- "We will see who defeats who! Now we fight!"
- — Goliath's last words to Dave before their fight.
Goliath is a recurring character of VeggieTales franchise.
Bio
While played a villain, the Israelites agreed with their enemies the Philistines that they would choose two champions to fight each other, and whoever's side won would rule over the other. The Philistines chose the giant Goliath, and Dave volunteered to fight for the Israelites. Even though Goliath was much bigger and stronger, Dave defeated him with a slingshot and a pebble, but most importantly, with the help of God.
Goliath makes a brief appearance in Josh and the Big Wall!, having a cookout with his family in the Promised Land, but unfortunately scaring away the Israelites who arrived there.
He also appears in Madame Blueberry on a menu in Stuff-Mart, fighting the Fib.
In The VeggieTales Show, Goliath reveals that he is just performing his villainous role in Dave and the Giant Pickle.
Personality
Physical Appearance
Goliath is a big green pickle. He has warts and hairs all over him. He has a big nose and eyes. When he fought Dave, he changed into red wrestling pants and a pair of red boxing gloves.
Filmography
VeggieTales
- Dave and the Giant Pickle
- Josh and the Big Wall! (non-speaking role)
- Madame Blueberry (picture cameo)
- King George and the Ducky (indirect mention)
- Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More! (indirect mention)
- Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (commentary only; mentioned)
- Pirates' Boat Load Of Fun (indirect mention)
- God Made You Special (mentioned)
- Little Ones Can Do Big Things Too!
- The League of Incredible Vegetables (mentioned)
VeggieTales in the House
- Junior Jetpack (non-speaking role)
The VeggieTales Show
- God Wants Us to Make Peace
- The Best Christmas Gift
- Little Things Matter
- A Tale of True Courage
- The Good Shepherd
- Naaman Takes a Bath (non-speaking role)
Very Veggie Silly Stories
- On Being Brave (song only; mentioned)
Casting History
English Voice Actors
- Phil Vischer: VeggieTales (1996-2012) and The VeggieTales Show (2019-2021)
International Voice Actors
- Maged El Kedwany (Arabic)
- José Santana (Brazilian Portuguese, Audio News, DVD)
- Bruno Rocha (Brazilian Portuguese, Herbert Richers)
- Gustavo Teixeira (European Portuguese)
- Kari Tamminen (Finnish)
- Σπύρος Μπιμπίλας/Spýros Bimpílas (Greek)
- Yū Shimaka (Japanese)
- Omar López (Latin Spanish, VHS)
- Manolo Coego (Latin Spanish, Miami)
- Øyvind B. Lyse (Norwegian)
- Robert Horvat (Slovenian)
Fun Facts
Trivia
- He is the first limbless character to wear gloves.
- The size of Goliath is somewhat inconsistent.
- In both How Many Veggies? and Little Ones Can Do Big Things Too!, he is depicted slightly larger than Mr. Nezzer.
- In Dave and the Giant Pickle, given that he is gigantic, he shakes the ground when he hops. Bizarrely, he does not shake the ground in further appearances, that is, until Naaman Takes a Bath.
- He is almost three times the size of Larry even though in real life, pickles are smaller than cucumbers.
- Phil Vischer, who voiced Goliath, recycled his voice for Apollo Gourd.