A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far Far Away...

Nowadays, if you say you like Star Wars even a little bit, you're automatically branded a geek. Well, then I'm happy being a geek because Star Wars is freakin' amazing! It's one of those shows that practically everyone's seen and you can't go through life without watching at least once because it's a HA-UUUGGE part of our pop culture. There are spoofs of it everywhere, people quote famous lines from it all the time, parody famous scenes, dress up like iconic characters, etc. Everyone, at least once has done the Darth Vader breathing and said "Luke, I am your father" right?

I can't say which movie I saw first. I know I saw Return of the Jedi all the way through first, but I saw bits and pieces of others before I watched that one. Quite sad that I saw the last movie first, but oh well. I didn't really understand it since I was like 6 or something. I don't remember when I saw A New Hope. I can't remember if I saw it before or after I saw The Phantom Menace. It might have been after, but I'm pretty sure I saw it before I saw Attack of the Clones, which was the only Star Wars film I saw in theaters. Then I saw Revenge of the Sith. By that point I decided that I wanted to watch all the movies in order and realized that I had never seen The Empire Strikes Back, so I watched them in order and finally watched that one for the first time.

The complete list is:
Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

The Star Wars saga could also be called The Story of Anakin Skywalker, I've decided. Because overall, it's all about him. His rise, his downfall, and his redemption. When people brand people who like Star Wars as geeks, that's because a lot of Star Wars fans are attached to the aliens, the lightsabers, the guns, the funky outfits and hairdos, etc. I've said thousands of times, I like movies for their plots. I don't care about special effects, setting, or whatever, just as long as I'm entertained by the story. And boy does Star Wars have an intriguing story. Most people now are bored with the Star Wars story because it's sort of old hat, but I'm still intrigued by the ingenuity of it. As innovative and interesting as the Force, the Jedi, the Deathstar, the alien species, the droids, and the space travel is, the story of the Skywalkers is what draws me in, personally. Like I said before, the saga is all about Anakin Skywalker. It could not stand without him. The first two movies are about his rise as a Jedi, the third is about his turn to the dark side, the fourth and fifth is about his rise as a Sith, and the sixth is about his redemption. Everyone knows his alter-ego, Darth Vader, better. EVERYBODY knows Darth Vader, even if you haven't seen the saga. Everyone knows the breathing sound and "The force is strong with this one" and "Luke, I am your father". Everyone misquotes that last one. It's really: "No. I am your father" in response to Luke saying: "He told me you killed him [my father]". I guess everyone just sticks "Luke" onto the beginning of it to make it more recognizable.
Funny story behind that quote too. George Lucas had a fake line in the script that said "Obi-Wan killed your father." Only five people knew what the line actually said before the movie was released. George Lucas (obviously, since he wrote it), Irvin Kershner (the director), Lawrence Kasdan (a writer), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) was told like five minutes before filming so he could give a proper reaction to the news, and James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader) who actually spoke the line (and he thought it was just a joke since he spoke both the real line and the fake line). Even David Prowse (who played Darth Vader) didn't know what it said.

"Join me. And together we can rule the galaxy as father and son."

I didn't have any initial shock to the news of Darth Vader being Luke's father since I had seen Return of the Jedi first and The Empire Strikes Back last, but I still get excited when I watch it. Just imagine hearing this awful villain, who's barely even human, claiming to be your parent who you thought was dead. I can just imagine what it would be like to be someone watching it for the first time. I would have loved to have lived back in 1980 when The Empire Strikes Back was released when NOBODY knew and everyone heard that for the first time.

Of course, the secrets don't end there, then comes Yoda's line, "There is another Skywalker". Unbeknownst to Anakin and Luke, Anakin's wife had given birth to twins who were then separated to keep them safe from their power-deranged father. Ironically, Luke had been reunited with his sister for quite some time, but they did not know of their relation.
George Lucas claims to have had the entire saga planned out from the beginning, but some people shoot down that claim saying it's unbelievable because he had Luke and Leia kiss in The Empire Strikes Back and also teased at a romantic relationship between them. Why would he do this if he always knew that they were brother and sister? My argument for that, is that obviously back then people didn't know that they were siblings, and Lucas wanted to start a romantic relationship between Han Solo and Leia. As a creative writer myself, I know it's good to have some competition in a romantic development, and the only other male character that could have presented a threat to Han was Luke. In A New Hope, Luke and Leia appeared to like each other a lot, and I noticed that a lot of people seemed to like them together (not knowing they were siblings), so Lucas, being a good filmmaker, teased at a possible relationship between them to get people to come see the movie. Of course, Luke and Leia had no idea they were related either, so why not start to have a little crush on each other? So I think it is entirely plausible that he had it planned out the entire time.

