WordGirl (2007)
WordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 9 –12, produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The show began as a series of shorts that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel; the segment was then spun off into a new thirty-minute episodic series that premiered on September 3, 2007 on most Public Broadcasting Service member stations. This animated show is aimed at children six to twelve years old, but viewers older than this demographic have been reported as well. It is designed to teach about the expansive English language and its vocabulary. All four seasons each have twenty-six episodes. The show is also seen on some educational networks in Canada, including Knowledge in British Columbia and TVOntario, as well as Discovery Kids in Latin America. The program is also syndicated internationally in places such as Australia and Italy.
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Episode 1 - Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers / Seymour...Right After This
Release Date: 2011-09-05In the Season 4 opener, Birthday Girl kidnaps meteorologist Sonny Days and demands that he announce her birthday on TV. Later, Becky suspects Seymour Smooth is up to no good when he delays announcing his new show's winning ticket numbers.
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Episode 2 - The Fill-In / Word (Hicc) up!
Release Date: 2011-10-10Dr. Two-Brains has big plans when the Butcher fills in for one of Two-Brains' henchmen; WordGirl battles the hiccups while Chuck tries to get his condiment ray fixed by Hal Hardbargain.
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Episode 3 - Mouse Brain Take-Over / Leslie Makes it Big
Release Date: 2011-10-11Mr. Big is arrested, leaving it to his assistant, Leslie, to carry out their latest evil plan: building the world's most powerful mind-control device; WordGirl learns that Dr. Two-Brains is on an all-out cheese rampage just as she's about to give a tour of her secret hideout to the winner of the WordGirl Synonym Contest.
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Episode 4 - Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent / Yarn-4-Gold
Release Date: 2011-10-12Chuck teams with his brother Brent and tries to turn the city into a giant sandwich; Bampy helps WordGirl stop Granny May's latest plot: exchanging gold jewelry for purple yarn.
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Episode 5 - Whammer Anniversary / Rat Trap
Release Date: 2011-10-13Becky babysits TJ while Mr. and Mrs. Botsford celebrate their anniversary at an ice-cream parlor that just happens to be the target of the Whammer's wrath; Dr. Two-Brains forces Hal Hardbargain to create a ray that turns superheroes into cheese.
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Episode 6 - WordGirl and BobbleBoy / Crime in the Key of V
Release Date: 2011-10-14Villainous Victoria Best sets out to be the best superhero in the city in order to force WordGirl into retirement; TJ makes and sells WordGirl bobblehead dolls.
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Episode 7 - Where Have All the Villains Gone? / Captain Tangent Returns...
Release Date: 2011-11-14Ms. Question devises a devious plan to get rid of WordGirl: eliminate all of the city's villains so WordGirl is no longer needed. Elsewhere, Scoops joins Capt. Tangent's pirate crew in order to write a newspaper article about them.
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Episode 8 - A World without WordGirl: Part 1 / A World without WordGirl: Part 2
Release Date: 2011-12-16Becky's birthday party is interrupted once too often by citizens in need, leading her to wish on her birthday candles for a world without WordGirl. Afterward, she realizes that her wish came true: Chuck is now king and the city is very, very different.
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Episode 9 - Have Snob, Will Travel / Tobey's Playground Calamity
Release Date: 2012-01-16The Butcher kidnaps Reginald the jeweler in order to use his expertise to plan his next heist; Ms. Davis holds a recycling contest to raise funds for a new playground after the old one is decimated by villains.
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Episode 10 - The Learnerer / Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam
Release Date: 2012-03-23The Learnerer steals a giant diamond; Mr. Big employs mind control to make sure his dinner-theater show is a success.
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Episode 11 - The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift / Hal the Haggler
Release Date: 2012-04-16A carnival is endangered by the Energy Monster; WordGirl battles Granny May, who's plotting to steal Cleopatra's bed from a museum.
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Episode 12 - WordBot / Mount Rushhere
Release Date: 2012-05-21Tobey builds a robot replica of WordGirl that he names WordBot; all the grown-ups go missing.
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Episode 13 - Road Rage, Anger and Fury / By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot
Release Date: 2012-06-11Lady Redundant Woman uses nefarious means to circumvent the city's congested traffic; Tobey brings a game about evil robots to Becky's house in hopes of exposing WordGirl's true identity.
