The Annoying Orange

Annoying Orange
Genre Comedy
Off-color humor
Suspense
Created by Dane Boedigheimer
Written by Spencer Grove
Dane Boedigheimer
Robert Jennings
Directed by Dane Boedigheimer
Robert Jennings
Kevin Brueck
Voices of Dane Boedigheimer
Justine Ezarik
Robert Jennings
Kevin Brueck
Various guest stars
Composer(s) Dane Boedigheimer
Kevin MacLeod
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 10
No. of episodes 486 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Dane Boedigheimer
Aaron Massey
Kevin Nalty
Producer(s) Kevin Brueck
Production company(s) Daneboe Productions
YouTube
The Collective (2009–2016)
Annoying Orange, Inc.
(2012–present)
Distributor Google Play
YouTube
Release
Original network YouTube (2009–present)
Hulu (2010)
Cartoon Network (2012–2014)
Original release October 9, 2009 – present
Chronology
Related shows The Adventures of Liam The Leprechaun
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
The Misfortune of Being Ned
The Marshmallow Show
D.E.R.P
Wazzup
Trailer Trashed
The Juice
Emoji Raps
Foodsplosion
Facts
Story Time with Annoying Orange
Ask Orange
Shocktober (Only in October)
X-Massacre / Christ-Massacre (Only in December)
External links
Website

The Annoying Orange is an American comedy web series created by former Minnesota film student and MTV production assistant Dane Boedigheimer in 2009. It stars its creator as an anthropomorphic orange who annoys other fruits, vegetables, and various other objects by using jokes and puns, which are sometimes crude.

The show was popular, later leading to it becoming the subject of a TV series, a video game, a range of toys, backpacks, couches, pillows, blankets, lunchboxes, drink bottles, mattresses, towels, and a T-shirt line. Other accessories, such as costumes of the series' characters, have also appeared on the market for the company.

Since its inception, the Annoying Orange YouTube channel has amassed over 7.5 million subscribers.[1]

Plot

The show is centered on Orange (voiced by Dane Boedigheimer), who resides on a fruit cart display in a kitchen with other objects such as his best friend, Pear, an irritable but geeky Bartlett pear (also voiced by Boedigheimer). Other fruits include Passion, a sensible passion fruit and Orange's love interest played by iJustine, an arrogant grapefruit (voiced by Robert Jennings), a tiny miserable and frustrated but hot-blooded apple known as Midget Apple (though he prefers the name Little Apple), a happy-go-lucky and slightly eccentric marshmallow of ambiguous gender (despite having been referred to as a male in various occasions), and an elderly lemon named Grandpa Lemon, all of whom were not main characters until later episodes.

Most episodes consist of Orange heckling other characters until they meet a sudden and gruesome end, usually by evisceration with a chef's knife (although the implements used to cut them up range from a blender to a toy pinwheel). Usually, Orange tries to "warn" them before it happens, blurting out the weapon-in-use, such as "Knife!".[2]

Orange has several recurring mannerisms. He often begins an episode by repeatedly yelling "Hey, (name of character)!" until the character responds. Orange also often refers to the character as something that plays on the object's name or appearance (such as calling Grapefruit "Apefruit"). If he does not like an object, he will often say "You're an apple!", even if the object is not (e.g., a tomato). Orange uses various tactics, such as telling rude and offensive jokes, burping and making childish noises with his tongue, to get attention.

Despite what other fruits and objects think, Orange often cannot control his tendency to be "annoying," and rarely intentionally tries to spite others; he usually means well for most fruits and objects. In one episode of the web series, a "life coach," Mango, suggests that Orange uses his annoying nature to try to cope with the destruction of the fruits he tries to make friends with.

Regardless of his seemingly anti-social behavior, Orange can almost always find comfort in the company of his friends and sometimes makes new ones.

