It features two stories about what to do when you are afraid.

In the first segment, Junior Asparagus is watching a Frankencelery movie before being told by his mom that he needs to go to bed and says the movie is too scary for him. Junior denies this as he goes upstairs, but when he imagines his family portrait is full of monsters, he runs to his room scared. However, Bob and Larry drop in and comfort Junior in a song about how he does not need to be afraid because God is watching out for him and He is bigger than anything. Junior is then confronted by Frankencelery who reveals that he is merely an actor named Phil Winklestein from Toledo. Junior is convinced and sings that God is bigger . After Bob, Larry, and Frankencelery leave, Junior s dad comes to tuck Junior in. The pair then discuss how God takes care of them, that Junior needs to be more careful about what he watches in the future, and it s okay to tell his parents if he s scared. This segment was written and directed by Phil Vischer. Vischer also serves as the animator of this segment, along with Robert Ellis and Chris Olsen.

The second segment is an adaptation of the biblical story of Daniel in the lions den, King Darius (Archibald Asparagus) is in his court with his Wisemen (The Scallions) when he confides that he has had a dream and wants help with what it means. The Wisemen cannot figure out the answer, but Daniel (Larry the Cucumber) arrives and correctly interprets the dream. Impressed, King Darius then promotes Daniel as his second-in-command. However, the Wisemen become envious and trick King Darius into creating a law that says his subjects can only pray to him. Soon after, the Wisemen catch Daniel praying to God and throw him into the lions den in accordance with the law. Daniel hears the lions and is afraid, but an angel comforts him reminding him that God is with him. Meanwhile, the Wisemen celebrate their supposed victory. King Darius, however, spends a restless night praying that Daniel s God is protecting him. The next morning, King Darius runs to the lions den and finds Daniel alive and well. King Darius changes the law so that everybody must pray only to Daniel s God and turns to punish the Wisemen who flee. This segment was also written and directed by Phil Vischer, and was also animated by Robert Ellis and Chris Olsen.

Silly Song: The Water Buffalo Song

The story features two short stories about forgiveness.

In the first segment, Pa Grape is the father of a family of cranky grapes, the Grapes of Wrath, who regularly name-call and insult others and each other. Upon crashing into a tree stump, the family gets out of their truck and begins to tease Junior Asparagus about his appearance. Junior is then rescued by his dad who explains to the Grapes that it is not nice to pick on people, and Junior forgives them at his dad s urging. But afterwards, the Grapes see Junior flying into the sandbox and laugh. Junior is reluctant to forgive them again, so Bob and Larry try to figure out how many times one should forgive and Qwerty shows the verse, Matthew 18:22 Jesus answered I tell you not seven times, but seventy times seven. When Rosie figures out what seventy times seven equals, the Grapes ask for Junior s forgiveness and the Grapes of Wrath are renamed The Grapes of Math .

In the second story, Larry daydreams, causing a boat filled with passengers to crash on a remote island. Due to this accident, the passengers hold a grudge against Larry, despite his attempts to apologize, which saddens him into running away. However, Bob realizes the error of their ways and the group forgives Larry for stranding them. A palm tree named Palmy appears and congratulates everyone for their forgiveness, reminding them of how important it is. The shipmates are finally able to escape the island on a helicopter cobbled together by the Professor (Dad Asparagus).

Segment: The Forgive-O-Matic , starring Scallion #1, Junior Asparagus, Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber

In the first story, which is an adaptation of the Parable of the Good Samaritan in the style of Dr. Seuss, Larry the Cucumber lives in Flibber-o-loo, where everybody wears shoes on their heads. Junior Asparagus lives in Jibber-de-Lot where everyone wears pots on their heads. For days, the two cities have flung headgear at each other over a disagreement on whose is best. Upon leaving, Larry is attacked by the bandits (The Scallions), who rob and leave him upside down in a hole. Both the mayor of Flibber-o-loo (Archibald Asparagus) and a Flibbian doctor (Archibald s wife) come upon Larry, but claim to be too busy to help. Soon after, Junior comes along and, despite the differences of their people, helps Larry. After seeing the kind act of a supposed enemy, the mayor concludes that everyone should help each other no matter how different they are. The disagreement ends and the two cities now throw flowers and candy at each other.

In the second story, Junior Asparagus tells Dad Asparagus that he is not going to invite a new kid, Fernando, to his birthday party because he thinks that the boy is weird. Bob and Larry arrive in their small spaceship and take Junior to the U.S.S. Applepies, having discovered that the ship is without power and is in the path of a giant meteor. While Scooter, the ship s engineer, frantically works to fix the ship s engines, Junior suggests that two new crew members Jimmy and Jerry Gourd can help save the ship when Scooter tells him that the meteor is made of popcorn. Launched into space, Jimmy and Jerry eat the meteor before it can collide with the ship. Junior celebrates with the crew before being taken home by Bob and Larry, where he tells his dad that he has reconsidered and will invite Fernando to his party despite how different he is. Bob and Larry then come back looking for the freeway, to which Junior gives them directions.

Silly Song: The Hairbrush Song

It covers peer pressure and encourages viewers to stand up for their beliefs.

This story is an adaptation of the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego told by George, which takes place at the Nezzer Chocolate Factory where the employees work hard all day making chocolate bunnies on an assembly line. In celebration of the company shipping their two-millionth chocolate bunny, Mr. Nezzer announces that for 30 minutes, all employees may eat all the bunnies they want. While all the other workers ravenously devour the chocolate, Shack (Junior Asparagus) convinces his friends Rack (Bob the Tomato) and Benny (Larry the Cucumber) to stop eating them, reminding them that their parents taught them that too much candy is very unhealthy. He emphasizes his stance by singing a lullaby called Think of Me that his mom taught him.

