LarryBoy and the Emperor of Envy (episode)

**LarryBoy and the Emperor of Envy** is the twenty-second episode and the third LarryBoy episode of The VeggieTales Show, which teaches a lesson in thankfulness.

## Summary

The Emperor of Envy wants to be bigger and better than everyone in Bumblyburg! But first he must deal with the League of Incredible Vegetables. The Emperor comes up with a devious plan and decides to infect each of the League members with his envy formula. As a result the League is weakened and locked away. To save Bumblyburg, the League must put aside their envy and choose to be grateful for the way God made them and get their strength back.

## Characters

* Larry-Boy (Larry the Cucumber)
* Thingamabob (Bob the Tomato)
* Ricochet (Junior Asparagus)
* Alfred (Archibald Asparagus)
* Laura Carrot
* Jimmy Gourd
* S-Cape (Mr. Lunt)
* Mayor Blueberry (Madame Blueberry)
* Vogue (Petunia Rhubarb)
* Officer Scooter (Scooter Carrot)
* The Scallions
* Krazy Kenny
* Callie Flower
* The Milk Money Bandit
* The Emperor of Envy
* Frank and Jesse
* Cleft the Boy Chin Wonder (Timmy Turner)
* Brain Boy (Jimmy Neutron)
* Wonder Wubbzy (Wubbzy)
* Flower Power (Daizy)
* Dora
* Boots
* Swiper
* Fiesta Trio Frog
* Benny
* Isa
* Diego
* Qwerty (*cameo*)
* Adele Pepper (*billboard cameo*)
* Fiesta Trio Grasshopper and Snail (*non-speaking*)
* Tico (*pictured cameo*)
* Baby Jaguar (*pictured cameo*)
* Rumor Weed (*glasses only*)
* Buttons Crimini (*theme song only*)

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first appearance of The League of Incredible Vegetables since their titular episode.
	+ The first time one of the LarryBoy chapter books has been adapted.
	+ The first episode to feature Laura, Scooter, and Callie since LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows Trouble.
	+ The first episode in which Callie speaks since A Tale of True Courage.
	+ The first time Bob and Junior appear in a LarryBoy episode since Attack of the Marshmallow Laser, not counting the former's newspaper cameos in the previous two LarryBoy episodes.
	+ The first time Mr. Lunt appears in a LarryBoy episode since The Last Issue.
	+ The first time Petunia appears in a LarryBoy episode since Shrink-abeezer and the first time she speaks in one since Monster Manners.
	+ The first episode to feature the Scallions since Samson's Bad Hair Day.
	+ The first LarryBoy episode to Feature Scallions #1 and #3 since LarryBoy and the Bad Apple and Scallion #2 since Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!. This is also the first LarryBoy episode to feature them altogether since the latter episode.
	+ The first episode to not have the VeggieTales Theme Song instrumental in the credits.
	+ The first episode to feature the Milk Money Bandit since Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed.
	+ The first episode to feature Larry Manor since The League of Incredible Vegetables.
	+ The first episode to not feature Jerry Gourd, Mr. Nezzer, or Jean-Claude since LarryBoy and the Cape-Coat Caper.
	+ The first episode to not feature Pa Grape or Phillippe since Samson's Bad Hair Day.
	+ The first episode in which Alfred communicates with LarryBoy via his plungers since The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly.
	+ The first episode in which Jimmy appears without Jerry since LarryBoy and the Cape-Coat Caper.
	+ The first episode in which the Fiesta Trio appear, but only Frog speaks.
	+ The first LarryBoy Episode of The VeggieTales Show to feature Swiper since LarryBoy and the Cape-Coat Caper.
	+ The first LarryBoy episode of The VeggieTales Show to feature a villian who is first time he voices someone other than Sean Chiplock.
	+ The first LarryBoy episode to be based on a book.
* This was released exactly 16 years after Lord of the Beans.
* This was the fourteenth episode in production, while it was the twenty-second episode released.

