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VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity. They frequently retell Biblical stories, sometimes anachronistically reframed, and include humorous references to pop culture in many different eras by putting Veggie spins on them. The series was developed by Big Idea Entertainment. VeggieTales was created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, who also provide many of the voices. Originally released in direct-to-video format, the series debuted on December 21, 1993. From September 9, 2006, to September 7, 2009, VeggieTales appeared on NBC's children's programming block qubo in a repackaged and edited format. In 2009, Netflix, made many VeggieTales videos and feature films available via their video streaming service. Big Idea has also published VeggieTales books and music CDs and branded items such as toys, clothing, and garden seeds for vegetables and flowers.
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VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity. They frequently retell Biblical stories, sometimes anachronistically reframed, and include humorous references to pop culture in many different eras by putting Veggie spins on them. The series was developed by Big Idea Entertainment. VeggieTales was created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, who also provide many of the voices. Originally released in direct-to-video format, the series debuted on December 21, 1993. From September 9, 2006, to September 7, 2009, VeggieTales appeared on NBC's children's programming block qubo in a repackaged and edited format. In 2009, Netflix, made many VeggieTales videos and feature films available via their video streaming service. Big Idea has also published VeggieTales books and music CDs and branded items such as toys, clothing, and garden seeds for vegetables and flowers.
The Biblical stories that are recreated on the show are most restricted to the Old Testament because the show's creator made a promise to his mother, who earned her PhD in theology, that he would never portray Jesus as a vegetable. She also requested that the vegetables could not be shown having a redemptive relationship with God, which is why Bob always tells the viewer "God made YOU special and loves YOU very much" instead of saying "us". Despite the former, in The VeggieTales Show: The Best Christmas Gift (2019), a pea plays baby Jesus in a Christmas pageant.
Qubo/syndication controversy - The VeggieTales episodes airing on NBC/qubo have been edited for broadcast to remove most references to God at the request of NBC's standards and practices department. On the DVDs, each episode ends with "God made you special." and has at least one reference to Qwerty (their computer) that gives a verse relating to the episode and other "God" references throughout show that are removed for airing on NBC.
VeggieTales has been nominated for 3 Emmy Award, 4 Annie Award, 13 GMA Dove Awards, 1 International World Animation Celebration Festival Award, 2 Chicago Film Festival Awards, and 6 Parents Choice Awards.
VeggieTales has a continuous back story that all of the cartoons are actually teleplays, performed by various vegetables and fruit that live together on the same kitchen counter top. Some of these characters have "real names", and take on various roles in the teleplays, although they will also frequently appear as themselves. Most of these "regulars" were established in the very earliest videos.
One of the original ideas was Bible stories told and portrayed by candy bars because they would be easier to animate. Lisa Vischer spoke up saying that parents may not be too keen on such a sugary theme. Sticking with the easy-to-animate idea and tying in a healthier twist, they settled on vegetables (with some fruit thrown in).
