Being Gentle Makes You Great

**Being Gentle Makes You Great** is the tenth episode of The VeggieTales Show, which teaches a lesson in gentleness.

## Summary

Jimmy and Jerry Gourd have ruined some of the Veggie show costumes by washing them on the heavy duty, extra-hard cycle. Bob is awfully frustrated and he is not gentle with his reply to the gourds. But they were only trying to help! It makes for a good time for a lesson about gentle actions and gentle words. It’s through the story of King Rehoboam in the Bible that the Veggies learn the meaning and importance of gentleness. As a result relationships are mended and the crew is happily back together again.

## Characters

* Bob the Tomato
* Larry the Cucumber
* Junior Asparagus
* Archibald Asparagus
* Pa Grape
* Laura Carrot
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd
* Mr. Nezzer
* Mr. Lunt
* The French Peas
* Madame Blueberry
* Petunia Rhubarb
* Lil' Pea
* Jimmy Neutron
* Timmy Turner
* Wubbzy
* Daizy
* Dora
* Boots
* Benny
* Isa
* Tico
* Diego
* Baby Jaguar
* Backpack (*theme song only*)
* Map (*theme song only*)
* Swiper (*theme song only*)
* Fiesta Trio (*theme song only*)
* Bruce Onion (*non-speaking role; theme song only*)

## Songs

* The VeggieTales Show Theme Song
* Strong King Too
* Our King Too
* Rehoboam Rap
* Me, King Rehoboam
* *Silly Songs with Larry:* Oh Pluto
* Twice As Hard
* Soft, Soft Touch

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This is the first episode for a few things:
	+ The first episode to have Madame Blueberry narrate a story.
	+ The first episode to not have a song in the first segment.
	+ The first appearance of Lil' Pea since It's a Meaningful Life.
	+ The first episode to have someone other than Bob say *"*Cue the theme song!*"* In the case, Pa Grape is the one who says this line.
	+ The first episode to not feature Backpack, Swiper, and Fiesta Trio since The Best Christmas Gift.

### Remarks

* In the story of Rehoboam, Pa Grape mentions that everyone took a vote already even though Democracy wasn't invented at the time.

### Goofs

* There are several instances of the characters' noses floating below their eyes.
* When Madame Blueberry starts her story, she is wall-eyed.
* When Jimmy says, "Like a doctor who can fix a birdie's tiny leg," his mouth doesn't move.
* Lil' Pea's name is misspelled as "Li'l Pea" in the credits.
* The color of Madame Blueberry's hat changes from brown to red during Twice As Hard and remains in said color for the rest of the episode. Additionally, her hair color changes to a darker brown color during said song, as does the waistband on her costume.

### Inside References

* The chickens in the first segment look exactly like the one Mr. Lunt wanted to use for his "juggling chickens on a unicycle" stunt.
* Several costumes are re-used or re-colored from previous episodes:
	+ Archibald's classy outfit is a re-colored, modified version of his Alfred costume, albeit with a top hat added.
	+ Larry's King Rehoboam costume is a re-colored version of his Nebuchadnezzar costume from A ShakeSparagus Play.
		- Ironically, his costume becomes the same color scheme as his Nebuchadnezzar costume during Rehoboam's dream scene.
	+ Junior's costume is a re-colored version of his costume from It's Cool to Be Kind.
	+ Madame Blueberry's costume is re-used from previous episodes. The same applies to Laura's costume.
	+ Pa Grape's costume is re-used from costumes he wore in previous episodes, albeit in the same color scheme as his Noah costume from Patience Takes Practice.
	+ The bottom half of Mr. Lunt's costume, as well as his beard, are re-used parts of his wiseman costume from The Best Christmas Gift.
* The two lines in the song "Our King Too" would likely be a nod to the song Are We There Yet? in On the Road with Bob & Larry.
* The newspaper that Mr. Lunt reads has several screenshots from the original series. These include screenshots from:
	+ Princess and the Popstar
	+ The Penniless Princess
	+ The Little House That Stood
	+ MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle
	+ Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier
	+ Astonishing Wigs!
* Bob, Jimmy, and Jerry apologizing and forgiving each other would be similar to how Junior and Laura did in Celery Night Fever.
* The way Archibald narrated the introduction of another character who'd soon die and then someone else would take it's place portrayed as Larry would be similar to Josh and the Big Wall!
* The bird with the broken leg is re-used from The Little House That Stood.
* The lyrics "It's a Strong hand with a Soft Touch" is the same melody from Billy Joe McGuffrey.
* The verse that Bob reads at the end of the episode is re-used from the *3-2-1 Penguins!* episode, Git Along Little Doggies!

### Real-World References

* The dog named Pluto that everyone mentions is a cartoon character created by Walt Disney.
* Uber is a company that specializes in vehicle-for-hire transportation.