Minneapolis gay activist Thom Higgins became infamous in 1977 when he threw a fruit pie at Florida pop singer Anita Bryant as a protest against her anti-gay religious views. In this paper I trace the story of that fruit pie across multiple archival waves: the immediate context of the seventies, the rise in twentieth century social media narratives about pie, and a recent musical that takes inspiration from both Higgins and Bryant. I ultimately argue that following the evolving media interpretations surrounding fruit pie demonstrates how opposing narratives about queer bodies influence our construction and interpretation of the archive.