History Recap / VeggieTalesInTheHouseS1E8

* ShoutOut: This episode takes its name from [[Film/TheBucketList the 2007 film of the same name]] starring Creator/JackNicholson and Creator/MorganFreeman.
** This episode also seems to take a couple of elements from those of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Mid-Life Crustacean", and the ''WesternnAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' episode "Donkey for a Day".

!!The Bucket List
->'''Episode number:''' 8a
->'''Subject:''' Being kind to your enemies
->'''Focus veggie(s):''' Ichabeezer, Bob, Larry

At Pa Grape's store, Pa has gotten Bob and Larry's bikes fixed up, telling them that he changed the tires and fixed the squeak on the brakes and shined them up, no extra charge. Upon hearing the "no extra charge" part, Larry angrily asks Pa if he's trying to rip them off, before Bob tells him that it means that Pa did extra work for free, which Larry is able to understand. Pa then answers that he doesn't just do his work and that he tries to be kind, because it's the right thing to do. Larry then replies, "I'm kind... to my friends", before Pa adds that we learn from the Bible that we should be kind, even to people who are not always kind to us. Bob then tells Larry that they should work on being more kind, which Larry agrees with, saying, "Let's take kindness to the extreme". Larry then hops on his bike and starts riding it all over the store, despite Bob trying to get him to stop. Larry then rides his bike on one of the shelves and balances on the front of it while balancing on the edge of the shelf, but he ends up falling off the shelf, before Bob tells him that that's why bikes are not inside toys.

At that moment, Ichabeezer then enters the store, telling Pa that he came to buy his best vacuum, but Pa tells him that he sold his last one to Madame Blueberry, before Ichabeezer angrily asks Pa "What kind of operation are you running here, Grape? You never have anything when I need it. This is the worst store in town!" Pa then tells Ichabeezer that he'll call him when they get more vacuums in, just as Ichabeezer leaves, but not without telling Pa, "Thanks... for nothing". Bob then tells Larry that they're going on a mission of kindness, before he hops on his bike and rides off, all while Larry tells Bob that the bikes are not inside toys, before he also rides off after Bob. Ichabeezer drives off on his Segway, just as Bob rides after him, telling him that he and Larry have a vacuum and that they could come over and clean his entire house. When Ichabeezer asks Bob why they would do that, Larry then also rides up to Ichabeezer and tells him a verse, which is, "'''Love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting anything back. Luke 6:35'''". When Ichabeezer repeats the last statement in disbelief, Bob and Larry confirm this, before Ichabeezer finally consents to their offer, telling them to be at his house by 5:30, but no sooner, because he doesn't want the vacuum interrupting his golf. After Ichabeezer drives off, Bob then tells Larry, "The 'Beez has never seen kindness like the kind we're gonna show him".

Bob and Larry soon approach Ichabeezer's house, while carrying a vacuum cleaner and a broom, which Bob uses to ring the doorbell. Ichabeezer then answers the door, before telling the two friends that the mess is in his 13th living room, and that he'll be in his other spare office, before telling them not to disturb him. Bob then tells Larry, "Normally, I'd have a tough time doing so many nice things for such a grumpy guy", as he starts sweeping the floor. Larry then polishes a portrait of one of Ichabeezer's relatives while saying that "His whole life seems so sad", before telling Bob that they have to do something good for him. Bob then says that they have to get work, before he goes to alphabetize Ichabeezer's socks, Larry saying that he'll paint his teeth collection white again, Bob saying that he'll sweep the ceiling, and Larry saying that he'll polish the marshmallows. Bob then starts hoeing the front lawn, while Larry is cleaning Rooney, who then bumps into Larry, sending him flying until he lands in the bucket that he was using for the cleaning. Bob then polishes a suit of armor bust, before he and Larry then start sweeping the ceiling, bringing up a bunch of dust.