When 30 minutes have passed, Mr. Nezzer leaves his office to discover that all the workers are sick, with the exception of Rack, Shack, and Benny, who are rewarded and promoted to Junior Executives. The following day, Mr. Nezzer calls the trio into his office, informing them that he has constructed a 90-foot-tall bunny which he intends to force all employees to sing The Bunny Song to and bow down. According to the lyrics of the song, nothing in the world (such as God, church, school, healthy food, and family) is more important than the bunny. Those who do not bow down and sing the song will be deemed bad bunnies , thrown into the factory s furnace, and burned to death.

Later, at the statue s dedication ceremony, Mr. Nezzer commands all of his workers to bow and sing The Bunny Song . However, Mr. Lunt notices that the trio are not bowing nor singing, so Mr. Nezzer confronts the trio. Eventually, the trio respond by instead singing Think of Me in protest. Mr. Nezzer is touched by the song, but still orders their incineration. Meanwhile, Laura Carrot plans their rescue. Mr. Nezzer sends the trio down the garbage chute to the furnace, but Laura rushes in and catches them in her flying delivery truck. After a failed attempt to flee through the factory s ventilation system, Mr. Lunt operates a pair of mechanical arms which grab the truck and tilt it toward the furnace. Laura stops the arms by pulling the plug, but the truck fails to continue supporting the trio s weight and they fall right into the furnace. Mr. Nezzer gloats as the three fall in, but Mr. Lunt sees four people (the trio and a shiny person) inside, none of whom are being incinerated. Shocked, Mr. Nezzer tells the trio to come out. After they emerge from the furnace unscathed, Mr. Nezzer realizes that it was God who saved the trio, and feeling guilty for his actions apologizes to them, and the trio forgive him.

Silly Song: Dance of the Cucumber

It means that little guys and little ones can do big things too.

This story is an adaptation of the biblical story of David and Goliath. In the desert near Jerusalem, Dave (Junior Asparagus) and his three brothers (Jimmy and Jerry Gourd and Tom Grape) are tending a flock of sheep. Jimmy, Jerry, and Tom are constantly picking on Dave and making him do their bidding. Eventually, their father, Jesse (Pa Grape), comes with the news that the Philistines (The French Peas) are attacking and that King Saul (Archibald Asparagus) is gathering an army to face the threat. Jimmy, Jerry, Tom, and Dave run off to volunteer, but Dave is stopped by Jesse who tells him that big people do big things and little people do little things , forcing him to stay and tend to the sheep alone.

At King Saul s camp, the Israelites and the Philistines reach a compromise to end the war quickly: They will have their two greatest fighters face off with the champion determining who shall win the war. Because the Philistines are small, King Saul agrees, but he soon regrets this when the Philistines bring out the 30-foot tall Goliath. This causes the Israelites to run away and hide. No one is willing to fight Goliath, and the Israelites stall for forty days. One day, Dave is sent to the camp to deliver food to his brothers and is ashamed at the sight of the Israelites hiding from the Philistines. Jimmy and Jerry warn Dave about Goliath, but Dave tells King Saul that he will fight. King Saul is shocked, but Dave says God can help little people make a difference. Dave then goes into battle armed with nothing but stones and a sling, while Goliath dons a pair of boxing gloves. The battle is short as Dave slings one of the stones at Goliath and strikes him between the eyes, knocking him out. The Philistines panic and run away, while the Israelites win for Dave for the victory.

Silly Song: I Love My Lips

George tells a bedtime story to his granddaughter Annie. In the story, Mr. Nezzer is the owner of a toy company who, via television commercial, is spreading the word of his newest toyline, Buzz-Saw Louie , with a working buzz saw built into his right arm and a trigger in his nose that makes him tell kids to get more toys (though due to the collapse of a bridge, delivery isn t available in Puggslyville). After seeing the commercial, the kids of Dinkletown begin begging their parents for more toys. As Buzz-Saw Louie dolls roll off the production line, one of them inexplicably comes to life and escapes the factory to search for the true meaning of Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, Larry, Bob, and Junior go sledding and crash into a fence. They happen upon the escaped Louie and offer to help him on his quest. They see George, who reads the Nativity of Jesus from Gospel of Luke and explains that the true meaning of Christmas is to give, not get. The Veggies and Louie are heartened by the news and are left wondering how to tell the rest of the people about the true meaning of Christmas before Christmas Day. They sneak into Mr. Nezzer s TV studio in order to broadcast this message live on TV. While they are broadcasting their message, Mr. Nezzer discovers them and they are captured. While threatening to send them away tied up in a sled, Mr. Nezzer is interrupted by the families of Dinkletown, who intervene. Upon receiving a teddy bear as a present, Mr. Nezzer repents. The story concludes with everyone in Dinkletown, including Mr. Nezzer, getting together to celebrate Christmas, while Louie starts a business to make use of his saw.

Silly Song: Oh, Santa!

The episode begins on the countertop as Larry welcomes the viewers to what he thinks is the first VeggieTales Workout Video . He begins exercising, and then proceeds to the trampoline, gradually jumping higher until he begins hitting the cupboard directly above him. As he begins to yell to Bob for help, Bob comes onscreen and informs the viewers that Larry is confused, and that the video is actually the first VeggieTales Sing-Along tape . He explains that they will play their favorite VeggieTales songs and place the lyrics on the bottom of the screen. To demonstrate, Bob sings a song while the French Peas type on Qwerty, after which they continue to type even after Bob calls for them to stop and Larry still yells for him to help. Bob immediately asks for the songs to start as chaos ensues in the kitchen.

Silly Song: The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything

Awards: This episode won a Chicago Film Festival Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment and a GMA Dove Award for Best Long Form Music Video of the Year.

