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'{{Short description|Animated television series}} {{Infobox television | image = CFFSILogo.png | genre = [[Surreal comedy]]<br>[[Slapstick]] | runtime = 21 minutes (9–10 minutes per segment) | company = [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]]<br>[[Warner Bros. Animation]] | developer = Ray DeLaurentis | creator = {{Plainlist| * [[Sammy Oriti]] * [[Don Oriolo]] }} | executive_producer = [[Sander Schwartz]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Aaron Simpson (producer)|Aaron Simpson]] * Margaret Dean }} | director = [[Matt Danner]] | writer = {{Plainlist| * Ray DeLaurentis * Will Schifrin }} | voices = {{Plainlist| * [[Rob Paulsen]] * [[Michael Donovan]] * [[Eric Bauza]] * [[Tracey Moore (actress)|Tracey Moore]] (first two episodes) * [[Britt McKillip]] (rest of series) * [[Brian Drummond]] * [[David Kaye (voice actor)|David Kaye]] }} | country = {{Plainlist| * United States * Canada<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Animation Directory- KOKO Productions Inc. |url=http://www.animationdirectory.ca/component/task,search/subcategory,12/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222154915/http://www.animationdirectory.ca/component/task,search/subcategory,12/ |archive-date=2019-12-22 |access-date=2021-12-30 |quote=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.}}</ref>{{efn | name=credits | Although not mentioned on the site, it is still stated at the ending credits.}} }} | network = [[Kids' WB!]] ([[United States]])<br>[[Cartoon Network Canada|Teletoon]] ([[Canada]]) | first_aired = {{Start date|2005|09|17}} | last_aired = {{End date|2006|05|27}} | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 13 (25 segments) | list_episodes = #Episodes }} '''''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== [[File:Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island.jpg|right|thumb|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 'country' 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 just 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 (actress)|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 [[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 all of which can be applied to Coconut Fred and his friends. Fred has a tendency to get on Mr. Greenrind's nerves, and sometimes stress him out from all of his antics, though as the series progresses, he was able to show friendliness towards Fred (which usually would not last long). * '''Wedgie''' (voiced by [[Brian Drummond]]) is a 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 (voice actor)|David Kaye]]) is a wild strawberry. Bunga 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 as the island's troublemaking bully. He enjoys frightening others, like 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. A pun on the [[BlackBerry]] [[Personal digital assistant]]. * '''Tiffany Pears''' (voiced by Britt McKillip) is a famous 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 that is trying to find out if he is a fruit or a vegetable. In the Season 2 episode "Captain Nut and the Power Fruits", he joined Blendar, Captain Nut's archenemy, and turned to the dark side with a new name, the Tomatonator. Aside from the title song, he never starred in any other episode. * '''Rusty Candu''' (voiced by David Kaye) is Fred's friend. He is a can of fruit. His only appearances are the title song and the episodes "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 the 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. After being mistaken as a tourist to Fred and the island, he was actually planning to invade the island with his spaceship fleet, but because of Fred and his friends playing in his ship and almost destroying them by going into [[black holes]] and ramming into [[asteroids]], he aborted the invasion and Fred crashed the ship into Mr. Greenrind's sand castle [[Cabana (structure)|cabana]]. They all survived the crash. He only appeared in "Turn On Your Nut Light". * '''Mrs. Plumcott''' (voiced by [[Kathleen Barr]]) is the token little old 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.<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |year=2018 |isbn=978-1538103739 |edition=1st |page=131}}</ref> 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 proceeded to give the show 2 stars out of 5.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herman |first=Joly |title=Television Review: Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island |url=http://family.go.com/entertainment/article-csm-81413-television-review--coconut-fred-s-fruit-salad-island-t/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807223050/http://family.go.com/entertainment/article-csm-81413-television-review--coconut-fred-s-fruit-salad-island-t/ |archive-date=7 August 2011 |website=DisneyFamily.com}}</ref> Despite numerous claims, [[Rob Paulsen]] did not regret or hate voicing Fred, as he said to a fan on [[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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=JustARefletion |title=Comment |url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/coconutfredsfruitsaladisland/images/9/92/Ytcffsicomment.png/revision/latest?cb=20221018092515 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104105924/https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/coconutfredsfruitsaladisland/images/9/92/Ytcffsicomment.png/revision/latest?cb=20221018092515 |archive-date=2022-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-04}}{{primary