Larry then decides to vacuum Ichabeezer's desk, the vacuum blowing a bunch of papers off the desk, before it sucks up a clipboard, which Larry is surprised to discover. When Bob asks Larry what he has there, Larry reads what is on the clipboard, which is, "Get a mohawk, wrestle a bear, parachute, singing in a screamo band", before telling Bob that they have found the writings of a madman. When Bob asks Larry why he says that, Larry answers that it's because it says "Bucket List" at the top and none of the things on the list are buckets. Bob then tells Larry that it's a great find, before explaining that a Bucket List is a list of things a person wants to do before the end of their life, also noting even further that "These are Ichabeezer's greatest wishes". Larry also adds, "It's like a kindness cheat sheet just for Old Man 'Beez". Bob then tells Larry that if they help Ichabeezer do everything on the list, they will achieve maximum "kindosity". Ichabeezer then shows up, admitting to Bob and Larry that they really clean up nicely, before asking them how much. Bob then tells him that it's a favor for a friend, to which Ichabeezer replies, "You two have friends, huh?" before telling them, "Have a lovely evening... nowhere near my presence!" Bob tells him that they're done for now, before Larry tells him that they have a big surprise, but Bob shushes him, before he and Larry leave, telling Ichabeezer to have a great evening.

The next morning, Ichabeezer gets up out of bed before going to look at himself in the mirror, but when he looks in the mirror, he is surprised to find that he now has a mustache on his face, before Bob and Larry show up, with Larry telling him that they glued it to his face in his sleep, despite Ichabeezer's protests that he's allergic to mustaches. Bob then tells Ichabeezer that they made him breakfast, which is Sardine-Marshmallow Pie in a Ghost Pepper Crust, which is shoved into Ichabeezer's face. The spiciness of the pie causes Ichabeezer to blow flames, while Bob tells him, "That's already three things marked off the list, Mr. Icha-sneezer", before Ichabeezer then blows another blast of flames that slightly chars the stem on Bob's head. Ichabeezer is then tied up in a bungee cord, before Bob tells him, "Time for the adventure of a lifetime!", but when Ichabeezer wants to know what they're doing, Bob shushes him, before telling him to step to the left just a smidgen. Ichabeezer then becomes surprised when he sees that the bungee cord that is wrapped around him is also wrapped around the entire room, before Larry then yells, "Bungee away!", which then causes Ichabeezer to get thrown all around the entire house before the cord sends him outside and right into a dumpster full of lobsters. Bob then says that it counts as doing a cannonball in a dumpster of lobsters. Ichabeezer then yells, "Get me out of these lobsters!" just as one of the lobsters pulls the mustache off his face, before his bungee cord comes loose, sending Ichabeezer falling into the dumpster.

Bob and Larry are now in their cars, before they start towing the dumpster, with Ichabeezer in it, all the way to the center of town. Ichabeezer peeks out from the dumpster before becoming horrified at what's happening, just as Bob and Larry slow to a stop, which then sends Ichabeezer flying until he crashes at the front of the gazebo, where a band is set up for him. Ichabeezer is rather dizzy from the impact, just as Larry and Mr. Lunt start playing rock music, while Ichabeezer then starts yelling angrily into a microphone about how he's never been so insulted. Off to the side, Bob thanks Archibald for setting up the surprise party, with Archibald answering that he was happy to help, before admitting that it seems a bit out of character for Ichabeezer to be singing lead vocals in a screamo band. Ichabeezer continues yelling into the microphone (sounding a little bit like Animal from Franchise/TheMuppets), before Bob then leaps and takes the microphone from Ichabeezer, welcoming everyone to Ichabeezer's Bucket List party. Everyone then starts singing a song about all the things to do on a Bucket List, such as rolling around in a hamster ball, being given a salmon-colored shawl that had been knitted, wearing a feathered earring, driving a monster truck without any steering, and the French Peas singing a-cappela (with Jean-Claude and Phillipe singing "Frere Jacques", before Ichabeezer bowls into them). Ichabeezer then gets thrown out of the hamster ball, before Larry then sticks the mustache on his face again, just as the song ends after that, as everyone starts cheering wildly.

