as criticize Horse one final time as Chicken Nugget shows up on a pug that randomly wanders away from the group as the episode ends.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Apple
* Onion
* Horse
* Chicken Nugget
* Judge Fudge

## Trivia

* The Wilhelm Scream Can be Heard when the muffin bounces off the horse to the wall.
* A call back from Follow Your Dreams is seen when Apple told Onion he would want a pet horse.
* Another continuity nod is shown when Apple and Onion is talking to Whey Man while working out in same gym in Pulling Your Weight
* **Running gag:** The dog collecting everything he sees and putting it into a pile
* Apple and Onion break the fourth wall when Apple says that he likes the sound of the swipe transition and Onion saying that happens a lot in their lives.

## Quotes

"Disgusting." - Apple

"You're gonna tell me it's not a horse, aren't you?" - Apple

"That dog did an awful lot of jumping for something called 'walking'." - Onion