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This is a list of primary, secondary, recurring, and minor characters that appear in the animated series VeggieTales.

Bob the Tomato is usually the "straight man" in his partnership with Larry (the "Costello" of the pair), as they introduce many of the stories at the beginning and wrap-up the Biblical lesson at the end of most of the shows. He also plays many character roles in the story segments, some of which are in contrast to his more mature persona, which Phil Vischer called "my inner Mr. Rogers". In later episodes, Bob's role has become less central, getting less onscreen time as compared to several other characters. He first appeared in 1993 in Big Idea's first video, Where's God When I'm S-Scared?. In it, he and Larry set the precedent for the opening format which has largely become a VeggieTales standard, where a letter is read from a viewer by the duo on the kitchen counter (which serves as a sort of stage). In this show, Bob played himself in the first of the two 15-minute segment titled "Tales from the Crisper", comforting a frightened Junior Asparagus with the cheerful song, "God is Bigger." The end of this episode started a running gag in which Bob is annoyed by the "What Have We Learned" end of episode song, impatiently waiting until it is over so that he can ask Qwerty what they've learned today. Although he may have mellowed as he tells Larry at the end of The Lord of the Beans that the song is starting to grow on him.

Though a convincing and easily identifiable anthropomorphic tomato from the start, his animation evolved over time to make him first more tomato-like, and later more cartoony. While in the first episodes Bob was very elastic in his animation, distorting himself significantly, this tendency was toned down greatly, giving him a more of a fruit-like consistency. The original elastic style was parodied in Rack, Shack, and Benny, when he and Mr. Lunt had an argument over what position constituted sitting or standing. Artistic changes were made as well: Bob's body became smaller in proportion to his face and more round, his skin became less shiny and more brightly red, eventually developing a smooth glow which was more stylistic and probably more kid-friendly. With improving technology at the disposal of Big Idea's artists, Bob's skin became gradually less angular, and the polygons that made his shell essentially disappeared. His leaves would also become more realistic-looking during Big Idea's transition to using Maya software. Phil Vischer's voice acting for Bob has taken a slightly higher pitch, although not nearly as significantly as Mike Nawrocki's voice acting for Larry the Cucumber.

Bob is voiced by VeggieTales co-creator Phil Vischer.

Larry The Cucumber has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.