How to Eat Rotten Grapes: A VeggieTales Movie/Transcript

Part 1
(New Line Cinema Logo Shows)

(Walden Media Logo Shows)

(Big Idea Entertainment Logo Shows)

(Intro with Whimsical Music and a montage of Junior Asparagus throwing up Plays)

Dad Asparagus: Wrapping up there Junior?

Junior: (counties throwing up)

Dad Asparagus: Maybe not

Part 2
(shows the asparaguse's new house)

Dad Asparagus: Okay, Careful there Lil, You're gonna knock somebody over

(Junior kicks a soccer ball in his room)

Mom Asparagus: Junior- (gets hit by the soccer ball) OH!, Junior, You know what, I'm saying stop, This is your room, Come on,

Junior: I don't like it

Mom Asparagus: Why not?

Junior: Smell the walls

(mom and junior smell the walls)

Mom Asparagus: Mm... Yeah, You know they just need a fresh coat of paint, You can pick the color

Junior: Black

Mom Asparagus: Black?, Cozy

Junior: I don't wanna go to school mom, I'm gonna be the new kid, It's the worst thing ever, How will i even know where to go?

Mom Asparagus: We'll figure it out

Junior: We?, No!, No Mothers!

Mom Asparagus: I wanna meet your teacher Mrs. Petunia

Junior: No!, No Mothers!

Mom Asparagus: And i wanna see your classroom and just make sure that everything's okay

Junior: No Mothers!

(Junior uses his fingers to make an X)

Junior: And also mom, Don't put anything in my lunch like a little note saying "Good luck Junior"

Mom Asparagus: Don' worry i won't

(mom and junior hug)

Mom Asparagus: Okay, Unpack, All right?, You're gonna feel so much better once you get settled in and get all your toys out

Junior: Toys?

Mom Asparagus: Material Possessions

(junior gets a picture out of a box with his old classmates saying we'll miss you junior)

Part 3
(junior arrives to his new school on his bike)

Rosie: Peter!, Peter!, Look!, There's a new kid, and he's riding his bike on the sidewalk

Carry the Cucumber: Look!, Principal Nezzer!

Principal Nezzer: Dismount young man

Rosie: "And walk your bicycle, Walk your bicycle"

(all laughing)

Peter (Pa Grape): Everyone, Stare at him

(they stare at him and Junior doesn't know why)

(Junior parks his bike)

Peter: Junior A, Is that where you're putting your bike?

Junior: It's the bike rack

Peter: It's the bike rack

(bell rings)

Peter: See you around new kid

(Junior pulls out the directions)

Junior: Mrs. Petunia and-- No!, No wait!

(directions falls in a puddle)

(junior sighs)

Junior: Aw you silly note

(Junior sees laura in the reflection of the puddle and turns at her)

Laura: Say you were lost

Junior: I'm not lost

Laura: Say you were though

Junior: Okay say i was

Laura: Follow me

(junior follows laura)

Laura: Sorry if i'm taller then you

Mr. Lunt and Carry: Four eyes!

Laura: Put your stuff in there and that's our classroom in there

Tom: Everyone calls that girl four eyes

Junior: Four eyes?

Tom: Laura

Gourdon: No hats allowed

(junior takes his hat off and looks up then puts his head in his cubby)

Junior: Please don't make me go there

(bell rings)

(junior gets his head grabbed out of his cubby and turns around and finds out that it was Prinicpal Nezzer)

Principal Nezzer: Come young man

(Carry laughs)

Carry: Sweet

Principal Nezzer: Class, You have a new student joining you today Everyone lets welcome Junior with a warm hello

(cricket chrips)

Mrs. Petunia: Class?

The Entire Class: Hello Junior

(Mr. Lunt and Carry enter the room)

Principal Nezzer: You're late, Get to your seats, Would you write your name on the board young man?

(Junior tries to write his name but the chalk cracks)

(Emma and Lenny laugh and Mrs. Petunia looks at them and they stop)

(Junior trie again and succeeds)

Principal Nezzer: "Junior Asparagus", With 2 As

Junior: 3

Principal Nezzer: I beg your pardon?

