), Star Trek (Are You My Neighbor? Bob then narrates the story of King George (played by Larry the Cucumber), a king who loves rubber duckies and taking baths more than anything else. 'She had a beard, and it felt weird.' The result is a just-self-aware-enough Fountain of Memes that has saved the sanity of more than a few babysitters in the church nursery, and broken out of the double ghetto of G-Rated Christian Media to a surprising degree. Jimmy then gives Jerry a nudge in the side, which causes Jerry's mask to become right-side up once again. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. But disagree with him too much (regardless of whether you are making a point or not) and he will. The silly song "Pizza Angel" from the "Minnesota Cuke" video includes a reference to how much Larry the Cucumber. In the I Love My Lips Silly Song, Larry had to kiss his great-Aunt Ruth. Jimmy then says that they got a letter from a kid named Jimmy, who lives "near Texas somewhere", before explaining that this kid named Jimmy knows this other kid named (at Jerry's urging) Jerry, who is so selfish. Not only that, this is mostly averted in this same dub and even the 1st and 3rd dubs. King George then proclaims that it's time for a bath, just as the door knocks once again. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Jimmy Gourd's reaction is endlessly hilarious to this "fair Ophelia". However, King George stops singing when he notices something just a little ways off. Louis, Thomas, and Melvin also join in the song as well, but when King George sings that when he thought that it was the way "but it weren't", everyone starts singing "weren't" repeatedly, before Louis tries to correct him that the correct word is "wasn't". This is the most perfect ducky the world has ever known!" In the sequel, Minnesota Cuke and The Search for Noah's Umbrella, Minnesota finds himself in a Spanish village. Jimmy then tells Bob that he wouldn't let them do the show and that they have to do something. all because they won't bow down before his giant chocolate bunny and sing "The Bunny Song", seeing as this is a Christian show we're talking about, retribution for refusing to give his assistant a raise, It's for the kids who like to talk to tomatoes, piano falls on a cake made by two would-be assassins. Then, in March 2019, TBN (which had been airing VeggieTales material for some time) announced that it had ordered new episodes for the franchise, with Vischer and Nawrocki returning as writers for the new episodes. King George, unlike most kings, spends most of his time in the bathtub, playing with his favorite toy - a rubber ducky. Once again, every prior episode had its opening replaced with this one. The episode opens up with Jimmy and Jerry Gourd who are disguised poorly as Currently, a given video could be either of these formats or simply be a single long story with no introduction, intermission, or theme song. is the traditional warning call for artillery shelling about to hit a unit's area. A Stock Phrase where a character (often the Comic Relief) alerts the other character(s) of an "incoming" danger, often a large, falling object of some kind. Jimmy and Jerry then hop up to Qwerty and ask him if he has a verse, but Qwerty is turned off, with Jimmy yelling, "Who turned off Qwerty?!?" Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Bob then explains that the next day, King George even gave away all of his old duckies to his loyal subjects so that they would be happy too. This gives King George an idea as he tells Cedric that Thomas would be glad to help out. When asked by fans whether or not the consumption of apples and other plants was cannibalism, the replied that it "didn't count" if the vegetable could not talk. King George VI, king of England during World War II. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/VeggieTales. Natural for Long-Runners, VeggieTales was also a Cash Cow Franchise, with multiple media produced: A Recap page is currently under construction. Contents. This is also done in the Brazilian Portuguese dubs (although being done for signs that a viewer can easily see) along with the Hungarian and Croatian dubs, but Croatian episodes only translate the title cards and Silly Song cards. Junior Asparagus, who has been about five feet away from Larry-Boy for the past several minutes. There's a short scene of Bob the Tomato seeing this and fainting. The Croatian dub also does the same thing, but only the Rumor Weed has been affected like this. The 15th anniversary release of the first episode had a redubbed version of the Silly Song with Larry's current voice. But George isn't satisfied with just his rubber ducky - he wants all the duckies! !, with literal grapes of wrath), Gilligan's Island (God Wants Me to Forgive Them?! Many of the Bible stories are somewhat watered down, the main narrative remaining intact with a few details removed for the sake of time and clarity. having no idea that he just spoke to the