After accidentally breaking his dad's prized collector's plate, Junior Asparagus is encouraged (by his new friend Fibrilious Minimus) to cover up the accident. When Junior is forced to continually tell fib after fib to maintain the story, he discovers his new friend has grown…and threatens to take over all of Bumblyburg! Larry-Boy, Bumblyburg's superhero, arrives and vanquishes Fib by telling Junior that God wants us always to tell the truth. When Junior asparagus breaks his Dad's bowling plate, Junior lies about it, then Junior lies more until he can't stop. And his friend fib, grows big and takes over Bumblyburg! I like this movie a lot, but Larry-Boy is pathetic. Larry-Boy does not know how to be a superhero. Whenever he fights crime, he always needs help from Alfred. In this movie and the one with the rumor weed, other people were the ones that saved the day. In this film, Junior Asparagus stopped the fib by telling everyone the truth. In Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed, the rumor weed was stopped by Junior letting everyone know that the rumor wasn't true. Larry-Boy could have been left out of both because he didn't do anything. What superhero doesn't know how to handle his or her equipment without help constantly? Why couldn't Alfred be the superhero in both movies? "Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!" is another VeggieTales short film and this one is from 1997, almost 20 years old, or maybe older already when you read this review. In any case, it is not one of the earliest from the series, but certainly one of the earlier entries. However, I was slightly disappointed by Phil Vischer's work here. In my opinion, these 30 minutes missed some of the core elements that made the franchise so popular. Instead, this one goes a different path that many mediocre animated films these days go: lots of noise, action and many (failed) attempts at humor. The positive lesson aspect is missing almost entirely in here and the references to that regard are not memorable at all. As a consequence, there is also no real heart in here and this is usually the strength of other VeggieTales. The animation I was also not too fond of. Like the more traditional path from older VeggieTales films. As a whole, I do not recommend checking it out. One of the weakest installments I have seen so far and it baffles me that this has such a high rating here on IMDb and is generally among the most known from the franchise. It is not a success. Don't watch.
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