The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie is a 2008 American computer-animated family adventure comedy film directed by Mike Nawrocki, written by Phil Vischer, produced by Big Idea and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the second theatrical film to feature characters from the VeggieTales video series following Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie in 2002, and is the only VeggieTales media that deviates from its usual messages about Christianity and biblical morals.

The film was released in theaters on January 11, 2008, and received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the script but praised the animation. The film was also a box office bomb, grossing only $13 million worldwide on a $15 million budget.

Plot

In the past, the pirate Robert the Terrible attacks and boards one of the Kingdom of Monterria s ships, capturing Prince Alexander. Eluding the pirates, Princess Eloise and her servant Willory (played by Archibald Asparagus) send a device that the king made, called a Helpseeker, to find heroes to save Alexander.

In modern times, three misfits: the yes man George (Pa Grape), the lazy Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt), and the timid Elliot (Larry the Cucumber) are employees at a dinner theater. Although they want to be seen as heroes by their loved ones, as lowly cabin boys they believe their dream is unattainable. After wrecking the show one night, they are fired and thrown into an alley. The Helpseeker locates them and, after Elliot activates the device, transports the trio to Monterria.

Meeting the Princess and Willory, the group sets off to Jolly Joe s Tavern where they learn that Pirate Robert, the brother of the king before being banished, has kidnapped Alexander in the hopes of exacting revenge on the king. Setting sail in search of the whereabouts of Robert s hideout, the pirate s men capture Eloise and Willory. As George and Elliot continue on their quest, a cowardly Sedgewick decides to stay behind in a cave filled with cheese curls . After the two leave, Sedgewick discovers the curls are instead living worm-like creatures which chase him out of the cave, forcing him to overcome his fear and laziness.

Meanwhile, George and Elliot arrive on an island populated by a rock giant family, who help them make it to Robert s fortress. Sedgewick meets up with them, having swum the ocean being chased by the living worm-like creatures. Arriving at a hidden bay outside of the fortress, the trio are attacked by a giant serpent. However, Elliot realizes the guardian is actually a mechanical device and is able to shut the machine down from inside and save the two. Once inside, George, Sedgewick, and Elliot rescue the prince and princess but are confronted by Robert who demands to know when the king is coming back. With no other choice, George, Sedgewick, and Elliot admit that they are only cabin boys, and not heroes. But, suddenly, finding his self-respect, George uses a chandelier to knock the pirate down and the group escapes through the fortress s cistern with Robert in hot pursuit. Back in the bay, Robert s ship opens fire on the group s small boat. The king arrives, sinks Robert s ship, and rescues the group.

After receiving medals from the king and being declared heroes, the Helpseeker returns Elliot, George, and Sedgewick to the restaurant. Unbeknownst to them, Robert has stowed away on their trip back to get revenge on them for defeating him and attacks the dinner theater set and mistakes Sir Frederick (Jimmy Gourd), one of the stage performers, for George. In a final showdown, the trio defeat Robert and send him back to his own time. The audience cheer wildly as the gang earn the respect they had desired. Offered a second chance to be in the show, the three refuse and leave to pursue adventure elsewhere one more time as the Helpseeker blinks once again. The film ends with the entire cast singing Rock Monster , a parody of The B-52 s hit Rock Lobster . Once they are done singing, Bob the Tomato finally makes his appearance, as the director. Later, Robert is arrested by the King for his crimes as he is shown dancing to the music during the credits along with his imprisoned minions.

Voice cast

• Phil Vischer as George (Pa Grape), Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt), Willory (Archibald Asparagus), Mr. Hibbing (Mr. Nezzer), Sir Frederick (Jimmy Gourd), Stede (Scallion #1), Phillipe Pea and Bob the Tomato
• Mike Nawrocki as Elliot (Larry the Cucumber), Bonnet, Darnell, Jean-Claude Pea and Barbossa
• Laura Gerow as Princess Eloise
• Yuri Lowenthal as Prince Alexander
• Cam Clarke as Robert the Terrible and King Cole
• Tim Hodge as Jolly Joe (Charlie Pincher) and the Ship Officer
• Megan Murphy as Bluvridge (Madame Blueberry)
• Alan Lee as a Blind Man and One-Eyed Louie
• Cydney Trent as Bernadette (Petunia Rhubarb)
• Keri Pisapia as Ellen
• Sondra Morton Chaffin as Caroline
• Drake Lyle as George Jr.
• Ally Nawrocki as Lucy
• Jim Poole as Scooter
• Patrick Kramer as Colin
• Joe Spadaford as Jacob Lewis

