Noah's Ark (VeggieTales)

"Noah's Ark" is the 51st episode of VeggieTales, and the final one overall.

Why This Ark Sucks

 * 1) The character designs are those of the infamous series VeggieTales in the House. While it is true that it was meant for the characters to resemble more to the actual fruits and vegetables, it is barely recognizable since it tries to hard to be anime esque, but failed.
 * 2) Poor grasp of the original book. Sure, the other VeggieTales episodes didn't exactly tell the other biblicals stories exactly as they happened, but they had better writing. Thus, we could easily ignore the historical inaccuracies. But since this doesn't have good writing, the historical inaccuracies are way more obvious. (Even Bob pointed out that none of the orange shaped Ark, the Hot Balloon, and the giant squid didn't happen in the original story)
 * 3) * Shem is butchered from his biblical incarnation, becoming very whiny in this version.
 * 4) * The ark is unnecessarily butchered in four ways.
 * 5) ** It has a deck on it, which it originally did not have. Read here.
 * 6) ** It looks and is shaped like an orange slice.
 * 7) ** It also spouts several leaks in one scene. Depicting such a thing in the Bible would show that what Jesus did is not enough for Salvation. Why? It's because that according to the Bible, Noah's Ark symbolized God's salvation.
 * 8) ** It is designed like a cruise ship, complete with Noah and his family acting like a cruise staff, no less!
 * 9) * One scene shows have Shem feared that the ark could flip over, yet this did not happen in the Bible.
 * 10) * Hot air balloons are depicted in a time where they didn't exist.
 * 11)  Headscratcher: How was Larry able to fit Roger on the countertop?
 * 12) The moral, unlike other episodes, is forced down your throat. It's also a repeated lesson of "Trusting God", which was already done in Gideon: Tuba Warrior.
 * 13) The story focuses mostly on Shem rather than the titular story.
 * 14) Some plotholes are seen in the story.
 * 15) * Shem freaking out over the ark being mostly built, leading the viewers to question either a) the length of his honeymoon, or b) how long it took Noah to build the ark.
 * 16) ** Him spending almost the entire episode trying to get out of the ark, which drags on for way too long. Not to mention, it can be pretty pointless if you think about it, as all of the Earth was covered by water.
 * 17) * None of the characters question what God told them, or at least that's not what we see.
 * 18) * Shem wants to build a porch even though this is not seen as being done.
 * 19) The humor, unlike other episodes, is mostly unfunny. For example, Larry's pun about Noah at the beginning is bad.
 * 20) Some children may not be able to keep up with the pace of the story.
 * 21) "My Golden Egg" is just a weird song revolving around Larry's infatuation for just a plain golden egg.
 * 22) * Its ending is also wasn't good, as he still tries to claim the egg even after Laura just did.
 * 23) * When Larry sees the giant egg in one scene, he sings that it has his name on it when it doesn't, making him more selfish than some may think.
 * 24) When Bob and Larry talk about their redesigns, the former asks the latter if he got some exercise. Going by what they were talking about, having him say this is nonsensical.
 * 25) It overall ended the classic series poorly.
 * 26) Despite the animation being great, some scenes don't look rendered, though it happens few and far between.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Some of the pre-VeggieTales in the House voice actors reprise their roles in this episode.
 * 2) The other songs are decent, but "My Golden Egg" would've been a bit better had it not been called a Silly Song.
 * 3) About one to two jokes are funny, but that is it.
 * 4) There is a reference to Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie on a jigsaw puzzle, which is a nice callback to the older era.
 * 5) * Another scene also has a reference to Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella in which four umbrellas that look like Noah's can be seen.
 * 6) Bob at least recalls that the orange-shaped ark, the giant squid, and the "really cool dirigible" (the hot air balloon in case you don't know) were not in the Bible.
 * 7) The theme song using images from past episodes up to this does kinda fit for it being the last episode.
 * 8) Even though it has the same redesigns as VeggieTales in the House, the animation is actually great, and a decent step up from the original.

Trivia

 * This episode was originally conceived in 1999 for a full-length movie, before having its plot changed to that of the book of Jonah due to the fears regarding animating fur. The concept of adapting the story was later revisited when the animation got better.
 * The reason for this being the last episode is because DreamWorks, who had been overseeing production on the series, had ordered for it to be shut down after this episode was made.