A Thankful Heart Is a Happy Heart (episode)

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A Thankful Heart is a Happy Heart
Released	June 14th, 2022
Runtime	19 minutes
Previous episode	Try, Try Again
Next episode	Helping Others

A Thankful Heart Is a Happy Heart is the fifth episode of Very Veggie Silly Stories, which teaches a lesson in thankfulness.

Plot

Laura Carrot is a little blue when she doesn't get something she really wanted for her birthday. Madame Blueberry, as a licensed gratitude-inologist, shares how being happy inside often starts with being thankful. It's a rollicking good time when all the Veggies and their friends take turns in showing how gratitude changes everything!

Characters

• Bob the Tomato
• Larry the Cucumber
• Petunia Rhubarb
• Madame Blueberry
• Laura Carrot
• Archibald Asparagus
• Scooter
• The French Peas
• Junior Asparagus (song only)
• Lisa Asparagus (song only)
• Mom Carrot (mentioned)
• Dad Carrot (mentioned)

Real-Life Kid

• George

Surprise Special Guest

• Miss Manners

Others

• Fred the Caterpillar (commercial only)

Songs

• VeggieTales Theme Song (short version)
• Thankfulness Song (originally from Madame Blueberry; extended version from Junior's Bedtime Songs)

Sponsor

• Insta-Cocoon

Fun Facts

Trivia

• This is the first episode of several things:
  • The first episode to feature Madame Blueberry since The Grumble Cure.
  • The first episode to be hosted by someone other than Bob and Larry since Lyle the Kindly Viking and the first episode to be hosted by someone other than either one of the two since Sweetpea Beauty.
  • The first episode where the featured real-life kid does not interact with both Bob and Larry.
  • The first episode of Very Veggie Silly Stories to not feature Jimmy and Jerry Gourd.
  • The first episode to feature Scooter since LarryBoy and Awful Alvin's Grudge, and the first time he appears in a non-LarryBoy episode since Beauty and the Beet (not counting his picture cameo in The Best Christmas Gift).
  • The first episode to feature Petunia as a host since Sweetpea Beauty.
  • The first episode to have a female announcer for the commercial.
  • The first episode to have other characters interact with a real-life kid since Sweetpea Beauty.
    • It is also the first time Archibald and the French Peas interact with a kid since Bob & Larry Sing the 70s and Bob & Larry’s Campfire Songs, respectively, as well as the first time Scooter does so overall.
  • The first episode to feature a song composed by Christopher Davis since Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier.
  • The first production to feature Lisa Asparagus since Bye Bye Bacon Bill! (not counting her picture cameos in The VeggieTales Show or her indirect mention in Don't Stop Believing) and her first speaking role since Junior Gets a Sister, although she only appears in this episode's song.
  • The first episode of the podcast to feature a song from an album and the first episode overall to feature a song from an album since The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!.
  • The first production to feature Laura's parents in some form since LarryBoy and Awful Alvin's Grudge (although they are only mentioned).
• Laura reveals that she has a pet hamster.

Remarks

• The version of Thankfulness Song used in this episode is the one from Junior's Bedtime Songs rather than the original version from Madame Blueberry.
• Whenever Ms. Manners speaks, a harpsichord often plays in the background.

Inside References

• The episode's title is based on a phrase from Madame Blueberry, which happens to be the main message of the episode.
• Madame Blueberry recounts the events of her debut episode, including how she used to feel blue and how she was obsessed with wanting to buy stuff until she learned to be thankful for what she had. She even sings an excerpt of I'm So Blue, the first song of the same episode.
• George shares his name with two different characters from the franchise: one from the original show and one from VeggieTales in the House.
• The Insta-Cocoon commercial announcer’s line “I’m so glad you didn’t ask” is quite similar to what the announcer from the Stuff-Mart commercial also said.

Real-World References

• Fred the caterpillar has a very similar voice to Scooter from SpongeBob SquarePants.
  • The gag where the commercial announcer calls him “Gary” instead of his real name (which is Fred) may be a reference to an exchange involving the title character's pet snail, Gary, in that show’s episode “I Was a Teenage Gary”, albeit with the names switched around. This gag was also used in the 2020 film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.