VeggieTales in the House is an American computer-animated television series produced by Big Idea Entertainment. It is a Christian-themed video and film series, featuring anthropomorphic vegetables. The series was executive produced by Doug TenNapel. The series premiered on Netflix on November 26, 2014. Three seasons of the series have been ordered, consisting of a total of 75 22-minute episodes.
The two creators of the traditional VeggieTales series from 1993, reprise their voices of the characters: Phil Vischer reprises the voices of Bob the Tomato, Archibald Asparagus, Jimmy Gourd, Phillipe, Mr. Lunt, and Pa Grape and Mike Nawrocki reprises the voices of Larry the Cucumber, Jerry Gourd, and Jean-Claude Pea. Tress MacNeille does the voices of Petunia Rhubarb, Madame Blueberry, Laura Carrot, and Junior Asparagus, replacing Megan Murphy, Cydney Trent, Gigi Abraham and Lisa Vischer respectively. Rob Paulsen does the voice of Ichabeezer, the only regular character that was not brought over from the original VeggieTales.
This television show originally aired on Netflix from November 26, 2014 until March 25, 2016.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
- Bob the Tomato (voiced by Phil Vischer) – One of the main characters of VeggieTales, he is best friends and roommates with Larry the Cucumber. Bob is usually the "straight man" in his partnership with Larry. Although he is typically calm, he does get annoyed at times. He works part-time as a greeter at Pa Grape's store.
- Larry the Cucumber (voiced by Mike Nawrocki) – Best friends and roommate with Bob the Tomato, Larry is wacky, scatterbrained, and has an energetic, childlike personality. He works driving the towns ice-cream cart and does odd jobs at Pa Grape's store. He secretly protects the city from crime as the superhero LarryBoy, making use of a LarryMobile and a secret lair underneath the apartment he shares with Bob.
- Petunia Rhubarb (voiced by Cydney Trent) – Good friends with Bob and Larry, she often enjoys hanging out with them and often offers them advice whenever they get into a fight or face personal problems. She works part-time at Pa Grape's store and has a love for plants, eventually opening her own flower shop.
- Laura Carrot (voiced by Gigi Abraham) – A young girl who is friends with Bob and Larry and Junior Asparagus, her best friend.
- Junior Asparagus (voiced by Lisa Vischer) – Laura Carrot's best friend. He and Laura are very good at baseball and shadow puppets. He is a typical child and looks up to Larry. Like Larry, he also has a superhero alter-ego, "Junior Jetpack," who flies a jetpack given to him along with encouragement from Ichabeezer, and later becomes a superhero duo with Larry boy.
- Pa Grape (voiced By Phil Vischer) – A wise old green grape, he runs a corner store called Pa's Corner Store. He often provides wise and insightful advice to his friends.
- Jimmy and Jerry Gourd - Brothers that live together. They don't do a whole lot, but they do enjoy helping others when they're needed. They often like to eat a lot, too, and are often seen baking together. Jimmy (voiced by Phil Vischer) is considered the more brash and talkative one, while Jerry (voiced by Mike Nawrocki) is the slightly more intelligent and quiet one, he often only says a few words. They secretly have a pet Dust Bunny named Danny that they treat like a member of their family, and later adopt a guppy that name Happy Sunshine Bubbles.
Recurring characters[]
- The French Peas – The brothers, Jean-Claude and Phillipe, are peas with French accents. They are stated to still be in school and living together because their father is still in France. Jean-Claude is voiced by Mike Nawrocki Phillipe is voiced by Phil Vischer.
- Ichabeezer (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – Ichabeezer is grumpy and gruff zucchini. For the In the House world, he has essentially assumed Mr. Nezzer's role as an outsider/villain foil for Bob and Larry. Beginning with the second half of season 1, he's developed a trait of mail-ordering expensive gadgets and using them to his devious ends. His home is a large mansion built out of the side of a couch. Although he is grouchy, he is friendly with Junior Asparagus and often gives him advice, and has other moments of occasional kindness, also.
