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Over the years, famed internet critic Jon Jafari has taken down several of his videos, usually due to a lack of production quality, or Jafari just not enjoying the final product in retrospect. Nearly all of these videos, such as "Gaming in Public", "Top 10 Overrated Games", "Goldeneye 007 Wii Review", and the recently removed "The League and I", have resurfaced and/or archived in some manner. However, a video titled '''"Apples and BREAKS"''', in which the JonTron character mourns over his broken Nintendo DS, was removed by Jafari in 2012, and has yet to see the light again.
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Over the years, famed internet critic Jon Jafari has taken down several of his videos, usually due to a lack of production quality, or Jafari just not enjoying the final product in retrospect. Nearly, all of these videos, such as "Gaming in Public", "Top 10 Overrated Games", "Goldeneye 007 Wii Review", and the recently removed "The League and I", have easily resurfaced and/or archived in some manner. However, a video titled '''"Apples and BREAKS"''', in which the JonTron character mourns over his broken Nintendo DS, was removed by Jafari in 2012, which did not resurface for another two years.


The video in question, published February 25th of 2011, has been pieced together by accounts of several online forum users. It is said that the video began with the standard Jontron intro, but around three seconds in, the colors invert, and the music slows down, until the video fades to silence. It then cuts to Jon crying in front of a hand held camera. Through his sobs, he is attempting to say that he has broken "it". It then cuts to Jon, camera in hand, moving to his bedroom, where he pulls away the bed covers to find his closed DS, seemingly in tact. He hesitantly opens the DS to reveal that the top half has partially broken off, rendering the device useless. His sobbing intensifies at that moment, until the audio cuts, and a skull and cross-bones icon is edited over the area where the DS has broken, and the "Headshot!" audio clip from the video game ''Unreal Tournament'' is heard at the same time. Jon attempts to explain how the DS broke in the first place, claiming he accidentally kneed it while in his bed, unaware that he left the DS under the covers. He also illustrates this with editing, rather crudely, editing in a stock photo knee on top of a clip art of a DS, with the top screen edited to appear cracked down the middle, with the caption "BROKE THE SCREEEEN" (What Jon was currently saying). The video then cuts to the character Jacques (Jafari's pet parrot envisioned as a highly intelligent robot), who then says something along the lines of "It's okay, Jon. You still have me." After Jacques' line, a gray scale montage devoted to the DS occurs, with the caption "2004-2011" at the bottom. "Winds of Change" by the Scorpions accompanies this. <u><s>T</s></u><s>hough it remains unknown what specific song it was</s>. The video presumably ends after the montage, but it also remains unknown whether or not the standard end slate that accompanies the typical Jontron video.
==Content==
The video in question, published February 26th, 2011,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190313192543/https://www.facebook.com/JonTronShow/posts/166816896701486 JonTron's initial Facebook post about the video.] Retrieved 02 Oct '16</ref> begins with the standard JonTron intro from the time. However, three seconds in, the video and audio distort and become corrupted, and it abruptly cuts to Jafari crying into the mirror while holding a handheld camera. He then runs into the next room, where he turns on his DS and becomes hysterical at the sight of the screen, which has clearly been broken beyond repair.


In early December of 2012, Jafari privated the video, rendering it unable to be viewed by the general public. A "hunt" was conducted by the Jontron Subreddit in February of 2014, in which "'''#RebreakTheApple'''" was conceived, and began to trend on twitter. The hunt, and the hashtag, were to no avail. In July of 2014, Jafari was a panelist at the "Iron Crafters Panel" at San Diego Comicon, and was asked whether or not he would re-release "Apples and BREAKS", to which he said the following:
Through his tears, he recounts how he had the DS sitting on his bed and accidentally broke the screen with his knee, and provides an animated graphic to demonstrate it. He continues to sob, as he runs to his bird, Jacques, and asks his opinion of it. Jacques tells him to "piss off", adding some comic relief. The video ends with a montage in memory of the fallen "comrade", set to "Winds of Change" by the Scorpions.


''"Oh boy...It's gonna follow me forever, isn't it! ...I don't know how to answer your question. There's some of my old videos where I just like, didn't think they really fit on the channel anymore, so I just removed them. If there's SUCH a demand for it...we'll see, we'll see, I'll think about it, but thanks for the interest!"''
Interestingly, before the video was found, Jacques the parrot was described by viewers as telling Jon "It's okay, Jon, you still have me", which is a startling contrast from his actual quote. It was later confirmed that people purposely lied about his quote in order to fool people.


After the statement "'''#RebreakTheApple'''" briefly trended, once again to no avail.
==Search==
In early December 2012, Jafari privated the video, rendering it unable to be viewed by the general public. A "hunt" was conducted by the Jontron Subreddit in February 2014, in which #RebreakTheApple was conceived, and began to trend on Twitter.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/JonTron/comments/1ya5qw/the_hunt_for_apples_and_breaks/ Reddit post summarizing the search.] Retrieved 02 Oct '16</ref> The hunt and the hashtag were to no avail. In July 2014, Jafari was a panelist at the "Iron Crafters Panel" at San Diego Comic-Con, and was asked whether or not he would re-release "Apples and BREAKS", to which he said the following:
<blockquote>
"Oh boy...It's gonna follow me forever, isn't it! ...I don't know how to answer your question. There're some of my old videos where I just like, didn't think they really fit on the channel anymore, so I just removed them. If there's SUCH a demand for it...we'll see, we'll see, I'll think about it, but thanks for the interest!"
</blockquote>
After the statement was made, #RebreakTheApple briefly trended, once again to no avail.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/JonTron/comments/2bwgyv/we_are_blowing_this_apples_and_breaks_stuff_way/ Reddit post commenting on the second mass-tweeting.] Retrieved 02 Oct '16</ref>