The episode begins with Percy and his brother Lil Pea leaving a movie theater and seeing what appears to be a comet. Jimmy and Jerry Gourd, who staff an early-warning radar station at the Bumblyburg Science Lab, alert Larry-Boy of the approaching object. Upon landing, the comet turns out to be a small blue alien named Fibrilious Minimus (or Fib, for short). Meanwhile, Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot are having a tea party at the former s house, where Junior accidentally breaks his father s prized Art Bigotti bowling plate. Soon afterwards, Fib emerges and convinces Junior to lie to his father about the plate claiming, A little fib couldn t hurt anybody and Junior tells his father that Laura broke the plate. Junior s dad believes him, but Junior soon discovers that his little fib grows larger every time he lies. Larry-Boy begins to search for the alien but to no avail. Percy later sees Junior and reports how Laura was confronted about the plate and she said it was Junior. When asked which story is true, Junior tells Percy that Laura s brother Lenny fed the plate to a crocodile. As night falls, Laura, Percy, and Lenny confront Junior about his lies. When he tells a lie about aliens coming to Earth and swapping brains with cows and the cows breaking the plate, Percy immediately recognizes this as a lie, having seen a similar event in a movie he had recently seen. Soon enough, Fib grows into a large monster and holds Junior hostage whilst wrecking the town.

Larry-Boy is again summoned and is forced to pursue the fib and Junior in his Larry-Mobile as Fib climbs to the top of the water tower. Larry-Boy transforms the Larry-Mobile into the Larry-Plane and flies into the sky, but ejects after finding out the Larry-Plane is unarmed, which causes him to get caught by the fib. Larry-Boy is about to be eaten when his butler, Alfred (Archibald Asparagus), informs him that Junior is the only one who can stop the fib. Junior then admits the truth about his lies to his mom and dad who are watching from below and as he tells the truth, the fib shrinks down to nothing. Junior then apologizes to his father about breaking the plate. Soon after, a red fib lands in Junior s neighborhood.

Silly Song: Replaced with Larry-Boy Theme Song music video performed by Nicole C. Mullen

This story is an adaptation of the biblical story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho. The Israelites, having been held as slaves in Egypt, are liberated by Moses (Mr. Nezzer) and led to the Promised Land. However, they flee upon seeing Goliath s family in the land and are banished from the Promised Land for forty years. Upon the completion of their forty-year exile, Moses had died, meaning that Joshua (Larry the Cucumber) has become the leader of the Israelites. Joshua leads them back to the Promised Land, but they stop outside the city of Jericho. The Israelites are met by the defenders of Jericho (The French Peas) who taunt them from atop the city s great walls. Joshua tries to explain that God has given the land to the Israelites and that the defenders will have to step aside, but the Israelites are instead met by more insults and smug jeering. When Phillipe Pea accidentally drops a slushy off the wall, which hits Jimmy on the head, the Israelites decide to camp out for the night.

That night, the Israelites argue about what to do. Pa Grape wants to go back to Egypt, and Jimmy and Jerry are convinced they need firepower to attack the wall, and so begin constructing a giant rocket. Meanwhile, Joshua meets the commander of the Army of the Lord (Archibald Asparagus), who tells him how the Israelites are to take Jericho: they must march around the city once a day for six days and on the seventh day, they are to march around it seven times while the priests blow their horns and the people yell as loud as they can, after which the walls of Jericho will fall. The next morning, Joshua reports the plan to the Israelites, but they are unsure if it will work. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Jerry have finished building their rocket. Eventually, Joshua talks them into trying it God s way and leads them back to Jericho.

While marching around the walls, the Israelites face more trouble, as the city s defenders insult them and hurl slushies at them. The end of the day finds the drenched and desperate Israelites on the verge of rebellion, while Joshua refuses to quit. At this point, Junior intervenes and convinces them to continue with the plan, saying that God s way always works out in the end. Inspired by Junior s speech, the Israelites agree to stick with the plan, despite more taunting and slushy attacks. On the seventh day, they blow their horns and yell, causing the wall to collapse. The Israelites walk into the city as the defenders run away in panic.

Silly Song: The Song of the Cebu

This video features a story about being thankful with what God gives you.

In a takeoff of the story of Madame Bovary, Madame Blueberry is rich and lives in a sparsely-decorated tree house. Though her butlers (Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber) attend to her every whim, they find themselves unable to lift her spirits. The only happiness she seems to have comes from photographs of her neighbor s possessions. One day, a trio of salesmen (The Scallions) arrive at Madame Blueberry s house to promote a new local mega-store, the Stuff-Mart, saying the store has everything she needs to be happy. Though Bob has his doubts, Madame Blueberry eagerly follows the three salesmen to the store.

Along the way, she sees Annie happily celebrating her birthday with her parents, though all she has to celebrate with is a piece of apple pie. She wonders why Annie is so happy with so little, but forgets about it upon entering the store. Madame Blueberry goes on a shopping spree and has all of her new possessions delivered to her tree house. During a lunch break, Madame Blueberry sees Junior Asparagus s excitement over a ball his dad bought for him in spite of his disappointment that his dad could not afford the train set he really wanted. Madame Blueberry again wonders how someone can be happy with so little while she is not happy despite having everything she wants. Madame Blueberry realizes that she wants a happy heart, and finally feels thankful for what she has.

The weight of the ongoing deliveries render the tree house unstable, which startles Madame Blueberry and her butlers. They take carts (with the exception of Larry, who is in a carrying basket) and attempt to race to the house and stop the deliveries in time. They manage to make it in time to see the tree house still tilted from the weight of the deliveries until it becomes stable. Just then, a butterfly lands on the weather vane of the tree house, which causes the back door to open and dump Madame Blueberry s possessions into the water below. The house, having lost all of its weight, is flung into the air by the tree, after which it collapses in the parking lot of the Stuff-Mart. Madame Blueberry is comforted by the presence of her butlers, Annie, Junior, and their parents, and trusts that everything will turn out right in the end.

