Larryboy:_The_Cartoon_Adventures

<i>Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures</i>

Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures

Animated series


Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures (also known as Larryboy) is an American direct-to-video animated children’s series developed by Tom Bancroft (a former animator for Disney) as a spin-off of the VeggieTales franchise created by Big Idea Entertainment. The first video titled "Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows", was released on March 16, 2002.[1] The videos came to an end with "The Good, The Bad and the Eggly!", released on June 10, 2003, due to Big Idea's bankruptcy. Unlike its predecessor VeggieTales, which was animated in CGI using Softimage 3D and later Autodesk Maya, LarryBoy was animated in 2D animation using Adobe Flash.[2] From September 2006 to November 2009, NBC aired the content of all four videos on its Qubo block alongside airings of VeggieTales videos.[3] Each video contains two segments, a twenty-minute long segment and a seven-minute short segment (Larryboy Super Short).

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Premise

The video series revolves around the character Larry's superhero alter ego Larryboy as he tries to manage his life as a superhero while working as a janitor for the Daily Bumble newspaper in Bumblyburg.

Characters

Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures only carries over four characters from VeggieTales: Larry the Cucumber, Bob the Tomato, Junior Asparagus, and Archibald Asparagus, with Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer and Lisa Vischer reprising their respective roles.

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Reception

In a mixed review, Scott Blakey of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate wrote that the series has "sly nods to comic book characters of the 1930s and the so-called golden age of animation" while referring to the series as a "breakthrough in reverse" for its use of 2D animation instead of 3D animation.[12] In a more positive review, Richard LeCornte of the Reno Gazette-Journal writes that the series "succeeds at making its message pleasing to children and adults" and gave the series a B+.[13]

The series was nominated for a Golden Reel Award in 2003 for Best Sound Editing in Direct to Video, but lost to The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina.[14] Vischer stated that fans of the original VeggieTales series criticized the series for its cheap-looking animation.[15] Mixed with Big Idea's bankruptcy at the time, the series was cancelled after the release of only four videos.[15]

Home media

All of the videos were released in both VHS and DVD formats. They were also released as a set or included with the other Larryboy videos in: VeggieTales: Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack (2004),[16] VeggieTales: Larryboy Super Hero Power Pack (2012),[17] and VeggieTales: Larryboy Ultimate Super Hero Collection (2019).[18]


References

  1. Bloom, David (13 August 2002). "Cornerstone Animation Takes Hit". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. Vischer, Phil (9 January 2007). Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables. Thomas Nelson. p. 182. ISBN 9781418537630. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. DeMott, Rick (24 August 2006). "Qubo To Launch On NBC, Telemundo & The i Network This September". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. "Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows". Big Idea. 5 March 2002. Archived from the original on 5 March 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Larryboy (2002): Episode #01 – The Angry Eyebrows". Amazon.com. Big Idea. March 16, 2002. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  6. "Leggo My Ego!". 8 August 2002. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Larryboy (2002): Episode #02 – Leggo My Ego". Amazon.com. Big Idea. August 27, 2002. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  8. "Larryboy - The Yodelnapper". Amazon.com. Big Idea. 26 November 2002. Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. "Larryboy (2002): Episode #03 – The Yodelnapper!". Amazon.com. Big Idea. November 26, 2002. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  10. "Welcome to BigIdea.com!". Amazon.com. Big Idea. 4 June 2003. Archived from the original on 4 June 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. "Larryboy (2002): Episode #04 – The Good, The Bad and the Eggly! (Finale)". Amazon.com. Big Idea. June 10, 2003. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  12. Blakey, Scott (May 10, 2002). "VeggieTales' hero cuke off on new adventures". South Florida Sun Sentinel. p. 97. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  13. LeCornte, Richard (December 13, 2002). "Larry-Boy: The Yodel Napper". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 52. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  14. Martin, Denise (8 February 2003). "'Gangs,' 'Perdition' top Golden Reel nods". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  15. Vischer, Phil (9 January 2007). Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables. Thomas Nelson. p. 184. ISBN 9781418537630. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  16. "VeggieTales: The Bumblyburg Superhero Value Pack DVD". Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  17. "Christian Cinema". Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  18. "VeggieTales: LarryBoy Ultimate Super Hero Collection". Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

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