Veggietales In The House: Season 1 Ep. 11- "The Birthday Thief" (LarryBoy Episode)

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Another emergency review? You got it!

I recently found out that LarryBoy was in another episode of Veggietales In The House, although it was released on Netflix back in April. Now, I'm at it again with an emergency review, because not only is this a LarryBoy episode, but also because I have a lot of time in my hands since graduation. So here it is: "The Birthday Thief."

-Really? Couldn't come up with a better episode title than that? Why not "LarryBoy and the Birthday Thief"? That would've told people: That's right! LarryBoy is in this episode!

Opening;

So the episode opens with a birthday party with the weirdest-looking vegetables in this series...
-Don't ask why.
-And plus, sorry for the subtitles. Not sure why they're there.
... and the birthday boy makes his wish.

Birthday Boy: (whispering his wish)
-Um. Are you sure he's not muttering a curse?
(a vacuum sucks up the cake and presents)

-Yep. He muttered a curse.

Birthday Boy: "Wait! This is not what I wished for!"
-Well, it looks like it.

LarryCave:

Meanwhile at... the newest version of the LarryCave that still lacks an Alfred Asparagus...

LarryBoy gets a distress call from Archibald Asparagus, who tells him that birthday parties are being ransacked by a mysterious force.
-But listen to how Archibald addresses the situation to our hero...

Archibald: "Someone is stealing birthdays!"
-Stealing birthdays? Don't you mean birthday cakes and presents? Not birthdays. No one can steal birthdays...
So LarryBoy suits up...

-Wait. What? He's already in costume. Why would he waste time suiting up, if he's already in costume? This pointless moment brought to you by DreamWorks.
As soon as LarryBoy speeds off in his LarryMobile...

which, again, didn't need the big change... Bob is left with a dilemma:

getting out of the LarryCave.

-Uh... the door is all the way over there...

On the scene:

Then LarryBoy finally arrives, only to be greeted by people complaining to him about the incident.
Archibald: "Don't worry! LarryBoy will figure this out! Right, LarryBoy?"
-Why are you asking him that, if you yourself called him in the first place?
LarryBoy: "Of course! No kid deserves this!"
-You're right! No kid deserves this! In fact, no LarryBoy fan deserves a half-assed storyline and dialogue! No LarryBoy fan deserves an extreme makeover on the characters, design, and concept... Let it go, Whatsoever Critic. Let it go...
LarryBoy: "Who stole your birthday parties?"
Female citizen: "It was a big machine!"

-Whoa! Who's voice is that? That doesn't sound feminine!

Just then, LarryBoy gets a call from Junior Asparagus, saying that things are going wrong at Laura Carrot's birthday party, which prompts our hero to head over to the scene... but not after he gives something to the birthday boy to cheer him up.

LarryBoy: "Don't cry, kid. You can play with the nuclear chronoplasmere... It shifts time."
-Why would you give a child that? What if the kid uses it to mess with time?

At Laura's Party:
Things are heating up, as all the gifts are stolen, and Laura is captured inside a gift box and sucked with all the other gifts.
-But that's okay, because she's none-the-wiser at this point. Good work, writers.
LarryBoy finally arrives at the scene, only to learn that the party is gone, and that Laura Carrot has been captured.
-But anyways, that's not important, because take this next scene where...

Back at the LarryCave...:

...Bob is still trying to find a way out of the LarryCave.

(Bob searching up and down for a way out.)

-This is boring.

In town:

Junior hitches a ride with LarryBoy, as they pursue the birthday thief...
-Yeah. I still hate that title.
They soon learn that the trail of gifts lead to Motato's lair...
-Aww, come on! Not that guy again! As if his weird appearance and voice-acting weren't enough to keep him away from another episode in this series!
Junior begs LarryBoy to let him tag along, until LarryBoy accepts.
-Uh, no, Junior. You ruined The League of Incredible Vegetables. We don't need your help this time.

At Motato's Lair:

The duo arrives, only to see that the bathroom door is closed...
-Yeah, I can never get used to the fact that Motato's lair is a human bathroom.

LarryBoy then comes up with a plan: hide inside gift boxes, so that the vacuum machine can take them inside the lair.
-You know, that plan is identical to the one in LarryBoy and the Yodelnapper, where LarryBoy had to disguise himself as a yodeler to find out who the yodelnapper was...

