History Recap / VeggieTalesEpisode8LarryBoyAndTheFibFromOuterSpace

-->"''WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT]] '''BEFORE''' I JUMPED ON HIS HEAD?!!"''

* AdultsAreUseless: An interesting case. Larry-Boy tries to save Junior, but ultimately, he can’t. But this isn't due to laziness, Larry-Boy does want to stop Fib, but it's only Junior that can stop the rampage.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Junior is consumed with guilt when his constant lying has nearly got Larry-Boy killed, to the point where he FINALLY confesses out loud that he broke the plate, Causing the Fib to shrink. Junior continues to admit to every lie he made up as the Fib shrinks, and genuinely apologizes to his father.

* AccidentalVentroliquism: When Fib first talks to Junior, he thinks it's his teddy bear. He's surprised when he finds out it's Fib hiding behind the teddy.

* MisspellingOutLoud: In "Larry-Boy and the Fib from Outer Space!", Jimmy Gourd complains that he's "B-O-R-D, bored" because nothing interesting ever happens at his job. "N-U-T—uh... You know, nothin'."

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Junior deciding to get his dad's plate off the shelf for his teddy bear. It was too high for him to reach so he climbed up the shelf, apparently not thinking through what could happen as a result of trying to get it down. Of course, this causes the plate to fall off the shelf and break.

** But during the rampage, Fib drops the insistence, and uses "lie" instead.

* NeverSayDie: Averted rather harshly, when Larry-Boy yells out "I! Am! Going! To die!"

** Also, while Larry-Boy and Alfred are at home playing ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'', Larry, having been stuck in the molasses swamp for 38 turns, says that he hopes the other people of Bumblyburg are having a better day than he is, immediately followed by the Larry-Boy signal blinking and the sound of sirens and people screaming outside the window.

* AdultsAreUseless: Larry-Boy tries to save Junior, but ultimately, he can’t. This is subverted in the sequel, where it as Junior's Dad that actually saved the day.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The Fib is a very literal personification of a lie that is kept going. He starts off small, but physically grows along with the lie, until he's got control of Junior very much the same way the lie has.

* BlatantLies: Although the episode is all about lying, most cases in it don't count, save for Junior's third case which is so far fetched that even Laura and Lenny don't buy it. The one exception is whenever Junior asks Fib if he's grown, which he denies both times despite how obvious it is. Particularly silly when he goes from being a little sphere about the size of Junior to a fifty-foot tall pear shaped creature that Junior now has to look up to talk to (and has legs to boot!), where he ''still'' denies having gotten any bigger.

* EvilSoundsDeep: When Fib grows to be several feet tall, his voice sounds very deep compared to the other times he was with Junior.
* FailedASpotCheck: At one point Larry-Boy is driving around Bumblyburg looking for the alien threat. He drives right by Junior and the alien (Fib), with now reaction other than a friendly "Hello boys!"

* InsistentTerminology: Fib insists that he isn't suggesting Junior to "lie," just to give a "little fib."

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Junior is usually a curious, eager boy who wants to do right things and learns from his mistakes. But when he's convinced by the fib to lie all the time, Junior's lying gets out of hand, especially when his friends are mad at him. But when the Fib grows big enough, kidnapps hm, terrorizes the town and almost kills Larry-Boy, a guilt-ridden Junior finally confesses that HE broke the plate.

* StoppingTheBlameGame: Junior keeps blaming others for the plate's destruction, then ultimately admits ItsAllMyFault to stop Fib's rampage when the Fib almost kills Larry-Boy.

Junior is now left all alone, when he hears a strange voice tell him that he's in trouble and that he can help. Junior thinks that Mr. Snuggly can talk, but the source of the voice is actually the small alien from the previous night, who then introduces himself as "Fibrilious Minimus" (Fib for short). Junior is confused about how Fib can help him, with Fib explaining to him that the only way to get out of getting in trouble with his dad is for him to tell a lie about how someone else broke the plate instead of him. Junior then hears Dad Asparagus come home, while Fib hides behind the couch. When Dad Asparagus enters the room to ask Junior how his day was, he becomes shocked when he sees that his Art Bigotti bowling plate got broken and asks Junior what happened to it. With some urging from Fib, Junior then sings "It's Laura's Fault", telling Dad about how Laura broke the plate when demonstrating her apple chopper. After Junior finishes this song, Dad is surprised that Laura would do something like that and that he'll have to call her father about what happened. After Dad Asparagus leaves, Fib then comes out from the behind the couch, while looking slightly bigger, congratulating Junior for getting out of trouble. Once Junior realizes that his troubles are over, he and Fib then leave the house before they both start hopping down the sidewalk together happily.

Meanwhile, Alfred asks Larry-Boy if he's seen any strange activity, to which Larry-Boy replies that he didn't see anything strange, other than a boy with green hair and a dog that can whistle. Alfred then tells Larry-Boy to keep looking because the fate of Bumblyburg lies in his plungers. Larry-Boy then says hello to Junior and Fib, not even giving a second thought to Fib. After Larry-Boy passes by, Percy then approaches Junior, while Fib hides in the alley. When Percy explains to Junior about how Laura got in trouble for breaking his Dad's bowling plate, when it was actually Junior who did it, Junior then explains to Percy that it was actually Laura's brother, Lenny, who broke the plate instead. Junior then starts singing about how Lenny gave the plate to "a crocodile who chewed it up for quite a while". After Junior finishes singing, Percy is surprised that Lenny is capable of that kind of violence, and the fact that he has a crocodile, before leaving. After Percy leaves, Junior is happy that it worked again, before noticing that Fib is now even more bigger, which Fib tries to pass off as having put on a few pounds. Junior also notices that Fib has legs, before Fib once again praises Junior for having potential. Larry-Boy drives by again, insisting to Alfred that he couldn't find anything in Bumblyburg, saying "I'm tired, I'm hungry, I've got to go to the bathroom. This suit is very constricting. I'm coming home now".

* AdultsAreUseless: Larry-Boy tries to save Junior, but ultimately, he can’t.

* StoppingTheBlameGame: Junior keeps blaming others for the plate's destruction, then ultimately admits ItsAllMyFault to stop Fib's rampage.