However, at that moment, Ichabeezer has already had enough, before he angrily yells "Stop!" right into the microphone, surprising everyone. Archibald then says, "This is a seriously strange bucket list". Ichabeezer tells everyone enough, before he throws off the mustache and starts stomping on it angrily. Bob then reminds Ichabeezer about his Bucket List and that they were just trying to give him the best day of his life, before Larry also adds that it's so Ichabeezer wouldn't be so mad all the time. Ichabeezer then tells Bob to "read the top one more time", which Bob does, saying that it reads "Bucket List", before noticing that the small print says, "Of things that I never, ever want to do", which everyone is shocked about, before Bob is also equally shocked, asking Ichabeezer why he would call it a Bucket List when Bucket Lists are for things that people want to do. Ichabeezer then answers that it's his list, and that if he says the bucket is full of things he doesn't want to do, then so be it. Archibald then asks, "Who keeps a list of things they never want to do?", before Ichabeezer answers, "Jehoaichim Money Ichabeezer, that's who", to which Larry then says "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Your middle name is Money?]]" Ichabeezer then tells everyone that if they're finished, he's missing his golf game, before he then leaves after that. Bob then tries to tell Ichabeezer that he has a lobster on his head, but he can't. Bob and Larry feel equally terrible for what they did. At Pa's store, Bob and Larry are looking for an "I'm Sorry" card to give to Ichabeezer. Larry suggests a card with a picture of a frog that says "Begging for frog-giveness", but Bob thinks that it's too cheesy, before he suggests a card with a picture of a bear that says "I'm beary sorry", which Larry says is brilliant. Pa then tells them to bring him a new vacuum cleaner as well, which Bob says is a great idea.

Soon, Bob and Larry come to Ichabeezer's house, where they hear the sound of Ichabeezer playing the saxophone off-key, which Bob remembers as one of the things from Ichabeezer's Bucket List. Ichabeezer stops playing long enough to tell Bob and Larry that yesterday was awful and that they never should have done it, but he now sees that they were only trying to be good to him and that even though they did it completely wrong, he's a better veggie for it. Ichabeezer then lightens up a little bit before saying that it's almost freeing to have done nearly everything on that list and that it should have destroyed him, but he feels good and that he survived the worst day of his life. When Larry asks Ichabeezer if he's gonna be happy from now on, Ichabeezer answers that he's always happy, but today, he's in a rare good mood, which happens as often as an eclipse. Bob then says that they came to apologize and that the whole town pitched in to buy Ichabeezer that vacuum cleaner he needed, and that he and Larry are really sorry, before asking Ichabeezer to forgive them. Because of that, Ichabeezer then adds another item to his list, which is "Forgive Bob and Larry". Bob then gives the vacuum to Ichabeezer, who thanks him, saying that he can use it to clean up the glitter mess that he made, before Bob and Larry see that Ichabeezer made a portrait of himself using glitter. Ichabeezer then invites the two to play video games, and when Larry asks Ichabeezer if he likes video games, Ichabeezer replies that he hates them, but decides to go through with it anyway, before tossing two controllers to Bob and Larry, with the trio now spending a good afternoon playing video games.

!!A Gift for Singing
->'''Episode number:''' 8b
->'''Subject:''' Being happy for others' talents
->'''Focus veggie(s):''' Madame Blueberry, Petunia, Ichabeezer, a little bit of Bob, a little bit of Larry

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Bob is helping Petunia at her house caring for her plants, all while Petunia is singing, "La-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la", while Bob compliments Petunia for her beautiful singing voice. Petunia thanks Bob for the compliment, before she gives him some flower pots to hold, but the weight of the flower pots is too much for Bob to handle, which makes it even more difficult when Petunia places a teapot with a flower in it on one of the flower pots on top, telling Bob to be very careful with that one because it's her favorite. Petunia then tells Bob that they're late for the big celebration at Pa Grape's store, because it's been open for 10 years. Bob then tells Petunia not to wait on him and that he'll "[[{{Pun}} ketchup]]". Unfortunately, Bob accidentally bumps Petunia's teapot and flower, sending it flying through the air until the teapot breaks when it lands on the floor. Bob then worriedly asks what he's gonna do.

