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VeggieTales in the House
Based on	VeggieTales by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki
Written by	Mike Nawrocki Phil Vischer Ethan Nicolle Eric Branscum
Directed by	Tim Hodge Craig George Bill Breneisen
Voices of	Phil Vischer Mike Nawrocki Tress MacNeille Rob Paulsen Kel Mitchell China Anne McClain
Opening theme	VeggieTales in the House Theme Song
Composers	Terry Taylor Robert D. Watson Michael "Smidi" Smith Scott Krippayne
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Douglas TenNapel
Producers	Chris Neuhahn (supervising) Randy Dormans (supervising)
Running time	22 minutes (two 11-minute stories)
Production companies	Big Idea Entertainment DreamWorks Animation Television Bardel Entertainment (Animation)
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26) – present

VeggieTales in the House is an American computer-animated television series produced by Big Idea Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation Television. It takes place before VeggieTales, a Christian-themed video and film series, featuring anthropomorphic vegetables. The series was executive produced by Doug TenNapel. The series premiered on Netflix on November 26, 2014. Three seasons of the series have been ordered, consisting of a total of 75 22-minute episodes.

The two creators of the traditional VeggieTales series from 1993, reprise their voices of the characters: Phil Vischer reprises the voices of Bob the Tomato, Archibald Asparagus, Jimmy Gourd, Phillipe, Mr. Lunt, and Pa Grape and Mike Nawrocki reprises the voices of Larry the Cucumber, Jerry Gourd, and Jean-Claude Pea. Tress MacNeille does the voices of Petunia Rhubarb, Madame Blueberry, Laura Carrot, and Junior Asparagus, replacing Megan Murphy, Cydney Trent, Gigi Abraham and Lisa Vischer respectively. Rob Paulsen does the voice of Ichabeezer, the only regular character that was not brought over from the original VeggieTales.

Characters

Main characters

• Bob the Tomato (voiced by Phil Vischer) – One of the main characters of VeggieTales, he is best friends and roommates with Larry the Cucumber. Bob is usually the "straight man" in his partnership with Larry. Although he is typically calm, he does get annoyed at times.
• Larry the Cucumber (voiced by Mike Nawrocki) – Best friends and roommate with Bob the Tomato, Larry is wacky, scatterbrained, and has an energetic, childlike personality.
• Petunia Rhubarb (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – Good friends with Bob and Larry, she often enjoys hanging out with them and often offers them advice whenever they get into a fight or face personal problems. She works part-time at Pa Grape's store.
• Laura Carrot (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – A young girl who is friends with Bob and Larry and Junior Asparagus, her best friend.
• Junior Asparagus (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – Laura Carrot's best friend. He and Laura are very good at baseball and shadow puppets.
• Pa Grape (voiced By Phil Vischer) – A wise old green grape, he runs a corner store called Pa's Corner Store. He often provides wise and insightful advice to his friends.
• Jimmy and Jerry Gourd - Brothers that live together. They don't do a whole lot, but they do enjoy helping others when they're needed. They often like to eat a lot too. Jimmy (voiced by Phil Vischer) is considered the more brash and talkative one, while Jerry (voiced by Mike Nawrocki) is the slightly more intelligent and quiet one, he often only says a few words.

Recurring characters

• The French Peas – The brothers, Jean-Claude and Phillipe, are peas with French accents. Jean-Claude is voiced by Mike Nawrocki Phillipe is voiced by Phil Vischer.
• Ichabeezer (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – Ichabeezer is grumpy and gruff zucchini. For the In The House world, he has essentially assumed Mr. Nezzer's role as an outsider/villain foil for Bob & Larry. Beginning with the second half of season 1, he's developed a trait of mail-ordering expensive gadgets and using them to his devious ends. His home is a large mansion built out of the side of a couch.
• Madame Blueberry (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – A female blueberry with a British accent, she's famous for winning various contests and events around town such as karaoke and pie baking. She has an especially lovely singing-voice, and her specialty is "the blues."
• Mr. Lunt (voiced by Phil Vischer) – A Hispanic gourd, he works around town and sells various items.
• Archibald Asparagus (voiced by Phil Vischer) – The Mayor of the town with an upper crust British accent. He often acts as judge/impartial third party when ever something is wrong.

Minor characters

• Tom Celeriac (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – A celebrity that appears in various media the veggies watch.
• Granny Asparagus (voiced by Phil Vischer) – An old lady who is one of the oldest people in town.
• Corn Man (voiced by Phil Vischer)
• Rooney the Olive Dog (voiced by Phil Vischer) – Ichabeezer's dog who is an olive.
• Motato (voiced by Rob Paulsen)
• Bacon Bill (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – An eccentric genius who the son of an old friend of Pa Grape. He looks up to Larry as an older brother figure.
• Radish Soldiers (voiced by Rob Paulsen and Phil Vischer)
• Captain Mike Asparagus (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – Junior's dad, they bound and enjoy most of the same activities together. He is also a part of a bowling team with Bob and Mayor Archibald.
• Mom Asparagus – Junior's mom.
• Tiny Pea (voiced by Kel Mitchell) – He is in Junior's 3rd Grade class. He may be small, but he can do big things like a grown-up would.
• Jenna Chive (voiced by China Anne McClain) – She is a popstar who enjoys writing songs and singing them to the Veggiefolks of the house.
• Dr. Carrot (voiced by Rob Paulsen)

Episodes

The series premiered on November 26, 2014, when the first five episodes were released. The next five episodes were released on January 30, 2015, with the next five episodes released on April 17, 2015.

References

1. ^ Dickson, Jeremy (November 20, 2014). "VeggieTales Q&A: Off the counter and onto Netflix". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; December 5, 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
2. Chandler, Diana (November 26, 2014). "Netflix gives VeggieTales' Bob, Larry a new world". Baptist Press. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; December 5, 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
3. "Secret DIY Origins of 'VeggieTales' Success". Yahoo. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
4. http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/moviemom/2015/04/veggietales-in-the-house-a-new-series-on-netflix.html
5. ^ "VeggieTales in the House". Netflix. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
6. http://jasoncstanley.com/5-new-veggietales-house/

External links

• Official website
• Official website at Netflix
• VeggieTales in the House at IMDb

• VeggieTales
• Computer-animated television series
• American animated television series
• American children's television series
• Christian children's television series
• Preschool education television series
• Television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters
• 2010s American television series
• Television series by DreamWorks Animation
• Christian animation
• 2014 American television series debuts
• Netflix original programming