"The Toy That Saved Christmas" is the sixth episode of VeggieTales (1993-2015)/VeggieTales Reboot (2016-present) and the first Christmas special of the series.
The story is about a little toy named Buzz-Saw Louie who comes to life and wants to find out the true meaning of Christmas.
October 22, 1996
Plot[]
Characters[]
Major[]
- Bob the Tomato (as himself and Santa Claus)
- Larry the Cucumber
- Junior Asparagus
- Buzzsaw Louie
- Mr. Nezzer (as Wally P. Nezzer)
- Mr. Lunt
- Grandpa George
- Annie Onion (debut)
Minor[]
- Laura Carrot
- Lenny Carrot
- Percy Pea (debut)
- Lil' Pea
- Baby Lou (does not speak)
- Lisa Asparagus (does not speak)
- Mike Asparagus
- Mom Carrot (debut, does not speak)
- Dad Carrot
- Mom Pea (does not speak)
- Dad Pea
- Penguins (debut)
- The French Peas (voice only; original version)
Featured in the Silly Song[]
- Scallion #1 (as a Bank Robber)
- Pa Grape (as a Viking)
- The Peach (as an IRS Agent)
- Silly Song Announcer (unseen)
Songs[]
- Can't Believe It's Christmas
- Grumpy Kids
- Silly Songs with Larry: Oh, Santa!
- He is Born, The Holy Child (briefly; original version)
- Away in a Manger (briefly; re-released version)
- Can't Believe It's Christmas (reprise, credits only)
Quotes[]
- George: Where did the...? Oh, number four. Well, that was easy.
- Buzz-Saw Louie: "Billy has more toys than you!"
- Santa: Nobody messes with Santa! You know that don't you?! You've been very naughty, and I've got a list!!
- Bob: Mouse trap.
- Larry: Huh?
- Bob: I wanted to play Mouse Trap. You roll your dice, you move your mice. Nobody gets hurt.
- Junior: We were wrong about Christmas!
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode for several things:
- The first Christmas episode.
- The first episode where the Silly Song is before the story, albeit only on the VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular. The original episode had the Silly Song in the middle of the episode.
- The first episode that Luis Contreras worked on.
- The first appearance of Annie Onion, the Penguins, Percy Pea, Mom Pea, Dad Pea, and Mom Carrot.
- The first episode where Qwerty does not appear.
- The first episode not to have the VeggieTales Theme Song.