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Animated series
Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures
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Genre
| Crime
Action
Thriller
Sci-fi comedy
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Based on
| Characters
by
Phil Vischer
Mike Nawrocki
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Developed by
| Tom Bancroft
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Directed by
| Larry Whitaker
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Starring
| Mike Nawrocki
Phil Vischer
Lisa Vischer
Larry Whitaker
Shari Belgeau
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Narrated by
| Lee Marshall
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Opening theme
| He is That Hero
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Ending theme
| He is That Hero (Instrumental)
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Composers
| Jesse Tewson
Christopher Davis
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of episodes
| 4
(
list of episodes
)
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Executive producer
| Phil Vischer
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Producers
| Jeff Holder
(also supervising)
Jason VanBorssum
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Running time
| 30?31 minutes
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Production companies
| Big Idea Entertainment
Cornerstone Animation
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Network
| Direct-to-video
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Release
| March 16, 2002
(
2002-03-16
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June 10, 2003
(
2003-06-10
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VeggieTales
3-2-1 Penguins
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Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures
(also known as
Larryboy
) is an American
direct-to-video
animated
children’s
series developed by Tom Bancroft (a former animator for
Disney
) as a
spin-off
of the
VeggieTales
franchise created by
Big Idea Entertainment
. The first video titled "Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows", was released on March 16, 2002.
[1]
The videos came to an end with "The Good, The Bad and the Eggly!", released on June 10, 2003, due to Big Idea's bankruptcy. Unlike its predecessor
VeggieTales
, which was animated in CGI using
Softimage 3D
and later
Autodesk Maya
,
LarryBoy
was animated in 2D animation using
Adobe Flash
.
[2]
From September 2006 to November 2009,
NBC
aired the content of all four videos on its
Qubo
block alongside airings of
VeggieTales videos
.
[3]
Each video contains two segments, a twenty-minute long segment and a seven-minute short segment (
Larryboy Super Short
).
Premise
The video series revolves around the character Larry's superhero alter ego Larryboy as he tries to manage his life as a superhero while working as a janitor for the
Daily Bumble
newspaper in Bumblyburg.
Characters
Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures
only carries over four characters from
VeggieTales
:
Larry the Cucumber
,
Bob the Tomato
,
Junior Asparagus
, and
Archibald Asparagus
, with Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer and Lisa Vischer reprising their respective roles.
Voice actor
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Role
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Description
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Mike Nawrocki
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Larry the Cucumber
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The janitor Larry and his superhero alter ego, Larryboy.
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Phil Vischer
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Archibald Asparagus
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Larryboy's butler. Unlike previous
Larryboy
videos, this character is named Archie instead of Alfred.
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Bob the Tomato
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Larry's boss, who works as the head of the
Daily Bumble
newspaper.
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Lisa Vischer
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Junior Asparagus
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A kid editor of the
Daily Bumble
.
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Shari Belgeau
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Vicky Cucumber
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One of the members of the Daily Bumble. She is the love interest of Larry.
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Mother Pearl
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The Alchemist's evil sidekick and mother.
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Larry Whitaker
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The Alchemist
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A villain who appeared in the second video.
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Officer Olaf
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Bumblyburg's resident policemen.
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Chief Croswell
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Awful Alvin
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A villain who first appeared in "Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows".
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Herbert and Wally
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The eggplant brothers.
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Marc Graue
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Bok Choy
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The wise teacher of the superhero class that Larryboy attends.
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Anita Protich
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Greta Von Gruesome
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A villainess with a German accent who appeared in the final two videos.
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Videos
Reception
In a mixed review, Scott Blakey of the
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
wrote that the series has "sly nods to comic book characters of the 1930s and the so-called golden age of animation" while referring to the series as a "breakthrough in reverse" for its use of 2D animation instead of 3D animation.
[12]
In a more positive review, Richard LeCornte of the
Reno Gazette-Journal
writes that the series "succeeds at making its message pleasing to children and adults" and gave the series a B+.
[13]
The series was nominated for a
Golden Reel Award
in 2003 for Best Sound Editing in Direct to Video, but lost to
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina
.