Silly Song: Replaced with Love Songs with Mr. Lunt ( His Cheeseburger )

In a fit of indignation, Archibald Asparagus has cancelled Silly Songs with Larry , the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a silly song. Will Archibald ever forgive Larry? Includes His Cheeseburger , The Song of the Cebu and Stuff Mart Rap .

Silly Song: The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps

Award: This episode was nominated for a GMA Dove Award for Best Long Form Music Video of the Year.

Percy Pea and Lil Pea are leaving a movie theater and are cornered by a shady Scallion, known as the Milk Money Bandit (Scallion #3), who asks them for a nickel. Percy refuses, but the Scallion then demands the money he is carrying as milk money. After stealing the money and escaping to the rooftops with his loot, Larry-Boy confronts him and shakes the stolen money off of him before throwing him into Scooter s police car. Soon after, he begins reviewing his capture technique with his butler, Alfred (Archibald Asparagus), but in the process accidentally knocks a potted plant off the ledge. The plant gets caught on some telephone lines on the way down, where a woman is gossiping on the phone, then falls into a sewer drain where the gossip brings the plant to life.

The next morning, Alfred is telling stories at a school and tells the teacher (Dad Asparagus) that he needs to go home and recharge his batteries. Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot take what he said literally and jump to the false conclusion that Alfred is a robot. As they walk home, discussing what they heard Alfred say, a small talking weed pipes up wanting to hear more, and they talk to it under the impression the information will be kept secret. Soon, similar weeds begin to appear throughout town, spreading the rumor. Larry and Alfred are tending to a garden when Alfred heads inside to answer the phone. Another weed appears and tries to spread the rumor, but Larry does not listen. Alfred then calls Larry in. Mayor Blueberry (Madame Blueberry) informs him that strange weeds are growing all over Bumblyburg, spreading the rumor about Alfred. She also warns that if they are not eradicated, property values will sink. Suiting up as Larry-Boy, he dives into action.

Larry-Boy manages to find a weed and attempts to shred it with a weed whacker, which malfunctions. He then tries to cut it with shears, but that also proves to be in vain. Alfred then has Larry-Boy scan the weed with his plunger ear. Back at the Larry-Cave, Alfred discovers that all the weeds are connected to a mother weed underground. Upon arriving in the sewer, Larry-Boy meets the mother weed and is quickly overpowered. Alfred learns the citizens are afraid of him, saying that he is a robot with laser eyes. Suddenly, the mother weed breaks out of the ground and snatches Alfred, but the citizens refuse to help.

When Dad Asparagus arrives and asks what is going on, the mother weed says that she heard the story from very reliable sources. Junior and Laura confess they took what Alfred had said literally and started the rumor. Dad explains to them that it was a figure of speech and when Alfred said he had recharge his batteries, he meant that he was tired and needed to go home and rest. He also explains to them even if it s true, God doesn t want them to tell stories that can hurt; He want them to spread nice words. Dad s words cause flowers to bloom on the mother weed. Junior and Laura decide that the way to save Alfred is to spread nice words about him, and they convince the citizens that Alfred is not a robot. The mother weed continues sprouting flowers until she herself transforms into a flower. Alfred forgives them for the misunderstanding just as a battered Larry-Boy drags himself out of the sewer.

Featured Music Video: The Rumor Weed Song performed by The W s

Note 2: This is the last episode of the 1990s.

In a mini-segment in the style of a play, an Englishman (Scallion #1) traverses a hill and steals all the bananas. Then a Swede (Jerry Gourd) traverses another hill and steals all the strawberries. Both men refuse to eat their own fruit without the other fruit (stating that bananas cannot be eaten without strawberries and vice versa), but are unwilling to share with each other, and as a result, they are stuck.

The main story is an adaptation of the biblical story of David and Bathsheba. King George (Larry the Cucumber) only cares about bathing and rubber duckies. His servant Louis (Bob the Tomato) tries to tell him the kingdom is in the middle of the great pie war, but King George does not care. To him, the most important person in the world is himself. As King George proclaims his love for himself and his rubber ducky, he notices a rubber ducky which belongs to Thomas (Junior Asparagus). Jealous, King George tells Louis to get him the duck, but Louis refuses.

Cedric (Scallion #1) says that they need more men on the battlefield. Seeing his opportunity, King George announces that Thomas wants to help and tells Cedric to put Thomas on the front line of the battle alone. With Thomas out of the way, King George tells Louis to meet him at Thomas s house so they can take the duck. King George and Louis manage to steal the duck and the king is happy. Before King George can take a bath with his duck, Cedric and Thomas come. According to Cedric, Thomas ended the war all on his own, but has suffered the trauma of war in the process. King George quickly shoos them away and again tries to get in the bath, but is interrupted by Melvin (Pa Grape).

Melvin tells a story of two men, one with many sheep and one with a single sheep. Visited by a guest, the rich man steals the sheep from the poor man to serve for dinner. Furious, King George asks who this rich man is, and Melvin points out that it is King George himself. Melvin tells King George that whether he is a king or just a kid, God wants them all to put others first. Looking to make up for his sins, King George lets Thomas take a bath in his bathtub, which cures his trauma, and then returns his duck.

Silly Song: Endangered Love

Note: This is the first episode animated in Maya.

Note 2: This is also the first episode of the 2000s.

The story is an adaptation of the biblical story of Esther. The story opens at the royal palace of Persia where Haman (Mr. Lunt), King Xerxes s (Mr. Nezzer) right-hand-man, is throwing Queen Vashti out for insubordination (as she refused to make King Xerxes a sandwich at a late hour). A search is then initiated to find a new queen.

The next morning, Esther and her cousin Mordecai (Pa Grape) are discussing her friend who stole an apple. Esther lacks the courage to confront her, but Mordecai believes she shouldn t be afraid to do what is right. When Haman drives up in a faux-car to collect the eligible maidens, he spots Mordecai and orders him to bow in his presence, but Mordecai refuses as he bows down to no one except his God and his king. Haman then spots Esther and has her taken to the palace with the other maidens (though the relationship between Mordecai and Esther is kept secret).

