The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: The VeggieGirls Movie

**The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: The VeggieGirls Movie** is a 2008 American stop-motion musical comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton, Rankin Bass, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network and released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

## Plot

The film opens sometime in the late 17th century with two pirate ships fighting. The prince, Patty Swanson of Monteria, is captured by Edward Perez. The other pirates search the ship for the princess, Kayla Boubenweir, but miss her hiding spot and leave. When Kayla and her brother Andy emerge, she sends a device that her father made, a "Helpseeker," to find heroes to save Patty Swanson. It evades the pirates on the ship and jumps into the sea.

The film jumps to the present where best friends Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt, Frankie Armstrong, Shermy Senwild, and Charlie Brown are working at a pirate-themed dinner theater. Peppermint Patty, who is known to be very lazy, has invented a remote-controlled toy truck with a claw arm to help her do the things that he doesn't feel like doing - though when his girlfriend Mei Tuned asks him to get her some barbecue sauce, it is out of range of her toy and he refuses to make the effort Frankie Armstrong. Lucy Van Pelt is known to have many fears that he has a list of things he's afraid of, and when her girlfriend Emily Senwild asks him to get the barbecue sauce, she says the back room is dark and therefore "on his list." Marcie Carlin, who lacks self-respect, does what everyone tells her; her children, Miriam Dimple and Ashley Pinwheeler, idolize the star of the show, Juliet and he is worried that she does not impress her kids.

Charlie Brown, Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt, Frankie Armstrong and Shermy Senwild want to be seen as heroes by their loved ones, but since they're only Fireside Boys and Girls, they think that their dream is unattainable. After the show, while they are cleaning up, an old blind man appears out of nowhere, prophesying that an adventure awaits for them and that "the stage is set for the heroes at hand." Charlie Brown thinks this means that if they all audition, they'll be cast in the show. They audition but it backfires and messed up half of the restaurant; as a result they are fired and thrown into the alley by Betty Dimple, where they find the Helpseeker and are teleported to the 17th century.

Meeting Kayla Boubenweir and Andy Boubenweir, they set off to Balthazar Bratt's, a known pirate hang-out, where they learn it was Edward Perez who kidnapped Patty Swanson in the hopes of exacting revenge on the king. They also learn that the clues to find Edward Perez's fortress are hidden in a cave past the Rocks of Malabar. They do find the clues there, but Frankie Armstrong and Shermy Senwild happens across what appears to be a pool of cheese curls, his favorite snack, and decides to stay on the island and relax instead of pursuing Edward Perez. When Charlie Brown, Linus Van Pelt and Lucy Van Pelt return to the beach, they discover that Edward Perez's men have taken their boat and captured Kayla and Andy. They head out to follow the clues: go east to the isle of walking rocks, and through the clapping pass.

Back in the cave, the cheese curls turn out to be alive... and vicious. Frankie and Shermy are attacked and, in his desperation to escape being eaten by his own favorite food, discovers he can do anything without giving up. When Charlie Brown, Linus Van Pelt and Lucy Van Pelt get to the isle, the rocks, which are really large rock-monsters, start to surround them, but then Shermy and Frankie arrives, having now swum across the ocean followed by the cheese curls. The rocks find the curls amusing and start to interact with them.

The pass opens and one of the rock-monsters helps them get through it. Within the hidden bay, they quickly find Edward Perez's fortress, which is apparently unguarded, but a giant serpent attacks their ship. Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt, Frankie Armstrong and Shermy Senwild are terrified, but Charlie Brown, overcoming his fear, realizes the guardian is actually just a mechanical device; when it "eats him," he is able to shut the machine down from inside and save his friends.

They rescue Patty Swanson and Kayla Boubenweir, with the help of Shermy's "labor-saving device," only to be stopped by Edward Perez. Finding his self-respect at last, Linus Van Pelt uses a chandelier to knock Edward Perez down. They escape through the fortress's cistern. Back in the bay, Edward Perez's ship opens fire on the heroes, but Gru shows up just in time, and Edward Perez goes down with his ship.

Gru gives them medals for their good work, reminding them that heroes aren't necessarily strong or handsome or dashing, but in fact anyone who does what he or she knows is right no how matter hard the situation. The Helpseeker returns them to the restaurant, just in time for the Friday night show, but Edward Perez has stowed away on their trip back and attacks Juliet, mistaking him for Linus Van Pelt. A final showdown with Edward Perez sends him back to his own time. The audience cheers wildly, including their loved ones, and Marcie's children respect him at last. Offered a second chance to be in the show, they refuse, saying that life has plenty of adventure of its own... as the Helpseeker blinks once again.

After the entire cast is credited, the cast sing and performs "Rock Monster", a parody of The B-52's' hit "Rock Lobster" (Including Edward Perez and his henchmen who are arrested by the King for their crimes), closing the film. Once they're done singing and performing, Tulip Brown finally makes her appearance, as the director.