At the front of Pa's store, Larry is selling Juice Pops to all of the veggies that have come to the store, but just as the crowd is about to buy Larry's Juice Pops, Laura then shows up while also selling Juice Pops. Because of that, the crowd thinks that Laura's sales pitch is more cuter than Larry's as they abandon Larry and flock around Laura instead, much to Larry's protest. Pa then comes out from his store and announces to everyone, thanking them for coming to celebrate his tenth year in business, telling them that he's moved by their support and that they're not just customers, but friends. Pa then decides that after 10 years, it's time to have a store theme song. However, Ichabeezer then shows up, telling Pa, "It's about time", telling Pa that he'll write and sing a theme song about how everything costs too much, how the oatmeal is too sticky, and about how the prunes are too squishy. Pa then tells Ichabeezer that lucky for them, he won't be the one singing, and that he's asking Madame Blueberry to help out, which Ichabeezer is shocked to hear, while everyone starts cheering about how they love Madame Blueberry's voice. Madame Blueberry is touched, while Ichabeezer plots to write a theme song soon enough, before he hops off laughing. Pa then asks if Ichabeezer can even write music.

After everyone else leaves, Petunia tells Madame Blueberry that she can't wait to hear her store theme song, though Madame Blueberry is a little concerned about singing a commercial theme song, since she's more of a blues artist. Petunia tells Madame Blueberry that she's always loved her singing voice and asks her if she gives singing lessons. Madame Blueberry answers that she's never officially given lessons, but she would be delighted to teach her whatever she knows. When Petunia and Madame Blueberry leave, Larry is still trying to sell Juice Pops, when he accidentally slips on a Juice Pop that got dropped on the ground and ends up slipping until he crashes. At Petunia's home, Petunia is planting a flower in a flower pot, when Madame Blueberry shows up, asking Petunia if she's ready for her first lesson. Petunia replies that she is, before offering to make some tea, which she does as she gives some tea to Madame Blueberry. While sipping her tea, Madame Blueberry tells Petunia that they should start their lesson with just an assessment, so that she can tell where Petunia might need some help. Petunia agrees to go through with it, before warning Madame Blueberry that it's in the morning so she might sound a little froggy. Madame Blueberry assures Petunia that everyone has those moments in their career. Because of that, Petunia then sings, "La-la-la-la-la-la-la", which Madame Blueberry realizes that Petunia's voice sounds very beautiful. Outside of Petunia's home, Ichabeezer and Rooney approach the place, but quickly hide when Madame Blueberry leaves while saying that Petunia is so much better than her. After Madame Blueberry leaves, Ichabeezer then laughs after that.

At Pa's store, Bob asks Pa if he has a teapot like the one that he broke in stock, while showing Pa the teapot that he accidentally broke. Pa then tells Bob, "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Nope, I don't have any broken teapots for sale]]", before Bob corrects him, asking him if he has a teapot like the one he has, only not broken. Pa doesn't remember, saying that he doesn't have a perfect memory of his whole inventory, before remembering that he does have a teapot on sale, which Bob gladly decides to buy. At Ichabeezer's home, Ichabeezer is hard at work writing the new theme song for Pa's store, saying that it just might give Pa's store the business it deserves, which is none. Ichabeezer then tells Rooney that he's gonna write a "thumping pop number that will be so catchy and so full of hook, that everyone will love to sing my song and insult Pa Grape's store at the same time". Back in town, Laura is still selling Juice Pops to the people, while Larry attempts to do so, but to no success, since the people prefer the Juice Pops that Laura is selling, much to Larry's frustration. Larry then enters the store and tells Pa that he needs better Juice Pops because everyone is buying Laura's. Pa reminds Larry that he sold Juice Pops when he was a kid and that it was cute then, but not so much now, to which Larry then replies, "Oh, I get it. Laura's the cute one. She's barely a kid! I've been cute since I was a baby!", just as Madame Blueberry comes into Pa's store. Pa tells Larry that he should support Laura, while Larry protests that this is his thing and that he's the Juice Pop-seller, before Pa adds that being happy for someone else's success doesn't have to take joy away from you, and that it can add to it, despite Larry's protests.

