Annoying Orange
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 fruits, vegetables, and various other objects by using jokes and puns.
The show became popular, later leading to its becoming the subject of a TV series, a, 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 around 10.2 million subscribers.
Plot
The show is centered on Orange, 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. Other fruits include Passion, a sensible passion fruit and Orange's love interest played by Justine Ezarik, an arrogant grapefruit, a tiny but hot-blooded Red delicious apple known as Midget Apple, a happy-go-lucky and slightly eccentric marshmallow who always sees everything filled with enthusiasm, and an elderly lemon named Grandpa Lemon, all of whom were gradually introduced into the show over the years.Most episodes consist of Orange heckling other characters until they meet a sudden and gruesome end, usually by evisceration with a chef's knife. Usually, Orange tries to "warn" them before it happens, blurting out the weapon-in-use, such as "Knife!".
Orange has several recurring mannerisms. He often begins an episode by repeatedly calling for a character's attention until the character responds. Orange also often refers to the character as something that plays on the object's name or appearance. If an object behaves in a way Orange dislikes, he will often call that object an "apple", even if the object is not. Apart from those, Orange will often tell rude and offensive jokes, burp, fart and make 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. It is implied that Orange has a learning disability.
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 - a navel orange. He has the ability to spit seeds from his mouth and has a passion for farts, TNT, kazoos, making noises, and touching his tongue to his eyeball. Despite this, he is generally good-hearted, to the point of warning his guests about their imminent deaths. Orange likes to make puns and jokes, usually punctuates with his signature laugh.
- Pear - a Bartlet pear. He is the only fruit who puts up with Orange, and is arguably his best friend, although Pear refuses to admit it. The other foods think he is boring due to his passion for reading, and he is often the butt of many jokes throughout the series. As a result, Pear has confirmed to try to perform extreme things to deny the idea of him being boring.
- Midget Apple - A diminutive red delicious apple who prefers to be called "Little Apple" - as he deems the name "Midget Apple" to be politically incorrect towards fruits his size. He owns a monster truck and is often ridiculed for his height, mostly by Orange. He is also an expert in horror video games, according to the gaming channel. His catchphrase is "Neato burrito!"
- Marshmallow - Marshmallow is a cute marshmallow Midget Apple's best friend who talks in a squeaky voice and is almost always in a happy, joyful mood. He loves unicorns, rainbows, cuddly animals, and all things cute. A running gag has many foods & AO fans questioning whether Marshmallow is a boy or a girl - although Marshmallow's gender has referred to be male, according to pronouns used in reference to Marshmallow in his early appearances. Marshmallow says, "Yay!" a lot and has a cheeky giggle.
- Grapefruit - A brawny grapefruit who seems to have a bit of a temper - and is often called "fat" by others, usually Orange, much to his frustration. Although he was killed by Knife in his first appearance, he was brought back to life in "Frankenfruit" as the head of the titular amalgamated monster and has appeared in subsequent episodes since then. In earlier seasons, he acts as an antagonist, but in later seasons, he has become part of the main cast. He has the personality of a bodybuilder, as he likes to flex, and also uses bodybuilding terms a lot. He also likes to impress others, particularly the female foods, although he usually fails at his tasks.
- Passion Fruit - Passion Fruit is sweet and sassy and is Orange's love interest - although Orange constantly refuses to admit he is in love with her out of embarrassment. Grapefruit is also in love with Passion, although she doesn't like him.
- Grandpa Lemon - An elderly lemon who constantly falls asleep and has a tendency to mishear words. Like Grapefruit, Grandpa Lemon died in his first appearance, being sliced and juiced into a glass of lemonade, but was brought back to life in "Frankenfruit" and has appeared in subsequent episodes since then. In the High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange episode "Veggie Zombies," a character called Grandma Lime was mentioned by Grandpa Lemon, which is presumed to be his wife, although it is unconfirmed whether or not she is currently living or deceased, as she was never mentioned again in the franchise.
Minor
- Knife - A knife who often kills various foods against his will - and not only is he terrified of the fact he is used to mutilate food, but also is terrified of a cruel knife sharpener who seems to find amusement in Knife's suffering.
- Liam the Leprechaun - A short-tempered leprechaun who's always losing his pot of gold, and ever since his first encounter with Orange, he has become one of his most bitter enemies. He has his own YouTube channel. In early episodes of the series, Orange refers to him as the "Jolly Green Giant".
- ZOOM - An energy drink. His recurring one-liner is, "EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!". ZOOM also appears in the Annoying Orange App Game, "Splatter Up!".