[14]
Vischer stated that fans of the original
VeggieTales
series criticized the series for its cheap-looking animation.
[15]
Mixed with
Big Idea's
bankruptcy at the time, the series was cancelled after the release of only four videos.
[15]
Home media
All of the videos were released in both
VHS
and
DVD
formats. They were also released as a set or included with the other
Larryboy
videos in:
VeggieTales: Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack
(2004),
[16]
VeggieTales: Larryboy Super Hero Power Pack
(2012),
[17]
and
VeggieTales: Larryboy Ultimate Super Hero Collection
(2019).
[18]
References
- ^
Bloom, David (13 August 2002).
"Cornerstone Animation Takes Hit"
.
Animation World Network
.
Archived
from the original on 22 March 2017
. Retrieved
20 May
2016
.
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Vischer, Phil (9 January 2007).
Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables
. Thomas Nelson. p. 182.
ISBN
9781418537630
.
Archived
from the original on 2 September 2023
. Retrieved
19 May
2016
.
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DeMott, Rick (24 August 2006).
"Qubo To Launch On NBC, Telemundo & The i Network This September"
.
Animation World Network
.
Archived
from the original on 20 September 2016
. Retrieved
20 May
2016
.
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"Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows"
.
Big Idea
. 5 March 2002. Archived from the original on 5 March 2002
. Retrieved
20 May
2016
.
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cite web
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link
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"Larryboy (2002): Episode #01 ? The Angry Eyebrows"
.
Amazon.com
. Big Idea. March 16, 2002.
Archived
from the original on September 2, 2023
. Retrieved
April 17,
2019
.
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"Leggo My Ego!"
. 8 August 2002. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002
. Retrieved
20 May
2016
.
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cite web
}}
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link
)
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"Larryboy (2002): Episode #02 ? Leggo My Ego"
.
Amazon.com
. Big Idea. August 27, 2002.
Archived
from the original on September 2, 2023
. Retrieved
April 20,
2019
.
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"Larryboy - The Yodelnapper"
.
Amazon.com
.
Big Idea
. 26 November 2002. Archived from the original on 8 November 2002
. Retrieved
20 May
2016
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
link
)
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"Larryboy (2002): Episode #03 ? The Yodelnapper!"
.
Amazon.com
. Big Idea. November 26, 2002.
Archived
from the original on September 2, 2023
. Retrieved
April 17,
2019
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"Welcome to BigIdea.com!"
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Amazon.com
.
Big Idea
. 4 June 2003. Archived from the original on 4 June 2003
. Retrieved
21 May
2016
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
link
)
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"Larryboy (2002): Episode #04 ? The Good, The Bad and the Eggly! (Finale)"
.
Amazon.com
. Big Idea. June 10, 2003.
Archived
from the original on September 2, 2023
. Retrieved
April 17,
2019
.
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Blakey, Scott (May 10, 2002).
"VeggieTales' hero cuke off on new adventures"
.
South Florida Sun Sentinel
. p. 97.
Archived
from the original on October 5, 2022
. Retrieved
October 5,
2022
.
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LeCornte, Richard (December 13, 2002).
"Larry-Boy: The Yodel Napper"
.
Reno Gazette-Journal
. p. 52.
Archived
from the original on October 5, 2022
. Retrieved
October 5,
2022
.
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Martin, Denise (8 February 2003).
"
'Gangs,' 'Perdition' top Golden Reel nods"
.
Variety
.
Archived
from the original on 4 July 2017
. Retrieved
19 May
2016
.
- ^
a
b
Vischer, Phil (9 January 2007).
Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables
. Thomas Nelson. p. 184.
ISBN
9781418537630
.
Archived
from the original on 2 September 2023
. Retrieved
19 May
2016
.
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"VeggieTales: The Bumblyburg Superhero Value Pack DVD"
.
Archived
from the original on 2022-10-05
. Retrieved
2022-10-05
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"Christian Cinema"
.
Archived
from the original on 2015-09-21
. Retrieved
2015-12-16
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"VeggieTales: LarryBoy Ultimate Super Hero Collection"
.
Archived
from the original on 2022-10-05
. Retrieved
2022-10-05
.
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