Just saying. That would make this scene unoriginal.
They try out this plan, and they get captured by the evil machine.

LarryCave:

(pause)
-No point of going back to this scene.

Bob is just messing with LarryBoy's costume-change machine and bumping into stuff.

Motato's Lair:

LarryBoy and Junior finally make it inside the lair.

One radish minion: "You know the drill. Small, squishy presents that are probably socks or undies go in the trash pile."
Other minion: "And the big presents and delicious cakes go to Motato. I know."
-So the minions finally talk now? That's new, compared to the previous episode.

So one of the minions gets his ass handed to him by LarryBoy, thus allowing our hero and Junior to search through the gift boxes to find Laura.

-In my opinion, screw Laura. Let her naive behavior have her learn a hard lesson in what naive-ness can land a person in.
But it isn't long before they find Motato sitting on his throne...

-Feel free to make a joke about that, since his throne is on top of a human toilet. I can totally see all the memes for this scene now.
One minion: "Happy birthday, boss!"
(Motato throws cake at this minion.)
Then Motato explains why he doesn't like that phrase.
Motato: "Nobody ever remembered my birthday growing up, and that's why I'm here: to destroy all birthdays, not celebrate them."
-(pause) So... the reason why you became a villain in the first place, is because nobody gave a damn about your birthday growing up? Weak motivation to become evil! I wonder what would happen if other villains' back-stories went down like that. I mean, really think about it!
Example:

Purple Guy never got a birthday party growing up. So he planned all the murders at Freddy Fazbear's pizza.
-How lame would that have been if that was the true back-story of the Purple Guy in the Five Nights at Freddy's series?
Another minion: "Then, happy non-birthday, boss."
-Whatever.
LarryBoy and Junior see that the gift box that Laura is in is about to be given to Motato. But LarryBoy snatches the gift, before Motato can open it.

Motato: "LarryBoy! How dare you steal my stolen present?"
-Put a sock in it, Motato. That gift wasn't yours to begin with.
Motato sends his radishes after the duo, but LarryBoy carries Junior and the gift box away from the scene.

-No, really. He actually cares a person and a gift box.
-(mimicking LarryBoy) That's right, Internet and fans. I did that.
After throwing some cake at the minions, LarryBoy and Junior open the gift box, only to find that Laura is not in there.
Laura: "What you guys doing?"
-But... but... How? How did she get out of the box? That was BS.
Laura: "What you guys doing?"
LarryBoy: "Oh, we're just trying to rescue Laura."

-Hint: Look behind you...

So seeing that Laura is nonchalant about encountering evil, LarryBoy gets a call from Motato, and... Man. This ought to be rich...

Motato: "I have a special present for the whole house, LarryBoy."
-Bring it.
Motato: "Prepare for the de-birthday-ficator."
-Admit it, Motato. You only shoved the word "birthday" into the word "defecate"... with an "or" at the end. Stupid choice of words.
Oh! And how does this villain showcase his evil plot?

Motato: [rapping] "It's my unhappy not-birthday..."
-Don't worry. I'll save you with my remote.
>>fast-forwarding
-Motato can't rap. The writers of this song should feel pretty bad about themselves. And... imagine if that was Dr. Blowhole doing this.

Would you think that Dr. Blowhole was cool if he rapped out his evil plan like this?
Anyway, Motato plans to freeze everyone, so that no one can have a birthday...

-(pause)... because this show breaks the laws of reality and doesn't think that birthdays would still go on, even if a person's frozen.

So Motato's plan is set into motion, as the whole town is freezing from the house's AC vents.

LarryBoy drives over to the vents to figure out his next plan.
Birthday boy: "Did you save my presents?"

-(pause) Who the fuck cares about your presents right now, kid? The whole house is freezing! You can at least shiver!

LarryCave:
We still have to sit through Bob's antics in trying to find a way out of the lair.

But after discovering a raft, LarryBoy calls Bob, saying that Motato's freezing weather is coming through the AC vents.

Female Citizen: "I have a sandwich!"
(LarryBoy throws the sandwich at the vent, only for the cold to blow it back at him.)

