Tobey owns a personal scrapbook of WordGirl decorated with hearts. He usually has a worried and unsure look on his face. Becky attends Woodview Elementary School, where she is close friends with Violet Heaslip and the school newspaper reporter Todd Scoops Ming. 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. She grew up in real life, though she displayed her enthusiastic intelligence at an early age - she was found on the Botsford's doorstep as a toddler reading their newspaper (even though in one flashback, she was found in the woods). WordGirl is said to be an affectionate parody of. [citation needed], WordGirl was adopted and provided an alter ego by Tim and Sally Botsford, who gave her the name Becky. Unfortunately, he had failed to learn the moves of Captain Huggy Face, stating that he was "not worth worryinging about." Mr. Big, a slick business man up to no good, introduces his new product: "The Thing" that does "stuff". He lost his job as mayor to Mr. Big in the episode "Banned on the Run", but became mayor again after Becky tricked Mr. Big into confessing his trap. This character was first seen as a sidekick for Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy. Season 9. Hello WordUpZine family! That's roughly how many cm each px should be. He gained his powers when he found the treasure of no-beard, and got a curse giving him his magnetic hook and his bird the ability to talk. Appearances TV Show Trivia Claire's original design (at least her arm). Rhyme is a villain who was introduced in the episode "Rhyme and Reason" and one of the final antagonists of the franchise. Wordgirl is 1.448 meters. TV-Y. She is joined in her adventures by a . The character is a play on the name of the actor Steve McQueen. ", along with, "V.B., in!" Like her husband, She has a great love of saving money and using coupons. Origin Sooner or later, she took up the identity of WordGirl. Chuck's mother, unseen but voiced by Dannah Phirman, often refers to her son as Charles, his full name, or Chuckie and would sometimes talk him into doing errands for her. what a lovely surprise for a video I seen that many enjoy these types of videos so I made another one. [1] The series began as a series of shorts entitled The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl that premiered on PBS Kids Go! Huggy is a surprisingly competent sidekick and can do martial arts, especially kung fu. CheeseThe Energy MonsterSqueakyMr. Watch WordGirl episodes on PBS KIDS. He has the strange habit of mixing up words (such as saying sunbeam instead of supreme, or robbify instead of robbery) or even whole phrases (So, WordGirl, we meet again for the first time!). She normally repeats words over in many forms akin to a thesaurus. 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. She was voiced by Dannah Phirman, while Candi Milo (who also voiced Maya Santos, Dexter, Nick Dean, Coco, Madame Foster,Ms. Nora Wakeman, Irma Lair, The Flea, Pulgita,and Snap) voiced her on the WordGirl website on PBSKids.org. QuestionInvisi-BillBig Left Hand GuyCaptain TangentThe LearnererVictoria BestMiss PowerThe Coach. In gratitude, Eileen hands over her prized necklace [after Violet tells her that "bestest fwiends give each otho pwevwents"], and her greed-induced metamorphosis is reversed, rescuing WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face.) Bigs Big Plan and has a goatee and a slightly squeaky voice. WordGirl uses her great vocabulary to fend off villains such as The Butcher, Dr. Two-Brains, Granny May, Tobey, and Chuck The Evil Sandwich-Making Guy. Cree Summer voices the evil little old lady. Another member of the Botsford family, TJ, would also become Becky's younger brother. The oblivious Scoops has a high opinion of himself and does not hesitate to take credit for anything he might possibly have had to do with, such as the time he told the story in "Becky and The Bard" in the role of The Wall when the cast was absent from the theatre at Woodford Elemetary. She wears cream-colored knee socks with black and white saddle shoes. Her dream was to appear on a game show (which almost happened in "Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff" but happened in "Who Wants to Win a Shiny New Car? Beckys adoptive mother, a constant optimist. He also helped direct the school's play, "Romeo and Juliet.". The royal dandy was a painting that Lady Redundant Woman copied, but he came to life. WordGirl has shoulder length dark brown hair and light brown skin. She proves to be more powerful than WordGirl, and tries to take over the world. Even Scoops was enamoured with her in the first episode, though by the second one, he had seen enough of her true colors. Teach people (including the villains) vocabularyProtect Fair City from the villainsKeep her identity secret A terrible communicator voiced by Mike OConnell who is always trying to find people willing to work at the store. She has been copied into a robot for conferences, but this copy of Sally Botsford's boss was vanquished by Amazing Rope Guy, WordGirl, Ms. Davis, and the real Claire MacCallister. 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." His known family members are his parents and his grandfather, who are the rivals of The Botsfords. When the Energy Monster runs out of energy or is defeated, he either shrinks into a tiny creature, is pushed into water, or gets burnt out. A man who always goes to the wrong place - usually wherever WordGirl happens to be - thinking it is the police station.He always screams helpthen saying the news with it. Will Dr. Two-Brains turn her into potato salad? Dr. Two-Brains replies, Hey! 