VeggieTales

VeggieTales is one of those things that I enjoyed more than most people expect themselves to before they watch it, like The LEGO Movie, Disney-Descendants, or even Ralph Breaks the Internet. I really appreciate the time and effort that Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, and other writers and directors of VeggieTales put into telling brilliant stories palatable for both Christian and non-Christian kids that teach them positive life lessons. When Phil Vischer made The VeggieTales Show in 2018, he regretted only teaching kids to behave Christianly in the original video series without teaching them more about Christianity, but I ironically think that the wide variety of entertainment in VeggieTales movies is why it has been so popular and long-running, with different people like Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Tim Hodge, Jim Fisher & Jim Stahl, Brian K. Roberts, Mark Steele, and Cory Edwards seeming to serve different terms for writing or directing 3-to-9 ideas of VeggieTales films aired over the course of several years. Some of them did a great job writing female-led storylines in recent years when most of the films before Esther's introduction (and re-introduction as Petunia) were all male protagonists, but I would like to see Lisa Vischer or Megan Murphy write VeggieTales tales for a change, so they could be the first female directors or writers of their kind.

I miss Esther, but I am glad that the character designers made a suitable replacement for her 4 years later. Petunia Rhubarb was a great new addition to the main cast, and Cydney Trent can be a friend close in age to Lisa Vischer as Mike Nawrocki is to Phil Vischer. What I said before about the variety of entertainment in VeggieTales refers to the fact that some of their movies are based on Bible stories with our veggies being renamed in them to match the characters they play, but other times, their films are a nice spoof on classic literature, TV shows or movies that the creators enjoy, and there are also some stories such as Are You My Neighbor, Madame Blueberry, Auto-tainment or the LarryBoy stories, in which the veggie characters are still themselves and not playing a character with another name. VeggieTales has graced us with affectionate parodies of Gilligan's Island, Star Trek: The Original Series, An Easter Carol, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, Pirates of the Caribbean (maybe), It's a Wonderful Life, Pinocchio, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen + The Avengers, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Saturday Night Fever, and Beauty and the Beast, all while still teaching the traditional veggie life lesson that they always do. It was fun growing up with VeggieTales for 20 years from 1993 to 2014 (except I was actually born in 1998), and watching Big Idea's computer animation improve over the years like when you watch a Pixar movie, except that with VeggieTales, you get to see the look of the same characters change over time within the advanced animation instead of waiting many years to see them again in a sequel. Speaking of Pixar, I think it is a very nice coincidence that Big Idea's The Toy That Saved Christmas featured a living human-like toy one year after Pixar came out with Toy Story, their first full-length animated feature.

Why does this get only 6.8? Yes it's a kids show, but i know older people who like it (Not including me.) I know a lot of Christian shows can be pretty corny but Veggie Tales is I think the highest quality Christian series for kids. It is also good and clean for young kids, and entertaining enough for the adults like what one of the other reviewers said. It has fun great characters kids love like Bob the tomato and Larry the cucumber. They're cute and teach Christian values in a good way. The content is stuff that most parents will not find offensive even for there youngest kids 3-4 years. The have a Super hero i used to love when i was a kid. Larry-Boy! While the villains may sometimes frighten kids, they are still fun. The violence is very light and should not frighten kids. And they don't really say any bad words. Except the parents guide said that there is one use of stupid in an early episode, and if they said it i didn't hear it. Over all if you have kids, get them this.

Veggie Tales is a great well made Christian animation for kids and it's the best. Teaching Bible lessons and great morals is what this show offers. It's funny and as an adult I enjoyed watching it as well. Those who criticize this show as bad just because it's Christian is not a fair review, obviously they haven't watched it without a bias.Veggie Tales not only have great lessons but great catchy silly songs as well for a sing along. The characters are all Veggies and cute looking and bad guys are not too scary for kids. Nothing bad like adult jokes are never said in this show like they do in other kids animation shows. It's a overall great show and I highly recommend this show for everyone to watch and enjoy.

I watched Veggietales as a kid and now as a parent I can still appreciate the humor and characters. I'll admit that most Christian shows can be pretty corny but Veggietales has a strong entertainment value much as it does for the themes. The pop culture nods, silly songs and characters can be compared to an Animaniacs for slightly younger viewers.

The series has stretched out to TV, home viewing and movies. I'd say the best experience is the home viewing as the episodes on TV are edited for time and, to lessor extent, removing a little of the Christian lines. The videos also include fun silly song intermission breaks in the episode which are pretty entertaining.

I can only knock the show currently for its slower and less flashy older episodes and a couple of so-so episodes.

I used to be in a Christian family and this was one of the few Christian shows that were actually good. I am an atheist now but this show is still a big part of my childhood. Overall 9/10 one star has been subtracted as I am now an atheist.