-Lame.
They learn that they need something big to clog the vent, which prompts Bob to finally leave the LarryCave.
-Finally! Thank you!

Back at the Vent:

LarryBoy: "Cucumbers are made up of 192% water, and I'm freezing up!"
-Um... great fun fact, LarryBoy, but do you mind saving these people, or doing something superhero-ish?
Female Citizen: "We need a superhero to save us!"
LarryBoy: "Hey!"
Female Citizen: "Oops. Sorry, LarryBoy."

-No. You're not sorry. He's here, because of what's going on, you ungrateful bitch! In fact... who wrote this episode? I want names.
Just then, Bob arrives to save the day...

-Why isn't LarryBoy doing this?

After clogging the vent with the inflatable raft, the people rejoice, and Motato's machine is forced to return all the gifts.

Motato: "Worst de-birthday-ficator party ever!"
-Stop saying that word! It's not a word!

End of episode:

The episode ends with LarryBoy and Junior giving Motato a birthday cake and a gift...
-So Motato gets a reward for stealing gifts and cakes, and almost freezing the whole town? (pause) Blow me.

And that was the LarryBoy episode "The Birthday Thief" from Veggietales In The House... Now, I've been a LarryBoy fan for so unbelievably long! So what caused Big Idea to ruin the LarryBoy franchise?

Okay, I'll admit: I sort of liked the "For The Honor of LarryBoy" episode better, because I knew that more effort was put into that episode than this one. The plot (especially subplot) was a bore; the characters were stalk-boring empty vessels; and... I didn't even show you half of the dumbest things that came from this episode. And after looking up who wrote this episode, it turns out that he's the same person that wrote "For The Honor of LarryBoy."
So here's how to fix this: find a better writer who could tell a better story.
Plus, just because this episode was bad, doesn't mean that my LarryBoy fandom has gone to shreds. Nope. Because I know that LarryBoy has been in worst movies and series:
-LarryBoy the Cartoon Adventures
-The League of Incredible Vegetables
-"For The Honor of LarryBoy" VTITH episode
So, I'm still going to go back to LarryBoy. However, I don't think we need any more lame stories like this one. Seriously, Big Idea, either find a better writer, or teach your writer to write!

Whatsoever Critic
Sources:
Veggietales In The House
LarryBoy The Cartoon Adventures
Five Nights at Freddy's series
Penguins of Madagascar (TV Show)

Courtesy: Big Idea/DreamWorks; Scott Cawthon; and DreamWorks Animation

"A.D. The Bible Continues" Ep. 6 Review (5/10/15)

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

And we're back with another review on the latest episode of A.D. The Bible Continues.

Simon Peter and the disciples are mourning the loss of their friend Steven. This has bystanders speculating whether or not to trust the disciples.

Steven's mom(?): "Where is he? Where is he now, that messiah of yours?"

One of the disciples questions why God couldn't resurrect Steven, but Mary Magdelene assures him.

Mary Magdelene: "Is it for us to test Him?"

Meanwhile, Saul of Tarsus enters Simon Peter's secret community, and wants to hear nothing of Jesus. While that's going on, Steven is buried outside of Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, Caiaphas' father-in-law and his son plot to displace Caiaphas as high priest. Also, the Herod family visits Caiaphas to a dinner, where they talk about the mass executions ordered out by Pilate. They also talk about the camp for Jesus' followers, which upsets Caiaphas. Caiaphas' position of high priest is tested.

Saul, on the other hand, tries to get people in Peter's camp to turn away from Jesus, but Peter makes a counterargument against him.

Simon Peter: "No one can come to the Father, except through Jesus. Jesus is the way, and the truth, and the life."

Things are becoming heated as the two men from earlier who were plotting to get Caiaphas fired are still plotting against him. However, they need Pilate's approval. So they try to come with a lie that would be convincing to Pilate.

Back at the camp, the speech match between Saul and Peter continues.

-Just kick out Saul already!

After a while, Saul threatens to return to the camp with a vengeance.

Later, Saul speaks with a rabbi who's his mentor, asking for advice. The rabbi tells him to not stress this out, but Saul persists that Simon Peter and the disciples are up to no good.

Saul: "I have to find a way to stop them. I have to."

