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Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures
Genre	Crime Action Superhero Drama Sci-Fi
Developed by	Japanese animator
Directed by	Japanese director
Starring	Japanese cast
Narrated by	Japanese
Opening theme	Ki o tsuketo, rariboida!!!
Ending theme	Rarībōi no san setto
Composer	Japanese composer
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Japanese executive producer
Producer	Japanese producer
Running time	30–31 minutes
Production companies	Paramount Television TV Saitama Gulf+Western Paramount Pictures Corporation
Original release
Network	Television Saitama
Release	January 3, 1986 (1986-01-03) – January 6, 1989 (1989-01-06)
Related
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Larryboy (also known as Larryboy) is an Japanese superhero drama anime TV series as a standalone Larryboy franchise created by Paramount Television. The first episode titled "Larryboy: The Angry Eyebrows", was released on January 3, 1986. The epsiodes came to an end with "The Good, The Bad and the Eggly!", released on January 6, 1989, due to shutting down Larryboy's production for Paramount. Unlike its predecessor VeggieTales until the 90s, which was animated in CGI using Softimage 3D and later Autodesk Maya, Larryboy was animated in 2D animation produced by Paramount in Japan in July 17, 1985. From September 2010, Animax aired the content of all four episodes on its Paramount TV banner for block alongside airings of Larryboy series. Larryboy also currently streams on Aniplex in Australia/New Zealand.

Premise

The 80s anime series on TVS and revolves around the character Larry's superhero alter ego Larryboy as he tries to manage his life as a superhero while working as a janitor for the Daily Bumble newspaper in Bumblyburg.

Characters

See also: List of VeggieTales characters

Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures only carries over four characters from original 1986 series: Larry the Cucumber, Bob the Tomato, Junior Asparagus, and Archibald Asparagus, with the Japanese actor reprising their respective roles.

Voice actor	Role	Description
Japanese actor #1	Larry the Cucumber	The janitor Larry and his superhero alter ego, Larryboy.
Japanese actor #2	Archibald Asparagus	Larryboy's butler. for the Larryboy series, this character is named Archie instead of Alfred.
	Bob the Tomato	Larry's boss, who works as the head of the Daily Bumble newspaper.
Japanese actor #3	Junior Asparagus	A kid editor of the Daily Bumble.
Japanese actor #4	Vicky Cucumber	One of the members of the Daily Bumble. She is the love interest of Larry.
	Mother Pearl	The Alchemist's evil sidekick and mother.
Japanese actor #5	The Alchemist	A villain who appeared in the second episode in 1987.
	Officer Olaf	Bumblyburg's resident policemen.
	Chief Croswell
	Awful Alvin	A villain who first appeared in "Larryboy: The Angry Eyebrows" on January 3, 1986.
	Herbert and Wally	The eggplant brothers.
Japanese actor #6	Bok Choy	The wise teacher of the superhero class that Larryboy attends.
Japanese actor #7	Greta Von Gruesome	A villainess with a German accent who appeared in the final two episodes in 1988 and 1989.

Videos

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1"Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows"Japanese director
Supervising director:
Japanese directorJapanese writerJapanese producerJanuary 3, 1986 (1986-01-03)September 30, 2010

Larryboy fights a "cheese-breathing cow dragon", but discovers that it is Herbert and Wally in disguise and the duo are arrested. Soon after, Larryboy breaks an inventor's "KnitMaster 3000" (which recycles hair collected in bathtub drains). Despite Larryboy's apology and the promise to repair the device, the inventor, Ma Mushroom, holds a grudge against him. Awful Alvin, planning to take control of Bumblyburg, releases eyebrows that force everyone to hold onto their anger. Soon, the eyebrows are attached to everyone who is angry. Larryboy confronts Alvin and soon an eyebrow attaches to him, which he lets go after remembering that he should let go of his anger. Soon, the citizens also let go of their anger and the eyebrows leave them. Larryboy, using the now-fixed KnitMaster, turns the eyebrows into a night cap. Alvin rues the loss of his eyebrows and his anger causes the eyebrows, now in night cap form, to entrap him. Alvin is arrested, and Ma (seeing the KnitMaster) lets go of her anger and her eyebrow leaves her. TV Saitama PSA: The Angry Eyebrows (1986)

2"Leggo My Ego!"Japanese director
Supervising director:
Japanese director #2Japanese writerJapanese producerFebruary 13, 1987 (1987-02-13)<ref name=EP2> {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) 3"The Yodelnapper!"Japanese director
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Japanese director #2Japanese writerJapanese producerMarch 11, 1988 (1988-03-11)September 30, 2010

At Mr. Snappy's Extremely Gigantic Toy Emporium, Larryboy accidentally knocks down a chemistry set which falls on clay sets creating the monstrous Crazy Clay Monster. The monster attacks Larryboy, but he puts it asleep by playing a toy saxophone. Larryboy then goes to a concert of his favorite yodeler, Einger Warblethroat. However, the performance goes wrong when Greta Von Gruesome kidnaps Einger and takes him to her castle to join other yodelers that she is holding captive. Archie disguises Larryboy, who poses as a yodeler and gets "yodelnapped" and taken to the castle. Larry releases the trapped performers, but the group falls into a pit and is attacked by an army of Greta-controlled Hula Heidi dolls. After defeating the dolls with the help of Einger, Larryboy apprehends Greta. The five rescued yodelers then put on a "Tribute to Larryboy" concert. The Crazy Clay Monster returns to fight Larryboy, but is interrupted and begins dancing to polka music as the performers yodel Larryboy's theme song. TV Saitama PSA: The Yodelnapper (1988)

4"The Good, The Bad and the Eggly"Japanese directors #1 and #2Japanese writerJapanese producerJanuary 6, 1989 (1989-01-06)September 30, 2010

Awful Alvin and Greta Von Gruesome are out of jail. After three flying pigs with bacon-and-egg guns shoot down the Larry-Plane, Larryboy is saved by the Dark Crow, who is the hero of a neighboring town. The two team up to fight the pair, but Larryboy makes a mistake and the two steal a machine called the Overeasy Egg Ray which turns anything not alive into eggs. Using it, they steal various antiques from a museum and kidnap Vicky. Larryboy and the Dark Crow are stripped of their supersuits and are captured. After getting free, Larryboy destroys the Overeasy Egg Ray but is knocked out. Larryboy is freed by the Dark Crow and the duo capture Alvin and Greta and send them back to jail. TV Saitama PSA: The Good, The Bad and the Eggly (1989)

Reception

In March 12 1989, The New York Times reported Larryboy is a Japanese superhero anime show on the planet and which Larryboy on TV Saitama and produced for TVS, Gulf+Western, Paramount Pictures Corp. and Paramount Television for Paramount shutting down Larryboy's production had it.

Home media

All of the videos were released in both VHS from Paramount in 1989: 4 Videos in Japan: CIC Video/Paramount (1989) and Paramount Home Entertainment Japan in 2025 and USA: Paramount Home Video and DVD in 2004 (Paramount Television)/2010-2025 DVD formats. They were also released as a set or included with the other Larryboy episodes in: The Greatest Anime Episodes on All Time (2014)