VeggieTales Timeline

This is a **timeline** on many of the events and releases that happened at Big Idea.

## 1993

### Releases

* December 21st - Where's God When I'm S-Scared?

## 1994

### Releases

* August 23rd - God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! was released with the 1994 version of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?

## 1995

### Releases

* January - Are You My Neighbor?
* October 1st - Rack, Shack and Benny
* November 21st - VeggieTunes

### Other

* December 15th - The first meet-and-greet with Bob and Larry was held at the Baptist Book Store.
* The first VeggieTales merchandise was released.

## 1996

### Releases

* April 2nd - Dave and the Giant Pickle
* October 19th - The Toy That Saved Christmas and A Very Veggie Christmas

### Other

* December 10th - Six videos of VeggieTales (Latin Spanish dub) were released.

## 1997

### Releases

* February 4th - Very Silly Songs!
* April 11th - Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!
* October - Josh and the Big Wall!

### Other

* A newsletter called What's The Big Idea? was released.
* The books How Many Veggies?, Pa Grape's Shapes, Junior's Colors, and Bob and Larry's ABC's were released.
* Lyrick Studios became the first mass market distributor for VeggieTales.

## 1998

### Releases

* March 29th - The Grapes of Wrath, The Story of Flibber-o-loo, Are You My Neighbor?, Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space! were released by STARS.
* March 31st - Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories!
* July 21st - Madame Blueberry and VeggieTunes 2
* August 25th - More of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories!
* November 24th - The End of Silliness?

### Other

* January 6th - Madame Blueberry was originally going to have the 1994 version of the theme song and the box cover with the original VeggieTales logo, but due to a change with the logo, theme song and also box cover art design taking place in 1998, they decided to revise the box cover and use the 1998 theme song instead.
* The VeggieTales Theme Song was re-animated.
* VeggieTown Values was released.
* Archibald's Opposites and Time for Tom were released.
* November 21st - A Very Veggie Thanksgiving Party was broadcast via radio.
* November 24th - Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed was originally going to be released on the same day that The End of Silliness? was released on, but for an unknown reason, they decided to switch the release date with the episode The End of Silliness?, making this one pushed back to July 27, 1999.
* December 19th - The VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular! aired on Pax TV.

## 1999

### Releases

* July 27th - Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed
* November 9th - Junior's Favorite Stories

### Other

* July 24th - Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed premiered at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando, Florida.

## 2000

### Releases

* February 29th - VeggieTown Values On The Job
* April 11th - King George and the Ducky
* April 25th - A Taste of VeggieTales
* May 23rd - Larry's Favorite Stories!
* September 30th - Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen
* October 31st - A Queen, a King, and a Very Blue Berry
* November 14th - 3-2-1 Penguins!: Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn

## 2001

### Releases

* March 24th - Lyle the Kindly Viking
* July 20th - 3-2-1 Penguins!: The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka
* September 15th - The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
* September 18th - Classics from the Crisper!
* November 16th - 3-2-1 Penguins!: The Amazing Carnival of Complaining

### Other

* The teaser for Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie was released.
* The Super Fantastic Veggie Fan Club was released.

## 2002

### Releases

* March 5th - Heroes of the Bible!: Lions, Shepherds and Queens (Oh My!)/Stand Up, Stand Tall, Stand Strong!
* March 16th - LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures: The Angry Eyebrows
* May 21st - 3-2-1 Penguins! Episodes 1, 2 , and 3
* July 30th - Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More!
* August 27th - LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures: Leggo My Ego!
* September 21st - 3-2-1 Penguins!: Runaway Pride at Lightstation Kilowatt
* October 4th - Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie comes into theaters.
* October 29th - The Star of Christmas
* November 26th - LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures: The Yodelnapper!
* December 21st - 3-2-1 Penguins!: The Doom Funnel Rescue

### Other

* January 29th - VeggieTales Live! was released.
* October 1st - The Great Cheese Squeeze: A Gruntly & Iggy Adventure was released.
* Three video games were made: The Mystery of Veggie Island, Veggie Carnival and Jonah: A VeggieTales Game.
* Book adaptations of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie were released.
* God Made You Special was released.

