Larry-Boy: The Cartoon Adventures is a cartoon spinoff of the plunger-headed superhero Larry-Boy from VeggieTales.
This series is an alternative continuity from the main episodes, as the series doesn't have any connections to each other aside from the titular character Larry-Boy and some of the characters from VeggieTales.
Sadly, the series did not last due to complaints. Fans and parents at the time complained that it looked cheap and it looked like something similar to The Powerpuff Girls that they can watch on cable television instead, and unlike 3-2-1 Penguins!, it did not get revived. Although, the show did air on NBC's Qubo block in 2006 (of course, in an edited format).
Interestingly, the show spawned several chapter books, most of which weren't based on the episodes themselves and several of which feature villains who never appeared in the series.
Tropes
- Adaptational Badass: Let’s face it, the only villain Larry-Boy took down in the original half hour specials before this series was a Milk Money Bandit. This cartoon series had Larry-Boy not only having more gadgets, but actually taking down dangerous (albeit silly) super villains. This trope later carried over to the main Veggietales series that featured the character.
- Adaptation Name Change: In the mainline Veggie-Tales Larry-Boy episodes, Archibald's character is named Alfred (in reference to Batman). In this series, he goes by his real name like everyone else.
- Always Late: In "Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows", Larryboy has always been late to Bok Choy's superhero class four times. Choy doesn't take kindly to this, but since the lesson he's teaching is about letting go of anger, he calms down.
- Angry Eyebrows: Awful Alvin had a group of living angry eyebrows that get attach to the victim who is angry and makes him/her hold on to it forever. It fails.
- Artificial Limbs: The Alchemist has a pair of robotic arms. Greta Von Gruesome has some power gloves.
- As the Good Book Says...: Bok Choy quotes a phrase of the "Superhero Handbook" (which is just the Bible by another name) Once per Episode.
- Birthday Episode: The short "Cuke of All Trades" takes place on Larry-Boy's birthday.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Both Alchemist and Mother Pearl's plan is to make Larry-Boy shrink the citizens of Bumblyburg by making him think he's better and puts others down. What they didn't think is what would happen if they actually got shrunk themselves thanks to Larry-Boy as they're in Bumblyburg. You could argue that either the chemical doesn't effect them either because they aren't real citizens or because it can't effect themselves, which even then Mother Pearl shrunk her son after being sprayed.
- Color Character: Discussed in "LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows", regarding the character "The Scarlet Tomato":LarryBoy: I'm LarryBoy, from Bumblyburg.
Scarlet Tomato: I'm the Scarlet Tomato, I'm from Puggslyville.
LarryBoy: The..."Scarlet Tomato"? Isn't that redundant?
Scarlet Tomato: What do you mean?
LarryBoy: Well... Scarlet Tomato...Red Tomato. Most tomatoes are red, it's redundant. Now, The Green Hornet, that works, you see, 'cause, well, most hornets aren't green.
Scarlet Tomato: (Beat) ...I am not a hornet. - The Door Slams You: This happens to Mother Pearl when she gets arrested in Leggo My Ego!
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Only the first episode mentions Christianity in one brief line.
- Fantastic Racism: In "The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly," Dark Crow takes particular offense to receiving help from LarryBoy.Dark Crow: The Dark Crow needs help from no vegetable.
(in a later scene)
Dark Crow: You? Ha! I laugh in your vegetable face! Only a fruit like me can save us now! - Feud Episode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly" centers around Larry-Boy and Dark Crow, a superhero from another town, feuding on who can put a stop to Awful Alvin and Greta Von Gruesome's over easy egg ray rampage, which later escalates on who can also take Vicki to a dance (whom got captured by the aforementioned villains). Soon enough once the three's lives are in jeopardy, the two heroes realize that they should've been working together this entire time.
- Inelegant Blubbering: That poor kid who kept losing his toy fish in the Super Short cartoon "A Polar Pickle."
- Informed Flaw: Dark Crow's bio states that he sleeps during class, but this never happens in the show.
- Lighter and Softer: The series itself is a bit more tame and silly compared to the first two videos on the mainstream continuity, which spoofed the very dark and dramatic Tim Burton Batman (1989) movies.
- Mime and Music-Only Cartoon: The Super Short cartoon "Fly By Might" only has sound effects, music and the both Larry-Boy and the fly screaming and laughing.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Larry Boy's opponents tend to have actual limbs - see above for Artificial Limbs, and Alvin has root tentacles. Greta in particular might as well have been human.
- Oh, Crap!: In the theme song, the
unnamed villain has this when Larry-Boy ties up all his Mooks... and the villain himself! - Powered Armor: Greta Von Gruesome uses one that resembles a viking opera singer.
- Produce Pelting: In "The Yodel Napper", LarryBoy, in disguise as a yodeler (despite the fact he can't yodel), gets pelted with produce — and one of the projectiles is actually Bob the Tomato.Bob: I don't CARE how bad he is, we do not throw tomatoes in this town!
- Pride: This was the main subject of "Leggo My Ego", where Larry-Boy's pride after being sprayed by the Alchemist chemical makes him start making start making others feel small, and in a literal sense.
- Shout-Out: The unnamed villain in the show's intro sequence is a clear nod to Snidley Whiplash from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
- Spell My Name With An S: Vicki's name is usually spelled as either "Vicki" or "Vicky".
- Stock Superhero Day Jobs: Parodied with Larry, he works at a newspaper office...as the janitor, because it was the only job he was actually qualified for. He doesn't actually need the job, he's a millionaire, the only reason he has it is to help "keep his finger on the pulse of Bumblyburg".
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: There are a few characters that were never included in the series and replaced with characters having similar personalities.
- Herbert and Wally are the cartoon's versions of Jerry and Jimmy Gourd.
- Officer Olaf is the cartoon's version of Officer Scooter.
- The Remake: The show's first episode was redone as an episode of The VeggieTales Show, titled "LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows Trouble". There were many changes to it though, such as original characters (with the exception of Awful Alvin) being replaced with more familiar characters from the original VeggieTales series. Furthermore, a chapter book named LarryBoy and the Emperor of Envy (that was never made an episode) was also given this treatment.
- Utility Belt: Unlike either the main or Netflix series, Larry-Boy's belt has a lot of gadgets he can use.
