Dorothea Gillim
Director
WordGirl (2007)
Season 1
Disguised as mild-mannered fifth-grader Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on Earth when she and her monkey sidekick Captain Huggy Face crashed their spaceship. Now they fight crime and defend the town from a plethora of madcap villains and scoundrels, while at the same time enriching viewers' vocabulary usage.
Released Sept. 7, 2007
Episode 12 min
7+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Kids, Superhero
Keywords: imdb.vocabulary, imdb.superhero-sci-fi, imdb.educational, imdb.superhero, imdb.villain, imdb.spoof, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship + 12 more, imdb.secret-identity, imdb.crime-fighter, imdb.word, imdb.heroine, imdb.monkey, imdb.2000s, imdb.2010s, imdb.superhero-action, imdb.parody-comedy, imdb.non-comic-book-superhero, tmdb.superhero, tmdb.girl
Watch Providers: PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Scholastic Productions, Soup2Nuts
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Tobey or Consequences / High-Fat Robbery
WordGirl gets into a battle of wits with Tobey, a boy genius. Then she takes on the Butcher, who is hosting a free barbecue as part of an evil plot.
Sept. 7, 2007, midnight
S1E2 - You Can’t Crush City Hall / Two-Brain Highway
WordGirl has to guess a secret code word to keep Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy from crushing City Hall. Also: WordGirl pursues Dr. Two Brains after he escapes from a prison.
Sept. 14, 2007, midnight
S1E3 - Coupon Madness / When Life Gives You Potatoes
WordGirl faces off against Granny May, who prints fake coupons to get things for free. Also: Dr. Two Brains escapes from prison and develops a weapon that turns gold into cheese.
Sept. 21, 2007, midnight
S1E4 - Jerky Jerk/Becky's Birthday
The Butcher tries to steal an artifact from a museum; Becky's parents plan a surprise birthday party for her, but she's busy battling an energy monster.
April 25, 2008, midnight
S1E5 - Chuck! / Down With Word Up
Granny May goes on a crime spree and convinces the townsfolk that WordGirl is the culprit; Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy tries to steal some gold.
Oct. 5, 2007, midnight
S1E6 - Book Ends / Mr. Big
Wordgirl tries to figure out Mr. Big's latest scheme after he introduces a product that doesn't appear to do anything. Also: Tobey uses robots to keep people out of the town library.
Oct. 19, 2007, midnight
S1E7 - Super-Grounded / Mouse Army
Becky is grounded, so Captain Huggy Face takes over for WordGirl. But he's no match for the Butcher. Also, Dr. Two Brains creates an army of intelligent mice and WordGirl must stop them from taking over the city.
Nov. 23, 2007, midnight
S1E8 - Tobey's Masterpiece / Chuck the Nice Pencil Selling Guy
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Dec. 21, 2007, midnight
S1E9 - The Birthday Girl / Granny-Sitter
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Dec. 28, 2007, midnight
S1E11 - Mr. Big's Big Plan / Vocab Bee
Becky enters a word contest, but she's distracted by the Butcher's criminal activities; WordGirl tries to discover what Mr. Big is up to when he announces that he's running for mayor.
Feb. 18, 2008, midnight
S1E10 - Shrinkin’ in the Ray / Department Store Tobey
Dr. Two Brains uses a shrinking ray to reduce the size of the things he steals; Tobey uses riddles to impress Wordgirl, but his plan backfires.
Feb. 15, 2008, midnight
S1E12 - Chuck E. Sneeze / Swap Meat
Worldgirl battles a tough cold while trying to foil Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy's latest plan; and the Butcher makes money from an auction of artistic fakes.
April 11, 2008, midnight
S1E13 - Granny’s All-Cure Good Time Spritzer / Mecha-Mouse
Granny May sells an elixir that she claims restores youth; and Dr. Two Brains builds a suit that gives him superstrength.
April 18, 2008, midnight
S1E14 - Princess Triana & the Ogre of Castlebum / Heat Wave, Crime Wave
Tobey plans to steal a copy of a new book so he can read it before other people do; and Granny May goes on a crime spree on a hot summer day.
April 25, 2008, midnight
S1E16 - Thorn in the Sidekick / Crime Takes a Holiday
Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy gets an obnoxious sidekick named the Whammer; and WordGirl tangles with an evil fan of Dr. Two Brains.
May 26, 2008, midnight
S1E15 - Meat With a Side of Cute / Mr. Big Words
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May 27, 2008, midnight
S1E17 - Two Brains Forgets / Banned on the Run
Dr. Two Brains learns WordGirl's secret identity, so she tries to find a way to get him to forget; Mr. Big becomes mayor and orders a ban on WordGirl.
June 13, 2008, midnight
S1E18 - Have You Seen the Remote? / Sidekicked to the Curb
WordGirl teams up with Tobey to find a missing remote control for his robots; and the Whammer signs up for a motivational program in hopes of becoming more than just a sidekick.
July 11, 2008, midnight
S1E19 - Lady Redundant Woman / A Game of Cat and Mouse
WordGirl battles a newcomer named Lady Redundant Woman; and a professor helps WordGirl as she tries to stop a scheme by Dr. Two Brains.
July 23, 2008, midnight
S1E20 - The Masked Meat Marauder / Sandwich World
The Butcher faces off against a rival villain, the Masked Meat Marauder; and Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy builds an evil lair and tries to trap WordGirl.
Aug. 15, 2008, midnight
S1E21 - Violet Superhero / Big Business
WordGirl needs help from a new superhero named Violet when the Butcher attacks; and Mr. Big tries to fix a business contest so he can gain ownership of the biggest building in town.
Sept. 12, 2008, midnight
S1E22 - The Handsome Panther / The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker
Chuck is bored with pilfering sandwiches all of the time, so creates a new criminal identity for himself; The Butcher gets together with two of his old friends, and the mischievous trio can't resist annoying the town with a series of pranks.
Oct. 13, 2008, midnight
S1E23 - Mousezilla / Villain School
Team Botsford competes against Team Heaslip in the citywide scavenger hunt while Dr. Two-Brains and Tobey create a mouse robot to steal all of the city's cheese. Then, the Coach opens a school for villains.
Nov. 3, 2008, midnight
S1E24 - The Return of the Reprise of Lady Redundant Woman / A Simple Plan
Lady Redundant Woman escapes from jail and plots to be named belle of the Triple Dip Ball; after several complicated robberies fail, Dr. Two-Brains returns to the basics: stealing cheese from the grocery store.
Nov. 28, 2008, midnight
S1E25 - Granny Mayor / Tobey Goes Good
WordGirl steps into the fray when Granny May manipulates her way into becoming the mayor's senior aide and gets him to enact laws that help villains. Then Tobey enters a contest in hopes of winning WordGirl's heart.
Jan. 1, 2009, midnight
S1E26 - Bongo Rock / Dr. Three-Brains
The Season 1 finale finds WordGirl joining forces with none other than Dr. Two-Brains when Glen Furlblam, who now calls himself Dr. Three-Brains, swipes Two-Brain's blackout ray. Then WordGirl and Capt. Huggy Face battle Chuck and Mr. Big.
Jan. 2, 2009, midnight
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Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 12 min.
Season Runtime: 3132 min.
Released: Sept. 7, 2007
Last Air Date: Oct. 8, 2015, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y7
Common sense age: 7+
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