Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!

Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!
Genre	Surreal comedy Slapstick
Created by	Sammy Oriti Don Oriolo
Developed by	Ray DeLaurentis
Written by	Ray DeLaurentis Will Schifrin
Directed by	Matt Danner
Voices of	Rob Paulsen Michael Donovan Eric Bauza Tracey Moore (first two episodes) Britt McKillip (rest of series) Brian Drummond David Kaye
Country of origin	United States Canada [1] [a]
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	13 (25 segments)
Production
Executive producer	Sander Schwartz
Producers	Aaron Simpson Margaret Dean
Running time	21 minutes (9–10 minutes per segment)
Production companies	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation
Original release
Network	Kids' WB! (United States) Teletoon (Canada)
Release	September 17, 2005 (2005-09-17) – May 27, 2006 (2006-05-27)

Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island! (or simply Coconut Fred or CFFSI) is an animated television series created by Sammy Oriti and Don Oriolo that aired for two seasons on Kids' WB from September 17, 2005, to May 27, 2006. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation with flash animation provided by Dong Yang Animation (which also did the intro), Studio B Productions, and Top Draw Animation.

This show premiered on Kids' WB! alongside Johnny Test and Loonatics Unleashed .

Premise

Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island! takes place on an island inhabited exclusively by fruit. The residents enjoy their own tropical paradise without a care in the world; they must share their peaceful utopia with the joyfully strange Coconut Fred, a whimsical, blissfully foolish coconut with the special ability to materialize anything he thinks about. The plot revolves around the adventures of Fred and his friends, as his boundless imagination springs to life while his friends struggle to cover up the collateral. Any conflict could range from getting a "fruit canal", to sailing off the island only to find themselves in a humongous storm.

Main characters

The main characters of the series. (Coconut Fred, Slip and Slide D'Peel, Bingo Cherry, Bunga Berry and Mel Greenrind)

• Coconut Fred (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a happy-go-lucky coconut with a strange imagination. Fred has the special ability to turn whatever he imagines into reality. He can often be heard saying, "Yay, me!" and "Now you're talking, coconut!"
• Slip & Slide D'Peel (both voiced by Eric Bauza) are hillbilly banana brothers. They are less intelligent than the rest of the cast, and often take things a little too seriously. There is no clear way of telling them apart unless Fred or another character identifies one of them. They are in a band with Fred called "Coconut Fred's All-Body Sound Band", and their music consists mainly of bodily sounds (burping, rude armpit noises, gargling, etc.).
• Bingo Cherry (voiced by Tracey Moore for the first two episodes and by Britt McKillip for the remainder of the series) is a shy and timid cherry. Bingo usually hangs out with Fred, Slip and Slide and Bunga Berry. He is easily terrified, something that Fred does not know and usually provokes.
• Mr. Mel Greenrind (voiced by Michael Donovan) is a strict watermelon. Most commonly assisted by Bingo, Mr. Greenrind routinely attempts to keep everything and everyone in order on the island with his chart of rules known as the squeaky board. A lot of the rules on the squeaky board are really nonsensical, but can be applied to Coconut Fred and his friends. Fred has a tendency to get on Mr. Greenrind's nerves and stress him out from all of his antics, though he is occasionally able to show friendliness towards the coconut (which doesn't last long).
• Wedgie (voiced by Brian Drummond) is an accident-prone lemon who works as a sailor. He ended up on Fruit Salad Island due to Fred's intervention. Wedgie spends a great deal of time talking to "Betty", the wooden figurehead. He often fabricates plans to escape from the island, all of which are foiled by Fred's antics, either directly or indirectly.
• Bunga Berry (voiced by David Kaye) is a wild strawberry who communicates exclusively in grunts and growls. Despite this, everyone is still able to understand what he is saying, and is docile enough to interact with other islanders calmly.