At the palace, King Xerxes and Haman audition the maidens to be the new queen. When Esther takes the stage and sings, King Xerxes is left in awe and the decision is made. However, Esther does not wish to be the queen, but regardless she is crowned and ensconced in her new life against her will. One day in the throne room of the palace, King Xerxes is visited by the Peaoni brothers (The French Peas), who plan to crush him with a grand piano while distracting him with a cake. Mordecai, who is hiding in a corner (presumably to avoid Haman), observes the plot and informs Esther. Esther warns King Xerxes in time and the piano crashes harmlessly onto the cake. King Xerxes thanks her for saving his life, but she indicates Mordecai alerted her, saying that the credit should be his.

Haman banishes the Peaoni Brothers to the Island of Perpetual Tickling for their crimes of attempting to crush King Xerxes and for entering the throne room uninvited. Though King Xerxes believes he is safe, Haman convinces him that a greater threat awaits, which is a family that cannot be trusted. Unaware that Haman is talking about Mordecai, King Xerxes unwittingly authorizes an edict to have him and his family banished to the Island of Perpetual Tickling. Mordecai finds the edict posted in the town and visits Esther on her balcony at the palace. He appeals to her to reveal Haman s evil plans to King Xerxes, but she is afraid as she lacks the courage to confront King Xerxes and struggles with what to do.

While Mordecai reminds her that she need not fear to do what s right, action does not come easy for Esther. Twice, she attempts to inform King Xerxes, and both times she fails, lamely inviting King Xerxes and Haman to dinner instead. Meanwhile, Haman attempts to get Mordecai to bow to him again and threatens to have his banishment carried out immediately when he refuses. His attempt is foiled when King Xerxes utterly humiliates him by declaring his plan to throw a parade in Mordecai s honor for saving his life. On her third attempt, Esther is finally able to muster up the courage to face King Xerxes, and in the process unveils Haman s scheme, forcing King Xerxes to banish him to the Island of Perpetual Tickling. Mordecai ends up filling Haman s former position as King Xerxes s right-hand-man as Esther, having saved her people, gazes out the side of the palace with a smile.

Omelet (Jimmy Gourd) is a prince of a kingdom in Denmark who desires some eggs cooked light and fluffy to eat. A baker named Horatio (Scooter) brings them to him and informs him that they are the last eggs in the kingdom. Regardless, Omelet feels happy about eating the eggs until Ophelia (Mr. Lunt, remarks I think we re gonna get letters about this ) asks him to instead of share the eggs with the kingdom. However, Omelet selfishly refuses. Later, Omelet joins a game of Battleship with Percy Pea and is encouraged by him to share the eggs. As Omelet announces his plan to share, he learns that the town has plenty of eggs (they were being used for ping-pong balls) and has light-and-fluffy eggs, or omelettes , cooked for everybody. Larry and Junior in the audience are bewildered by the antiquated English.

The main story, presented allegedly as a long lost musical of Gilbert and Sullivan , focuses on Lyle (Junior Asparagus) who quietly lives on an island with his fellow vikings. As the vikings return to the island with loot pillaged from a nearby monastery, Lyle slips out on his own ship and gives the monks (Pa Grape and the Peas) his small share of loot and homemade potholders as a small act of compensation. One day, Lyle s trips are discovered by fellow vikings Otar and Sven (Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber), who confront him, but they promise to keep it secret after Lyle convinces them that sharing is a much nicer alternative to pillaging and plundering. A few days later, Lyle is discovered by the viking leader Olaf (Mr. Nezzer), who does not approve and wants to make an example of him. When a storm capsizes the viking ships, the monks rescue Lyle, who convinces the monks to save the rest of the doomed vikings. This show of kindness convinces the vikings to share what they have. The authors of Lyle turn out to be Gilbert Jones and Sullivan o Kelly.

Silly Song: Replaced with Classy Songs with Larry ( Larry s High Silk Hat )

Note: This is the first episode released on DVD.

Awards: Lyle the Kindly Viking won the best direct-to-home video production award at the 2001 World Animation Celebration Festival. Lyle the Kindly Viking was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment in 2002. This episode also won a Parents Choice Award.

On the countertop, the Pirates Who Don t Do Anything, consisting of Larry the Cucumber, Pa Grape, and Mr. Lunt, host a countdown of the top ten silly songs as voted on by the viewers. The list includes:

• 10: Endangered Love (from King George and the Ducky )
• 9: The Dance of the Cucumber (from Rack, Shack and Benny )
• 8: Larry s High Silk Hat (from Lyle the Kindly Viking )
• 7: The Water Buffalo Song (from Where s God When I m S-Scared? )
• 6: The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps (from Silly Sing-Along 2: The End of Silliness? )
• 5: The Song of the Cebu (from Josh and the Big Wall! )
• 4: His Cheeseburger (from Madame Blueberry )
• 3: Love My Lips (from Dave and the Giant Pickle )
• 2: The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything (from Very Silly Songs! )
• 1: The Hairbrush Song (from Are You My Neighbor? )

The episode is set in London. Cavis Appythart (Bob the Tomato) and Millward Phelps (Larry the Cucumber) are jingle writers who decide to make their big break into the musical theatre. While Millward is content to see their work featured on billboards and in newspapers, Cavis believes they can make a difference in crime-ridden London by staging a grand musical that will move the citizens to greater expressions of love. Their opportunity arises when Millward s Uncle Ebenezer Nezzer grants them the use of his theater on Christmas Eve. They plan the huge production of a new musical called The Princess and the Plumber . However, with only three days left until Christmas Eve, they still need a script. Seymour Schwenk (Pa Grape), their friend and an inventor, shows up in an experimental rocket car and delivers a box of light bulbs to them. Cavis maintains that if their production is glitzy and bright (electric lights are still a novelty at this time and were first introduced at the Savoy Theatre for Gilbert and Sullivan s Patience) then their show will be a bigger hit and reach more people. He plans to integrate the lights directly into the scenery itself.

