Some characters apear to be of more entertainment value than others that may be more obviously for educational purposes, but all have different qualities that make them helpful to the progression, effectiveness, and entertainment of the show. In "Mr. Big's Dolls and Dollars", Leslie was revealed to be a black belt in karate, and in the episode "Giant Mini-Golf" it seems she knows everything what Mr. Big is going to do maybe because mind control is the only thing he uses. The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 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. The owner of the Edible Edibles sandwich shop (voiced by Nick Kroll), who was being robbed by Chuck in "Chuck Makes A Buck". 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. This villain from the Kingdom of Contraria, whose booming voice is given by Daran Norris, always speaks in opposites; for example, if someone says "strong," he will respond by saying "weak," followed by a barbaric yell.. Often, short animated segments are shown in between and at the end of episodes. The Whammer whams his fists together, sending out sonic waves to crush anything or anyone in his path. People often insult him by either saying his name wrong or calling him the wrong animal, most often Granny May. Dupey is one of Lady Redundant Woman's duplicates who started to develop her own personality and fell in love with the Butcher. [8], Each eleven-minute segment in each episode (except for the first three episodes) begins with verbal instructions to listen for two words that will be used throughout the plot of that episode. 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. WordGirl has a wide array of characters including heroes, villains, and average supporting characters. She has a golden cape, a 2-way communication belt, dark red boots and gloves. 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." Only a few times have people guessed or discovered her secret. Her outfit, helmet, gloves and boots are in different varieties of red (her gloves and boots being dark red, for example), has a golden cape, 2-way communication belt and her symbol in the middle of her outfit is a yellow star against a red shield; when she strikes an enemy or shoots into the sky, she leaves a twinkling star at the end of her sonic streak, similar to the trail of a shooting star. [1] The series began as a series of shorts entitled The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl that premiered on PBS Kids Go! The father of The Butcher, voiced by acting veteran Ed Asner. The Super Robot was moved by this and surprisingly cried. He makes Beans a la Botsford, which only Bob (Captain Huggy Face) will eat, In "The Two Brains Boogie", Mr. Botsford was shown to be master at boogieing and even had a video starring him on how to do so. While test flying the ship, Huggy was startled by WordGirl after she woke up, thus causing the ship to collide with an asteroid, which forced them to crash land somewhere on planet Earth (where the ship permanently remains as their Super Secret Spaceship Hideout). -M-NUva. "[18], In 2022, Collider attested that the "non-white, little girl superhero" protagonist of WordGirl began a superhero trend. The Baker is voiced by Kevin McDonald, while James Adomian did the voice of The Candlestick Maker. Becky, who is age 10, spends her time reading, going to school, decorating her dollhouse, collecting unicorns and trying to hide her secret identity. A technology/gadget professional that introduces the audience to both the villains and heroes helpful gadgets. (Even though Becky and Tobey might be going to Lexicon, they still come to see what colleges their friends might be going to.) Comic/actor Patton Oswalt voices Tobey. However, his suspicions dissipate when Beckypainstakingly misdefines a word in the episode "Vocab Bee". Like his name, most girls who lay eyes on him immediately become infatuated with him. Becky's intelligence is astonishing for a ten-and-a-half year-old girl, but her skills do not go into every field. She proves to be more powerful than WordGirl, and tries to take over the world. ), Brent the Handsome Successful Everybody-Loves-Him Sandwich Making Guy, His greatest invention is an all natural solar powered cyborg wheelchair. Buy SD $1.99. Pick one: 4 feet tall. Play word games with WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face to build vocabulary. : The Wordgirl 15th Anniversary Zine. Often, his plans are foiled by his malfunctioning robots. Whenever they get the chance, they seem to reminisce about their friendship as well like in the episode "Showdown at the Super Secret Spaceship Hideout", where they mention the book he wrote when he was Steven Boxleitner. Her symbol is a red star against a yellow shield; when she strikes an enemy or shoots into the sky, she leaves a twinkling star at the end of her sonic streak, similar to the trail of a shooting star. She has even received many (over 200) keys to the city. He is consistently looking for "doubloons", which are old gold coins. The Butchers powers are nullified by tofu, but can also be rendered inoperative by low self-esteem and a lack of enthusiasm and excitement. Even though she has high level of stamina, she can be exhausted out and also exhausted/stopped by hot temperatures, When first meeting Reginald, after getting Huggy to kiss him, she wants to prove to the high society and elderly rich people, including, She states that her age is 10 and a half when interviewed by PBS reporter, She celebrates her birthday in the episode ", She reveals having already turned 10 in ", She celebrates another birthday in the season three episode, ". During the four-part episode, "The Rise of Miss Power", a four-segment "Pretty Princess Power Hour" sketch is shown between acts, filling in for the average two-segment "May I Have a Word?" Any act of adding this hero to the Pure Good category without a proposal or creating a proposal for this hero without the permission of an administrator will result in a ban.Additional Notice: This template is meant for admin maintenance only. It was last seen blasting off to space with the painting. Can he be retired from WordGirl Series? 4 feet 8 inches. This character was first seen as a sidekick for Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy. The royal dandy was a painting that Lady Redundant Woman copied, but he came to life. The prison warden (voiced by Tom Kenny). 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). Lady Redundant Woman used her to steal all the thesauruses in the city, making the people hate her. Becky attends Woodview Elementary School, where she is close friends with Violet Heaslip and the school newspaper reporter Todd Scoops Ming. She also isnt very good at charades (see the episode "Meat with a Side of Cute" for reference). 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". 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. 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. She invented a homing device and a remote to stop her son's robots. Voiced by Weird Al Yankovic, this new villain annoys WordGirl with his constant misuse of suffixes (ex; his name is "learnerer instead of "learner"). A former copy-shop employee, also known as Beatrice Bixby who aspires to become the owner of the copy shop currently run by a kind man named Dave. He appears in the various episodes, "Becky's Birthday", "The Pretty Princess Primere," "Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey," and "Becky and the Bard", the latter of which shows that he like things that sparkle. Originally known as Professor Steven Boxleitner, a kind-hearted but distracted scientist, he was turned into the evil Dr. Two-Brains after a botched experiment left his mind merged with an evil lab mouse known as Squeaky. Powers/Skills "), 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. He has an obsessive crush on her and usually demands that if he beats her, she should tell her secret identity or go out for ice cream with him. For example, he says, "We're going to meet Zachary Zany, the candy mastermind who invented most of my - I mean - your favorite candy." The character is a play on the name of the actor Steve McQueen. Tobey also guesses that Becky is WordGirl due to her possessing the remote to his robots, but she convinces him otherwise by the means of a clever plan between her and Huggyface. However, a drawback to it is the fact that any pictures she copies comes to life. ", we learned that he has a mouse orchestra and loves kids' puzzle books, especially those with mazes in them. Checkmate 3000's design looks like the Super Robot with regular robot colors and dresses in Scottish style. [11], Rather than hiring writers experienced with children's television, the show's original writers' previous credits included The Onion and Family Guy. A supervillain who definitely does not have a way with words or evil at all, hence his name. Will Dr. Two-Brains turn her into potato salad? Dr. Two-Brains replies, Hey! He is also in possession of chains made of fool's gold, which he uses to trap WordGirl and Huggy in the episode "Wishful Thinking.". At times she seems to have a rather tenuous grasp of reality, even more so than Becky's parents, as she dreams about winning the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. 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