Recurring

• Butchy (voiced by Eric Bauza) is a gravenstein apple. He is well-known for being the island's resident troublemaker and his pride in said fact. He enjoys bullying others, especially Bingo.
• Black Berry (voiced by Brian Drummond) is Butchy's secretary. As his name describes, he is a blackberry. Butchy keeps him in his pocket. His name is a pun on the name of the BlackBerry Personal digital assistant.
• Tiffany Pears (voiced by Britt McKillip) is a famous pear singer on Fruit Salad Island. Everybody likes her music, except for Mr. Greenrind. In the episode "The Ripley Van Ripened Book of World Records", she holds the record for the most off-key singer ever to perform in public. She is a parody of singer Britney Spears.
• B.L. Tomato (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) is an outcast tomato wondering if he is a fruit or a vegetable. His most prominent role is in the Season 2 episode "Captain Nut and the Power Fruits", where he joins Blendar, Captain Nut's archenemy, and turns to the dark side with a new name, the Tomatonator.
• Rusty Candu (voiced by David Kaye) is a friend of Fred's. He is a can of fruit. His only appearances are in the intro, "Hocus Pocus Lack of Focus", "Amuse-Otel", and "Fred Rules!" (in a cameo).
• Slurpy (voiced by Michael Donovan) is a fruit bat who is bent on eating Fruit Salad Island inhabitants. He is afraid of light.
• Melonie Greenrind (voiced by Kelly Sheridan) is Mr. Greenrind's perky niece. She likes to enforce rules even more than her uncle and carries around a very noisy chalkboard.
• Vic (voiced by Garry Chalk) is an alien from Loft Lost 57 in the Sasaft Quadrant in the depths of other space who appears in "Turn on Your Nut Light" as the main antagonist. Originally planning to invade the island with his spaceship fleet, he was mistaken as a tourist to Fred and the island, and due to him and his friends playing in his ship and almost destroying it by going into black holes and ramming into asteroids, he aborted the invasion, causing Fred to crash the ship into Mr. Greenrind's sand castle cabana (they all survived the crash).
• Mrs. Plumcott (voiced by Kathleen Barr) is an elderly, small, chipper plum lady of the island. She hates Mr. Greenrind. Her catchphrase is "Oh dear."
• Dr. Bartlett (voiced by Brian Drummond impersonating Ed Wynn) is a pear dentist on Fruit Salad Island.

Reception

Despite some critics praising the animation and creativity, as well as some elements of the comedy, the series has been criticized for its often loud, over-the-top humor. ^[2] Joly Herman of Common Sense Media posted a review of Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island on Disney's Go.com. The review describes the show as "the TV equivalent of sugary cereal, and nothing more", and gives the show 2 stars out of 5. ^[3]

Despite numerous claims, Rob Paulsen did not regret or hate voicing Fred. He said to a fan at San Diego Comic-Con that it was just a gig that he got paid for, and by no means was he a fan but he was not mad about it. He did however state that the show was a shameless ripoff of SpongeBob SquarePants . ^[4] Additionally, in a QnA section of the new release of "Voice Lessons", he says he did not have any problem with Coconut Fred and Bubsy. ^[5]

Series overview

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally released
				First released	Last released
1	18	9		September 17, 2005 (2005-09-17)	November 26, 2005 (2005-11-26)
2	7	4		May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)	May 27, 2006 (2006-05-27)

Episodes

Each episode was directed by Matt Danner.

