Apollo Gourd

Apollo Gourd
Species: Yellow gourd Hair color: black Creator(s): Marc Vulcano

Apollo Gourd is a minor character in VeggieTales. He first appears in "Lyle the Kindly Viking" waiting at the trolley stop. He is a member of Gourd's Gym, as shown in his first appearance.

Physical Appearance

Apollo Gourd is a giant yellow gourd. In his first appearance, he has warts and hairs growing all over him. He has a big nose and his chin is visible, and he grows a brown stem and eyebrows. He also wears a Gourd's Gym shirt. In later episodes, his warts and hairs were gone, and he grew black hair instead of brown.

Voice Actors

English

• Phil Vischer

International

• Reda Fawzy (Arabic)
• Bruno Rocha (Brazilian Portuguese, Herbert Richers, speaking)
• Sérgio Fortuna (Brazilian Portuguese, Herbert Richers, singing)
• Bohdan Tůma (Czech)
• Tiago Castro (European Portuguese)
• Kari Tamminen (Finnish)
• Klaus Dittmann (German, Sumo of the Opera)
• Róbert Bolla (Hungarian)
• Saverio Moriones (Italian)
• Lim Kyung-myung (Korean)
• Juan Carlos Terán (Latin Spanish, Ecuador)
• Mario Sauret (Latin Spanish, Mexico)
• Preben Olram (Norwegian, Sumo of the Opera)
• Stein Stølen Bjerkaker (Norwegian, Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue)
• Георгий Мартиросян/Georgy Martirosyan (Russian, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
• Boštjan Perovšek (Slovenian)

Filmography

• Lyle the Kindly Viking (debut; Silly Song only)
• Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
• The Ballad of Little Joe (deleted scene / picture cameo only)
• An Easter Carol (picture cameo)
• Sumo of the Opera
• Boyz in the Sink: Live from Paducah
• Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue
• Pistachio - The Little Boy That Woodn't (picture cameo)
• Noah's Ark (picture cameo)

Costumes

See Apollo Gourd/Costumes

Trivia

• Apollo is a member of Gourd's Gym which is a spoof of Gold's Gym.
• Apollo appears on the rooftop on a building in Bumblyburg (most likely Gourd's Gym) wearing a Gourd's Gym shirt in a Larry-Boy and the Bad Apple puzzle.
• His voice is similar to Goliath's. Phil Vischer confirmed in the audio commentary for Jonah that he used the same voice.
• He is the third character to have eyebrows and three-dimensional eyelids, with the first being Scooter and the second being Mr. Nezzer.