Characters

Main

  • Orange: the main character who is incredibly annoying.
  • Pear: the only fruit who puts up with Orange, and is arguably his best friend. The other food think he is boring due to his passion of reading.
  • Midget Apple: Marshmallow's best friend who prefers to be called "Little Apple". He is known for driving a monster truck, being an expert in horror video games, but is revealed to be illiterate in Seasons 9/10.
  • Marshmallow: Midget Apple's best friend who talks in a squeaky voice and is incredibly happy. Though having been referred as male in multiple occasions, a running gag has many fruits & AO fans asking if Marshmallow is a boy or a girl. He is often seen with Midget Apple.
  • Grapefruit: a jock who is in love with Passion. He died in his first appearance but was brought back to life in "Frankenfruit". In earlier seasons, he acts as a main antagonist, but in later seasons, he acts as an antihero.
  • Passion Fruit: Orange is in love with her though she is oblivious to this.
  • Grandpa Lemon: constantly falls asleep. He died in his first appearance but was brought back to life in "Wishful Thinking".

Minor

  • Knife: who often kills the fruits (only when Orange says "Knife!") even though he doesn't want to. He also has a fear of the Sharpener.
  • Liam the Leprechaun: An angry leprechaun.
  • ZOOM: An energy drink. ZOOM also appears in the Annoying Orange App Game, "Splatter Up!".
  • ZIP: Another energy drink like ZOOM, stated by the latter that Zip with more energy per ounce. Like ZOOM, ZIP appears as a power up in the Annoying Orange App Game, "Splatter Up!".
  • ZOOP: Yet another energy drink, but also the combination of both ZOOM AND ZIP. So far, ZOOP has only appeared in 2 Ask Orange episodes.
  • Squash: A nervous squash who always ends up inadvertently killing the fruits.
  • Copper Lincoln: A penny of Abraham Lincoln.
  • Dr. Bananas: An insane mad scientist.
  • Nude Dude: A naked apple. It is revealed in "Barewolf" that he is a werewolf.
  • Captain Obvious: An onion who always points out the obvious.
  • Lou the Tick: A tick who lives in a shelter, always worrying about aliens possibly taking over Earth.
  • Sissy: Orange's sister who is just as annoying as him.
  • Gaming Grape: who loves to play videogames on his PS4 and other game consoles.

Videos

The first Annoying Orange episode was aired on October 9, 2009. Since then the Annoying Orange YouTube channel has uploaded 2-3 videos per week.

Spoofs

The Annoying Orange has spoofed many popular web shows, viral videos and memes. These include:

Other channels

  • All of the main characters in Annoying Orange ( except for Passion Fruit) have their own YouTube channel.

Annoying Orange Gaming

  • On Annoying Orange's Gaming channel, everybody else does gaming videos. (original launch: Midget Apple)

AO Kids

An Annoying Orange channel made for young kids who want to learn things. (original launch: Passion Fruit)

Pear

  • On Pear's channel, he does extreme challenges that end in failure, disaster or horror.

Marshmallow

  • On Marshmallow's channel, she shows 10 min. videos and outtakes from "The Marshmallow Show".

Grapefruit

  • On Grapefruit's channel, he shows art and now he shows gaming videos.

Grandpa Lemon

  • On Grandpa Lemon's channel, he does a show called "Grinds My Rind", and he also does some gaming videos.

Squash

  • On Squash's channel, he shows himself squashing things called "Squashing Things with Squash".

Other series

The Juice

The Juice is a series of four shows that ran from July 8, 2013 to December 9, 2013. A special show of The Juice was aired October 14, 2013. In each show, Orange, Midget Apple, Pear and Grapefruit discussed a question sent in from the audience. The questions were:

  • Episode 1 - What do you want to be? Vampire, Werewolf, or Ghost?
  • Episode 2 - If everyone from the kitchen was on a deserted island and there was nothing to eat, who would you eat first?
  • Episode 3 - Which of your fruit friends would you like to be for a day?
  • Episode 4 - If you could be any supper hero, who would you be? Note that a supper hero is a food version of a super hero.
  • Halloween Special - What is your biggest fear?

