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| + | |episode name = LarryBoy and the Bad Apple |
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| + | |director = [[Tim Hodge]] |
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| + | |producer = [[David Pitts]] |
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| + | |writer = [[Richard Liebmann-Smith]]<br/>[[Mike Nawrocki]] |
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| + | |music = [[Kurt Heinecke]] |
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| + | |release date = July 29, 2006 |
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| + | |runtime = 45 minutes |
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==Plot== |
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| − | The opening countertop sequence finds Bob the Tomato alone with a cucumber sock puppet named Lutfi (played/voiced by Khalil). Larry the Cucumber, we learn, is on his way to do charity work but is having trouble getting there. Bob and Lutfi need to convince him via telephone to persevere rather than giving up and coming home. |
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| − | The first segment, "Going Up!", is a silent film short based on Laurel and Hardy and The Three Stooges. Three Stooge-like veggies are assigned to deliver a piano to a mansion at the top of a hill. While his fellow workers give up on the seemingly impossible task, Larry perseveres and is rewarded for his eventual success. |
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| − | In the second segment, Lutfi presents a story about the origin of St. Patrick's Day. Done in the style of a flannelgraph, the story tells about Maewyn Succat, a young English boy who is kidnapped by 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's 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 "Patrick", and fulfills his destiny to return to Ireland and teach the Word of God. |
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| − | Finally the main segment begins. In Sumo of the Opera, Larry stars as the Italian Scallion (in a nod to Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa character, one of many homages to the Rocky movies), a sumo wrestler who has difficulty taking anything seriously. He succeeds in injuring his sparring partner Po-Ta-To (Henry the Potato in an obvious spoof of Mr T's character Clubber Lang from Rocky III) as a result of his clowning around when Po slips on a banana peel and falls from the ring, injuring his back |
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| − | 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 young 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 new "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. |
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| − | Scallion starts out well and trains hard, but when things get difficult, he quits. However, when Scallion sees Hadrian emulating him he realizes that he must set a good example and persevere. He returns to his training with relish and eventually is ready for his match with Apollo Gourd, though naturally no one gives him a chance. However, Scallion does surprisingly well in the match. He lasts longer in the ring than anyone ever has against Apollo. When they both tumble out of the ring at the same moment, the match is called a tie. Unfortunately this means that Apollo remains the champion. In spite of this, Scallion is victorious for having persevered and even completes the repairs to Hadrian's bike. |
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| − | Back on the countertop we see that Larry has also persevered and completed his charity work. |
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| − | ==Cast of Characters== |
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| − | ===Going Up!=== |
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| − | *Larry The Cucumber as Curly |
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| − | *Jerry Gourd as Larry |
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| − | *Mr. Lunt as Moe |
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| − | *Mr. Nezzer as the Delivery Boss |
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| − | *Scooter Carrot as the Ice Cream Man |
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| − | *Madame Blueberry as the Mansion Owner |
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| − | ===The Story of St. Patrick=== |
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| − | *Khalil as the narrator |
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| − | *St. Patrick/Maewyn |
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| − | *Succat Maewyn's master |
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| − | *Boat Captain |
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| − | ===Sumo of the Opera=== |
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| − | *Larry The Cucumber as the Italian Scallion |
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| − | *Apollo Gourd as himself |
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| − | *Jimmy Gourd as Jim Gourdly |
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| − | *Jerry Gourd as the Cameraman |
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| − | *Bob the Tomato as Bobby |
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| − | *Junior Asparagus as Hadrian |
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| − | *Pa Grape as Mikey |
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| − | *Mr. Lunt as the Sushi Chef |
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| − | *Archibald Asparagus as himself |
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==Fun Facts== |
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====Trivia==== |
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| + | *Originally, the statue had a pitchfork. |
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| − | *This is the only VeggieTales episode to have more than two segments (three if you count the Silly Song). |
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| + | ====Remarks==== |
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| − | *This is also the first time Qwerty broken down. Incidentally, less than three months after the video was released, a similar incident happened towards Strong Bad's Compy. |
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| + | *Dan Anderson wasn't credited for voicing Dad Asparagus. Though it might be possible was a reused line from another episode (See Inside References) |
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| + | ====Inside References==== |
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| + | *Mentioned events from Fib from Outer Space and Rumor Weed are spoken of in the countertop. |
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| + | *Dad's line was was originally from [[An Easter Carol]]. |
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| + | ====Real World References==== |
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| + | *Because many elements were used from Sam Rani's Spider-Man films, a lot of references were here, including: |
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| + | **Larry-Boy using his plunger-ears to swing across the city, similar to Spider-Man's websligning. |
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| + | **The way he saved the statue before the funhouse hits it is similar in the second film, where Spider-Man stops the subway from falling the end of the tracks. |
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| + | *The bitten pear logo on Jean Claude's laptop is a parody of Apple. |
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Revision as of 19:06, 26 October 2014
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July 29, 2006 |
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45 minutes |
LarryBoy and the Bad Apple is the 29th episode of VeggieTales and the third Larry-Boy episode.
Plot
Write the first section of your page here.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- Originally, the statue had a pitchfork.
Remarks
- Dan Anderson wasn't credited for voicing Dad Asparagus. Though it might be possible was a reused line from another episode (See Inside References)
Inside References
- Mentioned events from Fib from Outer Space and Rumor Weed are spoken of in the countertop.
- Dad's line was was originally from An Easter Carol.
Real World References
- Because many elements were used from Sam Rani's Spider-Man films, a lot of references were here, including:
- Larry-Boy using his plunger-ears to swing across the city, similar to Spider-Man's websligning.
- The way he saved the statue before the funhouse hits it is similar in the second film, where Spider-Man stops the subway from falling the end of the tracks.
- The bitten pear logo on Jean Claude's laptop is a parody of Apple.