The Rotten Fruit

The Rotten Fruit
Genre	Adult animation Black comedy
Created by	Eli Roth Noah Belson
Directed by	Eli Roth
Voices of	Noah Belson Gabriel Roth Eli Roth
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Evan Astrowsky Alex Keledjian Eli Roth
Original release
Release	2000 (2000)

The Rotten Fruit is a 2000 American adult stop-motion animated satirical black comedy miniseries created by Noah Belson and Eli Roth. Described as a "modern satire" running roughly three to five minutes each episode, the show revolves a British rock and roll band consisting of violent, sociopathic pieces of fruit. Roth, the co-creator of the series, went on to a successful career in film directing with such films as Cabin Fever and Hostel . ^[1]

Originally, the eight episode were released on a now-defunct Z.com website before it ended up released the remaining three episodes on YouTube under the unofficial account; Roth was re-released all episode on WeShort website for a limited time. ^[2]

Episodes

No.	Title	Synopsis
1	The Battle of the Bands	The Rotten Fruit compete against the popular boy band C-5 in a battle of the bands.  Suspecting they might lose, the Fruit use cutthroat tactics to ensure victory.
2	Concert Riots	After a stampede at one of their concerts resulting in the death of a fan, the band decide to put on a benefit show, with even more disastrous results.
3	The Critic	The Rotten Fruit take their biggest critic hostage to try and win him over.
4	We Are the World	Manager Guy The Pie Shapiro arranges a collaboration for a charity song, only for the band to learn it’s with the newly re-formed C-5.
5	Snackster	The Rotten Fruit try to put an end to online piracy by personally going after the fans stealing their music.
6	David Lunch	The Rotten Fruit film a music video with legendary artist and surrealist director David Lunch.
7	Room Service	The Rotten Fruit trash a hotel room, then are tricked into cleaning it up.
8	Cancer Boy	The Rotten Fruit decide to record a benefit song for a young peach with cancer, only to realize that no good deed goes unpunished.

References

1. "BBC - Films - interview - Eli Roth". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
2. Foreman, Alison (April 18, 2025). "Eli Roth Announces Surprise 'Rotten Fruit' Reunion — Punk Claymation Series Now Streaming Unseen Episodes". IndieWire. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

External links

• The Rotten Fruit at IMDb