Caiaphas visits Herod... only to see that his father-in-law and the son have left that place as he was entering. Herod then questions him on how he was going to deal with Peter and the camp, telling him to fix this problem or Herod won't support him when Pilate gets to him. Leah, outside, confronts her father for plotting against her husband.

Meanwhile, Saul tries to see Caiaphas. However, he does get to see him by Leah, who happened to run into him. 

In Caiaphas' chambers, he tells Caiaphas that he wants him to grant him power to take down Peter's followers, by wanting to act on "[Caiaphas'] behalf."

-Saul's ambition is... well, if you look at this guy's acting, it's like he's lived and breathed this role. It's that engaging, just like the other roles in this show.

Simon Peter still finds himself mourning Steven's death, but Mary Magdelene gives him advice...

Magdelene: "Honor Steven by leading us, Peter."

...causing him to yell at the sky... for some reason. and then he gives yet another motivational speech, telling people to still believe in Jesus, despite never seeing Him resurrecting from the dead. Then he says that they need to return to Jerusalem to keep preaching about Jesus.

Once there, Saul meets up with them, with Caiaphas' guards this time, capturing followers, instead of the disciples. Why?

Saul: "...people will soon learn the danger of your company."

-That's what I thought. But, who's gonna stop Peter and the disciples from going even further?

Saul then goes back to his rabbi mentor to tell him of his progress in handling the disciples. But the rabbi points out that this kind of terrorism has caused people to leave Jerusalem to join Peter's camp.

Peter: "Did you really think that this Saul would stand in the way of our mission?"

-Think before you act, Saul.

Meanwhile at the Caiaphas household, the father-in-law and Caiaphas exchange angry words to each other, because Caiaphas knows that people have been plotting against him lately. This leads to Leah seeing that her husband and father are in conflict with each other.

-Please don't make her choose, show. Husbands and in-laws shouldn't have to argue amongst each other.

Later, Caiaphas is summoned by Pilate. And, what does Pilate use to settle this case against Caiaphas? Well, I'll give you a hint: It's not God. Not Buddha. But...

Pilate: "Minerva, goddess of wisdom..."

-Now if you're a Christian, then you'll totally be laughing at this.

-Even Caiaphas is shaking his head as Pilate prays to this Minerva person.

After a few seconds...

Pilate: "Nothing."

-Yeah, this Minerva can't hear you because you're [fill in your own insult here].

So Pilate questions Caiaphas, and then Pilate settles the dispute by tossing a coin.

-Yeah, imagine settling lawsuits with this kind of logic. It just wouldn't work in real life.

So, after finding the father-in-law and the son lying, Pilate sends them away with scorn and allows Caiaphas to keep his position. How did this happen? Each of the same coin had the same engraving on them.

-Very well-orchestrated, Pilate. I'll give you credit on that. But wait. Didn't he switch coins at some point? IDK.

After the questioning, Leah has her husband's plotters arrested, but the man doesn't go without some harsh words exchanged.

Later that night, Saul revisits Caiaphas. There, Caiaphas gives Saul a sealed document, giving him the authority to pursue the disciples.

Caiaphas: "Do whatever is necessary... whatever is necessary."

We then cut to the next day, where Saul motivates a crowd of people to go violent against followers of Jesus by handing out weapons like hotcakes... and leaving his bowl of food on the steps...

-How rude.

-Plus, the handing out weapons would surely allure the appetite of a psychopath.

Then Saul and his crowd start beating and capturing followers, and then decides to target the camp next.

Word gets out to Peter's camp, and Peter tells the people there to leave the camp. Peter decides to stay to confront Saul. Plus, two people start mixing a liquid to pour into the ground.

-I'm guessing the liquid is flammable?

Once there, Saul orders his men to burn everything in the camp. During the burning, Peter comes out of hiding, grabs a torch, and sets the black liquid on fire, creating a big wall of fire, allowing Peter plenty of time to escape.

Saul: "I will crush you!"

Peter: "You will try!"

And the episode just ends.

And that was episode 6 of A.D. The Bible Continues. Okay, so we have a new character, and not to mention... the camp is destroyed. So where are Peter, the disciples, and the people following them going to go now? We'll learn in the next episode to come.