Evil Anakin

Back to Anakin's story. It was prophesied in The Phantom Menace that he would be the one that would bring balance to the force and destroy the Sith. However, he, of course, goes bad and joins the Sith instead, and it seems that the prophesy will not come true. Then it seems that it was pertaining to his son, Luke, instead; that Luke would be the one who would bring balance to the force and destroy the Sith. But then, Luke manages to unearth Anakin out of Darth Vader and he ends up killing the Emperor, thus fulfilling the prophesy after all.

Most people say that the prequel trilogy are not very good, or at least not as good as the original trilogy. I agree that they aren't as good as the original trilogy, but I still like them. I think people are too harsh on them. They say that the acting was too bland, or the special effects were too much, or characters were emotionless, or whatever. I think people are just being ridiculous. I enjoyed seeing Darth Vader before he turned evil and how he went into that black suit of armor. I liked seeing a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi, more intense lightsaber duels, the beginning of the Deathstar, how R2-D2 and C3-PO met, why Obi-Wan and Yoda were the last remaining Jedi, and so on. So what, if they weren't the same as the original trilogy, I LIKED them!

Another thing to remember about the films is the music. Star Wars has one of the most famous theme songs ever written (obviously, since it was written by John Williams. he does all the famous theme songs).

I think my favorite movie might be Return of the Jedi, then A New Hope, then Revenge of the Sith, then The Phantom Menace, then The Empire Strikes Back, then Attack of the Clones. Attack of the Clones didn't have much plot to it. It was mostly just fighting, with a quick love story thrown in.

It's hard to believe that this saga almost didn't happen. So many times, it was rejected. And even when it was finally accepted by a studio, it was threatened to be shutdown several times and wasn't taken seriously by any of the crew. Everyone thought it was too bizarre. Like there was a princess with two giant cinnabuns on the side of her head! Even Harrison Ford (Han Solo) complained about the weird things he had to say, about how he couldn't pronounce a lot of his lines. It's a mighty good thing that they endured through it and that they weren't shut down, because look at it now. (Imagine all the studios that turned Lucas down. How they must be kicking themselves!)

One of my favorite theme song spoofs 

HERE

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time

There was an enchanted forest filled with all the classic characters that we know

Or think we know.

One day they found themselves trapped in a place where all their happy endings were stolen.

Our world.

This is how it happened...

Hmm, it was only a matter of time. ^_^ I would have blogged about this show a long time ago, but I was waiting for the season to end before I did. Because I will, of course, be analyzing the major characters in this post (as well as the plot) and you find out more and more about each of them as the show goes on so I didn't want to make an assumption about something or miss something entirely. (However, there's not any real spoilers as far as the finale goes in this post).

Anyways, this is one of the two non-british TV shows I watch and thoroughly enjoy. Therefore, more people have heard of it and watch it where I come from, so I'm not entirely alone in my fangirling and obsessing. BUT, for those of you who may not know what it is about, let me enlighten you:

It is about a bunch of storybook characters who are stuck in our world, who don't remember who they are because of a curse that Snow White's evil queen cast. Their only hope of breaking the curse is Snow White and Prince Charming's daughter, Emma, who escaped the curse when she was a newborn. Emma comes across the cursed town, Storybrooke, 28 years later and the "final battle begins". Each episode tells what's going on in Storybrooke while giving background stories to each storybook character in fairytale land.

