List of WordGirl short episodes
Not to be confused with List of WordGirl episodes.
| WordGirl shorts | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Release | |
| Original network |
PBS Kids Go! BrainPOP |
| Original release | November 10, 2006 – October 10, 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
The animated series WordGirl began as a series of shorts titled The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl[1] that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006. The two minute episodes of the show, airs at the end of Maya & Miguel, or online along with the one minute episodes. There were twenty 2-minute episodes and ten 1-minute ones.
Two minute episodes
| Title | Plot | Villain |
|---|---|---|
| Catch as Catch Can | A giant meteoroid is about to hit the city, can Word Girl and her two friends Super sparkle and snow princess prevent a cumbersome meteorite from destroying the city? | none (Meteoroid) |
| Enter, the Butcher | WordGirl meets the Butcher, the meat master and mangler of words, and tries to prevent him from robbing a bank with snow princess and Super sparkles help. She also tries to convince the Butcher that he’s not “a fender” but “offended” when she tells him he “butchers the English language.” | The Butcher |
| Re-Enter, the Butcher | Word Girl, super sparkle and snow princess tries to stop the Butcher from robbing Ye Olde Fancy Schmancy Jewelry Store. They also have to deal with a pompous store clerk. | |
| What's Up, Doc? | WordGirl pays a visit to Professor Steven Boxleitner (author of the book called, Superheroes and You: A Practical Guide) to figure out a way to stop the vicious Butcher. | |
| Re-Re-Enter, the Butcher | WordGirl tries to prevent the Butcher from robbing a grocery store with snow princess and power princesses help. She also tries to clear up a misunderstanding between the Butcher and the Grocery Store Manager, who believes that the Butcher is there for a job. | |
| Yes Sir, That's My Butcher | super sparkle and the Butcher face off for their big, big archery royale. as WordGirls best friend super sparkle reveals her secret weapon: her always clever pet mouse, squeaky mouse and her two friends WordGirl and snow princess. | |
| The Crazy World of Doctor Two-Brains | In a lab experiment that goes horribly wrong, Prof. Steven Boxleitner accidentally fuses his mind with that of his vicious lab mouse and becomes the villainous Dr. Two-Brains. Becky (WordGirl’s secret identity) tries to distract her little brother TJ with Penny (snow princess secret identity) and Katrina (power princess secret identity)so she can transform into WordGirl and capture Dr. Two Brains before he goes on a cheese-stealing rampage. | Dr. Two-Brains |
| Two Brains in the Grocers | WordGirl tries to capture Dr. Two Brains after he eats all the cheese in the grocery store with snow princess and power princesses help, but Dr. Two Brains is able to escape by causing a ruckus. | |
| The Times, They Are A-Cheesy | The Botsford family (including Becky Botsford, a.k.a. Word Girl and her two friends, Penny jones aka snow princess and Katrina starlet aka super sparkle) are flabbergasted when Dr. Two Brains appears on television, threatening to turn the city into goop if he doesn’t get every piece of cheese in the city. | |
| Mouse Trap | WordGirl confront Dr. Two Brains at his secret hideout. Dr. Two Brains proves that their attacks on him would be futile by capturing them in his giant mousetrap. Will they escape, or will Dr. Two Brains succeed in turning them into goop? | |
| Squeaky's Machine | Dr. Two Brains is about to use his Goop Ray to give WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face a “one-way ticket to Goop Town.” Can they escape this predicament while Dr. Two Brains is distracted by cheese related questions from the Botsford family? | |
| Driving Miss Granny | A new villain’s in town! Granny May and her timid (and enormous) grandson Eugene rob an armored car in broad daylight. Will Word Girl Super sparkle and snow princess be able to catch up with them? | Granny May & Eugene |
| Kiss My Granny | While trying to stop Granny May from robbing Ye Olde Fancy Schmancy Jewelry store, WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face are blinded by Granny’s dazzling jewelry, then captured in her knitted “Web of Yarn.” Will they be able to escape before Eugene crushes them in a game of “squish the knitting”? | |
| Living in the Granny's Paradise | Although WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face are able to use their coordination to escape Granny’s trap, they are soon caught in the unbreakable grip of Eugene. Will they be able to break free and stop Granny from escaping with the stolen jewelry? | |
| Play Date | After destroying a giant, rampaging robot as WordGirl, Becky returns home to find that she has an unexpected playdate with Theodore MacCallister III. When Becky discovers that Theodore is actually “Tobey,” the mischievous genius behind the giant robot’s rampage, she risks revealing her secret identity. | Theodore “Tobey” MacCallister III |