## 2003

### Releases

* March 4th - Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie arrives on VHS and DVD.
* May 20th - The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!
* June 10th - LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures: The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly
* July 1st - 3-2-1 Penguins!: Moon Menace on Planet Tell-a-Lie
* August 5th - The Ballad of Little Joe

### Other

* February 4th - VeggieTales Creativity City is released.
* August 5th - An Easter Carol was originally going to be released on the same day as The Ballad of Little Joe. However, since it was finished in early 2003, they decided to reschedule back to February 10, 2004.
* September 23rd - Minnesota Cuke and the Coconut Apes is released.
* November 4th - A Snoodle's Tale was originally going to be released to have Daniel and the Lion's Den after the feature, but for an unknown reason, they decided to switch the release dates with this episode to have The Story of Flibber-o-loo after the feature, making this one pushed back to May 18, 2004.

## 2004

### Releases

* February 10th - An Easter Carol
* March 9th - VeggieRocks!
* May 18th - A Snoodle's Tale
* August 31st - Sumo of the Opera
* October 5th - VeggieTunes 4 and Holiday Double Feature
* November 9th - Bob and Larry's How to Draw! and The Complete Silly Song Collection is released.
* Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, King George and His Duckies, Love Your Neighbor, and Madame Blueberry Learns to Be Thankful are released.

## 2005

### Releases

* March 8th - Duke and the Great Pie War
* June 25th - Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
* August 30th - Cuke & Duke Double Feature
* October 29th - Lord of the Beans

### Other

* March 5th - Os Amigos Vegetais premiered on Rede Record.

## 2006

### Releases

* March 11th - Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler
* July 29th - LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
* August 1st - Sing-Alongs: Dance of the Cucumber and Sing-Alongs: Do the Moo Shoo
* November 4th - Gideon: Tuba Warrior

### Other

* VeggieTales Rockin' Tour Live
* July 29th - LarryBoy and the Bad Apple arrives on Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2.
* September 9th - VeggieTales on TV, and 3-2-1 Penguins! begin airing on Nick Jr..
* October 24th - VeggieTales Dance, Dance, Dance!

## 2007

### Releases

* February 6th - Sing-Alongs: I Love My Lips and Sing-Alongs: I Can Be Your Friend
* March 3rd - Moe and the Big Exit
* August 11th - God Made You Special
* October 9th - The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's
* December 18th - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Sing Along Songs and More

### Other

* Two teasers for The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything are released.
* October 6th to December 15th - Five of the first season episodes of 3-2-1 Penguins! aired on Nick Jr..

## 2008

### Releases

* January 11th - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
	+ The movie later came out on DVD October 14th.
* February 12th - Lessons in Thankfulness and Courage Double Feature, Lessons in Telling the Truth and The Power of Words Double Feature, Lessons in Friendship and Facing Hardship Double Feature, and Silly Songs! Double Feature were released.
* May 6th - Lessons from the Sock Drawer
* June 15th - VeggieTales Greatest Hits
* July 15th - Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue

### Other

* February 16th - Wiki Tiki and Invasion of the Body Swappers! aired on Nick Jr..
* October 4th to November 15th - The second season of 3-2-1 Penguins! aired on Nick Jr..

## 2009

### Releases

* February 10th - Abe and the Amazing Promise
* March 3rd - Blast in Space!
* April 21st - Heroes of the Bible!: A Baby, A Quest, and the Wild, Wild West!
* August 1st - Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella
* October 6th - Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving
* October 20th - Escape from Planet Hold-a-Grudge!

