Disguised as mild-mannered 5th grader . They are not dangerous at all and seem not to want to commit crimes, but help Dr. Two-Brains just for the sake of helping him, and at times seemed to have formed a friendship with WordGirl (however, nearly all the villains seem to have a minor friendship with WordGirl, before turning back to the crime they were doing). On the note of recorder-playing, she can play so well that she can hypnotize others. At the end of the episode, a little girl offered to take care of Li'l Mittens while the Butcher went to jail. The foppish painting copy is voiced by Sergio Cilli. In the episode "Bampy Battles Bots", Becky's grandfather, Bampy Botsford, figures out her identity, but promises to keep it a secret only between them. He likes vegetable stews and is one of the very few people to know Becky's secret identity, telling Becky after a fight with one of Tobey's robots, "Nice flyin' up there, kiddo." ("HELLLP!!! Her parents show a red glow in their eyes whenever Victoria fails to win a trophy. Goals Tim Botsford (adopted father)Sally Botsford (adopted mother)TJ Botsford (adopted younger brother)Bampy Botsford (adopted paternal grandfather) With the help of our height calculator you can predict the future height of a child patient, your own child, or yourself, if you are still under 18. James Adomian voices the crazed cooker. Alias(es) TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming, War in the Gulf: Questions & Answers with Peter Jennings, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WordGirl&oldid=1139380563, 2000s American animated television series, 2010s American animated television series, American children's animated action television series, American children's animated adventure television series, American children's animated comic science fiction television series, American children's animated education television series, American children's animated superhero television series, American flash animated television series, Animated television series about children, Animated television series about families, English-language education television programming, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2022, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Becky Botsford / WordGirl, Claire McCallister, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy's Mother, Edith Von Hoosinghaus, Pretty Princess (season 1-8), Female Police Officers, The Narrator, Unnamed Dr. Two-Brains Henchman, Exposition Guy, Sergeant Henderson, Museum Guard, Steven Boxleitner / Dr. Two-Brains, TJ Botsford, Warden Chalmers, Brent the Handsome Successful Everyone-Love-Him Sandwich Making Guy, Steve McClean, Razzmatazzm, Beau Handsome (in "Tell Her What She's Won"), Violet, Sally Botsford, Leslie, Johnson (season 1-8), Mrs. Best, Energy Monster (in "Dinner or Consequences"), Pretty Princess (season 9), Becky Botsford / WordGirl (Website Version) (replacing Dannah Phirman), Ms. Champlain (Season 9), Tim Botsford, Scoops, Oscar, Handy Man Todd, Scott Wild, Gold Store Clerk (in "Chuck! QuestionInvisi-BillBig Left Hand GuyCaptain TangentThe LearnererVictoria BestMiss PowerThe Coach. In the episode "Thorn in the Sidekick" Reginald is shown to be allergic to barbecue sauce. For example, he says, "We're going to meet Zachary Zany, the candy mastermind who invented most of my - I mean - your favorite candy." However, once Ms. By touching her nose, she can split off duplicates of herself, one of which named "Dupey", falls in love with The Butcher in "The Young and the Meatless", that is part of forming an army that she sends to do her bidding. Leslie (voiced by Maria Bamford) is Mr. Big's assistant who does most of (if not all) the work for Mr. Big. Crime happens randomly causing her to omit her family and friends to stop that particular crime for some reasons while leading into conflict with her family life and most likely her time alone. As "mild-mannered" (though she's actually quite plucky whether she's Wordgirl or not) fifth grader Becky Botsford from Fair City's Wood view Elementary School, she instantly changes into her WordGirl costume by touching her shirt where her emblem would be, and speaking her catchphrase, Word up! The backstory found her and Lexiconian Air Force Captain Huggy Face crashing on Earth after leaving the planet Lexicon in a spaceship for a test flight where she unknowingly crawled aboard the ship as a baby which she still uses as her base of operation away from her adopted parents, Tim and Sally Botsford, who found her on their doorstep reading a Sunday newspaper and doing the crossword puzzle