Pa then sees Madame Blueberry, telling her that he can't wait to hear her sing that song, while Madame Blueberry nervously tells Pa that she's working on it. Madame Blueberry then thinks about telling Pa to have Petunia sing the song, before noticing Rooney right in front of her, which tips her off to Ichabeezer, who then appears in front of her. Ichabeezer then tells Madame Blueberry that they both know that she would never sing pop music and that she's a blues artiste, and that if everyone heard Petunia's voice, then Madame Blueberry would be forgotten like last year's news. Madame Blueberry then asks Ichabeezer what it is that he wants from her, before Ichabeezer answers that she's the best blues singer in town and that she needs a way to secure her place at the top, not hand it over to Petunia. Madame Blueberry does not want anything to do with any of Ichabeezer's schemes, before Ichabeezer then says, "Oh, come on now. Not even for a tea party? A dry bark tea party?" Ichabeezer then pulls out a tea bag containing what is known as dry bark tea, explaining that it dries the vocal chords right up and makes you bark like a dog. He also adds that if someone were to drink it, they couldn't sing for days, even Petunia, before he mockingly barks like a dog. Madame Blueberry refuses to go through with it, telling Ichabeezer to "put it away and never suggest it again". Ichabeezer then decides to have Madame Blueberry throw the tea bag away for him, saying that he's not a big fan of bark tea, before putting the tea bag into her purse. Ichabeezer also adds that "Petunia is so young and talented, we old folks don't stand a chance." After Ichabeezer and Rooney leave, Madame Blueberry looks at the tea bag in her purse while wondering if she could really do something so low just to keep people from finding out that Petunia is a better singer than she is.

At Bob and Larry's home, Bob has replanted Petunia's flower in the new teapot that he bought, just as Larry comes up to him with a fresh tray of Juice Pops, so Bob asks Larry to take a look at Petunia's teapot and see how it looks to him. Larry then answers that "it looks like you broke it, then tried to buy a new one to pass off as the original", which Bob is surprised about, asking Larry how he knew that, before Larry answers that Pa Grape told him, saying that it looks fine, which Bob is relieved to hear. At Ichabeezer's home, Ichabeezer is singing into a microphone, but he is really bad, as Rooney hides under the couch. Fortunately, Ichabeezer has bought a Robo Vocalizer, which will enhance his voice and make him capable of being a top talent. Ichabeezer then places the Robo Vocalizer over the microphone before he starts beatboxing after that. At Pa's store, Madame Blueberry is trying to come up with a good theme song for Pa's store but is at a dead end. The next morning, Laura is still selling Juice Pops to the customers that come to Pa's store, but when it is Jimmy's turn to buy a Juice Pop, Larry suddenly leaps in front of Laura and right in front of Jimmy as he starts acting like a baby in an attempt to act cute and entice the people to buy his Juice Pops, but unfortunately, it only ends up scaring Jimmy away, who then yells, "Help! Cucumber baby-man!" Pa then tells everyone that it's time for the big reveal of the new store theme song, before calling for Madame Blueberry, who throws away the dry bark tea bag that Ichabeezer gave her, all while saying that "being happy for Petunia's talent doesn't take anything away from mine".

Just as Madame Blueberry is about to confess the truth to Pa, Ichabeezer suddenly shows up as he starts singing the new song that he wrote for Pa's store, about how the store doesn't have all the good sales that people need (similar to Mr. Nezzer's original version of "The Bunny Song" from "[[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode4RackShackAndBenny Rack, Shack and Benny]]"). The people immediately like the song, while Archibald says that he doesn't agree with the lyrics, though Mr. Lunt says that he doesn't pay attention to lyrics and that he just like a good beat. Bob then enters the store where he meets up with Petunia, telling her that he's so glad that he found her, confessing to her about how he broke her favorite teapot and that he tried to glue it back together but he couldn't, so he bought a duplicate at Pa's store but he didn't feel right about passing it off as a fake. Petunia then tells Bob, "When I said it was my favorite, I wasn't talking about the teapot. I meant the flower", which Bob finally understands. Ichabeezer still continues singing the song, while Pa asks Madame Blueberry why she didn't sing and that there's now a horrible racket out there. Madame Blueberry then tells Pa that the answer to the store theme song doesn't rest in her, before turning her gaze to Petunia, though Pa thinks that Madame Blueberry is talking about Bob.