It's tradition when I blog about a movie, TV show, or book for me to give my background of how I was introduced to it. Why break that tradition now? I saw people praising it endlessly on my other blog when there were only like three episodes out. I ignored it for a while since people tend to freak out and obsess over their own things that I don't really care for a lot, over there. There weren't even that many posts about it in comparison to other posts about Doctor Who or Sherlock or whatever, so it's not like I saw it a whole lot. However, it did capture my interest a little since it was about fairytales. The posts continually made it look a little bit more interesting to me. Finally, one night, I had nothing to do in my dorm (fall semester) and decided to look the show up. I thought the pilot episode was a little bit cheesy, but everyone claimed that the show was so good, so I decided to watch the next episode. It was a little better, but I wasn't hooked, yet I still watched the third one. Finally after that one, I decided I liked it enough to keep watching it without forcing myself. I kept watching it until the most recent episode (which was episode 5, I think). By the time I watched that one, I was hooked and couldn't wait until the next one came out. Episode 7 was my first time showing any real emotional attachment for it. Then by... mmm, probably episode 12, I was so emotionally attached it, it was pretty much a lifestyle for me. Now, I basically need it as much as I need air!

So, now you know my story. On with the post!

STORYBROOKE: Every single resident in Storybrooke, Maine is a fairytale character, but none of them remember who they are. Only the mayor remembers her past identity, and it is implied that Mr. Gold remembers as well. They have been all been given fake memories, identities, professions, etc. Time is frozen there. They have been living in a haze for the past 28 years and don't remember when they came to Storybrooke, how they met each other, or anything like that. That is, until Emma arrives, then time starts moving. No one can ever come to Storybrooke, which makes the mayor awfully suspicious of Emma (and later, August when he arrives). Also, they cannot leave Storybrooke or else something bad will happen to them (mostly, all I saw were car accidents right at the town limit).

CHARACTERS:


SNOW WHITE/ MARY MARGARET BLANCHARD played by Ginnifer Goodwin

She is probably the most perfect Snow White to ever hit the screens. While being very traditional, she's also quite different from other Snow Whites in the past. The writers definitely put a twist on her character while still holding true to her story. She's most definitely not a damsel in distress. She can look out for herself. After the huntsman lets her go, the Grimm's story says that she finds the dwarfs's cottage... but it doesn't say how long it took. In this series, she spends, who knows how long, living in the forest as a thief, hoping to raise enough money to escape the kingdom and the queen's wrath. She's smart, selfless, and a total boss.
Her alter ego, Mary Margaret, is the elementary school teacher of Storybrooke. She's mostly the sweeter side of Snow White and a lot more soft spoken than her fairytale counter-part. Although, sometimes she does manage to channel her inner Snow White (like when she kick-boxed Jefferson out the window, surprising herself with her moves).

PRINCE CHARMING (aka JAMES)/ DAVID NOLAN played by Josh Dallas

I remember when I first saw him, I didn't exactly disapprove of him, but I just didn't really picture him as Prince Charming. Now, I can't see anyone else in the part! This guy makes THE most heartbreaking puppy faces! Seriously. And then he'll occasionally throw in the single tear rolling down his cheek as well. Rips my heart out every time! Anyways, moving on. He's got an interesting backstory. He's not really a prince, but he takes the place of his twin brother (who was adopted by the king and later killed) to slay a dragon for the king. However, he is roped into continuing the charade when he is forced into an engagement with a princess from another kingdom. Then he meets Snow White while on a journey through the forest and falls in love with her instead. She's the one who gave him the nickname of "Charming" saying that it "suits you" and it just sort of sticks and everyone starts calling him that. He's noble, passionate, and he definitely lives up to his nickname.

His alter ego has had a tough life. First, he was in a coma, then he had amnesia and fell in love with Mary Margaret during that time despite being "married", then he "remembered" and went back to his wife, but was still in love with Mary Margaret, then there were lots of complications that could have been prevented or improved upon by better choices. My point here is that, he is still a charmer, but he is not the best at making good decisions. He does manage to man up and try to fix things once they've been wronged though. But, you know, this is all because of the curse. He can't be Prince Charming in the real world, he can't embody all of the prince's good qualities.