- Madame Blueberry (voiced by Megan Murphy) – A female blueberry with a French accent, she's famous for winning various contests and events around town such as karaoke and pie baking. She has an especially lovely singing-voice, and her specialty is "the blues."
- Mr. Lunt (voiced by Phil Vischer) – A Hispanic gourd, he works around town and sells various items; often joking that his job is having a different job every episode. He is very disorganized, despite insisting otherwise that he has a careful system. Carrying on from the original videos, his lack of eyes is a running gag throughout the show.
- Archibald Asparagus (voiced by Phil Vischer) – The Mayor of the town with an upper crust British accent. He often acts as judge/impartial third party when ever something is wrong.
Minor characters[]
- Tom Celeriac (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – A celebrity that appears in various media the veggies watch.
- Granny Asparagus (voiced by Phil Vischer) – An old lady who is one of the oldest and wisest people in town, she is also Juniors grandmother.
- Rooney the Olive Dog (voiced by Phil Vischer) – Ichabeezer's mischievous dog who is an olive.
- Motato (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – An evil, deformed sweet Potato. He is the main enemy of Larry's 'Larry Boy' alias. Along with his radish minions, he carries out various nefarious plots to destroy the town. His evil lair is in the bathroom of the Veggie house.
- Bacon Bill (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – An eccentric child genius who the son of an old friend of Pa Grape. He looks up to Larry as an older brother figure.
- Radish Soldiers (voiced by Rob Paulsen and Phil Vischer) Motato's evil minions who assist him in his various plots.
- Captain Mike Asparagus (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – Junior's dad, they bond and enjoy most of the same activities together. He is also a part of a bowling team with Bob and Mayor Archibald.
- Lisa Asparagus – (voiced by Tress MacNeille) Junior's mom.
- Tiny Pea (voiced by Kel Mitchell) – He is in Junior's 3rd Grade class. He may be small, but he can do big things like a grown-up would.
- Jenna Chive (voiced by China Anne McClain) – She is a popstar who enjoys writing songs and singing them to the Veggiefolks of the house.
- Dr. Carrot (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – The town doctor.
- Beau Rockley (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – A mean spirited television host who enjoys making fun of others. He originally hosted a gossip show entitled Behind Their Backs, but after being saved by Larry from drowning in the kitchen sink, he has a change of heart and becomes a documentary film maker.
- Tina Celery (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – Petunia's best friend and employee of her flower flower shop. She is very optimistic, energetic, and enjoys planning children's birthday parties.
- Callie Flower (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – Laura Carrot's lab partner and friend. She loves science, reading, and bugs; especially caterpillars. She used to be bullied for being 'weird' before Laura stood up for her.
- Gary Garlic (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – The new kid in Junior Asparagus's class. Despite looking mean and having super strength that he can't control, he is actually very kind and caring. He was shunned by his classmates for being a monster, until Junior showed them that you shouldn't judge people by their appearance.
- Cornelius (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – An older boy at Junior and Laura's school. He is usually mean spirited and immature and has a tenancy to exaggerate things.
Episodes[]
The series premiered on November 26, 2014, when the first five episodes were released. The next five episodes were released on January 30, 2015, with the next five episodes released on April 17, 2015. Season 2 was released on September 25, 2015. Season 3 premiered on March 25th, 2016.
