WordGirl — Season 1

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About this season

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.

Episodes (52)

1. Tobey or Consequences / High-Fat Robbery

Aired 7 September 2007 • 12 min

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.

2. You Can’t Crush City Hall / Two-Brain Highway

Aired 14 September 2007 • 12 min

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.

3. Coupon Madness / When Life Gives You Potatoes

Aired 21 September 2007 • 12 min

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.

4. Jerky Jerk/Becky's Birthday

Aired 25 April 2008 • 12 min

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.

5. Chuck! / Down With Word Up

Aired 5 October 2007 • 12 min

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.

6. Book Ends / Mr. Big

Aired 19 October 2007 • 12 min

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.

7. Super-Grounded / Mouse Army

Aired 23 November 2007 • 12 min

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.

8. Tobey's Masterpiece / Chuck the Nice Pencil Selling Guy

Aired 21 December 2007 • 12 min

9. The Birthday Girl / Granny-Sitter

Aired 28 December 2007 • 12 min

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10. Shrinkin’ in the Ray / Department Store Tobey

Aired 15 February 2008 • 12 min

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.

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11. Mr. Big's Big Plan / Vocab Bee

Aired 18 February 2008 • 12 min

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.

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12. Chuck E. Sneeze / Swap Meat

Aired 11 April 2008 • 12 min

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.

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13. Granny’s All-Cure Good Time Spritzer / Mecha-Mouse

Aired 18 April 2008 • 12 min

Granny May sells an elixir that she claims restores youth; and Dr. Two Brains builds a suit that gives him superstrength.

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14. Princess Triana & the Ogre of Castlebum / Heat Wave, Crime Wave

Aired 25 April 2008 • 12 min

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.

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15. Meat With a Side of Cute / Mr. Big Words

Aired 27 May 2008 • 12 min

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16. Thorn in the Sidekick / Crime Takes a Holiday

Aired 26 May 2008 • 12 min

Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy gets an obnoxious sidekick named the Whammer; and WordGirl tangles with an evil fan of Dr. Two Brains.

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17. Two Brains Forgets / Banned on the Run

Aired 13 June 2008 • 12 min

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.

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18. Have You Seen the Remote? / Sidekicked to the Curb

Aired 11 July 2008 • 12 min

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.

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19. Lady Redundant Woman / A Game of Cat and Mouse

Aired 23 July 2008 • 12 min

WordGirl battles a newcomer named Lady Redundant Woman; and a professor helps WordGirl as she tries to stop a scheme by Dr. Two Brains.

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20. The Masked Meat Marauder / Sandwich World

Aired 15 August 2008 • 12 min

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.

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21. Violet Superhero / Big Business

Aired 12 September 2008 • 12 min

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.

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22. The Handsome Panther / The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker

Aired 13 October 2008 • 12 min

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.

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23. Mousezilla / Villain School

Aired 3 November 2008 • 12 min

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.

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24. The Return of the Reprise of Lady Redundant Woman / A Simple Plan

Aired 28 November 2008 • 12 min

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.

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25. Granny Mayor / Tobey Goes Good

Aired 1 January 2009 • 12 min

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.

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26. Bongo Rock / Dr. Three-Brains

Aired 2 January 2009 • 12 min

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.

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