Debt

Debt was until recently a running gag in VeggieTales Abridged. The most prominent mention of debt is that of Bob to Larry.

Bob's debt to Larry
According to the episode Dole's Revenge, on November 1, 1996, Bob asked Larry to lend $500 to donate to the campaign of produce mogul, Republican presidential candidate, and future King of the World Bob Dole (for no other reason than sharing his first name). Larry agreed on the condition the debt would not become a running gag. Larry would ask Bob to repay, inform the audience of the debt, or somehow else mention the debt in Take 38.5, Yummy Grapes, The Toy that Ruined the Winter Solstice Festival, Larry in - Forgive Me Not, Where is my Razor?!?, Help Wanted, and On Avenue Q. Every time, Bob would either not respond, give an irrelevant comment to get the episode going, or promise to repay at some later date. In Got the Chompies, Larry came too close to information the Puppet Master wished to keep a secret, he had his memory wiped. After Bob and Larry came to terms with Larry's amnesia, Bob reasoned that he no longer owed Larry money. By And Now, For Something Completely Different, Bob too had lost his memory, and the duo tried to host the show. While consulting QWERTY, they saw snapshots of previous episodes in quick succession and began to remember past events, meaning that the debt once again stood. It was briefly mentioned once again in Couch Potatoes and Other Such Vegetable when Bob was temporarily expelled by the Puppet Master. The debt arc was resolved in Dole's Revenge once Dole's political partner, the Rumor Weed, gave Larry back the money Bob originally borrowed, citing that the payment, a stack of Monopoly money, was not accepted by Dole's previous campaign. Larry said he supposed this would be the case, meaning he either loaned Bob despite knowing it would not be accepted, or because he knew it would be accepted, anticipating in a swift repayment.

The cycle of Debt
When confronting the tall scallion about the repeated Forgive-o-Matic gag, ostensibly from an episode made in a period they are not supposed to mention, Junior somehow came under the impression that the scallion sought to rob money from him. Junior, for some reason, began to explain that he owed Bob money, Bob owed Larry money, Larry owed Scooter money, and Scooter owed Goliath (perhaps meaning to say Billy) money, before taking over three hours to tell the scallion a cycle of debt among the Abridged characters, ending with Khalil's debt to Mr. Nezzer, Nezzer's debt to Mr. Lunt, and Lunt's debt to Junior, completing the cycle.

Trivia

 * While discussing his annoyance with the gags found in Christian Nutrition's videos, VeggieTales Abrdiged creator Trevor Liedtke discussed how he used debt as a running gag less often as the show went on unless he could find a new spin on it.