girl he's been searching for for a long time. Usually longer now than the Theme Song's claim of "half an hour" (which a recent updating of the opening removed). The real Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber then show up, wanting to know what's going on. When Larry sheepishly answers that he was just watching a little TV, Bob then tells Larry that he should just read a book. Jean-Claude Pea then yells from off-screen, "You're so selfish", to which the Englishman replies that he got all the bananas. Um...I don't know. When King George asks Melvin what he should do, Melvin tells him to ask God to forgive him and to ask Thomas to forgive him, before he leaves. However, the door then knocks once again, before a wiseman named Melvin (played by Pa Grape) shows up, telling King George that he has come to tell him a story. Melvin then explains to King George that he has very many duckies while Thomas only has one, and what he just did has made God very unhappy, before further explaining that "for whether you are a king or just a kid, God wants us all to think of others first". King George then becomes angry, singing to Louis that he must have the duck. Card-Carrying Villain: Haman, with cards in one scene to boot. The Englishman asks the Swede if he could spare a strawberry, to which the Swede replies, "No". the eleventh rocket on the rocket-powered car. The Larry-Boy episodes are noticeably darker in tone than most, The show definitely took a while to find its niche. It was, In their version of Daniel and the Lion's Den, a. Bob and Larry then check to see if Qwerty has a verse. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. King George, unlike most kings, spends most of his time in the bathtub, playing with his favorite toy - a rubber ducky. ", "I think we're going to get letters about this. When Louis tells King George that it looks like all his other duckies, King George retorts with, "Hold your tongue, infidel! The Japanese dub only credits Bob, Larry, and Junior under the list of voice actors. Not only are several deadly situations portrayed in the show (such as being thrown into the fiery furnace or sent down a collapsed bridge), the characters don't shy away from mentioning it. History Talk (0) Comments Share. Instead of explicitly saying the babies die, they are washed "up the river". Louis then tells King George that he already has quite a few duckies, revealing a whole cabinet full of rubber duckies, but King George rejects them, saying that they're yesterday's duckies. Jimmy then argues back, saying that Jerry was the one who suggested 'Jerry'. Jimmy pleads to Bob to let them host the show, because they've wanted to do so ever since "Dave and the Giant Pickle". The announcement trailer for the relaunch (under the title: The VeggieTales Show) can be seen here. Directed by Mike Nawrocki. Jean-Claude then asks the Englishman if he's going to eat them, but he answers that you cannot eat bananas without strawberries. I Love My Duck is a song from King George and the Ducky. Beginning with 1998 reprints and all shows released up until the early 2000s, a new montage was created and the opening banter was re-voiced so it no longer contained Larry's dopey. George VI is one of England’s most fondly remembered monarchs. Jean-Claude then yells that they're so selfish. In this VeggieTales escapade, King George spends most of his time in the bathtub so he can play with his favorite toy: a rubber ducky. I'd much rather stay in my tub with my ducky. King George then prays to God and asks him to forgive him too. The Girl Who Became Queen" example after Ms. Achmetha's "Puppy Song": After Larry, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape successfully host an entire episode (, The TV version used scenes set at Bob's house instead of the countertop segments, while in Brazil, in 2005, the show had another spin-off series called, When the characters are looking around the TV studio in. King George then asks who this man is, feeling frustrated that this man would take the lamb of the poor man. Bill then says that he can't dance, which surprises Barbara. ", Scallion #1 (the tall one), Archibald, and the narrator for "Silly Songs with Larry", Just as noticeable is Jerry Gourd, who started out sounding like an impression of Jimmy Gourd's voice (enough to mark them as. The Silly Song "His Cheeseburger" plays it straight - when they mention Denny's, we actually see a Denny's sign. Though it is modified a bit. After all, if you make a green sphere and call it a pea, who's to argue? on the land St. Bart's Church currently sits on. References and parodies plots from The Bible, The Grapes of Wrath (God Wants Me To Forgive Them? Louis: Huh? The German dub usually only credits characters important to the plot. Silly songs, talking vegetables, and plots taken from The Bible make for much better entertainment than you might expect — aided considerably by a cast the size of a produce department, and a healthy seasoning