You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown

"*You're elected, Charlie Brown. You're the greatest man in town. Tell me how do you like it now?*"
— Bob telling Charlie Brown

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**You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown** is the eighth episode of the VeggieTales series. It is loosely based on the Peanuts TV special of the same name.

## Plot

### Countertop Intro

Bob and Larry greet the kids once again while on the Countertop, before Bob asks who has a question. Larry then remembers that he got an e-mail from a kid named Ezzio Vietti from Hackensack, New Jersey. Bob is confused about the concept of e-mail, which Larry tries to explain to him. Bob then states that he got cable last month, before Larry replies rather condescendingly, "You are so early-90's", which offends Bob. Larry then explains that Ezzio said that he just did something wrong because he was voting the Great Pumpkin, so he has to vote for others and trusting his friends so that he won't get in trouble, and wants to know what he should do. Bob then notes that voting can be a very dangerous thing, before asking if they have any stories about that. Larry has it covered, stating that the same thing happened to Linus van Pelt once he became an election for voting everyone, before telling Ezzio to grab his popcorn and turn down the lights so that he can get ready for "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown". Larry then yells "Roll film!" before the lights go dim after that, leaving Bob in the dark.

### You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown

The episode starts where Sally Brown walks home from school in a rage, complaining that she can not open her locker because she can't reach it. Charlie Brown tells her that he will help her reach her locker, but Sally says he should also help her with something in school. It turns out, Sally wanted to use her brother for show-and-tell.

After that, Charlie Brown sees a poster that says "Student Body President Election". Linus thinks that would be a good job for Charlie Brown, but Lucy says that she took a poll and confirms that the students would not like Charlie Brown as president. She says they need a new candidate, and Sally suggests Linus as a better one. Lucy then surveys many children in the school, and asks then whether or not they would vote for Linus. She finds one child, who says he would not vote for Linus. Lucy tries to convince him, but he refuses to change his mind. It is then revealed that that the boy is student named Russell Anderson, opposing Linus. So Linus signs up as a candidate.

Lucy asks Charlie Brown to help her get organized. Charlie Brown asks Snoopy (who then asks Woodstock) to help him assist Lucy. As Lucy asks Linus if he is for or against certain things, he says he is for fountains, wants longer recesses, is against homework, and is for sick pay. Snoopy and Woodstock fix up signs (at which point Snoopy accidentally hits Woodstock on the head with a hammer), and paint them. Woodstock paints short vertical lines, much to Snoopy's anger, and the latter paints a paw print on his sign, much to Lucy's fury.

Later, Lucy and Snoopy set up a school talk show so students can call in and ask Linus questions. The first person asks, "What is our president gonna do about the rivers?" to which Lucy replies, "Rivers? Our school doesn't have any rivers!" The second caller keeps talking and saying "you know" multiple times until Lucy gets bored and hangs up. The next caller is calling for Harold, and Lucy tells him he has the wrong number. The fourth caller keeps going on about how good his question is, but then realizes he has forgotten the question.

Later that day, at the final election, Lucy mentions that Linus is ahead in the polls, and will probably win, unless he does something wrong. Russell goes up to speak first. He says he would like to be president, then walks off. Lucy then whispers to a girl resembling Peppermint Patty, "Now we're really in. That was the worst speech I've ever heard in my entire life."
Then, it is Linus' turn. He comes up and says he has a great speech coming up, but first, he would like to take a minute to speak about "The Great Pumpkin", at which point Lucy and Charlie Brown scream in frustration, and everyone else starts laughing. Linus then walks off saying "I've blown the election".

Lucy (after she calls Linus a blockhead) says Linus might still have a chance (as long as he does not do anything else stupid). He is tied with Russell. Linus wins the election by one vote–84 to 83–the deciding vote cast by Russell, who has decided that Linus is, in fact, better for the job. Following his victory, Linus goes to the principal with the intention of keeping his campaign promises and laying down the law, only to be taken aback with the realization that he is still strictly subordinate to the faculty and in fact, like most student government positions, has no real power. Regardless, Sally has a fit and accuses him of selling-out like all other politicians. She then kicks the bottom of her locker and walks away, not realizing that she has finally opened it, ending the story.

