Goliath is a minor antagonist in the Big Idea franchise, VeggieTales. He is Dave's archenemy and a giant pickle who challenges the Israelites to see if anyone could defeat him.
He is played by Goliath the Giant Pickle.
Background[]
Personality[]
Goliath is forceful, energetic, aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative and competitive. He is very formidable, tough, powerful and persuasive when he challenges the Israelites to see if anyone could defeat him. He is also shown to be rebellious, influential and authoritative. Goliath also appears to be much stronger than any of the soldiers in Israel's army.
Synopsis[]
Goliath first appears when two of the Phillistines call him. The Israelites were so terrified of Goliath that they all ran away and hid. Goliath then said that he will come back again, and he came back the next day for 40 days. Meanwhile, Jesse (Pa Grape) started worrying about his sons, Jimmy, Jerry, and Tom, so he sent his youngest son, David/Dave (Junior Asparagus) to go to the battle field to send some food for them.
Dave arrives at the battle camp, but realizes that no one is there. He asks if anyone is here, which Jimmy Gourd shushes him, because Goliath will hear him. Dave gave his brothers the food he brought for them, but was surprised that none of them would fight Goliath. He asked them if they forgot that they are the children of God. It turns out they did forget, because they seem to be so scared of big, tall Goliath, that they forgot that God was even bigger.
When Goliath sees nobody will fight once again, he starts to turn away, but not before he told the Israelites that the "Children of God" were cowards. Dave became angry and could not believe his brothers were letting Goliath say that about God. He decided that he will fight Goliath.
When Goliath sees that Dave will fight him, he makes fun of Dave and his God. Dave then yells that he is sure that God shall help him defeat Goliath. The two started fighting. Goliath takes out his boxing gloves and hops to fight Dave. Dave was getting nervous, but he knew that he has to do what God wants him to do, so he hops to fight Goliath.
Dave pulls a stone he got from a stream and started turning it around and around with a slingshot. He threw it just at the right time, and the stone hits Goliath in the head. He then fell down to the ground, almost to squash Dave. However, Dave successfully got out of the way, and Goliath eventually hits the ground and dies.
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Trivia[]
- Goliath symbolically represented the biblical giant Goliath and his defeat is similar to the story. In the original Bible story, he is decapitated by David after he is hit in the head with the stone. However, mostly since of the fact that VeggieTales is a show for children, the decapitation is cut for obvious reasons.