EMMA SWANN played by Jennifer Morrison

Our first original character. The daughter of Snow White and Prince James. She was born shortly before the queen's curse reached the castle. It was foretold that the only person who would be able to break the curse would be Snow White's child, so a plan was put into action to save her. The original plan was that Snow White was to go into the enchanted wardrobe to be saved from the curse, but she went into labor before it was finished and Emma was born. Since the wardrobe could (supposedly) save only one person, James took newborn Emma and put her into it to be saved. The curse let her out in our world where she was discovered by a young boy (later revealed to be Pinocchio who also escaped the curse through the wardrobe). Then she was put into the foster system. When she was 18, she had a baby whom she gave up for adoption. 10 years later, that baby, grown up, found her and brought her to his home in Storybrooke.
She's an interesting character. She won't just blindly believe in something, which is why the curse isn't broken instantly (as Henry puts it "I know the hero doesn't believe at first. because if they did, then it wouldn't be a very good story."). She always needs physical proof (which is actually very frustrating most of the time. On several occasions I was shouting at the screen, "EMMA, Y U NO BELIEVE!?!"). She's one of the most grounded characters, since she's not afraid to stand up to Regina or Mr. Gold (the two people in Storybrooke whom everybody is terrified to cross).

EVIL QUEEN/ REGINA MILLS played by Lana Parrilla

Our main antagonist! She's much deeper than she originally appears to be. We find out why she hates Snow White so much, about her horrible mother, and how she was once a loving person. But now, she is just the ultimate butt-head! (Sorry for my crudeness, but I really have no other way of putting it). She is awful! Her basic grounds are that she's miserable, so everyone else should be as well. She's trying to find her own happiness and she steps on so many to try and get there. Like, OK, I can maybe understand why she is trying to ruin Snow White's life, but she ruins so many other people's lives as well (and a lot for really no reason other than she's selfish and/or unhappy). She tricked the Mad Hatter into abandoning his daughter so she could get her own father back, she separated Hansel and Gretel from their father just because she they rejected her, and she lied to Rumplestiltskin about Belle being dead because they're just very antagonistic towards each other and she was trying to hit him where it hurt. Speaking of that, I absolutely LOVE their rivalry. They're in a sort of power struggle with each other, always trying to beat each other. In the end, it's always Rumplestiltskin that comes out on top, but the queen still tries to get at him somehow. However, despite their constant antagonism, they often work together. No matter what they're doing, I love all their scenes together. They're always so intense. The queen is conniving, wicked, and downright terrible.

Her alter ego keeps her fairytale name of Regina. She is also (supposedly) the only one who remembers her past life as well. She is as equally awful as her fairytale counterpart, but is a bit more subtle about it. She still continues to try and ruin everybody's life. She does seem to genuinely love Henry... but I have yet to determine why she wanted him in the first place.

RUMPLESTILTSKIN/ MR. GOLD played by Robert Carlyle

My favorite character (even though he's a total creep). I've already written a long analysis on him, which you can read here. But I'll just put a little one here anyways. This dude is behind like EVERYTHING that ever happens (like literally, it doesn't always seem like it at first, but later...). He's probably one of the deepest characters on the show as well. You keep peeling back the layers of the onion and don't reach the end, but more buried treasure. He's more likely to be classified as a villain than a good guy, since that's the role he predominately plays in most situations, plus he's not very trustworthy. However, I say he's not really either one. He just does whatever benefits him, so if that means doing something bad, he'll do it, or if that means helping the good side, he'll do it. But he ALWAYS has a reason behind literally everything he does. And like I said earlier, he is behind pretty much everything that happens, For example, he's the one that actually created the queen's curse (but he had a deeper reason for that other than she just wanted him to), she's just the one who enacted it. Also, he wanted the curse to be broken eventually, so he set up a very complicated series of events so that it would happen eventually. He is mysterious, extremely tricky, and almost even twisted.

His alter ego is Mr. Gold. As Rumplestiltskin, he made a deal with the queen that he would tell her how to make the curse work if she would give him a good life in the new land, so she made him a wealthy pawnshop owner, who also "owns the town". Everyone in the town is more intimidated by him than they are by Regina. He still continues to be mysterious and untrustworthy in all his actions. It's implied throughout most of the season that he remembers his past life and it is later revealed whether he does or not. I love how he just trolls everyone in the town (meaning, he asks questions or makes comments to people that he knows will push their buttons and/or make them uncomfortable.)