### Countertop Outro

Back on the countertop, Bob says that it was a really great story, before he thanks Larry for the compliment. Bob then says that he and Larry are over here by Qwerty to talk about what they've learned today, before the song starts. However, the song is interrupted by an off-screen crash, then Bob and Larry see that Sally is seen walking on the countertop, disbelief. Sally then says to Bob, "You didn't know about your feelings, stupid tomato", before she walks away, to which Bob is annoyed, and before the song continues. After the song ends, Bob explains that Linus learns the best way to vote for people was by telling the Great Pumpkin and become the first leader during the election. Larry then explains that if Charlie Brown finds out that Linus and Lucy did not practice for Linus' speech, he was getting annoyed about this, to which he didn't mind voting. Bob then says that Charlie Brown thought voting is the right thing to do, but in the end, the only way to vote for people was by trusting God's plan. Bob and Larry then look up to see what verse Qwerty has, Qwerty pulls up the verse, which is "**Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. Proverbs 19:21**". After the verse, Larry says to Bob what the verse means is that when they vote for people was by trusting God's plan, they become a better good leader whenever they have the chance, to which Bob agrees with. Bob then says to Ezzio that even though he did something wrong because of voting for the Great Pumpkin, the best way to vote is to trust God's plan and even his friends. Also, if he tries to do what's right for voting the Great Pumpkin, he'll be amazed at what God has made him special, to which Larry agrees with. Bob and Larry then sign off after that, thus ending the episode.

## Characters

* Bob the Tomato
* Larry the Cucumber
* Junior Asparagus
* Charlie Brown
* Linus van Pelt
* Lucy van Pelt
* Sally Brown
* Schroeder
* Mr. Nezzer
* Mr. Lunt
* Pa Grape
* Percy Pea
* Lil' Pea
* Jean Claude Pea
* Phillipe Pea
* Christophe Pea
* Archibald Asparagus
* Lovey Asparagus
* Scooter Carrot
* Goliath (*champaign manager*)
* The Scallions
* Russell Anderson
* Peppermint Patty (*cameo*)
* Pig-Pen (*cameo*)
* Marcie (*picture cameo*)
* Frieda (*cameo*)
* Violet
* Laura Carrot
* Shermy (*cameo*)
* Snoopy
* Woodstock

## Songs

* VeggieTales Theme Song
* You're Elected, Charlie Brown
* Joe Cool
* Silly Songs with Larry: *Larry's Possible*
* The Other Generation
* Trusting God's Plan Song
* What We Have Learned

## Home media

*Main article: You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown/Home Video*
## Fun Facts

### Explanations

* A locker is a small, usually narrow storage compartment.

### Morals

* It's okay to vote people even when you're getting stress.
* Trusting God's plan is the best way to trust others.
* Don't judge other people if you're having a bad voting. Just keep on doing what's right, and you'll get better.

### Trivia

* The episode's original title was "You're Not Voting Elected, Charlie Brown".
* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first episode where Bob and Larry receive e-mail messages from kids.
	+ The first episode where The Peach appears outside a Silly Song.
	+ The first episode where the animated Big Idea logo from 1997 is used.
	+ The first episode to feature a bigger production crew, consisting of Daniel López Muñoz, and Joe McFadden. It is also the first episode with more crew members like Aaron Hartline, Cara Bukovski, Lena Spoke, Nathan Tungseth, Jennifer Combs, and Jon Gadsby.
	+ The first episode to feature Goliath since Snoopy's Reunion.
	+ The first episode where Dolly van Pelt or Mimi don't appear.
	+ The first episode to have a lighting department.
	+ The first episode to feature a much bigger musical score than the previous episodes.
	+ The first episode where "Roll Film" is said.
* This is the last episode for several things:
	+ The last episode to have Lucy being bossy with the other kids, and she will be nice in later episodes.
		- This is also the first episode where Lucy teases Charlie Brown.
	+ The last episode where Mr. Nezzer's nose is normal, to which his model almost looked like it's Wally P. Nezzer.
	+ The last episode where Larry doesn't like eating chocolate bunnies.
	+ The last episode where Bob is shiny, and in later 90s episodes, he is even less shiny.
* There is a rare teaser of this episode that is featured on the original 1997 The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk VHS copy. This makes it the first VeggieTales video to have a trailer made for it.
* Larry's voice starts to become more high-pitched starting with this episode.
* There were a few differences between pre-production and the final version:
	+ The beginning was going to have the kids opening the classroom doors before the school bell rang, but was cut due to time constraints.
	+ Concept art shows Sally on a motorcycle, although she never ride it in the actual episode.
	+ In the script, Linus' line "I can see it now" is used before "You're doing great by voting the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".
	+ After Larry takes the kids back to their classroom, Linus and the other kids shred the pumpkin and told Sally that she got into a horrible playground accident. This results Sally crying.
	+ Charlie Brown opens the door instead of kicking it.
* When this episode aired on Qubo, the scene of Lucy listing the kids are voted for the Great Pumpkin was cut, most likely due to time constraints.
* This is one of the few episodes whose original unremastered visuals in almost their entirety are available on DVD, including its own classroom edition.
* There exists an extremely rare early 2002 VHS reprint of this episode by Lyrick Studios/HiT Entertainment. It has a black tape with a white ink label, and it has a print date of March 15th, 2002.

