Gideon: Tuba Warrior

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Gideon Tuba Warrior

DVD cover
Directed by Tim Hodge,
Brian K. Roberts
Produced by David Pitts
Written by Robert G. Lee,
Mike Nawrocki
Starring Phil Vischer,
Mike Nawrocki
Music by Kurt Heinecke
Release date(s) November 7, 2006
Running time 45 minutes
Language English
Preceded by LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
Followed by Moe and the Big Exit
IMDb profile

Gideon: Tuba Warrior is the 30th VeggieTales episode. It was released in Christian bookstores on November 4th,2006, and is set to be released in general market stores on November 7th. This is the second VeggieTales episode to only be available on DVD (it will never be released on VHS). As of LarryBoy and the Bad Apple, all future Veggietales episodes will only be available on DVD. The story is an adaptation of the Biblical story of Gideon from the Book of Judges. Its lesson is about trusting God. It was the last VeggieTales episode of 2006.

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[edit] Synopsis

As the show opens on the counter-top, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything burst in to host the show, overriding Bob and Larry. After reluctantly giving in, Bob walks off (leaving Larry, who is one of the Pirates), the Pirates read the letter, which asks, in essence, whether to trust God. The Captain, aka, Pa Grape, then tells the story of George Muller a man who "trusted God for everything."

The story is narrated by the Captain, as he tells it through the eyes of his ancestor Great-Grandfather Simon, a reporter for the Bristol Snoop, a tabloid-like newspaper. Over the course of a few days, Simon witnesses miraculous things happening for George Muller, the founder of an orphanage, who never asked for donations, but relied entirely on Providence to provide his needs.

In the Silly Song, the Pirates are declared too busy to do the song and thus, Bob the Tomato is caught off-guard and thrust into a ukelele-karaoke featuring the French Peas dressed up as "dancing hula-turtles!" Despite being initially enthusiastic, he becomes increasingly frantic and confused as the music and lyrics turn from standard ukelele music into non-sensical ramblings (after he had accidentally shredded his copy of the music through a fan and the peas taped it up).

Afterwards, the story of Gideon is played featuring Larry The Cucumber in the title role. Beginning with a montage of floats, as a victory parade for conquering the Midianites, Gideon stops the parade to explain that the large amount of praise lavished on him was not his to take. He then tells the "true" account, in which he reluctantly chooses to defend his country against an undefeated army of over 30,000 excessively hairy pickles, the Midianites. When Gideon's sizable army is reduced to six carrots and six peas, he learns to trust God and is able to defeat the Midianites with horns and flashlights.

Finishing on the countertop, the Pirates are confused about Gideon's story as the did not know who he was (beyond their knowledge of Gideons International). However, Bob comes on and acknowledges he put the story in when the Pirates seemed to be at a lack for inspiration. After congratulating the Pirates for a good job on the show, Qwerty gives a verse and the Captain declares his desire to make a Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Movie, and the show ends with the Captain saying he hopes he can get the funds necessary.

[edit] Cast Of Characters

[edit] Countertop

[edit] George Mueller

  • Pa Grape as Mr. Simon
  • Archibald Asparagus as George Mueller
  • Mom Asparagus as Mary Mueller
  • Junior Asparagus, Laura Carrot, Annie Celery, Gourdon, unnamed Carrot girl, and Percy and Li'l Pea as orphans

[edit] Lance the Turtle

  • Bob the Tomato as himself
  • The French Peas as "The Wiggly Turtle Toobies"

[edit] Gideon

  • Larry the Cucumber as Gideon
  • Pa Grape as the Angel
  • Mr. Nezzer as a Midianite
  • other hairy pickles as Midianites
  • Archibald Asparagus as an asparagus soldier
  • Jimmy and Jerry Gourd as parade reporters
  • The French Peas as football players
  • other carrots and peas

[edit] Segments

  • Opening Countertop (Part I)
  • The Story of George Muller
  • Opening Countertop (Part II)
  • Silly Song - Ukulele Karaoke With Bob (Lance the Turtle)
  • Gideon - Tuba Warrior
  • Closing Countertop
  • Credits