Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!

Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!
DVD cover
Directed by	Phil Vischer Chris Olsen
Produced by	Chris Olsen
Written by	Phil Vischer
Starring	Phil Vischer Mike Nawrocki Lisa Vischer Tim Gregory Kristin Blegen Jim Poole Natalia Lozano Dan Anderson
Music by	Kurt Heinecke Phil Vischer Theme Music: Nicole C. Mullen
Editing by	Mike Nawrocki
Studio	Big Idea Productions
Distributed by	Lyrick Studios Sony Wonder Warner Home Video
Release date(s)	April 1997 (1997-04)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space! is the eighth episode and the second special of the VeggieTales animated series. It was released in April 1997 on VHS and issued on DVD May 18, 2004. This is the first adventure featuring the Larry the Cucumber as Larry-Boy, the hero of the city of Bumblyburg. In this story (subtitled "A Lesson in Telling the Truth"), Larry-Boy needs to confront a Fib that has grown beyond control. In this episode dealing with telling the truth, Larry the Cucumber appears as his alter ego, the hero of Bumblyburg, LarryBoy.

Plot

The story begins with Bob and Larry up on the countertop. Larry mentions that he got an e-mail from a kid from New Jersey about a problem with lying. Bob, thinking that they have no stories about that, gets pushed away by Larry and the story begins. The story begins with peas Percy and his brother Lil Pea, walking away from a movie theater. While talking about the movie, they look up at the sky and see what looks to be like a meteor. The scene then shifts to Jimmy and Jerry gourd, in a science lab. Finally seeing the meteor on a screen, they immediately contacted Larry-Boy with "The Larry-Signal." Larry-Boy, seeing the signal, then jumps into the Larry-Mobile and the story continues. The scene then shifts to the meteor which turns out to be a blue alien, lands in Bumblyburg. The scene then shifts to Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot having a tea party. Seeing they don't have enough plates their bear named Mr. Snuggley Junior decides to take his father's prized bowling plate. After accidentally breaking it, Laura decides to go home. The alien then emerges, calling himself Fibrillus Minimus, and convinces Junior to lie to his dad. After lying to his dad, Junior discovers that his new friend has grown! He then decides to continue to lie with his new found friend, Fib. The scene then cuts to Larry-Boy in his Larry-Mobile talking to Alfred, his butler. After saying that all he found was "A kid with green hair and a dog that could whistle," Alfred convinces to him to keep looking. The scene then cuts to Junior and Fibrillus. Percy Pea then walks up to them and says he just came from Laura's house, learning that she didn't do it, Junior did. Junior, thinking of what do next, decides to lie again. Sure enough Junior's friend grows again, even bigger than before. Fib then convinces Junior that he was good at that lie and that he's got what it takes. The scene then cuts to Larry-boy, complaining that the alien is not in Bumblyburg. Ignoring Alfred, he drives back to Larry-Manor. The scene then cuts to Junior and Fibrillus. This time, Junior's friends start bagging on him, telling him that it was just "A great, big, ugly lie!" Junior, afraid of what's happening, decides to tell another lie. But they were not fooled this time! Percy discovered that's another lie! Finally Fibrillus emerges, being 50 feet tall, grabs Junior, and starts wreaking havoc in Bumblyburg. The scene then shifts to Larry, who's playing Candy Land with Alfred. Larry then looks out the window and sees Bumblyburg being destroyed. The scene then shifts to the Fibulus who's wreaking havoc in Bumblyburg. Junior, who's in the Fib's hand, asks him why he's doing this. Fibrillus then says, "That's the thing about fibs Junior, we grow. Now that I'm big, it's my turn to call the shots, and you belong to me." Larry-boy then arrives and tells him to "Drop the asparagus." The fib then tries to escape by climbing up the Bumblyburg water tower. Larry-boy, thinking that he has to go on foot since the road is blocked, learns that Alfred has made a few "modifications to the Larry-Mobile that might just do the trick." Also learning that Alfred forgot to label the buttons, drives full speed to the water tower. Thinking he's going to die, since he pushed all the wrong buttons, Alfred tells him to push the yellow button. The Larry-Mobile turns into the Larry-Plane just before it collides with the water tower. After talking to Alfred, Larry-Boy decides to take it into his own hands by ejecting from the Larry-Plane to try to land on the Fib's head. Now getting stuck in Fibrillus' hand, Larry learns that the only person to stop Fibrillus is Junior. Just before he's swallowed, Junior admits the truth and was rescued. Defeated and feeling sick, Fibrillus shrinks until he angrily is nothing. Junior then apologizes to his dad for breaking his plate and they then head home just as the story ends, but however at the end another red Alien falls in Bumblyburg which is possible that the lie may happen again. Back on the countertop, Larry-Boy joins Bob in closing the show as a replacement for Larry in the scene. After they read the verse (John 8;32), Larry-Boy tells Bob to rush since he's got a meeting with the action figure people in ten minutes. Bob confused asks, what's going on and the show ends.

