The BEST episodes of VeggieTales season 1

#1 - The Little Drummer Boy

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 10/4/2011

In this Veggie-version of a holiday classic, Junior Asparagus stars as The Little Drummer Boy, a lonely child who finds the true meaning of Christmas when he stumbles upon the birth of the baby Jesus. A story of generosity, hope and love, this timeless tale will warm the hearts of children everywhere!

#2 - Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 8/1/2009

Minnesota Cuke is on a new quest. He searches for Noah's umbrella. Its theme is confidence.

#3 - Princess & The Popstar

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 8/16/2011

Princess Poppyseed's life on her familys farm is far from the glamorous world of her favorite pop singer Vanna Banana. While Princess milks the cows and dreams of a life on stage, Vanna has her own dreams of a life far from the hectic pace of stardom. On a chance meeting Vanna & Princess cross paths and realize they look almost exactly alike which leads to the crazy notion that maybe they could switch lives! In a flash the girls secret plan is launched but as Princess tries to live up to the demands of being a diva and Vanna learns how to milk the cows each girl realizes that the life they longed for doesn t fulfill all their dreams after all and the life God gave them is the one for which they were uniquely and lovingly designed.

#4 - Sumo of the Opera

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/31/2004

When Larry goes out of town during production to help some needy kids, he runs into trouble. Frustrated, he calls Bob to say that he's giving up and coming home. Bob and "Lutfi" (a small cucumber sock puppet performed by Khalil the caterpillar) show a series of skits to help Larry learn the value of perseverence.

#5 - Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/25/2005

Larry the Cucumber stars as Minnesota Cuke, adventurer extraordinary. Follow Cuke around the world as he searches for the legendary Hairbrush of Samson on a race to keep it from his arch nemeses, Professor Rattan!

#6 - Gideon: Tuba Warrior

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/4/2006

Gideon: Tuba Warrior is the 30th VeggieTales episode. It was released in Christian bookstores on November 4th,2006, and is set to be released in general market stores on November 7th. This is the second VeggieTales episode to only be available on DVD (it will never be released on VHS). As of LarryBoy and the Bad Apple, all future Veggietales episodes will only be available on DVD. The story is an adaptation of the Biblical story of Gideon from the Book of Judges. Its lesson is about trusting God. It was the last VeggieTales episode of 2006.

#7 - Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/13/2008

Bob the Tomato is surprised to find Larry the Cucumber in a book club with Mr. Lunt, Archibald Asparagus and Jerry Gourd. They're reading "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. Well, not the book itself. Bob is dismayed to find they're all just reading notes about the book. Even that was a waste of time, Mr. Lunt decides, when it turns out the dramatized story of the day is "Huckleberry Larry and Tomato Sawyer." The story proves to be a very veggie version of the classic tale. Larry plays Huckleberry Larry, who wants to build a turkey jerky theme park. Bob is Tomato Sawyer who dreams anachronistically of a career in income tax preparation. Big Jim is a sweet-natured but intimidatingly large yellow gourd on the lam. Clark Wayne is the narrator, looking simultaneously like Mark Twain and Col. Sanders. The moral of the story comes from James 4:17: "If you know what is right to do, but you do not do it, you sin."

#8 - An Easter Carol

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/2004

Continuing where _Star of Christmas, The (2002)_ left off, this story follows Millward (Larry the Cucumber) and Cavis (Bob the Tomato) into Mr. Nezzer's Easter egg factory. In a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Mr. Nezzer learns from a couple of visitors that Easter means more than plastic eggs and chocolate bunnies. The character Hope, voiced by Rebecca St. James, presents the story of Christ's death and resurrection in a song accompanied by a series of stained glass windows portraying the events. Written by Jonathan A. Cullum A retelling of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', adapted to Easter, and using Veggie Tales "actors", humor, and music. The story framework is a sequel to The Star of Christmas (2002) (V). When Mr. Nezzer tries to knock St. Bart's church down to make way for his new amusement park, Easter Land, he is visited by a vision of the late Granny Nezzer. She tells him to expect a visitor. The visitor, a small angel named Hope, shows him the past, present, and future of Nezzer's Easter, helping him see the error of his ways.

#9 - Lyle the Kindly Viking

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/24/2001

When Archibald Asparagus takes over VeggieTales, he does this episode in a classy way. The "Silly Song with Larry" involves takes place in the thirties, with Larry trying to protect his top hat from being squashed, and singing in Sinatra-like tunes. The episode's entire story is supposedly a lost Gilbert and Sullivan musical, which Archibald learns at the end was just a prank script. It involves a friendly young viking who continually leaves the ship with some money and returns with an empty bag. When two other vikings are sent to find out what's going on, they learn he is returning what they stole to the monks. But should they tell their superior, if it'll get Lyle executed?

#10 - The Ballad of Little Joe

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/5/2003

Join Little Joe (played by Larry the Cucumber) and his rootin' tootin' French pea brothers on an adventure that will take them from an abandoned mineshaft all the way to Dodge Ball City -- with Little Joe's faith being tested every step of the way!