Madame Blueberry then approaches Petunia and tells her that being happy for her talent doesn't any joy from her and that it adds to it. Petunia says that she's afraid, before Madame Blueberry tells her to sing the song and that she can't do it. Petunia knows what to do as she goes to sing the new song. Ichabeezer continues singing, before his song gets cut off by Petunia singing "La-la-la-la-la", and after a little bit of encouragement from Madame Blueberry, Petunia is able to sing a more positive theme song for Pa Grape's store, singing about how everybody smiles and that they start singing, while Mr. Lunt comments that the song is peppy, while Archibald notes that the song is also positive. Petunia then continues singing, this time singing about how Pa Grape is the best and that he'll greet you at the door, which Ichabeezer is absolutely shocked to see. Everyone carries off Petunia, while Rooney places the dry bark tea bag that he got from the trash into a cup of water. Ichabeezer then quips that all that singing really took the wind out of him and that he needs something to drink. Ichabeezer then drinks the cup of water, but he learns too late that it had the dry bark tea in it, so he ends up barking like a dog as a result. Laura is still selling Juice Pops, when Larry, now having accepted Laura's success, buys a Juice Pop from her.

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!Tropes found in ''The Bucket List'':

* AgitatedItemStomping: Ichabeezer angrily stomps on the mustache that has been glued on his face, after pulling it off his face (since he's allergic to mustaches).
* {{Angrish}}: Ichabeezer ends up degenerating into this, while singing lead vocals in a screamo band.
* BigWhat: Bob does one after reading the fine print on Ichabeezer's bucket list that the bucket list is actually for things that Ichabeezer will never do.
* TheChewToy: Ichabeezer ends up becoming this, thanks to Bob and Larry's attempts at doing everything on his bucket list.
* FireBreathingDiner: Happens to Ichabeezer, after Bob and Larry give him Sardine-Marshmallow Pie with a Ghost Pepper crust.
* MotorMouth: Larry delves into this when telling Ichabeezer the bible verse from Luke 6:35 about loving your enemies and doing good for them without expecting anything back.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "maximum kindosity"
* PieInTheFace: Bob and Larry shove a pie into Ichabeezer's face, which is Sardine-Marshmallow Pie with a Ghost Pepper crust.
* ShoutOut: This episode takes its name from [[Film/TheBucketList the 2007 film of the same name]] starring Creator/JackNicholson and Creator/MorganFreeman.
** This episode also seems to take a couple of elements from those of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Mid-Life Crustacean", and the ''WesternnAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' episode "Donkey for a Day".

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* RantInducingSlight: Ichabeezer ends up going on a tirade about how he's never been so insulted in his life, after all of the things that Bob and Larry did on his bucket list.

* PinchingPain: Ichabeezer winds up getting pinched by a whole mess of lobsters in a dumpster, with one of the items on his bucket list being "doing a cannonball into a dumpster full of lobsters".

* RantInducingSight: Ichabeezer ends up going on a tirade about how he's never been so insulted in his life, after all of the things that Bob and Larry did on his bucket list.

At that moment, Ichabeezer then enters the store, telling Pa that he came to buy his best vacuum, but Pa tells him that he sold his last one to Madame Blueberry, before Ichabeezer angrily asks Pa "What kind of operation are you running here, Grape? You never have anything when I need it. This is the worst store in town!" Pa then tells Ichabeezer that he'll call him when they get more vacuums in, just as Ichabeezer leaves, but not without telling Pa, "Thanks... for nothing". Bob then tells Larry that they're going on a mission of kindness, before he hops on his bike and rides off, all while Larry tells Bob that the bikes are not inside toys, before he also rides off after Bob. Ichabeezer drives off on his Segway, just as Bob rides after him, telling him that he and Larry have a vacuum and that they could come over and clean his entire house. When Ichabeezer asks Bob why they would do that, Larry then also rides up to Ichabeezer and tells him a verse, which is, "'''Love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting anything back. Luke 6:35''". When Ichabeezer repeats the last statement in disbelief, Bob and Larry confirm this, before Ichabeezer finally consents to their offer, telling them to be at his house by 5:30, but no sooner, because he doesn't want the vacuum interrupting his golf. After Ichabeezer drives off, Bob then tells Larry, "The 'Beez has never seen kindness like the kind we're gonna show him".