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 She has even received many (over 200) keys to the city. [citation needed]. He has been known to try to hire villains when they come to rob him. His main weapons are squirt bottles of condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, honey mustard, pickle relish, honey butter, barbecue sauce, and olive oil. It was also revealed in the episode "Big's Big Bounce" that he has a dislike of kids - especially the city scout troop. Her name is the Latin word for "book".She is voiced by Robin Reed. Violet is friends with Becky's crush, Scoops Todd Ming, and in the episode "Cherish Is the Word" the two proved to have feelings for each other when Scoops asked her to be his valentine. Artsy is one of Tobey's robots that is considerably artistic and creative. When Captain Huggy Face correctly demonstrates the meaning of the word, a definition is given, followed by a victory dance by the chimpanzee sidekick. After The Butcher was arrested, he left Lil Mittens to a little girl. The Botsford family keeps Captain Huggy Face as a pet, naming him Bob. Her face isn't seen, however. The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour, The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour, radioactive fragments from their home world, High-speed, flight, ability to communicate with Captain Huggyface, immense strength, invulnerability, super-hearing, echolocation, enhanced vocabulary, fast reading, arctic breath, and a supersonic scream. Captain Huggyface was also "adopted" as a pet and given the name "Bob." Chuck's boss in "Chuck the Nice Pencil Selling Guy", he was held hostage because of his dislike of sandwiches (except for grilled cheese). 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. In one episode where he used Dr. Two-Brains growth ray on his pet bunny, Flopsy, he got sad and worried when Flopsy was too big to bring along with him on their next evil mission. It is also shown that he can be affected by other characters, as shown in "Lunch Lady Chuck" where Chuck lifts a sandwich above the screen and the narrator can be heard chewing. She then proceeds to steal the trophy that she did not earn. The baker appears in season 2 running a normal business. Gilad Kletter. In a couple of episodes, for example, offering her a comb in the episode "Becky's Birthday" and also giving her a wink in "Dr. Three Brains". Season 8. Ponies and unicornsReading Princess Triana booksWatching The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour television showHanging out with her friendsBattling villains The show began as a series of shorts that premiered on PBS Kids Go! Tom Kenny. Akin to her relationship with her as WordGirl, Becky finds a rival in Tobey McCallister III , who tries to outdo her (as well as everyone else) constantly in events such as Field Day or elections. The room itself has sideways doors and upside-down staircases, presumably to make visitors ask questions about it. WordGirl must figure out his secret motive and save the city. She, like everyone else in the show (with the exception of Dr. Two-Brains), does not have a specific eye color, except for times that she'sunder mind control (e.g., in the episode "The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour"). While she has an excellent vocabulary, is well-read, and enjoys geography, shes a poor artist, cant dance and cant sing. Not only that but the robots reached the sun in like 2 seconds meaning she threw these building sized robots at speeds of around 250 times the speed of light. Granny may be the most clever of WordGirls enemies, once convincing the entire city that WordGirl was cruel, heartless, and not to be trusted. Tobey also has a scrapbook with WordGirl news clippings and other miscellanea. Even though she may be a superhero, Becky has a love for ponies and other animals, as any fifth-grade girl might. 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. Alias(es) Mr. Grinder employs Chuck thanks to WordGirl as the store's spokesperson/mascot due to his sandwich face, and he becomes popular. However, Wordgirl was able to dispose of her copy, had the thesauruses returned, and gained back their trust. Despite her resemblance to her mistress, the Butcher could identify which is Dupey or Lady Redundant Woman. Watch with Prime. During a flashback in "Monkey-Robot Showdown", we learned that Tobey was in a checkers match that he lost to Violet. WordGirl is usually a Nice Girl and a fair superheroine towards the villains, but whenever something ticks her off, it's both hilarious and threatening coming from her. Question? However, his non-verbal steed ran away when his incumbent greed was discovered. One of her weaknesses is that she cannot take any action if she can't prove a villain's wrong-doing. One of WordGirl's emergency plan numbers, 619 (used in the episode "Kids Action News"), could be a reference to the finishing move, "The 619", used by famous professional wrestler Rey Mysterio in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Other Big Industries products includes Mr. Big's Big