therein, even though another flashback shows that the Botsfords found her in the woods. Enhanced VocabularySuperior IntellectSuper SpeedSuper HearingSonic ScreamArctic BreathSuperhuman StrengthAbility to communicate with her sidekick Captain Huggy Face He can shoot blue paint out of his hands, and annoyed the city until Lady Redundant Woman defeated him after he used a copier as a trampoline after covering the top with blue paint. The baker appears in season 2 running a normal business. WordGirl (2007) After three encounters with The Butcher and WordGirl, he was sent to a city known as Meatropolis, where there are twenty-three butcher shops, hamburger parades every Sunday, and no superheroes or superhero monkeys. However, neither of them have tried to return to Lexicon since. Question?" In addition to the English dictionary, she knows most hieroglyphics as well. Voiced by Tom Kenny. Milt is an assistant librarian who wants to see Becky end her streak of perfect returns of books, and is voiced by Andy Dick. It is also shown that she can speak Spanish, is a gymnast, collects bugs, plays the recorder, and does many other things. Captain Huggy Face, a chimpanzee who was a pilot in the Lexicon Air Force, piloted the ship, but lost control when WordGirl awoke, and crash-landed on Earth (more specifically in Fair City), a planet that affords WordGirl her superpowers, including flight and super strength. If all those elements are working, then you can hook a child who may come looking for laughs but leave a little smarter. This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 21:06. However, Wordgirl was able to dispose of her copy, had the thesauruses returned, and gained back their trust. Also, in the episode "Big's Big Bounce", Becky knows the definition of the word "boost", and Mr. Big becomes suspicious for a while. WordGirl. Despite Violet's ever-sweet demeanor, she can become enraged and protective when her friends are disadvantaged or harmed. Film Festival 2009, NY Festivals' 2009 TV Programming and Promotions award, 2012 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in Animation, 2013 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in Animation, 2015: Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. Bob) distracts them by getting wrapped up in party decorations. (This was a trick discovered by Violet in the "Birthday Girl" episode; when as a giant Eileen holds WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face hostage, Violet declares Eileen one of her "bestest fwiend in the whole wide wode." WordGirlThe Living DictionaryThe Pint-Size PowerhouseThe Super Sweet and Really Strong Princess Who Also Knows VocabularyWordGrump (by Dr. Two-Brains in the episode "The Straw That Broke Two-Brains' Back")WordLassie (by Captain Tangent)Human/Alien Girl (by Squeaky)Pajama Girl (by Squeaky)Becky Determined to prove to the world how important his sandwich powers are, he often commits small robberies for no real reason other than to show how evil he is. This is a constant problem but she manages to prove it in the end. As Becky Botsford, she wears a green V-neck shirt, purple skirt and headband, and knee length socks with black and white shoes. I feel as though weve lost some ground there, in an effort to make it more accessible. This unseen character can interact with any character, although he most often converses with WordGirl, and can also hear her thoughts, as seen in the Vocab Bee episode. The Amazing Rope Guy doesnt do real crimes like all the other villains, but seems to like doing minor crimes that involve him using his rope, such as trying to pull down a statue with rope or trying to tie a shoe clerk up so he could rob the shoe store. Season 8. In one episode, he learns WordGirl's secret identity and intends on publishing the news, but his plan backfires when Becky misdefines a word wrong to make him believe she can't be WordGirl for such a big vocabulary mistake. Even Becky, who has a secret crush on him, agrees that his articles can be rather dull. Through a fortunate turn of events, his memory of this event is later erased. Becky also has a great love for unicorns and has abig collection of them in her room. Huggy is a surprisingly competent sidekick and can do martial arts, especially kung fu. Watch WordGirl episodes on PBS KIDS. Question's question marks back at her, thus defeating her. People often insult him by either saying his name wrong or calling him the wrong animal, most often Granny May. Becky and TJ's grandfather, and Tim's father, first appearing in the episode "Bampy Battles Bots." Although his family does