Foodsplosion

Foodsplosion is a parody game show that lasted for nine shows that ran from September 2, 2013 to March 13, 2015. In the game, a fruit is a contestant and Orange, who is the host, asks him/her a question and they have ten seconds to answer. Regardless if the contestant gets the question right or wrong, (although the contestant usually gets it wrong,) they still win the game. The prizes on the show are typically hazardous materials to fruits such as knives, blenders, and chainsaws. In the end, the contestant gets shredded, cut, or exploded by his/her "prize". Then, there is an instant slow motion replay of the destruction.

Ask Orange

Ask Orange is a series of episodes where people got to ask questions which were answered by Orange and his friends. The show originally ran for eight months, with an episode coming out every month. Four additional Ask Orange videos were also aired. The first aired on September 26, 2011, with Ask Orange #10 being aired on January 24, 2014; Ask Orange #11 on May 31, 2014; and Ask Orange #12 on August 1, 2014. There was also a special episode of Ask Orange called Ask President Marshmallow #1, which aired on November 19, 2012. There are currently 40 episodes of Ask Orange as of April 20 2018. 3 Christmas episodes were aired in December 2014 – 2016. There are even two Halloween episode in October 2016 - 2017. Currently, it is a recurring series.

The Misfortune of Being Ned

The Misfortune of Being Ned is based on a character called Ned, voiced by Steve Zaragoza, who repeatedly finds himself in misfortunate situations. The show debuted on October 9, 2013 as part of Annoying Orange "Shocktober". 20 episodes have been produced, spanning 2 seasons. The main characters are Ned, Greg, voiced by Kevin Brueck, and Wendy, voiced by Megan Camarena.

Season one of the series ran from October 9, 2013 to December 18, 2013 with ten episodes in the season. On December 18, 2013 Daneboe announced that The Misfortune of Being Ned would be renewed for a second season. Season 2 premiered February 19, 2014, with the series finale being on April 23, 2014. Season 2 also had ten episodes in total. At the end of the final episode, Ned was rubbed out and Orange announced that the Marshmallow Show would replace The Misfortune of Being Ned.

The Marshmallow Show

The Marshmallow Show was on the Annoying Orange channel and has Internet celebrities on it. Released on June 4, 2014, and ended on August 27, 2014, it airs every Wednesday. Marshmallow is the main character of the show. Other characters that appear in the show are Mushroom (aka Shroom) and Joe the Coffee Mug. The guests who have appeared on The Marshmallow Show are:

In the final episode, Daneboe revealed that the show would be ending but Marshmallow would also be going on an intergalactic mission back to his/her home planet.

Trailer Trashed

Annoying Orange Trailer Trashed is a series of episodes in which Orange, Pear, Midget Apple and Grapefruit, in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000, watch a movie trailer and comment on it. This is generally regarded as them trashing the trailer, hence the name Trailer Trashed.

Movie trailers:

Video game trailers:

Orange Through Time

Orange Through Time is a series of four episodes in which Orange travels in time at the older years. The series started on March 4, 2011 and ended on October 10, 2011.

HOW2

HOW2 is a series of many episodes in which Orange and Pear teach everyone to do anything, which is both education and comedy. While Pear gives useful and proper advice, Orange gives advice that is misleading, confusing, or off-topic. It was released on January 27, 2016 with How To Tie a Tie, and despite that Orange ends so many videos by surviving an explosion of TNT - in How to Make a Halloween Costume on October 11, 2017, Pear ended the video with TNT due to Orange going overboard with terms of cows, which has become a running gag since How to be a Rapper on August 2, 2017. As of February 14, 2018, there have been 100 HOW2 episodes. There were 3 Christmas/New Year specials in 2016, 4 in 2017 and 8 Halloween/Shocktober-themed episodes, four in 2016/2017 each. As of August 1, 2018, there have been 125 HOW2 episodes. In How to Sing on July 25, 2018, Pear ended the video by placing a black circle on the camera due to Orange thinking that he's Sheldon Cooper. In How to Make a Perfect Snowball on January 4, 2017, Orange copied Pear for Steps 2,3,4,5,6, and 9.

