History Recap / VeggieTalesEpisode4RackShackAndBenny

* ImprovisedCatapult: Near the end of the episode, Bob is able to get Larry out of the kitchen sink by having him standing on one end of a spoon while Bob jumps onto the other end. The plan is successful, but it also backfires as Bob is now trapped in the sink as well.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original 1995 VHS release, "The Bunny Song" originally had lyrics about not loving your parents and refusing to go to church and school, which resulted in hundreds of letters from parents complaining about their kids singing the song...even though the creators intended it to be a song you're not supposed to sing. Because of that, the 1998 VHS reissue and all later releases after that had the lyrics changed to refusals to eat healthy food. The creators later attributed this to them making the song too catchy.

* FountainOfYouth: Larry and Bob are aged down in this story to children dealing with labor interfering with their ability to play outside, although their [[OlderThanTheyLook heights]] and [[VocalDissonance voices remain unchanged]] from their original forms.

* BigEater: Mr. Nezzer allows his employees to eat as many bunnies as they want during their break. The workers vastly indulge until they're sick of them, all of them on the floor with stomachaches except the three heroes, whom Shack talks the other two out of eating the bunnies due to it going against parental obedience.

* HereWeGoAgain: At the beginning of the episode, Larry gets trapped in the sink. Toward the end, Bob successfully gets him out but ends up stuck in the sink himself. How he eventually gets out is never resolved.

The next morning, Rack, Shack, and Benny are greeted by Mr. Nezzer, who then explains that he will have every one of his faithful employees bow down to a chocolate bunny statue, before showing them a model of the statue, to which he says that the real thing is 90 feet tall. Mr. Nezzer then explains further that it will be a beautiful day when everyone bows down to the statue and sings a song known as "[[VillainSong The Bunny Song]]", which Benny says that he's not familiar with and asks Mr. Nezzer to hum a few bars. Mr. Nezzer then obliges as he starts singing "The Bunny Song", talking about how much he loves the bunny and not anything else. After the song ends, Rack, Shack, and Benny are a little bit troubled by the lyrics, with Rack asking what will happen if anyone doesn't sing the song. Mr. Nezzer answers that question by showing the three boys the furnace where the "bad bunnies" (bunnies that get messed up during the production cycle) are sent to be destroyed, before he says in a rather intimidating matter, "Let's just say in my mind, if you don't bow down and sing the song, you're a bad bunny". Mr. Nezzer then hops off before telling Rack, Shack, and Benny to get plenty of sleep because tomorrow is the big day. George then shows up and states that the boys were in a real pickle with this: "The Bunny Song" was full of all kinds of stuff that the three boys knew was wrong, but refusing to sing it would result in Mr. Nezzer throwing them into the furnace! He then asks the viewers what they would do if they were them, but decides to hold that thought as the ceremony is about to begin.

* HeelFaceTurn: Mr. Nezzer, at the end of the story, frees his employees from the burning pits of the furnace and expresses regret over how coldly he treated them, reconciling with a song about standing up for what you believe in.

* VillainSong: Mr. Nezzer takes on the role of the BigBad singing a song worshiping the chocolate bunnies he manufactures and then a DarkReprise chastising his employees for their lack of obedience.

As time passes, the other employees are still eating chocolate bunnies, but after a while, they begin to feel rather sick from doing so. At the end of the 30 minutes free-for-all, Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Lunt then head into the workroom before noticing that everyone has become sick as dogs as a result of eating too many chocolate bunnies. Mr. Nezzer is angered by this before Mr. Lunt notices that Rack, Shack, and Benny are the only ones who are still standing up. When Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Lunt approach the three boys, he is impressed by their resilience before telling them that he's going to promote them to Junior Executives (which, according to Mr. Lunt, means that you have to wear a tie when Benny asks what it means). After Mr. Nezzer tells Rack, Shack, and Benny to meet him in his office first thing in the morning, George then shows up, stating that Rack, Shack, and Benny are able to get on Mr. Nezzer's good side, before adding that the three boys are in for a big surprise when they come into Mr. Nezzer's office.

