Bad Apples Gone Good is a 2013 student short film that was a finalist of the TVOKids Choice Awards and Tiff Kids’ Jumpcuts. It was about racism, and its plot is similar to another finalist, Different. It was available twice on the TVOKids website, and the Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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In November 17, 2023, Ms. Leah (the teacher of the creators of the short) found the film and sent it to TheGreenTeletubbie. The short film is available to view here:
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“Shot with a cast of real fruit puppets, Bad Apples Gone Good opens with a green apple who rolls into a new neighbourhood and gets bullied by a trio of red ones for looking different.
Unfazed, the new apple proudly shows off his family tree, dotted with the likes of Granny and Grandpa Smith and his Pink Lady mother, not to mention his great-grandfather, Apple-Ham Lincoln.
Impressed, the red apples turn from sour to sweet, and eventually invite a pineapple, banana, orange and pear to join them in a friendly fruit salad finale.” (Credit to Andrew Hudson of Beach Metro Community News)