Madame Blueberry is the tenth episode in the VeggieTales

VeggieTales

VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...

animated series. It was released in July 1998 and issued on DVD May 20, 2003. Subtitled "A Lesson in Thankfulness", it conveys the message that material possessions will never truly make us happy. We must instead be thankful for what we have.

The story introduces Madame Blueberry who has many possessions but is perpetually "blue". When a massive department store opens nearby, she goes on a shopping binge thinking that owning more things will bring her happiness. Ultimately she must learn the hard way that joy cannot be found in material goods. This is the first episode to feature the three cunning scallions since "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?

Where's God When I'm S-Scared?

Where's God When I'm S-Scared? is the first episode of the Christian animated series VeggieTales. It was initially released in December 1993 directly by Big Idea based on a "burn-on-demand"-like service, the first tapes being shipped out on December 21 , and was released on DVD February 10, 2004...

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Archibald states that "due to the disastrous outcome of the previous Silly Song," they will be featuring Mr. Lunt's song for this episode. This is a reference to the Silly Song, "Song of the Cebu," from the previous episode, "Josh and the Big Wall," which featured a "stereo-phonic, multi-media event," (a malfunctioning slide projector

Slide projector

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 and a bed sheet

Bed sheet

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The episode is a loose parody of the novel Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life...

by Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary , and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.-Early life and education:Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen,...

. Emma Bovary, the protagonist of that novel, also lives beyond her means to assuage a feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction with her life.

This episode was aired on qubo

Qubo

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 around the Thanksgiving holiday in November 2006. The titular character was voiced by Chicago

Chicago

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 native Megan Moore Burns. This was the last episode produced by Chris Olsen. The next episode (Silly Sing-Along 2: The End of Silliness?) had Jon Gadsby take over.

Cast of Characters

• Madame Blueberry
• Jean-Claude the French Pea as the narrator
• Phillipe the French Pea
• Bob the Tomato as Bob the Butler/himself
• Larry the Cucumber as Larry the Butler/himself
• Scallion #1 as Stuff Mart Salesman #1
• Scallion #2 as Stuff Mart Salesman #2
• Scallion #3 as Stuff Mart Salesman #3
• Female Green Onion as Mom
• Male Green Onion as Dad
• Annie the Green Onion as Girl with Apple Pie
• Archibald Asparagus as himself
• Mr. Lunt as himself
• Jerry Gourd as himself
• The French Peas as Stuff Mart Employees but Jean-Claude
• Dad Asparagus as Stuff Mart Shopper
• Junior Asparagus as Little Boy with Ball

Segments

• Opening Countertop
• Madame Blueberry (Part I)
• Silly Song
  Silly Songs with Larry
  Silly Songs with Larry is a regular feature in the Big Idea's popular 3D cartoon series VeggieTales. It generally consists of Larry the Cucumber singing either alone or with some of the other Veggie characters. Occasionally, another character or an ensemble gets the lead vocal. It is occasionally...
  
  (as "Love Songs with Mr. Lunt") : His Cheeseburger (Sung by Mr. Lunt)
• Madame Blueberry (Part II)
• Closing Countertop

Songs

In addition to the ubiquitous "VeggieTales Theme" and "What We Have Learned," this episode contains the following songs:

• I'm So Blue, sung by Madame Blueberry, Bob & Larry
• Stuff Mart Rap (also called the Salezmunz Rap), sung by the Scallions
• His Cheeseburger, sung by Mr. Lunt during the Silly Songs segment
• The Thankfulness Song, Part 1, sung by Annie the Green Onion
• The Thankfulness Song, Part 2, sung by Dad Asparagus and Junior Asparagus
• The Thankfulness Song, Part 3, sung by Madame Blueberry, Junior, and Annie
• Stuff Mart Blue Danube, End Credits

VHS Opening and closing

1.What's The Big Idea? Commercial

2.FBI Warning Screen

3.Big Idea Presents Logo

4.Opening Title

5.Closing Credits

6. Big Idea Logo

7. Interview with Dad