Lyle the Kindly Viking is the fifteenth episode of VeggieTales (1993-2015)/VeggieTales Reboot.
The first story is a parody of "Hamlet," while the main feature is a parody of Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
March 24, 2001
Plot[]
Characters[]
Major[]
- Bob the Tomato (as himself and Ottar)
- Larry the Cucumber (as himself and Sven)
- Archibald Asparagus
- The French Peas
- Jean-Claude (as himself and Servant #1)
- Phillipe (as himself and Servant #2)
- Junior Asparagus (as himself and Lyle)
- Jimmy Gourd (as Omelet and Harold)
- Jerry Gourd (as Polonius and Erik)
- Mr. Lunt (as Ophelia and Bjorn)
- Mr. Nezzer (as himself and Olaf)
- Mabel
- Penelope (debut)
Minor[]
- Pa Grape (as the lead monk)
- Scooter Carrot (as Horatio)
- Percy Pea (as young lad)
- Qwerty
Featured in the Silly Song[]
- Silly Song Announcer (unseen)
- Art Bigotti (cameo)
- Miss Achmetha (cameo)
- Apollo Gourd (does not speak)
- Scallion #1
Songs[]
- VeggieTales Theme Song
- VeggieTales on TV Theme Song (TV version only)
- Classy Songs with Larry: Larry's High Silk Hat
- We're Vikings
- What's Up With Lyle
- Dear Monks
- Not So Fast/My Share
- Look Olaf
- What Do You Think You're Doing
- Dear Monks (Reprise, final part only)/My Share (Reprise)
- We're Vikings (Reprise)
- What Have We Learned
Trivia[]
- This is the only episode where Art Bigotti appears in person (as seen in the Silly Song), not counting his picture cameo debut in Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!.
- This is the first episode for several things:
- The first non-biblical adaptation to feature Dad Pea since his debut.
- The first appearance of Penelope, as well as the first and only speaking appearance of Mabel until the reboot.
- The first episode where Tim Hodge directed.
- The first VeggieTales episode to be released on both VHS and DVD.
- This is also the first (and only) episode to be distributed by Lyrick Studios on DVD.
- The first episode to use the VeggieTales intro from 2001-2003.
- The first and only episode where someone says "Let's See If The Bible Says Anything."
- The first episode since Are You My Neighbor? to feature two stories with a silly song in the middle.
- The first episode where Mr. Nezzer has a brown stem (although his stem is still green in High Silk Hat).
- The first episode to include anything related to Gilbert and Sullivan.
- The first episode to have Archibald and Scooter animated in Maya.
- The first non-biblical or SingAlong episode where a character doesn't say "Oh is that right" since The Toy That Saved Christmas
- This is the last episode for several things:
- The last time Larry has a lisp. He would later get it again in The Lost Tooth, though it's because of his tooth being missing.
- The last episode to use most of the same crew from Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed because those were likely laid off during the May 2001 meeting.
- The last episode to feature the original Silly Song title card until the reboot.
- The last episode to feature Qwerty's boomerang background on the Bible verse until Abe and the Amazing Promise.
Transcript[]
Lyle the Kindly Viking/Transcript