not believe it at first, They know it after he defeated Tobey's second look-alike robot. He also has a little cousin and has an intense fear of public speaking. "), Captain Huggy Face / Bob, Timmy Tim-Bo, Harry Kempel, Chip Von Dumor, Hal Hardbargain, The Candlestick Maker, David Driscoll, Raul Demiglasse, Hunter Throbheart, Beatrice Bixby / Lady Redundant Woman (2nd Time), Ms. The series ended[5] with the two-part episode "Rhyme and Reason", which was released on August 7, 2015. Chuck's boss in "Chuck the Nice Pencil Selling Guy", he was held hostage because of his dislike of sandwiches (except for grilled cheese). When eaten, these seeds make the eater ask constant questions and be very unsure of themselves. voiced by Matt Besser. WordGirl | PBS Kids Inspire your child to learn about and celebrate Black leaders. In "Sidekicked to the Curb", when The Whammer signed up for The Coach's program, The Coach realized he could trick The Whammer into stealing anything he wants. (1) 7.1 2015 TV-Y. Two of The Butcher's old friends from elementary school that were known as "The Troublemaking Trio" that reunited for a brief time and pranked National National Bank by stealing free balloons and a pen on a chain, and tricked the Grocery Store Manager with a flour-over-the-door gag in "The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker". The father of The Butcher, voiced by acting veteran Ed Asner. However, this event did not make Eileen turn away completely from her selfish ways. (Even though Becky and Tobey might be going to Lexicon, they still come to see what colleges their friends might be going to.) She also battles villains in her hometown of Fair City along with her monkey sidekick, Captain Huggy Face. No one is aware of WordGirl's true identity with the exception of Captain Huggy Face (who gets mad when TJ says things about him), Bampy Botsford (Becky's grandfather), and, of course, the Narrator who, of course, gets to see everything. He says it's not his real name though, something that marketing came up with. Voice acting veteran Tom Kenny provides TJ's voice.TJ, in the episode "Wordgirl and Bobble Boy", makes Wordgirl bobbleheads and sells them in all of her battles in the episode. At the same time, she must worry about maintaining her second life as Becky, keeping people from discovering the truth and living normal family situations. When The Coach was arrested and jailed along with The Whammer, he decided that this was perfect opportunity to start a villain school, where he instructed three novice villains - Timmy Timbo, who wears a cap and a cape with a dull slacker tone of voice and has a butter allergy whose power was napping a lot; Big Left Hand Guy, whose power was a giant left hand that was used to hail one of only three cabs in town, and Ms. Her alter ego is mild-mannered 10 (later 11)-year-old fifth grade student BeckyBotsford, who attends Woodview Elementary School. When Dr. Two-Brains seeks out a replacement villain to take over for him in "Crime Takes a Holiday" for a vacation cruise he won from Dairy Villains Monthly, Glen Furlblam (voiced by Brian Posehn), his self-proclaimed number one fan, shows up. Enemies She is a superhero whose superpowers and abilities include flying at the speed of sound, super hearing, super strength, and a comprehensive vocabulary, of which she teaches people. WordGirl was born on the fictional planet Lexicon (also a term referring to the vocabulary of a language or to a dictionary) but was sent away after sneaking onto a spaceship and sleeping there. The prison warden (voiced by Tom Kenny). The companion site to WordGirl lives on PBS Kids, and was built by interactive firm Big Bad Tomato. The names of the volumes and the stories within them are: The show has received seven Daytime Emmy nominations, winning four for "Outstanding Writing in Animation" in 2008, 20122013 and Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in 2015. The Baker is voiced by Kevin McDonald, while James Adomian did the voice of The Candlestick Maker. During the battle against Steve McClean, WordGirl and Two-Brains battled the villain independently. -M-NUva. After winning every school trophy, except for the best reader's trophy, she plots to steal the last trophy that Becky won because she believes she deserves to win them all. Believe it or not, Wordgirl is a lot stronger than people might think. A motivational coach (voiced by Ned Bellamy) who helps sidekicks become their own boss. where he had his brothers involved by rigging the game with very tough questions only they could answer beforehand. Even though she may be a