Mike Asparagus (also known as Dad Asparagus or Mr. Asparagus) is an astronaut and the father to Junior and Ermie Asparagus and husband to Lisa Asparagus.
Bio
Mike Asparagus first appeared in Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, where he has been portrayed as Junior's dad since. Mike would help Junior and his friends learn lessons (i.e. the first two Larry-Boy episodes). Outside of having the role as Junior's dad, Mike has not had any other roles besides that. His only other roles have been as a professor in Larry's Lagoon, Reverend Gilbert in The Star of Christmas and An Easter Carol, and Sara Crewe's father in a deleted scene from The Penniless Princess.
Personality
Appearance
Mike is tall and green with a spiked spear on top of his head, much like his wife. His spear spikes straight up, compared to his wife's, which quaffs off to the side. In early episodes, he was seen sporting only a blue-and-yellow-striped necktie. As the show's run progressed, he would gain more clothing.
In VeggieTales in the House, Mike was redesigned along with the rest of the cast. Mike's hair became spiked up more. Mike was also given a casual shirt, with his necktie now being black.
Filmography
Voice Actors
English
- Dan Anderson: VeggieTales (1993-2012) and Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
- Mike Nawrocki (Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Outtakes only)
- Chris Wall: VeggieTales — Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men (2012)
- Rob Paulsen (VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City)
International
- Ahmet Pasha (Albanian)
- Maged El Kedwany (Arabic, Arascope, speaking)
- Nasser Shahin (Arabic, Arascope, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, 2nd story and Rack, Shack and Benny)
- Rami Samir (Arabic, Arascope, singing, Madame Blueberry)
- Fadi Atef (Arabic, SAT-7 Kids, speaking)
- Ehab Sobhy (Arabic, SAT-7 Kids, singing, An Easter Carol)
- Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese, Audio News)
- Mauro Horta (Brazilian Portuguese, Herbert Richers, speaking)
- Sérgio Fortuna (Brazilian Portuguese, Herbert Richers, singing)
- Ricardo Vooght (Brazilian Portuguese, Herbert Richers, speaking, Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush)
- André Gaiani (Brazilian Portuguese, Dubbing Company)
- Chung-Ho Wong (Cantonese)
- Libor Terš (Czech, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
- Malte Milner Find (Danish, VeggieTales in the House)
- Søren Ulrichs (Danish, VeggieTales in the City)
- Wiebe-Pier Cnossen (Dutch, VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City)
- Peter Michael (European Portuguese)
- Ruben Crasto (European Portuguese, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
- Víctor Gómez (European Spanish)
- Paavo Kerosuo (Finnish)
- Juha Varis (Finnish, VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City)
- Jean-Phillipe Puymartin (French, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
- Paolo Domingo (French, VeggieTales in the House)
- Andreas von der Meden (German, speaking)
- Hanjo Gäbler (German, singing)
- Adam Nümm (German, VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City)
- Χρήστος Συριώτης/Chrístos Syriótis (Greek, speaking, most episodes)
- Σταύρος Μαυρίδης/Stávros Mavrídis (Greek, speaking, Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!)
- Χάρης Γρηγορόπουλος/Cháris Grigorópoulos (Greek, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, speaking)
- Αργύρης Παυλίδης/Argýris Pavlídis (Greek, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, singing)
- Sándor Mikula (Hungarian)
- Danilo De Girolamo (Italian)
- Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese)
- Yū Shimaka (Japanese, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, 2nd story)
- Park Kyeong-chan (Korean)
- Choi Nak-yoon (Korean, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
- Javier Rodríguez (Latin Spanish, VHS)
- Jorge Araneda (Latin Sapnish, VHS, The Toy That Saved Christmas)
- Juan Carlos Terán (Latin Spanish, Ecuador)
- Tomás Doval (Latin Spanish, Miami)
- Ernesto Lezama (Latin Spanish, VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City)
- Stein Stølen Bjerkaker (Norwegian, earlier episodes)
- Øyvind B. Lyse (Norwegian, later episodes)
- Scott Maurstad (Norwegian, VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City)
- Sam Ghobeiti (Persian, 1st dub)
- Bartosz Wesołowski (Polish, VeggieTales in the House)
- Дмитрий Филимонов/Dmitriy Filimonov (Russian, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
- Dejan Dedić (Serbian)
- Marjan Bunič (Slovenian)
- Robert Horvat (Slovenian, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!)
- Jesper Adefelt (Swedish)
- Tugay Erverdi (Turkish, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
Fun Facts
- Despite many occupations that he had in other videos, it is uncertain what Dad Asparagus' job is.
- In Spacetato, it is revealed that he is an astronaut.
- Like with his wife, Mike never had an official name until VeggieTales in the House. His name is based after Mike Nawrocki, and his background is based after his father.
- Mike, along with his wife, make a picture cameo in The VeggieTales Show on a bulletin board backstage.
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