The Rotten Fruit

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television 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 such films as Cabin Fever and Hostel.

Originally, the eight episodes were released on the now defunct Z.com. Roth re-released all episodes on WeShort in 2025.

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.

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