- ZIP - Another energy drink like ZOOM, stated by the latter that ZIP contains 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.
- Squash - A nervous butternut squash who always ends up inadvertently falling onto various foods and crushing them to death, much to his horror and disgust, usually punctuated with "Ew!," as he doesn't even intend to hurt or kill anyone.
- Copper Lincoln - A miniature copper statue of Abraham Lincoln, who is incredibly fond of break-dancing and was birthed from an ordinary penny after it was swallowed and coughed up by a magical oyster.
- Dr. Bananas - A brilliant, yet somewhat insane banana scientist - whose inventions have been known to be incredible achievements, or to cause certain death.
- Nude Dude - An apple who became permanently naked after being put into an electric peeler. It is revealed in "Barewolf" that he is a werewolf.
- Captain Obvious - A sea captain onion who always points out the obvious, much to the annoyance of others.
- Lou the Tick - A conspiracy theorist tick who lives in a shelter, always worrying about aliens possibly taking over Earth.
- Orange's Sister - Also referred to as Sissy, Orange's sister is just as annoying as him.
- Gaming Grape - A young grape who loves to play video games on his PS4 and other game consoles, much to the chagrin of his mother and his sports fanatic older brother, Game Ball. He mostly appears on the Annoying Orange Gaming channel.
- Sour Rangers - These four sour candies that resemble Sour Patch Kids are parodies of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and have saved the kitchen from the threat of domination or destruction by various villains, including Marshageddon, Lord Bread, and Chivan Stews, via the use of their powers, as well as their Gourds, which can be used to form Megagourd. So far, they have starred in four episodes chronicling their adventures.
- *Red - The team leader, Red seems to be somewhat of a braggart and also seems to be the strongest of the four. His Gourd is a zucchini and was gifted the power of the Mussel Chowdergourd in the fourth episode.
- *Pink - Pink is a gymnast and the sole female member of the team. Her Gourd is a pumpkin and was gifted the power of the Oyster Chowdergourd in the fourth episode.
- *Yellow - Yellow serves as the brains of the team. His Gourd is a squash and was gifted the power of the Clam Chowdergourd in the fourth episode.
- *Green - Green is the always-ignored voice of reason, as his logical ideas on how to deal with villains are always shot down by his teammates, even though they would be very effective, much to his chagrin. His Gourd is a courgette and was gifted the power of an unknown Chowdergourd in the fourth episode.
Videos
Spoofs
The Annoying Orange has spoofed many popular web shows, viral videos, TV shows and films. These include:Other channels
- All of the main characters in Annoying Orange have their own YouTube channel.
Annoying Orange Gaming
- On Annoying Orange's Gaming channel, everybody else does gaming videos.
AO Kids
Pear
- On Pear's channel, he does extreme challenges that end in failure, disaster or horror.
Marshmallow
- On Marshmallow's channel, they show 10 min. videos and outtakes from "The Marshmallow Show".
Grapefruit
- On Grapefruit's channel, he shows himself cutting his core, his channel did not last very long.
- On March 1, 2019, it was announced that the Grapefruit's channel would be turning into the Screen Captain channel.
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 talk show series where Orange, Midget Apple, Pear, Grapefruit and Marshmallow discuss a question sent in from the audience. A special Halloween episode of The Juice was aired October 14, 2013. The questions were:- Episode 1 - What do you want to be? Vampire, Werewolf, or Ghost?
- Episode 2 - If you were all stuck on an island, who would you vote for to get eaten first?
- Halloween Special - What is your biggest fear?
- 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?
- Episode 5 - If you had to make one holiday permanent for the rest of time, would you choose Christmas, Halloween, or Easter?
- Episode 6 - If you could have one thing to have for the rest of your lives, would you want hands, legs, or ears?
- Episode 7 - What video game character would you choose to be?
- Episode 8 - Who is your favorite YouTuber?
- Episode 9 - If you could travel in time, where would you go and why?
Foodsplosion
Featured Contestants:
- Andy the Apple
- Wanda the Watermelon
- Pablo the Pepper
- Spencer the Pineapple
- Country Pumpkin
- Coconut
- Cantaloupe
- Tammy the Tomato
- Professor Milk
- Lucille the Orange Soda
- Linda The Cucumber (Prize: Killing In cucumber and midget Apple
Ask Orange
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. In the final episode, Ned gets to meet Orange, only to be rubbed out by an eraser. Following this, Orange announced that The Marshmallow Show would replace The Misfortune of Being Ned's time-slot, much to Ned's dismay.
