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VeggieTales: The Movie is a Big Idea movie. It released into theaters on December 23, 1998, and then on VHS on September 14, 1999 and on DVD on May 20, 2003.

Cast[]

Voice Cast[]

  • Phil Vischer as Bob the Tomato
  • Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber
  • Emily Hart as Samantha the Mouse
  • Cole Caplan as Mark the Mouse
  • Nicole Oliver as Ms. Mouse
  • Louis Chirillo as Mr. Mouse
  • Katie Griffin as Grandy Mouse
  • Samuel Vincent as Dr. Wolf
  • Matt Hill as Tony the Styrofoam
  • Tony Sampson as Mort the Rat
  • Additional voices: Corinne Conley, Maryke Hendrikse, Gage Knox, Leslie Carlson, Mark Rendall, Ellen-Ray Hennessy and Patrick Salvanga

Production[]

Storyboarding began on March 13, 1995 and ended on December 26, 1996, while the animating in CGI began on May 18, 1996 and ended on March 1, 1998.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first Big Idea production for various things:
    • The first-ever feature film.
    • The first computer-animated film to be based on a show.
    • The first computer-animated film to be made in Canada.
    • This is also Rainmaker Studios' first-ever feature film.
    • Aside from Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki and Emily Hart, this is the first Big Idea production to have a Canadian cast.
    • The first VeggieTales production to have Canadian actors and actresses.
  • This is the only Big Idea production for various things:
    • Despite later Big Idea shows having a Canadian cast, this is the only Big Idea production to be produced in Canada.
    • The only VeggieTales movie to be made in Canada.
    • The only Big Idea movie to be made in Canada.
    • The only film released by Rainmaker Studios to be under the name Mainframe Entertainment.
    • The only Big Idea movie to have a Burger King kids' meal.
    • The only VeggieTales movie to have Canadian actors and actresses until Bob the Tomato Galaxy.
    • The only pre-2004 Big Idea production to have a Canadian cast, as the next two and the next two films after "Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie" have 4Kids actors and actresses for additional voices, and TV shows like Meerkat, Simmons the Maniac, Stella the Weasel, Totally Caliper, Close By and My Best Friend Crocodile completely have a 4Kids cast.
  • Some people believe that this movie was supposed to have an American voice cast just because Jim Cummings narrated the teaser, but that's completely false as in the teaser, we heard Peter Kelamis as Tony the Styrofoam (before being replaced by Matt Hill), Garry Chalk as Dr. Wolf (before being replaced by Sam Vincent) and Andrea Baker as Samantha the Mouse (before being replaced by Emily Hart).
  • Although the movie was a box office success, Rainmaker Studios didn't make any more feature films until "Ratchet and Clank".
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