Petunia Rhubarb

**Petunia Rhubarb** is one of the main characters from *VeggieTales*. She is very sweet and loves to remind others that true beauty isn't based on what someone look like on the outside, but who someone is on the inside that matters most.

## Bio

Petunia first appeared in 2005 in the *VeggieTales* episode *Duke and the Great Pie War* where she played her breakout role as Princess Petunia. Since then, she has gone on to become a main player in the VeggieTales cast.

She is the president of the *VeggieTales* Fan Club, as mentioned in *The VeggieTales Show*.

## Personality

Petunia is very kind and maternal. She often acts as a voice of reason for the VeggieTales gang and is a good leader.

## Physical appearance

Petunia is a green rhubarb with vibrant red hair held in a French braid with two yellow hair bands. She has small, egg-shaped eyes with long, thin eyelashes. She wears makeup, including baby pink eyeshadow and red lipstick. She also has a small green nose. Her regular outfit is a casual white top with a khaki dress and a brown leather belt with a gold belt buckle. Her accessories include pink earrings and a yellow headband, although on some occasions, her earrings are either white or yellow and her headband is sometimes pink.

For *VeggieTales in the House* and *in the City,* Petunia was redesigned like the rest of the *VeggieTales* cast. Here, she gained teal irises and red eyebrows. Her hair was let down and taken out of a braid, now sporting a prominent part and bangs. Her lips were thinner and her eyeshadow changed to teal. Her regular outfit consisted of a fucshia collared blouse and maxi skirt, with the skirt having a white flowery pattern on it. Petunia also wore a gold necklace with a gold flower charm and a mustard waistband and stopped wearing earrings.

For *The VeggieTales Show*, she returned back to her original design, and her headband and earrings are pink again.

## Voice Actresses

* Cydney Trent (2005-2014)
* Tress MacNeille (2014-2017)
* Kira Buckland (2019-present)

## Fun Facts

* Petunia's named is inspired by a line from Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed. At one point, Alfred says "Sweet, sweet, petunia" when referring to a flower in his flowerbed.
* During development, Petunia was originally conceived as a cucumber. However, it was changed because the Big Idea team felt she looked too similar to Larry.
* According to Tim Hodge, even though Larry and Petunia are affectionate towards each other and often paired up as a couple shows, they are just friends outside of those stories.
* In *VeggieTales in the House*, Petunia is allergic to rabbit fur.
	+ In a later episode of the series, it's also revealed Petunia is able to mimic other Veggie characters very well, and she can also copy physical traits as well.
* She is the only main *VeggieTales* character who was not established in the early episodes of the 1990's.
* She was originally going to appear as a waitress at Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor in the episode Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler.
* In *The VeggieTales Show*, she is the president of the VeggieTales fan club.
* Petunia originally wasn't going to be the female lead, Esther was supposed to be in her place, but because her hair was too difficult to animate, she was instead replaced by Petunia and was never used again ever since her debut.