of slightly demented and honestly funny writing heavy on good natured snark, Parental Bonuses, and fourth-wall-leaning, and light on the Anviliciousness. Two by Don Quixote (Archibald Asparagus) in, The Brazilian Portuguese dub of the episode, They Bowdlerized one of their own cartoons. This story is a retelling of David and Bathsheba from the Book of Second Samuel. But me, I'm not like that,I find that stuff ..... yucky. Phillipe then asks the Swede if he's going to eat them, but he answers that you cannot eat strawberries without bananas. Seeing his opportunity, George announces that Thomas wants to help and tells Cedric to put Thomas on the front line of the battle alone. Minnesota can't use the power of the hairbrush since he has no hair. And Jimmy and Jerry Gourd. In this VeggieTales escapade, King George spends most of his time in the bathtub so he can play with his favorite toy: a rubber ducky. When King George tells him "Your king has spoken", Cedric then reluctantly goes off to do as King George told him. Bob then tells Lucy that it would make her sister really happy if she shared her toys with her, which Larry agrees with. in English before "What Have We Learned" in, In a world populated by talking vegetables and fruits, there are pies and popcorn balls as food, and apparently "apple choppers". Well, "mouth". Mr. Nezzer's reprise of "The Bunny Song. Louis." The door then knocks, as Cedric (played by Scallion # 1), the General of the Pie War, hops into the room, explaining to King George that the Pie War has gotten ferocious, before telling him that they need more men at the front. Six so far: "The Toy That Saved Christmas", "The Star of Christmas", "Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving", "The Little Drummer Boy", "It's a Meaningful Life," and "Christmas Sing-Along Songs!". Bob then narrates even further that the kingdom was at war, the pie war to be exact, and that usually when the kingdom was at war, the king would help. Cedric then leaves to take Thomas to his room, with King George proclaiming that he can finally take that bath now. King George answers that he's been thinking about the ducky for quite some time now, before asking Louis to help him with his bath. In the Biblical account of Jonah, Nineveh was a city of adulterers and thieves. King George then sings that unlike his father, he finds the particulars of war a bore, before he then hops out on the balcony while still singing about loving his duck. Why vegetables? Well, they're good for you, and what child wouldn't want to munch on versions of their favorite characters? Most of the literary references, for starters. The theme song montage that was included on all of the VHS releases from 1994 to 1997 featured clips only from the first two episodes, and is the theme that most early fans of the show are familiar with. There are some notable aversions though: "Daniel in the Lion's Den" doesn't cover up the fact that the wise men want to kill Daniel, the "first born" plague isn't taken out of, In one of the earliest episodes' songs, Jerry mentions that 'Aunt Ruth has a beard.' This is an episode transcript for King George and the Ducky. After returning to the castle, King George is happy that he has finally gained possession of Thomas's ducky. While this series has been popular for years, the video series ended with Noah's Ark in 2015, with the Netflix spinoff cancelled in 2017. The King And I contains examples of:. The 2nd Brazilian dub reportedly has Jean-Claude say "Start the song!" Some shows don't contain that song. The recent releases of "The Toy that Saved Christmas" is reanimated two years after the original release. Opening Previews to Veggietales - King George and the Ducky VHS (2004) Edythpercy81. As noted in the commentary for "Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue", the scene where Larry helps Bob put a sign back up by letting him stand on his shoulders may remind some people of "An Easter Carol", where Bob hops on Larry's shoulders to try to climb over Ebenezer Nezzer's factory gate. He was humble, modest to the point of being shy, and suffered from a speech impediment. King George and Louis manage to steal the duck and the King is happy. The Silly Song "Sport Utility Vehicle", from the episode "A Snoodle's Tale", mentions no less that. This is Truth in Television as "Incoming!" But George isn't satisfied with just his rubber ducky - he wants all the duckies! 