Production

Phil Vischer completed the script for this film in 2002, noting that he wrote it before Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was released. Because of the bankruptcy and buyout of assets of Big Idea Productions, the film wasn t able to start production until late 2005.

The animation was done by Big Idea, Inc., and animation production was done by Starz Animation as Universal Pictures first computer animated film.

Reception

According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 43% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 4.92/10. The site s critics consensus reads, This Veggietale should please the youngest crowds, but the silly script will tire the more discerning viewer. At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . The film earned $12.7 million for Universal Studios out of an estimated $15 million budget.

Home media

The film was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.

Music

Several original songs are performed in the film by the characters. When the credits are paused, The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything (sung by Relient K) and Rock Monster (sung by the cast) can be heard.

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	Spanish Gold	Cast
2.	Jolly Joe s	Jim Poole, Phil Vischer & Mike Nawrocki
3.	Yo Ho Hero	Newsboys & Steve Taylor
4.	Papa s Got a Gumball Nellie	Mike Nawrocki
5.	Walking Rocks	Mike Nawrocki
6.	Spanish Gold (Reprise)	Cast
7.	What We Gonna Do?	TobyMac

Year	2008
ReleaseDate	2008-01-11
RuntimeMins	85
RuntimeStr	1h 25min
Plot	Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.
Directors	Mike Nawrocki
Writers	Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki
Stars	Tim Hodge, Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer
Produced by	Marissa Collyer, Mike Heap, Paula Marcus, Mike Nawrocki, Terry Pefanis, David Pitts, Jane Smith, Phil Vischer
Music by	Kurt Heinecke
Editing by	John Wahba
Casting By	Susan Blu
Production Design by	Charles R. Vollmer
Art Direction by	Andrew Woodhouse
Production Management	Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, Alan Kennedy, Graham Moloy, David J. Steinberg, Matthew Teevan, Matthew Voynovich
Art Department	Tom Bancroft, Tod Carter, Paul Conrad, Robert O. Corley, Philip Dimitriadis, Ron Eddy, Steve Fuller, Tim Hodge, Eddie Pittman, Karen Poth, Brian Roberts, Joe Spadaford, J. Michael Spooner, John Trauscht, John Trent, Joseph Sapulich, Conrad Vernon
Sound Department	Brian Calhoon, Matthew Chan, Marissa Collyer, Jason Crowe, Gary Daprato, Marvyn Dennis, Justin Drury, Christopher Guglick, Ryan Henwood, Ric Jurgens, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm, Baxter Merry, Caitlin Murphy, Travis Palmer, Fred Paragano, Daniel Pellerin, Paul Sacco, Joe Serafini, Don White, Mike Frank, Bob Giammarco, Brooke Graeff, Sean Macrae
