It's Cool to Be Kind

**It's Cool to Be Kind** is the fifth episode of The VeggieTales Show, which teaches a lesson about kindness.

## Plot

Bob and Larry want to make the world a better place. They want to do big and important things that people will notice! In trying to do good and big things, they’ve ignored what are sometimes the simple and small things – like being kind to others. Pa Grape steps in and shares the story of Peter and John who stopped their big, important plans to help a lowly beggar who couldn’t walk. In the end, Bob and Larry realize they can change the world through everyday acts of kindness — starting with their own friends.

## Characters

* Bob the Tomato
* Larry the Cucumber
* Archibald Asparagus
* Pa Grape
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd
* Mr. Nezzer
* Mr. Lunt
* Jean-Claude Pea
* Madame Blueberry
* Petunia Rhubarb
* Miss Achmetha
* Dr. Flurry
* Callie Flower
* Jimmy Neutron
* Timmy Turner
* Daizy
* Dora
* Boots
* Backpack
* Map
* Swiper
* Fiesta Trio
* Benny
* Isa
* Diego
* Baby Jaguar
* Junior Asparagus *(non-speaking role)*
* Laura Carrot *(non-speaking role)*
* Khalil *(non-speaking role)*
* Wubbzy *(theme song only)*
* Tico *(theme song only)*
* Phillipe Pea *(theme song only)*
* Bruce Onion *(non-speaking role; theme song only)*

## Songs

* The VeggieTales Show Theme Song
* Food-a-Lator
* Backpack, Backpack
* Do Big Things
* *Silly Songs with Larry:* Amazing Glazed
* Time for the Small
* Rise and Walk
* Walking and Leaping

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first appearance of Dr. Flurry since his debut in The League of Incredible Vegetables, and the first time he is voiced by Joe Zieja.
	+ The first episode of The VeggieTales Show with a full Silly Song, not including The Agitated Song from A Lifetime Supply of Joy since that was more of a quick gag.
	+ The first episode to have Mike Nawrocki as a writer (for the Silly Song only).
	+ The first episode where Junior does not have any speaking lines.
	+ The first episode to feature Joe Zieja as a credited voice actor.
	+ The first episode to have Pa Grape as a narrator since The Best Christmas Gift.
	+ The first episode since God Wants Us to Make Peace to not be removed and re-released.
	+ The first episode in which Archibald has a role in the main story that isn't the narrator since The Best Christmas Gift.
	+ The first time Larry Whitaker worked on a Big Idea production since The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly.
	+ The first episode to not feature Wubbzy and Tico.
	+ The first episode in which Daizy appears without Wubbzy.
	+ The first episode in which Benny and Isa appears without Tico since Boots' Banana Wish.
	+ The first episode where Dora does looks inside Backpack because she did need anything from her since The Bridge to Caballee.
	+ The first episode where Backpack sings her full song since Dora and the Very Sleepy Bear.

### Remarks

* Mr. Nezzer’s screaming is provided by Phil Vischer instead of David Mann.
* Archibald and Larry somehow quickly change their outfits before the silly song.

### Goofs

* The characters aren't wearing their top hats after the theme song.
* When Jimmy and Jerry leave to go get Dr. Flurry, they disappear before the door closes behind them.
* When Larry asks Callie where she's going, his costume disappears, but in the next shot, it's back.
* Pa's line "I'm really glad that worked out." is not pitch-shifted.
* Elise Napier is uncredited for voicing Miss Achmetha in this episode, despite her singing.
	+ Likewise, Madame Blueberry is not added in Stephanie Southerland's list of characters, despite her also singing.

### Inside References

* The signs from the World Peas segment of God Wants Us to Make Peace start to appear backstage.
* Jimmy suggests eating a planet, a nod to one of his lines in Are You My Neighbor?
* The Food-a-Lator is a re-colored version of one of Leon Meringue's inventions from Blunders in Boo-Boo Ville.
* An instrumental rendition of What Have We Learned is heard at the end of the episode.
* A wood carving of Grandma Nezzer is can be spotted etched into the theater’s proscenium before it is covered in ice cream by the haywire Food-a-Lator.
* Archibald wanting to go to his dressing room after the Food-a-Lator scene would be a callback to Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More!
* Madame Blueberry's costume is a re-colored version of her Naomi costume from The Power of Love.
* Larry's John costume, as well as Laura and Miss Achmetha's costumes, are re-used from A Lifetime Supply of Joy.
	+ Junior's costume is also re-used from the same episode, albeit with the top portion removed.
* Archibald's Peter costume is a re-colored version of his Joseph costume from The Best Christmas Gift, albeit without the lunic.
* The verse at the end is re-used from Lettuce Love One Another! and Celery Night Fever.