Don't Give Up on Doing Good

**Don't Give Up on Doing Good** is the twentieth episode of The VeggieTales Show, which teaches a lesson in perseverance.

## Plot

Bob is fed up. His show is languishing in second place, while his cross-town rival, Guy Broccoli, is in first place and getting all kinds of attention. Bob wants his show to have first place! Bob sees an opportunity to win by stopping Guy Broccoli from getting to his show! Pa Grape intervenes to tell the story of David who could have stopped his enemy, King Saul, by doing something wrong – yet David ultimately chose to do what was right. In the end we learn to trust God and to never grow weary in doing what's right and good.

## Characters

* Bob the Tomato
* Larry the Cucumber
* Archibald Asparagus
* Pa Grape
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd
* Mr. Nezzer
* Mr. Lunt
* The French Peas
* Madame Blueberry
* Petunia Rhubarb
* Guy Broccoli
* Wubbzy
* Widget
* Walden
* Daizy
* Dora
* Boots
* Backpack
* Map
* Swiper
* Fiesta Trio
* Benny
* Isa
* Tico
* Diego
* Baby Jaguar
* Junior Asparagus (*theme song only*)
* Jimmy Neutron (*theme song only*)
* Timmy Turner (*theme song only*)
* Bruce Onion (*non-speaking role; theme song only*)

## Songs

* The VeggieTales Show Theme Song
* Franklin
* Don't Grow Tired

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first appearances of Widget and Walden since their last appearances in Woozy Walden.
	+ The first episode to not have the word "the" in the title since Samson's Bad Hair Day.
	+ The first non-LarryBoy episode to not feature Junior since Samson's Bad Hair Day.
	+ The first episode to not feature Laura since The Wonderfulness of Wisdom.
	+ The first episode to not feature Jimmy and Timmy since The One and Only You!.
	+ The first time Bob's leaves are acknowledged, and the first time they're seen messed up since Josh and the Big Wall!
	+ The first episode to show the theater's bathroom.
	+ The first episode to have someone other than Bob say “Cue the theme song!” since Being Gentle Makes You Great. In this case, Petunia is the one who says this line.
	+ The first episode to introduce a character whose model isn't recycled from an existing character since Noah's Ark (not counting either of the Netflix shows).
	+ The first episode to feature a broccoli character since both of the Netflix shows.
	+ The first episode to re-use a verse from an episode of the same series.
	+ The first time Map, Swiper, and Fiesta Trio were voiced by someone other than Marc Weiner. In this case, it is Phil Vischer.

### Remarks

* It's never explained where the column that Bob was standing on came from, since there isn't a hole for the column to go through.
* The same recording of Jerry saying "Viral!" during Franklin is used twice, although the second recording is higher-pitched and slightly sped up.
* Bob acts surprised whenever he hears Pa and Larry quote the episode’s featured verse during the story, almost as if he didn’t know that it is sourced from the Bible, even though Bob himself quoted that verse at the end of another episode. This could be because the verse was sourced from another translation of the Bible.
* Jerry is seen wearing a Biblical costume when Guy Broccoli leaves the theater, but he wasn't seen with the other veggies during the closing number.

### Goofs

* When Guy Broccoli says "The door seems to be stuck," his mouth doesn't move when he says "seems to be".

### Inside References

* When suggesting how to make a big splash, Mr. Lunt suggests bringing back his alligator.
	+ Additionally, Madame Blueberry suggests doing classic opera, a likely callback to God Wants Us to Make Peace and A Tale of True Courage.
		- She is also seen putting on makeup during this scene, which is a possible reference to LarryBoy and the Bad Apple.
* A couple of the costumes in Franklin are recolors of costumes seen in earlier episodes:
	+ Jerry's mailman costume is a recolor of his Orville Wright costume from Patience Takes Practice.
	+ The suit piece of Archibald's George Washington costume is a recolored version of his colonial soldier costume from God Wants Us to Make Peace.
* The audio of Larry's line "I'll help you, Bob!" is taken from The One and Only You!.
	+ Jean-Claude's line, "Not to fear, tomato! Your verse angel is here!" is also a callback to the same episode.
* Larry tries putting out the fire on Bob's leaves with Mother Nezzer's hat.
* Guy Broccoli's coffee cup is re-used from A Tale of True Courage.
* Bob having an interview with David is most likely a callback to Abe and the Amazing Promise.
* Larry had previously uttered “What are you saying?” in King George and the Ducky.
* The newspaper Archibald reads is re-used from a few previous episodes, including the previous episode.
* Many of the costumes during the King David story and the closing song are re-used from several previous episodes.
	+ Larry's costume is re-used from The Wonderfulness of Wisdom. The French Peas' costumes are also re-used from said episode, as well as The One and Only You!.
		- Additionally, all three reprise their respective roles as David and his mighty men from the former episode.
	+ Bob’s costume is re-used from A Tale of True Courage.
	+ Jimmy and Jerry's costumes are re-used from The Power of Love and The Giving-est Day.
	+ Mr. Lunt's costume is re-used from a a few previous and episodes.
	+ Petunia's costume is re-used from Forgiveness Brings the Fixing and Samson's Bad Hair Day.
* Archibald reprises his role as King Saul from Dave and the Giant Pickle in the King David segment.
* One of the lyrics in Don't Grow Tired is "Like I'm walking 'round the walls as Jericho." This is a likely nod to Josh and the Big Wall!
* The verse at the end is reused from When Being Good Means Giving Up.

### Real-World References

* Guy Broccoli is most likely a parody on Guy Smiley, a game show host on the children's series *Sesame Street*.
	+ His name could also be a parody of Guy Fieri, an American restauranteur and television presenter.
* Archibald mentions *The Times*, which is a British daily national newspaper created in 1785 by John Walter.
* The entire Benjamin Franklin hip hop musical is a parody on the 2015 musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
	+ Furthermore, the song "Franklin" parodies both the opening number "Alexander Hamilton" and the song "My Shot".
* During the opening of the King David segment, the iMovie music track "Broadcast News" can be heard.