Visual Effects by	Belma Abdicevic, Rob Aitchison, David Bachelor, Daniel W. Bissell, Dean Blaser, Mark Bodanis, Aaron Burr, Warran Butler, Allanlee Calder, Steven Mark Chen, Yan Chen, Woojin Choi, Jae Wook Chung, Matt Collie, Brian Cooper, Robert Dale, Terry Dale, Alexander Feigin, Heather Gagnier-Souliere, Angela Guenette, Mike Habjan, Oliver Heijmans, Maged K. Henein, John Hickson, Irit Hod, Harout Steve Kahwati, Alan Kennedy, Joseph Kim, Taras Kouzela, Tibor Kovacs, Warren Lawtey, Max Lazzarin, Kang Sub Lee, Greg Lev, Jeff Lin, Jing Jing Liu, Zachary V. Lowe, Bryan Luren, Scott MacKay, Derian McCrea, Jason McKenzie, Iain McLuckie, Rian McNamara, Dominic Menegon, Nikola Milosevic, David Mitrovic, Aleksi Moriarty, Harry Mukhopadhyay, Erin Nicholson, Irfa Nisar, Patrick Pautler, Tom Perry, Zebulon Pike, Ryan Quaglia, Jenny Riutta, Jeff Russell, Jerry Seguin, Marnie Shachar, Shervin Shahidi, Raden Slipicevic, Gary Smith, Ian Spriggs, Anja Stitic, Paul Stodolny, Sean Sullivan, Rolph Thomas, Damian Upton, Cornell Van Der Spek, Archie Villaverde, Anna Wagner-Lopez, Greg Whynott, Kyung Hoon Woo, Dan Wrightsell, Vincent Jinghun Xu, Neil Yamamoto, Boogab Youn, Jun Yue, Mark Neysmith, Albert Tam
Animation Department	Moysis Antoniou, Vanessa Arsen, Robin Badr, Stephen Barnes, Brendan Beesley, Mary Bekiaris, Mike Chaffe, Sean Coghlin, Matt Collie, Michael Demur, Mike Dharney, Simon Fung, Scott Guppy, Jason Hendrich, M.A. Samad Khan, Shelagh Kitney, Paul Kohut, Daniel Krzywania, Jesse Lickman, Michael Lopez, Paul McLennan, Eric Murray, Praveen Nadaraju, Jeff Panko, Carol Prince, Sue Hyunsook Shim, Rob Silvestri, Tim Sormin, Eric Stinnissen, Danny Testani, Dan Turner, Archie Villaverde, Devin Vriesings, Steve Wittmann, Michelle Zhang, Conrad Vernon
Editorial Department	Nick Iannelli, Trevor Lewis, Dave Muscat, Nick Paulozza, J. Chris Wall, Chris Wallace, Motassem Younes, Matt Ahrens, Adam Garner
Music Department	Mike Casteel, Yori Casteel, Dennis Dearing, James Fitzpatrick, Kurt Heinecke, John Herberman, Jan Holzner, Ebb Ivory, Adam Klemens, Tim May, José McSloan, Gunnar Nelson, Kathy Nelson, Fred Paragano, Gretchen Priest-May, Dan Rudin, Yuri Sazonoff, Axl Swang, Stephen Traub, John Trauscht, Adam Axbey, Jerry Goldsmith, Vitek Kral, Alan Menken
Additional Crew	Wayne Allwine, Jeff Bell, Bobbie Bradshaw, Steve Byrd, Elizabeth Carney, Simon Chang, Colleen Curtis, Rena Dalmasso, Amy Federico, Anna Fletcher, Jos h R.L. Fuller, Jeff Goessinger, Lisa Griffin, Lucie Hager, Marc Harper, Vatsana Kongtakane, Ron Marinic, Dave McCartney, Michael Pitts, John Ruzich, Sari Schwartz, Kim Seto, Jim Shapiro, Don Steele, George Elias Stephanopoulos, Meghan Traughber, Mark Vega, Stanislava Vomackova, Greg Williams, Andy Youssi, Tod Raymond Baudais, Lih Chang, Krista Johnston
Thanks	Tammy Baczek, Echo Caskey, Ellen Cockrill, Betty Cope, Rachel Curet, Linda Eddy, Leslie Ferrell, Lee Eric Fesko, Lenny Franklin, Greg Fritz, Greg Hardin, Douglas Scott Kay, Rebekah Litfin, Katie Locke, Jerrad Matthew, Rodney Payton, Glenn Ross, Tom Ruzicka, Ron Smith, Bob Starnes, Jim Stelluto, Tina Sterner, Gretchen Stibolt, Carol Stokes, Catie Tapalman, Brad Taylor, Karen Rupert Toliver, Melissa Toy, Meredith Waite, Zachary Willis
Genres	Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Companies	Universal Pictures, Big Idea Productions, Starz Animation
Countries	USA, Canada
Languages	English
ContentRating	G
ImDbRating	5.6
ImDbRatingVotes	2993
MetacriticRating	49
Keywords	time travel,backward time travel,forward time travel,male time traveler,time traveler