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What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:15 pm
by Baron von Odyssey
I've heard the characters talk about Applesauce and how powerful it is a lot, but I'm still wondering what exactly it does. Anyone else have any theories? :?

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:27 am
by Mickey
Doesn't it have government programs?

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 6:51 pm
by GJFH
Maybe it reacts to electronics in a way designed to control use of technology. It did affect the machines at Whit's End...possibly it's a way to end electronic functions in a desperate dystopian situation?

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:16 pm
by NinjaHunter
I always thought that was more of an artificial intelligence program using the tech from the Imagination Station.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:45 pm
by HomeschoolCowgirl
GJFH, the computer was connected to all the inventions to run/control them, but they started going wild because Applesauce made the computer run a systems check. Systems checks wreak havoc on stuff. I think that's it at least...

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:33 pm
by Shadow
We will find out #soontm.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:49 pm
by TigerShadow
Alex Jefferson wrote:We will find out #soontm.
Oh? How so?

I dunno if I want to know about what exactly Applesauce does. On the one hand, it'd open the door for some interesting looks into Whit's history (and maybe even some moral ambiguousness); on the other hand, it's such an interesting mystery that fans have speculated on for so long that I wonder if the writers can ever come up with an explanation that would satisfy us.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:49 pm
by Shadow
TigerShadow wrote:
Alex Jefferson wrote:We will find out #soontm.
Oh? How so?
It was a joke.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:24 pm
by Luke Evans
I personaly think that, knowing applesause would control all the machimes in whits end, might be an artificial intelligence, that can control many electronics at once, so the mothership of the motherships

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:52 pm
by Shadow
Or it is programmed to help government officials with projects?

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:09 pm
by HomeschoolCowgirl
Probably -- it helped Tasha write the formula for TA418, or so she said.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:17 am
by Shadow
Yeah, and it also should be able to control electronics as it destroyed the IS in 'The Battle', and shutdown everything in Whit's End in 'A Bite of Applesauce'.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:45 pm
by Bob
No, the power surge was triggered through the standard control panel that Whit had for things at Whit's End. The systems check was just a precursor to trying to log into Applesauce, and shutting things down was the response to a failed password entry. There's no reason to suppose those things are related to Applesauce's actual purpose.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:23 am
by HomeschoolCowgirl
I don't mean that Applesauce was created to "wreak havoc" at Whit's End, just that the chaos was caused because of, and not by, the program and Connie's attempt to access it. "Mabel" did it, on behalf of Whit, to protect Applesauce. It just makes sense for Whit to put in such a safeguard; one that scares the living daylights out of someone unauthorizedly trying to get into the program!

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:57 pm
by TigerShadow
I mean, to be fair, there's a lot that Whit has done "for the government" that's never really elaborated on. Sort of a nebulous catch-all explanation for his backstory.

Re: What does Applesauce do?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:25 pm
by The Old Judge
TigerShadow wrote:I mean, to be fair, there's a lot that Whit has done "for the government" that's never really elaborated on. Sort of a nebulous catch-all explanation for his backstory.
Also, to be fair, any reading on actual disclosed government files from the era that Whit worked with the CIA and Department of Defense (late-1950s to early-1970s) justifies keeping the entirety of Applesauce's functions secretive. We probably wouldn't even believe what it did/does if we did find out. The AIO team could have let their minds soar with what the program did and still be within the realm of possibility for that time. The Achilles' heel of a reveal, besides losing so important a secret, would be that many would say, "Oh, that's science fiction! There's no way that that's realistic!"