VeggieTales: Heroes of the Bible: Lions Shepherds and Queens (Oh My!) (2002)

Overview
Three stories on one DVD including the features Daniel and the Lion's Den, Dave & the Giant Pickle, and Esther -- The Girl Who Became Queen. Over 75 minutes of FUN! Daniel and the Lion's Den from Where's God When I'm S-Scared? - In this musical adaptation of the classic Bible story, Daniel, played by Larry, finds himself in deep trouble thanks to the King's conniving wisemen. Daniel learns that even in the lion's den, he is still in God's hands. Dave & the Giant Pickle - This Veggie version of David and Goliath pits Junior Asparagus against a really mean, really BIG, pickle! Little Dave learns that with God's help, even little guys can do big things! Esther -- The Girl Who Became Queen - When a small-town girl wakes up with the weight of the world on her shoulders and the fate of her people in her hands, can she find the courage to do what's right? Kids learn that you never need to be afraid to do what's right!
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Three stories on one DVD including the features Daniel and the Lion's Den, Dave & the Giant Pickle, and Esther -- The Girl Who Became Queen. Over 75 minutes of FUN! Daniel and the Lion's Den from Where's God When I'm S-Scared? - In this musical adaptation of the classic Bible story, Daniel, played by Larry, finds himself in deep trouble thanks to the King's conniving wisemen. Daniel learns that even in the lion's den, he is still in God's hands. Dave & the Giant Pickle - This Veggie version of David and Goliath pits Junior Asparagus against a really mean, really BIG, pickle! Little Dave learns that with God's help, even little guys can do big things! Esther -- The Girl Who Became Queen - When a small-town girl wakes up with the weight of the world on her shoulders and the fate of her people in her hands, can she find the courage to do what's right? Kids learn that you never need to be afraid to do what's right!
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The film explicitly promotes traditional Christian values, emphasizing faith, obedience to God, and individual moral courage as the primary solutions to life's challenges, which are foundational tenets of conservative ideology.
The movie features anthropomorphic vegetable characters, which inherently bypasses human racial or gender diversity in character design. The voice cast is predominantly white, and there are no explicit attempts at race or gender swaps for traditionally white roles. The narrative, based on Bible stories, presents traditional heroic figures positively without any critique of traditional identities or inclusion of modern DEI themes.
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The film is a Christian production explicitly designed to teach biblical stories and Christian virtues to children. It portrays faith, courage, and reliance on God as positive and essential, aligning with Christian teachings.
The film positively depicts foundational stories and heroes from the Hebrew Bible, such as Daniel, Esther, and David. It celebrates their faith, courage, and devotion to God, which are central to Jewish tradition.
This VeggieTales compilation, adapting biblical narratives, does not include any explicit or implicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The content focuses solely on the original religious stories, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity within the film.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This VeggieTales adaptation of biblical stories portrays characters like Daniel, David, and Queen Esther with their canonical genders, using male vegetable characters for male roles and female vegetable characters for female roles. No established character's gender is altered.
The film features anthropomorphic vegetable characters, not human characters. As such, the concept of a "race swap" as defined, which applies to human characters changing race, is not applicable to this production.
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