### Remarks

* The Emperor's appearance is significantly different from the book:
	+ He is a yellow tomato instead of red.
	+ He wears a red polka-dotted bow tie instead of a blue shirt and red robe.
	+ He wears enormous, nerdy glasses instead of a monocle.
	+ He has a mustache, whereas in the original book, he had no facial hair.
* The Milk Money Bandit is shown to be a gourd in this episode rather than being portrayed by Scallion #3, although the latter himself appears in this episode as well.
	+ Furthermore, the Milk Money Bandit is actually a modified version of Gourdon Smithson.
* The Milk Money Bandits (and by extension, the Choco-Bandits) are indirectly confirmed to have been working for the Emperor of Envy all along. Paired with the knowledge from the novel that the Emperor is LarryBoy's "arch-nemesis," it makes a lot of sense that he would be the brain behind one of LarryBoy's oldest recurring enemies.
* This episode confirmed that an entire group of Milk Money Bandits operates in Bumblyburg, as opposed to just Scallion #3, which may explain why the LarryBoy website used to label the bandit as notoriously hard to catch, as in their "Catch the Crook" activity. (However, this group was already present, as the website confirmed, in Flibber-o-loo.)
* LarryBoy (and later Frank) acknowledges that the Super Slushie Shoppe is having its grand opening in this episode. However, the shop may have already opened before the events of this episode, as Jean-Claude and Phillipe were seen with slushies (presumably from said shop) in the previous LarryBoy episode.
* Throughout the episode, Scallion #2 has a much different voice compared to his normal one. Although this is not exactly confirmed, this voice change was likely done to avoid any confusion between him and Scallion #3, whose current voice sounds very much like Scallion #2's.
* The Scallions have different nose colors in this episode as opposed to their previous appearance in The VeggieTales Show.
	+ Scallion #1's nose is black instead of dark navy blue (although it briefly changes to dark purple (similar to his original nose color from the original show) when he and Krazy Kenny surround Vogue).
	+ Scallion #2's nose is dark green instead of dark teal, although it briefly changes to dark blue during his and Scallion #3's face-off against S-Cape and later becomes the same green color as his skin during the final battle.
	+ Scallion #3's nose is a darker shade of green instead of light green, although it briefly become a lighter shade of green when LarryBoy attacks him.
		- Likewise, Krazy Kenny's nose is a light green instead of dark green.
* Frank and Jesse's models are recycled from Wicker's potato henchmen from Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella, albeit with added pink aprons.
* The crowd somehow disappears from inside the Slushie Shoppe during the shot when the Emperor says "One."
* Despite the LarryMobile or the LarryPlane not appearing in this episode, Thingamabob mentions the LarryPlane when he states that he wishes he'd flown it. Oddly, though, he refers to the LarryPlane as the "LarryJet."
* When S-Cape first counts to ten in alphabetical order, he starts at five rather than eight. This is technically incorrect because five starts with an "f," which comes after "e," the letter in which eight starts with. However, when S-Cape counts to ten in alphabetical order for the second time, he does so in the correct alphabetical order, with eight being the first number.
* It is unknown how Scallion #1 was able to free himself from the net that S-Cape trapped him in before he and Krazy Kenny faced off against Vogue in the final battle.
* Ricochet wishes he was as tall as S-Cape, even though he's taller than S-Cape.

### Goofs

* Although technically not a goof, The Emperor of Envy slides when he says "This is gonna be perfect."
* Scallion #1 is mistakenly given Scallion #2 or #3's voice throughout the episode.
	+ Similarly, Scallion #2's voice changes in-between dialogue when he faces Ricochet.
* Some of the characters' voices are either low-pitched or high-pitched in certain scenes:
	+ The Milk Money Bandit's voice is low-pitched when he first speaks. This also occurs when he faces Thingamabob during the final battle.
	+ Jesse's voice is high-pitched in some scenes.
	+ When the Emperor says "Oh, look! Who fits perfectly into Mr. Big's Big-Boy Clothing now?", his voice is high-pitched.
	+ Frank's voice is low-pitched when he says "Yeah, the irony."
	+ Scallions #1 and #3's voices become low-pitched during the final battle.
	+ When LarryBoy begins tricking Frank, his voice is not pitch-shifted when he says "Good work, Alfred," and is high-pitched when he tells Frank to capture him.
* The Emperor's mouth does not move when he counts from six to eight. He also freezes after he stops in the middle of the road.
	+ Additionally, when he says "Nine," his mouth moves as if he were laughing, but he does not actually do so until after he says "Nine."
* When LarryBoy says "Well, maybe, yes," his lips do not move when he says "maybe."
* The departicleizer appears on top of the ice cream truck in an overhead view of Bumblyburg, but then it disappears in the next shot.
* Despite the Slushie Shoppe being shrunken down to be slightly bigger than The Emperor of Envy, it is bigger when Alfred takes Jimmy's slushie.
* LarryBoy changes positions in the jail cell when he says "Or Ricochet's ability to sing the highest notes," but switches back to the position he was already in when he tells Ricochet that everyone knows he's special.
* When the Emperor shouts at Frank and Jesse for making the clothes shop too small, the departicleizer appears to be moving (or rather, bouncing) by itself.
* The Scallions' noses change color at certain points in this episode (see *Remarks*).
* When the League compliments Frank, Ricochet's mouth moves as if he were talking along with them, but nothing actually comes out of his mouth.
* Frank and Jesse switch places when Frank says "Jesse, you look kinda sleepy."
* When the Emperor nervously congratulates the League for capturing all of the bad guys, he is seen floating above the ground.
* When Mayor Blueberry says "You did it, League," her mouth does not move.
* After the League takes the smoothies from the tray Mayor Blueberry is holding, the tray becomes empty. However, three more smoothies suddenly appear on the tray in the next shot. Then, the tray becomes empty again in the next closeup shot of Mayor Blueberry.
* In the scene where Vogue is going against Scallion #1 and Krazy Kenny, when they are both spinning around Vogue, Krazy Kenny vanishes for a split second (if you slow down the scene with Vogue, Scallion #1 and Krazy Kenny).
* There are a few errors shown in the credits:
	+ Jimmy is incorrectly listed with Mike Nawrocki's list of characters.
	+ Krazy Kenny is not listed with Phil Vischer's list of characters.
	+ Fiesta Trio Frog is not listed with Marc Weiner's list of characters.
	+ The Emperor of Envy is named "Emperor Envy."