superhero, Beckyhas a love for ponies and unicorns, as any typical fifth grade girl would. She battles against an assortment of villains that include but are not limited to The Butcher, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy, Dr. Two-Brains, Granny May, Mr. Big, Tobey McCalister III, and Whammer. Even though Two-Brains is not friends with WordGirl, he still sees the girl as an acquaintance. His sole drawback though is his nebbish voice, voiced by Tom Kenny. [11], Rather than hiring writers experienced with children's television, the show's original writers' previous credits included The Onion and Family Guy. This is considered as a running gag throughout the series, so much so that WordGirl herself in "The Masked Meat Marauder" stated to millionaire Edith van Hoosinghaus that "Sometimes we need help getting to the next scene." Her powers are disrupted by Lexonite, a substance from her home planet Lexicon. He was sent to explore Fair City, wears uncivilized clothing and armor and carries a sword that can knock trees down when he cleaves it into the ground. She loves pegasis, and she can make up poems off the top of her head, even if there is a meteor hurling towards her. He likes to act superior to nearly everyone on the show and seems to have a crush on WordGirl, which would make him a fanboy. Scoops is friends with Becky's best friend Violet and despite his constant obsession with his newspaper business, seems to be able to sit back and relax with her, and in the episode "Cherish Is the Word", he asked her to be his valentine. WordGirls sidekick, a monkey from Lexicon, who was also responsible for crashing their spacecraft as a pilot of the Lexicon Air Force. Her lone setbacks are that she is a horrible singer and dancer, and she struggles with art. The royal dandy was a painting that Lady Redundant Woman copied, but he came to life. In the same episode, she also seems to be very offended whenever someone says, "No questions asked." Her favorite book is Princess Triana (a parody of Harry Potter), while her favorite TV show is "The Pretty Princess and Sparkling Pony Power Hour". The series' title character and her alter ego is voiced by Dannah Phirman; and then in the Website Version she is voiced by Candi Milo though producers originally wanted Reese Witherspoon for the role. Question? WordGirl is an alien from the planet Lexicon, and as a baby somehow accidentally wandered onto a spaceship piloted by Lexiconian Air Force pilot Captain Huggy Face. In some short episodes, Tobey thinks Becky is WordGirl and tries to destroy her house with a robot, but Captain Huggy Face, disguised as WordGirl, shows up and Becky picks him up and destroys the robot. He usually jumps to conclusions when examining a crime scene, and is named for the assistant of Sherlock Holmes. this took a ton of effortplus i wanted to absorb some childhood nostalgia Tobey's mother (voiced by Dannah Phirman) seems to be a genius like her son. Someone is robbing the grocery store!") "What's Your Favorite Word? WordGirl was born on the planet Lexicon, and as an toddler accidentally wandered onto a spaceship, which was piloted by Captain Huggyface. Answer (1 of 3): I'd say Wordgirl. Creators Jack Ferraiolo (co-developer) Dorothea Gillim Stars Dannah Feinglass Phirman Chris Parnell Maria Bamford See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video In season three, her newest rival is Victoria Best, a girl who is "the best at everything she does" according to her parents. However, his non-verbal steed ran away when his incumbent greed was discovered. Despite growing up in a normal life, WordGirl displayed her keen intelligence at an early age, shown when she once read a Sunday newspaper and doing the crossword puzzle therein on the front doorstep of the Botsford residence, where she was found by Tim and Sally (even though another flashback shows that the Botsfords found her in the woods). Her main weakness, however, is Lexonite, a substance originating from her home planet that causes her to mispronounce, misuse, or misdefine a word, and also eliminates her other capabilities. The reporter for Woodview Elementary School's newspaper The Daily Rag, voiced by Ryan Raddatz. WordGirl She also has a love for animals and is a vegetarian. The owner of the Edible Edibles sandwich shop (voiced by Nick Kroll), who was being robbed by Chuck in "Chuck Makes A Buck". activity Explore fun family activities and printables from "Work It Out Wombats!" Explore fun family activities and printables from "Work It Out Wombats!" Let's go! 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