On September 25th of 2014, Jafari conducted a livestream on Twitch, dubbed 'Banjo Kazooie for Charity!" in which Jafari attempted to complete the 1998 RareWare game 'Banjo Kazooie' to raise money for the Teach for America Foundation. The first stretch goal of $25,000, after which Jon would film a cover of Katy Perry's "Firework", was reached. Afterwards, Jafari had mentioned on stream that if an additional $25,000 was reached, he would re upload Apples and Breaks for public viewing. The goal is far from being reached, and Jafari has not commented further on the matter.
On September 25th, 2014, Jafari conducted a live stream on Twitch, dubbed "''Banjo-Kazooie'' for Charity!" in which Jafari attempted to complete the 1998 Nintendo 64 RareWare game ''Banjo-Kazooie'' to raise money for the Teach for America Foundation. The first stretch goal of $25,000, after which Jon would film a cover of Katy Perry's "Firework", was reached. Afterward, Jafari had mentioned on stream that if an additional $25,000 was reached, he would re-upload "Apples and BREAKS" for public viewing. However, this goal was not reached, and Jafari did not comment further on the matter.


'''UPDATE January 22, 2015:''' On this day, ficha13 has finally, after so long, re-uploaded "Apples and BREAKS" (without Jafari's permission)! Even though the user said he/she would take down the lost episode if Jafari said so, this is such an incredible discovery that mirrors have been spreading like wildfire. Three cheers for ficha13!
==Finding==
[[File:Short - Apples and BREAKS(NOT OFFICIAL)|centre|thumb|248x248px|"Apples and BREAKS".]]
The search ended fairly anticlimactically, as a YouTuber by the name of ficha13 uploaded the video, stating that he had it burned to a DVD from a while back and hadn't realized it was so sought after. Shortly after its upload, the video was spread and mirrored across countless YouTube channels, in an effort to prevent it from going missing again, should JonTron have tried to take it down.
 
When asked about his reaction to the video being found, Jon seemed indifferent and amused, stating, ''"Well, congratulations. Now you have that worthless video."''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7wLuQXBNdY&feature=youtu.be&t=1h38s JonTron's statement about the video being found.] Retrieved 02 Oct '16</ref>
 
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Revision as of 14:57, 15 May 2020

Apples and BREAKS thumbnail.png

Thumbnail for the video.

Status: Found

Date found: 22 Jan 2015

Found by: ficha13

Over the years, famed internet critic Jon Jafari has taken down several of his videos, usually due to a lack of production quality, or Jafari just not enjoying the final product in retrospect. Nearly, all of these videos, such as "Gaming in Public", "Top 10 Overrated Games", "Goldeneye 007 Wii Review", and the recently removed "The League and I", have easily resurfaced and/or archived in some manner. However, a video titled "Apples and BREAKS", in which the JonTron character mourns over his broken Nintendo DS, was removed by Jafari in 2012, which did not resurface for another two years.

Content

The video in question, published February 26th, 2011,[1] begins with the standard JonTron intro from the time. However, three seconds in, the video and audio distort and become corrupted, and it abruptly cuts to Jafari crying into the mirror while holding a handheld camera. He then runs into the next room, where he turns on his DS and becomes hysterical at the sight of the screen, which has clearly been broken beyond repair.

Through his tears, he recounts how he had the DS sitting on his bed and accidentally broke the screen with his knee, and provides an animated graphic to demonstrate it. He continues to sob, as he runs to his bird, Jacques, and asks his opinion of it. Jacques tells him to "piss off", adding some comic relief. The video ends with a montage in memory of the fallen "comrade", set to "Winds of Change" by the Scorpions.

Interestingly, before the video was found, Jacques the parrot was described by viewers as telling Jon "It's okay, Jon, you still have me", which is a startling contrast from his actual quote. It was later confirmed that people purposely lied about his quote in order to fool people.

Search

In early December 2012, Jafari privated the video, rendering it unable to be viewed by the general public. A "hunt" was conducted by the Jontron Subreddit in February 2014, in which #RebreakTheApple was conceived, and began to trend on Twitter.[2] The hunt and the hashtag were to no avail. In July 2014, Jafari was a panelist at the "Iron Crafters Panel" at San Diego Comic-Con, and was asked whether or not he would re-release "Apples and BREAKS", to which he said the following:

"Oh boy...It's gonna follow me forever, isn't it! ...I don't know how to answer your question. There're some of my old videos where I just like, didn't think they really fit on the channel anymore, so I just removed them. If there's SUCH a demand for it...we'll see, we'll see, I'll think about it, but thanks for the interest!"

After the statement was made, #RebreakTheApple briefly trended, once again to no avail.[3]

On September 25th, 2014, Jafari conducted a live stream on Twitch, dubbed "Banjo-Kazooie for Charity!" in which Jafari attempted to complete the 1998 Nintendo 64 RareWare game Banjo-Kazooie to raise money for the Teach for America Foundation. The first stretch goal of $25,000, after which Jon would film a cover of Katy Perry's "Firework", was reached. Afterward, Jafari had mentioned on stream that if an additional $25,000 was reached, he would re-upload "Apples and BREAKS" for public viewing. However, this goal was not reached, and Jafari did not comment further on the matter.

Finding

The search ended fairly anticlimactically, as a YouTuber by the name of ficha13 uploaded the video, stating that he had it burned to a DVD from a while back and hadn't realized it was so sought after. Shortly after its upload, the video was spread and mirrored across countless YouTube channels, in an effort to prevent it from going missing again, should JonTron have tried to take it down.

When asked about his reaction to the video being found, Jon seemed indifferent and amused, stating, "Well, congratulations. Now you have that worthless video."[4]

Gallery

"Apples and BREAKS"

References