Madame Blueberry

Madame Blueberry

DVD cover art
Directed by Mike Nawrocki
Produced by Chris Olsen
Written by Mike Nawrocki
Original story
Gustave Flaubert
Starring Phil Vischer
Mike Nawrocki
Lisa Vischer
Megan Moore Burns
Dan Anderson
Mike Sage
Shelby Vischer
Music by Kurt Heinecke
Phil Vischer
Mike Nawrocki
Edited by John Wahba
Mike Nawrocki
Production
company
Big Idea
Distributed by Word Entertainment (1998 version)
Lyrick Studios (1999 version)
Warner Home Video (2002 version)
Sony Wonder (2003 DVD version)
Release dates
 January 1, 1998 (1998 Word Entertainment)
October 1999 (1999 Lyrick Studios)
Running time
 37 minutes 40 seconds (all versions)
40 minutes (1999 Lyrick Studios VHS)
38 1/2 minutes (1998 Word Entertainment VHS)
Language English
Spanish
French
Greek

Madame Blueberry is the tenth episode in the VeggieTales animated series. On January 1, 1998, Word Entertainment originally released on VHS, and on October 1999, it was reissued by Lyrick Studios with a trailer for Larry-Boy! And the Rumor Weed saying Coming February 2000!. It was also re-released on VHS on both 2002 and 2003 by Warner Home Video and issued on DVD for the very first time. Subtitled "A Lesson in Thankfulness", it conveys the message that material possessions will never truly make us happy, and that instead we must be thankful for what we have.

Plot

The show opens with Larry the Cucumber driving onto the countertop in a brand-new "Soo-Vee Action Jeep", which causes Bob the Tomato to feel upset. Larry has been waiting for the Action Jeep for a really long time and goes on to admit that he will not be really happy until he has all the additional vehicles in the Soo-Vee line, and Bob the Tomato decides that this would be a good theme for an episode. The French Peas, Jean-Claude and Philippe, they appear and Jean-Claude begins narrating the story.

Madame Blueberry is a rich but perpetually blueberry with a beauty mark, which she lives in a sparsely-decorated treehouse. Though her butlers (portrayed by Bob and Larry) attend to her every whim, they find themselves unable to lift Blueberry out of her ever-present doldrums. The only happiness she seems to have comes from gazing at photographs of her neighbor's possessions. One day, a trio of salesmen (the Scallions) arrive at Madame Blueberry's treehouse to promote "Stuff-Mart," a new local mega-store, and claim that the store has anything and everything that Blueberry needs to be happy. Though Bob has his doubts, Blueberry eagerly buys into the sales pitch, following the three salesmen to Stuff-Mart.

On the way there, Madame Blueberry sees a girl named Annie happily celebrating her birthday with her parents, even though all she has to celebrate with is a single piece of apple pie with a candle on top. She wonders why Annie is so happy even with so little, but instantly forgets about it upon entering Stuff-Mart and goes into a shopping frenzy. As she buys everything she sees, Madame Blueberry has it all delivered to her tree house via pea-driven shopping carts.

During a lunch break, Madame Blueberry sees Junior Asparagus's excitement over a new ball his dad bought for him at Stuff-Mart, despite his disappointment over learning that his dad couldn't afford the train set he really wanted. Madame Blueberry again wonders why someone can be happy even though he isn't getting what he really wants and then wonders why she isn't happy despite receiving everything she wants. Realizing that she already has a wonderful home and two loyal friends in her butlers, Madame Blueberry finally sees her folly in not being thankful for what she has and tells the salesmen that she is done giving in to their materialistic temptations.

When she leaves Stuff-Mart, Madame Blueberry beholds to her horror her treehouse tipping over in the distance, full of the stuff she bought still being delivered to her home. The arrival of a giant air compressor proves to be too much for the tree house to handle as the back door opens and dumps every one of her possessions into the lake below. In turn, the sudden loss of weight causes the tree to fling the house out of its branches, over the forest, and onto the ground where it immediately collapses. As the story draws to a close, Madame Blueberry is comforted by the presence of her butlers, Annie, Junior, and their respective parents, and trusts that everything will turn out right in the end. Although she is now homeless, Madame Blueberry is nonetheless happy and finally understands that "a thankful heart is a happy heart".

At the end of the story, Bob and Larry are returning being seen crying because the story was beautiful, but proceeds to the end of the show with the Bible verse, Proverbs 15:27a.

Cast of Voice Actors

Cast of Characters

Segments

Songs

In addition to the ubiquitous "VeggieTales Theme" and "What We Have Learned," this episode contains the following songs:

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