Season 1 (2014–15)[]
| Episode
No. |
Segment
No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Puppies & Guppies" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | November 26, 2014 |
| Larry and Laura learns responsibility when purchasing a pet fish | |||||
| 1 | 2 | "Sorry We're Closed Today" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | November 26, 2014 |
| The gang tries to hide from each other in Pa Grape's store and things get heated when they're locked in, making them learn to cooperate. | |||||
| 2 | 3 | "Bob & The Awesome Frosting Mustache" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | November 26, 2014 |
| Bob wants to grow a mustache like the one a famous celebrity has and shows it off during a musical showcase, but ends up learning that it is better to be himself. | |||||
| 2 | 4 | "Bob and Larry: Gettin' Angry" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | November 26, 2014 |
| After misunderstanding Petunia's advice to not let the sun go down on their anger, Larry and Bob are at each others throats during the night. | |||||
| 3 | 5 | "Bob's Bad Breath" | Bill Breneisen | Ethan Nicolle | November 26, 2014 |
| Larry's sloppy behavior and poor hygiene gets on Bob's nerves when he starts his new job as the greeter at pa Grape's store after not getting any sleep. | |||||
| 3 | 6 | "Trading Places" | Graig George | Eric Branscum | November 26, 2014 |
| Bob and Jerry become roomies ,while Larry and Jerry do the same thing, after getting fed up with their friends, but both sides end up with unexpected results | |||||
| 4 | 7 | "Jimmy & Jerry are Rich" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | November 26, 2014 |
| Believing that Jimmy and Jerry received a fortune, Bob and Larry try to exploit this. | |||||
| 4 | 8 | "Feelin Hot, Hot, Hot" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | November 26, 2014 |
| During a cold day, Petunia watches Pa Grape's store while he's absent and is forbiden from turning up the temperature and Petunia discovers what happens when you do a bad thing "just a little bit". | |||||
| 5 | 9 | "Laura at Bat" | Graig George | Ethan Nicolle | November 26, 2014 |
| Laura decides to start believing she is a professional baseball player to be good at it, only to learn a lesson about practice. | |||||
| 5 | 10 | "Pie Fight!" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | November 26, 2014 |
| Madame Blueberry is jealous of Bob's victory over winning a pie-baking contest to the point where she gossips about his supposed cheating. | |||||
| 6 | 11 | "Pa Grape's Son" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | January 30, 2015 |
| Pa Grape takes on Jean-Claude as his son to partake in the father-son picnic. | |||||
| 6 | 12 | "Larry's Cardboard Thumb" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | January 30, 2015 |
| Larry's determination to look after Petunia's flowers ends in a disaster. | |||||
| 7 | 13 | "The Gong Heard 'Round the House" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | January 30, 2015 |
| Wanting recognition for doing a good deed, Bob borrows a gong and bangs it to get attention.When the rest of the town follows in his footsteps, everyone learns what true generosity is all about. | |||||
| 7 | 14 | "When the Dust Bunnies Came to Town" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | January 30, 2015 |
| Against the advise of elders, Larry, Junior, and Mayor Asparagus open a vent, inadvertently unleashing a plethora of dust bunnies. | |||||
| 8 | 15 | "The Bucket List" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | January 30, 2015 |
| Bob and Larry cause turmoil for Ichabeezer when trying to be nice to him in spite of his rashness. | |||||
| 8 | 16 | "A Gift for Singing" | Tim Hodge | Ethan Nicolle | January 30, 2015 |
| Madame Blueberry trains Petunia to sing for the new jingle at Pa Grape's store, but is later tempted to sabotage her out of jealousy of her beautiful voice. | |||||
| 9 | 17 | "Lie-Monade" | Bill Breneisen | Doug TenNapel | January 30, 2015 |
| Larry cons the townsfolk out of their money to purchase a new video game via 'magical' lemonade, but his lies cause him to rethink his blunder. | |||||
| 9 | 18 | "Let's Build A Fort" | Craig George | Eric Branscum | January 30, 2015 |
| Junior's Dad chooses to go bowling after he made a deal to help Junior build a fort, but realizes his error after Junior,Laura, and Larry end up in danger after trying to do it on their own. | |||||
| 10 | 19 | "Bacon and Ice Cream" | Tim Hodge | Ethan Nicolle | January 30, 2015 |