source inline|date=March 2023}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rob Paulsen on Animaniacs 2020 Reboot, Experience in Voice Acting and Bubsy Bobcat |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE1rKTVDJYY&t=1422s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030124418/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE1rKTVDJYY&t=1422s |archive-date=2022-10-30 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=[[YouTube]]| date=13 October 2019 }}</ref> ==Series overview== {{Series overview | auxA = Segments | color1 = #66CC00 | link1 = #Season 1 | auxA1 = | auxB1 = 18 | episodes1 = 9 | start1 = {{Start date|2005|09|17}} | end1 = {{End date|2005|11|26}} | color2 = #3AA1C0 | link2 = #Season 2 | auxA2 = | episodes2 = 4 | auxB2 = 7 | start2 = {{Start date|2006|05|06}} | end2 = {{End date|2006|05|27}} }} ==Episodes== Each episode was directed by [[Matt Danner]]. ===Season 1 (2005)=== {{Episode table |background=#66CC00|overall= |season= |title=|aux2=|aux2T=Written by|aux3=|aux3T=Storyboard by|airdate=|released=y|episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1a | EpisodeNumber2 = 1a | Title = No News is Good News! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|09|17}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Eddie Trigueros | ShortSummary = One day, Fred awakens, pondering just what he should be doing today. After procrastinating by spraying Mr. Greenrind with a squirt gun filled with glue, he, Slip, Slide, and Bingo discuss their ideas. Suddenly, a newspaper flies into Bingo's face, and Fred decides to use this as an opportunity to become a news reporter. His stories involve supernatural beings and other mythical creatures that somehow come to life, alongside other significantly more mundane occurrences like Mr. Greenrind getting caught picking his nose or him annoying Wedgie during one of his many unsuccessful attempts to escape Fruit Salad Island. Suddenly, the bizarre creatures that he imagined for his stories begin terrorizing Fruit Salad Island, and he and only he, transforming into his alter ego Lifeguard Fred, can rescue the inhabitants. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1b | EpisodeNumber2 = 1b | Title = Master of Disaster | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|09|17}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Ricky Garduno | ShortSummary = Fred and the others learn of a volcano on Fruit Salad Island that Fred dubs "Melvin", and try to stop it from erupting before it destroys all of Fruit Salad Island. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2a | EpisodeNumber2 = 2a | Title = Hocus Pocus Lack of Focus | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|09|24}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Gabe Swarr | ShortSummary = Fred tries to be a magician. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2b | EpisodeNumber2 = 2b | Title = Amuse-Otel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|09|24}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Sandra Frame | ShortSummary = Fred builds a cross between an amusement park and a hotel, and gets Mr. Greenrind to come along. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3a | EpisodeNumber2 = 3a | Title = Fruit Canal | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|01}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Ricky Garduno | ShortSummary = Bingo Cherry needs to go to the dentist after he gets a toothache. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3b | EpisodeNumber2 = 3b | Title = Lemon Overboard | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|01}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Rob Schrab | ShortSummary = Fred tries to help out Wedgie. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4a | EpisodeNumber2 = 4a | Title = Fred Rules! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|08}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Eddie Trigueros | ShortSummary = Mr. Greenrind leaves Fred in charge of the rules board. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4b | EpisodeNumber2 = 4b | Title = Monster Island | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|08}} | WrittenBy = Eddie Guzelian | Aux3 = Sandra Frame | ShortSummary = Fred and the gang visit Monster Island. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5a | EpisodeNumber2 = 5a | Title = A Bad Case of the Fruitcups | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|29}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Ray Morelli and Eddie Trigueros | ShortSummary = Mr. Greenrind catches the hiccups. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5b | EpisodeNumber2 = 5b | Title = Fruity Booty | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|29}} | WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|1=Ray DeLaurentis|s=Steve Slavkin}} | Aux3 = Sandra Frame | ShortSummary = Fred and his friends go on a Treasure Hunt. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6a | EpisodeNumber2 = 6a | Title = Nutcase | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|05}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Ricky Garduno | ShortSummary = Fred becomes a detective. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6b | EpisodeNumber2 = 6b | Title = One Bad Apple | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|05}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Rob Schrab | ShortSummary = Butchy intimidates the island and especially Bingo. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7a | EpisodeNumber2 = 7a | Title = Bananas for Golf | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|12}} | WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Matt Danner|t=Ray DeLaurentis}} | Aux3 = Eddie Trigueros | ShortSummary = Mr. Greenrind just wants to spend a peaceful day golfing, but Fred and the banana brothers ruin his plans. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7b | EpisodeNumber2 = 7b | Title = Fruitball Heroes | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|12}} | WrittenBy = R.J. Colleary | Aux3 = Gabe Swarr | ShortSummary = The gang plays Fruitball at the Island Stadium. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8a | EpisodeNumber2 = 8a | Title = A Cold Day on Fruit Salad Island | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|19}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Ricky Garduno | ShortSummary = Fred gets sick during the Island Carnival, and has to find a cure before the carnival is over. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8b | EpisodeNumber2 = 8b | Title = Five Nuts and a Baby | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|19}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Dave Cunningham | ShortSummary = The gang finds a Fruit Bat and tries to parent it. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9a | EpisodeNumber2 = 9a | Title = Banana Cabana | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|26}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Kirk Van Wormer | ShortSummary = The Banana Brothers are left to repair Mr. Greenrind's door after Fred used it for a Surfboard and destroying it. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9b | EpisodeNumber2 = 9b | Title = Coconut Freds | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|26}} | WrittenBy = Phillip Vaughn and Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Sandra Frame | ShortSummary = Fred finds a magical printer and makes duplicates of himself with it. |LineColor = 66CC00 }} }} ===Season 2 (2006)=== {{Episode table|background=3AA1C0|overall= |season= |title= |writer= |aux2=|airdate=|aux2T=Storyboard by|episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Captain Nut and the Power Fruits | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin | Aux2 = Ricky Garduno and Eddie Trigueros | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|05|06}} | ShortSummary = Fred and the gang become Super Heroes to defeat Blendark. | LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11a | EpisodeNumber2 = 2a | Title = Monkey Business | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|05|13}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Dave Cunningham | ShortSummary = A rude baboon upsets the fruits of the island. |LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11b | EpisodeNumber2 = 2b | Title = Sir Nutalot | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|05|13}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Sandra Frame | ShortSummary = 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 (Final Fantasy)|Sephiroth]]). Fred is dressed as [[Cloud Strife|Cloud]], Slip & Slide as [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] and Bingo is dressed as [[Navi (The Legend of Zelda)|Navi]]. |LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12a | EpisodeNumber2 = 3a | Title = One Fruit's Trash is Another Fruit's Treasure | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|05|20}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Jay Baker | ShortSummary = Mr. Greenrind forbids Fred from collecting bottle caps. |LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12b | EpisodeNumber2 = 3b | Title = Turn on Your Nut Light | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|05|20}} | WrittenBy = Will Schifrin | Aux3 = Gabe Swarr | ShortSummary = Fred summons an alien. |LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13a | EpisodeNumber2 = 4a | Title = The Ripley Van Ripend Book of World Records | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|05|27}} | WrittenBy = Ray DeLaurentis | Aux3 = Ray Morelli and Eddie Trigueros | ShortSummary = 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. |LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13b | EpisodeNumber2 = 4b | Title = Frozen in the Time | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|05|27}} | WrittenBy = Dan Danko & Tom Mason | Aux3 = Ricky Garduno | ShortSummary = The fruits travel through time. |LineColor = 3AA1C0 }} }} == References == {{Reflist}} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb title|0480232}} {{Warner Bros. animation and comics}} {{Kids' WB}} [[Category:Kids' WB original shows]] [[Category:2000s American animated television series]] [[Category:2005 American television series debuts]] [[Category:2006 American television series endings]] [[Category:2000s Canadian animated television series]] [[Category:2005 Canadian television series debuts]] [[Category:2006 Canadian television series endings]] [[Category:American children's animated adventure television series]] [[Category:American children's animated comedy television series]] [[Category:Canadian children's animated adventure television series]] [[Category:Canadian children's animated comedy television series]] [[Category:The WB animated television series]] [[Category:Teletoon original programming]] [[Category:Television series by Warner Bros. 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