Cast

• Mike Nawrocki voices Larry the Cucumber / Larry-Boy and Jerry Gourd
• Tim Gregory voices The Fib
• Phil Vischer voices multiple roles:
  • Bob the Tomato
  • Percy Pea
  • Jimmy Gourd
  • Archibald as Alfred
• Lisa Vischer voices Junior and Mom Asparagus
• Kristin Blegen voices Laura Carrot
• Natalia Lozano voices Lenny Carrot
• Dan Anderson voices Dad Asparagus
• Jim Poole voices Scooter
• Lesley Benodin voices Li'l Pea

Segments

• Opening Countertop
• Larry-Boy and the Fib from Outer Space
• Closing Countertop
• Music Video: Larry-Boy Theme

Songs

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

• It's Laura's Fault – Lisa Vischer
• It's Lenny's Fault – Lisa Vischer
• Larry-Boy Theme – Nicole C. Mullen

Crew

• Directed by: Phil Vischer, Chris Olsen.
• Produced by: Chris Olsen.
• Written by: Phil Vischer.
• Art directors: Joe Sapulich, Daniel Lopez Munoz.
• Storyboards: Luis Contreras.
• Layout: Luis Contreras.
• Modeling: Daniel Lopez Munoz (leader), Aaron Hartline, Adam Holmes, Mike Laubach, Cara Bukovski, Thomas Danen, Robert Ellis, Joe McFadden, Ron Smith.
• Animation: Ron Smith (leader), Thomas Danen, Robert Ellis, Joe McFadden, Lena Spoke, Adam Holmes, Nathan Tungseth
• Lighting: Cara Bukovski, Adam Holmes, Mike Laubach.
• Production coordinator: Jennifer Combs.
• Software development and render management: Ken Greene.
• Audio and video editing, and sound effects: Mike Nawrocki.
• Digital matte painting: Joe Sapulich.
• Content consultant: Scottie May Ed.D.
• Catering: Bill "Yum Yum" Haljun.
• Larry-Boy Theme Song written by David Mullen, Phil Vischer.
• Score: Kurt Heinecke, Phil Vischer.
• Men's Choir: The Larry-Boy Singers (The Luther College Norsemen).

Notes

• The help yell/scream from Junior (voiced by Lisa Vischer) Would later be used on Snail (voiced by Kristen Bone) in Franklin and the Green Knight where he was about to fall down the waterfall.
• Aaron Hartline would later do more VeggieTales episodes until King George and the Ducky. But he returned in Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.
• Nathan Tungseth was the additional animator for this. However, he later was the character animator. He later went to work on The Ant Bully.
• The music for is just like Thomas Chase and Stephen Rucker music.
• This is the first episode with lighting.
• This is also the last episode where the animators did some of the modeling.
• This is also Mike Laubach's only episode in lighting.

External links

• Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space! at the Internet Movie Database
• Review from Epinions
• Review from Christian Answers

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