Having had no written contract with either Lyrick or HIT, Big Idea arranged a distribution deal with Warner Home Video, triggering the suit.

The deal intended for HIT to manufacture and distribute VeggieTales merchandise. In January 2002, HIT Entertainment sued Big Idea, claiming Big Idea 'abruptly walked away' from a 1997 deal with Lyrick Studios, which HIT acquired in 2001. Softimage 3D was used to animate the characters for episodes until 1999 when it was replaced with the animation software, Maya. First offered in the direct-to-video market, the first release was the 30-minute video, Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, in December 1993. Dan Anderson ( Dad Asparagus) and Jim Poole ( Scooter) who collaborated with Vischer on dramas at their local church, were recruited for the cast. Vischer then recruited his friends to voice the cast of VeggieTales in the early episodes. Vischer then began to design the characters based on fruits and vegetables.

Further inspiration derived from Vischer's wife who suggested parents of the target audience might prefer a character who promoted healthier eating habits. The first animation model for VeggieTales was an anthropomorphic candy bar. Due to limitations in the Softimage 3D at the time, Vischer opted to avoid the technical production hurdle of designing characters with arms, legs, hair, and clothes. Vischer developed the idea for VeggieTales in the early 1990s while testing animation software as a medium for children's videos. VeggieTales was created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki through the production company Big Idea Entertainment with an overall aim to convey Christian moral themes and teach Biblical values and lessons for a child-based audience.

It has sold over 16 million books, 7 million music CDs, and 235 million music streams. The series is distinguished as the most successful Christian children's franchise of all time. The success of the animations helped establish a franchise of related media, including music, stage productions, and video games. Two films were released: Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) and The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008). The television series VeggieTales on TV! ran on NBC from 2006 to 2009, and two Netflix series debuted in 20. The franchise originated as a video series, with episodes distributed primarily direct to home media, first in 1993 on VHS, and later on DVD and Blu-ray through to 2015.

The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retelling Christian stories from the Bible, with episodes presenting comedy, life lessons according to a biblical world view. VeggieTales is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment.

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