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Jimmy and Jerry Gourd

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"I'm Jimmy Gourd!"
"I'm Jerry Gourd!"
"We're the new guys."
— Jimmy and Jerry Gourd introducing themselves to Junior, Are You My Neighbor?.


Jimmy and Jerry Gourd are brothers and two of the main characters of VeggieTales. They're the Gourd counterparts of Bob and Larry.

Bio

Jimmy and Jerry first worked at the USS Applepies with Bob, Larry, and Scooter. Scooter didn't like them at first because all they do is sing and eat, and thought they were crazy. Junior Asparagus then met them and after hearing Jimmy say that he'd like to eat a whole planet, he told the crew to send the brother gourds in the space pods so they could eat the popcorn meteor and save the ship. They were then congratulated and Jerry found the electric plug for the ship's power and everybody was happy of what they did.

They also took over the Countertop when they wanted to host the show, telling the story of The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill (and Came Down with All the Bananas), which unfortunately didn't go well as expected.

Personality

While Bob and Larry are like Abbott and Costello, Jimmy and Jerry are like Tweedledee and Tweedledum. They like eating and singing a lot. They don't do a whole lot, but they do like helping others when they're needed.

Like Larry, they are clueless and often like people to laugh.

Jimmy is considered to be the more brash and talkative one. It has also been shown that he has a short temper. Jerry is quieter and arguably slightly more intelligent than his brother. He is often shown repeating some phrases from his brother.

Physical Appearance

Jimmy and Jerry are bottle gourds. Jimmy is colored orange and Jerry is colored yellow, respectively.

Jimmy Gourd

Jimmy Gourd is a short, plump, orange bottle gourd with a wide, round body and a curved off-white stem on top of his head. Compared to his brother Jerry, he’s noticeably shorter but much wider. In the 1990s episodes of VeggieTales, Jimmy features dark brown eyelids and a matching oval-shaped brown nose. From the 2000s onward, these change to a lighter tan color, giving him a slightly updated look.

Jerry Gourd

Jerry Gourd, the younger of the two, is a tall, slim, yellow bottle gourd with a smoother, more elongated shape. Like Jimmy, he has an off-white stem on top of his head, but he’s distinguished by slim olive green streaks that run from the top of his head downward.

Filmography

See their filmography

Casting History

Jimmy Gourd

English Voice Actors

International Voice Actors

Jerry Gourd

English Voice Actors

International Voice Actors

Fun Facts

  • Jimmy and Jerry's names originated from the original landowners of Big Idea's second location at the manufacture screw factory. According to Phil, this was done subconsciously, and he didn't notice the connection until they thanked him shortly after they moved out.
  • In the original concept art, Jimmy and Jerry were originally meant to be bumpy.
  • According to Phil Vischer, the original voices for Jimmy and Jerry were inspired by an uptight-talking boss that he and Mike once worked for, named Jim. Over the years, Jimmy's voice became more flamboyant, while Jerry's became more nasally and high-pitched, delivered in a flat, monotone style that resembles Larry the Cucumber’s, though a bit more subdued.
  • Jimmy's voice was originally used as the mad scientist and Frankencelery in Where's God When I'm S-Scared?. It was rumored that Jimmy played the mad scientist, but it is unknown who played the latter scientist.
  • Since Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, Jimmy is often seen without a stem. In the commentary for A Snoodle's Tale, Mike Nawrocki states that the stem is similar to a toupee.
  • In the first Brazilian Portuguese dub, despite being male, Jimmy and Jerry are given very high pitched voices similar to that of a little girl.
    • In the Taiwanese Mandarin dub, this only happens to Jimmy whenever he speaks, meaning that Jerry is completely unaffected by this.
  • They are among the few main characters to have died in a story, sometime in between The Ballad of Little Joe and Moe and the Big Exit and also represented by their getting the hook in The Power of Love.

Gallery

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VeggieTales Main Cast
Bob • Larry
Junior Asparagus • Archibald Asparagus • Pa Grape • Laura Carrot • Jimmy and Jerry Gourd • Mr. Nezzer • Mr. Lunt • The French Peas • Madame Blueberry • Petunia Rhubarb • Qwerty
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