Little Things Matter

**Little Things Matter** is the eighth episode of The VeggieTales Show, which teaches a lesson in faithfulness.

## Summary

Madame Blueberry is upset that Junior failed to water her prized plant while she was out of town. Junior told her that he would water her prized plants! Junior thought it was no big deal, since it was just a plant. So Pa Grape and Archie teach Junior the importance of being faithful to what you say you will do using two biblical narratives: the parable of the talents and the story of David and Jonathan’s friendship.

## Characters

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

## Songs

* The VeggieTales Show Theme Song
* Start with Something Small
* A Beautiful Day for a Bloom
* Backpack, Backpack
* David is the Guy
* Silly Songs with Larry: Wanna Wallaby
* Little Stuff
* Faithfulness

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first episode since The Best Christmas Gift to be announced before its release date.
	+ The first episode to have two Bible stories since The Little House That Stood.
	+ The first episode to have Mr. Nezzer play a role in the show.
	+ The first episode to feature Goliath since The Best Christmas Gift.
	+ The first episode to feature Miss Achmetha and Khalil since It's Cool to Be Kind.
	+ The first episode where Junior wears his trademark cap and his red and cream striped polo, and the first time when he does so since Celery Night Fever.
	+ The first episode to be released on the planned date.
	+ The first time when Miss Minchin appears in a work related to VeggieTales since Beauty and the Beet.
	+ The first time when Larry plays the role of a prince in 10 years. The first time was Sweetpea Beauty.
	+ The first episode to have a Silly Song without the opening line "And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry, the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a silly song." (or at least a variant of said line) since Pants from Sweetpea Beauty.
	+ The first episode to not feature Wubbzy since It's Cool to Be Kind.
	+ The first episode to not feature Map since The Bridge to Caballee.
	+ The first episode in which Daizy appears without Wubbzy since It's Cool to Be Kind.
	+ The first episode in which Backpack appears without Map since The Bridge to Caballee.
	+ The first episode where Backpack does not sing her full song since The Bridge to Caballee.
* This was the twelfth episode in production, while it was the eighth episode released.
* The first segment of this episode is a retelling of the Parable of the Talents.
* According to storyboard artist Olanda Fong-Surdenas' ArtStation portfolio, Tod Carter was originally the director for this episode.
* From this episode onwards, "NBCUniversal" in the "Trilogy Animation Group and NBCUniversal Presents" title card is now replaced with "Universal Pictures".

### Remarks

* Stephanie Southerland is credited for voicing Miss Achmetha instead of Elise Napier. It is unknown whether or not this was just a mistake.
* Grey DeLisle is credited for voicing Daizy instead of Tara Strong.
* It is also unknown whether or not this was also just a mistake.

### Goofs

* When the episode was originally released on Yippee, the video quality was slightly low, with interlaced frames and twitching of the screen a few times. This was fixed later in the day.
* During the opening backstage scene, Madame Blueberry loses her pearl necklace as she shouts, "There's the culprit!".

### Inside References

* Bob's line "Is everything alright?" is the same thing he said to Archibald in Lyle the Kindly Viking.
* Madame Blueberry being upset at Junior for not taking care of her plant properly is similar to how Petunia felt when Larry messed up the same way in Larry's Cardboard Thumb
* Jimmy's band manager costume is loosely inspired on the original outfit he wore as a member of Boyz in the Sink.
* The set for Junior and Laura's bedrooms are based off their bedrooms from Celery Night Fever.
	+ Junior also reads a magazine featuring the Groovy Brothers, with an image taken from the same episode.
* After Pa Grape told a short story and then announced to call it a day, that actually happened in Gideon: Tuba Warrior
* The entirety of the "David and Jonathan" play makes several references to Dave and the Giant Pickle:
	+ The sets and backdrops depict similars designs to the original episode, including King Saul's and the Philistines' tents.
	+ At the beginning, when the fight between David and Goliath is shown, an instrumental of Big Things Too as well as some of the original episode's score can be heard.
	+ Goliath acknowledges that they're doing the story of David and Goliath again.
	+ Several costumes are reused for the play; specifically the original costumes for Junior, Jimmy, Jerry and Archibald (with Archibald's costume now being worn by Mr. Nezzer).
* The throne room is re-used from A ShakeSparagus Play.
* Larry's costume for Jonathan is a reuse of his costume for Boaz from The Power of Love, with modifications to the color of the costume and the part covering the top of his head removed.
* Laura's costume is re-used from A Lifetime Supply of Joy and It's Cool to Be Kind.
* Miss Achmetha's costume is a reuse of her costume for Orpah from The Power of Love.
* Archibald interrupting the Wallaby song is a reference to other times when he's interrupted Silly Songs.
* The verse at the end is re-used from the *VeggieTales in the House* episode Puppies and Guppies.

### Real-World References

* The band of plants is a parody of The Beatles.
* Rhonda's letter mentions that her school has a rabbit named Snowball, which could be a possible reference to the character of the same name from the 2016 Illumination film, *The Secret Life of Pets*.