[1] The series is about two step-siblings named Rory and Dawn as they try to protect their own town from viruses caused by the Appleman, a man with a head shaped like a half-eaten apple.

By the end of 2001, it had become Energee Entertainment's most successful series, with over €8 million in sales.

[4] However, the producers were unable to continue the series, as Energee shut down in 2002 due to financial losses from its film The Magic Pudding.

[7] Dawn and Rory are two step-siblings who live with their newlywed parents in a small Australian town called Terngabbie.

They find themselves terrorized by the Appleman, a mysterious evil scientist with a head shaped like an eaten apple.