| Tobey or Not Tobey | Tobey and Becky argue over whether Tobey’s Robot caused real damage to the city or only a minor hullabaloo. Tobey decides to play a game with Becky to see if she’s really WordGirl or not. | |
| The Wrath of Tobey | Tobey gives Becky an impossible choice: reveal herself as WordGirl and destroy the robot from threatening her house or do nothing and watch her house get demolished. Becky and Bob (a.k.a. Captain Huggy Face) initiate Emergency Plan #47, with mixed results. | |
| Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy | Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy threatens to squash the Grocery Store Manager with his giant sandwich press after the Owner calls the press “extreme.” Can WordGirl stop him in time? Will Scoops ever get the sandwich he ordered? | Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy |
| Name That Dude | WordGirl and the Narrator have a hard time not laughing at Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy’s name. Chuck captures WordGirl with his noxious “Pickled Eggs.” As WordGirl, Scoops, and the Grocery Store Manager head towards certain doom on the giant sandwich press, all of them try to think of a less absurd name for Chuck. Meanwhile, Super sparkle and snow princess race to the rescue. | |
| Chucky and the Sandwich Factory | WordGirl sends Super sparkle and snow princess to search for the “ultimate crowbar” in order to help them escape Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy’s giant sandwich press. Will Super sparkle and snow princess be able to find the “ultimate crowbar” in time? |
One minute episodes
| Title | Plot | Villain |
|---|---|---|
| Movie Trailer | The origin story of WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face. | none |
| WordGirl and the Butcher | WordGirl tries to prevent the Butcher from setting off his “Steak Bomb” and ruining the day of vegetarians city-wide. | The Butcher |
| WordGirl and Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy | WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face struggle to break free from Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy's “Atomic Hot Dog Lasso.” | Chuck, the Evil Sandwich Making Guy |
| WordGirl and Dr. Two-Brains, part 1 | Dr. Two Brains becomes frustrated with a malfunctioning trap. | Dr. Two-Brains |
| WordGirl and Dr. Two-Brains, part 2 | WordGirl tries to thwart Dr. Two Brains' latest scheme but is distracted by a yummy mixed-fruit beverage. | |
| WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face, part 1 | WordGirl makes Captain Huggy Face try on some new costumes because she feels his regular costume lacks pizzazz. | Tobey's robots |
| WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face, part 2 | When Captain Huggy Face is late for a robot battle because of the bus schedule, WordGirl suggests some other modes of transportation. | |
| Becky and Scoops | Scoops ponders WordGirl's secret identity while Becky saves him from perils that he doesn't notice. | none |
| WordGirl and the Narrator | WordGirl wants a new Super Hero name. She convinces the Narrator to put his reputation on hold and announce the new name she has in mind, just to see how it sounds. | |
| WordGirl and super sparkle | WordGirl wants her friend super sparkle Aka Trina to try to control her temper, Trina wants to know why as she and WordGirl have been friends for a long time, WordGirl explains that she knows but she's already thrown a trashcan out the window and broken the lock on one of the bathroom doors, but Trina says it was just an accident and that she can not help herself from getting into trouble. | |
| WordGirl and snow princess | WordGirl wants her friend Snow princess Aka penny to try some safety tricks whenever she uses her ice magic when fighting villains. Penny says that its all cause of a little accident that happened just two days ago involving a giant mutant snail witch had left snow princess with a nasty Cut on her right Knee. | |
| WordGirl, super sparkle and snow princess | WordGirl is cleaning the corridor of her spaceship hideout when she hears super sparkle calling she quickly flies to the scene only to find that clumsy trina has her cape stuck in the printing press again even though she has warned her about standing too close to the press while its on, snow princess thinks that it is funny but Trina doesn't think so cause now she has ink stains all over it leading her fiery temper to nearly start, WordGirl calms her down and threatens Trina with a week of cleaning the press if she can not avoid standing too close, but promises her a double scoop of Grape ice cream if she can do it but Trina gets the last Laugh when word girl gets her cape stuck earning herself her treat which she happily shares with penny. | |
| Becky and Mr. Botsford | Despite certain clues, Mr. Botsford is oblivious about WordGirl's secret identity. |
References
- ↑ Catch as Catch Can uploaded on the official PBS Kids Go YouTube channel]
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