HENRY MILLS played Jared S. Gilmore

Our other original character. Emma's biological son and Regina's adopted son. He's the only one who's not originally from the fairytale world. He's kind of the eternal hope of the show, he's the one who has undying faith that the curse is real and that it will be broken. His teacher, Mary Margaret, noticed his loneliness and gave him a storybook, hoping to counter it. This storybook, however, told all about the fairytale characters's backgrounds, how the curse was enacted, and how Emma ecaped. He believed it entirely, located Emma, and brought her back to Storybrooke so she could break the curse. He is constantly looking for proof that the curse is real, which has gotten him into trouble on occasion. He is fully aware that his adopted mother is the evil queen, and it does not help his already strained relationship with her. He's not afraid to defy or stand up to her when necessary. Overall, he is sweet, very brave, and extremely intelligent.

OTHER CHARACTERS:
Jiminy Cricket/Archie Hopper
Red Riding Hood/Ruby
Huntsman/Graham
Princess Abigail/Katherine Nolan
Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass
Pinocchio/August W. Booth
Cinderella/Ashley Boyd
Gepetto/Marco
Mad Hatter/Jefferson
Hansel and Gretel/Nicolas and Ava Zimmer

TOP 5 FAVORITE EPISODES (IN ORDER FROM GREATEST TO LEAST):
1) Heart of Darkness 
2) Red-Handed 
3) A Land Without Magic
4) Skin Deep
5) 7:15

EPISODES THAT MADE ME SOB LIKE A BABY (literally):
1) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
2) The Return
3) A Land Without Magic

SOME BITS THAT MADE ME LAUGH:
Granny: For one thing, you were late. For another thing, you dress like a drag queen during fleet week.
Ruby: And you dress like Norman Bates when he dresses like Norman Bates’ mother!

Archie: Anger between a parent and child is the most natural thing in the world.
Mr. Gold: I think he might be here to try to kill me.
Archie:  Ah… Right… that’s… that’s not
(Archie's face here is priceless)

Prince Charming: Undo the potion. All magic can be broken.
Rumplestiltskin: Oh, yes, with “twu wuv.”
(When Rumple says this line, I can't help but think of The Princess Bride)

Graham: I thought you were a wolf.
Mr. Gold: Did I forget to shave?

Prince Charming: It’s me, Charming!
Snow White: Charming? I’m beginning to see why I drank that potion.

Prince Charming: Name your price.
Rumplestiltskin: How about... your cloak.
Prince Charming: My cloak? Why would you want my cloak?
Rumplestiltskn: It's drafty in here.

Jiminy: You must be James.
James: You can talk?
Jiminy: Yeah. And you can listen.

Prince Charming: I told you, I will always find you.
*Snow White bashes him over the head*

Henry: When did your flashes start?
Graham: Right after I kissed Emma.
Henry: You kissed my mom!?

Mary Margaret: What are you doing?
David: It's 7:45
Mary Margaret: I know.
David: I'm trying not to see you.
Mary Margaret: Well I am trying not to see you.
David: This is a problem.
Mary Margaret: Yes.
David: She's not pregnant.
*Smooch*
(This scene is hilarious to me for a number of reasons. #1- David runs away from Mary Margaret like a schoolboy afraid of cooties, #2- "she's not pregnant" is like the most unromantic line to lead into a kiss, and #3- [after the terror of the first time seeing it] Regina watching all ticked off from her car just makes it funnier to me.)

Mary Margaret: Please don't do it!
Leroy: I'm not going to jump.
Mary Margaret: You're not?
Leroy: No, are you crazy? I could hit someone. You know how much damage I could do? I'm solidly built.

Regina: My tree is dying. Why?
Mr. Gold: Perhaps it's your fertilizer.
(I totally laughed out loud here. What a troll!)

Snow White: You would really die for me?

Prince Charming: *with an arrow in his shoulder* Does it look like I'm making this up?

Mr. Gold: Two valentines? Sounds like a complicated life.
David: No. I just couldn't decide.
Mr. Gold: These are both for the same woman?
David: Well... they're both so... us.
Mr. Gold: I see.
(Mr. Gold trolling David here. He totally knows that something's going on and the smugness is written all over his face. It's hilarious.)

Happy: You are the most nasty, horrible--
Grumpy: Enough! Look what you're doing to Happy!

