A boatload of beloved VeggieTales pals embark on a fun and fresh pirate adventure with their trademark humor and silly songs in The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - A VeggieTales Movie! Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape find themselves on the ride of their lives when they are mysteriously whisked back to the time when pirates ruled the high seas.
Writing
Self-aware veggie puns that somehow land every single time.
Score
That rock monster song lives rent-free in millennial brains.
Practical Effects
CGI aging like a fine... cucumber? Holds up weirdly well.
Director
Mike Nawrocki
Phil Vischer
George / Sedgewick / Willory / Sir Frederick / Mr. Hibbing / Bob the Tomato / Pirate Spy / Pirate Philippe Pea (voice)
Mike Nawrocki
Elliot / Pirate Jean Claude Pea / Theater Foe / Pirate Spy Sidekick / Pirate with Dummy / Rock Monster Father (voice)
Cam Clarke
Robert the Terrible / The King (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal
Alexander (voice)
Cydney Trent
Bernadette (Petunia) (voice)
Keri Pisapia
Ellen (voice)
Jim Poole
Pirate Scooter Carrot (voice)
Tim Hodge
Jolly Joe / King's Ship Officer / Background Voices (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the last theatrically released VeggieTales film—Big Idea's swan song before bankruptcy and sale to DreamWorks.
The 'Pirates Who Don't Do Anything' originated as a Silly Song in 1997, making this a 70-minute expansion of a 3-minute gag. Commitment to the bit: legendary.
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