Cavis and Millward also need to convince the city s premiere talent, Constance Effie Pickering (Madame Blueberry), to star in the lead role, and they need to get a commitment from Prince Calvin Fredrick (Mr. Lunt) to attend the premiere. While Cavis and his assistant Bob Winston (Jean-Claude Pea) work on Pickering and the Prince, Millward works to complete the script. Everything eventually starts coming together, and Cavis starts feeling confident that their production will be a huge success. After noticing a flyer for a Christmas pageant planned to occur on the same night at a local church, Cavis goes to investigate. He observes Edmund Gilbert (Junior Asparagus) preparing a low-budget children s play, and concludes that it poses no threat to their production. However, the pageant intends to feature an object called the Star of Christmas. Wondering aloud about this as he leaves the church, Cavis is overheard by Arthur McHollingshead (Archibald Asparagus), a historian who reveals that the Star of Christmas is an ancient relic that has not been publicly displayed for 79 years. He rushes off with great excitement to report the news, which promptly makes the front-page headlines the next morning.

Faced with the prospect of losing their audience, and in particular the Prince, to the church pageant, Cavis and Millward wish to make their own production greater and flashier, and in desperation sneak into the church to steal the star. They are caught, however, and narrowly escape from the aged Moyer the Destroyer (Scooter) who was left to guard the relic. With the star and the flashy lights, Cavis is certain that The Princess and the Plumber is now a guaranteed success. But during dress rehearsal, the excessive number of lights, which Seymour had warned were a fire hazard, ignite the curtains. The theater goes up in flames, taking with it the Star of Christmas. As Cavis and Millward mope over this terrible turn of events, Dwiglight Howarde (Jerry Gourd) arrives with Moyer to arrest them for stealing the star. In the jail, they meet a prisoner, Charles Pincher, who laughs at their efforts to spread love by means of an elaborate stage production. He claims that real love makes sacrifices to help others without expecting anything in return and is extremely rare.

As if on cue, Edmund and his father, Reverend Gilbert (Dad Asparagus), arrive at the jail to release Cavis and Millward, having chosen out of love not to press charges for the theft of the star. Cavis is moved, and he expresses his desire to attend the pageant. However, the pageant is scheduled to start in ten minutes and there is not enough time to walk there. Just then, Seymour arrives in his rocket car. He entrusts Millward to drive the vehicle and try to get them all to the church on time. After a harrowing ride fraught with collisions and near-misses, Cavis, Millward, Edmund, and Reverend Gilbert arrive at the church just as the pageant is about to start.

The pageant is a success, with Prince Calvin and Miss Pickering in attendance. Cavis finally learns that Christmas is not about glitz and grand productions, but about a baby in a manger, Jesus, who is the Star of Christmas. After the pageant, Ebenezer chews out Cavis and Millward in regards to the theater and suggests they work in his factory to pay it off, setting the stage for the events of An Easter Carol, after which Moyer shows them that the Star of Christmas is safe and that the duo stole the Turtle of Damascus, which he claims most experts consider to be a hoax. The episode ends with Cavis and Millward performing a selfless act at last: they bring cookies and a gift to Charles Pincher in his jail cell, and Cavis says, smiling warmly, Merry Christmas, Mr. Pincher.

Awards: The episode was nominated for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production in the 30th Annie Awards, but lost to Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun.

Note: The episode was originally going to be released in July 30, 2002, but it was rescheduled back to October 29, 2002.

After Bob and Larry briefly argue over the theme song, a door opens up and they come out of it. Throughout the beginning, Larry slowly reveals the Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment to Bob. Ventril-o-Matic and Rusty play a role in this episode as the adjudicators, as does Mr. Lunt (as the Techno-Gourd of the future ), who runs the machine, which consists of the Wheel of Veggies, which spins most of the VeggieTales cast as if on a roulette, and the Swarming Balls of Disorder, which determine both the topic and genre of the song. Whoever is randomly selected by the wheel will be kicked off the machine and into a performance room, being forced to sing a song in the process. Jean-Claude and Phillipe, Pa Grape, Archibald Asparagus, and Junior Asparagus are forced to sing songs.

The French Pea duo starts off the show by singing the cumulative song There s a Hole in Bottom of the Sea with a slide show. Pa Grape is second, singing Zacchaeus . The show takes a break as animated parable Lunch is shown. A blue man named Ed (accompanied by his green dog, Mozart) tries to buy a treat from a vending machine, but the serve button does not work. Frustrated, he tries to smack the button enough so it will work, but the machine falls on him. With barely enough strength, he lifts the machine, trying to get it back in its former position, when his treat slips out of the deposit area. He tries to get it, but is crushed again by the machine. He manages to lift it until it is on its other side. He gets the treat and is just about to eat it when a bird poops on it. Ed mopes over the loss of his treat as the parable cuts off with a text screen The End .

The show resumes with Archibald Asparagus singing Gilbert and Sullivan s I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General . Rusty begins to lash out at Ventril-o-Matic. At the last second, Larry steps into the performance room, and sings You Are My Sunshine , with Junior Asparagus and a flower chorus. Rusty is in bliss and requests to watch an aardvark sing. After Binky the Opera Singer walks off the stage frustrated no one has clapped for him, Pa Grape is once again selected on the wheel and sings the folk song Low Bridge . Bob expresses his hatred of the future as Rusty begins experiencing mood swings. Junior closes the show by singing a song about going to bed, praying and telling God about his day, and talking to God about how, according to the Bible, he loves him. He also tells God about making mistakes (not sharing toys, coloring on the wall, making noise). After the song, Bob and Larry announce their departure from the future by saying that they are ready to go home, so they say goodbye and travel back to the present time, with Mr. Lunt catching up to them at the last second claiming to be disturbed by Rusty and Ventril-o-Matic and wanting to go back to the present.

