Heather Wold (episode)

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**Heather Wold** is the eleventh episode of VeggieTales. This story's protagonist is the character with the same name and is loosely based on the French book "Madame Bovary".

## Plot

The show opens up with Bob alone with Larry driving a vehicle in the background. When Larry drives up, he says that it's his new "Soo-Vee Action Jeep", a thing that Larry has been wanting for a long time. He also says that he also needs the "Soo-Vee Action Camper" next. Wondering how much stuff that Larry needs to be happy, Bob asks for a story based on Larry's desires for new stuff. Hearing Bob's request, the French Peas come by and tell the story of "Heather Wold."

In the story, Heather Wold is a very sad girl because she is ungrateful for all the things she owns. Every day, her butlers (Bob and Larry) come to her house to help her around the house. One day, after she cries over things that she doesn't own, Heather Wold, Bob, and Larry look out her window and see a new store being built. Then, three crooked salesmen (The Scallions), come by and say that they represent a new store being built down the street, called the Stuff-Mart. They then begin to manipulate Heather Wold (through song) that she will be very happy if she buys a lot of items that she doesn't need. Heather Wold agrees to go shopping, much to Bob's dismay.

On the way to the stuff mart, Heather Wold and the rest of the gang notices a poor little girl (Annie) celebrating her birthday with one piece of pie that her family could only afford. She then sings about being thankful for what she has. Heather Wold begins to wonder what makes her happy despite being dirt poor, but forgets upon entering the Stuff-Mart. Once inside the giant store, she begins to buy a lot of useless products and has them shipped to her house. At the food court, Heather Wold notices a little boy (Junior) excited about a train set that he's always wanted, but his dad says that he can't afford it and asks if he'd like a ball instead. The boy changes his mind by saying yes to the ball, and sings the same song the poor girl sang earlier. Wondering why the children who don't have a lot are happy and she is grumpy while she has a lot, Heather Wold realizes that they have happy hearts and that buying a lot of useless things isn't making her any happier. She dismisses the Scallions and heads on home.

As the trio head on out, they notice that Heather Wold's house is tipping over from the excessive amount of bought items. The gang get in shopping carts (except Larry, who is in a carrying basket) and head over to the house to stop the remaining deliveries from flooding the house. As they head there, the back door begins to open, so the items everywhere in the house begin to pour out and land in the lake behind the house. Bob thinks that her house is alright, but right on cue, the sudden loss of weight causes the house to be flung across the town and crash-land upon a dangerous impact.

Later that evening, after the destructive disaster, Heather Wold is comforted by her butlers, the poor girl's family, and the little boy with his dad at the picnic table. They begin to sing the same song that the poor girl and the little boy sang earlier and Heather Wold believes that everything will turn out alright in the end.

Back on the countertop, Bob and Larry are sobbing emotionally about the story. The French Peas appear again and, now in an impatiently manner (despite being guests), remind them that they need to wrap up the show. Then, they head over to Qwerty for the bible verse of the day. The Bible verse that Qwerty pulls up is Proverbs 15:27a: "He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house." Larry decides that even if he never gets the camper for his jeep, he will be happy for what he already owns as they sign out, ending the episode.

## Characters

* Bob the Tomato
* Larry the Cucumber
* Junior Asparagus
* The Scallions
* The French Peas
* Heather Wold
* Mike Asparagus
* Annie Onion
* Annie's Parents
* Goliath (Banner)
* Fibrilious Minimus (Banner)
* Jimmy Gourd
* Jerry Gourd
* Mr. Lunt
* Burger Bell Clown
* Archibald Asparagus
* Pa Grape
* Buzz-Saw Louie (*picture cameo*)
* Phil Winklestien (Banner)
* Art Bigotti (Banner)
* Gladis Mushroom (Banner)
* Woman Voice (Singing)
* Lovey Asparagus (banner)

## Songs

* VeggieTales Theme Song
* I'm So Blue
* Stuff-Mart Suite
* Stuff Mart Rap
* The Thankfulness Song
* What Have We Learned
* Stuff Stuff, Mart Mart

## Home media

*Main article: Heather Wold (episode)/Home video*
## Fun Facts

#### Moral

* Be grateful for what you have.
* Being greedy makes you miserable and very grumpy.

#### Explanations

* The kitchen sink being the last item is a visual gag on the term "Everything but the kitchen sink".
* Toaster ovens are miniature ovens that work the same way as a regular stove-top one.

#### Trivia

* This episode was the first for several things:
	+ The first appearance of Heather Wold, as well as the first episode revolving around her and Bob's relationship.
	+ The first episode Annie appears with other characters known as her parents. She first appeared in The Toy That Saved Christmas with her Grandpa George.
	+ The first episode Mr. Lunt appears without Mr. Nezzer.
	+ The first episode to feature the 1998 logo and opening montage.
	+ This is the first time What Have We Learned started without Bob saying "It's time to talk about what we learned today" or "We're over here by Qwerty to talk about what we learned today". Instead, Jean Claude says "Hit it, boys!" to start the song.
	+ This is the first time Qwerty is positioned at the very corner of the countertop wall (almost touching the wall), though in older episodes he was positioned a few inches away from the wall.
* This episode was the last for a few things:
	+ This is the last episode to use the VeggieTales intro from 1993 to 1997.
	+ This is also the last episode where the bible verse of the day was only half a verse.
* Mike Nawrocki read the interactive storybook version on Mimi and Linus van Pelt's Big River Rescue.
* The "Allow Us To Introduce Ourselves" line later became a meme.
* The script for this episode was finalized in 1997, one year before this episode was released.
* This is the only episode Jennifer Combs worked on with John Wahba, Daniel Patrick O'Brien, Steve Leeper, Scott Nelson, Chuck Ramsey and Jeremy Vickery.
* The "Nezzer's Clock" Pattern is shown on the pajama display during the shopping sequence.
* There exists an extremely rare early 2002 VHS reprint of this episode by Lyrick Studios/HiT Entertainment. It has a black tape with a white ink label, and it has a print date of March 15, 2002.

