The Perfect Team

### **Story by**

George Gendi, Mike Ruth, Benton Connor, Matt Layzell, Matt Price, and Michael Gendi

### **Directed by**

Miguel Gonzalez (art)
Sarah Gencarelli and Tom Riffel (animation)
Benton Connor (supervising)
Nick Edwards (co-supervising)

## Read transcript

**The Perfect Team** is the 2nd episode of Season 1 of *Apple and Onion* and the 2nd episode overall.

## Summary

Onion worries his relationship with Apple is in jeopardy when a stray cat enters the picture.

## Plot

The episode opens with Apple and Onion playing a game on their computer. They are tying to complete a game called *Highway Hedgehog*. With Apple's "game playing skills" and Onion's "puzzle solving power", the two manage to finish level 99. As they prepare to complete the 100th and final level, a stray cat appears outside their window Apple brings the feline in, and it is drawn to the ringing sound Apple's leaf makes. However, the cat despises Onion, so Apple gives him a swimming cap to cover his hair.

The next day, Onion wakes Apple up, but he is still tired, so he decides to wait five more minutes. Unfortunately, he wakes up at 2:00 in the afternoon. Before they start the game, Apple puts Cat in their bathroom so it won't bother their focus. However, he breaks out, running all over the house, eventually mistaking the duo's mouse as a real mouse. When Apple calms him down, he discovers that the Cat's frenzy was out of hunger. He then goes to get food for Cat, but gets heavily distracted by skiing and ball pits and rodeo riding in the process.

After the sunset is over, Onion wants Apple to play the game, but Apple first has to tuck Cat in to bed. When Onion is ready to play with him, he has already fallen asleep, leading Onion to try and complete the Highway Hedgehog solo so Apple will acknowledge him. He fails, and in a fit of ragequit, he tears off his cap revealing his hair. Cat attacks him, causing him to trip the power cord to their laptop, ruining all of their gameplay.

Fed up with Cat, he decides to paint his swim cap red, add a piece of wood, and some green cloth in the shape of a leaf, making Cat think that he is Apple, so Onion runs to the park, while being chased by the Cat, and takes off the swim cap, and puts it on a rock nearby.

Onion then calls a taxi, and the taxi driver takes him back home.

The next morning, Apple wakes up, and decides to feed Cat some milk, but he can't find him anywhere. Apple asks Onion when was the last time he saw Cat, he tells him that he saw Cat sleeping by the door. However, since the only place Cat slept was on Apple's head, the fruit sees through Onion's fib, and then sees the swimming cap Onion modified. After inspecting it, he connects the dots, knowing Onion had something to do with Cat's disappearance. With no way around, Onion confesses, saying that he just wanted them to hang out like old times.

A second later, Cat meows from the freeway across from the park, leading to Apple and Onion trying to save him. Their initial attempts fail, which gives Onion to get an idea: They'll use their skills from playing Highway Hedgehog to get Cat away from harm. Onion uses his swimming cap to guide the feline, and Cat will stop when Onion takes it off. They almost make it with cat entering a blank part of the road. Just when things couldn't get more complicated, the two see a street cleaner approaching. They manage to save Cat by getting him to bounce on a sofa a car was carrying. The two apologize to each other, mending their bond.

As they walk home, two revelations are made: Cat hated Onion because he was rivals with a dog whose ears wear positioned just like Onion's hair, and Cat belonged to Ms. Lollipop, who's wrapper made the same ringing sound as Apple's leaf.

With Cat returned to his true owner, Apple and Onion can finally complete the game using the same techniques they used to save Cat. When they finally finish the game, they do a victory dance.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Apple
* Onion
* Cat (debut)

### Minor characters

* Kebab (debut, cameo)
* Hoagie (cameo)
* Popcorn (debut, cameo)
* Ice Tea (cameo)
* Juicebox (debut, cameo)
* Churro (debut, cameo)
* Milk (cameo)
* Jellybean (cameo)
* Donut (debut, cameo)
* Candy Cookie (debut, cameo)

## Songs

* Level 99
* The Perfect Team (song)
* Wake Up Time

## Quotes

"What have you done, Onion?" -Apple suspecting Onion did left the cat behind

## Trivia

* Apple & Cat reference a scene of the Apple and Onion intro. Plus, Onion is replaced by Cat.
* There are many fourth wall breaks in this episode.
	+ Apple turning his head towards the audience with their music theme playing in the background.
	+ Onion saying "Ah! What's that?" after getting hit by Apple and Cat's fast paced montage.
	+ Onion asks Apple why he didn't say anything during the song at the end.
* Onion can be heard singing the a part of the Wake Up Time song previously heard from the Pilot.
* There is Cartoon Network game based on this episode, which is called Cat Rescue.

### Errors

* Despite Cat attacking Onion whenever his hair is shown, he is shown not doing anything to Onion in future episodes, like the episode "Bottle Catch."

### Plot hole:

* When the two rescue Cat, the way they get him to safety is by making jump onto a car, then a truck, then down onto a car carrying a trampoline, which launches him onto Onion's hair. The final level of *Highway Hedgehog* is laid out the exact same way. It could be a coincidence that this is possible, but how is it?