The Power of Love (episode)

**The Power of Love** is the fourth episode of The VeggieTales Show which teaches a lesson about love. It was originally released on Yippee on April 2nd, 2020, but was removed several hours later. It was later officially re-released on April 28th.

## Plot

Laura Carrot declares she’s in love and is showing some of the craziest symptoms. She can’t eat or sleep and she says that her life will never be the same. Is that what love is? It’s through the Biblical romance of Ruth and Boaz that the Veggie crew learns about the kind of love that is powerful. It’s a love the changes the world because love isn’t just something we feel, it’s something we do!

## 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
* Miss Achmetha
* Jimmy Neutron
* Timmy Turner
* Wubbzy
* Daizy
* Dora
* Boots
* Backpack
* Map
* Swiper
* Fiesta Trio
* Benny
* Isa
* Tico
* Diego
* Baby Jaguar
* Khalil *(non-speaking role)*
* Bruce Onion *(non-speaking role; theme song only)*

## Songs

* The VeggieTales Show Theme Song
* Jimmy Lucky
* What Would Love Do?
* Love is Something That You Do
* Not a Feeling, But a Doing

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first episode where Miss Achmetha has a speaking role, with her new voice actress Elise Napier. This is also her first speaking role overall since 'Twas the Night Before Easter.
	+ The first episode to have Jimmy and the Nick Jr. cast appear in the theme song.
	+ The first episode with a newly-animated Big Idea logo.
	+ The first episode to include more than one verse since God Wants Us to Make Peace.
	+ The first time Petunia quotes a verse since Sweetpea Beauty.
	+ The first time Dora and her rainforest friends appear with Jimmy, Timmy, Wubbzy, and Daizy since God Wants Us to Make Peace.
		- This is also the first time Fiesta Trio play their extended fanfare before to end the show.
* This is the second time VeggieTales has told a version of the Bible story of Ruth and Naomi. The first time was in Duke and the Great Pie War.
	+ This time, however, the story is done in a biblical setting, focuses more on Ruth and Naomi's relationship, Ruth and Naomi's personal lives, as well as the story having a shorter running time.
* This was the sixth episode in production, but the fourth released.
* The verse that Petunia quotes at the beginning of this episode is John 13:34.

### Remarks

* Mahlon and Killion actually died 10 years after Elemilech died.

### Goofs

* Callie Flower is listed in the credits with Stephanie Southerland's characters, even though she didn't actually appear in the episode.
* Some of the characters' voices are not pitch-shifted at certain points in the episode. This includes:
	+ Laura when she explains who Jimmy Lucky is and later when she sighs dreamily while the veggies discuss doing a story about love.
	+ Petunia when she suggests doing a Bible story about love.
	+ All of Jean-Claude's lines during the closing scene.
* Larry's tooth is missing when Bob says "Teach us all about love."

### Inside References

* The back cover of the two teen idol magazines include pictures of characters and references to Celery Night Fever.
* The picture of Jimmy Lucky on Laura’s magazine is actually a recycled picture of Dirk Evert from Sneeze if You Need To!
* Mr. Nezzer saying "Time for the theme song!" when he reminds the veggies that the show is about to start is a nod to the opening part of the original theme song.
* Mr. Lunt suggests that love is a cheeseburger, which is an allusion to His Cheeseburger.
* Jimmy suggests that love is warm puppy, which is a possible allusion to Puppy Love from The Incredible Singing Christmas Tree.
* Jimmy recounts a Bible story about a whale, as well as one about a giant and a little guy with a slingshot.
* In the Jimmy Lucky segment, Miss Achmetha wears her old nurse outfit seen in the original series.
* Petunia's Ruth costume is a re-colored version of her Mary costume from The Best Christmas Gift.
* The same Biblical costumes that Pa, Jimmy, and Jerry wear are recolored versions of the ones used in previous episodes of the series.
* The verse at the end is reused from Beauty and the Beet.

### Real-World References

* At one point for each of them, Archibald and Jerry mistakenly refer to Orpah as Oprah, which is a likely reference to the person of the same name.
* The title of this episode is a reference to the Huey Lewis song of the same name.
	+ In addition, a cover of this song was performed on the album Bob and Larry Sing the 80's.