Review: Apple & Onion “One Hit Wonder” ; “A Matter Of Pride”

Overview (Spoilers Below)

“One Hit Wonder”

Apple & Onion hate their jobs and instead want to write a one-hit wonder song in an attempt to get famous and make a bunch of money. Their first composition gets it’s first chance at notoriety with a live performance at the wedding for the Cookie couple. Unfortunately, the duo breaks up ahead of the wedding, so Apple and Onion have to work to make the couple fall back in love again so that they can proceed with the wedding and the titular characters’ song can be heard by all.

On the day of the wedding, the Cookies are going back and forth whether or not they want to get married. To solve this, Apple & Onion actually have to battle the Cookies in a joust. The Cookies win, get married, and Apple & Onion get to sing their song. Unfortunately, the song was critically panned, and the music career aspirations of Apple & Onion come to a close.

“A Matter Of Pride”

Apple & Onion quit their jobs at the dollar store and are now broke and don’t have enough money for food. In an attempt to get money, the duo try a bunch of different occupations of which they have no experience in including being CEOs in a company, doctors, and lawyers. Fortunately, Burger gets the two jobs at his fast food restaurant, but the restaurant runs out of food from a busy day, so they can’t get the free meal that comes with their jobs. Apple & Onion opt to get their jobs back at the dollar store and slither back to Patty begging to which she agrees.

Our Take

Both episodes deal with the same premise, Apple & Onion trying “get rich quick” schemes in an attempt to quit their lousy jobs only to learn that just having a job is infinitely better than not having a job. With a job you can buy food, you can do a lot of things, so sometimes be happy with what you’re doing and take pride in your work. In any event, both episodes were hilarious and can certainly speak to anyone who has ever felt like they were just going around in circles in their current career. Again, it’s a concept that probably skews to Cartoon Network’s older working crowd, giving more credence to the idea that maybe Cartoon Network should have more prime-time animation that isn’t quite as nuts as Adult Swim but that tweens can still enjoy.