### Inside References

* The opening exchange between the Milk Money bandit, Callie, and Laura directly mirrors that of Percy and Lil Pea with the Scallion #3 bandit in Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed.
* The Scallions being bandits in this episode is a most likely callback to their roles as bandits in previous episodes.
* The posters at the movie theater are the same ones from the previous LarryBoy episodes.
* "The Green-Eyed Monster from Outer Space Returns," the title of the movie that Laura and Callie watched at the beginning of the episode, could be a likely reference to the *3-2-1 Penguins!* episode, The Green-Eyed Monster.
	+ Also, both episodes feature a lesson in thankfulness and dealing with envy.
		- Furthermore, the verse that the Emperor quotes is Proverbs 14:30, which is the same verse that was used in said episode.
* The Emperor's glasses are actually Larry's from The Best Christmas Gift and A ShakeSparagus Play, albeit now bigger and with the bridge being covered by a brown rubber band.
* The Milk Money Bandit and the Emperor both make remarks about LarryBoy's plungers being used to unclog toilets, which is a callback to Scallini's remark about the same thing in LarryBoy and the Cape-Coat Caper.
* The audio recording of LarryBoy's "Woa-uh!" when he tries to capture the Emperor of Envy is reused from a few previous episodes.
* The audio recording of S-Cape's scream when he and Thingamabob are riding on the ice cream truck is re-used from The Wonderfulness of Wisdom and Samson's Bad Hair Day.
* The Super Slushie Shoppe's walls, chairs, and floor appear to be re-used pieces of the malt shop from Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush, albeit now with the tiles green instead of orange.
* A rendition of LarryBoy's theme from the last LarryBoy episode is heard when LarryBoy chases the Emperor.
* The bus that nearly runs over the Emperor is actually a recolored version of the VeggieTones' bus from Beauty and the Beet, albeit also with the sign removed.
* Alfred communicating with LarryBoy via his plungers is a very likely callback to the cartoon LarryBoy show.
* The ice cream cone one of the citizens holds is the same as Pa's from The One and Only You!, except the shrimp is removed and a cherry has been added to it.
* The hats that two of the citizens wear are recolored versions of Professor Rattan's hat from the Minnesota Cuke episodes and Mr. Lunt's hat from Forgiveness Brings the Fixing.
* The birds that surround the two citizens eating popcorn are re-used from The Little House That Stood and Being Gentle Makes You Great.
* The audio recording of LarryBoy's cheering is re-used from Forgiveness Brings the Fixing. Additionally, the audio recording of him screaming when he charges towards Scallion #3 is re-used from the past two LarryBoy episodes.
* Jimmy being shrunk would be a callback to Shrink-abeezer since he was shrunk then.

### Real-World References

* The dialogue between Laura and Callie at the beginning of the episode is quite similar to a scene from *The Snoopy Show* episode, "Frightfully Snoopy."
* When LarryBoy catches the Milk Money Bandit, he shouts "Get over here!" This is a likely reference to Scorpion's catchphrase from the *Mortal Kombat* franchise.
* When the Emperor is about to take over Bumblyburg, he refers to himself as "Mr. Big." This could be a likely reference to the character of the same name from the 2016 Disney film, *Zootopia,* the villain of the same name from *WordGirl*, the name of a minor villain from the *My Pet Monster* episode, “Gorill’a My Dreams”, or the character name used by Hans Hamster in the *New Looney Tunes* episode, "Dorlock Vice."