Dave and the Giant Pickle

**Dave and the Giant Pickle** is the fifth episode of VeggieTales. The episode is a retelling of the Bible story of David and Goliath that focuses on the topic of self-esteem. Also featured is the first appearance of Larry’s superhero persona, Larry-Boy and the silly song; Love My Lips.

## Plot

### Act 1

A long time ago in a country named Israel, Dave (Junior Asparagus) was a shepherd who lived with his three brothers (Jimmy and Jerry Gourd and Tom Grape) and his father Jesse (Pa Grape). Every day while Dave tended his sheep, the sheep would tip over and his older brothers would pick on him by making him pick up their tipped over sheep and get them food. One day, Jesse comes running to the boys to tell them something. He accidentally bumps into a line of sheep and asks Dave to pick them up, which utterly irritates Dave. Jesse tells his sons that Israel's sworn enemies, the Philistines, are attacking. In order to defeat them, Israel's king, King Saul (Archibald Asparagus) is putting together an army to defeat the Philistines. Dave and his brothers head towards the battlegrounds, but Dave is stopped by his father. Jesse tells Dave that he was too small to fight for the army, and leaves Dave to take care of the sheep himself. As he watches his brothers go to battle, Dave becomes sad and wonders why little people couldn't do big things.

At the battlefield, the army of the Israelites was camped out on one hill while the Philistines were on another hill. The Philistines began to throw insults at the Israelites. Then the two upfront Philistines (Jean-Claude and Cristoffe Pea) begin to make a deal with the Israelites. The two armies will bring out their great champions and if one of them wins, the losing army will be the winning army's slaves. King Saul agrees to the offer and the Philistines bring out their champion, a giant pickle named Goliath.

### Act 2

The Israelites are frightened by the sight of Goliath and they run away and hide. Goliath came back day after day for 40 days to see who would fight him. But every time he showed up, all the Israelites were in hiding. After a while, Jesse begins to worry about his boys, and he sends Dave to the campgrounds to deliver some pizza. On the grounds, Dave sees his brothers in hiding from Goliath and overhears Goliath calling the Israelites cowards. Fed up with no one willing to fight Goliath, Dave goes to King Saul and says that he'll fight the giant. King Saul has major doubts that Dave, at his young age, can defeat Goliath. Dave, through song, convinces Saul to let him out on the field. Saul tells Dave to put on his old royal armor. Dave's not fit for the armor and says that he'll confront Goliath with all he has and the will of God. Saul reluctantly lets Dave go out and fight.

As Dave heads for the camp, he stops by a stream and picks up five smooth stones. At the camps, Dave goes to Goliath and accepts his challenge. Goliath suits up in his boxing uniform and heads out in the battlefield and confronts Dave. Dave then takes a stone he picked up and uses a slingshot to fling the stone at Goliath. The stone hits Goliath's head, knocking him completely out. The Israelites are cheering with victory as the Philistines run away in defeat and fear. The story ends with Dave riding on his sheep in the sunset, and falling off.

## Release Dates

* April 2, 1996 (Word Entertainment)
* August 25, 1998 (Lyrick Studios)
* March 28, 2000 (Lyrick Studios/Word Entertainment reprint)
* June 18, 2002 (WEA)
* February 10, 2004 (VeggieTales Classics reprint by Sony Wonder/Word Entertainment, DVD)
* February 10, 2009 (Genius Entertainment/Word Entertainment reprint)

## Bonus Features

* Audio Commentary
* Behind the Scenes
* Kids Commentary

### Fun!

* Dave's Trivia Challenge
* Interactive Storybook: Junior and Laura Share the Year Together
* Pizza Delivery Maze
* Rock, Sword, Boxing Gloves Game
* Sing Along: Big Things Too!
* How to Draw:
	+ Goliath
	+ The Sheep
* Family Fun Activity: Umbilical Cord
* DVD-Rom Fun

## Previews

### 2004

* Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
* The Ballad of Little Joe
* A Snoodle's Tale
* Sumo of the Opera
* An Easter Carol
* VeggieTales Classics:
	+ Dave and the Giant Pickle
	+ Madame Blueberry
	+ Rack, Shack & Benny
	+ Josh and the Big Wall
	+ The Toy That Saved Christmas
	+ King George and the Ducky
* The Star of Christmas

### 2009

* The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
* Big River Rescue
* 3-2-1 Penguins!: Blast in Space!
* 3-2-1 Penguins!: Save the Planets
* Heroes of the Bible Vol. 3

## Trivia

* Not only does this video mark the debut of LarryBoy, but also Goliath and the French Peas.
* Although the story says that Dave had seven brothers, only three were seen.
* According to the script, Bob wasn’t originally going to explain what the Philippines are.
* On the 2004 DVD, the sing along version of Big Things Too is from The End of Silliness?.
* In the commentary, Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki talk about Duke and the Great Pie War
	+ This means that the commentary was recorded in 2003 or 2004

## Gallery

2004 VeggieTales Classics DVD Cover1998 / 2000 / 2002 VHS Cover2004 VeggieTales Classics VHS Cover2000 Word Entertainment VHS Tspe1998 VHS / Book ComboThe 'Love My Lips' song featuring a sketch of Mike Nawrocki since 2004.