Laura Carrot

**Laura Carrot** is one of the main characters from *VeggieTales*. She is Junior Asparagus' best friend.

## Biography

Laura is a friendly little carrot girl. She lives in the city of Bumblyburg with her parents, Mom and Dad Carrot, as well as her two younger brothers, Lenny and Baby Lou. Besides being best friends with Junior Asparagus, she is very close with other Veggie kids such as Percy Pea, Annie Onion and Callie Flower. She is also good friends with Bob and Larry,

Laura first appeared alongside her father and brother Lenny in the *VeggieTales* episode *Are You My Neighbor?* as one of the inhabitants of Jibber-De-Lot in the *Story of Flibber-o-loo* segment. It was't until the following episode, *Rack, Shack and Benny*, that she was properly introduced. It is here where she established her high-spirited personality.

Since then, Laura has gone on to appear in multiple *VeggieTales* episodes and series as a lead character and many supporting roles. Some of her more notable roles include Miriam in *Babysitter in DeNile*, Princess Poppyseed in *Princess and the Popstar*, and portraying herself in many LarryBoy episodes.

In *VeggieTales in the House* and *in the City*, Laura took on a superhero alter-ego named Night Pony. She later joined and helped form the League of Veggie Heroes alongside other superheroes inside the house.

According to her official bio, if she weren't an actor, she'd be scootering around town on her scooter.

## Personality

Laura is sweet, outgoing, and fairly courteous. She always tries to be the voice of reason, often trying to prove a point to her friends. While her friend Junior is more ambitious, Laura is generally more cautious. However, Laura isn’t afraid to get herself or others into a little mischief every now and again.

She is best friends with Junior, as they can be seen together most times. Although they sometimes argue and temporarily break up, they have been great friends.

## Appearance

Laura is a beautiful, small orange carrot. Her body shape resembles that of a baby carrot. She has bright blonde hair that is braided into pigtails. In her early appearances in *VeggieTales*, she had freckles on her cheeks, her hair was styled with a large middle part, and her pigtails were braided with eight pale brown hair ties.

Later on in the 2002, Laura got a makeover for Big Idea's first feature film *Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie*. She was given a new hair style with bangs and shorter pigtails braided by four pale pink hair ties. She began wearing a blue hair bow attached to a blue head band above her bangs, as well as intermittently wearing a blue dress/shirt with a leaf pattern on it. Her freckles disappeared as well. Throughout the years, she would sometimes appear without her hair bow and only wear her headband, although this was mostly in books and other printed media.

In the summer of 2014, Laura debuted a slight redesign for the *VeggieTales* episode *Celery Night Fever*. Here, her body shape became significantly thinner, now tapering down to a point, much like a carrot when it's pulled from the ground. Her freckles returned, her hair was straightened (removing her pigtails), and her outfit was changed into a green button-up top with horizontal stripes with rest of it being the likes of dark blue clothing; a maxi skirt, glasses and a head band.

Later in the fall of 2014 for *VeggieTales in the House*/*in the City*, Laura was completely redesigned along with the rest of the VeggieTales cast. Her body shape from *Celery Night Fever* was carried over but became much more stylized, appearing much stockier in her build. Her hair was styled in a way that resembled her hair from 2002, but now tied into two small ponytails with a prominent side part. She kept her freckles and gained blue irises, small eyelashes, as well as dark brown eyebrows. Her outfit changed to a pink and orange plaid dress with a magenta jacket bespectacled with a gold button and a flower design embroidered on the back. Her hair bow returned as well, now pink instead of blue.

For *The VeggieTales Show*, her design was reverted back to her appearance from Celery Night Fever.

## Voice Actresses

* Kristen Blegen: VeggieTales (1995-2005)
* Lisa Vischer: The Mystery of Veggie Island, VeggieTales Creativity City and Veggie Carnival (2002-2003)
* Jackie Ritz: VeggieTales (2002-2005)
* Megan Murphy: VeggieTales — Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving (2009)
* Keri Pisapia: VeggieTales (2011-2013)
* Gigi Abraham: VeggieTales — Celery Night Fever (2014)
* Tress MacNeille: *VeggieTales in the House*, VeggieTales in the City and Noah's Ark (2014-2017)
* Kira Buckland: The VeggieTales Show and Very Veggie Silly Stories (2020-present)

## Fun Facts

* Laura was the first female character to join the main cast.
* When asked about Laura's age on Twitter, Phil Vischer replied saying Laura is around the same age as Junior.
* In the *VeggieTales in the House* episode The Painting, Laura says she never passed second grade. This implies she was held back a year, at least in the Netflix show's continuity.