#### Remarks

* The poster depicts the Fib with electric powers, which he never displayed in the episode he was in.
* Towards the end of the episode, Bob and Larry are seen crying without any tears in their eyes, but only Bob does have tears in his eyes.
* The previews option has a preview for the episode itself.﻿

#### Goofs/Errors

* There is very loose continuity on the appearances of the orange wig Heather Wold wears throughout the episode.
* When Larry first drives past Bob on the countertop, his mouth is missing.
* Closed-Caption spell "Soo-Vee" as "Susie".
* In I'm So Blue, while Heather Wold sings the line "Just look at this sofa of Edward and Tammy's, and lovely armoire where they keep all their jammies", an animation error featuring a question mark over on Heather Wold's mouth can be spotted for one frame before the shot shifts to Bob and Larry.
* When Larry trips over the ceramic fish while carrying the tray of tea to Heather Wold, the teapot and cup do not shatter like they would in real life.
* There is a shot where the inside of Heather Wold's mouth is missing while she is shopping through the store aisles.
* The shadows on the toy train set do not follow the movement of the train itself in various shots of it.
* During the shot where the camera zooms out on Junior and his dad singing the end of " The Thankfulness Song", the various banners and shopping carts in the background appear to "buzz" due to a rendering error.
	+ Various shadows can be spotted flickering as well.
* Heather Wold often clips through the cushions of her sofa while she is sitting.
* After Heather Wold gets off her shopping cart, the pea driver appears to glitch out a bit.
* Annie in one shot is shown with no mouth.
* After most of the stuff falls out of Heather's house, both Bob and Heather Wold appear smaller than how they appeared in the previous shot.
* The air compressor clips through the wall when it flies out the door.
	+ Also, in the same shot, one of the wood supports for the house glitches a bit.
* While the overshot shot of Heather's house flying, there's a black hole in the middle of the bottom of the house.
* When Junior and Annie are shown singing at the end, the plate of pie is missing from the picnic table and then it reappears. They also change positions between shots.
* Still waters are shown.
* Qwerty's verse background stays on his screen even when he's done displaying the verse.

#### Inside References

* The Scallions as salesmen is likely a reference to what Scallion One was in the Forgive-o-matic segment.
* The way Bob said "Whaddaya suppose that is?" is in the same manner Percy said in You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown.
* Buzz-Saw Louie appears in a picture cameo above the balls during the moment Dad Asparagus says, "Sure, Junior!".
* When Heather Wold is spinning around in her chair to look at the butterfly flying by, there is a poster in the background featuring the Fib and Goliath fighting each other on an obscure space planet.

#### Real-World References

* Jerry Lewis, born in Newark, NJ, was a comedian and actor, known for his works such as 1963's "The Nutty Professor". He was known currently for hosting telethons supporting the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He passed away on August 20th, 2017.
* The way Jean Claude narrates some parts in rhyme is a similar manner towards the Madeline series (a children's series about a little girl in France, and the narrator would rhyme in a dime).
* Jeep is a car manufacturer.
* Junior mentions the train he wanted was a Casey Junior Deluxe working lights and real live stock smell. It sounds similar to the circus train from Dumbo.
* Annie's parents character design was based on Phil Vischer and Lisa Vischer and Annie is voiced by their daughter Shelby Vischer.

#### Fast Forward

* The Thankfulness Song would later be used in the original version of the Why We Do What We Do promo.

## Quotes

Bob the Tomato: Larry, how much stuff do you need to make you happy?

Larry the Cucumber: [Thoughtfully.] I don't know. How much stuff is there?

[Bob and Larry are crying]

Bob the Tomato: Oh, that was beautiful!

Larry the Cucumber: Hold me, Bob!

Bob the Tomato: I would if I could, man.

Jean Claude: Pull yourselves together!

Phillipe: Yes, you have a show to wrap up!

Bob the Tomato: Oh, you're right. (sniff) I'm sorry, where were we?

Larry the Cucumber: [chuckles] Heather Wold!

[Bob and Larry crying]

Jean Claude: All right! That does it! Cue the music!

Phillipe: Unless, of course, you have any objections?

Bob: No, I don't care. Go ahead.

Jean-Claude: Hit it boys!

[after the What Have We Learned song, Bob sighs]

Jean-Claude: Well?

Bob: (finally calm) Okay, I can do this.

Larry: Me too.

Phillipe: All right, but make it snappy! (they leave)

Larry: (sniffs) Heather Wold learned that being greedy makes you grumpy, but a thankful heart is a happy heart. (smiles)

## Miscellaneous

### Concept art and sketches

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