Emoji Raps

The Emoji Raps star Orange rapping about several things using emojis, including himself. The first rap was released on July 3, 2017. As of December 18, 2017, there have been eleven raps. The eighth rap was a Halloween-themed rap, which was on October 12, 2017, the ninth rap was Marshmallow rapping instead, which was on November 6, 2017 and the eleventh one was Christmas-themed, which was on December 18, 2017.

Annoying Orange Challenges

On September 18, 2017, Orange released a series of challenges from the fans' comments and made a series about it that are very extreme, such as the 3am challenges. As of February 4, 2018, there are seven challenges.

X-Massacre

From November 24, 2017 until December 22 2017, the X-Massacre series was released. The series is about different types of food being killed and served for a Christmas dinner.

  1. Limp Biscuit (November 24, 2017) (Item Crossed Out: Crescent Rolls)
  2. Orange Beans (December 1) (Item Crossed Out: Green Bean Casserole)
  3. Nutcracking the Code (December 8) (Items Crossed Out: Chestnuts and Egg Nog)
  4. Figgy Pudding (December 15) (Item Crossed Out: Figgy Pudding)
  5. Pig Out (December 22) (Items Crossed Out: Ham and Carrots)

Storytime

On September 22, 2017, a new series was released where Pear tries to read classical children stories, only for Orange to destroy his books and make up his own versions (which the plots are often odd or confusing), much to Pear's chagrin, which started with the second episode on January 5, 2018.

Stories and main differences:

  1. Hansel and Gretel - ET is added to the story.
  2. Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Goldilocks' hair is really gold chains with locks and she keeps other people's bikes secured.
  3. Three Little Pigs - The Wolf uses explosives to take down each pig's house, including the third one.
  4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Snow White was actually multiple dwarfs and other characters in a costume.
  5. Jack and the Beanstalk - There was a giant cow and a barn with cow pies.
  6. Emperor's New Clothes - The emperor is interested in Annoying Orange clothing.
  7. The Little Mermaid - The crab is the main focus.
  8. The Ugly Duckling - The Ugly Duckling (nicknamed "Ugmo") became a supermodel.
  9. Beauty and the Beast - The Beast was more of a lizard. Annoying Orange and Pear are added.

Saturday Supercut

Releasing every Saturday, Orange uploads a collection of a series of older videos, like HOW2 or all of his Wazzup videos, for example.

Annoying Orange Gaming channel

The Annoying Orange has his own gaming channel, simply known as Annoying Orange Gaming. The Annoying Orange gang upload Let's Play videos to this YouTube channel.

Minecraft

Annoying Orange has his own Minecraft server, mc.orangecraft.net (Orangecraft). The Annoying Orange uploads one video per week documenting the happenings on the server. Most of the main characters on Annoying Orange have visited the server.

Annoying Orange has also uploaded other videos about Minecraft, including:

  • Wazzup Minecraft
  • Block Party (Song)

Minecraft has also been revealed to be one of the Annoying Orange's favorite video games.

Background

Creator Dane Boedigheimer (right)

Before The Annoying Orange, Boedigheimer had done many talking food videos for his channel and other sites including JibJab. He said in an interview that the idea for The Annoying Orange was a combination of the talking food videos, puns and special effects he came up with and did before.[3] The original video was planned to be titled The Annoying Apple, but when he started animating the video he found it easier to put features on an orange than an apple and make it clear.[4]

The first Annoying Orange video was initially meant to be the only one on YouTube. However, many viewers requested more videos,[2][5] and after the 4th one, Boedigheimer decided to make a full-time series. Following the success of the series, he created a channel dedicated to The Annoying Orange under the name "Annoying Orange" on January 11, 2010.