The story is a western adaptation of the biblical story of Joseph. As the story begins, we are introduced to the brothers (The French Peas) and Little Joe (Larry the Cucumber) who all live at the Okie-Dokie Corral. Among Joe s unique skills are the abilities to solve problems, organize resources, and interpret dreams. We soon learn that it is Little Joe s birthday, and the brothers father (Pa Grape) lavishes attention and gifts upon him.

When Joe foretells a time when his brothers will bow down before him, their jealousy turns to spite, and they decide to sell him into slavery to the Scallions. He travels on a zig-zag path and ends up in Dodgeball City in the year 1890, where he starts working at a saloon for Mr. McPotipher (Scooter), and his unique skills quickly make him an invaluable employee. Also working at the saloon is Miss Kitty (Madame Blueberry), who entertains the patrons from the stage. She also becomes jealous of Joe when he is named Employee of the Month in her place. She frames him and he is imprisoned for the theft of gold, a crime he did not commit.

Joe keeps a positive attitude in jail and is able to help two inmates, the Baker (Jimmy Gourd) and the Blacksmith (Jerry Gourd), who have been haunted by dreams. The interpretations come true: the Baker goes back to work and the Blacksmith goes up the river. When his reputation comes to the attention of the Mayor (Mr. Nezzer), Joe is summoned to interpret a particularly disturbing dream of the latter, in which seven fat cows are devoured by seven scrawny cows. Joe understands immediately and warns the Mayor: there will be seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine from 1890 to 1897. He suggests that the mayor fill the storehouses now so they will be prepared.

Joe is put in charge of distributing the grain during the years of famine. When he recognizes his own family has come to procure food, he is overcome with emotion. He wants to reveal himself to them, but first needs to know if they have changed. He devises a plan where he frames the youngest brother, Benjamin (Junior Asparagus), for theft to see how they respond. When all the brothers insist on taking the fall in his place and rue the previous loss of another brother, Joe reveals his identity. Jude (Jean-Claude Pea) apologizes to Joe for what he has done to him, who explains that God used the wrong he did to turn it into good, and forgives his brothers. The story concludes with the happy reunion.

Silly Song: Belly Button with Boyz in the Sink

Awards: Belly Button won a Chicago Film Festival Award for Best Animated Short and was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Short. Belly Button was also nominated for a GMA Dove Award for Best Music Video of the year in 2004.

It is the day before Easter and the local church is scheduled to have a new window unveiling service at the next day s morning service. Ebenezer Nezzer, who owns a local factory, used to attend church with his grandma when he was little, but no longer goes. Reverend Gilbert (Dad Asparagus) and his son Edmund (Junior Asparagus) agree to pay Ebenezer a visit and invite him to the Easter service. Cavis Appythart (Bob the Tomato) and Ebenezer s nephew, Millward Phelps (Larry the Cucumber), are working in Ebenezer s factory to repay him after burning down his theater more than a year prior. Cavis and Millward disagree over who should approach Ebenezer and ask for a day off for Easter. When the duo ask, Ebenezer lectures them about the history of how his grandmother started making Easter eggs. Ebenezer recalls that before his grandma died, she told him to tell everyone Easter means no death. He misunderstands this, thinking that as long as he makes Easter eggs he will keep his grandma alive forever. When Reverend Gilbert and Edmund arrive, Ebenezer explains that he plans to tear down the church on Easter morning and build an Easterland theme park in its place. When the four protest, Ebenezer becomes furious and kicks them out of the factory, firing Cavis and Millward in the process. The townsfolk soon learn about the news and are worried about the demolition of the church, but cannot stop Ebenezer since he owns the property on which the church is located.

That night, while Ebenezer is asleep, he sees a vision of his grandma telling him he has missed the point of Easter, and at the stroke of midnight, he will receive a second visitor to help him understand. Meanwhile, Cavis and Millward attempt, but fail, to break into the factory to steal the Easterland plans. Mr. Nezzer then wakes up from his vision and intends to stay awake for the visitor. He falls asleep waiting for the visitor, and at the stroke of midnight, a clockwork egg suddenly opens and an angel named Hope emerges. She wakes Ebenezer and starts showing him Easter Past, beginning with a church service. A young Ebenezer and his grandma are in attendance, and Grandma Nezzer is trying to get Ebenezer to understand the story of Easter but the young Ebenezer is mainly focused on his basket of eggs and wondering why one egg he received is empty. Next, Hope shows Ebenezer Easter from a year ago, when Ebenezer first started making plastic Easter eggs. He talks to an inventor named Seymour (Pa Grape) and gets Seymour to agree to invent plastic chickens that can make plastic eggs. Seymour is not paid, but Ebenezer does give him an early free pass to Easterland much to Hope s dismay.

Hope and Ebenezer return to Easter Present and visit the Reverend s house, where he and Moyer (Scooter) are discussing about the church. It is revealed that Grandma Nezzer paid for all of the church windows herself, and that just before she died she commissioned the new window that they were going to unveil on Easter morning. Ebenezer remains adamant that remaining loyal to his grandma s business and Easterland is the only way to maintain her memory. Hope and Ebenezer then learn that Edmund is sick and will die within a year if nothing changes. Ebenezer is shocked and does not understand why Edmund s parents are so calm with such news. Hope then takes Ebenezer back into the church and teaches him the story of Jesus s life, his Crucifixion, and eventually his Resurrection. With a deeper understanding of Easter s eternal significance, Ebenezer finally accepts his grandmother s passing.

