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Gideon: Tuba Warrior

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"If you wanna hear the Lord say 'Well done,' then you'll have to do what He asks."
— The Angel to Gideon



Gideon: Tuba Warrior is the twenty-fifth episode of VeggieTales.

The first story is based on George Mueller, while the main one is based on the story of Gideon from the Book of Judges. and is mainly accompanied by The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

Plot

Opening Countertop

As the show opens on the Countertop, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt) burst in to host the show out of boredom, overriding Bob and Larry. After reluctantly giving in, Bob walks off (leaving Larry, who is one of the Pirates and was given permission to stay as long as he wore his pirate costume) and the Pirates read the letter, which asks, in essence, whether to trust God. The Captain, aka, Pa Grape, then tells the story of George Muller, a man who "trusted God for everything."

George Mueller

The story is narrated by the Captain, as he tells it through the eyes of his ancestor Great-Grandfather Simon, a reporter for the Bristol Snoop, a tabloid-like newspaper. He goes to George Muller's orphanage and asks him nonsense questions ("Is it true you are running a school for alien dolphins?", "This is a turkey with the head of a cat") until he comes in with Muller to find that the orphanage is out of food and the orphans cannot eat breakfast the next day. They pray to God for food and the next day when Simon offers to go out and buy them food some friends of Muller's miraculously comes in and offers the children milk and bread.

After the Story/Silly song

After the story is over, Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt head out but Larry stops them. He tells him that it is too short to end the show. He then says that if this was a regular show that there would be silly song and then tell another story. Pa suggests that he does a silly song. But Larry says he can't do it cause he is a pirate. Pa then suggests that he does a pirate-themed silly song, but Larry's says that has already been done. Then they wonder who can do a silly song. The French peas then enter with news that they have written a silly song. However, the song isn't for them to sing. But Pa then wonders who can song it then. Everyone looks to their left as the silly song starts...

(see Lance the Turtle for the rest)

Gideon: Tuba Warrior

Beginning with a montage of floats, as a victory parade for conquering the Midianites, Gideon stops the parade to explain that the large amount of praise lavished on him was not his to take. He then tells the "true" account, in which he reluctantly chooses to defend his country against an undefeated army of over 30,000 excessively hairy pickles, the Midianites, after an angel appears to him. Initially, he doesn't want to, and says that he's not a warrior, that he's afraid of the dark and screams like a girl, to which the angel replies, "He (the Almighty) chose you", "to say the truth I'm afraid of the dark too," and "Put me in the dark and I scream like a girl too." Gideon then asks for the miracle of a wet fleece and dry ground, which when the sign is complete, asks for another sign that the fleece will be dry and the ground around it will be drenched. This sign is completed too and Gideon accepts his job. When Gideon's sizable army is reduced to six carrots and six peas, he learns to trust God and is able to defeat the Midianites with horns and flashlights.

Closing Countertop

Finishing on the countertop, the Pirates are confused about Gideon's story as they did not know who he was (beyond their knowledge of his Bibles in hotels). However, Bob comes on and acknowledges he put the story in when the Pirates seemed to be at a lack for inspiration. After congratulating the Pirates for a good job on the show, Qwerty gives a verse and the Captain declares his desire to make a Pirates Who Don't Do Anything movie. Nobody is interested at first, and the show ends with the Captain saying he hopes he can get the funds necessary.

Characters

Major

Minor

Cameo

Songs

Other Languages

  • Gideon: Luftëtari me tub (Albanian) (Gideon: The Pipe Warrior)
  • جدعون محارب التيوبا (Arabic) (same translation)
  • Das Abenteuer von Gideon (German) (The Adventure of Gideon)
  • Gideon, tubakriger! (Norwegian) (same translation)
  • جیدون جنگجوی شیپور می‌زند (Persian) (Jadon the Warrior Blows the Trumpet)
  • Gideão e a Sua Tuba (Portuguese) (Brazil) (Gideon and His Tuba)
  • Гидеон: Туй Воин (Russian) (Gideon: Tui Warrior)
  • Gedeón: El Guerrero de las Tubas (Spanish) (Latin America) (same translation)

Home Media

Main article: Gideon: Tuba Warrior/Home Video

Features

Trailer Appearances

Fun Facts

Moral

  • Trust God, even during your most difficult challenges.

Explanations

  • Pa Grape mentions about Gideon leaving bibles in hotel rooms. He is probably referring to Gideon’s International, a evangelical Christian organization known for producing and giving free bibles.
  • Gideon's line "well done, good and faithful servant" is a line from Matthew 25:21.
  • The humuhumunukunukuapua'ua is Hawaii's state fish.

Trivia

  • The episode's working title was Gideon and the Horn of Scorn.
  • This is the first episode for a few things:
  • Pa Grape is the only character in the episode to have a main role since he played both his great grandfather and the angel. On top of that, he also took over as host since he's part of the Pirates.
  • According to Brian and Tim, there were a few differences between the pre-production and the final version.
    • There was a scene that Simon was going to place an ad in the newspaper to give help for George Mueller's orphanage, but Mueller feels upset about this and tells him that he's only asking for God's help. This was removed due to it not being factual.
    • Originally, the milk in the bottles were just going to be solid. However, the technicians went above and made it actual liquids inside.
    • Originally, the scooters in the parade were going to be reused models of Alfred's from the previous episode. However, the modeler didn't get it and made a new one based on the concept art.
    • Gideon's brothers were going to be psychically bigger. But they changed it to make more funny like in The Ballad of Little Joe.
  • The doodle of the dolphin on a spaceship on Simon's notebook was drawn by Paul Dobson from Jam Filled Toronto.
  • During some airings of this episode on Smile of a Child, they removed the George Mueller story and the Ukulele Karaoke with Bob.
  • This episode aired once on Qubo, as the religious references couldn't be removed because the episode would have no plot whatsoever. Although this episode was aired on some Christian channels as well as the other Season 3 VeggieTales on TV episodes.
  • This episode is featured on God Loves You Very Much and Growing Faithful Kids!.
  • This is the only episode that didn't end with Bob and Larry saying God Made You Special, and He Loves You Very Much. Larry did say it and he said goodbye to the viewers with Mr. Lunt who was also voiced by Phil Vischer instead. Then Phil did his voices of Bob and Pa afterwards, then the credits roll.
  • This is the last episode for several things:
  • Fourth Wall Break: When Pa Grape asks Gideon what type of sign God wants to show, he suggests a show of talking vegetables to tell him Bible stories.

Remarks

  • Because both the George Mueller and Silly Song segments were cut in the Smile of a Child broadcast, it makes the Pirates taking over sort of pointless, since they have more of a role telling about George Mueller.
  • The song that Mueller and the children were singing was "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". However, that was not written until after his death. Brian Roberts acknowledged this, but he states it was kept in because it felt like an appropriate song about God.
  • The TV airing of this episode dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese uses the secular international version, omitting the countertop scenes, The Story of George Mueller, and Lance the Turtle.
  • This is one of the few times Annie doesn't wear glasses.

Goofs

  • In one shot or two, part of Gideon's tuba is black.
  • When Gideon hides from his brothers, he is heard panting, but his mouth doesn't move.

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