Whatsoever Critic

Source: A.D. The Bible Continues

Courtesy: Lightworkers Media

WC's Top 10 Facts about the Fib from "LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space"

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

Today I wanted to share with you my Top 10 facts about the Fib from LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space.

I figured since I haven't seen the movie in months that I go ahead and do a Top 10 list for the movie's villain. So let's jump right in.

10. There's only one way to defeat him.

I listed this fact pretty low, because the answer is straightforward. Just ask yourself: What's the opposite of a lie? The truth.

I mean, the movie may have mentioned weapons and stressed out the importance of defeating this monster, but the real answer was to simply tell the truth.
-There's your example of "the power of words," kids.

9. He has a red counterpart.

It's at the end of the movie where we get to see another Fib fall from the sky, only this one is red, and it goes another direction, instead of to Junior's house.
-What was the purpose of showing a different Fib alien... and NOT taking advantage of that? I mean, there could've been sequels! Then again, the Rumor Weed episode that came after was enough to impress LarryBoy fans... in the 90s. After the 90s, the Fib seemed to be a lost cause.

8. He was voiced by Tim Gregory. (Who's Tim Gregory?)
You'll find this fact in the end credits. However, the strangest thing about this is that we have no clue who his voice-actor, or what he has been doing since LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space. I mean, if you trying doing a Google search of Tim Gregory (as well as adding "voice actor" to the search inquiry), you'll find that this was his only voice-acting role.
-Um... one-time casting calls, anyone?

7. Pop cultural references
Although, there seems to be some fan art on this villain, there's still no denying that you can make a pop cultural reference on him. For example...

-Godzilla

-King Kong

6. He has growing abilities.
This fact is also obvious, because we see him grow no matter what scene he's in before transforming to his biggest (even though the transformations take place off-screen).
Now here's I propose on seeing the size length of him from his tiniest to his biggest.

-First scene: either the size of a golf ball or a tennis ball

-After that first lie: the size of a basketball

-After the second lie: maybe the size of the average adult
-After the third lie... This leads me to...

5. There were inconsistencies on him.
The Fib's size as a giant was heavily debated, because some people said this, and others said another thing.

But if you were to read the description on the back of the VHS cover, it says: "30-foot-tall monster threatening to devour all of Bumblyburg." However, when it came to the DVD covers, the part of his size was omitted from the description on the back cover. In fact, the movie actual itself doesn't explain how tall he is when he reaches his biggest.

4. He himself tells lies.
That would make sense, because he calls himself "Fib."
-There had to be a reason for that name, folks!
And we know this, because there are two scenes where he himself is lying to Junior about his change in sizes:
-after the first lie:
Fib: "...I've always been this size..."
-after the second lie:
Fib: "Well, maybe I put on a few pounds..."
-Then again, he can't make himself grow, because he's telling lies himself.

3. We have no idea of this villain's origin.
We're only given bits and pieces of info...

-He came from outer space.
-He's a space alien.
That's it? What galaxy did he come from? How did he come into being? What kind of alien species is he? Explain, movie!

2. He's capable of being violent.

As far as we know, he had already made an attempt on two lives: Junior Asparagus and LarryBoy.
He has threatened Junior with the intention of eating him; he nearly succeeding in eating LarryBoy...
-Only sucking on him like a lollipop and then spitting him back out as Junior tells the truth.

Plus, before all that, the Fib is out there, stepping on cars, destroying buildings...
-There was smoke coming out of one of the buildings in one scene.
That was pretty bad-ass. Now I want to see Big Idea bring this guy back for a sequel! Big Idea, make it happen! But I don't that's going to be the case, which leads me to...

1. His one and only appearance
Yes, of all the Veggietales episodes to date, this was the Fib's only appearance. Although he has been featured on a small poster in the back of a classroom in LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed,

and on a poster fighting Goliath the giant pickle in Madame Blueberry, this was still pretty much it for this villain.
This ties in with Facts #3, 8, and 9, because I feel that this villain's story isn't over, or at least, is missing something in his story. I mean, don't you all want to get a back story from the Fib? Or at least why he has these lying abilities to begin with? I know I do!

Whatsoever Critic
Source: LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space

Courtesy: Big Idea Entertainment