On the countertop, Bob is alone while greeting the kids, but when he notices that Larry is absent, Larry calls out that he's coming. From off-screen, Larry ends up crashing into some stuff, and when he finally arrives, it turns out that the reason for this is because he has an oversized oven mitt on his head, which he christens his "new hat". When Bob expresses concern that Larry cannot see anything from wearing the oven mitt, Larry retorts that according to "Veggie Beat" magazines, all the cool people wear oven mitts on their heads. Bob then remembers that they got a letter from Dexter Wilmington from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who explains that when he's visiting his friend, Billy, Billy wants to watch a show that Dexter is not supposed to watch, but Billy tells him that if he doesn't watch it, it means he's not cool, so he wants to know what he should do. Larry then decides to consult Qwerty about this problem, but unfortunately, because of the oven mitt that completely obscures his vision, he winds up falling into the kitchen sink. Bob then tells Dexter that while he's trying to get Larry out of the sink, he should watch a story about three boys named Rack, Shack, and Benny who were faced with the exact same problem.

* BigDamnHeroes: Laura is able to save Rack, Shack, and Benny before they are about to get thrown into the furnace the first time.

* DarkerAndEdgier: By ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' standards, the theme of this episode includes child slavery, and Mr. Nezzer trying to actually kill Rack, Shack, and Benny.

* BreakingOldTrends: This is the first VeggieTales episode for a few things:

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original 1995 VHS release, "The Bunny Song" originally had lyrics about not loving your parents and refusing to go to church and school, which resulted in hundreds of letters from parents complaining about their kids singing the song...even though the creators intended it to be a song you're not supposed to sing. Because of that, the 1998 VHS reissue and all later releases after that had the lyrics changed to refusals to eat healthy food.

Laura then angrily proclaims that no one bakes her buddies. As Mr. Nezzer berates and threatens Laura, the latch bolt for the gate of the truck then comes loose, which causes Rack, Shack, and Benny to fall into the fiery furnace. Mr. Nezzer then laughs at his victory, stating that no one will ever stand up to him again. However, the room suddenly turns dark before a multitude of bright lights shoot out from the windows of the furnace. Mr. Lunt peers into one of the windows as he asks how many guys they threw into the furnace. Mr. Nezzer incredulously answers that there are three before Mr. Lunt states that there are four guys in there now, making note that one of them is real shiny, as well as the fact that they aren't burning up. Mr. Nezzer then calls out to the three boys to get out of there, before the fiery furnace gate then opens up, as Rack, Shack, and Benny come out alive and well.

We are introduced to the narrator of the story, an old onion named George, who serves as the gatekeeper to the Nezzer Chocolate Factory. George then explains that the real names of Rack, Shack, and Benny are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but everyone else called them by their nicknames since they couldn't remember the three boys' real names. George then explains that every morning at the Chocolate Factory, everyone works hard to make sure that everything is going smoothly, before noticing that it's almost 8 o'clock, which means that it's time for the morning milk delivery. Laura then approaches the front gate and, in her speaking debut, explains to George in song that she'd love to stay and talk, but she doesn't have the time because everyone works really hard at the chocolate factory. After Laura arrives at the factory, she meets up with Mr. Lunt, who tells her through song that she's in trouble because she's two minutes late for work, before he also orders the other employees (which are played by a multitude of peas) to get back to work.

* BigEater: Mr. Nezzer allows his employees to eat as many bunnies as they want during their break. The children vastly indulge until they're sick of them, all of them on the floor with stomachaches except the three heroes, whom Shack talks out of eating the bunnies due to it going against parental obedience.

** The first one to be a double length story (the previous three were two separate stories.

* TheStinger: The original 1995 VHS release ends with Bob saying "I'd like to get out now", while he is still trapped in the sink. Strangely enough, on the 1998 reissue, this bit was taken out and replaced with the familiar Big Idea logo.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: In the Countertop Outro, Larry sings the "What Have We Learned" song, instead of the usual practice of Qwerty play the song.

* NightmarishFactory: The setting of the episode is this in spades. The employees are shown during the opening song to be worked absurdly hard for pitiful salaries and at least two of the employees, [[VagueAge possibly more]], are child laborers. That's to say nothing of the fact that the protagonists' boss Mr. Nezzer decides that all of his employees have to bow down and worship a giant bunny statue or else ''he will burn them alive''.

* CrapsackWorld: The setting of the episode is this in spades. The employees are shown during the opening song to be worked absurdly hard for pitiful salaries and at least two of the employees, [[VagueAge possibly more]], are child laborers. That's to say nothing of the fact that, when the protagonists' boss Mr. Nezzer decides that all of his employees have to bow down and worship a giant bunny statue or else ''he will burn them alive'', none of them even think to run away or call the police on him, which has some [[FridgeHorror rather telling implications]].