Where's God When I'm Scared (VeggieTales)

Where's God When I'm S-Scared? is the very first VeggieTales video. The video was released on December 21, 1993 in its unfinished form, then reprinted with corrections and changes on October 28, 1994 by Word Entertainment.

Summary
In the first story, Bob and Larry help Junior by telling his god is always watching out for him, so he won't have to be afraid. In the second story (which is a hilarious retelling of Daniel and the Lion's Den), Daniel was saved by God when the Wiseman planned to have him devoured by the lions in the lion's den.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The very first VeggieTales video to be produced and one of the first direct-to-video series to be produced entirely in CGI.
 * 2) Introduced us to such characters as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Junior Asparagus, Archibald Asparagus, The Scallions, etc.
 * 3) Good songs such as God is Bigger, The Water Buffalo Song (which kickstarted the "Silly Songs with Larry" segments by the third episode), Oh No! What We Gonna Do?, and the famous "What Have We Learned" song.
 * 4) * They were later reprised and/or reused in future years for live shows, compilations and future videos (for the latter song).
 * 5) Decent CGI animation (despite the fact it didn't age well), especially for 1993 standards. It's also interesting to see just how this CGI animation quality still looks well done nearly three decades later.
 * 6) Good voice acting from Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, Mike Sage and Gail Freeman.
 * 7) Funny moments, such as Scallion 2 and 3 teasing Larry (portrayed as Daniel) in the second story.
 * 8) Great MIDI-composed music from the sounds of the Roland SC-55 (Sound Canvas) and a live recorded tuba by Kurt Heinecke.
 * 9) With the introduction of Qwerty, verses became easy to remember for people who believe in the bible and in church.
 * 10) * For example, the verse says "So do not fear, for I am with you".
 * 11) It was best known for being one of the first animated projects to be made entirely using Softimage Creative Environment.
 * 12) Rather than canceling the project like other studios at the time, Phil and his team decided to produce the show independently. But as the video became popular with fans and critics alike, Word Entertainment chose to greenlight VeggieTales for a series of future videos and the rest is history.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) As mentioned in WIR#4, the CGI animation, while okay, hasn't aged well. But this is excusable since this came out in 1993, when the CGI animation quality wasn't complete at the time.
 * 2) * Also, the CGI animation can be rubbery and/or wonky at times, and most of it is stiff and robotic with weird facial expressions, which can scare fans when looking at the computer graphics and visual effects.
 * 3) When the episode was reprinted, the quality of the video started to degrade into a slight blue tint.
 * 4) Larry's voice is notably deeper in this episode, as with the second video later on.
 * 5) Despite the success of the Silly Song segment, it was ditched by the next episode  and replaced with the "Forgive-O-Matic" skit. Thankfully it returned in the third video Are You My Neighbor?.
 * 6) During the second segment, the female narrator (Gail Freeman) hardly interacted with the characters. For the second video, Bob and Larry took turns as narrators for the two stories and the latter interacts with Junior.

Trivia

 * First VeggieTales episode to be animated in Softimage and the very first VeggieTales video overall.
 * After the episode's first success, it was reprinted with corrections and changes in the fall of 1994 under distribution by Word Entertainment.
 * According to Phil Vischer, the original project files were lost and were never re-rendered for a high-quality remaster on DVD. Only The Water Buffalo Song was re-rendered for future releases, such as The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown.
 * Because of this, fans of the show would attempt to color correct the episode to achieve better visual quality and to be more in line with the rest of the episodes.
 * While not the greatest VeggieTales episode, it is rather historically significant (that and God Wants Me To Forgive Them). The second episode following this video had the similar feel of VeggieTales in the House, but with a lower budget.

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