The series presents life lessons from a biblical world view featuring various garden-variety vegetable characters retelling Bible stories and parodying pop culture.
Many of the main characters were established in the early episodes of the direct-to-video series, such as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot, among a bushel of other produce.
In the story segments, Larry plays many character roles and has several recurring ones, such as Minnesota Cuke (a parody of Indiana Jones), the first mate of the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, and the comical plunger-headed superhero LarryBoy.
In these series, Larry's interests and hobbies consist of such silly activities as eating sardines, riding his bike on the ceiling, and playing make-believe.
Larry also reprises his role as LarryBoy in the episodes that take place outside the theater setting, often re-appearing with The League of Incredible Vegetables.
Petunia also worked part-time at Pa Grape's General Store early on in the series, and is seen helping Archibald in various episodes as an assistant.
Her more notable supporting roles include the first two "LarryBoy" episodes, "Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving", and starring in the subplot of the Jonah feature film.
She has notable roles in the episodes "The Power of Love" and "Naaman Takes A Bath" where she has a crush on a Veggie pop-star named Jimmy Lucky and trains as Bob's assistant stage manager, respectively.
His notable features include his brown pencil thin mustache and his lack of any eyes, which forces him to use the brim of his panama hat or eyebrow wrinkles for expression.
Mr. Lunt has also appeared as an individual antagonist, such as playing Haman in "Esther... the Girl Who Became Queen" and Otis the Elevated in "Duke and the Great Pie War".
Pa likes to invent and tinker as well, a part of his personality that is influenced by his role as the eccentric Victorian inventor Seymour Schwenk in the holiday specials "The Star of Christmas" and "An Easter Carol".
Although inseparable, Jimmy often appears in starring roles without his brother, such as the "Omelet" and "Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly" story segments and as a member of Boyz in the Sink.
Jerry's notable appearances without Jimmy include playing the Swede in "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down with All the Bananas" and alongside Mr. Lunt in "His Cheeseburger" (furthering his and his brother's reputation of loving to eat).
A notable appearance of the duo is the opening of "King George and the Ducky", where they wear cardboard cutout costumes of Bob and Larry in an attempt to impersonate them and take over the show.
Archibald Asparagus serves as the stereotypical role of a stuffy, classically educated British "gentleman" in contrast with the rest of his zany co-stars.
[3] He mostly makes short appearances in each episode to announce the curtain call for the beginning of each show, much to Bob's dismay for wanting more time to prepare.
Among many other peas, Jean-Claude and Cristoffe debuted portraying the Philistines in "Dave and the Giant Pickle" as an allusion to the French soldiers in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
as the slushie-attacking guards of Jericho, furthering the allusion to the Monty Python characters and directly parodying the behavior of tormenting passersby with strange, nonsensical threats, then ambushing them with unusual weapons.
The French Peas have also taken over the show in a few instances, including when Jean-Claude narrated in the episode "Madame Blueberry" and when they assisted Archibald in "Lyle the Kindly Viking" to somewhat disastrous results.
Scallion #1 is the tallest and leader of the group, with a long purple nose, and is often seen with his stalks slicked back to mimic a ducktail hairstyle.
After a 12-year break, George reappeared to narrate again in "Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue" as the storyteller Clark Wayne (a parody of Mark Twain).
Annie has made subsequent appearances, often seen alongside Junior and the other Veggie kids, such as the "Bully Trouble" segment from "Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush" and the Jonah film.
He was later heard as the voice of the sock puppet Lutfi, filling in for Larry on the countertop segments and telling the story of Saint Patrick in the style of a fanciful flannelgraph in the episode "Sumo of the Opera".
In VeggieTales in the City, Motato eventually becomes a "good guy" at the end of the series after befriending Night Pony (Laura Carrot).
Frankencelery resembles the classic Frankenstein's monster, with purple eyelids, a green nose, cervical bolts, black hair, and a unibrow (even outside his acting career).
Art Bigotti's only physical appearance is a cameo waiting for the trolley in the Silly Song "Larry's High Silk Hat" from "Lyle the Kindly Viking".
After a fifteen-year absence, Goliath made a special appearance in the compilation video "Little Ones Can Do Big Things Too" in some of the bridging segments on the kitchen countertop.
His other notable appearances include "Lord of the Beans", "Moe and the Big Exit", "Abe and the Amazing Promise", "Pistachio – The Little Boy That Woodn't", and the short "Bob's Vacation" from the compilation DVD "God Made You Special".
She debuted as Benny LaBoe's little sister in the opening story, "Lenny and the Lost Birthday" on "Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men".
Minchin would later go on to appear as a judge in "The Little House That Stood" from the episode of the same name and play famed travel critic Madame Chalot in "Beauty and the Beet".