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Episode 14 - Captain Tangent Returns
Release Date: 2011-11-14Scoops joins Capt. Tangent's pirate crew in order to write a newspaper article about them. Vocab words: Vessel, Publish
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Episode 15 - A World Without WordGirl, Part 1
Release Date: 2011-12-16Today is Becky's birthday, and her parents have planned her "the greatest party EVER!" Becky is extremely excited and antsy to start partying. What's first in store is an enormous Pretty Princess bouncy castle, which Becky wants to jump in right away. However, she picks up with her super hearing a robbery at a sandwich shop. Bob hears it too, and reminds her of her obligation to protect the city. Reluctantly, Becky transforms into WordGirl and flies to the shop, where she finds Chuck robbing it. Chuck says that he wants people to eat only sandwiches made by him, and doesn't want anyone else to make them. After some complaining from both people and a definition of "antsy", WordGirl ties up Chuck and tells the shop owner to keep an eye on him until the police arrive. Vocab words: Obligation, Antsy
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Episode 16 - A World Without WordGirl, Part 2
Release Date: 2011-12-16After a brief summary about the previous episode, Becky is still trying to figure out about the changes in the city. She starts by asking her parents what they put in the cake, and after getting no helpful response, she looks at the empty cake mix box. Confused by the "Warning: If electrified, cake may become enchanted" label, she finally realizes that this was probably a birthday joke, "getting Chuck to pretend he's the king of the city". Seeing her parents confused by her remark, Becky realizes that it's not a joke, and the cake really was enchanted. Wanting to investigate, she makes an excuse to leave with Bob. She sees that all the shops are sandwich shops and that there are statues of Chuck everywhere. One suddenly makes an announcement that "it's time for Sandwich Talk", and hearing this, a couple of citizens start replacing certain words with sandwich-related words, such as "I really mayonnaise your coat" or "It was a bargain at mustard dollars and ketchupy-ketchup cents". Peeved by such nonsense, Becky stands up to correct them. Vocab words: Enchanted, Unusual
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Episode 17 - Have Snob, Will Travel
Release Date: 2012-01-16The Butcher kidnaps Reginald the jeweler in order to use his expertise to plan his next heist. Vocab words: Formal, Fret
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Episode 18 - Tobey's Playground Calamity
Release Date: 2012-01-16Ms. Davis holds a recycling contest to raise funds for a new playground after the old one is decimated by villains. Vocab words: Dedicate, Calamity
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Episode 19 - The Learnerer
Release Date: 2012-03-23The Learnerer steals a giant diamond. Vocab words: Suffix, Misjudge
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Episode 20 - Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam
Release Date: 2012-03-23Mr. Big employs mind control to make sure his dinner-theater show is a success. Vocab words: Embellish, Leery
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Episode 21 - The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift
Release Date: 2012-04-16A carnival is endangered by the Energy Monster. Vocab words: Guzzle, Monstrous
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Episode 22 - Hal the Haggler
Release Date: 2012-04-16WordGirl battles Granny May, who's plotting to steal Cleopatra's bed from a museum. Vocab words: Defend, Haggle
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Episode 23 - Wordbot
Release Date: 2012-05-21Tobey is determined to get WordGirl back for constantly destroying his robots, so he builds a robot clone of Word Girl, named WordBot. But when the robot gets jealous of the fact that Tobey is speaking mostly to WordGirl herself, and turns on its creator, WordGirl and Tobey are forced to team up to fight back. Vocab words: Devoted, Backfire
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Episode 24 - Mount Rush Here
Release Date: 2012-05-21When all the adults go missing in Fair City, the kids are taking advantage of a parent-free world. But when it starts to take a toll on them, WordGirl discovers that Mr. Big is using a mind-control device to make all the adults build a tribute in his honor. Will Word Girl be able to destroy the machine and save the adults? Vocab words: Advantage, Tribute
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Episode 25 - Road Rage, Anger, and Fury
Release Date: 2012-06-11Lady Redundant Woman uses nefarious means to circumvent the city's congested traffic. Vocab words: Obstacle, Rant
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Episode 26 - By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robots
Release Date: 2012-06-11Tobey brings a board game about evil robots to Becky's house in hopes of exposing WordGirl's true identity. Vocab words: Savvy, Realize