The Big Math Test is the first half of the first episode of season 3 of VeggieTales Kids.
Characters[]
- Bob the Tomato
- Larry the Cucumber
- Larry the Cucumber's mom
- Bob the Tomato's dad
- Jimmy Gourd
- Jerry Gourd
- Junior Asparagus
- Laura Carrot
- Archibald Asparagus
- Madame Blueberry
- Mr. Nezzer
- Mr. Lunt
- Pa Grape
- Mr. Squashy
- Mr. Jerrycone (flashback only)
Plot:[]
Bob and Larry walk to Mr. Squashy's math class, where Mr. Squashy announces to the students that tomorrow they will be having a big test on everything they have learned in math class. All of the students feel a little scared about the math test, but Mr. Nezzer is especially scared about the fact that he might get in trouble with Mr. Squashy if Mr. Nezzer cheats the test. Mr. Squashy sternly tells Mr. Nezzer that if he doesn't want to get in trouble by Mr. Squashy, he must never cheat on any test whatsoever. Mr. Nezzer then asks Bob and Larry if they have ever cheated in class before, Larry tells Mr. Nezzer that he and Bob used to cheat in Mr. Jerrycone's science class before, and they got in trouble because of it, but that's before they learned that cheating is wrong, and that ever since then, Larry has never cheated in class again. This leads to a flashback of Mr. Jerrycone reprimanding Bob and Larry for cheating from the episode Bob and Larry Cheat In Class. Bob then tells Mr. Nezzer that he has cheated twice. Once with Larry in Mr. Jerrycone's science class, and once in Mr. Squashy's math class where he is now. This leads to a flashback of Mr. Squashy reprimanding Bob the Tomato from the episode Caught Red Handed. Since then, Bob has never chested again. An 8 hours later time card follows, and Larry's mom tells Larry good night, and good luck on the math test. She then turns off the light. A meanwhile at Bob's house time card follows, and Bob's dad tells Bob to get a good night sleep, and also tells him that he wishes him the best luck on the math test tomorrow. He closes the door, and turns off the light. A meanwhile at Mr. Nezzer's house time card follows, and Pa Grape tells Mr. Nezzer to try his best on the test tomorrow, and to never ever cheat. A time card reading the next day, at Mr. Squashy's class follows, and Mr. Squashy tells the students that it is time for the math test. Hearing the word math test, Mr. Nezzer screams in horror, and then sobs hysterically saying that he doesn't want to get in trouble with Mr. Squashy. Mr. Squashy tells Mr. Nezzer not to worry, and to try his best. He also tells Mr. Nezzer that it's OK if he gets his answers wrong, because trying and getting answers wrong is better than cheating. Mr. Squashy tells the students that the test is due in 1 hour. A 1 hour later time card follows, and Mr. Nezzer is a little nervous that he might of gotten some of his answers wrong, but at least he tried his best and didn't cheat.Mr. Squashy hands over the papers he graded his students, and much to his surprise, everyone got all the answers correct, including Mr. Nezzer. Mr. Squashy tells the students that it makes him proud to see that all of the students got an A on the math test. He also tells the students that there is no more work at school until next year, because tomorrow is the last day of school. Everyone cheers, and then the episode fades out.
Trivia[]
- Since the setting of this episode took place on the day before the last day of school, this episode was originally supposed to air on May 31, 2001. But because production for this episode was finished on Christmas day 1998, this episode was pushed forward to September 4, 2000, and was paired with Tuba or Not Tuba.
- This is the first episode of season 3
- This episode and Tuba or Not Tuba aired on the same day as Clifford the Big Red Dog premiered on PBS.
- This episode and Tuba or Not Tuba are also the very first episodes to air during the Sesame Workshop era.
- This episode and Tuba or Not Tuba are the first episodes to use the Sesame Workshop red roof purple house logo.
- This episode and Tuba or Not Tuba are also the first episodes to use the new Corporation for Public Broadcasting square logo in the funding. The background is red in this episode, and Tuba or Not Tuba, Many season 3 episodes either use the red background, or the blue background, depending on the episode. This episode, and Tuba or Not Tuba use the red background
- This episode and Tuba or Not Tuba are also the first episodes to use new PBS Kids logos that involve transformation. Many season 3 episodes, depending on this episode, either use the red background with the PBS Kids logo with Dash the boy transforming from a caveman, to a scuba diver, to a robot, ending on a pale spring bud background with blue bubbles shaking and wobbling, or use the blue background with the PBS Kids logo with Dot the girl transforming from a tiger, to an octopus, to an astronaut, ending on a starry night background. On this episode and Tuba or Not Tuba, since the red background was used, it has the Dash Transformation variant of the PBS Kids logo.
Video[]
VeggieTales Kids Season 3 funding (2000-2001) (red background with PBS Kids Dash Transformation logo)