Junior: There's 3 As

Mrs. Petunia: Thank you Principal Nezzer, Welcome Junior, As part of our curriculum, we are studying Ancient Egypt

(petunia pulls down the map of egypt but it slides back up)

(the class laughs)

Mrs. Petunia: Thus The sphinx, Thus the pyramids, Thus the bust of Nefertiti, now would you like to sit Junior?, Lets see, Lets find you a seat, How about right there in back of Laura

Some of the classmates: Four eyes

Mrs. Petunia: Tomorrow make sure you put your backpack in the cubby, And welcome!

Kids: (whispers) Four eyes

(Gourdon hiccups)

(Laura smiles at Junior)

Part 4
(junior goes to the cafeteria)

Carry: Hey, Have a delicious lunch

(junior opens his lunchbox and takes out his container and worms fall out)

(all of the kids laugh and scream)

Carry: WOO-HOO!

(they continue laughing)

Peter: Hey! Junior A!, That's your lunch eh?, You eat yucky grapes?

(peter and mr. lunt laugh)

Junior: I eat them all the time, You wanna try one?, Here you go

(junior throws the grape in peter's face)

(everyone gasps)

Peter: SOMEBODY GET THIS OFF OF ME!

Someone Else: He's gonna get it now!

(everyone laughs)

Principal Nezzer: EVERYONE SIT!

(junior hides the grapes and nervously smiles at Nezzer)

Part 5
Lil Asparagus (Junior's Little Brother): I'M POPULAR!

Mom Asparagus: Lil tell Junior and Daddy what you did today, The preschool kids are called sea turtles and when they introduced Lil-

Lil Asparagus: I sang a song!

Mom Asparagus: They did he stood right up when they introduced him and he sung his little heart out didn't you?

Dad Asparagus: Oh yeah?, What song did you sing?

Lil Asparagus: 🎶Baby beluga in the deep blue sea, swims so wild and swims so free, heaven above, sea below, and the little white whale on the go-🎶

Junior: STOP!, NO MORE!,

Mom Asparagus: He's just singing Junior

Junior: He's not just singing, HE'S DELIBERATELY NOT STOPPING!

Lil Asparagus: 🎶The waves roll in, The waves roll out, See the water squirting out of my spout🎶

Part 6
(Junior is in his bed)

(Dad opens the door)

Junior: Dad?

Dad Asparagus: Junior, Couldn't tell if you were asleep

Junior: My brains keeping me awake

Dad Asparagus: What's the headline of that brain of your's?

Junior: I don't like mys school

Dad Asparagus: Yeah well, Junior first days are tough, First days can be really hard, You should've seen me at work today, You know, I, Uh, I couldn't keep anyone's name straight

(flashback)

Dad Asparagus: Thanks i'll be right with you-whatever your name is

Larry: It's Larry, Larry the Cucumber

Dad Asparagus: And then they made me wear i name tag

Carrot Security Guard: This is your IMB badge, You're gonna need this when you go over to the VOD because they're gonna ask for it for IOC

(end of flashback)

Dad Asparagus: Anything like that happen to you?

(flashbacks to scene 4)

Junior: Not really

Dad Asparagus: Did you make any friends?

Junior: Everybody is already friends, They all went to kindergarten probably and i'm just this kid who's just there all of a sudden

Dad Asparagus: Well you know what you do?, You go up to people, Ypu take the initiative, You say "Hi i'm Junior Asparagus"

Junior: Say my last name?

Dad Asparagus: My point is you don't wait for them to come to you okay?, You go up to them, Introduce yourself, Shake hands

Junior: I don't have hands Dad

(dad chuckles)

Dad Asparagus: Try and get some sleep, You know things are gonna get better i promise, You watch tomorrow you're gonna have a great day

Part 7
(shows junior's new classroom with mrs. petunia teaching the students long division)

(someone throws an paper airplane)

(Laura turns her head at the person who threw it)

(Junior turns his head)

(Peter smiles at Junior)

(Junior opens the paper airplane and it says Junior the rotten grape)

(bell rings)

(the kids start calling him Junior the rotten grape)

Junior: GUYS STOP!

Peter: We're just calling you that because that's what you said

Junior: No i didn't

Peter: Yes you did, You said "I eat rotten grapes" right?

Everyone: Yeah!

Peter: So, You're Junior the rotten grape

(Peter throws a grape at Junior)

(Junior bumps into Laura)

Laura: Oh hey, Hey does your house has a front door that's green?, I was trying to figure out where you live because my house has a orange door that says Carrot, That's my name, Laura Carrot

Junior: You're making it worse

(laura finds a grape and picks it up)

Laura: Does this have something to do with this?