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 and Joe the Coffee Mug. The guests who have appeared on The Marshmallow Show are:- Episode 1 - Steve Zaragoza
- Episode 2 - Felicia Day
- Episode 3 - Miranda Sings
- Episode 4 - Flula
- Episode 5 - Mikey Bolts
- Episode 6 - Weird Al
- Episode 7 - Chester See
- Episode 8 - Brittani Louise Taylor
- Episode 9 - Hannah Hart
- Episode 10 - Rhett and Link
- Episode 11 - iJustine
- Episode 12 - The Eh Bee Family
- Episode 13 - Daneboe
Trailer Trashed
Annoying Orange Trailer Trashed is a series of episodes in which Orange, Pear, Midget Apple, Marshmallow and sometimes 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:
- Clash of Clans: Flight of the Barbarian
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3
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- Five Nights at Freddy's 4
- '
- FNaF World
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HOW2
Emoji Raps
The Emoji Raps star Orange rapping about several things using emojis, including himself. The first rap was released on. As of, there have been eleven raps. The eighth rap was a Bendy-themed rap, which was on, the ninth rap was Marshmallow rapping instead, which was on and the eleventh one was Christmas-themed, which was on.Annoying Orange Challenges
On, Orange released a series of challenges from the fans' comments and made a series about it that are very extreme, such as the 3 a.m. challenges. As of, there are seven challenges and a few more.Shocktober
On every October from 2013 Onwards, horror / Halloween episodes are released to celebrate the month of Halloween. Pear is one of a few characters who happens to hate Shocktober, as first stated in the episode "The Deviled Egg". This particular fact was even answered in an Ask Orange question in "Ask Orange 9". In later years, Shocktober would also be involved in the Annoying Orange Gaming Channel, in which the characters mostly play Horror Games, games that are scary, or games that are not really scary but are still meant to celebrate Halloween; whether it'd be a videogame, an online web game, a downloadable game, DLC for a game, a fan game, and more.also they make pear play sonic.exeX-Massacre / Christ-Massacre
From until December 22, 2017, X-Massacre, also called Christ-Massacre, was released. This series is about different types of food being killed and served for a Christmas dinner. Each episode would feature a food from the Christmas Dinner list on the refrigerator. This list is what the foods of the kitchen call the "X-Massacre List" / "Christ-Massacre List". Whenever a food from the list would be killed, that food gets crossed out from the list.- Limp Biscuit
- Orange Beans
- Nutcracking the Code
- Figgy Pudding
- Pig Out
Storytime
On, a new series was released where Pear tries to read classical children's stories and fairy tales, only for Orange to make up his own versions, much to Pear's chagrin, which started with the second episode on. One episode sees Grapefruit reading a story, only for Marshmallow to twist the story up. Marshmallow appeared in a few later episodes as well.Featured Stories:
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 History
On July 31, 2019, a new series of videos called Annoying History was created. Like How2 it is both education and comedy. Pear gives truthful wise information while Orange gives confusing off-topic information that would drive Pear insane.- The Moon Landing
- Area 51
- The Oregon Trail
- The Black Death
- Butterfly Island
Annoying Orange Gaming channel
''Minecraft''
Annoying Orange has his own Minecraft server, mc.orangecraft.net. 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
Background
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. 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.The first Annoying Orange video was initially meant to be the only one on YouTube. However, many viewers requested more videos, 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. On April 26, 2010, the series had over 108 million views on YouTube. In June 2010, the channel had received 137 million views. 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. On January 13, 2012, the series hit 1 billion channel views and 2.3 million subscribers. The Annoying Orange YouTube channel currently has over 9.7 million subscribers.Despite the web series'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." 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." 411mania.com called the show "idiotic" and "creepy as hell", while other publications have referred to it as "third grade humor."
In 2014 The Annoying Orange YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #32.
Lawsuit
The success of the series had received attention from a 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 were not very similar. Boedigheimer and Grove were later sued by H2M in May 2013 for allegedly copying the character. No information has been made public regarding the status of the dispute.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. 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. 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.Comics
Annoying Orange comics are published by Papercutz.- Secret Agent Orange – Reference to James Bond.
- Orange You Glad You're Not Me? – 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'?".
- Pulped Fiction – Parody of Pulp Fiction.
- Tales of the Crisper – Parody of Tales from the Crypt.
- Fifty Shades of Orange – Parody of Fifty Shades of Grey.
- My Little Baloney – Parody of My Little Pony.
- Fruitx Club –Parody of
- Winx Club
Television series
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 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.