### Remarks

* On the VeggieTales Classics DVD releases, some sound effects are missing from the original VHS release.
* Despite Lucy didn't want to be the campaign manager, she chose Goliath since he wants to be the manager for winning the election.
* It's unknown how Snoopy got thrown out at school after he dressed up as Joe Cool. This is possibly because it was Bob and/or Larry who managed to throw Snoopy out because they should've put the sign where it says "No Dogs Allowed".
* Larry has a shoe on the table, despite not having any feet.
* During the auditorium scene, Linus has his last chance to vote for the Great Pumpkin. He tied Russell, and he lost the election without being honest. Should've Linus win the election for voting Russell, or maybe that's no longer how voting works?
	+ It is possible that Linus won the election because he has tied Russell.
* The poster "Student Body President Election" is not hanging on the wall, which could be ripped off into pieces.
* Bob states that Russell is on his foot, but since he is a tomato, he has no feet.
* Pa Grape is seen next to the door when Bob looks at Charlie Brown. After a few seconds, he disappears after Sally opens the door but then comes back in the next few shots.
* Larry states that he can see his hairbrush up there, but since he is looking at the audience downwards, he actually cannot.
* The previews option has a preview for the episode itself.

### Goofs

* When Sally throws a book in a fit of rage, her coat clips through her hair.
* Some animation goofs are seen when Sally and Charlie Brown are eating breakfast.
	+ The bowl is floating above the table.
	+ Snoopy's collar is sliding place when he is walking.
* Larry's mouth disappears in one shot.
* As Bob and Larry are mopping the floor, Larry appears to be holding down his mop in a way it is clipping into Bob.
* Part of the poster flashes after Goliath smashes it with his boxing gloves.
* Bob's mouth gets scrambled with a question mark for one frame after he peeks through the hallway.
* Archibald is missing his monocle in one shot.
* Mr. Lunt's hat clips through the table in one shot.
* After Larry smacks through the chalkboard, the students are freezed for a split-second.
* Junior's eyes clip through his hat.
* Goliath is missing his cap in some shots.
* As Bob, Larry and Junior are standing in the auditorium upon entering, only Junior's shadow moves.
* Larry is missing his tooth when he hops over to the stage.
* The brim on Larry's hat clips through the curtains after Mr. Nezzer accidentally shuts down his computer.
* Before and after Bob tells Larry to yell at the students for calling him a "blockhead", his stem oddly has shading.
* When Archibald sees Linus that he is voting the Great Pumpkin, something black appears on his right side of his eyes and flickers in the shot afterwards.
* The cow from the billboard where Larry is voting suddenly disappears after it passes by the school bus.
* As Mr. Nezzer is about to reveal who can vote for the Great Pumpkin before he unplugs his computer, his tie somewhat clips through his shirt.
* Bob is shown without Qwerty behind him but appears in front of him in the next shot.
* Qwerty's verse background is still on his screen even when he is done displaying the verse.