| Pa Grape's new employee, Bacon Bill, has a zany personality that even Larry finds unbearable. | |||||
| 10 | 20 | "For the Honor of LarryBoy" | Bill Breneisen | Ethan Nicolle | January 30, 2015 |
| Ichabeezer's thankless behavior cause Larry as Larry-Boy to let him be taken by the villainous Motato. | |||||
| 11 | 21 | "The Birthday Thief" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | April 17, 2015 |
| Sad at having his own birthday forgotten, Motato creates a machine to steal the birthdays of the towns children, and Larry Boy must save Laura after she is also sucked up by the machine. | |||||
| 11 | 22 | "Junior Gets a Pet" | Tim Hodge | Ethan Nicolle | April 17, 2015 |
| Despite his dad's warnings, Junior befriends a wild 'Bufflorange', and runs away from home to play with him. | |||||
| 12 | 23 | "Cool as a Cucumber" | Bill Breneisen | Mike Nelson | April 17, 2015 |
| After being shunned by Jimmy and Jerry for not being 'cool enough', Larry begins wearing a pair of shades and develops an selfish personality to fit in. | |||||
| 12 | 24 | "The Rich Young Comic Ruler" | Craig George | Eric Branscum | April 17, 2015 |
| Larry is reluctant to share the comic books he collected as donations for the town library, but a trick played on him by Ichabeezer helps him learn the value of sharing. | |||||
| 13 | 25 | "Popcorntastrophe" | Tim Hodge | Ethan Nicolle | April 17, 2015 |
| Bob, Larry, and Madame Blueberry accidentally flood the town with giant, burnt popcorn, but are forgiven and not punished by mayor Archibald. When Bob later wants to sue Ichabeezer for breaking his tv, he learns that everyone deserves mercy. | |||||
| 13 | 26 | "Junior Jetpack" | Bill Breneisen | Ethan Nicolle | April 17, 2015 |
| Larry Boy is annoyed by Junior, who is calling himself Junior Jet pack and asking to be Larry's side-kick, but Ichabeezer proves to both of them that even small people can be hero's | |||||
| 14 | 27 | "Monster Manners" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | April 17, 2015 |
| When Motato's new 'super soldier radish',Randy, is injured, he is Cared for by Madame Blueberry and Petunia, who teach him manners and civilized behavior. | |||||
| 14 | 28 | "You, Me & Tiny Pea" | Tim Hodge | Mike Nelson | April 17, 2015 |
| Tired of being treated like a child by his dad, Junior joins his friend Tiny Pea in sailing to the deep end of the coy pond to prove that he is grown-up. | |||||
| 15 | 29 | "Jenna Chive Live" | Bill Breneisen | Doug TenNapel | April 17, 2015 |
| Pop star Jenna Chive arrives in town in disguise, wanting a break from songwriting, but learns that she should use her talents to make others happy. | |||||
| 15 | 30 | "Captain LarryBeard" | Craig George | Eric Branscum | April 17, 2015 |
| Larry unintentionally takes Ichabeezer's missing toy pirate ship and refuses to return it, claiming finders-keepers, despite Bob's warning that taking what is not his is the same as steeling. | |||||
Season 2 (2015)[]
| Episode
No. |
Segment
No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 31 | "The Great Ice Cream Chase" | Tim Hodge | Mike Nelson | September 25, 2015 |
| When Bob is sick and will only feel better if he gets his favorite, rare ice cream flavor, Larry needs help to avoid distractions and get it home before it melts. | |||||
| 16 | 32 | "The Guppy Whisperer" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| Jimmy and Gerry adopt a guppy named Happy Sunshine Bubbles, but have a hard time caring for her properly. | |||||
| 17 | 33 | "The Silly Ray" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| When Bob will be fired from his job as the mayor's speech writer if he can't write a silly speech, Larry zaps him with his 'silly ray'. Unfortunately, Silly Bob's carelessness gets on everyone's nerves. | |||||
| 17 | 34 | "The Camp Out" | Tim Hodge | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| Bob wants to camp by himself so that he won't have to share his s'mores, but this backfires when Motato and his Radishes steel them. | |||||
| 18 | 35 | "Monster Truck Flower Delivery" | Bill Breneisen | Wes Haula | September 25, 2015 |
| During the opening of their flower shop, Petunia and Tina Celerina discover that they have received a monster truck instead of the delivery truck they ordered and learn about not giving up, even when things don't work out they way they want. | |||||
| 18 | 36 | "Vote for Archibald" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| when Tom Celeriac runs for mayor, Mayor Archibald attempts to make himself as famous and cool as his opponent, only to discover that it is better to be himself. | |||||