2:57. Mr. Nezzer's name in Brazilian Portuguese is often spelled as Sr. Nozzor, Sr. Nozor, or Sr. Nosor. the possibility of the church he works at being knocked down or his son becoming deathly ill. when the rocket-powered car is launched upwards after Millward uses the eleventh rocket. Bob hating the "What We Have Learned" song and trying to turn it off in the middle. The creators of the show seem to have an affinity for places named "Moose Lake. No mention of adultery in the Veggie version; the bad thing the Ninevites do that gets mentioned most often in their version is. Lisa Vischer is also returning to voice Junior and other roles, and it has been reported that Kira Buckland, of all people, will also be voicing characters in the series. Bob retorts that he just had a break and that he doesn't need another one. The vegetables don't have hands. Furthermore, The "Duke of New Orleans" (Jerry Gourd) sings "Meet Me in St. A rather memorable example was during "Omelet", modeled after. The king learns a lesson in humility from his brave soldier Thomas, whose ducky George had stolen. Jean-Claude and Phillipe Pea then hop in while dressed as Bob and Larry, respectively, which Bob is not very comfortable with. ...2010, where a completely re-done opening that cut out everything except the first verse was introduced. Really, the whole episode can be considered a Call Back to the song. With Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Lisa Vischer, Jackie Ritz. Melvin shows up again asking King George what he learned, before King George then starts singing "The Selfish Song", explaining about how he learned about how being selfish doesn't pay and that he now realizes that before thinking about himself, he must think about others first. The intro and outro segments, some of the Silly Songs, and less frequently the stories themselves. but dies later on (which is also accurate to the book). Wh-what these are perfectly good duckies, why most of your loyal Subjects would love to have even one ducky this nice. As the series progressed, many characters sounded less like they were on helium. Jimmy tries pushing random buttons on Qwerty's keyboard to turn him on, to no avail, while Jerry hops off, then comes back while holding a piece of cardboard with "Don't be selfish" scrawled onto it. ), Batman (Larry Boy), Madame Bovary (Madame Blueberry), Gilbert and Sullivan (Lyle the Kindly Viking), Indiana Jones (Minnesota Cuke), Hamlet (Omelet), The Lord of the Rings (Lord Of the Beans), The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Ha's), Sherlock Holmes (Sheerluck Holmes), and all kinds of others. Larry gets a bit offended whenever anyone mistakes him for a pickle. King George: I don't like these, I don't need these, I don't wan these any longer My affection for those duckies isn't getting any stronger Just say I can't have what I want creamed!" Finally, the mad scientist Dr. Louis then tells King George that most of his loyal subjects would love to have one ducky as nice as the ones he has, before King George resumes singing, saying that he doesn't want these duckies any more, before throwing them all over the floor. However, Louis feels terrible about what happened to Thomas, with King George telling him that now that Thomas has lost his marbles he won't be needing the duck, to which Louis angrily asks King George if he's the only one who he thinks about. Louis then tells King George that they can't just barge in and take Thomas's duck because if they did, he'll tell people and everyone will think that he'll come and take their stuff. Mr. Nezzer, whenever he's playing an antagonistic role. "Duke and the Great Pie War" also includes regular apples along side the anthropomorphic blueberry, as well as lots of pies. In The League of Incredible Vegetables, Pull-Ups and Go-Gurt are mentioned. The camera then pans over to a Swede (played by Jerry Gourd), surrounded by a huge pile of strawberries, who introduces himself to the viewers as 'The Swede Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down With All The Strawberries', explaining that he left the inhabitants of the hill with no strawberries, so they are now bestowing the term "selfish" upon himself as well. Duke and the Great Pie War is the twenty-fourth episode of VeggieTales. King George then throws his own ducky aside before deciding that he wants Thomas's ducky, with Louis trying to talk him out of it because he already has a duck. This story is a retelling of David and Bathsheba from the Book of Second Samuel. And on what would have been the series' 25th anniversary, to boot. The two Gourd brothers then go to consult Qwerty for a verse, while Bob and Larry look at each other with looks on their faces that read "Are they kidding?" From their version of Daniel in the lions' den: But then you see it's a giant metal fish that swings down on you, turning you into a paste. King George and the Ducky/Gallery < King George and the Ducky. The first three episodes used the. Also parodied in "St. Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving". Edmund is very sick and might not live to see another Easter. That night, King George then meets up with Louis while wearing a pair of funny glasses so that no one will recognize him, before telling Louis to follow him and to try and act inconspicuous. What's the best way to teach Christian values to children, short of a talking lion? This was addressed in the DVD commentary for this episode. Mr. Nezzer tries to kill Rack, Shack and Benny by throwing them into a fiery furnace, By Larry in the silly song "Sippy Cup" while doing a, Also done by Junior in "The Gourds Must Be Crazy" when he says "Grab the gourds!". And maybe the French Peas. After production ended, DreamWorks Animation, parent company of VeggieTales studio Big Idea Entertainment, closed the studio's main Nashville offices, with the company only existing as an In Name Only unit of DreamWorks to handle intellectual property claims and licensing to the VeggieTales franchise and related properties. : the series. Soon, Thomas has been found has now been given a bath in King George's royal bathtub. At one point during Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush, Minnesota (played by Larry) starts humming the hairbrush song. After this story, King George is enraged, asking Melvin if this is a true story, before Melvin confirms that his story is true. By use of a flannelgraph, Melvin tells, in song, the story of a rich man who had a lot of sheep and a poor man who only had one sheep. The King makes a huge mistake and needs to learn how to put others first instead of just thinking of himself. "King George and the Duckie" is an adaptation of the story of David and Bathsheba; while the Biblical story centers around adultery, the VeggieTales version substitutes rubber duckie theft, the king gets a chance at reconciliation (the guy survived and won the war single-handedly in this version), and David was changed to George, because David had been the hero in an earlier episode. Before the argument can continue even further, the two Gourd brothers become alert when they hear Bob ask what's going on. Bob then asks Larry if he remembers the letter that they got from Lucy Thomas from Bismarck, North Dakota, which Larry says that he does, asking if Lucy was the one who said that she didn't want to play with her sister because she wanted to keep all her toys to herself. "Moe and the Big Exit" is an adaption of The Exodus From Egypt. We are treated to the Countertop, where this time, we see Jimmy and Jerry Gourd, who are not-so cleverly disguised as Bob and Larry, respectively, in an attempt to host the show. ), sometimes prompted by a viewer letter; short story which illustrates the issue; silly Intermission, usually in the form of "Silly Songs With Larry"; another short story; discussion of the moral and relevant verse, the latter provided by QWERTY the computer. Played with in the next Larry-Boy movie, when the Weed is wrapped around a building and reaches out a vine to grab Alfred. King George is confused, saying that Louis didn't tell him that, while Louis tells Cedric that he was trying to tell King George, but he wouldn't give him a chance to explain. After they recovered and posed for the logo, the "A" in "Idea" would pop out once more with a sound typically related to the episode accompanying it (for instance. Another recent video "Beauty and the Beet" had a Christmas song included as a bonus. Louis and Thomas are especially happy that King George has decided to amend his selfish ways. The only thing that was contained was the Silly Song. This is 321SPONGEBOLT's version of the "King George and the Ducky" trailer. The song then ends, as does the story. Bob once admitted that it's not that he hates the song, but he hates the fact the second verse of the song always cuts him off mid-sentence when he tries to make a point, which is the ACTUAL running gag. 1:05:05. King George knows just what to do, so he asks Louis to draw a bath, which confuses Louis, but this time, King George has a good reason for Louis to draw a bath, saying that he has to find Thomas. Bob stops the story at a seemingly random point (hesitant to tell his audience of very young vegetables that. But Haman has an idea: banishment to the Island of Perpetual Tickling! Qwerty then brings up the verse, which is "Love each other as brothers and sisters, and honor others more than you do yourself. When Jimmy notices the so-called verse, he compliments Jerry for it, but when they try to end the show, Bob and Larry stop them, with Bob telling the Gourds that their show was way too short and there wasn't even a verse. In the episode based on Joshua, when Moses and the Israelites take a shortcut to the Promised Land, they find that it is populated by giants, who all look like the giant pickle from "Dave and the Giant Pickle". Then there's the Hebrews marching around Jericho getting slushies dropped on their heads. Then he changes his mind and goes into carpentry. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: This is played with in The Song of the Cebu. VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky Quotes. After Cedric leaves, King George then tells Louis to meet him at the East Gate at dusk, for they have a little job to do. The King makes a huge mistake and needs to learn how to put others first instead of just thinking of himself. Phillipe Pea then also yells from off-screen, "You're so selfish", to which the Swede replies that he got all the strawberries. In one case the song. Soon, King George and Larry then enter the village, before they enter Thomas's house, to which King George then nets Thomas's rubber ducky. Jimmy and Jerry then say goodbye to the viewers, which surprises Bob, before the episode ends abruptly. Once again, Larry then dances and sings with Barbara, but then Bob comes in, asking Larry what he's doing. Notable characters include LarryBoy, the immensely quotable Badbutt suction cup-themed superhero, Buzzsaw Louie, the toy that saved Christmas, and The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, pirates who...oh, you would probably know by now; they would later receive their own movie. The song "The Dinner Time Song" from the album. But the idea is much the same. Later installments began using one long story with "Silly Songs" at the intermission. Best Horror Movies. During the song, King George used the word "wronger", which Louis tries to correct as "more wrong", but King George angrily says that it had to rhyme then angrily tells Louis not to question the king's grammar before telling him to go get that duck. King George tries to tell Melvin to come back another time because he has a bath to take, but Melvin tells him that it's important. Before the segment ends, Bill tells Barbara that he learned to dance. An Aesop: You don’t have to be afraid to do what’s right. Larry is watching a soap opera on TV called "Endangered Love", before he starts dancing and singing with a plush toy of a manatee named Barbara Manatee. Uriah Gambit: In King George and the Ducky (a retelling of the trope-naming bible story), King George has Thomas sent to the front lines of the Pie War because he wants his ducky. Barbara accepts, then asks Bill if he'll take her to the ball. King George then gives Thomas his ducky back, explaining to Thomas what he did and asks Thomas to forgive him, which Thomas does. King George and the Ducky is the thirteenth episode of VeggieTales. Melvin then sings that one day, the rich man had a guest and asks King George what the rich man did to feed the guest. In the first episode, when the wise men are trying to think of ways to get rid of Daniel, one of the suggestions is to give him donuts, and then take them away from him. Through semi-anthropomorphized God-loving vegetables. VeggieTales: King George And The Ducky is a story about a ruler whose only focus is his rubber ducks. Which and Jimmy were doing when they first appeared in "Are You My Neighbor?". In "The Lord Of The Beans" story, an anthropomorphic asparagus is given a powerful non-anthropomorphic bean. "Lyle the Kindly Viking" has a reference. Yany Vu. He also has one in the countertop segments of, Junior also mentions having one in the song "Are We There Yet?". The king learns a lesson in humility from his brave soldier Thomas, whose ducky George had stolen. The movie, widely considered to be the best of the R&H screen adaptations (or at least second only to The Sound of Music, which also had Ernest Lehman as the screenwriter), taking a Best Picture nomination at the 1957 Oscars.Oscar Hammerstein II called it the finest work he and Richard Rodgers ever produced. But George isn't satisfied with just his rubber ducky - he wants all the duckies! Ebeneezer is very upset when he learns Edmund is probably going to die, However, unlike the original story where this resulted in the character's death, (couldn't have that obviously, since this is a kids show) Thomas, The elders sent you here because I told them to, a full stanza about the kids hoping to get toys (which is also heard at the, much better entertainment than you might expect, pirates who...oh, you would probably know by now. However, Jerry changes his mind, saying that Jerry is not selfish, but nice. When Larry asks the two Gourds what the story is called, Jimmy doesn't know so he asks Jerry what it's called, to which Jerry answers, "It's called 'The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill (And Came Down With All The Bananas)'". QWERTY the computer, who obliges when Bob and Larry ask him to give a Bible verse at the end of most of the episodes. But mostly because they didn't originally have the budget for CGI that could handle complex characters. On the TV, Barbara and her boyfriend, Bill, who are both manatees, are both conversing, with Bill saying that he must "go into the world and do noble things for the good of all", and that Barbara can't come because she doesn't speak French. Larry then starts dancing and singing with her Barbara Manatee plush once again. Soon, King George and Larry then enter the village, before they enter Thomas's house, to which King George then nets Thomas's rubber ducky. he can drive his rocket-powered car at some point, pose a fire hazard, which is exactly what happens later. Tropes: Adaptation Expansion: Haman is the villain of the entire story, whereas in the book of Esther, he was not in the story until after the part where Mordecai saved the king's life.