Ever since my Character Analysis of the Mother Weed monster from LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed,
I've been getting requests to give my opinion on something in particular: What do I think about LarryBoy getting beaten up by monsters like the Fib and the Mother Weed?
Well, let's put this into perspective here.
In LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed, there's a scene where LarryBoy is fighting the Mother Weed...
-...even though the actual fighting is kept off-screen...
...and LarryBoy is abruptly thrown to the wall, covered in bruises and a band-aid. The suckier part is that he doesn't technically save the day in the Rumor Weed video.
-So did LarryBoy just get beaten only to not have technically saved the day?
Why did the movie make that decision to have LarryBoy do all the dangerous work, while everyone else gets a pass on the "dangerous" stuff?
-Even though Alfred gets captured by the Mother Weed at one point,
before then, he's chilling in his computer chair giving LarryBoy instructions.
Now before I give you guys my theory, I'm going to show you another instance where LarryBoy was doing all the dangerous work. Case in point: LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space.
In LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space, as LarryBoy steps in to save Junior Asparagus from a giant alien monster simply known as the Fib, our hero gets captured himself, and the monster puts him in his mouth.
And it isn't long before Junior tells the truth that the monster spits out LarryBoy and shrinks away.
This would be marked as the first instance that LarryBoy was subjected to any kind of harm.
So looking back at both the Fib and Rumor Weed videos, why would LarryBoy suffer through both?
Well, I would like to propose a theory, which may or may not be Big Idea's intent, but here it goes:
You know how some superheroes like Spiderman and Superman would show off some "Jesus" symbolism in some of their movies?
It's like Hollywood is trying to glorify the "Jesus" symbolism, while having these superheroes kill people and engage in violent behaviors.
-Isn't trying to be like Jesus seem contradictory if you're displaying graphic content and violence? I'm pretty sure the real Jesus wasn't violent, but wanted to promote peace.
So where am I going with this? Well, remember my editorial "Why Did LarryBoy Save Dr. Flurry?" I wrote that editorial almost a year ago (March 2014). If you haven't read that editorial yet, the link is here:
WHY DID LARRYBOY SAVE DR. FLURRY?
http://ama-critic32.blogspot.com/2014/03/editorial-why-did-larryboy-save-dr.html
Anyway, in that editorial, I said that LarryBoy wasn't trying to be like Jesus with the obvious Jesus symbolism displayed in the Superman and Spiderman movies. LarryBoy only did what was right- not engaging in violence or wishing death on anyone, but saving people, even though the person he's saving is the one that did significant wrong to him. As such, LarryBoy is willing to risk his life to save another person, regardless of their character. And obviously, LarryBoy wouldn't kill anyone.
So why did LarryBoy get beaten up in his first two installments (the Fib and Rumor Weed videos)? Perhaps Big Idea wanted to show the audience that he didn't need to try too hard to be as great as any other superhero (Marvel or DC). It goes to show that LarryBoy puts his life on the line to ensure the safety of Bumblyburg, even if he gets hurts in the process.
Not that I'm saying that LarryBoy should get hurt more (Big Idea learned that lesson in LarryBoy and the Bad Apple), but what he's doing to ensure people's safety is a sacrifice that he makes more than once. To me, that's a true hero.
Now would this be the real intent of Big Idea? We don't know.
Again, I only gave a theory of why LarryBoy gets beaten in the first two installments. As for the real intent on Big Idea's part, we don't know what they were thinking when deciding to put LarryBoy in mortal danger. It's probably the writing. Who knows? But still, I think LarryBoy is one of the best heroes I know and love, because he doesn't try to sell himself as epic and full-blown awesome...
-...I hope he's not trying to sell himself as those things, now that Veggietales In The House gave him an extreme makeover...
Whatsoever Critic
Sources:
LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed
LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space
Man of Steel
Spiderman 2
The League of Incredible Vegetables
Veggietales In The House
Courtesy: Big Idea/DreamWorks; Warner Bros.; Columbia Pictures/Marvel Enterprises.
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