| 19 | 37 | "Ready for Action" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| Larry, Bob, and Mr.Lunt train as police officer's with Officer Wedge for the position as his partner and learn about how important it is to do the right thing, even when no one is looking. | |||||
| 19 | 38 | "Sickabeezer" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| Bob promises to take care of Iccabeezer, who is sick with the 'snicups', but lets his desire to go fishing get in the way of putting others first. | |||||
| 20 | 39 | "Plant-demonium" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| When Petunia becomes obsessed with creating a plant that will impress the writers of the 'Plant Snob Monthly' magazine, her vanity creates a giant plant monster. | |||||
| 20 | 40 | "DUO Day" | Tim Hodge | Wes Halula | September 25, 2015 |
| Larry Boy and Junior Jet Pack decide to officially become a superhero duo, but immediately begin fighting, which interferes with their ability to battle Motato and his new army of kitchen appliances. | |||||
| 21 | 41 | "Mayoral Bike Lessons" | Bill Breneisen | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| When Bo Rockly appears in town to find out Mayor Archibald's secret to use on his gossip show, He tells Larry that he doesn't know how to rid a bike and Larry struggles to keep his friend's secret. | |||||
| 21 | 42 | "It" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| Larry's obsession with winning every game of tag takes the fun out of the game for the whole town. | |||||
| 22 | 43 | "Callie Flower" | Craig George | Wes Halula | September 25, 2015 |
| Laura is embarrassed when she is partnered with the weird new girl, Callie Flower, in science class, but learns not to judge others based on gossip and rumors. | |||||
| 22 | 44 | "World of Whiners" | Bill Breneisen | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| When Laura carrot and her friends take Icabeezer's advice to whine to get everything they want, everyone in town is infected with a case of 'the whines' and begins constantly complaining. | |||||
| 23 | 45 | "Two Birthdays" | Craig George | Wes Halula | September 25, 2015 |
| Despite bob and Pa's advice, Tina Celerina tries to plan juniors birthday party and Archibald's formal dinner party at the same time and nearly causes a disaster. | |||||
| 23 | 46 | "Playground Tales" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| After hearing his classmates tales of Gary Garlic, the new kid, being a super-powered bully, Junior is afraid of him, but is reminded by his parents' to not judge other by their outward appearance. | |||||
| 24 | 47 | "Spacetato" | Bill Breneisen | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| When Captain Mike opens a children's space camp, Junior is bored by his father's practical lessons, but learns the importance of listening to your 'teachers' in life when a disguised Motato attacks. | |||||
| 24 | 48 | "Starved for Attention" | Craig George | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| Junior Jet Pack Becomes jealous when Bo Rockly wants to make a documentary about Larry Boy, but Larry lectures him about doing the right thing because it is right, not because it can earn fame for himself. | |||||
| 25 | 49 | "The Imposters" | Tim Hodge | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| When Motato wants to steel Bob's weather machine, he attempts to turn Bob and Larry against each other using name calling. | |||||
| 25 | 50 | "Place Trading" | Bill Breneisen | Wes Halula | September 25, 2015 |
| When Icabeezer gets sick of having people ask him for money and Larry gets sick of having to work and clean the house, they decide to replace each other, only to discover that neither one has it as easy as they thought. | |||||
| 26 | 51 | "Locked Out" | Craig George | Eric Branscum | September 25, 2015 |
| When Larry's panicking gets him and Bob locked out of their apartment, and then the house, they must learn how to remain calm to get back home. | |||||
| 26 | 52 | "Coach Ichabeezer" | Tim Hodge | Ethan Nicolle | September 25, 2015 |
| when Icabeezer joins the town Little League team, he fires Larry as coach and then makes all the kids quit by being too bossy. In the end, everyone realizes that it doesn't matter what other people think of you, as long as you try your best. | |||||
Season 3 (2016)[]
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Release date |
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External links[]
- Official website
- Official website at Netflix
- VeggieTales in the House at the Internet Movie Database