Emma: Hey, what's the emergency?
Henry: Shh! This is sensitive.
Emma: If it's sensitive, why are we at Granny's out in the open?
Henry: I'm hungry.
(Henry has my priorities. Food trumps subtlety)

Check out the trailer HERE

A Veggie Post

If you like to talk to tomatoes,

If a squash can make you smile,

If you like to waltz with potatoes

Up and down the produce isle,

Have I got a post for you.

Despite now being 19 years old, I still live in my childhood. I still watch and thoroughly enjoy anything I did when I was a kid. You probably know all about my love for Disney, but few people know about my love for VeggieTales. I wouldn't exactly say it was a HUGE part of my childhood, but it was a part of it nonetheless.

I do actually remember how I was introduced to it, but I don't remember when exactly. I just remember being very little, maybe 5 or 6. I was visiting my Aunt Karen with my sister and a couple of my cousins and she turned on a VeggieTales VHS tape. It was a compilation of some of the songs. I remember there were some kind of more obscure ones, not just silly songs. Obviously they didn't have much of an impact on me since I can't remember any of them. However, Karen then fast forwarded to a particular one, saying it was a good one. This was the one that would forever shape my love for the veggies. I remember, "A curtain opens as Larry, having just finished his morning bath, is searching for his hairbrush. Having no success, Larry cries out..." Yes, it was The Hairbrush Song (aka Oh Where is My Hairbrush?). I thought it was the most hilarious thing I had ever seen. I think I must have told my parents all about it when I saw them again because for our next Happy Day (the explanation for that is for a different post) we got 'Josh and the Big Wall'. This was the only VeggieTales movie I ever saw for a long, long time. Sometime later, we also got 'The Silly Song Countdown', where I became acquainted with most of the Silly Songs. We also owned a CD of some of the Silly Songs. I had them all memorized soon enough.

So there's the backstory. I eventually forgot all about VeggieTales for several years until one day, I came across the Silly Songs CD when I was about 13 or 14. That same summer, for a week, I was alone for hours at a time while everyone was away at Day Camp, so I set to work on my first music video. My first music video to the song that started it all, The Hairbrush Song. I still had it memorized, even after all those years. Throughout the rest of that week and beyond, I made more music videos to other VeggieTales songs. This is what rekindled my appreciation for the series. I also had a seminary teacher who constantly referred to them in her lessons (that year we were learning about the Old Testament, which a lot of the VeggieTales stories are based on). I eventually started seeing a few more VeggieTales movies on my own, if I could find them, or at seminary.

Anyways, I'm just going to talk a little about it, since it's so under-appreciated by so many. There aren't a whole lot of decent kid shows that teach good morals with out being too cheesy and over-the-top with the down-talking to kids. The writing can also be very clever and witty. The stories that base themselves off of classic tales like The Wizard of Oz or Hamlet or Indiana Jones or Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes can be quite funny because of all the references and/or play on words they make to the original tale. A lot of them are based on Bible stories and/or teach a moral lesson like sharing or being content or being brave or something. Most of the shows open on the countertop and begin with a problem that is presented through a letter received from viewers or one of the characters.

CHARACTERS:

BOB THE TOMATO:

Bob is one of the two main hosts of the show. He usually plays the straight man of the duo. Also, a lot of the characters he plays in the stories are in league with his more mature persona, although sometimes he gets a more goofy role. A running gag in the show is that he hates the 'What We Have Learned' song for some unexplained reason.

LARRY THE CUCUMBER:

Probably the most popular character on the show and Bob's co-host. He's the "Costello" to Bob's "Abbott". He stars as the hero in most of the stories, no matter what the role, although he's usually pretty goofy. He's also the star of 'Silly Songs With Larry' "the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a silly song". The silly songs are usually placed in the middle of an episode in between stories or in the middle of an intense moment in the story if there's only one.

JUNIOR ASPARAGUS:

Junior is one of the most active minor characters. He's starred in several stories as the main character. He's basically your typical kid, but also wise beyond his years (good for teaching kids lessons). He's even substituted for Larry hosting on occasion.

