Junior Asparagus in "Bully Trouble"

Yep, I'm back from Christmas vacation to do more reviews. Actually, I didn't go anywhere, I just needed time ti think of what to review next. And I thought of the perfect one. One of my favorite VeggieTales stories from the mid 2000's, "Bully Trouble," starring Junior Asparagus.

The premise of this episode is that the playground Junior and his friends play in is being taken over by a bully named Gourdon the Gourd, voiced by Brian K. Roberts, who has worked with VeggieTales since 2000, he bans the kids from playing in the park declaring that it's his playground and HIS playground only, and anyone who comes across the playground, will get squished. Junior and his friends retreat, and while up in his treehouse/backyard, Junior tries to come up with ideas on how to defeat Gourdon. It wasn't long until his Dad comes along with some advice. Just let the bully pound you, and he'know you're not afraid of him and he won't bother you anymore. In other words, turn the other cheek.

This story is a heck of a lot of fun. It has Junior Asparagus in a situation that he needs to resolve and also gets some helpful advice. The highlights of the episode are the parts where Junior uses his imagination, for example, he imagined to be Robin Hood (no relation to the Disney character), a football player with Mr. Nezzer as the coach, and as a astronaut named Junior Spaceman. These scenes are very imaginative and clever in their own unique way. I also like how Kristin Blegen came back after a two-year absence to reprise her role as Laura Carrot, in fact, this was probably the last episode she ever voiced Laura. Also, I should mention that Annie here is voiced by Mike Nawrocki's daughter, Ally, since Shelby Vischer was reaching puberty, and speaking of Mike Nawrocki, Mike here voices Percy's brother, Li'l Pea, since Lesly Benodin left the company by the end of 1999 to become a fireman. Mike does a perfect Li'l Pea voice. One thing that really bugged me was Tim Hodge as the voice of Scooter, why? Was Jim Poole not available? Oh, well.

So, bottom line, this was a good episode, it has a clever plot, it was funny, and has good imagination sequences, and even a good moral on how to deal with bullies. Did I mention the writer of The Ballad of Little Joe, Robert G. Lee did this?

If you wanna see the story, go watch the Minnesota Cuke episode on DVD, or if you want to see it right now with the Schoolhouse Polka silly song intact. Click here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5lcdpa

P.S. Just skip the Going Up silent short, it's boring.