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Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples in their purest traditional form. Sometimes some other type of fruits appear as yet another variation, best if it's traditional fruit from the kids' (or their parents' gardens) like pears or plums. Apples, pears and plums are traditionally harvested in autumn, which makes them ideal gifts for teachers at the beginning of the school year.
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Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples in their purest traditional form. Sometimes some other type of fruits appear as yet another variation, best if it's traditional fruit from the kids' (or their parents' gardens) parents') gardens like pears or plums. Apples, pears and plums are traditionally harvested in autumn, which makes them ideal gifts for teachers at the beginning of the school year.
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out. A variation of this variation is to play a joke on the teacher by giving her an apple with gummie worm candies inside. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Halloween, Christmas, and/or Valentine's Day gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt). Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples in their purest traditional form.
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out. A variation of this variation is to play a joke on the teacher by giving her an apple with gummie worm candies inside. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Halloween, Christmas, and/or Valentine's Day gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt). melt).
Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples in their purest traditionalform.
form. Sometimes some other type of fruits appear as yet another variation, best if it's traditional fruit from the kids' (or their parents' gardens) like pears or plums. Apples, pears and plums are traditionally harvested in autumn, which makes them ideal gifts for teachers at the beginning of the school year.
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* In one ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode, Gilligan, telling a random story to the Skipper, mentions one of his classmates getting in trouble for giving the teacher an apple. The exasperated Skipper says getting in trouble for that doesn't happen, whereupon Gilligan [[WorseWithContext clarifies that the apple was wormy.]]
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* ''Film/Bedazzled2000'': When the Devil appears as a HotTeacher, she has pile of apples on her desk from her horndog students.
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out. A variation of this variation is to play a joke on the teacher by giving her an apple with gummie worm candies inside. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Halloween, Christmas, and/or Valentine's Day gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt). Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples in their purest traditional form.
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Giving the teacher plain, traditional apples is now mostly a DiscreditedTrope, but the apple is still strongly associated with teachers (at least those teaching in elementary schools).
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Giving the teacher plain, traditional apples is now mostly somewhat of a DiscreditedTrope, but the apple is still strongly associated with teachers (at least those teaching in elementary schools).
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Halloween, Christmas, and/or Valentine's Day gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt). Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples.apples in their purest traditional form.
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Halloween, Christmas, and/or Valentine's Day gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt). Further variations include giving the teacher apple pie, apple cider, or apple-flavored ice cream and/or frozen yogurt instead of actual regular apples.
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Christmas Halloween, Christmas, and/or Valentine's Day gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt).
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out.
out. Another common variation is for the student to give the teacher a chocolate-dipped, candy-coated apple as a Christmas gift (this works best during the winter, as the heat of the warmer summer, late spring, and early fall temperatures would cause the chocolate coating to melt).
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* ''Literature/ProfessorBranestawm'': In "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin An Apple for the Teacher]]", the Professor's housekeeper's sister Aggie's little girl Esme decides she wants to take her teacher an apple after reading that kids in America do so. The teacher doesn't like apples, but she's too polite to refuse and figures she can give it to her brother. Unfortunately the idea soon spreads to all of Esme's classmates... then the whole school... then ''every school in Pagwell'', resulting in chaos as the shops start running out of apples, while the schools are accumulating thousands of them. An attempt to solve both problems at once the obvious way creates a new problem, as soon the same apples are being circulated round and round until they rot; the Professor tries to solve this problem by inventing lifelike plastic apples, but this ''also'' creates a new problem as people occasionally want to, you know, ''eat'' apples. Then [[ShaggyDogStory the problem abruptly goes away by itself]] as the kids [[FlashInThePanFad get bored with the apple thing]] and decide they're not doing it any more. The adults breathe a collective sigh of relief... [[HereWeGoAgain and then Esme takes an orange to school for the teacher]].
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* ''Film/HorseFeathers'': When Baravelli and Pinky enter the class, the former gives the professor an apple, while the latter gives him a ''watermelon''.
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-->'''Wagstaff:''' Well, all you need now is a bowl of cherries.
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* ''Literature/IWishThatIHadDuckFeet'': The book revolves around a boy who fantasizing about having the body parts of different animals. In one scene, he thinks that antlers will be useful for carrying things, including apples for his teacher.
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': In the premiere episode, Mary Margaret Blanchard (the former Literature/SnowWhite banished to the real world with FakeMemories) receives a pear from one of her students. According to a later episode, Mary Margaret doesn't like apples for reasons she has never been able to pin down.
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** Cheerilee's desk is often seen with an apple on her desk. It's possible that it came from Apple Bloom.
** Being a teacher starting in Season 8, Twilight is often given an apple from one of her students.
** Cheerilee's desk is often seen with an apple on her desk. It's possible that it came from Apple Bloom.
** Being a teacher starting in Season 8, Twilight is often given an apple from one of her students.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'': In all stages that require giving a teacher an item for their classroom, one of the accepted objects is an apple.
