History Main / AppleForTeacher

* ''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 anymore. The adults breathe a collective sigh of relief... [[HereWeGoAgain and then Esme takes an orange to school for the teacher]].
* Mexican short novel ''La Formula del Doctor Funes'' has the titular character who used his formula and aged back to a 12 year old, discuss with the biology teacher at school. He decides to pay her back by buying an apple as an "apology" in which he had secretly injected some of his formula. Next time we see her she has turned into a 6 year old girl. Meanwhile, the principal, hearing that she became younger thanks to an apple, demands to see where they bought it, at which point proceeds to buy all of them.

* Late in one episode of ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn gives a apple to [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Mr. Feeny]] to make up for his AlcoholInducedIdiocy.

* A mini-series on the Challenger disaster had the astronauts trolling high school teacher Christa [=McAuliffe=] by saying in unison: "Good morning, Mrs [=McAuliffe=]!" and then producing apples.

* Mexican short novel ''La Formula del Doctor Funes'' has the titular character who used his formula and aged back to a 12 year old, discuss with the biology teacher at school. He decides to pay her back by buying an apple as an "apology" in which he had secretly injected some of his formula. Next time we see her she has turned into a 6 year old girl.

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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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-->'''Teacher''': "One of you managed a ''B''." (looks out at them) "The short kid who brought in that nice banana."

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. The trope seems to originate in a rule or a law from some communities: the village or town and its people were responsible for providing food for their local teacher.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{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.

* ''Film/Bedazzled2000'': When the Devil appears as a HotTeacher, she has pile of apples on her desk from her horndog students.
* ''Film/AChristmasStory'': Ralphie gives his teacher an entire fruit basket in an attempt get a good grade to butter his parents up with.

* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': A student places a green apple on Indy's desk as his class leaves the room.

* ''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]].

* ''Series/GrangeHill'': Played with when Trisha Yates tries to teach her fellow pupil Simon Shaw to read. She quips that as his teacher, he has to call her Miss Yates, and bring an apple for her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In "Smarten Up!", when Billy's cat Milkshakes, possessed by a "book worm", takes it upon himself to tutor him. Billy gives him an apple, which touches Milkshakes until he find a worm in it.

* 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 mbfounded at the wick... which explodes too, [[AshFace ashfacing]] him. Then the apple explodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy'': In the episode ''Mission Ed Possible''. Eddy gives an apple to his unseen math teacher. This is merely a ruse for him to hide his true motive. He and Ed are trying to steal their report cards, which they don't want their parents to see.

* Ed, Edd n Eddy: In the episode ''Mission Ed Possible''. Eddy gives an apple to his unseen math teacher. This is merely a ruse for him to hide his true motive. He and Ed are trying to steal their report cards, which they don't want their parents to see.

A common variation is the class clown (or, conversely, the class bully) giving an apple with a worm inside to gross them out. A variation of this variation is to play a joke on the teacher by giving them 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.

** Cheerilee's desk is often seen with an apple on her desk. It's possible that it came from Apple Bloom.

* Ed, Edd n Eddy: In the episode ''Mission Ed Possible''. Eddy gives an apple to his unseen math teacher. This is merely a ruse for him to hide his true motive. He and Ed are trying to steal their report cards which they don't want their parents to see.

* WesternAnimation/Ed, Edd n Eddy: In the episode ''Mission Ed Possible''. Eddy gives an apple to his unseen math teacher. This is merely a ruse for him to hide his true motive. He and Ed are trying to steal their report cards which they don't want their parents to see.

* 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.
* Ed, Edd n Eddy: In the episode ''Mission Ed Possible''. Eddy gives an apple to his unseen math teacher. This is just is merely a ruse for him to hide his true motive. He and Ed are trying to steal their report cards which they don't want their parents to see.

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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.

** 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.

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.

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. 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.

* ''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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* ''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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* 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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* 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.
* ''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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* 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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* 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.