Archibald Asparagus

**Archibald "Archie" Asparagus** is the teteragonist of the VeggieTales franchise.

## Bio

Archibald first appeared in VeggieTales Promo: Take 38. He at this point was an unnamed snooty British asparagus who criticized the idea of VeggieTales being a children's show. He wasn't named Archibald until Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, where he bashes Larry singing silly songs and is the actor of King Darius in "Daniel and the Lions' Den".

## Personality

He is usually depicted as snooty, intolerable of nonsense, funny, or royal. He often plays as kings, geniuses, and authority figures. He is quite eccentric, to say the least. He often uses complex vocabulary, which often confuses some of the other veggies. He has shown intolerance for Silly Songs in earlier shows, but as years have gone by, he loosened up and even performed in his own silly songs.

As of VeggieTales in the City and VeggieTales in the House, he has also become mayor of the town. He apparently always makes the French Peas, Jean Claude and Phillipe, clean up garbage in the park, but never helps. But since the VeggieTales Show was produced, Archie's role of being an average character to the cast returned.

## Physical Appearance

He is a tall, slender adult asparagus, as he looks similar to Mike Asparagus, but he has a long nose and wears a red bowtie and a monocle on his right eye.

Later on, in VeggieTales in the House and City, he started to wear a white shirt and a dark blue garment. He also gained brown eyes.

However, in The VeggieTales Show, he has switched back into his original design.

### SpongeBob SquarePants

He hosts the live-action segments with Bardy the Human (played by VeggieTales actor Jerry Keller). He is the puppet that resembles Archibald's design, but his red bowtie is bigger and his monocle was the same as VeggieTales. This puppet was made by Michael Curry, who designed the puppets for VeggieTales Live! shows.

## Voice Actors

* Phil Vischer (1993-2022)
* Jerry Keller (1993-present)
* Justin Barrett (*A Very Veggie Christmas Live!* *only*)

## Puppeteers

### VeggieTales Live!

* Rodney Purvis ("VeggieTales Live! On Stage")
* Dave Kennedy ("Rockin' Tour Live", "God Made You Special Live!", "Archibald: Simon Says")
* Willy Heardin ("A Very Veggie Christmas Live!")
* Zack Simpson ("Sing Yourself Silly")
* Gary Collins ("Happy Birthday Bob and Larry")

### SpongeBob SquarePants

* Andrew Keegan ("Christmas Who?" to "Party Pooper Pants")
* Eddie Cibrian ("Ugh" to "The Sponge Who Could Fly")
* Bart Johnson ("Friend or Foe", "Truth or Square")
* Deren LeRoy ("Atlantis SquarePantis")
* Ben Diskin ("It's a SpongeBob Christmas")
* Tim Kang ("Feral Friends" to "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout")

#### Media appearances

* Rick Avery ("U-Pick Live")
* Brian Avery ("2004 Kids Choice Awards!")
* Alex Daniels ("Where's Gary? Sweepstakes")
* Mark Aaron Wagner ("Best Day Ever marathon")
* Richard Bekins ("SpongeBob Z-A Countdown")
* Charlie Carver ("The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash")
* Jermaine Holt ("SpongeBob's Legends of Bikini Bottom")
* Leland Orser ("Big Time Beach Party")
* Max Carver ("Archibald's Playlist")

## Fun Facts

* According to his voice actor (as well as VeggieTales creator), Phil Vischer, Archibald is his tribute to John Cleese of Monty Python fame.
* He is sometimes known for boring other characters with his words and most people sometimes don't even know what he's saying.
* His monocle had no glass until "Dave and the Giant Pickle".
* The color of his monocle sometimes goes from bronze to silver to gold.
* Even though they're not related, both he and Junior share the same birthday.
* He is one of the few characters to star in a VeggieTales movie along with Mr. Lunt, Larry, and Pa Grape.
* His first appearance was in VeggieTales Promo: Take 38. At that time, he was unnamed and was used by Phil Vischer to be an asparagus version of Monty Python's John Cleese. In it, he says about how terrible VeggieTales would be as a kid's show. His wife would say that she finds the idea rather interesting.
	+ He first received his name in the 1994 reprint of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, as his name was listed in the opening credits for the episode's second segment "Daniel and the Lion's Den". If the episode had no alterations in the reprint and was kept the same as it was in its original 1993 version, Archibald would've been left unnamed until the Silly Song segment of Dave and the Giant Pickle.
* In Daniel and the Lions' Den, he is seen without his monocle during the King Darius Suite.
* According to the original Qubo website from 2006, his favorite food is roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, and he loves to play croquet.
* Because he got after Larry for his silly songs twice in The Water Buffalo Song and most of all, The Song of the Cebú, it could be considered that Archibald is exacting.
* Lyle the Kindly Viking and LarryBoy and the Bad Apple are the only 2 shows he's ever hosted.
* According to A Lifetime Supply of Joy, his favorite kind of cookie is oatmeal raisin, without the raisins.
* According to Phil Vischer on the 20 Questions With Phil on his website, he stated that Archie was most likely an only child growing up.
* According to a resume, former animator Justin Barrett voiced Archibald in A Very Veggie Christmas Live!.