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* WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons: in the Michel Lah-directed Droopy cartoon "Blackboard Jumble", the Droopies give the protagonist an apple outright labeled "apple for teacher"... and from which protrudes a burning wick, so he simply pulls the wick out and takes a bite. A second later, the bite explodes, leaving smoke from his ears. He looks dumbfounded at the wick... which explodes too, [[AshFace ashfacing]] him. Then the apple explodes.
* WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons: in the Michel Lah-directed Droopy cartoon "Blackboard Jumble", the Droopies give the protagonist an apple outright labeled "apple for teacher"... and from which protrudes a burning wick, so he simply pulls the wick out and takes a bite. A second later, the bite explodes, leaving smoke from his ears. He looks dumbfounded at the wick... which explodes too, [[AshFace ashfacing]] him. Then the apple explodes.
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* ''Film/RealGenius'': Chris hands a green apple to Mr. Kent, who dismissively throws it in the trash. However, it turns out to be [[MadeOfExplodium a disguised bomb]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' episode, "Fozzie's Last Laugh" begins with the babies playing school. Piggy plays the teacher, and Fozzie gives her an apple, which he hid a rubber worm in to prank her with. Fozzie finds this prank funny, but Piggy certainly doesn't.
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* One SundayStrip of ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' involved Peter eating all the apples before Jason could give one to the teacher at the start of the school year. Peter eventually convinced Jason to go with a potato, as it's known as the "apple of the earth" in French.
* One SundayStrip of ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' involved Peter eating all the apples before Jason could give one to the teacher at the start of the school year. Peter eventually convinced Jason to go with a potato, as it's known as the "apple of the earth" in French.
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* In ''Series/AllThat'', One student tries to be a teacher's pet by giving the teacher an apple. Another student tries to upstage him by giving her an apple tree.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ChristmasEpisode, a row of kindergarten students are shown lined up at Miss. Keane's desk, giving her apples wrapped in Christmas bows. She is already shown to have a stack of them on her desk.
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* An education building's grade (read: efficiency) in [[VideoGame/SimCity Simcity 4]] is represented by an apple symbol. Zero apple symbols mean your schools suck, 5 apple symbols mean they're second to none.
* An education building's grade (read: efficiency) in [[VideoGame/SimCity Simcity 4]] is represented by an apple symbol. Zero apple symbols mean your schools suck, 5 apple symbols mean they're second to none.
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* ''Film/AChristmasStory'': Ralphie gives his teacher an entire fruit basket in an attempt get a good grade to butter his parents up with.
-->'''Adult Ralphie:''' Yes, truly, a little bribe never hurts.
-->'''Adult Ralphie:''' Yes, truly, a little bribe never hurts.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In "Smarten Up!", when Billy's cat Milkshakes is possessed by a "bookworm" and takes it upon himself to tutor him, Billy gives him an apple. Milkshakes is touched by the gesture, only to find a worm inside of it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In "Smarten Up!", when Billy's cat Milkshakes is Milkshakes, possessed by a "bookworm" and "book worm", takes it upon himself to tutor him, him. Billy gives him an apple. apple, which touches Milkshakes is touched by the gesture, only to until he find a worm inside of in it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Exaggerated in "Teacher's Pest", when Mr. Krabs and Plankton force-feed Mrs. Puff various fruits to get on her good side. At one point, Plankton pours a bagful of apple seeds down her throat, resulting in ''an entire apple tree'' growing from inside her.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'': In "A Little Learning", Yoshi and Oogtar give Princess Toadstool an apple with a caterpillar inside. The two think it's funny (and so do Hip and Hop, which inspires them to go to school against King Koopa's wishes), but the Princess doesn't.
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** In "Boating School", Patrick supplies [=SpongeBob=] with an apple to give Mrs. Puff with on the day of his next driving test. He hands it to her and she scarfs it down.
** Exaggerated in "Teacher's Pest", when Mr. Krabs and Plankton force-feed Mrs. Puff various fruits to get on her good side. At one point, Plankton pours a bagful of apple seeds down her throat, resulting in ''an entire apple tree'' growing from inside her.
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** Exaggerated in "Teacher's Pest", when Mr. Krabs and Plankton force-feed Mrs. Puff various fruits to get on her good side. At one point, Plankton pours a bagful of apple seeds down her throat, resulting in ''an entire apple tree'' growing from inside her.
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A common stereotype of schools is the TeachersPet giving the teacher a shiny red apple as a token of appreciation. A common variation is the class clown giving an apple with a worm inside to gross her out.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Miss Fowl has an apple on her desk. When she gets shrunk down, she does battle with the worm living inside it.
* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': When Pinocchio starts for school, Geppetto hands him an apple to give to his teacher. When he encounters Honest John and Gideon, the former eats the apple and gives him back the core.