#11 - Lord of the Beans

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/15/2005

In this adventure, Toto Baggypants (Junior Asparagus) inherits a magical bean from his uncle Billboy (Archibald Asparagus). With the help of a group of friends, Toto embarks on a quest to find out what his gift is for. Written by BMJ Larry the Cucumber discovers his gift for riding the unicycle, and decides it's time for him to be rich and famous. Bob replies with a story about how to use your gifts. Based on "Lord of the Rings" about a young Flobbit named Toto Babbypants, played by Junior Asparagus, who received a magic bean from his uncle that could create anything he wanted. Unsure of how to use it, he teamed up with the wizard Randolf, the ranger Ear-A-Corn, the elf Leg-O-Lamb, and the lovable dwarf, Grumpy. Pursued by the dark lord Scaryman, who wants to bean to feed and cloth his evil half-spoon, half-fork army, Toto must find the Elders of the Forest and then the Land of Woe to find out how God wants him to use his gift.

#12 - Moe and the Big Exit

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/3/2007

You’ve heard the story of Moses but have you heard it told as a Western?! Meet Moe, a good-natured cowboy living high on the hog out in Dodgeball City, while his kinfolk work their fingers to the bone digging the Grand Canyon. Upset by how his family is treated, Moe stands up to the zucchini mayor and sends him up the river. Well as you might reckon a heap of trouble comes to town. Can Moe help free his people and flee Dodgeball once and fer all? Includes a hilarious silly song - A Mess Down in Egypt - starring everyone’s favorite boy band - Boyz in the Sink!

#13 - Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/6/2009

Bob, Larry, and the other vegetables celebrate Christmas, learning the story of Saint Nicholas in a Veggietales Christmas special.

#14 - The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/20/2003

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#15 - The Toy That Saved Christmas

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/1/1996

Wally P. Nezzer, owner of the Nezzer Toy Factory, has a new toy this Christmas... Buzzsaw Louie! Push its nose, and it tells you the True Meaning of Christmas... getting presents! One of the Buzzsaw Louie toys doesn't like that idea, and goes in search of the REAL True Meaning of Christmas.

#16 - Rack, Shack & Benny

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1995

There's trouble brewing at the Nezzer Chocolate Factory! To celebrate the sale of two million chocolate bunnies, company president Nebby K. Nezzer announces that his workers may eat as many bunnies as they like! This sounds great, until three boys named Rack, Shack, and Benny remember that their parents taught them not to eat too much candy. By paralleling the Biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnace, Rach, Shack & Benny teaches kids how to resist peer pressure and stand up for what they believe in. Kids of all ages will love the songs, humor and dazzling 3D computer animation of VeggieTales!

#17 - Where's God When I'm S-Scared?

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/21/1993

"Tales from the Crisper": After watching a scary Frankencelery movie, Junior Asparagus gets some help from Bob and Larry who remind him there's no need to be scared of monsters because God is bigger than the boogie man! "Daniel and the Lion's Den": Bob and Larry head to ancient Babylon for a Veggie-musical adaptation of the classic Bible story. When Daniel (Larry the Cucumber) finds himself in deep trouble, he learns that even in the lion's den, he's still in God's hands.

#18 - Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 3/11/2014

Captain Cuke (Larry the Cucumber), First Officer, Mr. Spork (Bob the Tomato), and the rest of the crew of the USS Applepies are sent to stop the evil space pirate, Luntar the Looter (Mr. Lunt). Its theme is the power of sharing.

#19 - Josh and the Big Wall!

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/1/1997

The Israelites are trying to get to the promised land, but first they must pass through Jericho, which is guarded by...the French Peas. Also, some of Joshua's charges have their own ideas on how to get past the walled city. Will Joshua listen to God's directions, or will he try to do things his way?

#20 - Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/1/2000

A VeggieTales of Queen Esther and her struggle to save her people from being sent to the Island of Perpetual Tickling (IPT) by her husband the king.

#21 - Celery Night Fever

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 8/5/2014

A determined young girl sets out to save the city park from being turned into a parking lot by getting her grandfather (Larry the Cucumber) to stage a reunion concert with the Disco Band he headlined forty years ago. The problem? None of those guys are talking to each other, all of them holding grudges for how the band fell apart all those years ago... Its theme is forgiveness.

#22 - Star of Christmas

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/29/2002

Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber appear as Cavis Appythart and Millward Phelps, respectively--two jingle writers based loosely on Gilbert and Sullivan. The setting is 1880s London, and they've written a musical called "The Princess and the Plumber", which they plan to open on Christmas Eve. Cavis thinks the production will "teach London how to love". But children at nearby St. Bart's Church are planning a nativity play for the same evening, and they plan to feature the Star of Christmas, a religious artifact unseen by the public for decades. The London Post Gazette writes a front-page story about the nativity play and the Star, and Cavis and Millward hatch a plan to make their musical better than the children's play. In the end, they learn about the true meaning of Christmas. ©2004

#23 - The League of Incredible Vegetables

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 10/16/2012

#24 - King George and the Ducky

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/1/2000

King George, unlike most kings, spends most of his time in the bathtub, playing with his favorite toy - a rubber ducky. But George isn't satisfied with just his rubber ducky - he wants all the duckies! The king learns a lesson in humility from his brave soldier Thomas, whose ducky George had stolen. Eventually, George faces his sin and learns that it's always important to share with others.

#25 - LarryBoy! And the Fib from Outer Space!

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1997

LarryBoy tells a lie which hurts Junior Asparagus and he must try to make things right again.