Season 1 (2005)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date
1a	1a	"No News is Good News!"	Ray DeLaurentis	Eddie Trigueros	September 17, 2005 (2005-09-17)
Coconut Fred becomes a news reporter.
1b	1b	"Master of Disaster"	Ray DeLaurentis	Ricky Garduno	September 17, 2005 (2005-09-17)
A new volcano is on the island and the gang must stop it before it erupts.
2a	2a	"Hocus Pocus Lack of Focus"	Will Schifrin	Gabe Swarr	September 24, 2005 (2005-09-24)
Fred tries to be a magician.
2b	2b	"Amuse-Otel"	Ray DeLaurentis	Sandra Frame	September 24, 2005 (2005-09-24)
Fred builds a cross between an amusement park and a hotel, and gets Mr. Greenrind to come along.
3a	3a	"Fruit Canal"	Will Schifrin	Ricky Garduno	October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)
Bingo Cherry needs to go to the dentist after he gets a toothache.
3b	3b	"Lemon Overboard"	Ray DeLaurentis	Rob Schrab	October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)
Fred tries to help out Wedgie.
4a	4a	"Fred Rules!"	Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin	Eddie Trigueros	October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)
Mr. Greenrind leaves Fred in charge of the rules board.
4b	4b	"Monster Island"	Eddie Guzelian	Sandra Frame	October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)
Fred and the gang visit Monster Island.
5a	5a	"A Bad Case of the Fruitcups"	Will Schifrin	Ray Morelli and Eddie Trigueros	October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Mr. Greenrind catches the hiccups.
5b	5b	"Fruity Booty"	Ray DeLaurentis Story by : Steve Slavkin	Sandra Frame	October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Fred and his friends go on a Treasure Hunt.
6a	6a	"Nutcase"	Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin	Ricky Garduno	November 5, 2005 (2005-11-05)
Fred becomes a detective.
6b	6b	"One Bad Apple"	Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin	Rob Schrab	November 5, 2005 (2005-11-05)
Butchy intimidates the island and especially Bingo.
7a	7a	"Bananas for Golf"	Story by : Matt Danner Teleplay by : Ray DeLaurentis	Eddie Trigueros	November 12, 2005 (2005-11-12)
Mr. Greenrind just wants to spend a peaceful day golfing, but Fred and the banana brothers ruin his plans.
7b	7b	"Fruitball Heroes"	R.J. Colleary	Gabe Swarr	November 12, 2005 (2005-11-12)
The gang plays Fruitball at the Island Stadium.
8a	8a	"A Cold Day on Fruit Salad Island"	Ray DeLaurentis	Ricky Garduno	November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)
Fred gets sick during the Island Carnival, and has to find a cure before the carnival is over.
8b	8b	"Five Nuts and a Baby"	Will Schifrin	Dave Cunningham	November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)
The gang finds a Fruit Bat and tries to parent it.
9a	9a	"Banana Cabana"	Will Schifrin	Kirk Van Wormer	November 26, 2005 (2005-11-26)
The Banana Brothers are left to repair Mr. Greenrind's door after Fred used it for a Surfboard and destroying it.
9b	9b	"Coconut Freds"	Phillip Vaughn and Ray DeLaurentis	Sandra Frame	November 26, 2005 (2005-11-26)
Fred finds a magical printer and makes duplicates of himself with it.

Season 2 (2006)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date
10	1	"Captain Nut and the Power Fruits"	Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin	Ricky Garduno and Eddie Trigueros	May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)
Fred and the gang become super heroes to defeat Blendark.
11a	2a	"Monkey Business"	Ray DeLaurentis	Dave Cunningham	May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13)
A rude baboon upsets the fruits of the island.
11b	2b	"Sir Nutalot"	Will Schifrin	Sandra Frame	May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13)
After Fred and the gang wish to be in a video game, they have to rescue Princess Greenrind (Mr. Greenrind as Princess Peach) from Butchy (as Sephiroth). Fred is dressed as Cloud, Slip & Slide as Mario and Luigi and Bingo is dressed as Navi.
12a	3a	"One Fruit's Trash is Another Fruit's Treasure"	Ray DeLaurentis	Jay Baker	May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)
Mr. Greenrind forbids Fred from collecting bottle caps.
12b	3b	"Turn on Your Nut Light"	Will Schifrin	Gabe Swarr	May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)
Fred summons an alien.
13a	4a	"The Ripley Van Ripend Book of World Records"	Ray DeLaurentis	Ray Morelli and Eddie Trigueros	May 27, 2006 (2006-05-27)
Sad that he is the only islander to not have broken a record, Fred tries to show Mr. Ripley Van Ripend that he can attain a world record.
13b	4b	"Frozen in the Time"	Dan Danko & Tom Mason	Ricky Garduno	May 27, 2006 (2006-05-27)
The fruits travel through time.

References

1. "American Animation Directory- KOKO Productions Inc". Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2021. Award winning recording studio and production house. Selected animation credits: Ed Edd n Eddy, Dragon Tales, Johnny Test, Transformers, Bratz, Care Bears, He-Man, Krypto, Madeline, Martin Mystery, Strawberry Shortcake, Noddy. Features: Barbie (Island Princess, Christmas Carol, Thumbelina, Diamond Castle), My Scene, The Condor, The Chameleon, Edison & Leo, My Little Pony.
2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows (1st ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 131. ISBN   978-1538103739.
3. Herman, Joly. "Television Review: Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island". DisneyFamily.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011.
4. JustARefletion. "Comment". Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.^{[ non-primary source needed ]}
5. "Rob Paulsen on Animaniacs 2020 Reboot, Experience in Voice Acting and Bubsy Bobcat". YouTube . October 13, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

Notes

1. Although not mentioned on the site, it is still stated at the ending credits.

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