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* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': A student places a green apple on Indy's desk as his class leaves the room.
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* ''[[Literature/WaysideSchool Sideways Stories from Wayside School]]'': The villainous Mrs. Gorf has the power to turn her students into apples, and she'll use it on them for any offense. She meets her demise when the students find a way to use her power against her, and she ends up being eaten by the yard teacher (who thinks it's an ordinary apple brought to her as a gift).
* ''Literature/IWishThatIHadDuckFeet'': The book revolves around a boy who fantasizing about having the body parts of different animals. In one scene, he thinks that antlers will be useful for carrying things, including apples for his teacher.
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* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': In "iSpy a Mean Teacher", a student tries to give Ms. Briggs a grapefruit that he grew especially for her. She slaps it out of his hand and snarls "I ''hate'' citrus fruit!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabyHuey'': In ''Pest Pupil'', a teacher is given apples by her students, but Huey gives her a ''pumpkin'' instead, crushing the apples and getting her face full of applesauce.
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In ''Teachers Are People'', Goofy is a schoolteacher who has his students hand him apples as a homework assignment, and is miffed when he catches the class delinquent eating his homework. Later, he is seen eating the apples for lunch while his students are at recess.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In "Smarten Up!", when Billy's cat Milkshakes is possessed by a "bookworm" and takes it upon himself to tutor him, Billy gives him an apple. Milkshakes is touched by the gesture, only to find a worm inside of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Student Teacher", Helga tries to get Olga in trouble by leaving an apple with a worm inside on her desk. Unfortunately, it's Mr. Simmons who picks it up.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleBear'': In one episode, Little Bear and Emily set up a school for the animals. Early on, the trope is lampshaded, with Emily finding an apple and noting that the teacher usually just sets it on their desk, and is never actually seen eating it.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Exaggerated in "Teacher's Pest", when Mr. Krabs and Plankton force-feed Mrs. Puff various fruits to get on her good side. At one point, Plankton pours a bagful of apple seeds down her throat, resulting in ''an entire apple tree'' growing from inside her.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'': In "A Little Learning", Yoshi and Oogtar give Princess Toadstool an apple with a caterpillar inside. The two think it's funny (and so do Hip and Hop, which inspires them to go to school against King Koopa's wishes), but the Princess doesn't.
It's mostly a DiscreditedTrope, but the apple is still associated with teachers (at least those teaching in elementary schools).
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* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Miss Fowl has an apple on her desk. When she gets shrunk down, she does battle with the worm living inside it.
* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': When Pinocchio starts for school, Geppetto hands him an apple to give to his teacher. When he encounters Honest John and Gideon, the former eats the apple and gives him back the core.
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* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': A student places a green apple on Indy's desk as his class leaves the room.
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* ''[[Literature/WaysideSchool Sideways Stories from Wayside School]]'': The villainous Mrs. Gorf has the power to turn her students into apples, and she'll use it on them for any offense. She meets her demise when the students find a way to use her power against her, and she ends up being eaten by the yard teacher (who thinks it's an ordinary apple brought to her as a gift).
* ''Literature/IWishThatIHadDuckFeet'': The book revolves around a boy who fantasizing about having the body parts of different animals. In one scene, he thinks that antlers will be useful for carrying things, including apples for his teacher.
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* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': In "iSpy a Mean Teacher", a student tries to give Ms. Briggs a grapefruit that he grew especially for her. She slaps it out of his hand and snarls "I ''hate'' citrus fruit!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabyHuey'': In ''Pest Pupil'', a teacher is given apples by her students, but Huey gives her a ''pumpkin'' instead, crushing the apples and getting her face full of applesauce.
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In ''Teachers Are People'', Goofy is a schoolteacher who has his students hand him apples as a homework assignment, and is miffed when he catches the class delinquent eating his homework. Later, he is seen eating the apples for lunch while his students are at recess.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In "Smarten Up!", when Billy's cat Milkshakes is possessed by a "bookworm" and takes it upon himself to tutor him, Billy gives him an apple. Milkshakes is touched by the gesture, only to find a worm inside of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Student Teacher", Helga tries to get Olga in trouble by leaving an apple with a worm inside on her desk. Unfortunately, it's Mr. Simmons who picks it up.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleBear'': In one episode, Little Bear and Emily set up a school for the animals. Early on, the trope is lampshaded, with Emily finding an apple and noting that the teacher usually just sets it on their desk, and is never actually seen eating it.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Exaggerated in "Teacher's Pest", when Mr. Krabs and Plankton force-feed Mrs. Puff various fruits to get on her good side. At one point, Plankton pours a bagful of apple seeds down her throat, resulting in ''an entire apple tree'' growing from inside her.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'': In "A Little Learning", Yoshi and Oogtar give Princess Toadstool an apple with a caterpillar inside. The two think it's funny (and so do Hip and Hop, which inspires them to go to school against King Koopa's wishes), but the Princess doesn't.