ARCHIBALD ASPARAGUS:

No relation to Junior (I used to think he was his uncle or something). The British asparagus. Everyone mostly calls him "Archie". He serves as the stuffy "educated" adult, reprimanding Larry for being too silly or claiming that the show has been lacking in class lately. He mostly serves as lesser roles in the stories, although has taken on some main roles on occasion. A recent gag was that he and Larry were surprised to hear someone announcing the silly song when Archie was standing right there ("I always thought you were the announcer." "So did I.")

MR. LUNT

The Italian gourd. He often portrays the bad guy in the stories (usually Mr. Nezzer's assistant, who is the main villain). He is also one of the members of the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (along with Larry and Pa Grape) and The Boyz in the Sink (the veggie boy-band with Larry, Junior, and Jimmy). His notable feature is his lack of eyes.

PA GRAPE:

The elderly grape. One of the few fruits in VeggieTales. He was invented for 'The Grapes of Wrath'. He's a member of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, in fact he's the captain. His characters in the stories tend to be the wiseman or the storyteller or something along those lines.

PETUNIA RHUBARB:

One of the newest additions to the veggie cast. She doesn't look much like rhubarb, but I don't really care. She serves majorly as a love-interest to Larry's characters.  Her first appearance was as herself in their version of the Ruth story from the Bible, playing opposite Larry's Boaz character.

JIMMY AND JERRY GOURD

They're brothers and are often seen together. They're another comic duo like Bob and Larry. They took over hosting the show once (and it was a disaster). They play very different characters all the time in the stories.

THE FRENCH PEAS:

Mainly Phillipe and Jean-Claude, although there are several more of them. I found out that they are based off of the French guards from Monty Python's Holy Grail, making ridiculous taunting threats and such. They often serve as bad guys in the stories, but more of irritants rather than flat out evil villains.

TOP 5 FAVORITE SILLY SONGS (in order from favorite to least):

1) The Hairbrush Song

2) Pizza Angel

3) Sippy Cup

4) The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

5) The Bellybutton Song

TOP 5 FAVORITE FAVORITE EPISODES (in order from favorite to least):

1) It's a Meaningful Life- (based on 'It's a Wonderful Life'. A story about being content.)

2) Lyle the Kindly Viking- (A story about sharing)

3) The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's- (based on 'The Wizard of Oz'. The story of the Prodigal Son.)

4) Sweet Pea Beauty- (based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. A story about inner beauty)

5) Moe and the Big Exit- (The story of Moses)

Quote Bunk Bed

So in my new dorm room, I sleep on the bottom bunk, which means that I've got the top bunk hovering over me at all times. What does that mean? Lots of bumps and bruises on my head, yes. But, I've got this whole empty space to stare at, so I converted it into a quote board.

My roommate, Katie, gave me the idea. She suggested it within our first or second week of living together. I have this HUGE pile of multi-colored sticky notes. So a few weeks ago, I set to work and stuck 3 or 4 quotes up there. Over the past couple weeks, I've added more and more as I've thought of them or come across them. They're mostly inspirational quotes or quotes I like, all just randomly stuck above my head. I'm going to write them out here for you. (These are the ones that are up there now. I'll probably add more in the future.)

"There's no such thing as an ordinary human being." --Doctor Who

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, things aren't going to get better. It's not." --Dr. Seuss

"Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
--Sherlock Holmes

"You know what issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problems and everyone refuses to believe in magic." --Once Upon a Time

"Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men." --Alma 48:17

"What's a story? When you were in school, did you read about the Civil War? Did you read about it perchance in a book? How is that any less real than any other book?"
"History books are based on history."
"And storybooks are based on what? Imagination? Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere." --Once Upon a Time

"Be who you are and say what you mean, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." --Dr. Seuss

"You have to kiss an awful lot of frogs before you find a prince."

"What's crazier than seeing and not believing?" --Once Upon a Time

"Everything stinks until it's finished." --Dr. Seuss

"Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish the rest." --Mark Twain

"A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting." --Dr. Who

"Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much." --Oscar Wilde

"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa. The bad things don't always spoil the good things and make them unimportant." --Doctor Who

"Do or do not, there is no try." --Star Wars

"Adam fell that men might be; and men are that they might have joy." --2 Nephi 2:25

"Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."

"I don't know the key to success, but I know the key to failure is trying to please everybody." --Bill Cosby