Hope then welcomes Ebenezer to Easter Future. The church is being demolished, the orphanage is gone, Edmund has died, and the town s once-brave policeman (Jerry Gourd) has lost the courage to stop criminals. Hope disappears back into the egg and Ebenezer pleads for her to come back because they need her. He rushes back to the church to try to stop the demolition and wakes up. He finds out it is still Easter Present and that he has another chance. Ebenezer arrives at the church and stops the crew (The French Peas) just as demolition is about to start.

Millward suddenly rushes in and shouts that the factory is about to explode and that Cavis is trapped inside. Ebenezer rushes back into the factory to save Cavis, and they escape by flinging themselves through one of the factory s windows by use of a machine just as the factory explodes. It starts raining Easter eggs across the town and Ebenezer promises to help fix up the orphanage and help Edmund get the medicine he needs with the money he has left.

Guest Star: Rebecca St. James as Hope

Featured Song: Hope s Song

In the first story, an English gentleman named Mr. Butterbun (Scooter) and his butler Poole (Larry the Cucumber) are obsessing about Mr. Sly, a flashy disco dancer who performs on the street at night. The neighbors, including Poole, seem to enjoy his performances, but Butterbun is deeply suspicious. When the dancer disappears into the home of Dr. Jiggle (Jimmy Gourd), he insists that they warn the doctor. Dr. Jiggle also admits to being impressed by the Mr. Sly s fantastic moves, and confesses a desire to be a dancer himself. Unfortunately for him, his portly stature makes this impossible with his jiggly belly being a target for ridicule. When Butterbun requests an audience with Mr. Sly, Dr. Jiggle becomes frantic and quickly shows his guests the doorstep.

Butterbun is determined to find out who Mr. Sly really is and why he keeps disappearing into Dr. Jiggle s house. He enlists Poole to set a trap for him, to detain him while he dances and remove his disguise, but this plan fails when Poole instead gets caught up in the dance. The following night, Jiggle faints, and Sly appears again. Butterbun discovers that Jiggle and Sly are the same gourd, and Jiggle confesses to take dance class. Butterbun tells Jiggle that s great and he did not need to hide in a disguise because he s special just the way God made him. Dr. Jiggle finds out that he can dance in his own way.

In A Snoodle s Tale , Bob narrates the story of a whimsical little creature known as a Snoodle. The Snoodles live in Snoodleburg, a town which features prominently a large clock tower in the center. Every fourth Tuesday, it spits out a new Snoodle which slides down a chute to join the Snoodle society. The viewers then witness the birth of one such creature named Snoodle Doo. He is born without any knowledge of his talents or abilities, but has on his back a backpack which contains paints, a paintbrush, and a kazoo. He also discovers he has wings. Attempting to figure out his purpose in life, he tries to utilize these gifts: first flying and then painting. But his attempts are met with ridicule by the older more experienced Snoodles. Making matters worse, they paint him pictures of his failures and stuff them into his backpack. The weight of these pictures and figuratively their ridicule drag him down, making him feel worthless.

He decides to leave Snoodleburg and, observing the finches flying freely over Mt. Ginches, decides that he too will go there. After an arduous climb he eventually reaches the peak. There he meets a stranger, the creator of the Snoodles (which is a representation of God himself), who lives in a cave high above the clouds. The stranger asks the Snoodle why he is so dejected, and the Snoodle explains that it is because he is no good at anything. The stranger invites him in for tea and throws the hurtful pictures into the fire, assuring him that they look nothing like him. The creator then draws him a new picture, one that shows him confident and proud, which encourages Snoodle Doo to not just fly, but to soar. Snoodle Doo s own picture, the one ridiculed by his elders, is then hung by the stranger on his fridge. The story ends as the young Snoodle flies back to Snoodleburg and tells of his journey to the others.

Silly Song: Sport Utility Vehicle

Note 1: This is the first episode to be released after Classic Media bought Big Idea Entertainment. The episode was originally going to be released in November 18, 2003, but it was pushed back to May 18, 2004.

Note 2: This is the first episode not to be animated by Big Idea.

The first segment is a silent short film. The three veggie stooges (Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt, and Jerry Gourd) are assigned by Mr. Nezzer to deliver a piano to Madame Blueberry, who lives in a mansion at the top of a very high hill. While Mr. Lunt and Jerry give up on the seemingly impossible task, Larry perseveres and is rewarded for his eventual success.

In the second segment, Lutfi presents a story about the origin of St. Patrick s Day. The story tells about Maewyn Succat, a young English boy who is kidnapped by the pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland. His new life is miserable and he spends his days in constant prayer, even as those around him celebrate paganism. When God tells him it is time to leave, Succat runs away and returns to England by way of France. Back at home, Maewyn continues his scholarship and dreams that the people of Ireland are begging him to come back and teach them about Christianity. Succat grows up to become a bishop, is rechristened Saint Patrick, and fulfills his destiny to return to Ireland.

In the third segment, the titular story parodies the Karate Kid and Rocky film series, mainly the third Rocky film, as well as Gilbert and Sullivan s comic opera The Mikado. Scallion (Larry the Cucumber) is a sumo wrestler who has difficulty taking anything seriously. He succeeds in injuring his sparring partner Po-Ta-To as a result of his clowning around when Po-Ta-To slips on a banana peel and falls from the ring, injuring his back.

He is admonished for his joking by Mikey (Pa Grape), who accuses him of being weak, lacking ambition, and never completing what he starts when Hadrian (Junior Asparagus) reminds him that he has not yet fixed his bike. Meanwhile, the Champion, Apollo Gourd, is looking for an opponent now that Po has been injured. The prize is a tiger bike. Wanting the bike for Hadrian, Scallion accepts the challenge. Mikey agrees to become his trainer on the condition that Scallion does everything he says.

Scallion starts out well and trains hard, but when things get difficult, he quits