Book of Big Words (a dictionary), the Wordsucker (a microphone), the Hero Sucker (a giant vacuum) and a "walking talking WordGirl doll" that does the opposite of the real superheroine, like using the word "strategery" instead of "strategy" and enables them (via mind control) to buy useless spinoff products such as "glow-in-the-dark" suntan lotion. ("HELLLP!!! Thanks! eats his hat after saying he'll eat his hat if Dr. Two Brains isn't locked up in his cell), and often believes that he is right, only to fail, and also runs the Fair City Scout Camp outside the city. The Mayor's real name has not yet been revealed, but is voiced by Ron Lynch and in the episode "The InvisiBill Hand" revealed that he has given 199 keys to the city to WordGirl. Stay tuned to celebrate 15 years of Wordgirl with our team. WordGirl utilizes these powers to save her adoptive home, using her downed spacecraft as a secret base of operations. WordGirl. Violet (voiced by Maria Bamford) conducts herself in a quiet, shy manner and has a flair for art, having met Becky in an art appreciation class after Becky flunked art class three times in a row. etc.). Tobey's Super Robot is a giant, super huge golden robot that is bigger and stronger than all of Tobey's other robots. [11], Rather than hiring writers experienced with children's television, the show's original writers' previous credits included The Onion and Family Guy. WordGirl The host of the game show "May I Have a Word?" Narrator Chris Parnell had previously worked on Saturday Night Live. Even though she may be a superhero, Beckyhas a love for ponies and unicorns, as any typical fifth grade girl would. 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 PBS member stations. QuestionInvisi-BillBig Left Hand GuyCaptain TangentThe LearnererVictoria BestMiss PowerThe Coach Having failed to win the trial, Ms. Botsford quits her job, and stays at home for a while. As Becky, she spends her time reading, going to school, decorating her dollhouse, collecting ponies and unicorns, and trying to hide her secret identity. Chuck has tried to come up with better names for himself, such as Destructo the Destroyer, Amazo the Amazing Guy Whos Evil but Not Really That Bad When You Get to Know Him, "Chuck the Nice Pencil (and Rubberband) Selling Guy" or Handsome Eddie. Chuck also has a tendency to forget vocabulary words a few seconds after theyve been spoken. Even though she can very smart and a really good problem solver, she can be tricked or one-upped by villains like GrannyMayor Mr. Big. She also has a love for animals and is a vegetarian. He is consistently looking for "doubloons", which are old gold coins. Worldgi. Scoops realizes that Beckydoubles as WordGirl when she runs into him, forgetting that she is still wearing the WordGirl cape; Scoops observes that shes also worn the costume frequently, having chosen WordGirl as her Halloween costume. While in her alter ego, she has a younger brother, TJ, obsessed with WordGirl, but still unknowingly a typical sibling rival to Becky. Handsome." In 223, he appears again when the Whammer is looking for a job. He would report any kind of trouble even though some are not crimes.("Help! She always refers Beau "Mr. She also possesses the power to create evil copies of other people if she consumes a picture of that person, as she did when she created an evil copy of WordGirl. this took a ton of effortplus i wanted to absorb some childhood nostalgia In a recent episode, Becky's grandfather, Bampy Botsford, figures out Becky's identity. Violet: (Pushing her son in his stroller.) His dream of working for The Big City Timescame true to cover a story of Granny May in "Bonkers for Bingo" when he was hired by the paper's editor, Woodward Bernstein (punning off the last names of legendary Washington Post Watergate investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein); he still has a long way to go, though. Her powers are disrupted by Lexonite, a substance from her home planet Lexicon. WordGirl is the titular main protagonist of the PBS animated series of the same name. The number that she can create is limited by the amount of ink she has, and if she happens to run out of ink, her copies fade away quickly by vanishing in a burst of copy paper. Voiced by Dannah Phirman. Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks Scoops. Kelly Miyahara portrays the character. Fair City's Police Commissioner (voiced by John Kricfalusi) made his debut in the episode "Swap Meat" and exposed WordGirl as not having any knowledge of art, but was corrected the next night by taking The Butcher under arrest for fraudulant forgeries made from chopped liver. 4 feet 11 inches. The differences between the two WordGirls were their streaks of energy when they fly (Wordgirl's streak of energy was yellow while the clone's was green), and their voices: while WordGirl spoke normally, the evil clone spoke only in a robot-like monotone. Kid Math found out Beckys identity in the eponymous episode. In one episode, she believes that she temporarily gained superpowers and becomes "The Framer", who uses a picture frame to capture villains. The Narrator acts as show host, and his final judgment of the games outcome shows his overall bias in WordGirls favor. She runs Fair City's bookstore. Sally is voiced by Maria Bamford. 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