## 2010

### Releases

* January 19th - Silly Little Thing Called Love
* February 20th - Pistachio - The Little Boy That Woodn't
* April 3rd - Sing-Alongs: Oh, Where is My Hairbrush?
* July 31st - Sweetpea Beauty
* October 5th - It's a Meaningful Life

## 2011

### Releases

* January 18th - Happy Together!
* March 8th - Twas The Night Before Easter
* June 4th - VeggieTales Live! Sing Yourself Silly
* August 13th - Princess and the Popstar
* September 10th - Bob Lends a Helping Hand/Larry Learns to Listen
* October 4th - The Little Drummer Boy
* December 1st - God Loves You Very Much
	+ It later came to retail stores January 2012.

## 2012

### Releases

* January 24th - If I Sang A Silly Song
* March 6th - Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men
* August 11th - The Penniless Princess
* September 16th - Little Ones Can Do Big Things Too!
* October 16th - The League of Incredible Vegetables
* December 26th - Lettuce Love One Another!

## 2013

### Releases

* March 5th - The Little House That Stood
* July 30th - MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle
* October - And Now It's Time for Silly Songs with Larry: The Complete Collection
* October 15th - Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas

## 2014

### Releases

* March 11th - Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier
* August 5th - Celery Night Fever
* October 14th - Beauty and the Beet
* November 26th - VeggieTales in the House (First third of Season 1)

## 2015

### Releases

* January 30th - VeggieTales in the House (Second third of Season 1)
* March 3rd - Noah's Ark
* April 17th - VeggieTales in the House (Final third of Season 1)
* September 25th - VeggieTales in the House (Season 2)

## 2016

### Releases

* March 25th - VeggieTales in the House (Season 3)
* September 23rd - VeggieTales in the House (Season 4)

## 2017

### Releases

* February 24th - VeggieTales in the City (Season 1)
* September 15th - VeggieTales in the City (Season 2)

## 2018

### Other

* March 31st - VeggieTales was announced to be cancelled.
* Paramount Home Entertainment takes over as the mass market distributor of VeggieTales.

## 2019

### Other

* March 28th - The VeggieTales Show is announced.

## 2020

### Releases

* January 12th - The Gift of Giving
* February 28th - God Wants Us to Make Peace
* February 29th - Heroes
* March 7th - Words
* March 21st - Generosity and Honor Your Parents
* March 25th - A Lifetime Supply of Joy
* April 2nd - The Power of Love
* April 6th - Love
* May 11th - God Thoughts
* May 14th - Courage
* May 23rd - Easter
* May 29th - It's Cool to Be Kind
* June 25th - Sharing
* June 30th - A ShakeSparagus Play
* July 30th - When Being Good Means Giving Up
* September 1st - Little Things Matter
* September 29th - All the Silly Songs - 60 Favorites
* September 30th - Patience Takes Practice
* October 30th - Being Gentle Makes You Great
* November 23rd - LarryBoy and the Cape-Coat Caper
* December 31st - The Wonderfulness of Wisdom

## 2021

### Releases

* January 1st - Forgiveness Brings the Fixing
* February 26th - A Tale of True Courage
* April 1st - Samson's Bad Hair Day
* April 30th - The Giving-est Day
* May 27th - The Good Shepherd
* June 1st - Fruit of the Spirit Stories: Love, Joy, Peace
* June 30th - The One and Only You!
* July 30th - LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows Trouble
* August 30th - Don't Give Up on Doing Good
* October 1st - Don't Stop Believing
* October 12th - Fruit of the Spirit Stories: Patience, Kindness, Goodness
* October 29th - LarryBoy and the Emperor of Envy
* November 5th - Fruit of the Spirit Songs
* December 31st - Naaman Takes a Bath

### Other

* June - Phil Vischer announced that he, along with his wife Lisa Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, and Kurt Heinecke, were fired by Paramount from working on future VeggieTales-related projects and that the characters voiced by the former three would be recast.

## 2022

### Releases

* February 1st - LarryBoy and the Menacing Mushroom
* March 1st - LarryBoy and Awful Alvin’s Grudge
* April 1st - The Grumble Cure

## Reprints

* Main article: Timeline/Re-release History