Reception

The series was rated as the most viewed web series of February and March 2010 by Mashable, with over 52 million views.[6][7] On April 26, 2010, the series had over 108 million views on YouTube.[2][8][9] In June 2010, the channel had received 137 million views.[5] By August 13, 2010, it had received 1 million subscribers. In June 2011, the channel was ranked as the eighth most subscribed and 30th most viewed, with more than 2,000,000 subscribers.[10][11] On January 13, 2012, the series hit 1 billion channel views and 2.3 million subscribers.[12][13] The Annoying Orange YouTube channel currently has over 6 million subscribers.

Despite the show's popularity with sections of the public, it has received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. Liz Shannon Miller considered the show to be "annoying for many reasons."[14] In the web series column Pass the Mustard, Ned Hepburn called the show "pure, pure unfunny, highly concentrated, in droplet form, just purely nonsensical riffing from an Annoying Orange." Hepburn concluded, "the Annoying Orange series is one of the few that I had a physically bad reaction to. It was horrible."[15] 411mania.com called the show "idiotic" and "creepy as hell",[16] while other publications have referred to it as "third grade humor."[2]

In 2014 The Annoying Orange YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #32.[17]

Lawsuit

The success of the series had received attention of Fargo advertising agency H2M, who, in 2006, created its own “Talking Orange”, which is the spokesman for an ad campaign for the North Dakota Department of Transportation. Both of the two characters were two anthropomorphic oranges with ties to the Fargo-Moorhead area. Despite only slightly resembling the “Talking Orange”, the Annoying Orange was looked into by H2M’s attorneys as an intellectual property matter. Boedigheimer stated he had not watched the “Talking Orange” videos before he was told about the disagreement, also believing that the characters weren’t very similar.[18] Boedigheimer and Grove were later sued by H2M in May 2013 for allegedly copying the character.[19] No source has been released stating whether the case has been disclosed or is still going on.

Merchandise

Since late 2011, The Collective has produced many accessories, toys and clothing with toymaker The Bridge Direct and clothing retailers such as JCPenney, Shopko and rue21.[20] On November 10, 2011, GeekDad announced a giveaway for an Annoying Orange T-shirt from JCPenney and a toy from Toys R Us. GeekDad started taking entries through Friday at 11:59 PM.[21] The Collective also announced a partnership in December of that year with costume manufacturer Rubie's Costume Company to produce children and adult Halloween costumes and accessories featuring characters such as Orange, Pear, Marshmallow, and Midget Apple from the web series.[22]

Comics

Annoying Orange comics are published by Papercutz.

  1. Secret Agent Orange (December 11, 2012)- Note: Reference to James Bond. Parody of Special Agent Oso.
  2. Orange You Glad You're Not Me? (May 28, 2013)- Note: This is a reference to the joke that ends in the punchline orange you glad... ? and has other endings depending on the joke, like "that I didn't say 'apple'?".
  3. Pulped Fiction (August 27, 2013)- Note: Parody of Pulp Fiction.
  4. Tales of the Crisper (January 14, 2014)- Note: Parody of Tales from the Crypt.
  5. Fifty Shades of Orange (April 8, 2014)- Note: Parody of Fifty Shades of Grey.
  6. My Little Baloney (August 5, 2014)- Note: Parody of My Little Pony.

Television series

The Annoying Orange got a TV series on Cartoon Network, that ran from 2012 to 2014.

Film

On September 29 2018 Hand Studios (The creator of Loway and Mr.Hand) announced a fan made film titled Annoying Orange The Movie set for release on July 5, 2019.[23]

Games

Kitchen Carnage

A video game developed by Bottle Rocket Apps named Kitchen Carnage was released for the iPod Touch and iPhone on April 7, 2011. The game was later released in HD for the iPad on May 6, 2011, and for Android devices on October 14, 2011. The Christmas version of the game was released in December 2011 and the free version of the game, Kitchen Carnage Lite, was released March 2, 2012.

The aim of the game is to throw a different items across the kitchen into a series of blenders before the time runs out. The player is given apples and bananas at the start. When the second level is reached, tomatoes are added. Level 3 adds cantaloupes, level 4 pineapples, level 5 strawberries and level 6 adds Fred FiggleCorns.

