WordGirl isn't your super-powered vocabulary to defeat bad guys. Get the 411 on the second season of this verbose show, which starts Friday September 12, 2008 on PBS Kids GO!
Main Characters 243e71
- WordGirl/Becky Botsford - Becky is just your average fifth grader except for the fact that she's a superheroine from planet Lexicon. She uses her superior vocabulary to fight villains.
- Captain Huggy Face/Bob - WordGirl's monkey sidekick, who is simply known as "Bob" around Becky's house.
- Violet Heaslip - Becky's best friend, Violet is a bit dreamy and shy, but loves unicorns, poems and art.
- Todd "Scoops" Ming - A budding journalist who writes for the huge crush on him.
- Tim and Sally Botsford - Becky's adoptive parents who are clueless to her true identity.
- TJ Botsford - Sally and Tim's biological child, who hates his sister, but - ironically - thinks WordGirl is super cool.
Main Villains 652s5g
- The Butcher - A criminal who can shoot meat out of his hands. His powers are counter-acted by tofu.
- Dr. Two-Brains - A scientist whose brain is fused with a mouse brain. His human brain is good, but his evil mouse brain keeps him involved in villainous schemes.
- Granny May - She may pretend to be sweet, but Granny May is the ultimate super-villain.
- Mr. Big - An evil businessman who manages to sell totally useless products using mind control.
- Theodore "Tobey" MacCallister III - A child genius who, despite being a villain, has a not-so-secret crush on WordGirl.
- Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy - A villain who uses condiments as weapons. His vocabulary is pretty limited, making him an easy villain for WordGirl to take down.
- Lady Redundant Woman - Half-nose. Her copy army does her bidding, unless she runs out of ink, in which case they vanish in a flutter of paper!
Fun Facts 5u2o16
- WordGirl began as a series of shorts that were usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel. It was turned into its own full length series in September 2007.
- The voice of Tobey MacCallister is performed by comedian Patton Oswalt, who was also the voice of Remy the rat in Ratatouille.
- WordGirl won a 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation.
- The second season of WordGirl will feature even more student council president, and more chances for WordGirl to crush her foes with her immaculate and indestructible vocabulary!
Quotes ns2i
"It's a hairy guy! And where there's a hairy guy, there's usually a...WordGirl!" - Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy
"Only a family of imbeciles has a television." - Tobey
"Whoa, we're not imbeciles!" - Becky
"And how would you know?" - Tobey
"Imbecile is another word for idiot. We're not idiots. We only watch PBS." - Becky
"Hmm, interesting... someone my age who actually has a brain in her head." - Tobey
"Thanks. I think." - Becky
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