History YMMV / VeggieTales

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone:

** ''[=VeggieTales=]'' came out in 1993 in which basically CGI was in its infancy (before even ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''), and it was the first CGI Christian series where the genre was nearly unheard of, now that the CGI has aged badly and every studio wants to take its crack on the [[FollowTheLeader CG Christian craze]], it seems ''[=VeggieTales=]'' is now seen as just that, a CG Christian show.
** The "Silly Songs" were [[AffectionateParody parodies]] of song styles popular at the time... and many of which ''were'' legitimately good, not working in {{Anvilicious}} bible messages (Most of the time, bible references weren't even ''present'' in the Silly Songs!) on top of it. However, they've become rather dated, meaning people who see music videos nowadays will most likely not get all the jokes.
** The amount of [[WholePlotReference references]] and [[ParentalBonus adult humour]], and its use of AnachronismStew for the sake of humour was ''quite'' fresh. These days, it's likely to be seen as just overusing reference humour.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: In one of the commentaries, the creators explain that when Canadians were shown an episode with the French Peas, they thought they were offensive and they shouldn't be featured on the show. They then showed the episode with the peas to some people from France who thought it was hilarious.

** ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' fans also get along with fans of ''[=VeggieTales=]'', due to their similar styles of humor. It's gotten to the point where fan animations exist with ''[=VeggieTales=]'' characters reenacting scenes from ''[=SpongeBob=]''.

* SeasonalRot: Depending on who you ask, the show started to decline either shortly after the [[WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie first theatrical movie]] when the episodes became much more self-aware, [[ReferenceOverdosed filled with more pop-culture references]], focused less and less on Biblical stories and [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] much of the cast, or around the early 2010s when the animation budget was slashed in half thanks to Big Idea being purchased by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and outsourcing the animation to cheaper studios, and many episodes' plots were [[RecycledScript rehashed from previous episodes]]. The DenserAndWackier revival series ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse'' and ''[=VeggieTales=] in the City'' haven't helped matters.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Dave and the Giant Pickle" had, for some odd reason, subtitles when the Philistines (played by the French Peas) first spoke, which makes it extremely odd because they were speaking English and we can understand what they were saying. They never appear afterwards thus making the addition of subtitles pointless.

** "The Bunny Song", oh "The Bunny Song". Created as a goofy but still serious retelling of [[Literature/BookOfDaniel Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego]], the song was designed to be obviously as bad as possible. Unfortunately, the song was too catchy, leading to parents complaining about kids not loving their mom and dad and not wanting to go to church and school.

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Very few fans of [=VeggieTales=] have much love for the WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse era of the show for a multitude of reasons. One of the first reasons were the change in character designs; the folks at Big Idea felt that the characters' designs now looked antiquated due to being based on how they looked all the way back in 1993, and decided to revamp them. However, the new designs they chose received a severely mixed reception, especially from fans who found the characters' original designs too iconic to change. Then In The House (and its sequel series In The City) properly premiered to a chilly reception. The show was criticized for feeling so much more [[DenserAndWackier wacky and hyperactive]] than the original show to the point that it was seen as detrimental to the show, older characters undergoing {{Flanderization}} (especially Larry the Cucumber, who went from the "cool but clumsy co-host" to a childish idiot) while the new characters were [[TheScrappy unlikable and/or annoying]], and in general feeling like the charm that made the original series so beloved was no longer there. It was thought that the poor reception to In The House/City would kill the franchise outright until the franchise won back the crowd with a second reboot in the form of WesternAnimation/TheVeggieTalesShow which brought the series back to something (both in tone and aesthetic) resembling the original show.

%%* EvilIsSexy: {{Parodied|Trope}} with the Bad Apple.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** It's hard to appreciate just ''how'' groundbreaking this show was back in the nineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium. For these reasons, people make fun of it outside of when SeasonalRot kicked in.
** ''[=VeggieTales=]'' came out in 1993 in which basically CGI was in its infancy (before even ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''), and it was the first CGI Christian series where the genre was nearly unheard of, now that the CGI has aged badly and every studio wants to take its crack on the [[FollowTheLeader CG Christian craze]], it seems ''[=VeggieTales=]'' is now seen as just that, a CG Christian show.
** The "Silly Songs" were [[AffectionateParody parodies]] of song styles popular at the time... and many of which ''were'' legitimately good, not working in {{Anvilicious}} bible messages (Most of the time, bible references weren't even ''present'' in the Silly Songs!) on top of it. However, they've become rather dated, meaning people who see music videos nowadays will most likely not get all the jokes.
** The amount of [[WholePlotReference references]] and [[ParentalBonus adult humour]], and its use of AnachronismStew for the sake of humour was ''quite'' fresh. These days, it's likely to be seen as just overusing reference humour.