This Creepypasta is meant to be an attempt at remaking "Happy Appy", an old creepypasta that was constantly updated. It featured a children's show with an apple with facial features and a stick underneath. I'm also working on a trollpasta of Grapple the Apple so here we go.
Have you ever received a weird obscure children's show that many people never heard of before? Well I did as a gift on Christmas night. The whole first season was recorded in a VHS but the VHS seemed like it was recorded from television or another video cassette. I received it in my mail and there was no return address, but there was a message on the cover of the package. It stated that these episodes were meant to be released to the public but the series was somehow hijacked or changed during the process, and I was selected to receive it for free.
Also the creators of the show were Phil Vicher and Mike Nawrocki, the creators of Veggie Tales. This series was created on April 2nd, 1996.
The title of the series was Grapple the Apple. I was intrigued at this mysterious show and I watched the first episode. The introduction was a red apple with a photo realistic mouth and green and dark eyes.
He was dancing and saying a few important facts such as eat your greens, be nice and help each other. Kids were dancing with him happily.
At the end the title screen showed the name of the series and episode; its name was "It's veggy time". Now the episode itself was child friendly; also this was the only episode that was animated.
The episode took place in a restaurant and as the children didn't eat their greens, Grapple the Apple appeared out of nowhere and started singing and dancing on the importance of vegetables. The kids ate them after the song.
The second episode was called "The power of braveness". This time the rest of the episodes were live-action with a mascot version of Grapple. This one took place in a forest and a child seemed lost, but of course Grapple jumped from a tree and sang and danced about braveness and survival. Then he gave her a map to find her way home and she thanked him and returned home.
After the episode I removed the VHS and went to bed. I dreamed of a shadowy, large figure standing motionless in front of my house. No light reflected from him. I was terrified and locked every window and doors, and as I went back to my bed the man blocked the door and grabbed me.
I woke up and was sweating and frozen in fear at what I experienced. Then I made breakfast without vegetables. I later found out that I should have as a dark secret hides within the series.
I watched the third episode and it was called "Nicely done". I thought the show was somehow contacting me because I didn't eat my greens, so the title seemed sarcastic. However, that seemed ridiculous so I stopped thinking about it.
This episode was rather rough for children as it contained a bully acted by a teen. He actually punched a child in the face. This jumpscared me as I was not expecting such violence. Grapple danced his way through the school to the bully and pushed him out of the way, saying to him to be nice and polite to others, but instead of listening to him he ran away screaming and seemed to have never returned.
I would also be freaked out if a living apple visited me but this is a kids show...
The fourth episode was called "Stranger danger". It was about a boy that was walking in the streets at night alone and in front of him stood a large man with red skin and red clothing. The man crouched his back over the child, blocking his way.
Wanna get some free candy?
Of course I do!
The stranger smiled the largest smile I've ever seen with his eyes wide open, but Grapple ran to the child. Grapple sang a stranger danger song while dancing once again, but the child did not follow his tips and he followed the man.
Grapple seemed sad and he frowned. The screen faded out and it faded back in with a missing child poster of the boy; his name was Derick Johnson.
I did some research of the name and found out that he was kidnapped while participating in a kids TV show. That made me angry on the directors as they did nothing to save the boy. Also, why the heck would they film a kidnapping?
I reported the episode to the police but they were unable to trace the director of the episode. Maybe he was wearing gloves or something.
However, they did start an investigation by asking Phil Vicher for further info. He knew that the show was changed by an unknown man and he advised the cops to ask further questions to the mascot actor, Josh Manson. That's all I know for the time being. Now I'm going to bed; see you tomorrow.
So I recently watched the 5th episode and it was called "Drink responsibly". In this episode a child was forced into a party by 2 drunkards. He tried a beer for the first time but he took another one, and that's when Grapple appeared behind him and did his singing spiel once again. This time it was about drinking responsibly.
But the dance style and song was unexpected as it was a rap song. The child and nobody else was dancing with him, making it extremely awkward. Grapple frowned and his anger was obvious with his facial expressions.
He left by walking out of the door and the red stranger was on screen as Grapple passed thru the door. The last scene showed the stranger running at the child and the screen went dark with the child's scream.
I found out that the VHS had a small journal entry behind it and it was talking about this child's kidnapping. No clues have been found of the kidnapper but they did find a picture of the child crying next to an unknown location.
I received mail last night at midnight. I saw a red car stopping right in front of my mailbox and a man left a letter inside. It says the following: Give me the episodes or your death will commence. By Frederick
So the name of the stranger is Frederick. It's that red killer in the series. I knew it because of his red car and the red text the letter was written in.
Also, the original episodes that were kid-friendly had a credits scene but the newer, more mature versions did not.
So Frederick most likely helped creating the hijacked version, but I may have to do some further research to find out.
Police interrogated Josh manson and he had some very interesting things to say here was the conversation.
So josh manson did you act out grapple the apple in the hijacked version of the series.
Yes i was very confused by the sudden change of the cast for the series but for some reason these hijackers choose me as grapple once again.
Why did you accept to work with them.
Well the directors overpaid me so i was gaining way more money then in the original series so that is mostly why?
Have you heard or saw the kidnappings that were related to the show.
I had no idea that this event took place because i always was asked to leave after my scenes were done.
Do you know who the directors were?
They were called fred and eric but i never saw them, wait i just realised if we put these names together it makes Frederick so there might have been 1 only.
at this point i thought it was a better idea to post the episodes to frederick but i'm quite sure that you guys want to know more about them so i'll send them back when i'm done with all the episodes.
the next episode was called learning with grapple and it took place in a first grade school the name was censured. a young girl seemed to have a hard time with her math homework she called grapple the apple and he came to demonstrate how to pass her math homework. letters and symbols of math problems appeared as grapple signed and danced to it. the song featured these lines.
it is time to dominate your math problem in of entertaining fashion.
1+1=2
2+2=4
3+3=6
10+10=20
The girl hugged grapple and thanked him as she completed her homework and left the class as grapple looked outside class he saw the stranger holding a lit match heading towards the school and grapple seemed fearful.
and the school started burning and students started to panic no alarms went off as if the stranger turned them off grapple escaped with 9 children but he was unable to save the rest the school burned down to a crisp as ambulances came.
the surviving children asked grapple if the others were ok but grapple just stared at them in fear. and said.
Leave this school and don't ever come back.
the kids listened to him and they left and never returned to the school and grapple walked out of there as fast as he could and the episode ended.
after viewing the episode i found the location of the school and it was burned down to ashes this made me have this strong sense of fear and disgust. and i saw the stranger walking over the ashes he looked at me in pure anger for a few seconds and he ran away.
the actor for grapple the apple left town and he never explained why to anyone he just seemed paranoid as he was moving out.