Splatter Up

Annoying Orange: Splatter Up is the second game by the Annoying Orange, after Kitchen Carnage. The game is based on baseball, and the player slides a finger while a fruit enters the home plate. The faster the player slides, the farther he gets. The game sprites are the same as the Kitchen Carnage game, the only one that does not appear in this game but appear in Kitchen Carnage is Fred Figglecorn.

Pay withdrawal lawsuit

On December 23, 2014, Dane Boedigheimer announced that The Annoying Orange has not been funded by Collective Digital Studios since November 2014. This has led Daneboe to take legal action to get paid. The outcome of the web series because of this is unknown.

TV series

Country / region Series premiere Network
 United States May 28, 2012 Cartoon Network
 Australia July 15, 2013 Cartoon Network
 Canada September 5, 2013 Teletoon
 Brazil September 9, 2013 Cartoon Network
 United Kingdom September 7, 2015 Pop Max
 Malaysia November 30, 2013 Cartoon Network
 Israel December 2013 Comedy Central Israel
 England January 2, 2018 MTV
 Poland January 2, 2018 MTV

References

  1. ↑ Kiley, Rachel (December 23, 2014). "Annoying Orange Creator Takes Collective DS To Court". NMR. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Geoffrey A. Fowler (April 26, 2010). "Now Playing on a Computer Near You: A Fruit With an Obnoxious Streak". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Annoying Orange Wants Nathan Fillion!" (Interview). Interviewed by Dana Ward. October 27, 2011. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ↑ Harrison, Stacey (June 6, 2012). ""Hey, Apple!" The Annoying Orange is coming to Adult Swim". Channel Guide Magazine. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Brown, Damon (June 28, 2010). "How 'Annoying Orange' is taking over the world". CNN. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ Samuel Axon (March 5, 2010). "The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, February 2010". Mashable. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  7. ↑ Samuel Axon (April 8, 2010). "The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, March 2010". Mashable. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Annoying Orange a certified YouTube citrus smash for Dane Boedigheimer". News Limited. April 27, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ Chantal Martineau (April 26, 2010). "Annoying Orange Seeks to Irritate a Wider Audience via Television". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Channels". YouTube. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  11. ↑ "realannoyingorange Channel". YouTube. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Annoying Orange hits 1 BILLION VIEWS! - DANEBOEVLOG". YouTube. January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  13. ↑ Francich, Darren (January 25, 2012). "'Annoying Orange' hits one billion views... and gets roasted! -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  14. ↑ Shannon Miller, Liz (May 10, 2010). "No. 1 Web Series Annoying Orange is Annoying for Many Reasons". Online Video News. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  15. ↑ Hepburn, Ned (March 10, 2010). "'Annoying Orange', 'Wiener', 'The Basement', 'Copy & Pastry' Try to Pass The Mustard". Tubefilter News. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  16. ↑ Diaz, Porfirio (November 22, 2011). "Movies/TV's 3R's 11.22.11: Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, Twilight, Ricky Gervais, More". 411mania.com. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  17. ↑ "The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 50-26!". New Media Rockstars. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  18. ↑ Benshoof, Sam (November 16, 2011). "Fargo Man Created Online Sensation 'Annoying Orange' Archived 2013-02-09 at Archive.is". WDAZ. Accessed from December 26, 2012.
  19. ↑ ND Ad Agency Sues Creators Of Adult Swim Show. CBS Minnesota. May 22, 2013. Accessed from July 9, 2013.
  20. ↑ Cohen, Joshua (December 16, 2011). "'Annoying Orange' Toys and Tees in Toys "R" Us and JCPenney". tubefittler news. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  21. ↑ Cranford Teague, Jason (November 10, 2011). "Hey! Hey! It's Annoying Orange — Exclusive Preview & Giveaway!". Wired. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  22. ↑ Dickson, Jeremy (December 6, 2011). "Annoying Orange rolls into Halloween gear". Kidscreen. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Annoying Orange Movie For 2019". Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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